"What have you done to my dog!" the woman screamed.
She snatched the dog out of Arnold's hands and said, "Look at Bridget!"
She's ruined!"
She was a prized show dog but not anymore, and it's all your fault!"
"We're really sorry ma'am," spoke Arnold.
"It was an accident, honest," Sam added.
"You call this an accident?!" shouted the woman.

As Bridget's owner went on yelling at Arnold and Sam, Phillip and Maggie entered the apartment, after a day of running errands.
The two were in shock to see what was going on.
"Oh dear, said Maggie, That woman can't yell at our children like that."
Phillip tried his best to be part of the conversation to see what he could do, as the woman continued barking at Arnold and Sam.
"What you two did is completely irresponsible!" the woman shouted.
"Excuse me ma'am," said Phillip, as the woman completely ignored him.
"You two maybe minors, but I will get in touch with your parents or guardians about this!" the woman went on.
"Uh pardon me," Phillip tried again.
"Stay out of this buster! the woman screamed at him, as she went back to Arnold and Sam saying, "They are just as in much trouble as you two are!"
"I'AM the guardian of those boys!" Phillip almost yelled out.
The woman turned to Phillip and screamed, "You're in a lot of trouble!"
She basically shoved the dog into his face and screamed, "Just look at what your boys did to my Bridget!"
"Ma'am, are you sure that's a dog?
It looks like cotton candy with eye balls," said Phillip, repeating what Arnold had told Sam earlier, to make light of the situation.
However, the woman wasn't laughing, nor did the comment help what was happening.
You seem to take this about as serious as these boys!
How do you find this humorous?
I'm suing you!
I'll see you in court!" the woman shouted, before heading out the door.
Sam turned to his step-brother and asked, "Are we in trouble Arnold?"
"We sure are Sam.
We sure are," Arnold answered.

Later on that night, as she and Phillip sat up in bed, talking and going over some paperwork, Maggie said, "I just can't believe somebody would sue children."
"Oh it is possible, said Phillip, as he placed his work folder on the night stand by his side of the bed and added, "You know, when I was Sam's age, I ran my own lemonade stand one summer."
"I bet you were adorable."
"It wasn't so cute though when the Country Time lemonade company trued to sue me."
"What happened?"
"They said my recipe tasted to similar to theirs.
You know, while I admire Sam and Arnold earning money the honest way, why didn't they come to us for help?"
"They said they're earning money for a surprise."
"Getting sued for turning a person's dog pink was not the surprise I had in mind."
"Well, I sue hope the woman reconsiders suing Sam and Arnold."
"We'll see."

A few days later, Phillip and his lawyers, along with Maggie, Arnold and Sam were at sitting in his office at Trans Alliance Inc..
Luckily, it was a teacher's work day, and school was closed, so Phillip didn't have to worry about the boys missing classes for a court hearing date.
One of the lawyers got off the phone and said, "Mrs. Appleby is on her way up with her lawyer."
"What's going to happen now Mr. D?" asked Sam.
"Well Sam, my lawyers and I are going to talk to the woman about this and hopefully she can drop the charges," Phillip answered.
"That's good, because I don't want to go to jail."
"Nobody's going to jail."
"Yeah, but it is going to cost us and dad big time," Arnold pointed out.
"Now boys, don't be nervous, I'm sure things will work out.
And who knows, maybe this Mrs. Appleby is the forgiving type," said Maggie.
A few moments later, Mrs. Appleby arrived in the office, holding Bridget, who was still brightly colored pink and was accompanied by a gentleman wearing a suit.
Phillip, being a gentleman tried to be friendly to her, along with Arnold and Sam, to show her no hard feelings.
"Good morning Mrs. Appleby," he said.
"Good morning Mrs. Appleby," said Arnold.
"Morning ma'am," added Sam.
Mrs. Appleby simply ignored them.
"I take back what I just said," Maggie whispered to Phillip.
Since both sides had arrived, everyone took a seat, and began to go over what needed to be taken care of.

One of Phillip's lawyers picked up a sheet of paper and said as he read the paper, "Now that both sides have arrived, we can begin the case of Mrs. Rhoda Appleby Verses Mr. Arnold Jackson-Drummond and Samuel McKinney-Drummond can now come to order.
"First, we'll hear Mrs. Appleby's side of the story, then the defendants.
Mrs. Appleby, please share your statement."
"Those boys have ruined my dog!" Mrs. Appleby screamed, as she pointed to Sam and Arnold.
The lawyer cleared his throat and said, "No further questions or statements then.
Now, Mr. Jackson-Drummond and Mr. McKinney-Drummond, do you have anything to say in response to Mrs. Appleby's answered.
"We can't sir," said Sam.
"Why not?" asked the lawyer.
"Because it would spoil the surprise."
"Sam, we might as well come clean and admit it, said Arnold, who turned to the lawyer and said, "The reason for why we started the dog washing business in the first place, was to earn money to buy an anniversary gift for our parents."
"It's the truth, that's why we said it was for a surprise," Sam added.
Arnold then looked over at Mrs. Appleby and said, "We didn't mean for this to happen ma'am it was an accident.
And we're very sorry."
Sam turned to Mrs. Appleby as well and spoke,"It's the honest truthy ma'am.
We're very sorry."
Arnold turned to his adopted dad and adopted step-mother and said, "I'm sorry dad, I'm sorry Maggie."
Sam looked at his mom and step-father and said, "I'm sorry mama, I'm sorry Mr. D."
"Arnold Sam, you didn't have to do this for Maggie and I.
Although,I'm glad to see that you boys were trying to earn the gift for us by working for it." said Phillip.
"We're we also glad you told the honest truth.
But the next time you have a problem, come to us and we'll help you figure out a solution," Maggie added.
"Yes Maggie," said Arnold.
"OK mama," added Sam.
And while Arnold and Sam were glad to see that their parents weren't angry with them, Mrs. Appleby's feelings however were quite the opposite.
"This is highly unbelievable and unacceptable! she shouted, "After what they did to my dog?!
This is why I never wanted children!
Spoiled little rotten trouble makers!"
Just then a voice called out.
"That's my dog!" said the voice.