<P> Carl and Ellie grow up, marry and live in the restored house . After Ellie suffers a miscarriage and they are told they cannot have a child, the couple remembers their childhood dream of visiting Paradise Falls . They save for the trip, but repeatedly have to spend the money on more pressing needs . Finally, the now elderly Carl arranges for the trip but Ellie suddenly falls ill, is hospitalized and dies . </P> <P> Years later in the present day, Carl still lives in the house by stubbornly holding out while the neighborhood homes are torn down and replaced by skyscrapers . When he accidentally injures a construction worker, the court deems him a public menace and orders him to move to a retirement home . However, Carl resolves to keep his promise to Ellie by turning his house into a makeshift airship using thousands of helium balloons . Russell, a young "Wilderness Explorer" who visits Carl in his effort to earn his final merit badge for assisting the elderly, becomes an accidental stowaway . </P> <P> The flying house lands on a tepui opposite Paradise Falls . Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still - buoyant house and begin to walk it across the mesa, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate . Russell encounters a tall, colorful flightless bird whom he names "Kevin". They then meet a Golden Retriever named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak and who vows to take the bird to his master . The next day, they encounter a pack of aggressive dogs led by Alpha, a Doberman Pinscher, and are taken to their master, who turns out to be Charles Muntz . Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his dirigible, where he explains to them that he is searching for a giant bird . When Russell notes the bird's similarity to Kevin, Muntz becomes hostile, believing they are attempting to capture the bird themselves . </P> <P> Carl flees with Kevin and Dug, but Muntz captures Kevin and starts a fire beneath Carl's house, forcing him to choose between saving it or Kevin . Carl saves the house and eventually reaches the falls, but Russell is upset at Carl for abandoning Kevin . Carl looks through Ellie's childhood scrapbook and is surprised to find that she has filled in the blank pages with photos of their marriage, along with a note written from her hospital bed, thanking him for the "adventure" and encouraging him to have a new one . </P>

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