Snakes and Raccoons 3rd person narration: Tonight is the night, the night that Mrs. Muchmore and her friends come over to the Bayani’s Mansion, and the night Penelope will meet Taffy and Bentley in hopes she will befriend them. Sophie is almost done cooking dinner and is about to start making dessert, and believe me when say this, the guests are going to love it, and it looks like there about to arrive. Hope your ready folks because this is going to be some night. Dialogue: *Mrs. Muchmore and her friends Arrive at the Bayani’s Mansion* Mrs. Muchmore: Ooh, I can’t wait to see the inside of Ryan and Diana’s Mansion. Can’t you my sweeties? *Hugs Taffy and then pets Bentley* *Begins walking towards the front door* Bentley: (It’s kinda weird Mrs. M just wants us to come on with her to the Bayanis’ Mansion just to meet Carter’s pet) Taffy: (I honestly I don’t mind or care, as long as Carter’s house has good food, I’m good with it.) Bentley: *groans* (Well aren’t you the least bit curious who this “Penelope” is?) Taffy: (Not really.) Bentley: (Well, I’m hoping it’s another dog, one who can tell your a raccoon) Taffy: (In your dreams big guy, even if Carter’s pet might be another dog, no way she’ll know I’m a raccoon as long as I’m wearing this bow.) *stretches his bow* Bentley: (Well she’ll know very soon.) *reaches for Taffy’s bow* Taffy: (You do realize if you take off my bow now Mrs. M’s friends will see her holding a raccoon in her arms right?) Bentley: (That’s the point.) Taffy: (and You do realize that if they see her with a raccoon in her arms they’ll probably tell Mr. Fuffernin to kick her out of high society.) Bentley: *realizes Taffy is right and stops reaching for his bow* (Ok fine, but this isn’t over) *They all arrive at the front door* Mrs. Muchmore: *Pushes the doorbell* Sophie: *Opens the door slightly and sees who’s outside* Oh, your all here. *Opens the door wider* Please come in. Mrs. Muchmore: You must be Sophie, the Bayanis’ maid, I must say I like your uniform. Sophie: Oh this? *Stretches her Uniform with her fingers* Believe or not the Bayanis actually let ME pick out my uniform. Mrs. Muchmore: Really? Sophie: Yeah, they said I should look formal as a maid so we went clothes shopping for a maid’s uniform and they let me pick which one I want. I picked a Black French Maid Uniform because it seemed appropriate since we live in France now, and because I thought it made me look cute. Mrs. Muchmore: Oh, well between you and me, I say you made the right choice. Sophie: Thanks. I’ll call Diana and Ryan and tell them your all here. Mrs. Muchmore: They allow you to call them by their first names? Sophie: Yeah, we’ve been together so long that they consider me family. Mrs. Muchmore: Oh, how nice of them. Sophie: Yeah, they’re really nice. Anyway I’ll go call them over and tell them your all here. I’ll also call Carter and Jasmine too. *Sophie leave to call over the family* *A few minutes later* Diana: Hello everyone, thank you all for coming. Ryan: Would you all like a tour of our Mansion? Mrs. Muchmore: Actually I’d like to meet Carter’s Pet first if you don’t mind. *the other guests mumble in agreement* Carter: Penelope? I don’t know if your all ready to meet her. Mrs. Muchmore: Oh come on now Carter, I’m sure we’ll love her. Can we please meet her? Carter: … Ok fine, but just please try to be calm around her, she can be emotional and sensitive. *they all go to Carter’s room* Carter: Well here’s my room. *points at Penny’s terrarium* and That’s where Penny sleeps. Mrs. Muchmore: Oh um, what a nice… Carter: Terrarium. Mrs. Muchmore: Yes of course. By the way, why are there curtains in the inside of it? Carter: Penny likes some privacy every now and then so I put curtains in the inside of her terrarium so she can cover it up if she wants some “me time”. Taffy: Psst, (hey Bentley, why do you think this Carter’s pet sleeps inside of a glass cage?) Bentley: (I don’t know, but at least he gave her some curtains incase she wants to be alone.) Carter: *walks over and opens the lid* Penny sweetie, the