Sorry if there are some grammar errors, English isn't my first language... anyway, have fun!
Flock: a group of sheep or coats.
Professor Layton travels usually: to assist conferences, to investigate some new case in another town, to visit some old friend… he is a calm person and doesn't mind if he has to take his car and travel during one or two days. He loves how refreshing the country air is, how quiet compared to the city sounds…
But.
Luke. Hates. Travelling. And more so if he has to stay in the car. Sitting during one hour, and one more, and one more… it's so boring! At first he is very excited: looking through the window and talking with the Professor about what is waiting for them in their destiny, playing games or resolving puzzles… But at some point, Luke needs to move outside the vehicle, run or dance or do something out of the car! He is young and can't take being in a secluded space for a very long time!
And.
More so if a flock of sheep is in the middle of the road.
"Professor! There must be a hundred of them!" whined Luke "Why don't we take another road?"
"Because, dear boy, the sheep are at the back of the car too" chuckled Layton.
"Aww…"
Layton was going to propose a puzzle to the boy when suddenly the car door opened and the Professor saw Luke's blue cap moving to the front of the car. Layton got out of the car and leaned on the door while looking at his pupil, who was moving his arms and feet in the air like crazy, trying to move the flock out of the road.
"Shoo! Move, little sheep! We have to reach Tribetown before nightfall. Shoo!" Luke heard someone laughing behind him "Professor! Don't laugh at me!"
"I'm not laughing" said Layton, suddenly serious "Really, I'm not"
Luke frowned at her mentor, who barely contains a chuckle, and turn to the sheep, an idea forming in his head.
"Ahem, ahem… please, could you move away from the road? My mentor and I need to pass and reach Tribetown to help people there solve a mystery, and if we don't reach it by nightfall Professor Layton would have to drive during the night, which isn't very recommendable because of the irregular road of the countryside. So, we would be very grateful if you move pacifically away from the road, misses and misters Sheep."
Layton was open-mouthed during the speech, but more so when he saw the flock move away from the road, letting enough space for the car to pass.
"Luke, what have you done?"
"What you taught me, Professor: be a gentleman to everyone, and talk to them in such way" and with that the boy climbed on the car. Layton smile to himself and started the engine.
And that's how Luke discovered her talent to talk with animals… and the travels didn't seem to be so boring anymore.