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Script Typed by typed by Cristina Sánchez Arteaga of Wilfried's Disney Database

Characters who support Pongo & Perdita
Characters who support Cruella De Vil
Other characters

Non dialogue elements are underlined italic written

Pongo was a handsome Dalmatian. He owns Roger Radcliff, a nice young bachelor musician who was gentle, obedient and unusually intelligent. In fact, Pongo thinks at times he is almost canine. They live in a nice little house near regents Park in London, but it has become very lonely for both of them.
Pongo	My story begins in London, not so very long ago. Yet so much has happened since then, that it seems like an eternity. At that time I lived with my pet in a bachelor flat just off Regents Park. It was a beautiful spring day, a tedious time of the year for bachelors. Oh… that’s my pet, Roger. Roger Radcliff, a musician of sorts. Ha-ha. No, no, I’m the one with spots. My name’s Pongo. As far as I could see the old notion that “a bachelor’s life was so glamorous and carefree” was all nonsense. It was downright dull sighs It was plain to see that my old pet needed someone. If it were left up to Roger, we’d be bachelors forever. He was married to his work, writing songs. Songs about romance… of all things, something he knew absolutely nothing about Roger’s playing piano Oh, he’s intelligent enough as humans so. And I think you could say, Roger is a rather handsome animal in his way. I could see no reason why my pet didn’t deserve an attractive mate, but al least I was determinated to do my best. Of course, dogs are a pretty poor judge of human beauty, but I had a rough idea of what to look for He’s looking out from the window spotting the candidates We see an Afghan Hmm! Unusual breed chuckles Very unusual. Hmm! Oh, surely not. Well now, what have we here? Hmm. Well, a little… too short coupled. Nope! I say! Well, I do say! Now there’s a fancy breed. Hmm. Perhaps a little too fancy. Yes, much too fancy. Oh! Too old. Too young. It was a problem, a real problem. Well, now that’s a bit more like it! It’s a Dalmatian The most beautiful creature on four legs! Now if only the girl… Well! She’s very lovely too! It was almost too good to be true. I’d never find another pair like that, not if I looked for a hundred years. Ah, they’re heading for the park. A perfect meeting place… if I can only arrange it. Uh-oh, but Roger never stopped work ‘til after 5:00. That could be too late He changes the time and barks attracting Roger’s attention .
Roger	Looking the clock After 5:00 already. Fancy that. All right Pongo, all right boy. Pongo’s barking and yipping Pongo boy! Take it easy! What’s all the hurry? Pongo boy, slow down.
Pongo	I was afraid we’d missed them. Perhaps they passed on by the park. Then suddenly… I spotted them. It was a perfect situation if I planned it right. I couldn’t depend on Roger. I knew what he’d do. He’d settle on the grass, puff his pipe and that would be it. No, it was all up to me. Well as they pass, Anita and Perdita take notice of them At first I had no particular plan just anything to attract attention. You know stir things up a bit He takes off Roger’s hat .
Roger	Pongo, you silly old thing! C’mon! Let’s have it, boy. Pongo! yipping Pongo! He leaves the hat on the bench where Anita’s seated .
Pongo	For a while it seemed to work. At least they had seen one another. Things were going along first-rate. But for some strange reason they left!
Roger	C’mon, you old renegade. We’re going home.
Pongo	But I wasn’t giving up. I was determinated that somehow they just had to meet.
Roger	Oh!
Anita	Ohhh!
Roger	I beg your pardon. Please, excuse me.
Anita	I must say, what on earth!
Roger	Oh dear!
Anita	Oh really! Good heavens!
Roger	Oooh!
Anita	Ahh! Ahh! Perdita tries to stop them and she breaks Anita’s dress. The pair end up toppling into a pond Oh, oh. Oh my new spring suit and my new hat!
Roger	Ah, ah… I’m terribly sorry. Please, let me help you I’m so sorry. I don’t know what’s come over him. I’m so sorry. He’s never acted this way before.
Anita	Oh, never mind! Never mind! Please, just go away. You’ve done enough. Please? Oh! she takes her handkerchief that is wet .
Roger	Oh, I say. Here, take mine it’s wet too
Anita	Oh! they laugh. For the very first time Perdita looks to Pongo
In a few weeks there was a double wedding for Pongo and Perdita, Roger and Anita, and the dogs settled down to a life of pleasant domesticity with their happy pets.
Priest	Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in health; and forsaking all others keep thee only unto her so long as ye both shall live?
Roger	I will.
Pongo	For the first six months or so we lived in a small house near the park, a modest little place but just right for two couples who were just starting out. In the window we see Perdita and Pongo resting. She sighs happily Perdita, darling, are you all right?
Perdita	chuckles Oh, of course, dear. After all, dogs were having puppies long before our time.
Pongo	He chuckles happily Oh, that’s Nanny, a wonderful cook and housekeeper. She’s such a kind understanding soul. You know, at times she seems almost canine.
Anita	Roger, dear, tea time! Tea time!
Roger	Still playing piano Be down in a minute. Ta-tum-ti-ta-tum whistling Do you like my new song.
Anita	Ta-tum-ti-ta-tum. Such clever lyrics.
Roger	Ho ho! Chuckles Melody first, my dear. And then the lyrics, hm? car horn
Perdita	Oh, Pongo… it’s her. It’s that devil woman A car stops in front of the house
Roger	Oh, must be Cruella, your dearly devoted old schoolmate, Cruella de Vil. That’s it! Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil if she doesn't scare you no evil thing will
Anita	Oh Roger To see her is to take a sudden chill
Anita	Oh
Cruella
Cruella she's like a spider waiting for the... kill
Anita	Roger, she'll hear you Look out for Cruella de Vil
Anita	Let her in, Nanny.
Cruella	Anita, darling!
Anita	How are you?
Cruella	Miserable as usual. Perfectly wretched! Where are they? Where are they? For heaven sakes, where are they?
Anita	Who, Cruella?
