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I can feel it in my bones.

Hmm!

Hey, look.

It goes all the way up to the spaceship.

KANUTO:
Stop.

Don't touch anything.

Let's see.

Whoa!

Oh!

Quick, jump.

No, no. Don't jump.

Just joking.

I'm off to the moon.

(Laughing)

I'm off to the moon!

And I've managed to do it all by myself,

without anyone's help.

Be careful. It doesn't look very safe.

Don't tell me you're scared of heights.

Whoo-hoo!

No. Stop it.

Stop.

(Laughing) Come on, Kanuto.

Jump with me.

It's fun.

I found a spaceship.

That's enough. Stop it! Stop!

How can you treat me like this?

You can't jump like that in a cable car.

You're right. You're right.

You're always right.

And that only applies

to rusty cable cars

that are about to fall apart.

No. It applies to everything.

Everything I do upsets you.

The only way I can please you

is by remaining silent.

Like this.

(Muffled dialogue)

I will never say another word.

Satisfied?!

Come on, don't get upset.

I guess it's okay

if you hop a little bit,

but seriously, be careful, okay?

(Metal creaking) Oh! Aah!

(Blackie screaming)

Calm down. I'm here.

Oh, wow.

What a relief.

Quick, grab my paw.

(Voices chanting indistinctly)

BLACKIE:
What was that?

Shh!

I think we've got company.

No, you don't say.

You've got a strong grip--

(Chanting in foreign language)

Yuri? No, it can't be.

Yuri?

Huh?

Yuri?

Yuri, is that you?

Yuri!

Sorry, guys, but I think

you've got the wrong dog.

Yuri, you're back.

Ahem. Excuse me. Hello.

Hi, how are you? Et cetera.

But does that thing work?

(Speaking pidgin Russian)

His name's Johnny.

He's a pastrino who's scheduled

to come on our next mission,

courtesy of the Russian Space

Exchange Program.

He's a real whiz kid, I can assure you.

Is that his spaceship?

It belongs to all of us, including Yuri.

Yeah. Also to Yuri.

Sorry to disillusion you guys,

but my name's Kanuto.

Capisce?

LAIKA:
Nyet capisce. Nyet Kanuto.

You were born here.

You are pastrino.

An astronaut dog, Yuri.

But does that spaceship work?

We only have to press the button.

Oh, were you expecting me? Huh?

(Creature braying loudly)

Save yourselves.

It's Pinky. Quick, quick.

Back to the base.

(Pinky howling)

Hurry up. Get a move on.

(Alarm blaring)

Hmm.

We're safe. She's gone.

Voston, lights.

Aren't you going

to get in your basket, Yuri?

That's your basket there, Yuri.

You know full well.

Are you talking to me?

Obviously to you.

Not to that black rug

you brought with you.

Hey! You want to know what you can do?

Stop. Look, guys, can someone

explain to me what's going on?

Okay. Settle in.

We'll tell you everything.

Voston. Video.

Affirmative.

Here we go.

(Computer beeping)

You can stay too,

but just don't butt in.

Get it?

Wow.

LAIKA:
We were chosen from

thousands and thousands of dogs

to be astronauts.

We, and you too, Yuri,

are pastrinos.

Extraordinary dogs

whose capabilities have been

genetically enhanced,

giving us amazing powers.

Our mission was to go to the moon.

To the moon! You see, Kanuto?

You see? I was right.

(Speaking Russian)

He wants to know if that's your mascot.

She seems to be as much a pain

in the neck as Pinky is.

Can you deactivate her?

Mascot? Deactivate her?

Eh?

For our mission,

they plan we take a mascot.

A sweet little pink sheep,

genetically modified not to grow up,

and not to eat too much.

(Computers beeping)

But there was a hitch,

as you will now see.

In those days, genetic

modification was in its infancy.

And the scientists never foresaw

that this would happen.

MAN OVER MONITOR:

Houston, we have a problem.

Look. Over there.

Give us the password. Deactivate her.

Put her in front of the camera, quick!

(Roaring)

Too late!

There's a password to deactivate her.

But the guys who wrote her program

died before they told it to us.

There you are.

That's why ever since

we've never been able

to deactivate Pinky.

She's kept on growing.

And she's still angry with us.

So the spaceship's getting rusty,

and our chances for a moon

shot have been zilch.

But now that Yuri's back,

things will be all right, right?

Is it really possible to go to the moon?

The rocket's been ready for years.

There's plenty of food and water

on board.

Enough to get us there and back.

So, what are we waiting for?

Have you got cloth ears, bonehead?

We can't get to the spaceship.

Like I said,

while Pinky's lurking out there,

it's impossible for us to go up the path

without being spotted.

Is there another way to get up there?

No. And it's also the only way

to get out of the valley.

But you've just told us

there's a password

to deactivate her.

Yeah, but we still don't know

what it is.

We've tried loads already,

but none of them have worked.

And she is extremely dangerous.

This is getting beyond a joke.

How can you possibly be scared

of a pink sheep?

Bunch of scaredy cats.

Let me take care of this.

That's enough. Blackie, shut up.

We have to think of something.

I'm sure if we put our heads together,

we can come up with a solution.

Do you think so?

Of course, guys.

Now, let's use our brains.

If we think as one, we can do it.

Well, judging by the size

of their skulls,

I'll bet you'll overdo it.

Hmm.

(Speaking Russian)

What did he say?

He said that while we have

a negative force among us,

we'll come up with nothing.

Right. Blackie, leave us alone.

Wait a minute.

I'm a sheep.

I can help you.

No. We're going to help you leave, okay?

Bye.

I pity you guys.

You really are a pathetic bunch.

Hmm!

Why don't we set up a trap.

A trap?

Yeah. We can reach the summit

if we neutralize her.

Johnny has studied Pinky closely.

I'm sure he can work something out.

Arf?

(Speaking Russian-sounding gibberish)

He said she loves pink.

Oh.

GRUMBO:
Once upon a time,

there was a dog from

the 11th Marine Dog Division,

who aspired to be decorated with

the Auxiliary Sergeant's Medal.

And one day, he was on patrol

with his company,

lost in the deepest swamp

somewhere around the 28th Parallel,

when suddenly he hear a noise.

And then, on this

dinosaur-infested island,

there once lived a pirate who--

Yuri, it's wonderful.

You're such a good storyteller.

His name is Kanuto!

And if it wasn't for me,

he'd never have come here.

Really? And so what are you going to do

when he's on the moon?

What?

Yeah. What are you going to do

when he's on the moon with us?

Hey. What about me?

Poor Blackie.

I'm not sure you could survive the trip.

Are you kidding?

I have to go.

That's not possible.

You won't be able to get

into an astronaut suit.

You're not built right.

Not built right?

Ha! You can talk, with your fat head

and your stupid little paws.

Okay, okay. Calm down, Blackie.

Come with me. We need to talk.

(Grunting)

(All gasping)

Take good care of everyone

till we get back, okay?

Hurry up, Brian.

We've no time to lose.

What happens if we only find Blackie?

We still come back, eh?

I'll pretend I never heard you say that.

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