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the code(written by Evan)for movie clip to follow the mouse cursor and to turn behind it:

 stop();
 birdie.onEnterFrame=function()
{
 var dx= _root._xmouse-this._x;
 var dy= _root._ymouse-this._y;

 //the difference between x,y of the mouse and x,y of the movie clip(birdie)
 var angle= Math.atan2(dy,dx)*180/Math.PI; 

 // "Math.atan2"computes and returns the arc tangent of y(here dy),x(here dy) in radians,
 // next step  multiply it by 180 and divide by PI,which converts radiants into degrees
 birdie._rotation = angle;

 //rotate the movie clip"birdie" in degrees acording to the previously created variable "angle"
 this._x= this._x+dx/5;
 this._y= this._y+dy/5;
 }
 //this make movie clip move always by 5 pixels after the mouse cursor

PS:I put this code here because somebody asked me for it, hope is OK,also I hope the description I wrote are right, not quite sure :) MarieP