12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue Page #5

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The what?

Hurry up. We've gotta go!

(DOGS BARKING)

(GASPING)

What? What do you see?

It's fire!

Oh, no, I see fire!

(BARKING)

(DOGS BARKING)

(DOGS BARKING FRANTICALLY)

(COUGHING)

Get the dogs!

Be careful!

I'm going to get the others!

Go, go!

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

Go. Okay, go.

Come on, we've got to go!

Zoe! Help me

with the puppies.

Oh. the puppies!

Are you okay?

Okay.

(PUPPIES BARKING)

(NEIGHING)

(SIREN BLARING)

(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

MAN 1:
Grab the ladder.

MAN 2:
Grab the hose.

A little faster.

Where are the dogs?

We found most of them.

They're in the shed with Zoe.

You're so sad, cheer up.

You are so small.

Hey.

Hi.

How are they?

They're all right.

I thought you could

use some help.

Thank you.

Your mother was bitten

a week before she died.

I was treating her

for pneumonia.

Asper said she had rabies

and Mr. James offered to

make a gift to the hospital.

So I'd like to say

that I jumped to conclusions,

but it was more than

a wrong conclusion.

It wasn't the truth.

I'm sorry.

Young as you are,

you're right about one thing.

Getting it off my chest

feels pretty good.

All right, let's get the

injured ones into the car.

Thank you so much.

(DOGS WHIMPERING)

Where's Nessie?

I don't know. Maybe she

went looking for you.

Nessie. Nessie.

I've got to find her.

Mikey, you can't

go out there with...

Mike, you stay here.

We'll go find her.

Where could she be? I don't

even know where to look.

I have an idea.

I know you're an actress,

but if there is any part of you

that can actually see the future,

we need to find Mikey's dog.

Okay.

Did you say your prayers

this morning?

(SCOFFING)

Sweetie, sometimes

that's when He hears us best.

What do you see?

You know about

Arachnomancy?

"Divination by the web

and movement of spiders."

I read about it

in your book.

Okay.

(GRUNTING)

You okay, Mike?

I'll be fine.

Are you sure

you can do this?

Yeah, let's go.

She saw the word "mill,"

that's why.

You don't really believe

all that junk, do you?

We have to start someplace,

and she saw the word "mill."

How did she know that Hatti's haunt

used to be an old grist mill?

Zoe just... She just knows things

sometimes, and I know it sounds spooky,

but I think she's right.

Nessie! Nessie!

(DISTANT BARKING)

Nessie? Nessie.

That's Nessie.

Okay. You stay here, okay?

Nessie? Nessie?

(BARKING)

Hi! Hi, Nessie! Hi, baby.

ASPER:
Come on, put her up there.

Tie her up.

Make sure it's real

nice and tight.

Come on, Pluto,

this isn't right.

Court order, Jack!

I'm doing my duty

to uphold the law.

That's what

you want me to do, right?

Give him to me.

ZOE:
No, not him.

What do you think

you're doing?

Get your paws off me.

You can't take the dogs.

Emma,

there's nothing we can do.

Not right now.

He has a court order.

Why are you doing this?

Rabies! That's why. That's

why I imposed a quarantine!

You let it go

till the symptoms appear,

you're already dead.

Ain't that right, Doctor?

I see no evidence

of rabies here.

You keep that

hypocritic oath of yours

and you tell these

people the truth.

These dogs are

perfectly healthy.

Yeah?

Stay.

(BANGING GATE)

(BARKING)

EMMA:

Run, Nessie, run!

MIKE:
Go, Nessie, go!

ASPER:
Get back here!

CATHY STEVENS:
Dear Emma,

I am writing because

I have a surprise

for Mikey's graduation,

and I want you to

be a part of it.

In spite of everything, I have

managed to save some money

for Mikey to go to college

and reach his grand dream

of being a veterinarian.

The only thing that would make the

surprise any better is for you to be here.

You are Mikey's best friend,

and the daughter I never had.

I can send you the money

for a train ticket.

I don't trust the bank, so I keep

Mikey's money close to my heart.

All my love, Cathy Stevens.

It's gone. Mikey's money,

it burned in the fire.

You don't know for sure

it was there.

"Close to my heart"?

She loved those dogs. What

else could she have meant?

What are we

gonna tell Mikey?

He has to know. He has to know

how much his mother loved him.

You're right, of course.

The question is just when.

They canceled

our show?

Okay, so what happened to

"The show must go on," Eddie?

The owner of

the theater shut us down.

He demanded that I cancel.

Let me guess.

Finneas James

owns this theater?

Like everything else

in this town, apparently.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I understand and

I've forgiven you.

Have a look here.

Finneas James Racing Park.

Dog racing?

Is that even legal?

Well, with the help of

a few motivated politicians.

We get a pass today,

well, that banker just may share

a taste of these profits.

I gave the young lady

until Christmas.

FINNEAS:
Well, the dogs

are missing.

And I closed

that theater down.

You do understand.

There is no way

I will let this show,

this 12 Dogs of Christmas

go forward, don't you?

Then you've got nothing

to worry about, have you?

Good. Good man.

Hey, Mikey.

They locked us

out of the theater.

Did Officer Jack find out

what happened to the dogs?

Mikey, I don't see how we're going

to be able to make this work.

We have to do this.

We can't let him beat us.

Now, I've no right

to ask you to do anything,

you've already done

so much, but...

What are you doing here?

(SIGHS)

Well, you need

my old man's theater.

It was wrong of him

to kick you guys out.

We don't want anything

from your father.

He's not my father.

We don't need

anything from you.

Your stepfather just happens to be

the one trying to steal Mike's farm

and shut us down.

That's why I came to help.

Why?

It's personal.

Okay. So assuming

we really are that desperate.

What do you have in mind?

Well.

Knowing what a man wants

is the key to success.

That's what your father said

about Michael.

Yeah.

What he really means

is knowing a man's weakness

is the key to controlling him.

Now there is one thing that

intimidates Finneas James.

Famous people.

Now I heard that

your friend may know a few.

Come on,

let's get out of here.

Merry Christmas,

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas,

Merry Christmas

Jolly old St. Nicholas,

lean your ear this way

Please tell every single

soul What we're going to say

Christmas Eve is coming soon

Now, you dear old man

Our big show goes on the

night Please come if you can

Hi. My name

is Emma O'Connor.

And in spite of the fire,

and having our dogs locked up,

and scaring you all

with a phony quarantine,

The 12 Dogs of Christmas

will go on.

GIRL:

When is it?

It's on Christmas Eve.

Where's it

going to be?

The location is...

Even more important than

when or where is whether

a show created by a bunch

of kids is worth $2.

(CAR HORN HONKING)

(CROWD MURMURING EXCITEDLY)

So we asked

a fellow who knows.

MAN:

Give me 10 tickets, please!

Ladies and gentleman,

recording artist, movie star,

and the most famous man alive,

Bing Crosby.

(ALL APPLAUDING)

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