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Oh

bills don't worry I can handle it

Oh

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okay what's this concerned look well

you're always telling me to be

responsible and independent yeah and to

make decisions absolutely good then I

was right Lassie

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well that is a horse a miniature horse

tinker he belongs to mrs. Larson you

mean you're a teacher mrs. Larson is

that mrs. Larson yeah she owns him I

know she owns and the story's been in

all the papers

mrs. Larson fell and broke her shoulder

on the way to school

lastly knows tinker's so I volunteered

to take him where'd you volunteer to

take him to it will only be for a couple

days

he's housebroken and everything he won't

be any trouble

really

tinker

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that was fun dad thanks for the ride I

pleasure you have to work late more

often well you and lisa has to study

late well get something I guess I could

me into something good and how about

some wheatgrass juice and dried seaweed

and F breakfast besides I am hungry

enough to eat horse

well you won't have to go far and

Kenneth

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hi guys what's new e

he's not here for this season he's only

moving in for a diving in not the horse

that's been in the papers yeah I'm not

gonna be able to show my face at school

Megan we're only boarding him boarding

him known as the horse girl guys will

made a commitment to take him now we

have to honor that

don't we not necessarily I agree okay if

the horse turns out to be a problem he's

out of here fair

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please come in you and your family are

fairly new in glen ridge yes we are

please have a seat in squires yes well

I've lived here a long time and since

I'm on the City Council I have some very

special responsibilities to the

community I'm sorry I don't think I

understand Oh Elizabeth Larson you're

acquainted with Elizabeth Larson are you

not yes she's my son's teacher well she

is very very confident as a teacher but

she is difficult and eccentric the issue

of her horse isn't a new one by any

means I see the issue yes I've read your

comments in the paper

she keeps a horse in her home the next

thing you know people will want to keep

sheep or goats or pigs well frankly I

doubt that does that mean that you

approved of her horse

what tinkers a house pet oh please he's

a farm animal he's been a continuing

destructive nuisance and last night he

was in my garden again with that collie

of yours destroying my flowers now I

know you're wrong about that lassie is

very well behaved and she is certainly

not destructive oh

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I thought you had him yes temporarily

mrs. McCulloch you and your husband are

both in business here are you not yes

well as you can imagine I know a great

many people in glen ridge i miss Squires

that sounds like a threat

those are your words I am getting an

injunction against Elizabeth Larson to

force her to get rid of that farm animal

once and for all and if you don't

cooperate you people are going to find

yourselves party to a lawsuit I can find

my way out good day

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no not again remember the last time you

borrowed my camera that was different

anyway can you set it up to take

pictures when you're not there why would

I want to Megan can we talk no chance

will I can see it coming what the thing

you're getting ready to ask me to do the

thing i'm not going used to don't try to

help lassie Megan's interesting what

Megan's interested in she doesn't care

if they take teacher away from mrs.

Larsen

it's not that I don't care huh

come on Megan it's the only way to prove

the last king tink aren't digging up

that lady's garden okay we can set up

the camera with the trip wire and if

somebody trips the wire we can get a

picture all right

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oh

ok come on

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you

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was it was a clear case of blackmail

well what did she say exactly wasn't

what she said exactly it was how she

implied she was gonna blackball us

blackmail and black ball well at least

she's color-coordinated uh-huh d maybe

you're upset because the Councilwoman is

right oh that little horse never did

anything to hurt her she raises

prize-winning flowers tinker's been

digging up her garden yeah but it's the

principle of the thing I mean people

should be allowed to be a little

eccentric without some stuffy Bureau

kragh threatening to sue them for no

reason

is that what you're gonna tell the judge

when we get sued exactly

next thing you know they'll be moving in

sheep and goats and press pigs

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you

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Oh

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don't tell me I don't wanna know

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hey how's that star boarder he's doing

great what canary did you swallow well

naked and I both swallowed it dad we're

on to something okay let's hear it

well you know the miss Squires has been

going around saying that tinker and

lassie tore up her garden I did hear a

rumor to that effect last night Megan

and I set up a cat around a yard and the

culprit tripped the wire the culprit

yeah Megan's upstairs right now

developing the film we caught him in the

eggs and miss Squires knew about this

well when we picked up the camera this

morning she saw us she's on her way over

right now to look at the picture

there she is

I think you better get naked

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who is it Megan we are in deep wide dire

trouble

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ah

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I

understand that but even though they

didn't get permission I mean their

hearts were in the right place

dad

dad could I see you a minute

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can I get you something a

carrot stick No

thank you

dad you don't want her to see this

picture come on Megan you don't

understand Megan give me the picture if

it's the horse it's the horse me is

there a problem no of course not Megan

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you said there was no problem well she's

not a professional photographer

it's not very clear anyway

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look I'm sure there's some logical I

think it's perfectly clear

explanation

you will be hearing from my lawyer I

gotta go

meet you

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where did those come from and how did

you get it will and Megan trying to help

well

well tinker and lassie got out last

night and I went over to see if there is

any damage of course there's damage

you're trampling all over a flower bed

very funny

okay was there damage well

yeah yeah and it looks like you're

covering it up which is what I'm sure

the Councilwoman thinks well I'm never

gonna vote for anyway this is getting

out of hand

you know Christopher every day we teach

our kids to be responsible and to stand

up for what they believe in will wills

doing that and now it's getting a little

too hot in our kitchen so we're gonna

tell him we won't keep the horse well we

can't do that I say tinker stays as long

as he needs to

even now

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especially

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how can you do geometry at a time like

this I can't you never should be talking

me into going over there it seemed like

a good idea at the time you only made

things worse

now we're all in trouble

I'm sorry will it's not your fault

it's his

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Megan relax

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okay it's nobody's fault

you're adorable

but what if tinker has been digging up

the flowers I mean we don't know for

sure either way all I know for sure is

that mrs. Larson is alone tinkers all

she has I can't figure out how to help

her

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hey

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i'm going to try studying at Lisa's good

luck

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hey where have you been less

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this time I caught her in the act it

could have been that collie of yours all

along breathing well it hasn't been

lassie all along it hasn't been tinker

even and incidentally it hasn't been me

nonsense you are all responsible well

actually we think you might be I beg

your pardon miss Squires you have a dog

don't you yes

muffin and does this belong to muffin

where did you find this we think lassie

found it in your garden where muffin

buried it there could be all kinds of

things planted there besides flowers Oh

muffin would never I mean I

but never even occurred to me that your

little dog is so cute you can't help but

love her like we love lassie

like mrs. Larson loves tinker

miss Squires

muffin wasn't digging up other people's

gardens I mean

it's her garden too

she thought it'd be okay to put her

things there

please

don't punish her oh

yeah I

wouldn't dream of punishing her and

what about Tinker

they both deserve to be loved

wonderful how space

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well you uh you have all made your point

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you know I wasn't elected to the city

council by not listening

you can tell mrs. Larson I've changed my

mind

next election I'm gonna vote for I

thought you said you'd never vote rare

well she's not the only one who can

change her mom

you

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you