Walk, Don't Run

[At the front door of the Casagrande Apartment, Sid is reading a magazine about Twelve is Midnight and Twelve is Midnight music is playing on her MP3 player until Ronnie Anne skateboards out the front door and stands on the sidewalk.] Ronnie Anne: "You were right, Sid! Twelve is Midnight is great skateboarding music." [Dances and sings along to the music.] "♫ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! ♫" [Sid bobs her head to the music.] Sid: "Told ya! [Sid opens her Twelve is Midnight magazine to the page with Yoon Kwan; Imitating Yoon Kwan] K-pop makes everything better." Ronnie Anne:: "Okay, Yoon, let's see what it does for my Toe Jam Slide." ''[Ronnie Anne skateboards across the sidewalk. She comes to a stop when she notices the gang of cats come at her and she screams. She trips over the cats and crashes into the sidewalk. A speech bubble that says "CRASH!!" appears during this.]'' Ronnie Anne: "Aw, come on! I hate those cats!" [The cats rip up Ronnie Anne and her skateboard.] Sid: "Oh my gosh, Ronnie Anne, you okay?" Ronnie Anne: "I-I'm fine, but my board isn't!" [The board breaks in half, suddenly, they hear the sound of something else breaking, and cries of pain, they turn and see Mr. Nakamura walking Nelson, but his back is injured] "Mr. Nakamura, what happened? Did the cats get you too?" Mr. Nakamura: "Oh, I threw my back out, really need to stay off those ice skates." [He moves, and yells in pain again, the girls cringe at this] Ronnie Anne: "We can walk Nelson for you." [Pets Nelson, and he licks her] Mr. Nakamura: "Really? That would be a huge help." [Gives her the leash] "Thanks girls, here's a little something for your trouble." ''[He takes out his wallet, but drops it. He bends down to pick it up, but his back breaks, and the girls cringe again. Nelson howls]'' Ronnie Anne: "Oh, you don't have to pay us." Mr. Nakamura: "Nonsense," [takes out a grabbing tool to pick up his wallet] "people usually get paid to walk dogs." [He gives Ronnie Anne four dollars, the girls gasp with amazement, look at each other, and get an idea] Ronnie Anne: "Hmm, you know, Sid and I could be Nelson's regular dog walkers if you wanted." [Takes out what's left of her board] "I'm saving up to buy a new skateboard." Sid: "And I'm saving up to buy a life sized cutout of Yoon Kwan." [Hugs her magazine] Mr. Nakamura: "Huh?" Sid: [Opens her magazine] "Isn't he dreamy?" ''[Starts jumping. Imitates Yoon again]'' "Try not to fall in love with me." Mr. Nakamura: "Well, I'd be glad to have you girls walk Nelson, just remember, don't let him off the leash, that dog catcher's been handing out a lot of fines lately." ''[Mr. Nakamura point over to said dog catcher, who's fining a lady who's dog pooped in the middle of the sidewalk. He slaps a ticket on the lady's face, the dog's face, and the poop]'' Ronnie Anne: [Salutes] "Got it, we'll be careful." Mr. Nakamura: "Would you mind turning me around so I can go back into the building?" [The girls do so, and Mr. Nakamura yells in pain again]

[Later, the girls are walking Nelson along] Sid: "Okay, I figure, if we walk Nelson once a day, five days a week, four weeks a month, we should be able to get the stuff we want in about two and a half months." Ronnie Anne: "Woah, that's a long time to wait." [Gets an idea] "Hey, I know, why don't we find some other dogs in the building?" Sid: [Thinking about it] "And injure their owners backs?" Ronnie Anne: "I was thinking that maybe we just ask them if they want their dogs walked." Sid: "Ha, right, that works too. Shall we?" [Heads off in the direction they were going to] Ronnie Anne: [Points in the direction they were coming from] "Our building is this way." Sid: [Offscreen] "I knew that."

