Ch. 9— The Car of Disguise
Scamp and the chiot with the patch happily giggled before Scamp turned to ask them a question.
“My name’s Scamp, and she’s Angel. Do toi know where we are?” Scamp asked.
“No,” the chiot on the left stated. “We’re on a foreign trip, but well… can toi keep a secret?”
“I promise,” Scamp told them. Angel looked at him worriedly, remembering the last time Scamp promised to keep a secret.
“Well, we’re running away,” the chiot on the right told him.
“Same with us!” Scamp declared happily. “My name’s Scamp, and she’s Angel. We’re running away because of our, uh…bad parents.”
Angel looked at Scamp skeptically, before saying, “They’re disgusting… at least they’re not my parents.”
“I’m Lucky,” the chiot on the right stated. “He’s Patch, and she’s Penny. And we’re running away from our parents who want to send us to these dog shows.”
“My sisters are also entering,” Scamp stated. “I see why’d toi want to run away. It’s a bunch of frilly stuff.”
“Do toi know the streets well?” Patch asked Scamp with great interest.
“Well, uh…yeah!” Scamp stated happily.
“Yeah right tenderfoot,” Angel told Scamp doubtfully. “I do though. I was a former rue dog,” Angel told them proudly.
Patch, Penny, and Lucky looked impressed. “Do toi know of a hideout place?” Patch asked.
“Well, no, not near here,” Angel admitted. “And it might not do us any good. His dad was also a rue dog, so he can find us quickly.”
“Oh, shucks,” Patch told them sadly.
“I want to return accueil to watch television!” Lucky wailed.
“You’re already out, so you’d just spill on us,” Patch stated mistrustfully, although Penny looked only halfheartedly in agreement.
“Well, we better get away from here,” Patch told Scamp. “We only just escaped… my parents are still nearby.”
“Oh, that’s bad,” Scamp stated frustratedly. “Mine are looking for us too. We have to hide.”
Scamp cleared his throat, before saying, “Hey! I know a place where we can go!”
Angel looked curiously at Scamp, and Lucky asked, “Well, where?”
“It’s an old railroad,” Scamp explained.
“Oh, cool!” Patch explained. “It sounds like fun!”
“Yeah, it’s abandoned!” Scamp exclaimed. “We went there to find…”
Angel, however walked up to Scamp. “No, Scamp, we can’t!”
“Come on, why not?” Scamp asked.
“The railroad is far away from all the houses, and we won’t be able to find a family,” Angel explained.
“We don’t need a family,” Scamp told Angel. “We can manage on our own, right Patch?”
Patch nodded in agreement, but Penny and Lucky’s expressions clearly didn’t agree with that.
“Is there any other place?” Lucky asked
But before Patch ou Scamp could reply, a blinding light blinded all of them.
“What’s going on?” Penny asked, scared.
“Jim Dear must have gotten a car,” Scamp added nervously.
“Maybe it’s a new family!” Angel exclaimed happily.
The others were preparing to run away but Angel refused to move. Penny and Lucky soon joined her, leaving a frustrated Patch and Scamp to have no choice than to stay with them.
Scamp was half-right. A small, red car was standing in front of the group of puppies, all huddled together nervously. The car light turned off, and inside, a woman with fat cheeks, well-tanned skin, and long red hair stuck her head out of the window.
“Well, well, well!” she stated happily as she opened the door of the car. “Look at all those puppies! And my, such wonderful coats!” She was wearing a loose rose dress, and was quite rotund.
“Is she a bit familiar?” Penny asked, confused.
“But… no…” Patch told her firmly. “She doesn’t look like that…”
Scamp and Angel had no idea of what they were talking about. Angel was looking simply delighted. “This is our chance,” Angel stated excitedly. “We can find a family now!”
She was hurriedly pawing up at the woman and giving her chiot eyes, as Scamp was biting on her tail and trying and failing to drag her backward.
“Wait a minute!” Scamp declared. “We don’t even know if she has strict rules ou not!”
