Ruff Meets a Strange Animal (episode5)

Ruff meets a stranger on the steps down to the rainforest. Ruff is afraid at first but then he remembers that the stranger might be afraid, as well. So Ruff says, "Hello. Welcome to our jungle."

The Stranger says, "Ooops."

Ruff says, "Who are you?"

The stranger says, "I took a tumble."

Ruff yells to Huggy, "Hey, Huggy, meet the new animal. His name is Tuka Tumble."

"No," The stranger says, "My name is . . .

"Huggy says, "Nice to meet you, Tumble. I'm hanging out over here to avoid the Buzz Bird. Watch out for the Buzz Bird."

Tumble says, "That's not a Buzz Bird. That's a Hummingbird."

"Sounds Buzzy to me," Ruff says.

"And," Tumble says, "My real name is . . .

Ruff says, "My name is Ruff."

"Are you barking at me?" Tumble asks as he tries to hide in the flowers.

"No. That's my name. I'm Ruff."

"Okay. My real name is . . ."

"Wanna play, Tumble?"

"Aw heck, sure," Tumble says.

"Let's chase our tails," Ruff says.

"Have you ever caught your tail?" Tumble asks.

"No. That's what makes it a good game."

"That's pretty funny," says Tumble. "An endless game of chasing your end."

"Huh?" says Ruff while he sniffs the basil in the pot.

"Do you ever listen?" Tumble asks?

"Come on Tumble, let's chase our tails now."

"I don't have a tail," Tumble says, hiding his tail between his legs.

"Why not?"

"I caught it once." Tumble says.

Ruff sits down fast. "Maybe that's not such a good game after all."

The Buzz (episode 4)

Huggy says, "Come on up, Ruff. The view is pretty nice."

"I thought we were going to get Mom to find me some thumbs."

"Mom says you are a dog and dogs don't have thumbs."

"How does she know that?"

"She's a mom. They know lots of stuff."

"So," Ruff says, "How about if I stay down here and just bark to encourage you to swing through our rainforest?"

"Sure. And that will scare away the wild animals."

"What's that red thing you are hanging from?" Ruff asks.

"I don't know. Some kind of flower. Pretty, huh?"

"Extremely red, at any rate," Ruff says.

"Woah! What was that?" Huggy shouts.

"I heard it. It's a Buzz Bird. He keeps coming toward you."

"Hello, Buzz Bird," Huggy says. "Pleased to meet you."

Ruff says, "That bird looks pretty angry."

"Wahoo!" Huggy yells. "A troop of Buzz Birds! That was close. A sharp beak at three inches is not my favorite sight."

"They're coming back," yells Ruff.

"I believe I"ll move on." Huggy says, swinging into a nearby bush.

Ruff says, "Ruff! Ruff! Ruff"

"Thanks, Your bark made him leave me alone."

Ruff swings away, "I'm outa here."

"Whew! Safe at last.

Plans for the Rainforest (episode 2)

Ruff says, "Huggy, It's a real wet forest out there. Do you think we'll get lost if we go?"

"Look Ruff, you just swing from branch to branch. Easy as anything."

"But . . ."

"Just use your thumbs to grab and your body weight to create forward motion."

"Thumbs? Do you see thumbs here?" Ruff asks.

Huggy studies Ruff. "What happened to your Thumbs?"

"Dunno. Must have left them in the last hole with the bone I buried."

"Where's that?"

"Dunnno that either. Been weeks since I've been out."

"Gee Ruff, I guess we stay here then. When Mom can go out, maybe she can help us find your thumbs. Then we can have a swinging old time."