guests are here. I’m putting me arm in, slither and coil when your ready. Mrs. M, Taffy, Bentley: Slither and coil? Penelope: *slithers towards Carter’s arm and coils around it* Carter: *lifts his arm out of the terrarium and reveals Penny warped around his arm* Everyone, I’d like you meet Penelope, my pet- Everyone: SNAKE?! Carter: Technically she’s a reticulated python, but yes my pet snake. Mrs. Muchmore: Penelope is a snake? Carter: Yes. Mrs. Muchmore: I… I just didn’t think you’d be the kind of person to own one. Carter: Well I am, but don’t worry she’s really friendly. Jasmine: If your wondering why Penny’s wearing a small white wide brim sun hat (for women) with a black ribbon/bow and a magenta dress (that’s basically a magenta tube made of fabric with a white collar), it’s because Carter told us Penny was starting feel naked due to her growing up among humans, so we had one of our cousins make Penny clothes since sewing and making clothing was her hobby. That’s why Carter has two closets, one’s for him and the other’s for Penny. Mrs. Muchmore: Oh… Hold on, did you say Carter told you Penny starting to feel naked? Jasmine: Uh huh. Mrs. Muchmore: How did he know? Carter: Oh I can understand animals. Mrs. Muchmore: You can? Do you have a degree? Jasmine: PFFFT! Carter having a degree? The only degree he has is in Stupidity and Idiocy. Ryan: JASMINE! Diana: Don’t bad mouth your brother like that! Jasmine: Relax, I was joking. Mrs. Muchmore: Well if he doesn’t have one,then how can he talk to animals? Ryan: Non of us know. Diana: When Carter turned 10 he started understanding what animals were saying. Mrs. Muchmore: Really? When did you all figure out he could talk to animals? Jasmine: When he started having a 30 minute conversation with a pigeon. Mrs. Muchmore: He had a 30 minute conversation with a pigeon? Jasmine: Yeah, I actually have a recording of him talking to it if you wanna see. Carter: AHEM! Anyway, Mrs. Muchmore, if I guessed correctly, you wanted to meet Penny so Taffy and Bentley can interact with right? Mrs. Muchmore: Oh well… yes. You see you all just moved here so I thought it would be nice for my pets to meet yours. Carter: Well you don’t have to worry, like I said Penny is really friendly and I think socializing with other animals around here would be good for her. Mrs. Muchmore: Well if that’s the case. *puts Taffy down* C’mon my sweeties, say hello. Taffy and Bentley: *are hesitant to move* Mrs. Muchmore: C’mon don’t be rude my sweeties, introduce yourselves. *she pushes them towards Carter and Penny* Carter: Alright Honey, time to meet your new neighbors. *sets Penny down* Don’t be shy. Penelope: *Slithers Towards them* Ok Penny, relax. This is your chance to make new friends and make a good first impression, just stay calm and you’ll be fine. *They all stare at each other* Carter: Penny, how about you shake their paws with your tail? Penelope: *extends her tail towards them* Taffy and Bentley: *grads her tail* Penelope: … … …*shakes their paws rapidly* (HiI’mPennyit’snicetomeetyouI’mgladwe’regoingtobeneighborsandIknowwe’reallgonnabegoodfriendsandmydadhastoldmesomuchaboutyoutwo.) Carter: *facepalm* Penelope: (Sorry, I got too excited.) Mrs. Muchmore: Well she’s certainly… energetic. Carter: Yeah, she always gets too excited about meeting new people or animals. Taffy: (Well that was)… (a lot.) Bentley: (Well at least she’s friendly at best.) Penelope: (I’m sorry I’m just so exiting to meet you guys, daddy has told me so much about you guys.) Taffy: (He has?) Penelope: (Yeah,) *faces towards Taffy* (your the raccoon that’s pretending to be a Himalayan Blue Cat,) *faces towards Bentley* (and your the Doberman that chases him all the time.) Taffy and Bentley: (WHAT?!) Taffy: *Jumps on Carter* (YOU TOLD HER I WAS A RACCOON?!) Mrs. Muchmore: Oh my! Carter: Don’t worry Mrs. M, Taffy’s just mad that I told Penny something personal I learned about him, while I was at your mansion. and Taffy I’m sorry I told Penny, but as her owner I’m somewhat also her father and parents never lie