[Outside apartment 4D, Miranda is hugging her large St. Bernard] Miranda: "Thanks again girls, now just remember; Ninja can fall asleep anytime, anywhere." [At that moment, Ninja falls asleep on Sid] Sid: [Gives a thumbs up] "Got it." ''[Sid's arm drops, and Miranda gives Ronnie Anne the money. Next they are at apartment 3B, where Mrs. Flores is giving them her chihuahua]'' Mrs. Flores: "Cuidado, keep a close eye on Buttercup, muchahas, otherwise, she'll try to eat everything in sight." Ronnie Anne: [Pets Buttercup] "Awe, what a cute 'uahua." [Buttercup barfs up a clock radio, the noise makes her jump into Ronnie Anne's arms] "Got it." ''[Mrs. Flores gives her the money. Later, the girls are outside Margarita's Beauty]'' Ronnie Anne: "Okay, now that we have three dogs, we'll have enough money to buy our stuff in... Three dogs, five days, carry the one." Sid: [Who's better at multiplying] "Three and a half weeks." Ronnie Anne: "Awesome!" [Just then they hear barking in the salon, they look and see two terriers] "Hmm, how long would it take if we added two more dogs." Sid: "I like the way you think." [They enter] Margarita: "Are you sure you can handle this many dogs, chikas?" Sid: "Oh yeah, my mom works at the zoo, so I'm pretty much an animal expert." [Just then, Buttercup barfs up a hairbrush, Sid is grossed out, but gives it back to Margarita] Margarita: "Recuerding, Fluffy only eats organic dog food, that's it, nada más; and Pickles loves puddles, so be careful, I don't want her getting all muddy." [Gives Sid the leashes] Sid: "Got it." [Margarita gives Ronnie Anne the money] Margarita: [As the girls leave] "Aye, one more thing-" Sid: "Okay, thanks Margarita, bye." [Margarita looks at the brush Buttercup coughed up, and uses it on her client anyway]

[Later, the girls are strutting down the street with the dogs, when Carl pops out of a garbage can, and falls face first in front of them] Carl: [Gets up and cleans off his shirt, unaware that he has a banana peel on his head] "Hola ladies, I see you have a little business going, good for you, I think we can help each other out, uh, step into my office." ''[Carl goes into the alley, the girls shrug and follow. In the alley, Carl is sitting in front of what looks like an office, which is really just an old backdrop next to a dumpster, which falls over]'' Sid: "Your office really needs a decorator." Ronnie Anne: "What is it, Carl? We're busy." Carl: "I'll make this quick; I can pay you four dollars a day to walk Lalo." [Lalo pops out of the dumpster] Ronnie Anne: "Doesn't Abuelo pay you five dollars to walk Lalo? Why would you only give us four?" Carl: "It's my finders fee. Don't you know anything about capitalism?" Ronnie Anne: "Forget it, Carl." Sid: "Uh, Ronnie Anne, could you step into my office." [They take a step away, and Sid clears her throat] "Four dollars, is four dollars." Carl: [chuckles] "She gets it." Ronnie Anne: [Not liking this] "Fine, give me the money, Carl." Carl: [Smiles] "Uh, [Digs through his pocket] do you have change for a fifty?" [The girls are annoyed]

[Later, they are walking six dogs, and they run into Vito, and his two Dachshunds] Ronnie Anne: "Hi, Vito." Vito: "Ronnie Anne, what are you's girls startin' a dog walkin' business?" Ronnie Anne: "Yup." Sid: "You know, we could handle a few more." Vito: "I don't know, that's a lot of dogs." Ronnie Anne: "Oh, her mom works at the zoo, so we're practically animal experts." [The girls do a handshake] Vito: "Alright, you talked me into it." [Starts introducing his dogs] "Now this is Big Tony, and Little Sal." Sid: "Uh, they look the same size to me." Vito: [Looks at them] "I don't see it, so two things you gotta know; Big Tony, he's gonna chase squirrels," [regarding Little Sal] "and this genius thinks he's a cat; so what are you gonna do?" Sid: "Squirrels." Ronnie Anne: "Cat." Ronnie Anne and Sid: "Got it." [Vito gives Ronnie Anne the money]

