In town, Lord Ffogg and his family are looking for Dick.
Duchess: Come on. Come on.
Lord Ffogg: Whoa, boy. (To Hoagy) Say, have you seen anything of a mean, fresh kid 'bout yea big?
Answers to the name of Dick.
Hoagy: Half of the kids in this town answer to the name of Dick. Other half don't answer.
Lady Prudence: Let me break his bones, Father!
Lady Peasoup: Just a minute! This particular Dick, he's always talkin' to his big, hokey-pokey, uh, whatchamacallit, uh...
All: Dragon.
Woman: Dragon?
Lady Peasoup: Marmaduke, this here's the place.
Lord Ffogg: Come on, Duchess.
Inside his clinic, Dr Terminus is treating a patient. Hoagy comes in.
Terminus: It would be unethical of me to leave my patient at a time like this.
Hoagy: It's important. About the dragon.
Terminus: Put your foot on there. Now, don't move, stay tense, or that weight will fall, that clamp will break your jaw, tear your
gums apart and go through your cheek. Tense. Tense!
They went outside.
Hoagy: See that wagon load of worms? They're lookin' for the kid and the dragon.
Terminus: I knew there'd be competition. Come on.
At the docks of Gotham, Selina, Alfred, and Dick are fishing.
Alfred: Careful as you bring 'em aside.
Dick: I got one! I got one! (Selina and Dick pulled out a crate from the water. He opens and saw a lobster.) Ugh! It's ugly!
Lady Peasoup: Well! If it ain't our own little Dickie!
Dick: Lord Ffogg and Lady Peasoup!
The Londinium family came out in a dramatic way.
Lady Peasoup: Well, you look so nice and clean,
and those new clothes. I guess all those good manners I taught you done paid off.
Lord Ffogg: Who's that pretty lady you're with, little Dick?
Girls: Yeah. Introduce us.
Selina: I'm Selina, and Dick is staying with me.
Lady Peasoup: Why, guys, I believe she's tryin' to break up our happy little family.
Dick: Elliott went to look for Bruce. I wish he were here.
Selina: Don't worry. They won't get you. Come on, Alfred.
Lady Peasoup: I guess we're gonna take him back now, miss, to his own home, sweet home. Come on, Pete.
Selina: You won't be taking him anywhere!
Lord Ffogg: Okay, lady. We're gonna take him whether you like it or not. Right, girls?
Lady Prudence: Right, Father.
Rosamond: Kit, you grab onto her, while I hold onto Dick.
Kit: You grab her. I wanna hold Dick.
Daisy: I wanna hold Dick!
Duchess: Well, I'm gonna hold Dick!
They started to fight. Lord Ffogg separates them.
Lord Ffogg: All right! I'll settle this. You five grab the brat. I'll hold her.
Lady Peasoup: If you think you're gonna hold her like the girls wanna hold her, you're gonna be holdin' your head, ya understand? Lady, that boy is ours!
All: We got a bill of sale right here
Lady Peasoup: That says he belongs to us
Girls: We bought him fair and square last year
And we own the little cuss
Lord Ffogg: Look here, read the writin' that gives us a legal claim
All: Oh, we got a bill of sale right here
Lady Peasoup: With dear little Dickie's name!
Selina: I don't believe it!
Merle:
We got a bill of sale in hand
Lena:
And lady, if you don't budge
Girls: We'll pick ya up right where you stand
And bring ya before the judge
Selina: No way!
All: That boy is our property
Same as the family cow
'Cause we got a bill of sale right here
And we're gonna take him now
Selina: You can't have him
All: Dickie's gotta do his chores
Selina: You don't love him
All: Paint the barn and wash the doors
Nora: All you've done
All: Shine shoes
Selina: Up to now
All: Turn screws
Selina: Is break his heart
All: Fix the broken fuse
Selina: You'll abuse him
All: He's so good at feedin' hogs
Selina: And just use him
All: Pitchin' hay and choppin' logs
Selina: Look out, or I'll take you apart
All: We'd like to see you try it
We got a bill of sale right here
He's ours until he dies
Selina: Stay where you are - just one more move
And you'll get it between the eyes!
You won't make a slave of him
Even if you connive!
All: Yes we will, 'cause we got a bill of sale right here
We got a bill of sale right here
We got a bill of sale right here, right here!
Selina: You can't have him
Girls: He's gotta clean and sweep
Selina: You don't love him
Lady Prudence: Feed the hens and comb the sheep
Selina: All you've done
Lord Ffogg: Plant seeds
Selina: Up to now
Lord Ffogg: Pull weeds
Selina: Is break his heart
Lord Ffogg: Bow to all our needs
Selina: You'll abuse him
Lord Ffogg: Carry water from the well
Selina: And just use him
Lady Peasoup: Answer every time we yell
Selina: Watch out, or I'll take you apart
All: We'd like to see you try it
We got a bill of sale right here
That says he belongs to us
Fight all ya want
Won't do no good to holler and fume and fuss
Selina: Leave town, keep on goin' before I can count to five!
They started to go after them. A big splash came into the water.
Dick: It's Elliott!
An invisible Elliott swims fast to Lord Ffogg's boat and it explodes. They splashed into the water.
Girls: We've got a bill of sale right here
Lady Prudence: We've got a bill of sale right here
Lord Ffogg: We've got a bill of sale right here
Lady Peasoup: Right here
Right here
They drowned in the water.
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Dick's Dragon
FantasyElliott, a magical and sometimes mischievous dragon, causes chaos in a Gotham fishing village when he tries to help a young orphan called Dick escape from his evil foster parents. Pete wants to live in the lighthouse with Selina and her butler. Will...
