Present Tense

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[It's early morning in the Loud house, the kids are up making a family scrapbook.]

Luan: Dad's gonna love this!

Luna: Exactly right!

Lori: It's perfect for his birthday!

Lincoln: Awesome!

Leni: Nice touch with the fruit scented markers, Lalo.

Lalo:Thanks, I just know dad loves fruity aromas becuase he's been cutting them for years!

Lynn:Dang, Lols, you're really on your rhinestone game today.

Lola: Thank you for noticing, Daddy's scrapbook needs a little glam.

Lana: [Takes the glam] And a little glue. [Takes a booger out of her nose and uses it to stick the rhinestone.]

Leni:Best birthday present ever!

[Beeping]

Lisa: "Red alert people!" [The remote for Lisa's spy drone shows their dad in bed, lo oking like he's about to wake up.] "The birthday boy is stirring. Hide the scrapbook! Hide everything!"

[Everyone panics and does so.]

Lynn Sr.: Kotaro, why didn't you tell me table five is gluten free? [Goes right back to sleep.]

Lisa: False alarm. It was simply an outburst of sleep talking. [Everyone is relieved and gets back to scrapbooking.]

Luan: Ooh, hey, check it out.

Luna: Oh, I remember that. That was from the time you and Dad dressed as cattle to try to win tickets to Dairyland.

Luan: Uh huh, sure ended up being a cow-tastrophe! But it was an udderly good time in the moo-ment! In fact-

Luna: [covers her sister's mouth.] Forget I asked, dude.

Lori: [Looking at her phone.] Guys, you have to see what Carol Pingery just posted.

[Everyone groans]

Lalo: Lori, how can you think about what your friends say at a time like this. Today is all about Dad.

Lori: No, look, [Shows the post, which is Carol with her father, and a chocolate bust of him.] that's Carol's dad, his birthday was yesterday, and she got him a sculpture of his head made out of Belgian chocolate.

Luna: [Amazed, like the others.] Woah, that's a seriously nice gift.

Luan: I hate to be that guy, but I'm starting to think this scrapbook isn't gonna cut it.

Lana:Yeah, it seemed like something Dad would like, but maybe it's kind of a lame gift.

Lalo:Yeah, we need something that really shows how special we think dad is.

Lisa:But what can we do now? Our time is limited, father's nearing the end of his REM cycle.

Leni: Guys, the mall opens in ten minutes, we can find a better present for Dad there.

Lynn:Noice, let's pool our money and buy something sick.

Lincoln:Let's do this!

[They clean the table and throw the scrapbook in the trash.]

[At the mall]

Lincoln: Okay, What would you think he would like you guys?

Lalo: [Looks around] Hmm... [he hears a gate opening and looks over and see a store called 'Discount Menagerie'] Over there!                         

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