A Dog's Purpose Page #3

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One!

- Come on!

Yeah, boy.

--Yeah, boy.

- Oh, come on.

- Let's do it again.

- Yes!

- Yeah!

Nice throw, Ethan.

Nice throw.

Nice play.

Great pass, Ethan.

Got 'em now. Right on.

You-you get it to him

every time.

Yeah, exactly.

'Cause every time

we run that play...

Everybody wanted to walk

next to the Alpha male.

Yeah, that's what I mean.

Almost everybody.

'Cause he's right there

every single time. -Yep.

-Ethan, why do you always

have this dog with you? -Hmm?

What? It's like a girlfriend

replacement or something?

- Huh?

-Yeah, good one, Todd.

Give a little kiss? Huh?

I'm just asking.

Excuse me.

Oh, I'm sorry, Todd.

Did my, uh, girlfriend

replacement just trip you?

Very funny.

-Relax, man. I'm kidding.

-The dog's laughing at you.

-Dogs don't laugh, you moron.

-Bailey, come here.

That's funny.

Got everything?

-Yeah.

When Lou dropped that pass

at the start,

- I thought we were done, man.

- -I know!

Here.

Bailey, come here.

Hey, dad.

- You hungry?

- I'm starving.

-I got a casserole in the oven.

-Yeah?

Africa is home to hundreds

of thousands of animals.

Some look comical, some...

Some forbidding,

and some so entrancing

that we'd like

to reach out and touch them...

So, uh, coach made me

starting quarterback today.

That's great, kid.

You gotta come

to my next game, dad.

I'm serious.

I'm better now.

It's been a long time.

Okay.

Poor dad.

Wow. Wow!

This place is great.

-Oh, there's so much

to smell here. -

and eat.

Oh, it's everywhere.

Feed me. Feed me.

- You want to go next?

- Mm-hmm.

Ethan had a different smell

all of a sudden.

A sweaty smell.

Who wants to go

on that roller coaster?

Hmm. I wonder if that girl

had anything to do with it.

Oh! Hey, hey, hey!

Bailey, Bailey, Bailey, Bailey!

-Whoa!

-Sorry.

Sorry. Sorry.

That was the dog.

That wasn't me.

-Oh.

-I wouldn't do that.

Okay, well, maybe

you should teach your dog

some manners.

I've been trying.

He's, uh... he's not too smart.

Really?

Wow. Did you hear

what he said about you?

You look pretty smart to me.

Oh, yeah.

Such intelligent eyes.

My butt itches.

What's your name, handsome?

He's, uh... he's Bailey.

-Bailey, yeah.

-Bailey.

Now, you seem like

a very good dog, Bailey.

- Yeah.

- Excuse me?

-Nice job.

-Oh. Thank you.

Nice.

Yeah... oh!

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Keep that away from him.

-Okay, okay, okay.

-You're really good at that.

Thanks.

-Like, really good.

-Yeah?

I was watching you over there.

- Okay.

-Not like that.

I mean... yeah.

See ya.

Hey, uh, if we never

speak again,

I just want to take back

what I said before

about my dog not being smart.

He's actually really smart.

Definitely smarter than me.

Now they both had

a sweaty smell.

You want to, uh... you want

to get a hot dog or something?

Popcorn?

Sure.

Okay, let's do it.

There's some good ones

over here.

Hey, Bailey, come here.

I wanted to save them,

but I didn't know how.

- Come on.

-We done?

-Oh, that was good.

-Never again.

-No! It was fun!

-Thank you.

--Thank you.

- Whoa!

- -Whoa!

Uh-oh, Ethan's in trouble.

I'm gonna die.

I'm gonna die.

I'm gonna die.

-Whoa!

-Whoa!

What's wrong with you?

-Oh, don't worry, Ethan.

-I'll help. -Hey, hey, hey,

hey, no, no, no, no, no.

Stay back. Stay back.

-Bailey, no, no, no.

-But I'm helping.

