Emily: (Holding Prongs at the jackal cave) This one's adorable! I think I'll call you...Cuddly.
Cuddly: Excuse me? I'm Cuddly. That's Prongs.
Emily: (Picking up Cuddly) And what's your name?
Cuddly: Cuddly! Didn't I just say that?
Laurence: That's a wild one! Be careful!
Emily: I will!
Fritz: So, you two are just going to sit and pet jackal pups while I slave away on the boat?
Emily: (laughing) I guess not.
Fritz: I've finished the mast.
Emily: Already? I'd better work on the sail.
Laurence: Let's go.
Prongs: Don't you want to stay?
Toothy: She hasn't petted me yet!
Sharp: Aw, come on, Toothy, Mother said we have to take our nap.
Cuddly: I don't wanna take a nap.
Sharp: (Whispering) Me neither.
Prongs: We might as well, the humans are leaving.
Toothy: Aw. Goodbye!
Emily: (Petting Toothy) See you all later!
(Fritz, Emily, and Laurence go to the boat)
Fritz: Isn't it beautiful?
Emily: Yes.
Laurence: Well, it's not quite finished, there's no way to steer. Here, Fritz (Lifting a board) help me with this one.
Emily: (Picking up her sewing) How big should the sail be?
Laurence: About as tall as I am, I think.
Fritz: (Who's a bit taller) Or maybe as tall as me?
Emily: (With a laugh) Maybe I'll just read the book.
Abigail: (Entering) Emily!
Emily: Yes?
Abigail: Have you finished the sail? Mother thinks she's got enough food now.
Emily: I'm working on it now, it should be finished by tonight.
Abigail: Oh, good! Then- we're almost ready?
Emily: I think so.
Abigail: Franz says he has something for you.
Emily: Where is he?
Abigail: He said he- oh, here he comes.
Franz: (running in) Emily! I brought you something!
Emily: What is it?
Franz: Odin! He can go with you back to Switzerland!
Emily: Oh, Franz, I couldn't take Odin! He's your frog. And there's no water for Odin on a boat, he can't live in the ocean.
Franz: But, if you don't have him, you might...you might forget the island. You might forget to come back.
Emily: Franz, come here. (She kneels down.) I won't forget the island. I won't forget to come back. And I'll never, ever forget you.
Franz: (Hugging her) Will Abi and Fritz remember me?
Abigail: Of course we will. How could we forget you?
Fritz: We'll find a bigger ship, so you can come back too.
Franz: You promise?
Fritz: I promise. (Franz and Fritz hug)
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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...
