Beethoven's 3rd Page #4

Shut up, Brennan.

Sweetheart,

Beethoven will be just fne,

even though your mommy made him

stay in that terrible place.

Oh, thanks a lot, Richard.

You're welcome, honey. Okay,

who wants to sing road songs?

No? Okay.

Honey, why don't you show your mom

that great trip route we programmed?

You mean that one

That's enough, Brennan.

If we make the schedule, we should be able

to hit Black Bart's Village by Thursday.

You're gonna love that.

Richard, you planned this entire

trip practically to the minute.

You have a map for every inch

of highway we're gonna travel...

and a schedule of stops

and attractions.

Okay, I'm impressed.

This is great.

Yep.

Brenn, what are you doing?

I'm gonna watch that movie. I can't

believe I'm gonna watch it, but I'm gonna.

Two hours into the trip,

and you're already bored?

It's not my fault, Dad.

I can get anywhere I want in the world

with just a few keystrokes, but I'm not.

I'm watching it crawl by

through the window of a bus.

It wasn't that different

when I was a kid.

We didn't have computers, but we had

clubhouses. We used to build clubhouses.

- What's a clubhouse, Dad?

- Never mind. Just watch the movie, Brennan.

- Dad, this disc is a reject.

- What?

Oh, that was supposed to be one

of the highlights of the trip.

He'll come around.

Just give him time.

Richard, what was that?

Mmm, just a branch.

Oh, yeah!

It's beautiful.

And they sure keep it clean.

Okay, Newtons. Let's get the boat

unhitched and start having some fun!

Okay.

Man!

I don't remember this thing

being this heavy.

- Brennan, come here and give me a hand.

- Doing fne, Dad.

Beethoven, come here!

Richard!

I'm okay. I'm all right.

I'm okay. I'm all right.

No, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no!

No!

Dad, Beethoven saved you.

He's a hero.

Sara, I was in three feet

of water.

Okay. I'm calm now

and clean.

You did this on purpose,

didn't you?

What? Let the towing hitch

hit me in the hmm-hmm?

Threw myself in the lake

and sunk the boat?

No, you snuck Beethoven in the

boat and you towed him here with us.

You did, Dad? Thanks!

Ah, you're welcome sweetheart.

No!

Wait a minute.

I didn't do that.

Look, Beethoven obviously

got away from the kennel,

Jumped in the boat

and hitched a ride here.

Pretty smart dog.

He's an untrained, drooling

hair ball. Beethoven, sit.

See? Now what

are we gonna do with him?

Set him free.

He'll be fne in the wild.

- He's as big as a bear.

- Dad, no!

Dad! Don't worry. There

are no bears here, Brennan.

I don't see any other choice.

We have to take him with us.

- Oh, joy.

- All right.

The minute Beethoven causes me extra

work, he's walking to California.

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