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there it is

there goes that you will get out of the

way you look you're at the lake

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she'll scare

get him out one way or the other

Lassie oh

I just cooked it I'm sorry lass she ran

right in front of the broom she'll be

okay uncle Steve and it's a good thing I

hate to see lassie trying to use these

crutches yeah that's one good thing

about being a dog you can fall off your

bicycle and still get around on three

legs you could be more careful Lassie

come on we'll why don't we run down to

Sun dells and pick up some mouse traps

run drive yeah great I've never trapped

in mouse before

come on Lassie

let's go

all right and your way

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okay let me get it don't worry I'll get

it I guess I'll let her get it

hello girls oh

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hi

hi miss or mrs. michalek hi hi of you

guys know the Pharaohs Jessica and

Kristin don't you know hi nice to meet

you well hi

well thanks for coming by girls yeah

they just had to drop off some school

stuff uh-huh

is well

know you went out for a few minutes okay

well there's a nice meeting you guys bye

bye

school stuff

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what do you suppose they're up to oh you

mean because they're both wearing

jackets and tank top weather

trying to smuggle something in

Pulaski sure seems to like them let's

hope your parents do oh

and tell my parents are in the right

mood I'm not gonna let him see these

guys I can't play mr. Farrell trusted me

with two of them well he got six the

rest of us each got one he could split

up Flopsy and Mopsy you can't break up

set here it is will had a hamster when

he was six

where am I gonna say we got these from

uh

tell him the truth

sort of just say mr. Farrell gave them

to us good that's not mine it's just not

telling everything

we need to sneak into the kitchen and

get these guys some letters

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next up we have traffic for you but

first this news is just in last night at

glenridge City College the animal

research lab was broken into 14 dogs

cats and rabbits were stolen line at all

rights group will bring you more on this

late breaking story after this I knew I

put that lettuce on the second shot by

making dinner

listen to this not for the queezy this

whitewater expedition will toss and tell

me you over the Colorado's most rugged

passages sounds fun sounds a wet

mm-hmm and no wait i'm torn leg

kicks the wild rabbits rabbits catch

what rabbits Rapids whitewater rapids Oh

where's dad you still at work

something wrong it's just that I have

something important to discuss and I'd

like dad here well have to sell for mom

shoot

responsibility is good all teenagers

should have real good responsibility and

good grammar Tracy babysits Gail works

at buds burgers will takes care of

lassie everybody I know has something

that they can call their very own I need

that something

mm-hmm mom I want

uh mouse in the kitchen

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I'm the dishwasher Megan I'm sorry what

is it you want we gotta get him he could

be rabid rabbit rabun no rabbit mom I

want a rabbit I want two rabbits

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Megan why to

their a team like Siskel and Ebert

Anthony and Cleopatra how

will you are right in there yeah but my

fingers are scared half to death

we're trying to lose one Rodin so we can

make way for two yeah but how can you

say no to these guys oh then it's okay

well temporarily if you meant all that

stuff you said about

responsibilities we'll see how it works

out

thank you Dad thanks mom I love you too

will come on I'm gonna go pick up your

mom's car just a second let me set this

last one I'm gonna catch this mouse and

set them free

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there no way out

submitter lessee

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mr. gallop yes officer Carmichael

morning how can I help you we had an

incident over the college couple nights

ago jour anything about it actually I

was just reading about it you know

anything about a couple of rabbits

well my daughter brought to home

yesterday do you know mark farrell no

apparently his daughters know your

daughter mark farrell was arrested for

stealing 14 animals over at the college

research lab six of them were rabbits we

traced two of them here well I don't

know what to say I had no idea hey

listen we proudly character responsible

for this and all he wants the property

back the rabbits yes of course this

isn't gonna be easy on my daughter

follow me

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hi dad

honey this is officer Carmichael and

Freddie's got some bad news miss

Michalek I'm here to pick up the rabbits

rabbits

what rabbit bacon

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I don't know what he's talking about dad

