Chapter 5

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Alex sang "New York, New York It's a heck of a town."
Melman sang "The Bronx is up,"
Gloria sang "But the Battery's down."
Marty scatted.
Everyone sang "New York, New York It's a heck of a town" they sang in the background "New York, New York It's a heck of a town The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down The people ride in a hole in the groun' New York, New York—"

Skipper said "Kowalski, status report."
Kowalski said "So, the good news is this song is almost over."
Skipper said "Well, that's music to my ears. And the bad news?"
Kowalski said "The gear assembly is badly damaged, sir." One of the gears knocked into Garfield's head knocking him unconscious. "It's only a matter of time before...

The super plane falls like it does in the second filmand crashes into a train station in France without parachutes to land safely. This was the second time they crashed when they landed in Africa.

Melman asked "Why can't we ever just make a normal landing?"
Garfield said waking up "Oh, man!"
Gloria said "Hold on, Melman. Okay? I'll get you down, sweetie."
Mort said stuck in a pipe "Where is he? Must find King Julien. King Julien!"
King Julien sang still feeling the effects of the tranq dart "It's getting hot in here So take off all your fur I am getting so hot I want to take my fur off"
Alex asked "Skipper, what about the plane?"
Skipper said "Well, the chimps will work through the night. No breaks, no safety restrictions."

Unfortunately, all the chimps are running away and they never return "Hey, where are you going?! Get back here! We have a contract!"

Mason said "Yes. Well, I'm afraid labor laws are slightly more lenient in France. You see, they only have to work two weeks a year."
Skipper said "Well, someone else has the Canadian work ethic!"
Melman asked "But you penguins, you can still fix it, right? Right?"
Vic asked "Yeah, you can get it back up into the air?"
Alex said "Yeah, yeah. You're a little crackerjack, can-do team."

Skipper asked "You want me to give it to you straight?"
Alex said "Yes! Yes! No. Bend it a little?"
Skipper said "Well, the plane's totaled. Kaput, blammo, busted! Never to fly again."
Gloria asked "So that's it? That's it then, we're never gonna get home?"
Garfield said "No! We've got to get home! We can fix it! We'll fix it! Yeah, guys, come on, we'll fix it! You just start from the outside pieces, and you work your way in. And, yeah, perfect! Come on! Don't just stand there, guys. Marty! Drag that thingy over here. And we'll just attach it to this dealy-bob over here. And..."
Marty said "Garfield!" The made up parts fell over as Garfield then looked down saddened "We're not going home. We're never going home." They then heard sirens.
Marty said "It's the fuzz!" They ran through the trains. Marty said "What are we gonna do? We can't hide forever!"
Gloria said "And we can't just blend! You know this ain't Africa."

Melman said "Oh, what's the point? Tell me one conceivable way that extra-large animals like us are gonna be able to move through Europe without attracting unwanted attention." They saw a train car that has a circus name on it.
Garfield said "Hey..."
Without warning, the doors open to reveal a vicious tiger named Vitaly.

Everyone screamed "Aah!"
Vitaly asked "Where are you coming from?"
Garfield said "Please, you got to hide us. Just until the heat dies down."
Vitaly said "Absolut no outsiders. So wipe that Smirnoff your face and Popov!"
Garfield said "Oh, come on, man. You gotta do one cat a solid. Cat to cat. Do a solid here, buddy. Come on."
Vitaly said "Nyet! This train is for circus animals only."

Someone said "They sound like they be in trouble."
Vitaly said "Stefano, we do not invite trouble into our circus. l don't trust cat. Hair too thin and fat!"
"Aw, come on, Vitaly, you're being mean."
Vitaly said "He not cat. He cat... with a gut."
Garfield said "This is awkward. We can hear everything they're saying." The train began to move.
Vitaly said "It is not our problem!"
Alex said "No, no! Wait, wait, wait!"
A sea lion opens the doors, and his name is Stefano "Just give us a minute. He's on the phone and... can't get him off! We cannot leave them there!" He closed the door on his nose then closed it again.
Vitaly said "Only circus animals on this train!"
Garfield said "Wait, listen! We are circus animals. You got to let us in!"
A female jester opens the doors, and Garfield's eyes widened and her name is Pomni.
Pomni asked "You are really circus?"
Garfield said "Yes. Full circus!"
Gloria said "Absolutely!"
Marty said "My momma was circus. My daddy was circus."
Alex said "Totally circus."
Vic said "Yes! I do cannon shots."
Vitaly shouted "Pomni! Shut the door!" Every crew member saw the cops.
Gloria said "Please."
"Over there! Over there!"

Pomni said "They are circus. Circus stick together!"
Vitaly groaned "Ugh..."

They led the animals inside the locomotive as the lemurs and the penguins jump on the roof of locomotive carriages.

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