Cruella	The puppies! in loud rude voice The puppies! Not time for games. Where are the little brutes?
Anita	Oh, it’ll be al least three weeks. No rushing these things, you know.
Cruella	chuckles Anita, you’re such a wit. Here, dog, here. Here dog Pongo growls
Anita	Cruella, isn’t that a new fur coat?
Cruella	Oh, my only true love, darling. I live for furs. I worship furs! Aaaah…. After all, is there a woman in all this wretched world who doesn’t?
Anita	Oh, I’d like a nice fur but there are many other things…
Cruella	Sweet, simple Anita chuckles I know, I know! This horrid little house is your dreamed castle. Ha, ha, ha! And poor Roger is your bold and fearless Sir Galahad! Ha ha ha!
Anita	Oh Cruella!
Cruella	Then of course you have your little spotted friends. Oh yes, I must say… such a perfectly beautiful coats.
Anita	Won’t you have some tea?
Cruella	I’ve got to run. Let me know when the puppies arrive. You will, won’t you dear?
Anita	Yes Cruella.
Cruella	Don’t forget, it’s a promise. See you in three weeks. Cheerio, cheerio darling she slams the door
Anita	Oooh!
Roger	At first you think Cruella is a devil but after time has worn away the shock you come to realize you've seen her kind of eyes
watching you
from underneath a rock
Anita	You're no help this vampire bat this inhuman beast she ought to be locked up and never released the world was such a wholesome place until Cruella Cruella de Vil
Anita	They kiss Oh Roger, you are an idiot! They laugh
In the kitchen.
Pongo	Perdy?
Perdita	That’s witch! That devil woman. She wants our puppies. That’s all she’s after.
Pongo	Oh, don’t worry, Perdy. They’re on to her. Nothing’s going to happen to our puppies.
Perdita	What does she want with them? She can’t possibly love them. Oh Pongo crying I was so happy at first, but now I--- Oh, I--- I wish we weren’t having any.
A raining night. Perdita’s going to have her puppies. She’s been helped by Anita and Nanny while Pongo and his pet waits patiently in the next room.
Pongo	Poor Perdita. Of course she had no choice. The puppies arrived right on schedule one wild and stormy night in October.
Roger	Ooh! Steady, boy. He’s puffing his pipe and Pongo licks his hand
Nanny	The puppies are here! shouting Oh--- the puppies are here!
Roger	H-H-How many?
Nanny	Eight.
Roger	Eight? By George, Pongo! Eight puppies!
Nanny	Ten!
Anita	Eleven!
Nanny	Eleven.
Roger	Eleven? Eleven puppies, Pongo boy!
Nanny	Wait a minute now, wait a minute… thirteen!. No, no, no fourteen, ohhh, fifteen!
Roger	Fifteen?
Nanny	And the mother’s doing fine, love. Oh, you lucky thing, you.
Roger	Fifteen puppies? Why, Pongo boy, That’s marvellous! It’s fabulous! Why, you old rascal!
Nanny	She enters sobbing with something in her hands Fourteen. Just fourteen. We lost one. Oh, poor little thing.
Roger	Oh, pongo. It’s just one of those things. And yet? And yet I wonder… he tries to resuscitate him and he does! Look Pongo! Anita! Nanny! Fifteen! We still have fifteen!
Anita	Oh Roger, he’s all right! Thank heaven!
Roger	See? He’s just as good as new.
Anita	Can you imagine, Roger, fifteen puppies! Suddenly a sinister shadow appears in the door and a wellknown voice ask
Cruella	Fifteen! Fifteen puppies! How marvellous! How marvellous, how perfectly… she sees the puppy Ugh! The devil take it! They’re mongrels… no spots! No spots at all! What a horrid little white rat! Ugh!
Nanny	They’re not mongrels! They’ll get their spots. Just wait and see.
Anita	That’s right. They’ll have their spots in a few weeks.
Cruella	Oh, well, in that case I’ll take them all. The whole litter. Just name your price, dear
Anita	I’m afraid we can’t give them up. Poor Perdita. She’d be heartbroken.
Cruella	Anita, don’t be ridiculous. You can’t afford to keep them. You can scarcely feed yourselves.
Anita	I’m sure we’ll get along.
Cruella	Chuckling Yes, I know! I know! Roger’s… Roger’s songs! laughing Enough of this nonsense I’ll pay you twice what they’re worth. I’m being more than generous. Blast this pen. Blast this wretched, wretched pen! she puts ink spots in Roger and Pongo who are so furious When can the puppies leave their mother? Two weeks? Three weeks?
Roger	Never.
Cruella	What?
Roger	We’re n-n-not selling the puppies. Not a single one. D-do you understand?
Cruella	chuckling Anita, is he serious? I really don’t know Roger.
Anita	Well, Cruella, he---
Cruella	Surely he must be joking!
Roger	No, no, no. I-I-I-I mean it. You’re not getting one. N-n-not one. And that’s--- final! Pongo nods his head
Cruella	Shouts Why, you horrid man! You… you… Al right, keep the little beasts for all I care. Do as you like with them. Dorwn them! But I warn you, Anita. I’m through with all of you! I’ll get even. Just wait. You’ll be sorry, you fools! You, you idiots! she slams the door
Anita	embracing Roger Oh Roger! You were magnificent, darling!
Nanny	Oh he was a bloomin’ hero, ma’am. Indeed he was. A bloomin’ hero!
Pongo	he runs to tell Perdita the good news Perdy? Perdy darling? Perdy, we’re keeping the puppies every single one of them. My ol’ pet Roger, he told that devil woman off. He told her off, Perdy. She’s gone darling, she’s gone for good.
Perdita	Oh Pongo Now she’s happy sights Some weeks later our dogs are watching their favourite TV programm.
Puppies	C’mon, Thunderbolt. C’mon, Thunderbolt Go get him, Thunder After him, boy He’ll get that dirty ol’ horse thief Old Thunderbolt’s the greatest dog in the whole world. He’s even better than Dad. No dog’s better than Dad Pongo smiles proudly What’s he going to do, Dad?
