CHAPTER 10: CUBAN BEAGLE RETURNS
Later on that very same night,the big show was finally about to kick off as Christine timidly peeped her head out of the curtains to be quickly greeted by the sight of an entirely filled yp auditorium which included her own adoptive family before Franklin stepped out and ecstatically greeted the silencing audience while the girl retracted herself "Good evening viewers! Are y'all ready for a musical? Welcome one and all to Sparkyville Middle School's FIRST ever music festival! Tonight we are gonna take you all on a wonderful journey that will push the boundaries of what we can do with the world of music,and take it to brand new heights with our stellar lineup behind this curtain!" and as the boy continued to hype up the audience for the acts,James walked up to Christine and politely asked with a clear hint of concern in his voice "You ready for this? There's no turning back now." to which the girl nodded her head and confidently replied "Yeah,I'm ready,I didn't spend this past week of my life working my behind off for nothing. Also James,there's something I'm gonna wanna tell you after the show." which prompted the boy to perk up a little and wonder with a hint of curiosity and confusion "Really? I….have something I wanna tell you too."
"Oh,well that's good to know." Christine raised an eyebrow and retorted out of surprise with a raised eyebrow which prompted the two kids to lightly laugh in anticipation before they both looked out the curtain to see Franklin on the verge of concluding his introduction "So how about we start off the show with a little bit of a laugh? Now if you were one of the lucky people who had managed to see Sparkyville's last Christmas show at home or even in person,you may very well recognize this little canine,so to start off the show,please give a round of applause and welcome for the return of Cuban Beagle!" to which the audience happily did so while the curtain lifted up to reveal Snoopy, Gracie, Woodstock, Andy, Olaf, Roger and Herman in their completely ridiculous outfits and makeup before they proceeded to manically dance to blaring music.
"Never change Snoopy,never change." Charlie Brown hung his head a little and sarcastically groaned to himself at the sight before Claudia blinked a few times and stated in awe "I've been seeing G-Gracie like that every d-day during practice,a-and I'm still awestruck by those outfits of t-theirs." to which Rattler chuckled and playfully lamented to herself "Andy is SO lucky that I don't have a camera on me."
"You know,I may just have to reward Olaf with some treats later on for having the spine to wear that thing in public." Ox rolled his eyes and nonchalantly remarked at the very sight of his dog wearing such an overblown and ridiculous outfit before Rebecca nodded her head and added in agreement "Same here." to which Ed lastly stated with a calm and collected look on his face "Honestly,I'm willing to bet that Herman's only doing this because some bones or cookies were involved."
They call him Cuban Beagle.
He's the king of the rumba beat.
When he plays the maracas he goes chick-chicky boom,chick-chicky boom.
Yes sir he's Cuban Beagle.
He's the craze of his native street.
When he starts to dance everything goes chick-chicky boom,chick-chicky boom.
The senoritas,they sing and they swing with terampero.
It's very nice,so full of spice.
And when they dance in they bring a happy ring that era keros.
Singin' a song,all the day long.
So if you like the beat.
Take a lesson from Cuban Beagle.
And he'll teach you to chick-chicky boom,chick-chicky boom,chick-chicky boom.
(He's a really modest guy,although he's the hottest guy,in Havana. In Havana.)
Si senorita,he knows that you would like to chicky-boom-chick.
It's very nice,so full of spice.
He'll place his hand on your hip and if you will just give him your hand.
Then you should try,just you and him.
I-yi-yi!
If you like the beat.
Take a lesson from Cuban Beagle.
And he'll teach you to chick-chicky-boom,chick-chicky-boom,chick-chicky-boom.
However it was right then and there that the dancing animals suddenly took off their clothes and did away with their makeup in a flash to reveal themselves all wearing fancy black tuxedos underneath along with top hats and canes as they all began to slowly tap dance their way to the sidelines to end off their act.
*Inane scatting.*
See ya!
And just like that,Cuban Beagle's crazy and nonsensical return had seemingly come to a close as the animals rejoined the rest of the gang on the sidelines,but not before they all poked their heads out of the corner and smugly winked to the cheering and simultaneously laughing audience. The rest of the kids couldn't even find it in themselves to be weirded out by the act as Ox smiled and happily congratulated his dog "Nice going there Olaf,y'all got guts to wear that stuff in public." before Lucy peeped her head out of the now pulled down curtain and impressively remarked while Rattler and Rebecca pet their dogs "It seems you beagles have really stirred up and excited the crowd,they want even more."
"Well that's just what the rest of our acts are gonna be for,let's keep this musical train going." James lightly chuckled and egotistically retorted as the frankly tired out beagles alongside Herman and Woodstock began to proudly make their way towards the nearby snack table to make themselves a victory snack,all the while Christine smiled and quietly whispered to herself while Franklin went out to introduce the next act "I love this town."
NEXT CHAPTER: THE BALLAD OF LOVE
"Cuban Pete. The Mask Version."
Performed by Jim Carrey.
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