Rowlf's puppy days

[theprawncracker]

YOU PLAYED THE WISHING SONG CARD!!!!!! AH!!!!!! THAT IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MUPPET SONGS!!! I love this story so much! But the puppies!! No!!!

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 11

Kermit, Maggie, Blotch, Croaker, and Goggles finally got to the "Welcome to Leland" sign outside of the town. The others stopped to catch their breath, Croaker included, but he proclaimed,
"Boy.....never thought we'd be back here again."
Kermit caught his breath, made sure everyone else did as well, and said,
"Come on guys. Let's save our friends!"
Maggie grabbed on to Kermit's arm after he started to walk towards the town.
"Hold on there, Mit. We don't have any idea where they could be. And this is a big town."
Kermit never thought of this. But then, he got a idea.
"Wait! What was the color of the pickup?"
"Oh, uh...it was blue!" Goggles exclaimed.
Kermit nodded. "And what state was it in?"
".....not very good!" Blotch added.
"So all we have to do, is to look for a blue, broken down pickup, with two ugly men driving it."
Maggie shrugged her shoulders.
"Easy."
Croaker looked at her admiringly.
"You're so cute when you're sarcastic."
Kermit frowned at Croaker.
"Anyway, let's go find that pickup!"
The frogs and toad ran into town, with a purpose.
They got to a street corner and turned, looking everywhere for the truck. But to no avail. In front of a house, Kermit tripped and fell facefirst onto the sidewalk, but the others didn't notice. They just kept running.
But lucky for him, a young man with dark hair and a plaid shirt was checking the mail. He saw Kermit, and helped him up. Kermit looked up at him.
"Hey, I remember you. You helped me up once before."
"Yes I did. My name is Jim."
"My name is Kermit."
They shook hands.
"It is nice to meet you, but I have to find a blue truck."
"A blue truck?"
"Have you seen it?"
"Why yes, it went down that street, took a left, and parked in front of that warehouse two blocks away."
"Really?! Oh thank you!!" Kermit ran off to tell his friends, but then remembered something and ran up to the young man again.
"Is there anybody we could tell about two people doing something wrong?"
Jim smiled.
"I could call the police and inform them of the suspicious activity going on over there."
"Could you do that?"
Jim nodded.
"Oh thank you!!"
Kermit shook his hand again and ran off to tell the others.
Jim went inside and dialed the phone.
"Hello? Police? This is Jim Henson. Yes, I would like to inform of some suspicious activity going on by my street. Yes, let me give you the address....."
After he gave them the address, he stroked his chin.
"A talking frog. What a concept."

 

[theprawncracker]

JIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fabulous!!! I love it!!! It's amazing!!!!!! You are awesome!!

 

[redBoobergurl]

I've got chills right now! JIM!!!!! Very nice reference to KSY and just a wonderful place to put the man who started it all. LOVED it!!!

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 12

Kermit, Maggie, Croaker, Goggles, and Blotch finally got to the warehouse. They snuck to the side, and climbed on top of some crates that were stacked up to the window. They peered inside, and what they saw was just horrible.
Cages upon cages of poor dogs, shivering and scared. Just the sight of it caused Maggie to cling onto Croaker. He didn't mind.
"Look! There's Rowlf!" whispered Goggles.
And sure enough, there was Rowlf, clinging to his brothers and sister.
"We've got to get him out of there." whispered Kermit.
"But how? We're not tall enough to open the door, and those two ugly men would soon be back eventually." whispered Maggie.
Just then, Kermit got a idea.
"How many of us are there?"
"Ooh, ooh! Uh......" Blotch counted everyone standing on the crate, including himself. "Five?"
"That's right Blotch. We can stand on each other's shoulders, and open the door." explained Kermit.
Maggie grinned with that familiar twinkle in her eye. "That's a good idea bro."
Kermit did a double take. "A compliment from you? Wow, that's a first."
"Don't get used to it."
And so, the amphibians got off the crates, headed for the front door, and got on each other's shoulders. In order, it was Blotch on the bottom, then Kermit, Maggie, Croaker, and on top, Goggles.
"Here goes." Goggles struggled against the doorknob, putting in all his strength. After many attempts, he finally got the door open.
The amphibians lost their balance, and fell on the warehouse floor.
"Ow....why did I say that was a good idea again?" Maggie asked.
"Shhhh!" Kermit shushed. "Come on."
They snuck through the warehouse, and after observing the many cages, they finally found Rowlf and the puppies. Rowlf spotted them.
"Guys! How did you find us?"
"It's a long story." said Kermit.
"We have time."
"No, we'll tell you later."
They opened the cage, and the puppies got out.
"Thank you so much guys." Rowlf said.
"My hero!" Clover grabbed Goggles and licked his face all over.
"OK, OK....it's good to see you too. Come on, let's get out of this place of misery."
"Hold it! We have to set all these dogs free." Maggie proclaimed.
"But, there must be hundreds of dogs in here." Croaker protested.
"Maggie's right guys. Come on, everybody start opening cages!" said Kermit.
The nine brave animals set every dog in the warehouse free. But, before they could celebrate, the bad men came in.
"How did you mutts get out? Well, I guess we will have to put you back in again."
"Uh.....boss?"
"What is it?!"
"They outnumber us 100 to 2."
"Oh. Well then, time to run I suppose."
"Couldn't hurt."
The warehouse full of dogs shown their teeth, and deep growls came out of their throats.
The two men came running out of the warehouse, and police officers were waiting for them. They tackled them to the ground, and handcuffed them, and threw them in the backseat of the police car.
"I told you we should've of robbed banks."
"Aw, shut up."
The animals watched the two men being taken away, and gave a big cheer.
"We can go home!"
"Horray!!"
And so, the dogs all went in seperate directions, to go home. All that was left of the large group was Kermit, Maggie, Croaker, Goggles, Blotch, Rowlf, Clover, Spot, and Rover.
"Thanks again guys. We couldn't ask for better friends." Rowlf stated.
"What are friends for?" Kermit said.
"But, that just leaves one question: How do we get home?"