Pongo	Shhh, shhh. Let’s just wait and see, eh?
Puppy	Look at him run, the old coward.
Patch	That old Dirty Dawson! The yellow-livered old skunk! I’d like to tear his gizzard out.
Perdita	Why, Patch, where did you ever hear such talk? Certainly not from your mother.
Penny	Watch out, Thunder!
Patch	Don’t worry Penny. He’ll get that yellow-livered---- oh, well, he’ll get him, all right.
Puppies	Lucky, Lucky, get down. We can’t see. Mother, make him get down.
Perdita	C’mon, Lucky. Down, dear.
Puppy	Missed him. Missed him by a mile.
Rolly	I’m hungry, mother. I’m hungry.
Perdita	Now Rolly, you’ve just had your dinner.
Rolly	But I am just the same I’m so hungry I could eat… a whole elephant.
Puppies	Shh! There he is, behind that rock! gunshot Oh dear, he shot poor Thunder
Patch	He missed him! Ol’ Thunder’s pretending… I think, see? What did I tell you? That’s one of his tricks.
Puppy	Lucky, get down.
TV	Ha-ha-ha! Lucky whimpers and yipps
Rolly	I’m hungry mother, I really am.
TV	Don’t miss next week’s exciting episode. Who will triumph?
Patch	Ol’ Thunder always wins!
TV	… and speaking of champions, friends, Kanine Krunchies is the champion of all dog biscuits. Kanine krunchies Can’t be beat They make each meal A special treat Happy dogs are those Who eat nutritions Kanine Krunchies
Pongo	Uh, Perdy, we better get these little nippers off to bed if we’re going for a w-a-l-k.
Puppies	We want to go, mother. Can we mother? We never get to go.
Perdita	Come along children. Bed time.
Patch	But we’re not a yawn bit sleepy. We want to go for a walk in the park.
Puppy	Dad, can we?
Pongo	Better do as your mother says. One, two, three, four, five, six… seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen…
Rolly	I’m not sleepy. I’m hungry.
Pongo	… fourteen, Hmmm?
TV	So do what all The smarts dogs do And you’ll free great
The whole day through
You can be a champion too If you eat Kanine Krunchies Now remember, friends, just send five---
Pongo	turning off the TV Lucky, you little rascal, let’s go.
Pongo and Perdita take Roger and Anita for their customary walk in the park. But there is car from where two men spy them. One tall and skinny and one short fat.
Jasper	There they go, Horace, me lad, out for their evening constitutional. A lovely pair of turtledoves. Around the corner and off to the park.
Horace	Yeah, I don’t like it, Jasper. One more pinch and they’ll throw the keys away.
Jasper	Oh, come off it, Horace. We’re getting plenty of boodle.
Horace	Yes, but… I’ve been thinking.
Jasper	You’ve been thinking? Now look here, I warned you about thinking. I’ve got the knob for this job, so let’s get on with it. Ah, nobody home but the little ol’ cook. You just leave her to ol’ Jasper. He can handle her real diplomatic-like.
Horace	Yeah, but I still don’t like it.
At the home.
Nanny	There, here. Now Patch you settle down chuckles Oh dear. Go to sleep now. Close your little eyes. That’s a good little one Door bell Now, who do you suppose? she opens the door .
Jasper	Good evening ma’am. We’re here to inspect the wiring and the switches.
Horace	We’re from the gas company.
Jasper	Electric, electric.
Horace	Electric company.
Nanny	Oh, but we didn’t call for any inspection.
Jasper	Oh, yes ma’am, you see, there’s a new act just been passed in parliament Comes under the heading of defence od the realm act from section 29, very important it’s the law and it’s for your safety, ma’am.
Nanny	Well, I don’t care what Parliament realm or whatever it says. You’re not coming in here, not with the mister and missus gone.
Jasper	Now, come off it, Ducky. We got no time to palaver. We got a job to do. Excuse me! They enter by the force
Nanny	What’s the matter with you two? You got cloth ears? I say you’re not coming in here.
Jasper	Oh, she’s a regular, little Tartar, ain’t she Horace? Ha-ha-ha!
Nanny	Don’t you dare go up there, you long-legged lummox! Now I mean it! If you… if you don’t get out of this house I’ll call the police, I will. Now be off with you, you big weagel! She’s locked in the cellar
Jasper	Now, you’ve been and gone and done it. You’ve cut me to the quick, Lady. Why I wouldn’t stay here if you asked me to. Not even for a cup of tea. Whoa! Horace, me lad, I’ve got a sneaky suspicion we’re not welcome here.
Horace	Pack up we’re leaving. Sharp’s the word and quicks the action.
Nanny	Let me out! Help! I’ll call the police! Help!
Jasper	Good night, Ducky. Ta-ta!
Nanny	Oh those good-for-nothing-hoodlums! Electric company? Hm. They’re nothing but common sneak thieves. I’ll bet they made off with the good silver, why I bet they took every last… Oh! The puppies! They’re gone! Patch? Lucky? Rolly? Ah! They took the puppies! Oh… whatever will I do? Those scoundrels! They stole the puppies! Coming out the house Police! Help! The puppies! Police! Somebody help me! Help! Help! Help!
Cruella’s home. She’s reading the papers.
Cruella	“Dognapping” Can you imagine such a thing? “Fifteen puppies stolen”, they are darling little things. Anita…. Ha-ha-ha… and her bashful Beethoven! Ha ha ha! Pipe and all! Ha ha ha ha! Oh Roger you are a fool! Ha ha ha ha phone ringing Hello? Jasper! Jasper, you idiot! How dare you call here?
Jasper	We don’t want no more of this year. We want our boodle!
Horace	We’ll settle for half!
Cruella	Not one schilling ‘til the job’s done.
Horace	Jasper!
Cruella	Understand?
Horace	Jasper!
Jasper	But it’s in the blinking papers, pictures and all!
Cruella	Hang the papers! It’ll be forgotten tomorrow!
