The Shaggy Dog Page #2

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...so we're lying down!

Good advice. All right.

Thanks for your help.

- You bet.

- I'm good.

Let's go.

All right, fellas, let's just get

some sort of perimeter on this.

They're just kids.

Let 'em do their thing.

When they get hungry,

they're all gonna go home.

Hold on a minute.

Grant & Strictland's lying,

so we're lying down!

Grant & Strictland's lying,

so we're lying down!

- Hi, Dad.

- Hi, Carly.

What're you doing here?

I'm lying down for what I believe in.

Uh, good to see you, Mr. Douglas.

It's always good

to see you too, Trey.

We need to talk.

Oh, yeah, sure thing.

Um, Trey, make some room for Dad.

- Ow!

- Get up. C'mon. Jeez.

- OK, OK.

- No, no, no, no. Not OK.

We gotta get outta here.

We're leavin' right now.

As a member of the Animal Rescue

Group, there are principles...

You're a member of the 11th grade.

If you don't get out of here

right now, I'm gonna ground you.

Who's gonna enforce it?

You? You're never home.

You're never gonna leave home

unless you leave here right now.

[Scoffs] Come on, Trey.

It was nice seeing you.

You too, Trey.

- [Barks]

- OK.

Yeah, this one still

freaks me out. A lot.

Can't make an omelet

without breakin' some eggs.

- That's a good point.

- Let's get a sample.

OK.

Such a good dog.

Never give us any trouble, do you?

Nice.

Oh, my God, it's a trap.

- [Barking]

- Dogs don't set traps.

Yeah, well, dogs

don't live 300 years either.

- [Growling]

- [Woman] Get the cattle prod.

OK. That's what I'm doing,

backing up to get

the cattle prod. I have it.

- [Electricity crackling]

- [Barking]

[Woman] Watch out.

That blood's viral.

Aah!

He treats me like a ten-year-old.

- What are you thinking?

- We can prove Mr. Forrester's right.

- You wanna sneak in?

- Just follow me.

[Snoring]

It's the middle of the day.

If anyone asks,

we're looking for a bathroom.

- [Barks]

- [Gasps]

[Grunts]

- [Carly] I knew it.

- [Barks]

Let's go.

[Car engine starting]

We proved Mr. Forrester's right.

They are testing animals in there.

All right, so then,

what do we do now?

We'll take him to the media

and show them we've got this dog...

...who's got no tags or markings

that we can actually prove

came from Grant & Strictland.

Well, can we take him to your dad?

Oh, yeah, sure.

And, uh, as deputy DA,

he'll arrest us for burglary.

[Barks]

- We've searched the building.

- We're gonna keep looking.

- Really?

- We're gonna...

Same places or new places?

If the same places...

- I think new places.

- Oh, yeah? Tell me you're a moron.

- Definitely.

- Larry.

- Yes?

- Don't... don't speak.

Do you understand the great lengths

I went to to get this dog? Yes?

- Yes-or-no question.

- Well, you said not to speak...

And just 'cause he holds

the key to my future...

...so it would stand to reason

that if you don't find him,

well, [chuckles]

You won't have a future.

Right.

Why are you still standing here?

No sleeping. No talking. Find him.

[Dave] Hey, sorry I'm late, guys.

- Where's my dinner?

- [All] In the microwave.

Right.

So you guys see the trial

on the evening news?

Great shot of your dad

on channel eight. [chuckles]

So how was the parent-teacher

conference today?

[Water running]

[Sighs]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I... [sighs] Completely slipped my...

[whimpers]

There's a dog in the kitchen.

No, no, no, no. It's a dog-free home.

[Carly] Dad, stop oppressing Shaggy!

- He's got a name now?

- Yeah, it just happened.

He's so cute, and he's very smart.

They're a breeding ground for fleas.

They don't contribute to the financial

well-being of a household.

And I'm not gonna get... Oh!

It was an accident. He's really sweet

once you get to know him.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah, I'm OK.

Carly, this is precisely why,

no matter what happens,

that animal's goin' back

to wherever he came from.

[Dog whimpering]

Look at that. He's paper-trained.

All right, um, come here. Ow!

Oh! Aah!

[Echoing]

Ow!

- You scared him.

- Ow, he bit me.

- [Mother] Let me see.

- [Dave grunts]

[Carly] Aww. He's licking it better.

What could be more sweet?

So no hard feelings, right?

- [Pants]

- Thanks, guys.

[Josh] He licked you!

He tried to apologize!

You know what? A lick is not

considered an apology.

Well, if he doesn't have rabies,

can we take him back?

[Grunts]

- [Sighs]

- Hey.

How's your hand?

[Slurring] Uh, fine, thanks.

- What?

- Why are you talkin' like that?

I don't... [stammers]

I don't know. Huh.

So Josh's teacher called me today

at work when you didn't show.

I am so sorry about that.

He's flunking math.

You're kidding.

Josh knows he can't play football

unless he passes math.

I'll... I'll...

Don't worry, I'll... I'll...

I'll... I'll talk to him or somethin'.

She also asked if there

were any problems at home.

Yeah, that's good.

I told her that we'd

reverted to cannibalism

and that we were eating

our neighbors.

OK, great. I'd say the same thing.

What?

What happened to my husband?

Let's not exaggerate the situation.

Dave!

You were bitten tonight by a stray dog,

and the kids took the dog's side.

What does that tell you? You don't know

what's going on with your children.

You don't know

what's going on with me.

When was the last time

you said, "I love you"?

I love you.

That doesn't count.

Rebecca. Wait a minute. Rebecca, stop.

Stop for a second. Please, look.

That didn't come out right.

Turn around.

Look, sit down, sit down.

I got an idea. I got an idea.

Tomorrow night

I'm gonna come home early,

I'm gonna cook dinner for the kids,

spend some quality time with them.

You know what the next night is.

- Do you?

- Yes. It's our anniversary.

So we make reservations at Grace,

get that table

by the window that we love.

I'll sing in French,

like you know that I can't do.

You have to do more

than just talk a good game.

- You have to follow through, OK?

- Yeah.

You have to connect

with the whole family again.

[Whispering] I love you.

[Grunting] Oh.

I gotta get this.

- Ahh.

- [Grunting, sighs]

[Bicycle bell rings]

- [Beeping]

- [Sighing] Mmm.

- [Beeping]

- [Sighing] Mmm.

Honey?

Rough night's sleep?

[Sighs] No.

[Grunting, squeaking] No.

- I slept great.

- Wow.

I dreamt I chased cars all night.

- [Rebecca] Oh.

- Yeah.

Hey, you know what we should do?

We should get out today.

Get out, just go outside,

go to the... [stammers] go...

We should go to the park.

We should go to the park

and just run, huh?

[High-pitched noise]

Greased lightnin'

Go greased lightnin'

Go greased lightnin'...

- [door opens]

- [music playing in headphones]

Turn that down, please.

Dad, don't you ever knock?

I can hear that all the way in my room.

That high-pitched... Turn it...

The machine, turn the machine off.

- [noise squealing]

- [Groans] Oh.

Great. I hear everything.

Beautiful day out there now.

I smell bacon and syrup.

Wow. [sniffs]

Ahh. [laughs]

I smell everything today.

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