 

[theprawncracker]

WOW!!! What an amazing rescue!! And I really love Goggles in this!! Very awesome!!

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 13

"That just leaves one question: How do we get home?" Rowlf asked.
Kermit thought, and got an idea.
"Maybe Wilson could help us!" And so, the nine friends went down the street to Wilson's pet shop.
They went down the sidewalk past the Henson residence, where Jim waved to Kermit, and Kermit waved back.
"Who's that Kermit?" Rowlf asked.
"Oh, that's the guy that helped me. I owe him one."
They crossed the street, and finally got to the pet store. Kermit knocked on the door, and Mr. Wilson answered.
"Yes?" He looked around, and didn't see anybody.
"Down here!" Maggie shouted.
"Oh! Hi Kermit! Hi everybody! How are you?"
"We're fine Mr. Wilson. But we need your help."
"What seems to be the trouble?"
"Our friends here don't have a way to get back home."
"Oh that's no problem! Where do you live."
"Well, that's just it Mr. Wilson. We don't know." Rowlf said sadly.
"Hmmm....what's the name of your parents?"
"Biscuit and Patch." responded Clover.
"I know those two. I know every dog around here. You guys live on the farm 10 miles from here."
"Could you take us there? We're awfully tired." said Spot.
"Why sure! Everybody in the truck!"
With that, the truck came rambling down the dirt road, but dropped off the amphibians first.
"Thanks again you guys!" exclaimed Rowlf from the truck.
"We hope to see you again!" said the frogs and toad.
"See you later cutie!" said Clover.
"Bye Clover!" responded Goggles.
After the goodbyes, the truck went five miles more down the road, until finally, they got to the outskirts of the farm.
"So, do you guys know any tricks?" asked Mr. Wilson.
"Well, I can play the piano." reponded Rowlf.
"Really? You know, we could use a puppy like you on our animal talent show."
"I would love to, but I lost my piano."
"Don't worry, there will be one at the show, if you still want to come."
"OK, I'll go, but my family goes with me."
"Deal."
The truck came into a stop in the yard of the farm. Mr. Wilson honked his horn, and the farmer came out of the barn.
"Well hello, Mr. Wilson. What do I owe this unexpected visit?"
"I believe these belong to you."
He opened the door, and the puppies ran out to greet the farmer.
"Good heavens! I thought we lost you guys forever!" He picked up the puppies.
"Thanks again Mr. Wilson." Said Rowlf.
Mr. Wilson winked at him and drove away.
"Did you say something?" asked the farmer.
"Uh......woof woof?"
"Hmm...sounded different the first time."
He went inside the barn, and put the puppies on the ground.
"Patch! Biscuit! Someone's here to see you!"
The old farmer walked out of the barn.
The two dogs came out of their beds, and saw the puppies. Their hearts filled with joy.
"My puppies! Oh my darlings! Where on earth have you been?"
"It's a long story."
Patch hugged the puppies. "We have time."
"Well......"

A few days later, the animal talent show was going on, and every animal from the tri-county area had come to see it.
Rowlf was playing the piano, Kermit was playing his banjo, and Maggie was singing her heart out.
"It makes you want to jump,
[Everybody] Jump!
shout,
[Everybody] Shout!
knock yourself out.
Froggy woggy beat is what we're talking about.
You can pull a switcheroony if you felt yourself down,
to the froggy woggy beat of the piano dog agoin to town!!"
Rowlf's dad was sitting very close to the stage, and was beaming. He leaned over to Biscuit and whispered.
"You know, he has a bright future as a piano playing dog."
Biscuit nodded and smiled.
Rowlf couldn't be happier.

 

[Fraggleforever]

Years later......

Rowlf was sitting alone in the orchestra pit. He wasn't playing the piano though. He was just thinking. Remembering how he got to this point.
"Hey Rowlf?"
Rowlf looked up, and there was the frog that saved his life once. He was clutching a banjo, and had a smile on his face.
"For old times sake."
Rowlf smiled back.
They played a banjo/piano duet, just for themselves.
For old times sake.

The end.

 

[redBoobergurl]

I loved the ending! This was a wonderful story! Keep writing and sharing stories with us!

 

[theprawncracker]

Oh what a perfect ending!!!! I absolutely loved this story! And I cannot wait to see another fan-fic from you!!