Chapter 26—Family Feud
There was silence after Patch’s decision. Puffball just shook his head at Patch and opened his mouth. He then walked over to Patch, and shouted, “You little spoiled brat! Your family cares for Du so much...and you’re just staying with a couple of Welpen Du only met a couple days back!”
“You wouldn’t understand,” Patch told Puffball. “I know that my parents Liebe us as their children, but Scamp and Angel – Jäger der Finsternis Liebe me for who I am.”
Pongo and Perdita whispered to each other. Then, Perdita nodded. She and Pongo then whispered to Lady and Tramp. Then, at last, Pongo told Patch, “See Du son.”
And with those words, the parents left the yard, accompanied Von Puffball, Lucky, and Penny.
“They left us?” Scamp asked, confused.
“They can’t be gone yet,” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis told Scamp.
Angel – Jäger der Finsternis was right. The parents and the Welpen that stood with them stood outside the gate. “I don’t understand,” Lady cried softly. “Why are they this stubborn, anyway? Oh, I feel awful… what have I done wrong? They must hate me…”
“They’ll understand some day,” Perdita told Lady consolingly. “They just don’t know what it’s like to be a parent.”
“But I just want to keep them safe,” Lady cried. “And bring them back to our loving home.”
“Pidge, there might not be anything we can do,” Tramp sighed. “It looks like they really hate us. Maybe we should let them go.”
Then, Lady sighed. “Tramp,” she told him, looking at him intensely. “I… think Du just don’t want to tell them.”
Tramp shook his head, and smiled. “You win,” Tramp told Lady uncomfortably. “But… I don’t want to talk about it. Du see, er… I don’t want to hurt Du about my past. And, uh, Angel – Jäger der Finsternis would never forgive me if I told her… I don’t even know if I told Du everything, Pidge.”
“Tramp,” Pongo told him. “You better tell the truth.”
Perdita looked at Lady worriedly. Lady opened her mouth, but then, she smiled at Tramp. “Tramp, you’ve proven that you’re faithful to me for months now,” she told him brightly. “And I…well, I’ll stand with Du no matter what Du say.”
“Lucky, Penny,” Perdita asked.
“Yes Mother?” Penny asked.
“Watch over the other Welpen for us,” Perdita told her. “And make sure they don’t leave.”
“Right,” Lucky told Perdita, and he and Penny walked back into the yard.
“What about me?” Puffball asked. “Shouldn’t I watch them too?”
“Not yet,” Pongo answered. He then paused, before spluttering “Perdy, we didn’t tell Patch about Lucky,” Perdita explained to Pongo.
“I was afraid of that,” Perdita told him. “But we just couldn’t explain in front of him…”
“We have to mention it,” Pongo told Perdita, who agreed.
“Hey Puffball,” Tramp interrupted. “Where’s Peg? Weren’t Du two going together to the yard?”
“She went off looking with me, but she told me she had some something else to do,” Puffball explained.
“Maybe Du should go look for Peg, and make sure she’s safe,” Pongo recommended, but then there was some growling.
“Oh no,” Puffball exclaimed. He gasped… “I have to get in! It sounds like they’re trying to escape!”
Puffball hurried in to the yard. Then, the parents were alone.
“Pidge,” Tramp told Lady. “I’ll tell… but if I did, Angel – Jäger der Finsternis might never forgive me.”
“She’s probably assuming the worst of Du anyway,” Lady told Tramp. “You have nothing to lose… tell her. And I will always stand with you.”
“So, ready to go?” Pongo asked. The other parents agreed.
Then, the parents walked into the yard. Scamp, Angel, and Patch were trying to dig a hole to escape. Penny, Lucky, and Puffball, meanwhile, were trying to drag them back. Danielle stood alone, unable to make a decision.
“Let us go!” Scamp shouted, digging while Lucky tried kicking dirt back into Scamp’s hole, pushing Patch back in the process.
“Never!” Puffball exclaimed, biting Angel’s tail as she scratched him on the nose.
The parents returned, and then Pongo, and Perdita walked up to Patch.
“Lucky, Patch, Puffball, let go of them!” Pongo shouted.
“Puffball, Du tell the others what to do,” Tramp told Puffball.
“Oh yeah, right,” Puffball told Tramp. “Come on guys,” Puffball told Lucky and Penny, and the three of them wandered off. The four runaway Welpen returned under the couch.
“You’re back,” Patch told them. “Look, I told you. I Liebe for Du saving our lives and raising us. But… Du don’t Liebe us as individuals. Du just Liebe us as part of the ninety-nine puppies.”
