Fangs: Dune was right - this family is amazing! I just love that Jacqueline. She's my type of girl. Not too crazy, not too quiet, and with a lot of sense. Oh, here she comes now. (Howls in a friendly way.)
Jacqueline: Why, hello. What's your name?
Fangs: Bares his teeth.
Jacqueline: (Not scared.) Oh! I'll call you Fangs. Those are the biggest fangs I've ever seen on a dog!
Fangs: I'm a jackal.
Jacqueline: (She can't understand him.) What kind of dog are you? Let's go find Father.
Fangs: I don't know if that's a good idea...
Jacqueline: (Walking Fangs over to the tree, where Laurence is working on a contraption for the kitchen.) Father! What kind of dog is this?
Laurence: (Very shocked that the jackal isn't biting his daughter) Well, Abigail would know for sure, but I think that's a jackal.
Jacqueline: Amazing! I've got a pet jackal.
Laurence: Jacqui, jackals aren't really meant to be pets. They're wild, and-
Elisabeth: (Climbing down the ladder) What's that, Jacqueline?
Jacqueline: My new pet jackal.
Elisabeth: I don't think...
Jacqueline: Don't worry. I think we'll be just fine.
Elisabeth: Well, be careful...
Laurence: Very careful.
Franz: (Entering with Nip) Whoa! That's a beautiful, dog, Jacqui! Can he sleep in my room with Turk?
Jacqueline: Fangs is my jackal.
Franz: Oh. Can I play with him?
Jacqueline: If you want to come swim in the stream.
Elisabeth: Jacqueline! You know that water's too fast for Franz.
Jacqueline: But Mother, he's my pet! Franz already has Nip.
Laurence: We know. But remember, Franz is lonely too. He doesn't have Fritz and Abi to play with, and he needs you.
Jacqueline: All right...later. (She and Fangs leave the treehouse.)
Elisabeth: They've been gone a week, Laurence.
Laurence: Perhaps the island is larger than we predicted.
Elisabeth: I hope they're all right.
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Swiss Family Robinson: A Place For All Of Us
FanfictionWhen the Robinson family is shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island, it seems there is no way for them to escape this jail in the jungle. Fritz and Abigail, the oldest two children, miss their home back in Switzerland, and Fritz especially is an...