to their kids. Taffy: (You could’ve lied to her this one time.) Carter: Sorry Taffy, *pets him* but I have standards. *gets Taffy off of him and sets him down* Mrs. Muchmore: Aw how sweet. so You consider Penelope as your daughter? Carter: Of course I do, she’s my scaly little Angel and I’m her proud pops. Penelope: (Daddy!) *jumps and coils her body around Carter and puts her head on his shoulder* Carter: *Hugs Penny* Everyone: Awww Sophie: Would anyone like to begin with the tour around the mansion? Mrs. Muchmore: Ooh, yes please. Come along my sweeties. *Taffy and Bentley walk towards her* *they all begin leaving the room* Carter: C’mon Penny, let’s follow them. Penelope: *transfers to Carter’s arm* *Carter and Penny also leave the room* *Several Minutes Later* Diana: …and That concludes the tour. Mrs. Muchmore: Wow Diana, I must say I quite like your mansion, it’s very nice. Diana: Thank you Mrs. Muchmore. Jasmine: *goes over to Carter and whispers to him* Yo, you think it was Ok letting Penny go off your arm to slither with Mrs. Muchmore’s pets? Penny may be nice, but judging how Taffy and Bentley chased each other the last night, I don’t think they’re the friendliest pets in the neighborhood. Carter: *whispers back* Well Penny wanted to meet her “new friends” and I couldn’t say no. I mean things have been hard for her ever since Miles had move when Liz’s parents got new Job’s in Cebu. Sure she hung out with other pets and animals after he left, but when she heard WE were moving she had to say goodbye to her other friends too. She’s had to say goodbye to her best friend when he moved away and now she had to say goodbye to her other friends too, I just feel really bad for her. Hopefully she make new friends with Taffy and Bentley. Jasmine: *whispering* Well she’s gonna need lots of luck with that. *looks behind her* Taffy and Bentley don’t seem to be having fun getting to know her. Bentley: (How long has she been talking?) Taffy: (I don’t know I lost track of time the same time I stopped listening to her) Penelope: (…andThat’swhySpongeBobismyfavoritecartoonseriesandMarioismyfavoritevideogamefranchiseanywayIheardthere’sgonnabeamovieaboutMarioandIcan’twaittowatchitIdon’tknowifit’sgonnashowhereinFrancesomaybeI’llhaveitdownloadedandprojectedintheTVroominsteadIbetit’sgonnabeawesomejustallthethreeSpongeBobmoviestheyweregreatyouguysshouldwatchthemIhopetheymakeafourthoneanyway…) Taffy and Bentley: *groans* Carter: *whispering* *is also looking back* Maybe Penny’s still a little excited about meeting new pets to be friends with *faces front again* but I’m sure she’ll settle down soon. Jasmine: *whispering* *also faces front again* You better hope so bro. Taffy: pssst *whispers to Bentley* (The tour’s almost over, it’s about time to have Dinner, I say we dine on whatever they got served for us as fast as we can then ditch scaly mc loud mouth the first chance we get.) Bentley: *whispers back* (Good plan.) *A few more minutes later* Diana: Your gonna love the dinner Sophie prepared. My son suggested to her what we should have. Mrs. Muchmore: Oh, is it something from your country? I can’t wait to try it. Sophie: Dinner is served. *serves everyone a Plate of Sinigang na Paboy with rice* Mrs. Muchmore: Oh, what is it? Carter: Sinigang na Paboy, it’s basically a delicious pork stew. Mrs. Muchmore: Ooh, sounds divine. Taffy: (Are those vegetables in that stew? None for me, thanks.) Bentley: (I still find it weird that we’re actually sitting AT the table instead of on the floor by it.) Taffy: (What do you mean? we sometimes sit at the table at our mansion. Well at least I do.) Penelope: (Well Dad says I can only eat my meals on the floor if there isn’t enough room for me on the table, but since there is he says I eat here. He also let you guys should eat here too since it was unfair for me to be the only animal sitting at the table.) Mrs. Muchmore: Isn’t Sophie gonna serve our pets meals too? Carter: Yes, but I told her to serve them different meals from ours, since I feel like they would be more comfortable eating