“She can take us into the neighborhoods,” Angel told him bluntly. “And I want a family no matter what, even if they do have rules.”
“Well, fine!” Scamp pouted. “If you’re going to act like that, I don’t want any family!”
“Well,” the woman stated happily in a relatively, deep low voice. “Such wonderful puppies. All right, I’ll take toi in,” she stated, smiling. She picked up Patch, Lucky and Penny, Scamp, and Angel, and threw them into the back siège of the car. She then left to a restroom on the other side of the street.
“Rats,” Patch complained. “We’ve been caught already. She’s probably going to take us back to our parents.”
The woman ran back in a couple of minutes, looking much skinnier from a distance, and her cheeks, contrary from being chubby, looked almost skeletal, though they couldn’t really see her in the dim light that was left, and was carrying something. When she re-entered the car and locked it up tightly, she threw down a bag of stuffing and a red wig.
“Vengeance is sweet,” the woman up front drawled in a cackle, her low voice vanished. “And with the same tactic toi used on me,” she stated as she turned on the car and began to drive at breakneck speed.
“What does she mean?” Angel asked.
“I don’t know… well, at least it’s soft back here,” Lucky told the others.
“What’s this?” Scamp asked, chewing on something. “It feels like… fur…”
“Fur?” Patch asked, and the chiots looked over the seat. So did Penny and Lucky. Scamp and Angel looked confused. But as the car began to déplacer and passed under a headlight, they noticed that a large, fourrure manteau was covering the seat. Patch, Penny, and Lucky looked terrified, and gasped.
“What?” Angel asked.
The three of them were quiet for a bit, before Penny stated nervously, in a stutter, “It’s Cruella!”
Scamp and the chiot with the patch happily giggled before Scamp turned to ask them a question.
“My name’s Scamp, and she’s Angel. Do toi know where we are?” Scamp asked.
“No,” the chiot on the left stated. “We’re on a foreign trip, but well… can toi keep a secret?”
“I promise,” Scamp told them. Angel looked at him worriedly, remembering the last time Scamp promised to keep a secret.
“Well, we’re running away,” the chiot on the right told him.
“Same with us!” Scamp declared happily. “My name’s Scamp, and she’s Angel. We’re running away because of our, uh…bad parents.”
Angel looked at Scamp skeptically, before saying, “They’re disgusting… at least they’re not my parents.”
“I’m Lucky,” the chiot on the right stated. “He’s Patch, and she’s Penny. And we’re running away from our parents who want to send us to these dog shows.”
“My sisters are also entering,” Scamp stated. “I see why’d toi want to run away. It’s a bunch of frilly stuff.”
“Do toi know the streets well?” Patch asked Scamp with great interest.
“Well, uh…yeah!” Scamp stated happily.
“Yeah right tenderfoot,” Angel told Scamp doubtfully. “I do though. I was a former rue dog,” Angel told them proudly.
Patch, Penny, and Lucky looked impressed. “Do toi know of a hideout place?” Patch asked.
“Well, no, not near here,” Angel admitted. “And it might not do us any good. His dad was also a rue dog, so he can find us quickly.”
“Oh, shucks,” Patch told them sadly.
“I want to return accueil to watch television!” Lucky wailed.
“You’re already out, so you’d just spill on us,” Patch stated mistrustfully, although Penny looked only halfheartedly in agreement.
“Well, we better get away from here,” Patch told Scamp. “We only just escaped… my parents are still nearby.”
“Oh, that’s bad,” Scamp stated frustratedly. “Mine are looking for us too. We have to hide.”
Scamp cleared his throat, before saying, “Hey! I know a place where we can go!”
Angel looked curiously at Scamp, and Lucky asked, “Well, where?”
“It’s an old railroad,” Scamp explained.
“Oh, cool!” Patch explained. “It sounds like fun!”
“Yeah, it’s abandoned!” Scamp exclaimed. “We went there to find…”
Angel, however walked up to Scamp. “No, Scamp, we can’t!”
