Just when he lies down in his chair after setting his course for South America, he hears a knock at his door it's Russell, a young Wilderness Explorer who had pestered Carl earlier in an attempt to earn his final merit badge for "assisting the elderly" and become a Senior Wilderness Explorer. Carl proceeds to extend shower curtains and blankets from the side of the house, as rudders. Passersby look in shock to see the flying house. The house is ripped from its foundation and carried into the sky. Suddenly, thousands and thousands of balloons appear from behind the house. He comes out, but tells the workers that before he leaves, he wants to "say one last goodbye to the old place." They oblige, and walk back towards the van. and George, from the Shady Oaks Retirement Village come to pick up Carl. Then, he realizes this would be his last chance to fulfill that promise. Then, he ends up in a tussle with a construction worker over his broken mailbox, and is forced by a court order to move into a retirement home. A corporation, Buy n Large, is trying to move him, which would break what he had promised. He still lives in his same old house, which he feels is the thing that's keeping Ellie close to him, but surrounding it is a huge city landscape new buildings are coming up all around Carl's property. Heartbroken and alone, Carl returns to his house after attending her funeral. Before long, Ellie dies of old age in the hospital. While climbing up the hill where they had spent so much time before, her old age begins to catch up to her, and she stumbles over. Then, Carl takes Ellie on a picnic, bringing the tickets as a surprise for her. Then, Carl goes to buy tickets to Paradise Falls (presumably with retirement money). While cleaning the house, he notices the picture of their house perched at the top of Paradise Falls, after tucking the savings jar away and leaving the trip out of mind. Carl and Ellie grow old together, working at a zoo selling balloons and giving tours respectively. They decided to save up some money, but unforeseen events (a tire blows out, Carl breaks his leg, a tree crashes into the house and breaks the roof during a storm) force them to use the money they had been saving. They go through many stages of their life together (at one point expecting a child, but discover that Ellie is infertile and could not have children, so both Carl and Ellie burst into tears after hearing the news) and dream of going to Paradise Falls in South America. Ellie becomes a tour guide for a zoo and Carl becomes a balloon salesman, working side-by-side. Years later, Carl marries Ellie and they begin rebuilding the old house, making it their home. She also tells him of her plans to go to Paradise Falls, the same place Muntz had visited on his recent expedition to capture an exotic creature. Ellie visits Carl at his bedroom later that night (returning his balloon to him) and she shows him her secret Adventure Book. However, the wooden plank breaks, and Carl ends up breaking his arm. With Ellie's encouragement, he tries to get it back by crossing a single wooden plank across the second floor of the house. Ellie's startling introduction causes Carl to release his balloon, which gets stuck in the attic. Curious, Carl enters the house and he meets a young girl, Ellie Fredricksen, and fellow fan of Muntz, and they become close friends almost instantly (though she is curious as to why he can't talk to her). One day, while running down a sidewalk, pretending to pilot Carl's balloon (a regular blue balloon with the words "Spirit of Adventure written on the side), he hears a voice coming from a dilapidated house. Muntz, who piloted his own self-made dirigible, " Spirit of Adventure". In Carl Fredricksen's youth (age 9 ), he was a fan of Charles F. However, Carl soon discovers a little boy named Russell is on aboard his house and the two of them set off on a bigger adventure than they had expected. After tying thousand of balloons to Carl's house, he is off to South America. The story centers on an old man named Carl Fredricksen who is determined to get to South America to keep a promise he made to his wife, EllieFredricksen.
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