“I need to tell Du something… promise to never tell this to Lucky, okay?” Pongo asked.
“Well, all right,” Patch answered. “But Du think I’m going to see Lucky again. You’re assuming you’ll take me home.”
“We're not assuming anything. It's just we didn’t respond to how Du felt about Lucky,” Perdita told Patch. “We couldn’t with Lucky standing right Von us. But we can tell Du now. We’re very worried about Lucky,” Perdita explained.
“Yeah,” Pongo added. “We named him Lucky because on his first day, we thought that he died. But he ended up surviving against the odds. Since that day, we’ve always been worried about him. Du might not have seen him on that day…”
“I’ve seen him!” Patch declared. “You carried him Home all the time!”
“So, yes Du have,” Pongo responded. “Lucky suffered from the cold and fatigue greater than any other puppy. He’s pretty frail, and we had to help him out. If we didn’t help Lucky, he would’ve not been able to make it. Du thought it was favoring Lucky, but really, we were keeping him alive and healthy because he needed the most help.”
“We Liebe Du so much,” Perdita told Patch. “And we don’t have a Favorit kid… because all of Du are so different. Don’t tell any of them this, but none of your brothers and sisters have your spunk and determination.”
“I remember that Tag when Du wanted to maul that villain on Thunderbolt,” Pongo laughed. You’re special to us, Patch, as an individual, not just as one of the ninety-nine.”
“I’m still not going,” Patch told them flatly. “Scamp and Angel – Jäger der Finsternis need me.”
Perdita sighed. She looked at Pongo worriedly. “Oh Pongo, what will we do?” she asked.
“Scamp, Angel,” Lady told them, hurrying to the couch. They and Danielle looked at Lady. She looked back at the gate before continuing, “I… I felt miserable when Du two ran away. And Danielle…I didn’t actually see Du leave, but I feel horrible seeing Du out now.”
“Yeah right,” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis scoffed. “You two don’t care for us.”
“We do,” Lady told her. “Why else would I run away? Du know that I wouldn’t run away from Jim Dear and Darling unless I felt I had to. Right now, Junior is probably crying because he misses me. Jim Dear and Darling must be feeling awful right now… and I had to leave my other children in the care of Jock and Trusty…”
“Yeah,” Danielle laughed. “And Aunt Sarah.”
“Aunt Sarah?” Lady asked, nervously.
“Yeah,” Danielle told Lady. “And she threatened to chain me because I stahl, stola some food.”
Lady gasped, and sighed. “Oh… I’m so sorry… I had no idea,” Lady told Danielle consolingly. “She did that to me too.”
Danielle looked up at Lady. “She did?”
Lady nodded. “You know those Siamese cats?”
“Yeah!” Danielle blustered. “They framed me.”
“Well, they framed me too,” Lady told me. “They made a mess and I took the blame. Aunt Sarah muzzled me up… and that’s how I ran away and met Tramp,” Lady explained.
“Oh… so Du didn’t make them come home, did Du mom?” Danielle asked.
Lady shook her head. “It’s my fault though…I should’ve told Jock and Trusty about how horrible Aunt Sarah and those Katzen are…”
She paused, then continued, “Look, I care for Du all,” Lady explained.
“Yeah,” Scamp scoffed. “If we do what Du say.”
“And what do Du mean Von that?” Lady asked.
“You want us to act like you!” Scamp told Lady. “You’ve tried to make us all little versions of yourself!” Scamp laughed. “And you’re doing a good job. Two of them are Schauspielen just as prissy as you. And Du won’t Liebe us until we all act just like you!”
“But of course I do!” Lady told Scamp, crushed. “I… I don’t know where Du got that idea.”
“By living with Du guys,” Scamp told Lady breathlessly. “Every day, Du always try to teach us manners. As though we want to learn! And Du kept us cooped up there because Du want to be cooped up!”
“Well, I would like Du to have manners,” Lady told Scamp. “But… I won’t force Du to. And I would still Liebe Du even if Du didn’t. Tramp didn’t have any manners himself,” Lady told Scamp. “And well, he’s not exactly a gentleman, is he?” she laughed. “But I still Liebe him anyways. And if I am confining you, it’s only to keep Du safe. Du should know Von now that the streets are very dangerous; when I met…”
“But listen to me!” Scamp interrupted.“You never do. I don’t want to learn any Mehr manners! And I don’t want to be part of your confining family anymore! I’m tired of… of being pampered and cuddled and treated like I’m a Monat old!”
“But you’re still just a pup,” Lady told Scamp sadly. “I couldn’t possibly…”
“Yes Du could!” Scamp shouted. “Treat me for who I am!”