a different meal from us. Taffy and Bentley: (A different meal?) Sophie: *comes in with a new tray of food* Here are the pet’s meals. For Taffy: Canned Caviar *serves him his meal* Taffy: (WHAT?! For me? Wow thanks.) Sophie: For Bentley: A nice juicy grilled Steak *serves him his meal* Bentley: (Wow! Thank you.) Sophie: and For Penny… Taffy: *whispers to Bentley* (Bet you all the bones leftover from my meals that her meal’s some kinda rodent kabob.) Bentley: *whispers back* (Bet you 2/3 of my Steak that it’s Rabbit Stew.) Sophie: Here’s your favorite: Turbo cooked chicken, with chicken lollipops and chicken nuggets on the side. Taffy and Bentley: *jaw drop* Penelope: (YAY! Thanks Sophie!) *kisses her cheek* Sophie: *pets her* Good Reptile. Taffy and Bentley: (She’s eating chicken?) Carter: Well now everyone’s got their food, let’s eat! *everyone starts eating* Penelope: *Holds a chicken Lollipop with her tail and takes a bite* Taffy and Bentley: *looks at her with a weird look on their faces* Penelope: *sees them looking at here* (I know what your both thinking… “Why am she taking bites and chewing? Don’t snakes usually eat their food whole and swallow?” well to answer your question: yes, us snakes usually do eat our food whole. However I believe it or not, I like taking bites out of my food, it makes eating it feel better y’know.) *takes another bite* Taffy: (That’s not what we were thinking but thanks for telling us anyway.) *a few more minutes later* Taffy: mmmm (That was good.) Bentley: (Gotta agree with you there fur face.) Penelope: (That was nice. Um Dad can I be excused?) Carter: Yes Penny your excused. *Penny hops off her chair and slithers outside the room* Mrs. Muchmore: Oh? Doesn’t your sweetie want dessert? Carter: Not really, Penny may be as sweet as candy but she usually excuses herself from the table when dessert time comes. She sees it as an opportunity to have a little “Penny time”, she may be a social snake but even she has moments when she wants to be alone. Bentley: *whispers to Taffy* (I guess we didn’t have to ditch after all, she just left the table herself.) Taffy: *whisper back* (I say we should be careful after dessert. We might run into her the second we leave the room and when we do she’ll never give our eardrums a break from her voice.) *Sophie enters a room pushing a cart with a giant Ube Cake on it. Sophie: Ok everyone, get ready for dessert. Taffy and Bentley: *jaw drop* Mrs. Muchmore: Oh my, what a beautiful cake! What flavor is it. Carter: Ube, courtesy of the Philippines. Dig in everyone. *Several Minutes Later* Bentley: (Y’know Taffy, if I wasn’t so full from that cake, I’d totally chase right now and steal your bow without a second thought.) Taffy: (and I would’ve ran away and started throwing furniture at you.) *singing is heard from the hallways of mansion* Taffy: hmmm? (Hey who’s singing?) Bentley: (I don’t know but sounds amazing.) *They find this source of the singing* Taffy: (It’s coming from that room.) Bentley: (Hey that’s the party room.) Taffy: (Party room?) Bentley: (Didn’t you pay attention to tour? This is the room where Carter’s family throws parties, there’s a dance floor, a stage, DJ equipment, a screen, speakers and other stuff. Whoever’s singing in there must be using to rooms speaker to play music to sing to.) Taffy: (Well what are we waiting for, let’s see who it is.) Taffy and Bentley: *they opens the door slightly and stick their heads in* *jaw drop* Penelope: *singing “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”* I remember Daddy told me “Fairytales can come true you gotta make ‘em happen it all depends on you” So I work real hard each and every day Now things for sure are going your way Just doing what I do Look out boys, I’m coming through Taffy and Bentley: *shakes their heads* (Penny?!) Bentley: (She’s the one singing?) Taffy: (I didn’t know snakes could sing.) Carter: Well you never asked. Taffy and Bentley: *looks up and sees Carter* Taffy: eh hehe Bentley: (Hi.) *they stick their heads out of the room* Carter: I see you’ve