I'm talking about receiving stolen

property I'm talking about aiding

abetting criminal activity talking about

a fine of a thousand dollars and I'm

talking about the possibility of a

prison term oh

I

guess I

misunderstood

you're looking for two rabbits

could you describe them

the missing animals

lagomorph americanus one white one white

with brown spots wait approximately four

pounds each pink eyes and

cottontails

right

if I should happen to see them around

I'll let you know Megan look I

understand they're cute but they're not

yours they're stolen look how much are

they worth i'm sorry mr. McCulloch the

lab has a policy there for research

they're not for sale no they can't do

that that's torture look why don't I

talk to my daughter alone and I'll call

you at your office and tell me you don't

have them anymore because you passed

them on to someone else hey you've got

my word if you turn the rabbits over

i'll assume you don't know where they

came from but now you've been informed

any attempt to transport stolen property

is a serious crime I didn't bring my

kids up to break the law

I'm off work at six that's all the time

I can give you I'll call you before then

I'll walk you out you stay here

I mean this one snake can escape from

anything how could he snap for traps and

not get caught it's gotta be Houdini

Steve am I glad to see you what's the

matter somehow your niece ended up with

a couple of rabbits that were stolen

from a research lab what I'm not gonna

take those guys back to a lab are they I

know

it's really tough on her she's refusing

to give him up well good for her yeah we

can hide him no we can't hey look guys

may not like it but it's the law the

laboratory owns them

somehow I've got explain that to Megan

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how'd it go didn't Higgins gone and so

are the rabbits least they're not in

their room

maybe she just let him go d your

daughter could end up with a criminal

record those rabbits has stolen property

you're nobody's property they're living

things and somebody's gonna experiment

on him well Megan getting into trouble

isn't gonna change that they'll just get

other rabbits d these people are doctors

scientists they believe that doing good

they believe that they're saving human

lives Christopher you should read this

article these rabbits are being used to

test cosmetics because they have no tear

ducts and the researchers can see if the

chemicals into their eyes you're not

making this any easier well I'm sorry

but just because the rabbits don't cry

doesn't mean they don't feel

Megan

come here

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honey did you let those rabbits go no

but don't worry they're safe

Megan we understand how you feel but we

don't want you to get into trouble I

know you're my parents but I just can't

do what you're telling me to you can

ground me forever but I can't turn the

rabbits over I just can't it's so wrong

I couldn't live with myself if I let him

go back to that place to be experimented

on well the issue here is obeying the

law we can't pick and choose which laws

to obey if you disagree with the law

then you do everything you can to get it

changed

besides these rabbits aren't yours to

give away or to keep they belong to

someone else it is fair

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well at least we agree on that right

now I had to find those rabbits

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we didn't see anything we're just

cleaning out the tool shed

never mind I'll find the rabbits Megan

didn't have time to get very far anyway

Megan she's a demon on that bike she

could have made it clear out to Fern

Creek parking back by now or she could

have hidden in my back in the ravine dad

uh

Chris why don't you finish up here and

I'll go find the rabbits

Megan's dad shouldn't be the bad guy no

why don't we just tell him I got away

well the police would never buy that and

it's not the truth

thanks Steve I think i'll take you up on

your offer come on Lassie we're going on

a rabbit hunt

one lassie go for a walk go on

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it's okay i'll be back

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I'm sorry I gave him my word we didn't

give him the Harz a

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word hidden in the first place I looked

the old fort the kids built last summer

down in the ravine I feel like uncle

Arnold

Benedict Arnold I know now I have to get

on the phone and tone to come pick up

their rabbits I

have to I know

officer Carmichael they're fine

they'll be here yes they're ready right

look when you get here how about if i

give you a check for two hundred fifty

dollars that's much more than they're

worth

no i don't understand

what's a matter of principle with me too

okay uh

I've got it yes

they'll be here don't worry

yeah 20 minutes

thanks dad

you tried

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god we've got gets Houdini slam the door

my god Houdini there he is I can see him

yep you guys have proved once again that

any two mcculloch siz smarter than a

mouse we trapped him well but I don't

think lassies too happy about it

what does she want us to do let him go

maybe she does

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wait

let's see what you guys

it's amazing

she got him out less than 10 seconds you

know something tells me that when lassie

get near that broom yesterday it wasn't

an accident next you're gonna tell me

that she sprang for traps

Wow Wow

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wife said you were out here

with the rabbits

they're in the shed

I hope your daughter understands she

doesn't

being a parent isn't easy being a

rabbit's no bed of roses

look I guess we ought to go inside and

get the cage

classy look we're going inside you stay

here okay I'll be right out

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just came in for the cage I left it here

after I cleaned it

dad don't

Megan

judo rabbits is that what a police

officer supposed to be worried about any

this is not about rabbits it's about the

law exactly in this case law protects

the owner it doesn't protect the animals

doors open what how's that possible it

was latched

good somebody opened the door who when

we were all inside with you yeah there

wasn't anyone else here but Lassie

no no way since there's no law to

protect animals there's probably know a

lot of prosecuting

sergeant's never gonna believe this one

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dad they gotta wait you save them last

she sick classic couldn't have open the

cage so you put them in the tool shed

you did it so they could escape you did

it for the two little rabbits he didn't

do it just for those two

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