The Shaggy Dog Page #4

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All right, boys, time for bed.

If you haven't finished, do it tomorrow.

Be right up, Pop.

- You coming, Wilby?

- In a minute.

What the heck is this?

How do you suppose...

I know. It must've fallen in when

I knocked over the professor's case.

"In canis corpore transmuto."

Sounds like Latin.

Wish I knew more

than just first year Latin.

Canis, canis...

That's "dog." Dog.

"Into dog something," transmuto.

"In canis corpore transmuto."

"In canis corpore transmuto."

It's a transmuto and away we go

With the do-si-do

Wait a minute.

What's going on here?

Stop! Wait, somebody,

whoever you are.

I was just kidding!

Wilby.

Wilby, come on, now.

It's getting late.

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

Wilby.

- Yipe.

- Wilby.

Oh.

Wilby. Come on up now.

It's getting late.

OK, Pop.

You catching a cold? Your mother

told you to wear a sweater down here.

Sweater?

I've got a sweater.

Come on up now.

Oh, poor Pop.

This'll kill him.

What'll I do?

Gosh, what'll I do?

Professor Plumcutt! He'll know.

Now, to get by Pop.

[Hums]

[Wilby] Professor Plumcutt.

Hello, fella.

I've gotta talk to you.

You know, dogs are not allowed in here.

I'm not a dog.

I'm Wilby Daniels.

Wilby Daniels.

Are you really?

Well, well.

I'm not surprised.

The very first time I saw you,

I said to myself,

"That boy's a potential shape-shifter."

- Is that what happened to me?

- Of course.

How on earth did you manage it?

I think this ring

had something to do with it.

The Borgia ring.

Where did you find it?

I've looked everywhere for it.

Well, uh, it fell in the cuff

of my trousers.

Thank you very much for returning it.

It's a very rare and unusual ring.

Professor!

- What's the matter?

- What about me?

What about you?

I don't want to be a dog.

- You don't?

- No, of course not!

Can't you help me?

Yes, but how?

Apparently, you've become involved

with some old spell cast upon this ring.

Probably by one of the Borgias.

It sounds just like them.

But how do I get out of it?

Don't ask me, my boy.

How should I know?

There are all kinds of spells.

Some of them break themselves

after awhile.

While others come and go

like a headache.

- Come and go?

- Yes.

Sometimes you'll be a dog,

sometimes a boy.

For hours at a time, sometimes longer.

You never can tell,

that's what makes it so interesting.

Well, how can I break the spell?

An act of heroism might break the spell.

Heroism?

Why, of course.

Why didn't I think of it first!

Heroism has always been an important,

a most potent factor,

in the breaking of spells.

- Do you remember the hound of Florence?

- Hound of Florence? No, sir.

Well, it's the famous story of a

young man who was changed into a dog,

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