Alone for Christmas Page #2

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more than I love people.

I understand times

are tough but...

Bone is family.

And he's like my family too man.

I'm gonna treat him

like I treat my little brother.

And I love my little brother.

Most of the time.

But Sir look, I love these guys.

I play with them all the time.

We don't go hungry.

We just have fun and play.

I treat them

like they're all in my house.

I'm not throwing them

in some cage

and some boarding house

somewhere.

I know this doesn't look like your

fancy dog spa

with the fancy dog food.

And the massages.

Huh?

Massages?

Sir, I have been doing this

for 23 years.

15 weeks.

About 9 hours. 15 minutes.

Oh, and I forgot to tell you.

I'm on TV.

- You have a TV show?

- Yes I do.

Well, I kinda, I have a show.

Well no not really.

See it's on a TV show

but it's a TV show. There.

- Oh! A surveillance camera.

- Yes!

And you can take that and

plug it into the worldwide Internet.

You know. Contraption.

In fact my little cousin,

I thought he kept sending me

all these free movies

Turns out that I'm in them.

Hi mom. Whoa! I'm on TV.

You know um... I don't know.

Sir please, it's Christmas.

I will take very good care of Steve.

Bone.

Really?

He looks like a Steve.

Look Sir, I don't have children.

But these guys

are like my children.

All of them. I love them all.

The fat ones.

The skinny ones.

The little ones.

I'll take really good care

of your dog, I promise.

Yeah boy. Come here.

What do you...

What do you think?

Alright good.

Okay.

- Really?

- Really.

But I get to watch Bone on TV.

Every channel,

364 hours a day.

Don't you mean a year?

No he's not gonna be here

that long.

Unless you want him to be

and then...

I can cut you a really good deal sir.

No, that's okay.

Well, great! And Merry Christmas.

Ah, you too.

- Alright buddy.

- Come on buddy. Come on.

Come on. Let's go.

Come on, let's go.

Okay.

Oh! It is freezing out there!

Let's get a little heat on.

How'd he take it?

Uh, he took it like a champ.

The own is... well he...

He likes dogs.

You think he'll be okay?

I hate to think of him

in a cold kennel.

Sharing a water bowl

with 10 other lonely mutts.

I'm telling you.

It's not that bad.

Alright guys buckle up.

Okay.

Here we go.

It's gonna be fun.

I'm so sorry Bone.

I'll see you after Christmas.

Alright. Come on.

That's it. Right in here.

Okay. Go ahead and find

a mattress you can call your own.

And the doggie door

is in the back, okay?

Just feel free

to hang out and chill, okay.

I'll be in the living room

watching Clash of the Empires,

if you want to come out there

and veg out or something.

Alright Steve.

Hi I'm...

- What did I...

- He's a little spooked man.

From me?

I don't scare anyone.

Neither does he.

Hey look, I'm sorry.

- Go away!

- Sure but...

Go away!

Come on. Let's leave him alone.

Did you unplug

all the appliances?

- Yeah.

- And the lights are on timers?

Taken care of.

And all the doors

and windows are locked?

Yes, dear.

Did you lock

your bedroom window Dylan?

Gosh I hope so.

I pray that someone doesn't

steal my awesome new socks.

Hey, how about we stop

for a little hot chocolate?

Huh?

We're only 4 hours

from your parents' house.

Let's not spoil the kids' appetites.

Yeah, I can't wait for a big bowl

of grandma's left over Mac and cheese.

You know what? He's right.

She only makes a fuss

over Christmas Day dinner.

Yeah.

- Is this fun?

- Yeah.

Hey how about this place?

We'll be back on the road

before you know it.

Alright. Even I can use a break

from grandma's stale Mac and Cheese.

I miss Bone.

Oh sweetie.

Let's not start that again.

You'll see him in 6 days okay?

Why not now?

Dylan hand me your tablet.

There's no app

for fix my lousy Christmas.

I checked.

Bone!

Look at that!

Bone is holding court.

He looks happy too.

Told you he's make friends.

He does look happy.

I wish he could see us too.

So what happened?

Happened man?

- To him.

- Oh, Cupcake.

Oh man. That's a messed up story.

He seems angry.

He should be. He lost his bite.

His bite?

He's a watch dog man.

And all he did was watch.

One part watch. No part dog.

The robbers came into the house,

took everything. Then left.

And he didn't do anything?

Nope just watched.

See, watch dog.

Not action dog.

Not stop the thieves' dog.

No everyone can fight.

I know.

But he doesn't know that.

I know what I know.

Oh hey! Cupcake!

I didn't notice you there.

I let the intruders

get into the house.

I lost my bite.

I don't have a bite.

We all have a bite.

Some of us

just don't know it yet.

So what happened?

I ruined Christmas for my family.

As punishment, I got sent

to this hippie commune doggie jail.

While they went up

to the mountains to play in the snow.

Hey man!

Don't be so hard on yourself.

I heard there were like

200 robbers with big guns,

and a rocket, and magic spells!

It was 3 idiot robbers that smelled

like fish and body spray.

Fish? Body spray?

Yeah. Why?

Where do you live?

Off oak park. Why?

That's my street.

I know some one

that smells like fish.

Could be the same guy.

Of course it's the same guy.

How do you know him?

He was at the house today.

Before we left.

He was casing the joint.

Casing the joint?

Yeah. He's going to do

the same thing to your family,

like he did to my family.

You're going to get robbed.

And then you are going to stay here

for the rest of your life.

I think there's a 2 week limit man.

You have to go there.

You have to stop them.

Stop them? How?

I can't call 911.

This room

doesn't even have a phone.

And we don't have thumbs.

What's gotten into Columbus?

He acts like understands Bone,

He does. He hears him saying

"My family abandoned me".

Hey it's not that.

Look, he's made new friends

to celebrate Christmas with.

Okay. We'll be back

in 10 minutes.

Okay.

Let's go troops.

Our home is in danger,

and Bone needs my help.

What's the plan here again?

We're hiding from the warden.

Who? Triple A?

He's gonna know

we're under here.

Under these blankets

we're completely invisible.

It's common knowledge.

Well he's gonna know

we're under here now.

No necessarily.

Human also have

a terrible sense of smell.

Oh! Not this bad.

My eyes are watering.

For the first time,

I can see color.

Don't worry about it.

Hey strange dog, you ready?

This is our big chance.

I'll make it count.

I'm so happy. I'm so happy.

No. I'm doing the pee dance.

Skippidy do.

Nailed it man.

- Nailed it.

- You gotta go out little guy?

Alright come on.

We'll go relieve ourselves together.

Come on. Let's go. Let's go.

TMI dude. TMI.

Now!

You cannot contain us man.

I am invisible!

You're one messed up little doggie.

You know that?

Get over here.

I got you. Come on.

Keep it low. Quite.

- My belly is getting scratchy.

- Ready?

- Go!

- I'm tired. Run Bone. Run!

Find your bite.

Hey man,

you gotta help me get out.

My brother is in trouble.

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