Beethoven's 5th Page #2

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without you. Especially with a stranger.

He may be strange,

but he's not a stranger, OK?

He's the smartest kid in town.

Now go, have a good time.

- Come on, let's go.

- Stay with him, Beethoven.

He can help me fix the Caddy.

Right, Beethoven?

- You like GM products?

- (barks)

Quicksilver, huh? Guess this

used to be a silver mining town.

Not really. Mercury, actually.

- Really?

- Yeah.

It was a surprise to the miners too.

They were looking for gold

but hit mercury ore instead.

Quicksilver is slang for mercury.

- You knew that, right?

- Um, makes perfect sense.

But it turns out mercury's dangerous.

It affects the brain's neural function.

- Like how?

- You'll see.

Hello, Owen. How's it going?

It's dry. Too dry.

- Mercury, huh?

- That's Owen Tuttle all right.

He thinks the polar icecaps will melt

and we'll have to live underwater.

He goes to the lake every day to practise.

- Hey Garrett, come in here.

- Morning, Phil.

That's Phil Dobson.

He loves gambling, but always loses.

He owes everyone in town money.

Do you want to play some poker?

- Your wife said I wasn't allowed to.

- Let me try and win my computer back.

- I need it.

- Sorry. I promised your wife I wouldn't.

It's so unfair. What about you?

You're not a local, are you?

- You like to gamble?

- No, I don't gamble.

I'll play anything.

Rummy, blackjack, war, go fish.

- I'll play you for that blender.

- I don't need one.

Or how about a nice electric toothbrush?

One game for this electric toothbrush.

No, thanks. Bye.

Uh, hi.

- Never saw her before. You?

- Nope. She's not local.

Dresses kind of funny. Big-city, I think.

That's Freddy's niece, isn't it?

She'll come around.

- See you later.

- Talk to her, huh?

- This town is going to the dogs.

- Getting too uptown for my likings.

That's the Carter family.

They're just plain weird.

(car horn)

- Get in. It's an emergency.

- Where are we going?

Pete called. The fish are biting. Come on.

Rides like butter, huh?

(Sara) Don't people mind you

borrowing their cars?

I like to think of it as more of a test drive.

(country and western song on radio)

All right, kids, we're here.

Everybody out.

- Watch your step.

- For what?

- Rattlesnakes and mine shafts.

- And ghosts.

Right!

Everybody knows

these woods are haunted.

Come on. Nobody believes in ghosts.

Everybody knows there's ghosts out here.

At night you can hear them whistling.

(howls like ghost)

Uncle Freddy, I think I'm going to puke.

It's just chicken liver.

Look, it appeals to Beethoven.

Everything appeals to Beethoven.

Even toilet water.

- I got a bite.

- All right! Reel it in.

- Is that a fish?

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