| Big
Ben: |
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[to himself]
Killer’s late. He should be here already.
[suddenly, there is a knock at the door.] Is
that you, Killer?
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| Killer: |
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It’s
me. Open the door.
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| Big
Ben: |
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So
who have you been talking to? |
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| Killer: |
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Nobody,
why? Why do you look angry?
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| Big
Ben: |
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I thought
you were my best friend and I could tell you anything.
But I guess I was wrong.
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| Killer: |
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What
are you talking about? I am your best friend. |
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| Big
Ben: |
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You
are a liar and you got a big mouth. |
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| Killer: |
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What?
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| Big
Ben: |
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How
could you tell all the other dogs on the block my secret? |
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| Killer: |
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Ben,
you need to calm down and tell me, what secret? |
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| Big
Ben: |
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The
secret about my family’s secret potion, you know
to make me big and strong and live forever. |
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| Killer: |
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[to
himself] How did Ben find out? What am I going to
do? I must do something.
[to Ben] I didn’t tell ALL the dogs about
your potion. |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
Yes,
you did. You told someone and my brother Manny heard about
it on the streets and told my family. Now everyone is
mad. You got to do something, or else. |
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| Killer: |
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Why
are you so mad about a stupid potion that probably won't
even work? |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
Listen.......
I need that potion to survive in these streets. Without
that potion, I will be weak and dogs will kill me. I need
it to be strong and defend myself. Look it, Killer, you
stay in a whole different block. I stay in Fair Oaks.
Every day, it’s a struggle to survive and not many
dogs do. This block I live in ain’t safe.
I need the potion to last in these streets. And I got
the last of it. If it evaporates, I got to wait till it
grows next year, and ain’t no telling what will happen
before next year.
Now everydog wants it and with your big mouth you told
everybody where it was at, and I know all the dogs are
going to do whatever they can do to get the last of it. |
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| Killer: |
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Ben,
you know what? |
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| Big
Ben: |
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What,
big mouth? |
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| Killer: |
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You
are always worried about yourself. You don’t care
about nobody else. What about me? I always get picked
on because of my size. You need to think about other dogs
who need the potion besides you. |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
Hell
yeah, I’m going to worry about my self. I do not
want to die. You are just jealous because you are smaller
than anydog. If I was a toy chihuahua I would be jealous,
too. |
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| Killer: |
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[shocked]
I rather be small than a big stupid dog.
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| Big
Ben: |
|
You know
what? I could care less what you think about me, all
I know is you better fix what your big mouth started
and tell all the dogs you were lying and you just said
that to play a joke on them... or else our friendship
is over.
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| Killer: |
|
After all
these years, you are going to throw our relationship
away?
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| Big
Ben: |
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Yep.
Just like you did our secret. |
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| Killer: |
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[to
himself] What should I do? I like Ben as my friend,
but if I go tell everybody I lied, they will hate me and
won’t respect me. Damn, look what I got myself into.
All I wanted was everybody to be my friends. I really
messed up everything this time. I didn’t realize
Ben’s life depended on this potion, I thought he
just wanted to look big and get strong and look good,
and to have the dogs scared of him. I guess I was wrong.
[Ben hears barks outside and he looks out the window.
He sees thousands of dogs that want his potion.] |
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| Big
Ben: |
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Now
look what you started.
[Killer walks toward the window] |
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| Killer: |
|
What
I started?
[Ben looks at his Kibbles & Bits clock — it’s
11:45 am.] |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
Oh,
Killer, you better hurry up and do something, because
I need to get to the neighborhood park and dig up the
potion and take it by 12 pm. If I don’t, the potion
will evaporate and I could die. Hurry, hurry! Time is
running out! |
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| Killer: |
|
[to
himself] Man, I really messed up! I didn’t know
that the potion was that important to Ben. Even though
Ben is selfish, he is my best friend.
I must do something.... what should I do?
[to Ben] Ben, I’m sorry but I seriously don’t
know what to do. I don’t want you to die. But the
others will hate me because they will think I lied.
Damn, all I wanted to do was fit in! |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
Killer,
time is running out. Think of something! |
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| Killer: |
|
[starts
to think] I got it!!!! I got a plan but I really don’t
know if it would work and if it doesn’t, they will
kill me. |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
What
is it? What is it? |
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| Killer: |
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But
what if it doesn’t work but you get your potion and
I die? |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
That’s
a risk we got to take. |
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| Killer: |
|
Alright,
I started it, I’ll finish it. Okay, I’m going
to walk outside and tell the dogs you dug up the potion
and buried it somewhere else. And I’m going to leave
with all the dogs like I know where it’s at, but
I’m going to take them to my house, and when we are
not in sight, you hit the fence and run to Fair Oaks park
and dig up your potion.
Take it and I will be with the other dogs, and when 12:00
hits, we will be digging and say, “Damn, we are too
late. It evaporated.” And they won’t know you
took it and I will show I can shut my big mouth and keep
a secret. |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
Alright.
And then I’ll run to the park by your house and dig
with you guys, so they don’t think you were lying.
But tell them quick! I got like 7 minutes left.
[Killer runs out the door in a quickness.] |
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| Killer: |
|
Come
on! Ben tried to fool us. I know where it’s at. Hurry! |
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[It’s
12:15 now and they are back at Ben’s house.] |
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| Big
Ben: |
|
Right
on, Killer, your plan worked. Who thought those dogs will
fall for that plan? Killer, you are pretty smart after
all. |
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| Killer: |
|
Thanks,
Ben... you ain’t so bad after all, either.
[Killer and Ben become even closer friends and both
got their wishes. Ben got his potion and the other dogs
still say hi to Killer.] |
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The
End. |
