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2022
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Yumi. Yes, you are right. The odds are against us.

Toy. Yin and Yang are our free pass to being set free.

Melisa. That’s a good point, son. (She plays with the mice.)

Yumi (to Toy). I thought you are a real boss.

Toy. What?

Yumi. Did your father always betray his friends and leave them to their fate too?

Toy. My father never was a traitor! He died saving the Lord’s skin!

Yumi. Die but save a friend. This is what a real leader would do.

Toy. I think I know what you mean. Melisa, I am sorry. You won’t get any dinner today.

Melisa. Are you insane?

Toy. Mom, listen to me.

Melisa. What?

Toy. You just said: I wish my son quitted stealing and get off the street.

Melisa. Yes, that’s right.

Toy. Tell me, what can I become working with the cat burglar band?

Melisa. The gang leader.

Toy. Is it what you want me to be?

Melisa. No, Toy, it isn’t. I don’t want you to be a thief.

Toy. I have never had any friends. Just my father.

Melisa. You can’t bring your father back.

Toy. On the other hand, I, your son, can change our life. First of all, I should stop keeping the company of thieves and try to make friends with good guys.

Melisa. I think you should.

Toy. I want to find my peace of mind. Yumi, Yin and Yang can become my friends. I will help them get out and save Greta. We have no time left. It’s now or never!

Melisa (frees the mice). Go to the northern gates. I will tell Lord that I saw you going south, it will help you buy some time.

Yumi. Melisa, Toy is a born leader. And my real friend.

Toy. Thank you, mom.

Melisa. Take this lucky gold coin. (She gives it to Toy.) You will do great, son. I believe in you.

Yumi, Toy and the mice leave. Melisa is left alone.

Scene 8.

Late in the evening. Premises of the animal control center.

Yumi, Toy, Yin, Yang, Titmouse.

Titmouse. Where have you been?

Yumi. It’s a long story.

Toy. How is the situation?

Titmouse. After the round-up they brought a lot of stray animals here. Lord’s lawyer posted a bail for the cat burglars and they were set free.

Yin. Such a rascal!

Yang. They are the real Mafia.

Yumi. Where is my mom?

Titmouse. Greta is in the basement with others. Poor dogs are caged in the dog prison.

Toy. What do the tormentors plan to do?

Titmouse. I’ve heard a conversation: tonight they will put down all the caught animals with some lethal fluid.

Toy. We need to make haste!

Titmouse. Be careful. I’ve seen a grown dog on the center premises. He is clearly not a member of the animal tormentor gang and was snooping around.

Yin. He may be another poor fellow who is trying to find his family.

Toy. It doesn’t matter. Titmouse, you stay here, maintain outdoor surveillance. We are going inside.

The titmouse flies away, the rest of the group enter the animal control center. They walk along. At the end of a passageway they see a shadow of a big dog moving towards them.

Toy. Run! Yumi, hurry up!

They run along the center passages and find the entrance to the basement.

Toy. The entrance to the basement is here. Let’s split up. Mice, go through the ventilation system to scout out the situation. We are going down.

The mice go through the ventilation system. Yumi and Toy go down.
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