12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue

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Jingle bells, jingle bells

EMMA:
I fell in love with dogs

when I was 11 years old.

It was in a town where

there were no dogs allowed.

There was no one to love them,

and they had no place to go.

(CHUCKLES) But Mikey Stevens

and I loved them all.

We had to

transform a whole town,

touch their hearts, and change

their minds about the dogs.

So we put on a show.

A great, big, wonderful show

with kids

and dogs and

Christmas miracles.

We called it

The 12 Dogs of Christmas.

For this Christmas day,

I wish, I hope, I pray

A puppy's under the tree

Waiting there for me

The best gift of all,

From dear old Santa Claus

All I want for Christmas

Is some puppy love

Puppy love, puppy love

Oh, Santa

Santa, Santa

A soft little bundle

of cuddly fur

Hugs me and kisses me

everywhere

One puppy smile

can melt my heart

A new best friend,

we will never part

Loving devotion to the end

This is puppy love

For this Christmas day,

I wish, I hope, I pray

A puppy's under the tree

Waiting there for me...

EMMA:
I could never have imagined that

six years later, I'd be coming back.

All I want for Christmas

(nos BARKING)

Is some puppy love

Puppy love, puppy love

Oh, Santa

Santa, Santa

Bring me puppy love

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(DOGS BARKING)

Why do you suppose dogs

love chasing things?

Because they hate

to be left behind.

Is she a Papillon?

Yes, how did you know that?

Dogs have been an interesting

part of my life.

Where you going, honey?

Doverville.

Doverville?

Isn't that the strange little

town where no dogs are allowed?

(CHUCKLES)

It used to be like that,

but not anymore.

You visiting

your family there?

Funeral, actually.

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(PEOPLE MURMURING)

Oh! Excuse me,

why did the train stop?

Freight derailed

about 40 miles east.

But I have to be in

Doverville by 2:
00.

I don't drive them, darlin',

just punch the tickets.

(CAR HONKS)

Here you are!

Are you going to Doverville?

Of course I am, honey. I can take you

all the way to Mrs. Stevens' funeral.

How did...

I'm sorry, I don't...

Did we meet when I was...

No, no, we've never met,

but I know who you are.

So let's go, you're already late.

Get in, get in!

Oh!

She was a fine woman,

your Cathy Stevens.

You knew her well?

She was like a mother to me.

Thank you for the ride.

Give me your hand.

You're gonna need

a place to stay.

(CAR DOOR CLOSING)

Thank you.

Mmm-hmm.

Mikey?

I'm so sorry, I tried to make

it here on time and then...

Emma?

(SIGHS)

I am so sorry about your mom.

(SNIFFLING)

(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

I am so sorry

about your mother, son.

If there's anything I can

do, anything at all.

That's very nice of you I'm

sure he's just... Thank you.

Yeah.

He seemed nice.

Mikey,

if there is anything I can do,

you just let me know, okay?

How are the dogs?

They'd love to see you.

MIKE:
We're here.

(nos BARKING)

Nessie, Nessie! Come

here, come here! Good.

This is Nessie.

Hi, how are you?

Hi, Nessie.

Nice to meet you.

(LAUGHING)

Here we are,

come on in.

Oh. my gosh. Hi!

Oh. my gosh! Hi!

Okay, names?

This one is Jack,

there's a million of them.

This one is Badger,

Dagwood, Flapper, Nibbles.

There's a bunch of puppies,

too, Angel, Harpo, Jake, Lucky.

There's Pepper,

there's Napolean.

I just want to hold you! You are so

cute, yes, thank you for the kiss.

You sure

like basketball.

I love basketball.

Hi. Hi, Sweet Pea.

They were going to put her down.

She broke her leg.

If it was lost, abandoned, wounded,

hungry she just couldn't say no.

You know my mom.

Knew my mom.

So what are you

going to do, Mikey?

Finish what she started.

(WHISPERING)

Tucker. Tucker. Hey.

And what about college?

Becoming a veterinarian?

This was her whole life.

Hey. Happy. Happy-

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Your mom was great, Mikey, but this

was her life, her dream, not...

My friends call me

Mike now,

Mike or Michael.

Okay, Michael,

you need to start thinking about

your life now, and your dreams.

What would your mom want?

Find them a home.

Someone to love them

like she did. Stay here.

I don't believe that.

There was nothing more important

to her than her dogs.

Except for one thing, Mikey.

You.

MIKE:
You sure this is it?

EMMA:
It's the address

she wrote on my hand.

What time does your

train leave tomorrow?

I'll come and say goodbye.

Okay, I'd like that.

ZOE:

You're later than I expected.

How did you know

I'd really come?

(PLAYING SOFT MELODY)

(PLAYING DREAMY MELODY)

I'm clairvoyant. I have

extrasensory perception.

A sixth sense. Psychic powers.

And it's a constant headache!

So, you can see the future?

Can you keep a secret?

I can't stop it.

I end up knowing something

about everybody.

And I don't know

how to control it.

So, you could tell me what

Mikey Stevens was going to do?

I mean like,

stay here or go to college?

(EXHALES)

Huh.

I'm still getting the hang of

things, so I experiment a lot.

But Mikey Stevens?

I got nothing!

Give me just a minute.

And don't touch anything.

Bing Crosby?

(CHUCKLES)

Hey!

Sorry.

I said don't touch!

Didn't your mother

teach you manners?

My mother died

when I was 10.

Oh.

I'm sorry, kid.

Psychic powers are

horribly confusing.

Between the dreams

and the bones,

and the cards and that thing,

which clearly never works...

So you pretend.

No, not exactly

It just requires.

You're an actress!

And singer.

So, this is just

a performance?

None of this is real?

Not even...

No. No, no, no, actually some

of it is honest-to-goodness.

Like the reading of the palms?

I never miss.

Oh.

Oh!

Uh...

Your linea vitalis converges

with the Ring of Venus.

My linea what?

It's the line of your heart.

I have never seen that.

Oh, my, my, my-

What?

Never mind.

I'm only an actress.

Come on,

what does it say?

I'm actually not sure

it's good for you to know.

Please tell me?

There will be a romance

in your life.

Romance? When?

Oh!

Is Mikey... (CHUCKLES)

My, oh, my-

(SIGHS)

BURCHESS:
She left everything

to you, of course.

Your mother and I never got

along, she didn't trust the bank.

Unfortunately, when she bought the

Wilson farm for all those dogs of hers,

she assumed a great deal of

debt, which is also now yours.

I'll figure it out.

And these were returned.

Undeliverable.

Emma! Oh, my gosh.

What time is it?

Ten minutes till 10:00.

Well, goodbye and thank you

for everything.

It's not goodbye.

I'll see you soon, kid.

Okay, I'd like that.

(HONKING)

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SIREN WAILING)

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

All aboard.

Train's movin', darlin'.

(CHUCKLES)

(MIKE SCREAMS)

(PEOPLE GASPING)

(PANTING)

Mikey! Mikey!

Mikey, are you okay? Mikey!

(NESSIE BARKING)

(FUEL TRICKLING)

Mikey!

Mikey, we gotta go,

come on, Mikey!

(SIREN WAILING)

(NESSIE BARKING)

Come on, Mikey, come on!

Mikey, don't do this,

please wake up.

(OFFICERS

TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

Ready?

One, two, three, lift.

EMMA:
Is he going to be okay?

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