Beethoven's Christmas Adventure Page #4

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you still have the scent? Yep.

Okay, good.

Good, good, good.

You know, when l was

stuck in that tree,

l never expected l'd be rescued by a dog,

you know?

Especially not one like you,

but actually l'm glad that it happened.

Got it. Let's go.

(GROANS)

(BEETHOVEN BARKlNG)

Hey, Beethoven.

(GRUNTlNG)

Oh! Hey, listen, if you let me borrow this,

l will make sure

Santa brings you one twice as good for Christmas.

Please? Please? Please?

Please? No. No. No. No.

l said please!

Thank you.

Merry Christmas. Whoo!

l'll bring it back later.

Help! The elves

have turned on us.

Ho, ho, ho

Ho, ho, ho

So come on down and visit me,

Sylvester Smirch

And Crazy Kenny

Here at Most

Most

Wanted

Wanted

Toys

Mattresses

Where you will find...

Uh, boss?

What?

We're right in the middle of a commercial.

Yes, l know, but you sang,

"Most Wanted Mattresses."

l most certainly did not.

Actually, you did.

l... But...

All right,

let's do it again.

Mattresses

Toys

Mattresses

Toys

Mattress... Toys

Toys

Mattresses

Toys

(GRUNTS)

(BEETHOVEN BARKlNG)

What the...

A Christmas elf.

A Christmas elf.

HENRY:
Slow down.

Slow down.

Boss, where are you going?

(GRUNTS) Got you.

Come here.

(EXCLAlMS)

That is the greatest

elf costume.

Where did you get it?

Oh, thank you.

You know, Mrs.

Claus made it, so, uh... (LAUGHS)

(BARKlNG)

BEETHOVEN:
Hang on.

(SCREAMlNG)

(EXCLAlMlNG)

BEETHOVEN:
Excuse me!

(EXCLAlMlNG)

Everybody, limbo!

Beethoven!

Kenny, shut up and listen.

Meet me on the west side of the pavilion.

The west side.

Look at a map!

Beethoven.

Beethoven, stop.

Slow it down.

Slow it down.

l'm scared. l'm scared.

Stop, slow down.

Slow it down. Beethoven.

(PEOPLE EXCLAlMlNG)

SMlRCH:
Coming through.

(SCREAMlNG)

Fresh kielbasa sausage.

Get it fresh here.

Try some.

Try some kielbasa sausage.

(PEOPLE EXCLAlMlNG)

(SCREAMlNG)

MAN:
You okay?

KENNY:
Hey, boss. Hop in.

Drive, moron. Drive!

l don't know what's worse.

Looking for Beethoven.

Looking for a Christmas elf.

(BARKlNG)

(WHlMPERlNG)

Hey, you stuck?

Here. Let me

help you with that.

There you go.

Got to be more

careful next time.

(BARKS)

All right.

Go home. Go. Shoo!

Come on now, go.

What, don't you have a home?

You're not a stray,

are you?

Well, even if you are,

what do you want me to do about it?

l already have one dog that l don't want this week.

(BARKS)

Go.

Whatever, pooch.

What?

What?

Oh, hey, boy.

Boy, it's not your fault.

(LAUGHS)

(DOG BARKS) Hey,

l've been looking all over for you.

Hey, when did you

get another dog?

What? Oh.

No, l didn't.

lt's just a stray that won't stop following me.

A stray? Well,

what's a stray?

What? Don't you guys have

strays in the North Pole?

They are these dogs...

Actually, forget it.

Just tell me.

Did you guys find

the toy bag or not?

We tracked down

the guy who has the bag,

but it seems he doesn't really want to give it up.

Does that mean you

actually saw his face?

'Cause then maybe we can get a description.

This is a pretty small town.

Maybe l can recognize him.

l didn't really

get a good look.

But maybe Beethoven did.

No, sorry, amigo.

No?

Now this is

just ridiculous.

l mean,

someone had to see a man pick up a magic toy bag.

(BARKlNG)

l saw him. l saw him.

He barked at me.

What was that?

l got a good look at him.

He was a mean-looking dude.

(STAMMERlNG)

Wait, what's he saying?

He's saying

that he saw him.

(BOTH LAUGHlNG)

Attaboy!

Ready for me,

Mr. Rexford?

Ready as a rooster.

Come on in, Cooper.

New hobby?

No, new client.

This is the new

X-980 rocket.

You build it, you paint it,

you launch it.

l like to familiarize myself with all

the products that we promote.

How is our new

float coming along?

Oh, it's great.

l've got some really good ideas l want to hit you with.

Good. You just float

'em right on by me.

Well, since Beethoven's

a big movie star,

l was thinking put him

on a Hollywood-themed float.

You know,

with flavors of Christmas naturally.

Christmas. Yes, yes, yes.

l see it in

my mind's eye.

Peacocks and men in togas.

Or l was thinking,

flash bulbs and sprigs of holly.

Oh, that's even better.

That's a great idea.

Total win-win.

Great.

Only one problem.

What's that?

l want another win.

Excuse me?

That's right, Cooper.

l wanna do something that we've never done before.

l want a win-win-win.

Okay. How do we

get the third win?

We go nationwide with this.

We get every man,

woman and child and chipmunk alive

to watch that

parade tomorrow.

You want chipmunks

to be watching?

Well, no, that's

just an expression.

l really don't

think it is.

What l want you to do

is press-release that float

like you have never press-released anything before.

You get it out to all the major

outlets by tomorrow morning.

You're gonna want to

word it just properly

so you're gonna have to put

in a few extra hours tonight.

You up for it?

Good, Cooper,

because that is how you get a win-win-win.

(WOMAN EXCLAlMS)

Oops.

We're not supposed

to be here again,

but l don't want

to risk my mom

coming home before we

get the sketch done.

There should be a drawing pad in here somewhere.

BEETHOVEN:
Okay.

Who's hungry?

l am. l am.

Hey, wait.

So are you telling me

there's really animals

with no homes?

Yeah, a lot of them.

l don't get it.

Why don't people just take them in?

l don't know.

lt is pretty crummy

if you think about it.

Don't you have stray animals at the North Pole?

(SCOFFS) No. None.

ln fact, as a stable elf,

it's my job...

Stable elf?

Oops.

l thought you said you

were a toy-making elf.

What l meant to say

was stable elves,

it's their job to make sure that the

animals in the North Pole have homes,

but, you know,

l'm not one.

Nice recovery, elf.

Anyways, if this guy

didn't have a home,

then where did he come from?

l don't want to

talk about it.

l don't know.

He probably escaped from the pound or something.

What's a pound?

lt's where they put animals

who are lost or have no homes.

l don't think it's supposed to be such a nice place either.

Trust me. lt isn't.

Why? Don't worry, boy.

You're with us now. Yeah.

Hey, don't get his hopes up.

l can't adopt him.

(WHlMPERS)

What? But he chose you.

Chose me? (SCOFFS)

What do you

mean chose me?

(WHlNlNG)

You better do

some talking, bub.

Well, this one stable elf l know told me

that, uh,

people don't really choose their animals.

lt's the other way around.

And it looks to me as

if you've been chosen.

Well, l don't want to

be chosen, all right?

l don't understand.

l just don't want

a dog, okay?

l mean, it'll probably just end up getting sick,

or run off anyway.

Oh.

l understand.

Um, that would be hard.

(HORN HONKS)

Hey, my mom's here.

Okay.

l'm supposed to go out to dinner with her.

So that should give you plenty

of time to get the sketch done.

Mason, l'm home!

Hey, Mom.

Honey.

Don't tell me you were outside in the cold.

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