Horace	I don’t like it?
Jasper	Shut up, you idiot!
Cruella	What?
Jasper	Oh no! Not you miss. I mean Horace!
Cruella	Why, why you imbecile! she phones Anita
Roger	It’s Scotland Yard. Maybe they found something. Hello Inspector?
Cruella	Is Anita There?
Roger	Who?
Cruella	Anita!
Roger	It’s for you.
Anita	Hello?
Cruella	Anita, darling!
Anita	Oh Cruella!
Cruella	What a dreadful thing. I just saw the papers. I couldn’t believe it!
Anita	Yes Cruella. It was quite a shock.
Roger	What is what she want? Is she calling to confess. The Radcliffs, Pongo and Perdita are desolated by the loss. Roger is sure that Cruella is behind it
Anita	Roger, please!
Roger	Oh, she’s a shy one! She is…
Anita	Yes, we’re doing everything possible.
Cruella	Have you called the police?
Anita	Yes, we-we called Scotland Yard but I’m afraid---
Roger	Where are they?
Anita	To Roger You idiot!
Cruella	Anita!
Anita	Sorry, Cruella, Yes, if there’s any news we’ll let you know. Thank you Cruella. Roger, I admit she’s excentric but she’s not a thief.
Roger	Well, she’s number one suspect in my book.
Anita	She’s been investigated by Scotland Yard. What more do you want?
Roger	Oh, I don’t know darling. I don’t know.
Anita	Oh, Roger. What’ll we do? What’ll we do?
Pongo	taking Perdita into his confidence Perdy, I’m afraid it’s all up to us.
Perdita	Oh, Pongo. Isn’t there any hope?
Pongo	Well, yes. There’s the twilight bark.
Perdita	The twilight bark? That’s only a gossip chain.
Pongo	Darling, it’s the very fastest way to send news. If our puppies are anywhere in the city, the London dogs will know. We’ll send the word tonight, when our pets take us for a walk in the park.
In the park, Pongo barks as loud as he can. He does to north, south, east and west.
Perdita	There’s no one out tonight. I’m afraid it’s too cold.
Pongo	We’ve got to keep trying, Perdy he continues barking and someone answer him Perdy, we’re in luck! It’s the Great Dane at Hampstead.
Roger	Pongo, quiet, boy! Do you want to stir up the whole neighbourhood? Come on, Pongo.
Anita	Perdy! Come on.
Roger	Let’s go! Pongo, you old idiot! Pongo continues barking and howling Come on, now, we’re going home!
Terrier	What is it, Danny? Who’s on the telegraph?
Great Dane	It’s Pongo. Regents Park. It’s an all-dog alert.
Terrier	What’s it all about? Tell me, Danny, tell me! Tell me!
Great Dane	Wait a minute, wait a minute. Well now, hmm, that is something.
Terrier	What Danny? What’s something?
Great Dane	Fifteen Dalmatian puppies. Stolen!
Terrier	Have they called the police? Scotland Yard?
Great Dane	The humans tried everything. Now it’s up to us dogs and the twilight bark.
Terrier	I’ll sound the alert! yipping
Great Dane	Woof! Woof! howling
Terrier	Ahhh barks From the Great Dane, to a terrier, to a Scottie, to an Afghan to a barge dog of no discernable bloodlines but much intelligence, the alert pass
Prissy’s pet	Prissy, come in here!
Coco’s pet	Coco! Be quiet now!
All the city is in alert. All the London’s dogs bark the word.
Man	Aw, shut up! Quiet! Will you be quiet?
Countryside. Barking continues.
Lucy	Towser, what’s going on? What is it? What’s all the gossip?
Towser	‘Taint no gossip, Lucy. It be all the way from London.
Lucy	You don’t say!
Towser	Fifteen puppies stolen!
Lucy	There’s no puppies around here, not since Nellie’s last little and they all are grown.
Towser	Well, then we’d best send the word along. It be up to me to reach the Colonel! He be the only one in barking range.
Lucy	You’ll never reach him at this hour.
Towser	Well I can try! I’ll bark all night if I have to. Ahem. barks
Captain	Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Sounds like old Towser. It’s an alert. Sergeant! Sergeant Tibs! I say Sergeant! neighing
Tibs	Oh, yes Captain!
Captain	Barking signal. It’s an alert. Report to the Colonel at once.
Tibs	Yes, righto, sir. Right away sir! Colonel? I say, Colonel! Colonel sir? Colonel?
Colonel	What? Who goes there?
Tibs	Sergeant Tibs reporting, sir.
Colonel	Tibs? Tibs? Oh, yes, Sergeant Tibs!
Tibs	Colonel, sir.
Colonel	Look here, Tibs. What’s the idea of barking in at this hour’s night?
Tibs	But Colonel…
Colonel	Hold on, Sergeant. You hear that? Sounds like an alert.
Tibs	Yes, colonel.
Colonel	We’d better look into it. Come along, on the double.
Tibs	Yes sir, righto sir.
Captain	It’s old Towser down at Withermarsh, sir.
Colonel	By Jove, yes! So it is. Well, I’ll see what he wants. Ahem! Woof, woof, woof! Woof, woof, woof!
Towser	It be the Colonel! The old boy himself. He wants the message.
Lucy	You’d better make it loud or he’ll never get it. Towser barks the message
Colonel	One long howl, two short. One yip and a woof.
Tibs	Two yips sir.
Captain	What’s the word, Colonel?
Colonel	It’s from London.
Tibs	It must be important.
Colonel	Yes. I’ll get the rest of it. Ahem! Woof, woof, woof! distant barking sounds like a number. Three fives is thirteen
Tibs	That’s fifteen, sir.
Colonel	Fifteen, of course, fifteen barking continues Yes… dot, spot… spotted puddings, poodles. No, puddles!
Captain	Puddles, sir?
Colonel	Fifteen spotted puddles stolen? Oh, balderdash!
Tibs	Better double-check it, Colonel.