“Oh Scamp… I try to, but I just want to keep Du safe… look what happened here?” Lady asked sadly. “You got caught.”
“But we escaped,” Scamp countered.
“But Du nearly died,” Lady argued.
“Look Mom, we can take care of ourselves,” Scamp told her. “You didn’t need to worry and baby us, and Du don’t need to now.”
Lady sighed. “Maybe… Du guys can take care of yourselves. But no matter what Du might think, I really do Liebe all of Du for who Du are,” Lady told the puppies.
“Well, maybe Du do,” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis scoffed. “But even if Du do, what about your husband?”
“Hey, Scamp, Angel, Danielle,” Tramp told them. “As your father…”
“I’m not your daughter!” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis told Tramp. “Mama told me all about my dad. And he’s nothing like you!”
Then, Angel – Jäger der Finsternis walked out from under the couch, and yelled, “You’re just a lying, heartbreaking jerk! I’m sick of everything you’ve done! Du broke my Mom’s heart!”
“Yeah!” Scamp added in, also leaving the couch. “All my life, I’ve had to deal with nothing else but lies from you! First Du told me Du were a housedog all your life. Then Du promised me we could have fun together and take me out. And then Du lied to me all about your romantic past. Every Tag it’s lies, lies, lies!” Scamp shouted. He and Angel – Jäger der Finsternis then returned to going under the couch.
“Hey, come on, I’m sorry,” Tramp explained. “And I’m sorry I couldn’t take Du out… it’s just that… well, your Mom didn’t trust me. She’d never let me out!”
“No, I probably wouldn’t have,” Lady explained sadly. “I was worried for him. I was afraid of losing him for good. But if I’ve learned one thing on this trip, it’s that your father really does care for me after all. He cares for Du too. No one can take your place in his heart.”
“Look, if Du guys come home… we’ll leave open the door for Du to make your own choices. Du guys have proven to us Du can take care of yourselves. But… come home, where Du have a family that loves you…” Tramp began.
“You didn’t even listen to what Angel – Jäger der Finsternis sagte before!” Scamp shouted.
“Yeah, you’re not my family!” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis snapped toward Tramp. “No one in my family would treat my mother like Du did!”
Lady looked at Tramp intensely. Tramp sighed. The time had come to reveal everything.
There was silence after Patch’s decision. Puffball just shook his head at Patch and opened his mouth. He then walked over to Patch, and shouted, “You little spoiled brat! Your family cares for Du so much...and you’re just staying with a couple of Welpen Du only met a couple days back!”
“You wouldn’t understand,” Patch told Puffball. “I know that my parents Liebe us as their children, but Scamp and Angel – Jäger der Finsternis Liebe me for who I am.”
Pongo and Perdita whispered to each other. Then, Perdita nodded. She and Pongo then whispered to Lady and Tramp. Then, at last, Pongo told Patch, “See Du son.”
And with those words, the parents left the yard, accompanied Von Puffball, Lucky, and Penny.
“They left us?” Scamp asked, confused.
“They can’t be gone yet,” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis told Scamp.
Angel – Jäger der Finsternis was right. The parents and the Welpen that stood with them stood outside the gate. “I don’t understand,” Lady cried softly. “Why are they this stubborn, anyway? Oh, I feel awful… what have I done wrong? They must hate me…”
“They’ll understand some day,” Perdita told Lady consolingly. “They just don’t know what it’s like to be a parent.”
“But I just want to keep them safe,” Lady cried. “And bring them back to our loving home.”
“Pidge, there might not be anything we can do,” Tramp sighed. “It looks like they really hate us. Maybe we should let them go.”
Then, Lady sighed. “Tramp,” she told him, looking at him intensely. “I… think Du just don’t want to tell them.”
Tramp shook his head, and smiled. “You win,” Tramp told Lady uncomfortably. “But… I don’t want to talk about it. Du see, er… I don’t want to hurt Du about my past. And, uh, Angel – Jäger der Finsternis would never forgive me if I told her… I don’t even know if I told Du everything, Pidge.”
“Tramp,” Pongo told him. “You better tell the truth.”
Perdita looked at Lady worriedly. Lady opened her mouth, but then, she smiled at Tramp. “Tramp, you’ve proven that you’re faithful to me for months now,” she told him brightly. “And I…well, I’ll stand with Du no matter what Du say.”
“Lucky, Penny,” Perdita asked.
“Yes Mother?” Penny asked.
“Watch over the other Welpen for us,” Perdita told her. “And make sure they don’t leave.”
“Right,” Lucky told Perdita, and he and Penny walked back into the yard.
