All right, it's time for drabble number six to be placed into being part of this series of stories!
THINGS TO NOTE:
I don't own any of the characters, for they all belong to Oliver And Company and as such to Disney. I don't own any of the plays I'm parodying, either, as William Shakespeare wrote those.
Shakespeare In The Style Of Oliver And Company
The following story takes place two weeks after the events of Oliver And Company
Story 6: Oth-Einstein: The Mutt Of New York
Einstein was currently in very good spirits, indeed. Why was this? Well, aside from the way that he had recently fallen in love with Georgette and vice versa, he was looking forward to the beautiful poodle visiting the barge he and his fellow dogs lived in along with Fagin today. In spite of this, though, one of his fellow dogs, Dodger, was in the mood to perform a practical joke at Einstein and Georgette's expense.
Dodger kept it a secret, of course, but he knew exactly at what times he would do what he needed to do in order to make the prank work as he intended. He waited for those moments, and, in the meantime, he snickered to himself about how he was going to use Einstein as a source of amusement and thus to his advantage. Currently, Tito was complaining to Dodger: "Damn, man, why didn't you tell me that Einstein was in love with Georgette? I found it out only by chance!"
"Hey, cool your jets, Tito! I was intending to!" Dodger replied. "Well, you waited far too long, man! I'm in love with Georgette, too, and I want her as my own!" Tito responded. "There's no way to remedy how Einstein and Georgette want each other, though." Dodger told Tito. "But I am intending to make it clear to Einstein that I'm jealous of how he's got a big size an' strength advantage over me despite my being the leader of this gang."
"You are?" Tito asked. Dodger nodded and said: "After all, I think he tried to sleep with Rita before falling in love with Georgette." Dodger actually knew this wasn't true and didn't for a second believe it, but he was giving the pretence of believing it to help start up his prank. "You don't say, man?" Tito exclaimed, opening his eyes widely. "Hey, I can tell that sort of thing. You learned all your street smarts from me, whereas I learned all of my street smarts on my own, in a stark contrast!" Dodger stated.
"Hey, now, don't go acting all high and mighty!" Tito snapped, but Dodger just rolled his eyes and said: "Look, when Winston gets here with Georgette today, do what you can to make it clear to him that Einstein is in love with her and vice versa." "Hey, it might help make it so that I can win Georgette from him!" Tito said, and Dodger nodded, with Tito walking away along with him. Dodger then thought: "Now to tell Einstein that Winston is coming for him."
He went over to where Einstein was and said upon hearing that Winston and Georgette had arrived at the barge: "Hey, Einstein! I hear something outside the barge! I think it's Winston and Georgette, but be warned. The former comes with disapproval over your love for her despite bringing her here to see you. He looks at your infatuation with her and vice versa through a pair of bad eyes."
"I don't know what gave you that idea, Dodger." Einstein told his leader. "Winston was perfectly happy to bring Georgette to see me from time to time, from what I saw when we fell in love with each other at her mansion." Just then, Winston entered the barge with Georgette and he saw Einstein and Dodger, saying: "Ah, hello there, boys! Einstein, I believe you were hoping to see Georgette today?"
Einstein and Georgette went over to each other and nuzzled, then hugged, with Winston smiling and then saying: "Though I'll never quite understand what caused you two to be so very attracted to and infatuated with each other, but oh well. I just hope that Georgette doesn't deceive you, for she may, given how she can be quite a tease and manipulator with males. See this along with the good in her if you've truly got eyes to see with."
He went away, and just then, Einstein said: "You wouldn't play me for a sap, would you, Georgette?" "Of course not." Georgette replied. "The worst I do is play hard to get. Nothing that goes beyond that." Einstein nodded and smiled. Georgette smiled back and Dodger suddenly saw a chance to further build up to playing his prank on Einstein. He said as he saw Tito going by: "I was just wondering something, Tito?"
"Yeah, what, amigo?" Tito said to him, and Dodger then went: "It's a little dull in here at the moment. You like to go at it with Francis. Have an exchange with him, why don't you, to get the excitement in this place risen?" "Hey, you don't have to tell me twice!" Tito said, and he let out: "Hey, Francis!" Francis looked towards Tito, and Tito then said: "You're looking heavier by the second! Ever heard of cutting down?"
Francis got up and ran at Tito, going: "Hey, you take that back right now, Tito! I was up until now having a good day, and I will not let you ruin it with your comments about my weight! You got that?" "I would have but for the fact that I know I'll see to it your good day turns bad by my words!" Tito replied. "Especially since there's no end to the bad things that can be said about you!" "I was about to say that same comment about you!" Francis shot back at Tito, and they got into a fight.
But Einstein made it so that said fight didn't last for more than a few seconds, by going a ways on over and saying: "Hey, hey, hey, break it up, you two! What's gotten into you? How has this arisen?" "All of everything was perfectly normal till you two went for each other's throats!" Georgette added a ways on in. Einstein separated Francis and Tito with Rita's help, and Rita then said: "Man, don't you two ever get tired of going at it?"