heard my little girl’s special talent. What do you think? Taffy: (I didn’t except that. That’s all I can say.) Bentley: (If knew she could sing like would’ve followed her to the edge of the universe.) Carter: Well why don’t you both tell her what you think? Taffy and Bentley: (Huh?) *Carter pushes them in and closes the door* *Bentley and Taffy both decided to walk towards Penny* Taffy: (Um… Penny?) Penelope: (Huh?) *looks behind her* *shrieks a little* (Sorry guy. You both startled me. Hold on.) *goes to turn off the music* (What’s up?) Bentley: (Uh, um…) Taffy: (How long have you been able to sing.) Penelope: (Since I was a snakelet.) Taffy and Bentley: (SINCE THE DAY YOU HATCHED?!) Penelope: (What? No. Though I see why you both thought that. When I said I been able to sing since I was a snakelet, I meant I was able to sing when I was younger, and I mean younger as in: I was the snake equivalent of a human toddler when I began to sing.) Taffy and Bentley: (Oh.) Taffy: (Still how did you learn how to sing?) Penelope: (Well since the day I hatched my Dad has always kept me by his said, and while I was with him he always played music from his tablet. I heard beautiful and angelic songs everyday. Then as time went by and went from being a hatchling to a snakelet I decided to make music myself, as a thank you to the world for blessing me with music. At first I was just singing: La La La and Da da da since I couldn’t come up with any lyrics, but overtime with the help of my Dad, my family, my friends and other animals, I eventually learned how to sing properly. I still don’t have any original songs of my own to sing so I decided to sing songs I like instead, and that’s been the musical side of my life ever since.) Bentley: (Do other animals know how good you are at singing? Y’know besides the ones that helped you.) Penelope: (Uh-huh. Lots of animals love my singing, in-fact when I was young I sung “Down in New Orleans” during a bring your pet day at my Dad’s old school, I sung in front of my Dad’s classmates’ pets and they loved my singing. In-fact after that they started visiting and hanging out with me after that. I made lots of friends back in the Philippines.) Bentley: (Wait. What’s “Down in New Orleans”?) Penelope: (You never heard of that song? It comes from the same movie I got that other song I was singing.) Taffy: (and What movie was that?) Penelope: (“The Princess and the Frog” It’s basically a rewritten modern adaptation of the Frog Prince. I recommend watching it.) Taffy: (Well after hearing this bit of information from your past. I can say that you had a pretty good life back at your old home.) Penelope: (Yay, it was great…) Bentley: (Are you ok? You starting to look sad.) Penelope: (It’s just that… I wish I didn’t have to say goodbye to my friends, especially my best friend: Miles) Bentley: (Guess he didn’t take the news about you leaving any better than you did huh?) Penelope: (Actually he and his family moved away before I did… It was hard saying goodbye to him… and now I had to say goodbye to everyone else.) Taffy: (Are you ok?) Penelope: *jumps towards Bentley and starts crying over his shoulder* Bentley: (Um…) *whispers to Taffy* (She’s crying, what do I do?) Taffy: *whispers back* (I don’t know, I mean sure we cry and hug sometimes but this new. I don’t know how to deal with this.) Bentley: *whispers* (Well we gotta do something.) Taffy: *whispers* (Maybe try petting her back?) Bentley: *pets her* … … … *whispers* (Now what?) Taffy: (I don’t know hug her?) Bentley: *hugs Penny* Penelope: *wraps her body around Bentley’s torso* *stops crying* Bentley: *whispers* (Hey she doing that thing she does to Carter when she hugs him. Do you think she’s hugging me back?) Taffy: *whispers* (Well she stopped crying so I’m gonna assume… yes?) Penelope: *unwraps herself from Bentley stops hugging him* (Thank you. You really made me feel better.) Bentley: (Um… your welcome.) Taffy: (You must really miss your friends if cried over saying goodbye to them.) Penelope: (I really do… but before me and