“Come on, why not?” Scamp asked.
“The railroad is far away from all the houses, and we won’t be able to find a family,” Angel explained.
“We don’t need a family,” Scamp told Angel. “We can manage on our own, right Patch?”
Patch nodded in agreement, but Penny and Lucky’s expressions clearly didn’t agree with that.
“Is there any other place?” Lucky asked
But before Patch ou Scamp could reply, a blinding light blinded all of them.
“What’s going on?” Penny asked, scared.
“Jim Dear must have gotten a car,” Scamp added nervously.
“Maybe it’s a new family!” Angel exclaimed happily.
The others were preparing to run away but Angel refused to move. Penny and Lucky soon joined her, leaving a frustrated Patch and Scamp to have no choice than to stay with them.
Scamp was half-right. A small, red car was standing in front of the group of puppies, all huddled together nervously. The car light turned off, and inside, a woman with fat cheeks, well-tanned skin, and long red hair stuck her head out of the window.
“Well, well, well!” she stated happily as she opened the door of the car. “Look at all those puppies! And my, such wonderful coats!” She was wearing a loose rose dress, and was quite rotund.
“Is she a bit familiar?” Penny asked, confused.
“But… no…” Patch told her firmly. “She doesn’t look like that…”
Scamp and Angel had no idea of what they were talking about. Angel was looking simply delighted. “This is our chance,” Angel stated excitedly. “We can find a family now!”
She was hurriedly pawing up at the woman and giving her chiot eyes, as Scamp was biting on her tail and trying and failing to drag her backward.
“Wait a minute!” Scamp declared. “We don’t even know if she has strict rules ou not!”
“She can take us into the neighborhoods,” Angel told him bluntly. “And I want a family no matter what, even if they do have rules.”
“Well, fine!” Scamp pouted. “If you’re going to act like that, I don’t want any family!”
“Well,” the woman stated happily in a relatively, deep low voice. “Such wonderful puppies. All right, I’ll take toi in,” she stated, smiling. She picked up Patch, Lucky and Penny, Scamp, and Angel, and threw them into the back siège of the car. She then left to a restroom on the other side of the street.
“Rats,” Patch complained. “We’ve been caught already. She’s probably going to take us back to our parents.”
The woman ran back in a couple of minutes, looking much skinnier from a distance, and her cheeks, contrary from being chubby, looked almost skeletal, though they couldn’t really see her in the dim light that was left, and was carrying something. When she re-entered the car and locked it up tightly, she threw down a bag of stuffing and a red wig.
“Vengeance is sweet,” the woman up front drawled in a cackle, her low voice vanished. “And with the same tactic toi used on me,” she stated as she turned on the car and began to drive at breakneck speed.
“What does she mean?” Angel asked.
“I don’t know… well, at least it’s soft back here,” Lucky told the others.
“What’s this?” Scamp asked, chewing on something. “It feels like… fur…”
“Fur?” Patch asked, and the chiots looked over the seat. So did Penny and Lucky. Scamp and Angel looked confused. But as the car began to déplacer and passed under a headlight, they noticed that a large, fourrure manteau was covering the seat. Patch, Penny, and Lucky looked terrified, and gasped.
“What?” Angel asked.
The three of them were quiet for a bit, before Penny stated nervously, in a stutter, “It’s Cruella!”
Okay, I know " The Lion King" is like the almighty oracle to stage and screen critics. But does Every Disney stage adaptation have to be compared to its standards. Im sure Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast are all just as good as The Lion King. In my honest opinion I think the Lion King has become overrated in the years since its movie release. Even the animated films are compared to it. Not everything needs comparison sometimes things are valuable and noteworthy on their own. The audience reviewed The Little Mermaid and 95% of them loved it. So in the end I think critics are just looking for the bad in things instead of enjoying the montrer for the masterpiece that it is. I am seeing it this fall on Tour. And I have heard it is great from fellow fanpopers. Peace and take this however toi wish.