Colonel	Oh, yes. I suppose I’d better. Woof, woof, woof. Two woofs, one yip and a woof.
Tibs	It sounds like puppies.
Colonel	Of course, puppies.
Tibs	I just remembered. Two nights past, I heard puppy barking at Hell Hall.
Colonel	You mean the old De Vil place? Nonsense, Tibs! No one’s lived there for years.
Captain	Hold on! There’s smike coming from the chimney!
Colonel	By Jove! That’s strange… strange indeed. Ahem. Well, I suppose we’d better investigate. I’ll send word for ol’ Towser to stand by. Roof! Roo-roo-roof!
Towser	Please, stand… by.
Lucy	What’s he mean by that?
Towser	I don’t know. Oh… maybe the ol’ boy’s found something!
Lucy	Oh, I do hope so.
Hell Hall
Colonel	They say the ol’ place is haunted or bewitched or some such fiddle faddle.
Tibs	Fiddle faddle and rot, sir.
Colonel	Just the same, Sergeant, use extreme caution. No telling what hocus pocus you might run into. Well, blast it all, Tibs. On the double, man. On the double.
Tibs	Yes sir. Right away sir he crawls through an open window and finds himself in a room full of Dalmatian puppies Psst. Rover! Spotty!
Puppy	Hum. What?
Tibs	Are you one of the fifteen stolen puppies?
Puppy	We’re not stolen. We’re bought and paid for. There’s 99 of us all together.
Tibs	Ninety nine!
Puppy	How ‘bout that bunch of little ones? They have names and collars. They’re not from the pet shops.
Tibs	Fifteen of ‘em.
Puppy	We never counted them. They’re over there by the TV.
Tibs	I’s better count ‘em.
Puppy	Watch out for the Baduns.
Tibs	Baduns?
Puppy	Those two blokes, Horace and Jasper. They’re mean ones, they are.
Jasper	Hey, look Horace! Watch me pot. His Lordship smack on the conk. Ha ha ha ha. How’s that for callin’ ‘em eh? Ha ha ha ha!
Tibs	whispering One, two, three, four, five, six...
Horace	Hey Jasper! Give us a swig. Just a short one.
Jasper	Now Horace, this hogwash ain’t fit for a bloke like yourself. Besides you’d get crumbs in it, you cabbage head!
Horace	All right! Guzzle the whole works. I hope it gives you colly wobbles, that’s what Rolly eats his sandwich Hey Jasper, did you…
Tibs	Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, elen…
Horace	Hey, get down, you little runt! And stay down Patch faces him Go on, get out of here or I’ll black your other peeper.
Tibs	Where was I? Nine… three more. Twelve and one, two, three. That’s fifteen! They’re the ones!
Jasper	Taking Tibs as a bottle Blimey! What the… Horace, look what we git! A tabby cat! all the puppies barking and yipping Ha ha ha! Ho ho ho! How’d you like a tabby cat stew? Or a cat Cassarole? Ha ha ha a la mode!
London. The twilight bark is working and soon the Pongos know the good news.
Perdita	What is it Pongo? What is it?
Pongo	It’s the Great Dane. He has news for us. He’ll meet us at Primrose Hill.
Perdita	How’ll we get out?
Pongo	The back bedroom window. It’s always open a wee bit. C’mon.
Primrose Hill.
Great Dane	Woof! Woof! Pongos, you’ve made it. Good.
Pongo	What’s the word? What’s the news?
Perdita	Have they found our puppies?
Great Dane	They’ve been located somewhere north of here in Suffolk.
Perdita	Oh, thank heaven!
Great Dane	Can you leave tonight?
Pongo	Oh yes, of course.
Perdita	We can leave right away.
Great Dane	Good. I’ll go along as far as Caruden Road and give you instructions. When you reach Withermarsh contact old Towser. He’ll direct you to the Colonel and the Colonel will take you to your puppies at the De Vil place.
Perdita	De Vil?
Pongo	The De Vil place?
Perdita	Oh Pongo, it was her!
Great Dane	Oh, someone you know?
Pongo	Precisely, there’s no time to explain they run
Perdita	I hope we’re not too late.
Great Dane	Good luck Pongo! If you lose your way contact the barking chain. They’ll be standing by! Pongo and Perdy continue running during the whole night. It doesn’t matter the rain, or the snow…
Captain	Any news Colonel?
Colonel	No. Not a blast thing. They’re lost or captured, or something or other. Who knows what.
Tibs	Colonel, here comes a car.
Colonel	Oh, come now, Tibs. Don’t be ridiculous. They wouldn’t be driving.
Tibs	Yes, I know sir but it’s heading for Hell Hall. It… it’s stopping at the gate!
Colonel	It is? Well, blast it all! Better see what’s up. On the double man. On the double!
Tibs	Yes sir!
Colonel	Take over, Captain.
Captain	Righto, sir.
Hell Hall. Cruella’s arrived.
TV	I’m sorry Mr. Simpkin. The answer is no, no, no. Six down, four to go.
Cruella	I’ve got no time to argue. It’s got to be done tonight.
TV	… it must be a yes or no question, Inspector?
Cruella	Do you understand? Tonight!
Horace	But they ain’t big enough.
Jasper	You couldn’t get half a dozen coats out of the whole caboodle.
Tibs	Coats! Dog-skin coats?
Cruella	We’ll settle for half a dozen! We can’t wait! The police are everywhere. I want the job done tonight!
Horace	How’re we gonna do it?
Cruella	Any way you like. Poison them, drown them, bash them in the head. You got any chloroform?
Jasper	Not a drop.
Horace	And no ether “ee-ther”
Jasper	Eye-ther.
Cruella	I don’t care how you kill the beasts, but do it… and do it now!
Jasper	Aw, please, miss. Have pity. Can we see the rest of the show first?
Horace	We want to see “What’s my crime?”
Cruella	Now, listen, you idiots! I’ll be back in the morning and the job better be done or I’ll… I’ll call the police! Do you understand?
