With our pint - sized protagonist wary
of how the townsfolk will respond to his second extraordinary discovery, he enlists the help
of his schoolmates, a colorful band
of eccentrics which include the obese,
neurotic pig Runt
of the Litter (Steve Zahn), the self - explanatorily named
Fish Out of Water, and Abby «Ugly Duckling» Mallard (Joan Cusack), a bucktoothed duck who holds some sage advice and a crush for Chicken Little.