my family boarded on the plane to move here. Dad told me that even though I’m saying goodbye to my friends now, I might see them again in the future. Until then I could try making new friends here. That’s why I was excited to meet you guys, I thought maybe the three of us could friends.) Bentley: … Taffy: … (Uh… gee how do I put this? Um Penny, me and Bentley may technically be siblings but…) Bentley: (Me and Taffy aren’t friends.) Penelope: (Your not?) Bentley: (Well yeah. I don’t know if your Dad told you this, but me and Bentley are sorta enemies.) Taffy: (but We’re not COMPLETE enemies though, I mean sometimes we’re just Rivals and sometimes we team up.) Bentley: (Yeah, I guess you can say that even though Taffy and I are enemies sometimes we’re…) Penelope: … (Frenemies?) Bentley: (Uh…) Taffy: (Sure, let’s go with that. Anyway the two of us being Frenemies doesn’t technically mean we can’t be friends with you, but me and Bentley sorta just met you.) Bentley: (Yeah I know you wanna be our friend but your… just not there yet.) Taffy: (but I guess you can be our… acquaintance. If it’s cool with you.) Penelope: hmmm (Ok!) *jumps over and hugs/wraps around them* (It’s nice to have new friends.) Taffy: (Acquaintances! We said Acquaintances!) *Penny kisses them both on the cheek* Bentley: … Taffy: … (Um… what was that?) Penelope: (Oh.) *stops hugging and unwraps around them* (Sorry, I just kissing my new friends on the cheek. I don’t mean it in a romantic way though, just a formal and friendly way. In other words I only kissed you guys on the cheek as a friendly and formal gesture.) Taffy: (Oh um… thanks?) Bentley: (Um yay, thanks.) Penelope: (Well… see you guys around.) *slithers away and leaves the room* (Oh hey Dad. What are you doing here?) Carter: Oh just um… *leans on the wall* leaning on this wall. These hallways are very tiring to walk through y’know. Penelope: (Oh ok… well I’m going to go to the TV room to watch some episodes of SpongeBob, love you daddy.) *slithers away* Carter: Love you too sweetie. *Taffy and Bentley exit the room* Carter: so How did it go? Taffy: (Does she always give cheek kisses to her friends?) Carter: Yeah, she thinks it’s her own cute way of saying: “Your may friend and I care about you.”, remember though it’s a formality and a friendly gesture, she does it to everyone, so don’t look in to it. Bentley: (Got it.) Taffy: (Out of curiosity if she WAS in love with someone how would she kiss them?) Carter: On the lips. Taffy and Bentley: (Ohhh… Yeah that makes sense.) Carter: Anyway I’m just gonna head to the living room to relax, see yeah guy. Taffy: (Later.) Bentley: (See yeah.) *several minutes later* Diana: It was nice having you all over, maybe we can do this again next time. Mrs. Muchmore: Indeed. Hey maybe you can to my Mansion again. Tomorrow Mrs. Alperfect is coming to visit and I think your family will get along with her just fine. Carter: Hey maybe this could also be a chance for Penny to meet more pets to be friends with. Does Ms. Alperfect have a pet too? Mrs. Muchmore: Why yes: Ferrari, and if remember correctly she’s bringing her over too. Carter: Nice and maybe you guys can bring your pets over as well. Mr. Fuffernin: Well considering how behaved your Penny is, perhaps having Corgi meet her wouldn’t be worst thing, maybe it might even be beneficial for both our pets and us. Carter: Then it’s settled everyone will bring their pets over to Mrs. Muchmore’s Mansion tomorrow for a little animal meet up. Mrs. Muchmore: Well I better head home to tell Forsythe to start preparing the mansion for your arrival tomorrow, Goodnight. *They all start leaving* The Bayanis and Sophie: Bye! Penelope: (Bye Taffy! Bye Bentley! See you tomorrow friends! Can’t wait to meet everyone else!) Taffy: (Acquaintances! I said we’re Acquaintances!) Penelope: (Ok Acquaintance Friend!) Taffy: *groan loudly* Penelope: (I’m glad I made some new friends Dad, and I can’t wait to make more tomorrow.) Carter: *pets Penny* That’s right dear your gonna makes lots of friends. Lots of friends indeed.