Horace	I think she means it.
Jasper	Ah… we’ll get on with it as soon as the show’s over.
TV	…will you please sign in, sir?
Tibs	whispering Hey kids, you’d better get out of here if you want to save your skin.
Puppy	But how?
Tibs	Shhh. There’s a hole in the wall, there by the door. C’mon shake a leg. Psst. Kids, follow me.
Horace	Hey Jasper, look! Ha ha ha ha! It’s old Meathead.
Jasper	Yeah, what do you know…. Old Meathead Fauncewater?
Tibs	C’mon, don’t crowd. One at a time. One at a time!
TV	Now for our last contestant, this evening meet Mr. Percival Fauncewater. Mr. Percival Fauncewater if the panel fails to guess your unusual crime in ten questions you will receive two weeks vacation at a seaside resort all expenses paid. That is after you’ve paid your debt to society. Now, who will take the first question? Inspector?
TV (Inspector)	Could your crime be classified as larceny? A theft burglary?
Tibs	Straighten out! Form a queue… along the wall. Snap it up.
TV	Mr. Fauncewater is a burglar by trade but in this case his crime was not a burglary. I’m sorry, the answer is no Jasper and Horace laugh One down, nine to go. Miss Birdwell?
TV (Mrs. Birdwell)	If your crime wasn’t robbery did you… oh dear, what I mean is, do something of a violent nature, that is…
TV	Come, Miss Birdwell we’re running short of time.
TV (Mrs. Birdwell)	Oh yes, of course. So sorry. Did you do someone in?
Tibs	Oh.
TV	I’m sorry, the answer is no. Two down eight to go. Mrs. Simpkins?
Tibs	to Lucky Psst. Hey kid, let’s go.
TV (Mrs. Simpkins)	All right then. Could it be a violation of a city ordinance?
TV	… eh no.
Horace	Hey get out of the way, you little runt!
TV	Three down, seven to go. Inspector?
TV (Inspector)	Very confusing, I must say. Surely this crime could…
TV (Buzzer)	I’m terribly sorry I’m afraid we’ve run out of time.
Horace	Ain’t that always the way!
TV	Would it be possible for Mr. Fauncewater to come back next week? Then we could finish out little game. Good night audience. See you next week at this same time on “What’s my crime?”
Jasper	Ah, oh well. C’mon Horace. Let’s go on with it I’ll pop’em on the head, you do the skinnin’
Horace	Oh no, you don’t Jasper! I’ll pop ‘em off and you do the skinnin’
Jasper	Hey Horace! Look! They’re gone. They flew the coop. Right out through this hole. Here, grab a torch. We’ll run ‘em down before you can say “Bob’s your uncle” They discover the puppies climbing stairs up There they go, Horace, up the stairs whistling Here puppies, here puppies! C’mon now. Don’t go hiding from ol’ uncle Jasper, he-he. I ain’t gonna hurt you.
Horace	I thought we was gonna pop ‘em off.
Jasper	Shut up! Take a squint in there. I’ll check these other two rooms whistling Here puppies! Come on out! Come on wherever you are They go out from under the bed Horace! Oh! It’s the mangy tabby cat. He’s the ringleader! Head ‘em off. Head ‘em--- You bungling blockhead!
Tibs	Back here! Back here! Shhh. Here they come.
Jasper	Double-crossin’ little twerps, pullin’ a snitch on us! After we took care of ‘em.
Horace	There’s gratitude for you. It ain’t fair Jasper.
Jasper	Horace! There they go!
Colonel	Sergeant? I say Sergeant!
Tibs	Sorry. No time to explain. Busy sir.
Jasper	Shut the door, Horace. We’ll close in on ‘em. Enough of this “ring around the rosy”.
Crossroads.
Perdita	Oh Pongo, I’m afraid we’re lost.
Pongo	It can’t be far barks
Colonel	By Jove! It can’t be the Pongos barks answering Grr. howls
Pongo	It’s the Colonel. C’mon this way. Colonel? Are you the Colonel?
Colonel	At Hell Hall’s gates Oh, Pingo! Uh-uh Pongo?
Perdita	Our puppies, are they all right?
Colonel	No time to explain. There’s trouble. A big hullabaloo. Come along! Follow me!
Jasper	Ah ha ha ha. Now we’ve got ‘em Horace. They’ve run out the room In that moment the Pongos arrive as two snarling furies crash through the window and hurl themselves at the men to save the puppies What have we got here? A couple of spotted hyenas? C’mon Horace. Give ‘em what for. I’m right behind you, lad. Uh… oh! You clumsy clod!
Horace	I’ll knock the spots off you. Let go! Let go!
Colonel	Well, by George!
Jasper	You mangry mongrel! I’ll knock your blinkin’ block off Pongo bites him Aww!
Colonel	Blast ‘em Tibs. Give ‘em what for.
Tibs	No, no, Colonel! Retreat, retreat! He lead the puppies out through the open window
Colonel	Yes, oh yes of course. Retreat! Retreat on the double!
Horace	Help, Jasper! Get me out of here!
Jasper	Hey Horace, they’re fighting dirty.
Horace	Oh, oh, oh! He falls over the fire Oh, oh, oh. Jasper!
Jasper	Horace!
Pongo	C’mon Perdy. Let’s go.
Jasper	I’ll skin every one of them spotted hyenas if it’s the last thing I do.
Puppies	Dad! Mother! I missed you mommy! Here we are mommy!
Perdita	Oh, my darlings…. My darlings.
Lucky	How’d you find us?
Pongo	Ha-ha. Lucky! Patch! Pepper!
Puppies	Oh daddy!
Pongo	And Rolly, you rascal!
Rolly	Did you bring me anything to eat?
Pongo	Ha ha! Everybody here? All fifteen?
Patch	Twice that many Dad. Now there’s 99 of us!
Pongo	What’ Nine--- ninety nine! Oh, where did they all come from?
Perdita	What would she want with so many?
Puppy	She’s gonna make coats out of us.