“What about me?” Puffball asked. “Shouldn’t I watch them too?”
“Not yet,” Pongo answered. He then paused, before spluttering “Perdy, we didn’t tell Patch about Lucky,” Perdita explained to Pongo.
“I was afraid of that,” Perdita told him. “But we just couldn’t explain in front of him…”
“We have to mention it,” Pongo told Perdita, who agreed.
“Hey Puffball,” Tramp interrupted. “Where’s Peg? Weren’t Du two going together to the yard?”
“She went off looking with me, but she told me she had some something else to do,” Puffball explained.
“Maybe Du should go look for Peg, and make sure she’s safe,” Pongo recommended, but then there was some growling.
“Oh no,” Puffball exclaimed. He gasped… “I have to get in! It sounds like they’re trying to escape!”
Puffball hurried in to the yard. Then, the parents were alone.
“Pidge,” Tramp told Lady. “I’ll tell… but if I did, Angel – Jäger der Finsternis might never forgive me.”
“She’s probably assuming the worst of Du anyway,” Lady told Tramp. “You have nothing to lose… tell her. And I will always stand with you.”
“So, ready to go?” Pongo asked. The other parents agreed.
Then, the parents walked into the yard. Scamp, Angel, and Patch were trying to dig a hole to escape. Penny, Lucky, and Puffball, meanwhile, were trying to drag them back. Danielle stood alone, unable to make a decision.
“Let us go!” Scamp shouted, digging while Lucky tried kicking dirt back into Scamp’s hole, pushing Patch back in the process.
“Never!” Puffball exclaimed, biting Angel’s tail as she scratched him on the nose.
The parents returned, and then Pongo, and Perdita walked up to Patch.
“Lucky, Patch, Puffball, let go of them!” Pongo shouted.
“Puffball, Du tell the others what to do,” Tramp told Puffball.
“Oh yeah, right,” Puffball told Tramp. “Come on guys,” Puffball told Lucky and Penny, and the three of them wandered off. The four runaway Welpen returned under the couch.
“You’re back,” Patch told them. “Look, I told you. I Liebe for Du saving our lives and raising us. But… Du don’t Liebe us as individuals. Du just Liebe us as part of the ninety-nine puppies.”
“I need to tell Du something… promise to never tell this to Lucky, okay?” Pongo asked.
“Well, all right,” Patch answered. “But Du think I’m going to see Lucky again. You’re assuming you’ll take me home.”
“We're not assuming anything. It's just we didn’t respond to how Du felt about Lucky,” Perdita told Patch. “We couldn’t with Lucky standing right Von us. But we can tell Du now. We’re very worried about Lucky,” Perdita explained.
“Yeah,” Pongo added. “We named him Lucky because on his first day, we thought that he died. But he ended up surviving against the odds. Since that day, we’ve always been worried about him. Du might not have seen him on that day…”
“I’ve seen him!” Patch declared. “You carried him Home all the time!”
“So, yes Du have,” Pongo responded. “Lucky suffered from the cold and fatigue greater than any other puppy. He’s pretty frail, and we had to help him out. If we didn’t help Lucky, he would’ve not been able to make it. Du thought it was favoring Lucky, but really, we were keeping him alive and healthy because he needed the most help.”
“We Liebe Du so much,” Perdita told Patch. “And we don’t have a Favorit kid… because all of Du are so different. Don’t tell any of them this, but none of your brothers and sisters have your spunk and determination.”
“I remember that Tag when Du wanted to maul that villain on Thunderbolt,” Pongo laughed. You’re special to us, Patch, as an individual, not just as one of the ninety-nine.”
“I’m still not going,” Patch told them flatly. “Scamp and Angel – Jäger der Finsternis need me.”
Perdita sighed. She looked at Pongo worriedly. “Oh Pongo, what will we do?” she asked.
“Scamp, Angel,” Lady told them, hurrying to the couch. They and Danielle looked at Lady. She looked back at the gate before continuing, “I… I felt miserable when Du two ran away. And Danielle…I didn’t actually see Du leave, but I feel horrible seeing Du out now.”
“Yeah right,” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis scoffed. “You two don’t care for us.”
“We do,” Lady told her. “Why else would I run away? Du know that I wouldn’t run away from Jim Dear and Darling unless I felt I had to. Right now, Junior is probably crying because he misses me. Jim Dear and Darling must be feeling awful right now… and I had to leave my other children in the care of Jock and Trusty…”
“Yeah,” Danielle laughed. “And Aunt Sarah.”
“Aunt Sarah?” Lady asked, nervously.
