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| <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Brain suggests they parade down the street joined together as a double-helix strand of DNA. It would be educational, if nothing else...
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Just then, Francine notes that Arthur's "wonky" sister D.W. is coming up the rungs to the treehouse; she's only going to bother them. But how can they keep her out?
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| <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Arthur: The kicking rule is hereby cancelled.
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">* * *
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">All of Arthur's gang, and D.W., set to work drawing pictures of Mr. Ratburn in the treehouse. D.W. finishes hers, and it is passed around. Buster really likes D.W.'s picture and laughs. Uh oh. Is she in? More discussion.
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0level1lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">•<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">For one thing, Buster eats all the snacks. There should be a rule about that.
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Muffy thinks that they also should start charging dues -- Arthur's treehouse is filthy, and could use some new linoleum. Muffy suggests a dollar a week.
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| <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Francine: Salt and pepper? Peas and carrots?
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| <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Muffy: Get off my property or I'm calling the police!
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l2level1lfo3;tab-stops:11.0pt.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">•<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Brain's "Fun Club" isn't. Binky gets bored looking at paramecium through a microscope. When he says as much, Brain says that if Binky isn't having fun, then he'll have to leave, since the "Fun Club" is only for people who like to have fun, like him.
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l2level1lfo3;tab-stops:11.0pt.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">•<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Sue Ellen starts up the "Single Person Reading and Walking Club" -- no one can join it but her.
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">D.W. is sitting alone in Arthur's treehouse. Arthur scrambles up the ladder. Can he join her? It's lonely without anyone else to play with. D.W. asks where everyone is. Arthur tells her how the rival clubs have wrecked everything.
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| <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l3level1lfo4;tab-stops:11.0pt.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">•<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Mr. Haney rides in a float as the "King of Button Island" -- he's perched on the top of a tall palm tree which wobbles and shakes. Mr. Haney looks quite ill.
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| <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Francine: ...I never knew why we didn't invite her in the first place!
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| ==Characters== | | ==Characters== |
| ===Major Roles=== | | ===Major Roles=== |