"Hey, Tito started it!" Francis barked(pun intended). "What's wrong? Can't take what's true?" Tito sneered. "You know, speaking of true, I'm not sure if Georgette is being true to you, Einstein." Dodger pointed out. "What? First Winston says I should be suspicious of her and now you?" asked Einstein to Dodger. "Honest Dodger, I am not much moved by either accusation of Georgette, I do not think. Georgette's honest, after all."
"Long live her and your love, if she is so, and long live you to think so!" Dodger told his Great Dane friend. Rita then said to Dodger: "Hey, I'm certain that Georgette is honest, too. I'm actually reminded of when you and I first fell in love by how Einstein's fallen in love with her." A second later, Rita gently took Dodger's bandana off of his neck with her mouth and dropped it onto the floor.
She subsequently said: "Remember how sometimes, when we slept with each other, I'd take your bandana off so it wouldn't get in the way?" "Oh, yeah. I like looking back on the past times we had together, especially since there are future times together with you to come." said a now reminiscing of those pastimes Dodger. But he snapped out of it as Rita picked it back up in addition to putting it onto the back of his neck.
Fagin showed up just then, having come back from a trip he took, and said: "Ah, hello, all of you! It's wonderful to see you again!" They all wagged their tails, and Fagin then noticed Georgette and said: "Georgette? Oh, hi there, miss. Winston must have brought you here to see Einstein, the way you two have been an item lately."
He walked over and saw Dodger's bandana flopped over the back of his neck, saying: "Say, Dodger, what happened to your bandana? How did it end up there?" He took it off and put it back onto Dodger's neck in the way it was usually worn, and said: "Honestly, the strangest of things happen all the time."
He petted all of the dogs present, then went away to fix himself some food, for he was hungry right now. Something suddenly hit Einstein, and he turned to Georgette, saying: "I've got to know something, Georgette." "Yes, Einstein?" Georgette asked. And Einstein then said: "Why has it been implied that you're dishonest and sneaky by both Winston and Dodger? Do either one of them know something that I don't?"
"No, not at all! I thought we had made it clear to each other you could trust me." replied Georgette. "Let's make sure of that for sure." Einstein said, and he pounced on Georgette just a second before embracing her tightly and saying: "Tell me the honest to God truth like would be told by honest Dodger! Well, my good lady?" "I have no adultery about me!" Georgette cried.
Tito then came over to Dodger and told him: "Hey, why have I gotten nothing from my doing as you said? Georgette still is with Einstein, even as he's trying to make certain she's full well faithful to him, and I haven't gotten anywhere or anything!" Dodger then began to snicker and subsequently fell over laughing.
This prompted everyone to look at him, including Einstein, who let go of Georgette and turned, and Georgette, who turned to Dodger after standing back up, and Rita then asked: "Hey, Dodger, what the hell is so funny?" "Maybe his seeing what Einstein was doing to Georgette had reminded him of how you slept with Einstein?" asked Tito. "What? I never slept with Einstein!" Rita exclaimed.
"Then how come Dodger believes you did?" Tito asked. "You believe I slept with Rita?" asked Einstein to Dodger. "You believe I slept with Einstein?" Rita then said to Dodger, who at last got his laughter under control enough to speak and said: "No, no, no. I lied, Tito. In fact, all of the things I did here having to do with Einstein and Georgette's relationship were all part of a prank!" "A PRANK?!" the others exclaimed in unison.
Dodger then nodded, got up and further explained: "I was meaning to make it so Einstein would think that Georgette might cheat on him, as well as so that Tito would think Einstein slept with Rita by saying I believed it happened, so that everything that was led to here would occur! All as a practical joke at all of your expenses!"
"You mean you played a joke on us all? Used us as means to the end of your humorous scheme?" cried out Georgette. "You bet I did!" Dodger cackled. "What possible reason could you have to play such a mean, sick trick on us all just to give yourself a laugh?" asked Georgette. "Especially since you told a lie, an odious, damned lie, as part of it?" added Rita.
"Demand nothing of me!" Dodger then said to them. "What you know is what you know, and from this time forward, I will never speak a word about this for a second. But I'm perfectly willing to talk of anything else as much as I was previously!"
"Damn it, Dodger, all this confusion and trouble for the sole purpose of a prank for your own amusement!" Rita snapped. Francis then said: "Tickle torments ought to open your lips as to what spurred you to pull such a rotten joke on us all!"
"Or at least make you pay for getting laughs at our expense when we get laughs at yours! Let's get him!" Einstein let loose. Everyone pounced on and tickled Dodger, who was laughing a lot harder than he'd been before at seeing his prank had worked, and that was saying a lot.
After they were done tickling Dodger, he had passed out from laughing so hard, though he would come to after a short while. And in the meantime, Einstein said: "Georgette, I want to let you know how sorry I am, and to make that and our love being certain from now on clear, I think there is no way but a kiss." "Apology accepted, and I agree." Georgette nodded, kissing her love and vice versa.
"Well, this was certainly an interesting and exciting day, to say nothing of a hilarious one in the end." Rita commented. "Still, I hope Dodger has learned his lesson about pulling pranks at our expense like this." "So do the rest of us." Tito spoke for himself and the other dogs present. "It may have been an anything but boring period of time, and it may have turned out okay in the end, but I wouldn't care to go through all that again." "Neither would any of us." Einstein said.
END OF SIXTH DRABBLE
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