[Lilo comes back to the lobby with Stitch]
Shelter Worker:
Oh, yes, all our dogs are adoptable... [jumps, startled] EXCEPT THAT ONE!!! [runs and takes Stitch away from Lilo as Nani pulls Lilo away from Stitch]
Nani:
What is that thing?
Shelter Worker:
A dog...I think, but it was dead this morning.
Nani:
It was dead this morning?!
Shelter Worker:
Well, we thought it was dead; it was hit by a truck!
Lilo:
I like him! Come here, boy.
[Stitch forcefully, against the shelter worker's grip, walks himself forward to get to Lilo as she so called him to her, climbing up onto Nani and Lilo's laps]
Nani:
[screams and pushes Stitch away from her and Lilo; she composes herself and asks] Wouldn't you like a different dog?
Shelter Worker:
[a bit breathless] We have better dogs, dear.
Lilo:
Not better than him! He can talk. Say hello.
Stitch:
He... Hel...
Shelter Worker:
Dogs can't talk, dear.
Stitch:
[narrows his eyes and bares his teeth in frustration]
Lilo:
He did.
Nani:
Does it have to be this dog?
Stitch:
[pants a few times before lolling his tongue out, sticking it up his nose and pulling out a big green bogie, eating it, smacking his lips]
Lilo:
Yes. He's good. I can tell.
Shelter Worker:
[filling out paperwork at the front desk] You'll have to think of a name for him.
Lilo:
His name is... Stitch.
Shelter Worker:
That's not a real name. [Nani shakes her head quickly and waves her hand as if saying 'No! Don't say that!'] ...in...Iceland. But here it's a good name. Stitch, it is. And there's a $2.00 license fee.
Lilo:
I want to buy him! [whispers] Can I borrow $2?
Nani:
[with a semi-irritated look, Nani takes the money from the shelter worker and hands it to Lilo. Lilo then taps the money on her shoulder and hands it back to her, handing it to the shelter worker]
Shelter Worker:
[stamps the adoption papers and hands the paper to Lilo with a friendly smile] He's all yours.
