The Stray

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[man]

"The Ants Go Marching."

[man, boys] The ants

go marching One by one

Hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching

One by one

- [dog barking]

- [singing continues]

And we all go

Marching down

To the ground

To get out of the rain

A-rum-tum-tum

The ants go marching

Two by two

Hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching

Two by two

The little one stops

To take a poo

Take a poo

And they all go marching

[man]

"Would I? Would I?"

And Ozzy said,

"Fat legs! Fat legs!"

- [boys laughing]

- [mock laughter]

Hey, guys.

I think we better make camp here tonight.

We'll find the lake tomorrow.

Okay, guys, come on.

Come on. Come on.

Come on, Pluto!

[barking]

Who's down

for some hot chocolate?

- I am!

- Me too.

- Sounds good.

- All right.

[man] Okay.

- Okay.

- [parking brake sets]

[engine off]

Okay.

Absolutely, Jeffrey.

I'll get it for you

first thing in the morning.

6:
00 a.m.? Sure.

And I'll copy Michael,

Ricardo, and David.

Anything else?

- Thanks for the opportunity.

- Daddy!

- Daddy!

- Oh! Rachel!

- [baby crying]

- Sorry, Daddy.

Rachel, honey, you have to go to bed.

You have preschool tomorrow.

- Go.

- Yes, Mommy.

- Good night, Daddy.

- Good night, Rachel.

- Sorry, I, uh...

- Welcome home.

Yeah, thanks.

Let's, uh,

try that again.

- [baby fussing]

- Better.

- [sighs]

- [baby crying]

Hey, Dad.

Hey, Son.

What are you

still doing awake?

Mom told me

I could wait up for you.

I'm gonna play Little League

this year and, well...

I was wondering if...

you could help me

learn how to throw a baseball.

[sighs]

[baby continues

fussing]

You know what, Son?

Do you think you could have

your mom help you with it?

Just because

I'm so busy with work.

You know, all my scripts

and the office...

Okay.

What?

"Exterior. Mars."

Twinkle, twinkle

Little star

- How I wonder What you are

- [laughing]

- [singing continues]

- Okay, Christian, I gave you extra fruit snacks.

But I don't wanna

go to school.

It's like Gilligan's Island

on Mars.

It's ridiculous. It's got

the Skipper and everything.

You gotta go. You're

gonna miss the bus.

Well, no.

No Ginger.

- I wanna stay home with you.

- I know you do, honey.

But you gotta go.

You have to go to school.

- No, that's actually my daughter.

- Like a diamond in the sky

Uh, no,

I have three children.

How I wonder

What you are

Hey, uh, Jeffrey,

I-I'm sort of losing you.

Are you there? I...

Hello, Jeffrey. Can you hear me?

Jeffrey?

[beeps]

You tricked him.

Hey, Son!

Christian!

Hey, don't let the bas... Don't let

the you-know-whats get you down.

I won't, Dad.

- And they're all you-know-whats!

- I know, Dad.

It sucks to grow up.

[baby crying]

You're tellin' me.

- Bye!

- Good-bye!

- Bye, Daddy!

- Bye.

- Hey, hon, I've been thinking.

- Uh-oh.

About what we could do for

Christian, and for all of us.

I think we should get a dog.

Yeah! A puppy!

- Are you serious?

- Yeah.

It's a playmate for Christian,

a watchdog for you.

Oh, so you can work nights

and not feel guilty?

No, it's not about me.

It's about all of us.

Say yes, Mommy.

Yes to the puppy.

Okay, I tell you what. If a stray dog

shows up here, I'll think about it.

But no way am I going out

on purpose and getting a dog.

- You married me on purpose.

- Exactly.

- I want a dog, Daddy.

- Then pray for a stray, Rachel.

Pray for a stray.

- Dear God, please send us...

- Rachel!

Yes, Mommy?

I think God has better things

to do than get you a dog.

- Like what?

- [sighs]

[horns honking]

Okay, come on, everybody.

Let's work together.

Just...

- [crashing]

- Hey!

She hit me yesterday.

Hey, Cruella De Vil,

you hit me yester...

- [crashes]

- [horn honking]

Okay. You're okay.

No. No, you're good, man.

Just turn around.

Okay. You're okay.

You're okay.

Serves you right

for not paying attention.

[chain link fence

rattling]

- Hey, give me my ball back!

- You can pay me for it.

Five bucks.

Give it!

It's not fair!

[mocking]

That's not fair!

[barking]

Where did you come from?

[chattering]

- I'll get you out of here.

- [barking]

Puppy, come.

Come on, puppy.

Sit.

You need to stay on

this side of the street.

- [whines]

- No, no, no, no.

Puppy, come here.

Come here.

Stay. Sit.

- [barking]

- It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

That should do the trick.

[whines]

[speakers:
man singing opera

in foreign language]

[speakers:
opera continues]

So, Bradley says your dog attacked him.

[chuckling]

Is that true?

I don't have a dog.

Well,

then whose dog is it?

Do you know

where the dog is?

I said, do you know

where the dog is?

He's over there.

- On Pluto?

- All dogs come from Pluto.

[exhales]

Now, Mitch covered a spec

script for us last night.

Why don't you tell us

about it.

Um... sure.

Uh, well,

it's, uh...

it's basically

Gilligan's Island on Mars.

[chuckles]

So, uh, it's a pass.

Gilligan's Island...

on Mars.

[crunching ice]

[crunching continues]

- I love it.

- [executives murmuring enthusiastically]

- I love it. Right?

- [man] That's something we can market.

- Yeah.

- It's gonna be great.

[murmuring

continues]

[man] Wonderful.

How is this

even possible?

Hey.

Hey!

Wussy boy!

Gotta have your dog

fight your battles?

Leave me alone.

Where's your doggy now,

huh?

[kids laughing]

[grunts]

[barking]

Go get it.

That's a boy. Good.

Yeah, good job.

Go get it.

Come on.

Come on, puppy!

Good boy. Go get it!

Come here, puppy.

Come here.

I just don't understand how they can

expect you to work day and night.

No, they don't expect.

They just assume.

I just feel like you're starting to

become a stranger in your own...

- [barking]

- What in the world?

[barking continues]

Honey? What's wrong?

Michelle?

Yeah, okay.

No, I get

the whole ending part.

They end up together,

and that's all good.

My concern

is the first act.

Right.

No.

No, no, no.

What is the vacuum

cleaner's motivation

for becoming

a rocket?

And what does he care about

Howard Hughes? Hey there.

Whoa.

Hang on a second.

Who are you?

[barking]

Honey! What's that?

Oh, that's Pluto.

That's our new stray dog.

[barking]

That's on me.

That was my idea.

- You done, sweetie?

- Yup.

Can you please

leave the bacon?

Yeah. You're sure hungry

this morning.

- I am.

- Okay, hurry up. It's time to go to school.

Oh, you're right.

- Bye, Christian!

- Have a good day.

- [snickering]

- [gasps]

- Pluto!

- [Rachel giggling]

Come on, Pluto.

Come on.

- You think that's funny, huh?

- [door closes]

[barking]

[whispering]

Look, it's your brother

out there.

- [bat hits ball]

- [crowd cheering]

Out!

[barking]

[cheering, chattering]

I know, hon, I know. I'm

gonna be home really soon.

I'm just finishing up

a couple of minutes of...

[whispering] Mitch, come on.

This is getting ridiculous.

You're working all day.

I mean, Mitch, it's nearly midnight.

It's crazy.

It's too late.

It's too late.

They can't keep

working you like this.

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