[Later, the girls are in the park] Sid: "Wow, these two dogs, really put us over the top. By my calculations, we'll have enough money to buy the stuff we want by this weekend." Ronnie Anne: "Sweet, and if we keep walking all these guys, pretty soon, we can buy a whole bunch of other stuff." [Takes out her skater magazine] "I wanna get this cool helmet, and kneepad set, and pretty much everything on this page." [hugs said page] Sid: [Takes out her k-pop magazine] "I'm going to buy a cutout for every member of Twelve is Midnight, and a new band t-shirt, and the bed spread, or a lamp." Ronnie Anne: "Why choose? With all our extra money, you can buy it all!" Sid: "Awesome!" ''[What the girls don't know, is the gang of cats are right there. They join together to form a giant cat beast, Ronnie Anne jumps into Sid's arms, the dogs try to run, and the cats bite their leashes off]'' Ronnie Anne: [In unison] "Come back!" Sid: [In unison] "No! Stop!" [They jump off the bench and give chase, but the cats chase the dogs in all directions] Ronnie Anne & Sid: "Oh no! What do we do?!" Sid: [Thinks] "Wait here, I have an idea." [Runs off, and returns, panting, with a box] "My mom's animal whistle collection. Let's see, porpoise whistle, giraffe whistle, ah, here it is, dog whistle." ''[She shows it to Ronnie Anne, and blows into it. Buttercup and Nelson come out of hiding hen, they hear it, and return to the girls]'' Ronnie Anne: "Look, it worked. Uh..." [Sees Sid turning purple and takes the whistle] "Well, it sort of worked, at least Buttercup and Nelson came back." [Puts Buttercup's leash back on, and sees that she swallowed something] "Alright, spit it out." [Buttercup hawks up a live pigeon] "Yuck." [The pigeon flies away] Sid: "Now what? We still need to find six dogs." Ronnie Anne: "Okay, we can do this, we just need to use what we know about these dogs. [Gasps] Ninja loves naps, and I know the best spot in the park, Abuelo likes to nap there." [Back in the park, Ninja is napping near a tree, Ronnie Anne approaches] "Come on, boy." [Takes Ninja away, showing Hector napping in the same position as the St. Bernard, the girls look at this] "Told you that's his spot." Sid: "Three down, five to go. Who's next?" Ronnie Anne:' "How about Big Tony? He loves to chase squirrels and we are in a park." [Sees there is not a single squirrel in sight] "Dang it. Where are all the squirrels when you need them." Sid: "No worries, I know one." [Dashes off, and comes back with a gray squirrel wearing a red t-shirt inside a cage] "Ronnie Anne, meet Rocko, my mom brought him home from the zoo, he needed his wisdom teeth removed. I hate to do this to you, Rocko, but I'll read you two bedtime stories tonight, I promise." ''[Sid opens the cage and Rocko jumps out, taking in his surroundings. Just then, Big Tony's eyes peek through the bushes and growls, seeing the squirrel. A shadow peers over Rocko, having him paranoid, and turns to see Big Tony behind him. Rocko screams in terror and runs off, Big Tony gives chase as he lunges for the squirrel's tail twice. Ronnie Anne catches the daschsund just in time as Rocko jumps back into his cage. Said squirrel is taking fast breaths, still scared.]'' Ronnie Anne: "Okay, who's next?" Sid: "Fluffy. Margarita said she only eats organic food."

[The girls are walking across Hi 'N' Buy, a bit far from Bruno's hot dog cart.] Ronnie Anne: "There she is!" [Fluffy walks out of the supermarket with a frozen bag of baloney in her mouth, Ronnie Anne puts her leash back on her.] Female Hi "N' Buy Employee: "Hey, you gotta pay for that!" Ronnie Anne: "Sorry. [checks the price on the baloney] Nine dollars for baloney? Sheesh." [The employee holds her hand out and Ronnie Anne pays her the money.] Sid: "That's five dogs, three more to go." Ronnie Anne: "Yikes! It's Vito." [Vito is walking along, whistling] "He's gonna see that one of his dogs is missing. Quick, hide." [The girls hide behind Bruno's cart, Bruno is confused and Ronnie Anne shushes him, motioning not to tell. Vito approaches the cart.] Bruno: "Heya Vito, what can I get ya?" Vito: "Ah, two dogs for the works please." [Fluffy barks and Sid ducks her] "Sheesh Bruno, where are you getting these dogs? [Buttercup is about to go on his Vito's leg, but Sid pulls her back too] They sound almost alive." Bruno: "Freshest dogs in town." [Chuckles] [Vito drops his money and as he goes to pick it up, Nelson farts in his face.] Vito: [Disgusted] "Ahh, yuck!" Bruno: "Must be our new triple bean and cheese dog I had earlier." [Chuckles again. Ninja comes up and licks Vito, Bruno quickly hides him and kisses Vito's slobbered cheek, then wipes his mouth] "Blegh. I just remembered, eh, Happy Natonal Hot Dog Day. [Goes into his cart and pulls out two hot dogs] Here's your ususal, two dogs dragged through the garden. [Sends a mixed up Vito on his way] On the house." Ronnie Anne: "Is he gone?" Bruno: "Yup." [The girls come out from behind the cart] Ronnie Anne: "Thanks, Bruno, we owe you one." Bruno: "You owe me two." [The girls realize what that means, and Ronnie Anne pays him the money] Ronnie Anne: "Now, we just need to find Little Sal, Pickles, and Lalo." Sid: Little Sal thinks he's a cat, I can work with that."

