Isle of Dogs Page #5

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over my head at this point,

but you just have to

imagine that part.

Oh.

I can picture it.

Will you help him?

The little pilot?

Why should I?

Because he's

a 12-year-old boy.

Dogs love those.

KING:
Spots, whoever he is,

might be alive,

and he might be dead,

but one thing's for sure:

he's nowhere around here.

He's not in the dog-community.

There's probably another

500 Japanese hectares

of unmapped waste-land

on Trash Island at least.

Where do we start?

(CLEARS THROAT) Also,

the mental health question:

maybe it's because of that

propeller-clutch stuck

in the side of his head

I can't say, I'm not a doctor,

but I think the little pilot's

got a screw loose.

Those are the cons.

You heard the rumor, right?

About the little pilot.

Which rumor?

What is that?

Kobayashi is

his distant uncle.

He's the mayor's ward.

- What?

- ALL:
Whoa.

Be that as it may,

let's look at the pros.

That boy flew here, all alone,

and crash-landed

onto this island

for one reason;

one reason only:

to find his dog.

To the best of my knowledge,

no other master,

not one single human master,

has made any effort

to do that.

They've forgotten

all about us.

I propose we start tomorrow,

first-light.

We'll cross

the Middle Fingers.

We'll find the tugboat

on the Dune.

We'll go see Jupiter

and Oracle.

They'll know what to do.

Let's take a vote.

All in favor say "Aye".

- ALL:
Aye.

- CHIEF:
Nay.

Who's the nay-sayer?

- ALL:
Him.

- CHIEF:
Me.

That kid is gonna get us all

put to sleep. Euthanized.

We won't find the dog,

but we will die trying.

Not a bad way to go.

You're out-voted, anyway.

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

Science-Party Candidate

Professor Watanabe

has been placed

under house-arrest today

at Toho Mountain Ryokan

after offering sharp criticism

last night

of the

Kobayashi Administration's

Canine Saturation-crisis

policy:

(WATANABE SHOUTING)

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

student Walker.

Thank you, Editor-Hiroshi.

You all know me.

I speak my mind,

and sometimes

that ruffles some feathers.

Please, forgive my bluntness.

Mayor Kobayashi is a crook,

and I hate him.

Right now,

he faces a divided congress

during a hotly-contested

re-election year.

Dogs are dying

on a miserable island.

Gullible masters

have been brainwashed.

The Science-Party Candidate

is being held against his will

with no recourse

to legal counsel.

Somebody is up to something.

(STUDENTS SPEAKING JAPANESE)

a conspiracy theory?

I have a hunch.

I don't print hunch.

(STUDENTS CHATTERING)

Huh?

I'll spell it out.

I believe

Municipal Dome propaganda

has deliberately stoked

irrational, Anti-Dog fear

and suppressed a medically

proven Dog-Flu treatment

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