Oliver: (_Looks about, sees SUSIE hiding and drags her on stage from
left._) Aho! So there you are. Come on out.
Susie: I was right! It WAS you and Louie.
Oliver: Yes, but you’ll never tell.
Susie: Unhand me, you cod! Somebody else already knows!
Oliver: Who?
Susie: I won’t tell!
Oliver: Talk, you little sprat!
Susie: I won’t! I won’t!
Oliver: So you’re gonna clam up? Wait’ll I get Louie! (_OLIVER leaves,
and SUSIE is alone._)
Susie: (_wailing_) Land o’Ocean, what shall I do? (_PHINEAS enters,
RIGHT._)
Phineas: I’ll save you, Susie gal! Go hide again, quick! (_SUSIE
disappears quickly and LOUIE enters from the LEFT._)
Louie: Hey, Boss, where is she? (_sees PHINEAS._) Out o’ my way, Buster.
Phineas: I’ll fix you, you lobster mobster! (_PHINEAS rushes at LOUIE,
butts him from underneath with his head and mouth and LOUIE gives a
bounce in the air and collapses over the front of the stage, hanging
limply. PHINEAS leaves._)
Phineas: (_offstage_) And you! I’ll smush you, you octopus, you!
(_OLIVER flies in after some loud offstage noises, bounces up in the air
and collapses next to LOUIE over the front of the stage._) Clem!
Sheriff! Drag these sidewinders out of here! (_OLIVER and LOUIE go off
limply, as if being dragged. PHINEAS enters, RIGHT._)
Susie: (_offstage_) Can I come out now?
Phineas: Come on. It’s all over. They’ve vamoosed to the calaboose.
Susie: (_enters LEFT_) My hero! You’re a dol-Phin-eas!
Phineas: Shucks, ’Twarn’t nuthin’.
Susie: But however did you do it? They’re so strong and powerful!
Phineas: For years I used to be just another poor fish. But then I
started eating a better breakfast every day, and now I win all my
fights.
Susie: My goodness! But tell me, what do you eat for breakfast?
Phineas: Why SEAWEEDIES, Gal, SEAWEEDIES!!