He trying to milk Melissa the goat; Cricket, Tilly, Baraka and Remy watch
Cricket, Tilly, Baraka: Milk! Milk! Milk! Milk! Milk! Milk! Milk! Milk!
Remy: Um...I don't know if I'm old enough to see this.
She covers Remy's mouth
Tilly: Shh. Don't look away.
He starts tugging on Melissa's teats; no milk comes out
Cricket, Tilly, Baraka: Milk! Milk! Milk!
Cricket: Milk! Milk! Milk! Milk! Milk... Milk. What's wrong, Dad?
Bill: Same thing as last week: no milk! This goat is just -- just -- not a good goat!
He leaves
Tilly: Her name's Melissa.
Her baas sadly in disapproval
Tilly: Poor Melissa.
She walks up to Melissa and lifts her chin, making eye contact
Tilly: We gotta figure out what's wrong with you.
She contemptuously
Tilly: Look me in the eyes, girl.
She whispers
Tilly: Why have you gone dry?
Zoom through one of Melissa's pupils, cutting to black; snaps back to reality, pause
Remy: Uh...is she okay?
Baraka: Shh. You mustn't break the link.
A pause; Tilly and Melissa blink in sync
Tilly: I understand.
She stands
Tilly: I know what's wrong with Melissa!
The wind blows through her hair
Tilly: She's...
She firmly
Tilly: a dog.
Cricket: Huh?
Tilly: That's why she hasn't been givin' us any milk. She's not a goat, she's a dog.
Baraka: No, no, no. Tilly, you must be mistaken'. That is a dog.
Pans to Phoenix brushing some fleas away
Tilly: No, this is different. Melissa has the spirit of a dog.
Her baas in reply
Cricket: Whatever you say, Tilly.
Cricket: Tilly's got her own way of lookin' at things. We just kinda roll with it. It's never hurt anyone before.
He pokes Tilly in the arm
Remy: Ow.
Tilly: I wish there was something we could do for Melissa. Something to make her feel like a real dog.
Barking is heard; Brett comes up the street walking his two dogs dressed in tuxedos and top hats
Baraka: Hiya, Brett!
Brett: Oh, hello, neighbors.
Baraka: And where are these fancy boys off to?
Brett: Oh, they're competing in the Big City Dog Show. It's just like where a dog can be a dog. And be judged for.
Tilly: A dog show? That's perfect! We should enter Melissa.
Brett: You wanna enter that goat into a dog show?
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Baraka and Big City Greens Season 1
AdventureAfter losing his farm in the country town of Smalton, Bill Green and his two children Cricket and Tilly and his Tarkatan friend and uncle Alan Green aka Baraka, move in with his grandmother Alice Green (Gramma), who lives on a small farm in the midd...