''[A cat tree is set up in front of the steps of the apartment and the girls peek out from behind the side of the apartment. Little Sal then plays with it.]'' Sid: Aha, he is a cat." Ronnie Anne: [Looks over] "Look, [Pickles is rolling around in a mud puddle] there's Pickles. [She and Sid approach the terrier] Pickles, no! Ugh, we can't bring her back to Margarita like this." Bobby: [Approaches them] "Ooh, Ronnie Anne, [Holds his hand out] I can give you the family discount on a doggie bath." [Ronnie Anne pays her brother the money. Bobby takes Pickles and runs off to do the bath] Ronnie Anne: "Okay, now what about Lalo?" Carl: [Steps out of the apartment] "I might be able to help. Tell you what, give me ten bucks, I'll find him." Ronnie Anne: "Ten bucks?!" Carl: "I guess you could just tell Abuelo that you lost him." [Ronnie Anne growls in anger and gives Carl the money. Carl then brings out Lalo, the girls gasp at this, aghast] "Nice doing business with ya." [Goes back inside] Ronnie Anne: [Angry she fell for this] "CARL!"

[Later, Ronnie Anne ties the dogs' leashes to a fire hydrant] Ronnie Anne: Aw man, we're losing way more money than we're making today." Sid: "But at least we got all the dogs back." [Winks] [Bobby approaches the girls with a clean Pickles, out of breath] Bobby: "Wow, she does not like to be bathed." [Pickles shakes the water out of her as Bobby yelps, she then floofs, Bobby puts her down and walks away. Sid puts her leash back on her. Just then, Buttercup notices the dog whistle around Sid's neck, bites off her leash, and eats the whistle] Ronnie Anne: "Sid, the whistle!" [The whistle is going off inside Buttercup, causing the other dogs to run past the girl, ripping the leashes off. The girls are in a daze at first, but shakes it off] Sid: "Wait!" Ronnie Anne: "Whoa, whoa!" ''[The girls chase after them all over the city, bumping past Vito, who falls over while having his hot dogs. Vito sees his 'dogs are still okay, but then a flight of pigeons attack him, leaving his clothes teared up, and his 'dogs are gone, Vito is sad now. The dogs turn the corner in front of Margarita's Beauty and the girls approach, but gasp when they see the dog catcher has caught them]'' Ronnie Anne: "Hey, those are our dogs!" Dog Catcher: [Writing some fines] "Great, then you owe me eight off-leash fines." [Slaps the fines onto the girls' faces] Sid: [sighs] "There goes all our money." [Ronnie Anne pays the dog catcher the last of their money and he gives her back the leashes.] "Hey, we need a little advice: If hypothetically speaking, one of the dogs swallowed a whistle." Dog Catcher: [Takes out a plastic bag] "Well then, just wait for number two. [Ronnie Anne takes the bag, disgusted; Walks away] "Good luck." Ronnie Anne: "Blech." Sid: [Also disgusted] "Yuck."

[Later, the girls are just walking Nelson] Sid: "Well, I guess we're back to waiting two and a half months to get our stuff." Ronnie Anne: "Yeah, and I'm fine with that." Sid: "Me too." [Takes out her magazine; Imitating Yoon once again] "I will wait for you, Sid." ''[The girls laugh, until they hear the sounds of dogs barking. Carl is walking the rest of the dogs they were walking.]'' Carl: "Thanks for the business, guys, adios!" [The dogs notice the tornado of the gang of cats and run off, the cats shred up Carl] "Oh no! [Gives chase] Come back, guau-gauaus!" [The girls giggle at this]