“Yeah,” Danielle told Lady. “And she threatened to chain me because I stahl, stola some food.”
Lady gasped, and sighed. “Oh… I’m so sorry… I had no idea,” Lady told Danielle consolingly. “She did that to me too.”
Danielle looked up at Lady. “She did?”
Lady nodded. “You know those Siamese cats?”
“Yeah!” Danielle blustered. “They framed me.”
“Well, they framed me too,” Lady told me. “They made a mess and I took the blame. Aunt Sarah muzzled me up… and that’s how I ran away and met Tramp,” Lady explained.
“Oh… so Du didn’t make them come home, did Du mom?” Danielle asked.
Lady shook her head. “It’s my fault though…I should’ve told Jock and Trusty about how horrible Aunt Sarah and those Katzen are…”
She paused, then continued, “Look, I care for Du all,” Lady explained.
“Yeah,” Scamp scoffed. “If we do what Du say.”
“And what do Du mean Von that?” Lady asked.
“You want us to act like you!” Scamp told Lady. “You’ve tried to make us all little versions of yourself!” Scamp laughed. “And you’re doing a good job. Two of them are Schauspielen just as prissy as you. And Du won’t Liebe us until we all act just like you!”
“But of course I do!” Lady told Scamp, crushed. “I… I don’t know where Du got that idea.”
“By living with Du guys,” Scamp told Lady breathlessly. “Every day, Du always try to teach us manners. As though we want to learn! And Du kept us cooped up there because Du want to be cooped up!”
“Well, I would like Du to have manners,” Lady told Scamp. “But… I won’t force Du to. And I would still Liebe Du even if Du didn’t. Tramp didn’t have any manners himself,” Lady told Scamp. “And well, he’s not exactly a gentleman, is he?” she laughed. “But I still Liebe him anyways. And if I am confining you, it’s only to keep Du safe. Du should know Von now that the streets are very dangerous; when I met…”
“But listen to me!” Scamp interrupted.“You never do. I don’t want to learn any Mehr manners! And I don’t want to be part of your confining family anymore! I’m tired of… of being pampered and cuddled and treated like I’m a Monat old!”
“But you’re still just a pup,” Lady told Scamp sadly. “I couldn’t possibly…”
“Yes Du could!” Scamp shouted. “Treat me for who I am!”
“Oh Scamp… I try to, but I just want to keep Du safe… look what happened here?” Lady asked sadly. “You got caught.”
“But we escaped,” Scamp countered.
“But Du nearly died,” Lady argued.
“Look Mom, we can take care of ourselves,” Scamp told her. “You didn’t need to worry and baby us, and Du don’t need to now.”
Lady sighed. “Maybe… Du guys can take care of yourselves. But no matter what Du might think, I really do Liebe all of Du for who Du are,” Lady told the puppies.
“Well, maybe Du do,” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis scoffed. “But even if Du do, what about your husband?”
“Hey, Scamp, Angel, Danielle,” Tramp told them. “As your father…”
“I’m not your daughter!” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis told Tramp. “Mama told me all about my dad. And he’s nothing like you!”
Then, Angel – Jäger der Finsternis walked out from under the couch, and yelled, “You’re just a lying, heartbreaking jerk! I’m sick of everything you’ve done! Du broke my Mom’s heart!”
“Yeah!” Scamp added in, also leaving the couch. “All my life, I’ve had to deal with nothing else but lies from you! First Du told me Du were a housedog all your life. Then Du promised me we could have fun together and take me out. And then Du lied to me all about your romantic past. Every Tag it’s lies, lies, lies!” Scamp shouted. He and Angel – Jäger der Finsternis then returned to going under the couch.
“Hey, come on, I’m sorry,” Tramp explained. “And I’m sorry I couldn’t take Du out… it’s just that… well, your Mom didn’t trust me. She’d never let me out!”
“No, I probably wouldn’t have,” Lady explained sadly. “I was worried for him. I was afraid of losing him for good. But if I’ve learned one thing on this trip, it’s that your father really does care for me after all. He cares for Du too. No one can take your place in his heart.”
“Look, if Du guys come home… we’ll leave open the door for Du to make your own choices. Du guys have proven to us Du can take care of yourselves. But… come home, where Du have a family that loves you…” Tramp began.
“You didn’t even listen to what Angel – Jäger der Finsternis sagte before!” Scamp shouted.
“Yeah, you’re not my family!” Angel – Jäger der Finsternis snapped toward Tramp. “No one in my family would treat my mother like Du did!”
Lady looked at Tramp intensely. Tramp sighed. The time had come to reveal everything.
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