Bailey, stop! Bailey, Bailey,

Bailey, Bailey, Bailey,

Bailey, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Hey. No.

-Okay.

-Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you both for the ride.

Why did I eat

so many meat logs?

Yeah, we should do something.

Yes, that would be nice.

It was fun.

It was.

- Except for having to pay

for 28 hot dogs. -

excuse me.

Whoa!

-Yeah, you better go.

You better go quick. -Okay.

-Okay. Bye.

-See ya.

From that moment on,

the girl was a member

of our pack.

I liked her.

Plus she smelled

like biscuits.

Go! Go, Bailey!

We spent every day together.

-That a boy.

-Ready, Bailey?

-Yeah. Go, go, go.

-Ready? Okay, here we go.

-Oh! Good boy!

-What a dive.

What was that?

-Oh! Good boy!

-Swim!

Bring it back!

That a boy.

-Come here, boy.

-That a boy. That a boy.

-Come on.

-Oh, good boy!

-Good boy. Good boy.

-Yeah, good boy.

-Oh! Whoa!

-Hey!

Watch your head.

Good boy.

- No, it's not okay.

- No.

Besides, I'm going.

-Why?

-You don't listen!

Every time I ask you

where something comes from...

You tell me!

You tell me where it's going!

'Cause I earn it!

I earn it! I earn it!

You, uh... you want to go

to town instead?

Yeah.

-Bailey.

-Come on, Bailey!

We howled together.

And sometimes

we would sit in the car

not even going anywhere.

Ethan and Hannah would wrestle

and lick each other.

Are they fighting over food?

Maybe Hannah's hiding

something in her mouth.

Whoa! Whoa!

Nope. Nothing in there.

Oh, my...

What's going on with you?

Man, he loves you.

But no matter how much

he looked for food in there,

he never found anything.

And he looked.

A lot.

Summer's ending.

Best summer ever.

Yeah.

I don't want to go

back to school.

Yes, you do.

I do?

Yes.

You are gonna get

a big football scholarship

at a good school.

And then I'm gonna apply

to that school

and get an academic

scholarship.

And then we'll both be

at college,

and we'll never be apart.

Wow.

You've got it all

planned out, huh?

Yes, indeed.

-That's a good plan.

-Mm-hmm.

Right, Bailey?

What? What did you say?

- See ya.

- Bye.

Bye!

See you tomorrow.

Good boy.

I gotta go.

Where are you going?

I'm getting some beer.

All I ask is

for you to lower your voice.

-That's all I...

-Stop, stop. Just stop!

Will you please

just keep it down?

My parents are upstairs, Jim.

You need to stop.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You know, you're right.

Fine.

I will stop doing it, then.

I'll just go!

I'll just leave.

Does that sound good to you?

Come on, boy.

-Does it sound good to you?

-Well, I don't know.

You tell me. -Will that be

good for you? Will you be

happy then if I just...?

No, just tell me. Just tell me

if you'll be happy.

-Stop it. Just go!

-Oh, I'm gonna go!

Fine, I'll go.

Will you just

come back inside...

Stop it, eliz...

Shut up! Shut up!

Just come back inside.

I am trying to help you, Jim.

You're trying to help me?

You want to help me?

You're my wife, Elizabeth.

-You should support me.

-I do support you.

-Will you just come back

inside... -Hey. Hey, pal.

Hey.

You spying on me?

What?

You spying on me?

-Leave him alone, Jim.

-Come here.

-Leave him alone.

-No. You got something to say?

-I just got home.

-Come here.

-Look at how he looks at me.

-No.

-I am so sick of the way you

look at me. -It's okay, Ethan.

- It's okay.

- Just relax. Relax.

-Look at how you look at me.

-What are you doing?

-This has nothing to do

with him. -Stay out of it.

-This has nothing...

-You stay out of it!

What are you doing?

Easy. Take it easy.

Take it easy.

-You're right.

-God...

You're right.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

--I'm gonna...

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