Perdita	She couldn’t they’re shocked
Tibs	That’s right. Dog-skins coats.
Colonel	Oh, dog-skins coats! Come on, Tibs!
Tibs	But it’s true, sir.
Patch	Horace and Jasper, were gonna pop us off and… skin us!
Perdita	She’s a devil! A witch! What’ll we do?
Pongo	We have to get back to London, somehow.
Patch	What about the others? What’ll they do?
Pongo	Perdy, we’ll take them home with us… al of them. Our pets would never turn them out.
Captain	Colonel, sir, lights on the road. It’s a truck headin’ this way.
Tibs	It’s the Baduns, Horace and Jasper. They’re following our tracks.
Colonel	Well, we’ve got ‘em outnumbered, tibs. When I give the signal we’ll attack.
Tibs	Colonel, sir. I’m afraid that would be disastrous.
Colonel	Ahem! Oh, think so?
Pongo	He’s right. We’d better run for it.
Tibs	Out the back, across the pasture.
Pongo	Thank you, Sergeant, Colonel, Captain.
Perdita	Bless you all!
Pongo	How can we ever repay you?
Colonel	Ahem! Oh no, nothing at all! All in the line of duty.
Tibs	That’s right sir… routine.
Captain	Better be off. There they come.
Perdita	C’mon kids, hurry.
Tibs	Good luck, Pongos!
Colonel	And never fear. We’ll hold them off ‘till the bitter end Captain gives the signal
Jasper	Now, what’s this? Out of my way you barking haysack or I’ll knock your blinckin’ block off!
Horace	They ain’t here.
Jasper	They’re hiding in the hay. Give me a match. We’ll burn ‘em out.
Tibs	Ready Captain? Aim… fire one. Fire two.
Jasper	Hey there they go, the little sneaks. C’mon Horace, back to the truck. We’ll head ‘em off in half a mile in a bridge They gotta be around here, somewhere.
Horace	Jasper, I’ve been thinking.
Jasper	Now Horace.
Horace	What if they went down the froze-up creek… so’s not to leave their tracks?
Jasper	Oh, Horace, you idiot! Dogs ain’t that smart.
Pongo	All clear, Perdy. All clear.
Puppies	We gave ‘em the slip! Didn’t we dad?
They didn’t even see us, Patch!
Perdita	Shhh children. Children, shh.
Puppy	My feet are slippery. I wish we could walk on the snow.
Pongo	No son, we can’t leave tracks.
Cruella	Well, any sign of them?
Jasper	Not so much as one blooming footprint. And we’ve been up and down every road in the all county.
Horace	We are froze stiff. We’ re giving up.
Cruella	OH no, you don’t! We’ll find the mongrels if it takes ‘till next Christmas. Now get going and watch your driving! Do you wanna get nabbed by the police?
Pongo	93, 94, 95, 96, 97 98 Oh Lucky! C’mon Lucky boy! We can’t give up now.
Lucky	I’m tried and I’m hungry and my tail’s froze and my nose is froze and my ears are froze. And my toes are froze.
Collie	Barking Pongo! Pongo! Pongo! Oh we’d just about lost hope. We have shelter for you at the dairy barn across the road.
Pongo	Oh thank goodness. Perdy! Perdy! This way Perdy! The dairy barn across the road.
Perdita	C’mon kids.
Pongo	It’s not far. C’mon, this way. Follow the Collie.
Cows	Just look Queenie. Have you ever seen so many puppies? Oh aren’t they adorable! Perfectly darling. The poor dears. They’re completely worn out and half frozen
Perdita	They all here Pongo?
Pongo	Yes dear. All 99 accounted for.
Cow	The famous Pongos. We were so worried about you.
Collie	Been trying to reach you. Afraid you’ve been captured.
Cows	How did you make it all this way? And in such dreadful weather.
With all those little ones.
Rolly	I’m hungry mother. I’m hungry.
Puppies	I’m hungry too mother. Mother, we’re hungry. We’re all hungry.
Perdita	I’m sorry children
Cow	Do they like warm milk? It’s fresh
Perdita	Oh!
Rolly	Where is it?
Puppy	Where is the milk?
Cow	Come and get it, kids. It’s on the house.
Perdita	This way children. Around this way. Now, don’t crowd. You’ll have to take turns. Rolly wait your turn dear.
Cow	Don’t worry kids. There’s plenty for all. Oooh! The little darlings.
Collie	Pongo, a few scraps I saved for you and the missus.
Pongo	Oh, thank you.
Collie	It’s not much but it might hold you as far as Dinsford.
Pongo	Huh? Dinsford?
Collie	There’s a Labrador there. His pet is a grocer.
Pongo	yawning Oh I--- I’m terrible sorry.
Collie	Quite all right, quite all right. Get some rest and don’t worry I’ll be standing watch.
Perdita	I don’t know what we’d have done if…
Cows	We’re very honored to be of service. We’re sorry we can’t do more. Anyone who would think of hurting theses dear little puppies Shh! Duchess! They’re so dear. I wish they could stay with us for always. Princess, shhh. Quiet everyone. Let them sleep, the poor things. They’re so exhausted and they have such a long way to go.
Next morning. They cross a road. A car is approaching. It’s Cruella.
Pongo	Hurry kids, hurry! He tries to disguise their tracks
Cruella	Well now, what have we here? Well… so they thought they could outwit Cruella. Ha ha ha ha! Jasper! Horace! Here’s their tracks heading for the village!
Jasper	Blimey! It’s them, all right.
Cruella	Work your way south on the side roads. I’ll take the main road. See you in Dinsford.
Dinsford. Labrador’s barking and waiting for the Pongos.
Labrador	Pongo, I’ve got a ride home for you.
Pongo	A ride home? Perdy, did you hear that?
Perdita	For all of us?
Puppy	You mean, we don’t have to walk any more?
Labrador	Yes, if we can manage it. We’d better hurry.
Perdita	We’ve got a ride home! C’mon children.
Labrador	See the van down the street? It’s going to London as soon as the engine’s repaired and there’s room for all of you.
Perdita	Pongo! There’s Cruella!
Pongo	Yes… and Jasper and Horace.
Perdita	Pongo, how will we get to the van?
Pongo	I don’t know, Perdy but somehow we’ve got to.
Lucky	Mother, dad, Patch pushed me in the fireplace.
Patch	Lucky pushed me first.
Lucky	Did not!
Patch	Did too!
Lucky	Did not!
Patch	Did too!
Lucky	Did not!
Perdita	Please, children, don’t quarrel.
Pongo	Say….! Perdy I’ve got an idea he rolls in soot
Perdita	Pongo! What on earth….
Pongo	Look, I’m a Labrador! We’ll all roll in soot. We’ll be Labradors!
Labrador	Say, That’s an idea!
Pongo	C’mon kids! Roll in the soot!
Puppies	You mean, you want us to get dirty? Did you hear that, Freckles? Dad wants us to get dirty. Mother, should we?
Perdita	Do as your father says.
Puppies	This’ll be fun. I’ll always wanted to get good and dirty.
Pongo	That’s the stuff. The blacker the better!
Puppies	I’m ready! Me too! How’s this Dad?
Pongo	Wait! That’s enough. Not too many at a time. Uh-oh. Rolly, hold on. You’re only half done.
Labrador	And now stay right with me, kids.
Puppies	We’re gonna fool the ol’ mad lady.
Perdita	Pongo… I’m so afraid.
Horace	seeing the “black” dogs Oh Jasper, do you suppose they disguised themselves?
Jasper	sarcastically Say now, Horace. That’s just what they did. Dogs is always painting themselves black! You idiot!
Pongo	Well, so far so good. C’mon, Perdy. Better get on your makeup. I’ll go ahead with the next bunch.
Cruella	Jasper! Horace! Well?
Jasper	Be reasonable, miss.
Horace	We’re froze to our bones.
Jasper	We’re been out all night and all day, with nothin’ to eat.
Cruella	They’re somewhere in this village, and we’re going to find them. Now get going!
Pongo	Do you think they’ve seen us?
Labrador	No, but we’re running out of time.
Man	Try ‘er again, mate.
Pongo	Hurry Perdy. The van’s about ready to leave.
Labrador	Better hurry.
Pongo	I’ll get the rest
Man	That ought to do. She’ll get you back to London.
Labrador	Better get aboard, miss.
Horace	Hey Jasper they try to open the door
Jasper	C’mon Horace.
Pongo	Hurry kids! C’mon kids. Run on ahead.
Puppy	She’s watching us, Dad.
Pongo	Keep going. Keep going.
Cruella	It can’t be! It’s impossible!
Labrador	Run for it! Hey have been discovered
Cruella	Jasper! Horace! Jasper! There they go… in the van! After them! After them!
Perdita	Pongo! There she is… Cruella!
Cruella drives like the maniac she is, trying to force the furniture van off the road. The efforts of the Baduns to help her succeed only in creating a huge smash-up between their truck and her car.
Driver	Hey, lady! What in thunder are you trying to do? Crazy woman driver!
Perdita	Pongo! Look!
Horace	Jasper!
Jasper	Ain’t nothin’ to it. I’ll give him a nudge and shove him in the dirt.
Pongo	Perdy, watch out!
Horace	Jasper!
Jasper	Horace! they crash
Cruella	You idiots! You fools! sobbing You imbeciles!
Jasper	Oh, shut up!
London. Radcliffs home. They are mourning the loss not only the puppies but now also of the two adult Dalmatians. But then there is the sound of barking from without. Pongo, Perdita and 99 puppies burst into the room, and a delighted pair of Radcliffs determine to keep all of them.
Radio	You’ve seen her kind of eyes Watchin’ you from Underneath a rock Cruella de Vil Cruella de…
Anita	Roger, after all that’s your first big hit. It’s made more money than we ever dreamed of.
Roger	Yes, I know. I still can’t believe…. That Pongo and Perdita would run away.
Nanny	Here’s a bit of Christmas cheer for you. If there’s anything to be cheerful about sobbing Oh those dear little things. Sometimes, at night, I can hear them barking, but it always turns out I’m dreaming they hear real barkings .
Anita	Roger, what on earth…
Roger	They’re Labradors!
Nanny	No, no, they’re covered with soot. Look, here’s Lucky!
Roger	Pongo boy, is that you? Ph Pongo, Pongo! Ho ho, it’s Pongo!
Anita	And Perdy, my darling!
Nanny	And Patch, and Rolly, and Penny and Freckles. They’re all here, the little dears.
Roger	It’s a miracle!
Anita	What a wonderful Christmas present!
Nanny	And look! … there’s a whole lot more!
Roger	Look Anita, puppies everywhere!
Anita	There must be 100 of them!
Nanny	One, two, three and four is seven. Eight, nine continues counting
Roger	Two, four, six and three is nine plus two is eleven.
Nanny	Thirty six and eleven that’s forty seven!
Anita	Fourteen, eighteen Roger!
Roger	That’s sixty five!
Nanny	Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen!
Anita	Wait a minute, wait a minute, six more.
Roger	Let’s see, that’s 84 and fifteen plus two…. One hundred and one!
Anita	One hundred and one? Where did they all come from?
Roger	Oh Pongo, you old rascal!
Anita	What will we do with them?
Roger	We’ll keep ‘em.
Anita	In this little house?
Roger	We’ll buy a big place in the country. We’ll have a plantation… a Dalmatian plantation.
Anita	Oh, Roger, that’s truly an inspiration.
Nanny	It’ll be a sensation!
Roger	We’ll have a Dalmatian plantation. A Dalmatian plantation, I say. We'll have a Dalmatian plantation where our population can roam
Rolly	I'm hungry mother our whole aggregation will love our plantation home
Pongo	Woo-woo-woo-woo
Perdita	oo-oo-oo
Dalmatian plantation home
THE END