Part 15

DOG

It’s not the Doctor. This Fly is our REAL enemy!

ALL

Enemy! The Fly! (They fall away from the Fly.)

FLY

(To the Dog.)

How can you turn on me like that? I’ve tickled your nose. I’ve kept you awake. But--

DOG

Silence! (To the others.) If this Fly didn’t carry disease, there wouldn’t be sickness. If there wasn’t sickness, the Doctor wouldn’t have to experiment on us.

(The Horse snorts, the Monkey chatters, the Cat spits, the Rabbit moves her ears.)

FLY

Oh, you ungrateful beasts!

DOG

You bug! You ungrateful bug! If there’s a warm corner in the house, you have it; if there’s a sweet cake in the cupboard, you eat it. And for all the hospitality that’s shown you, what do you do? You carry filth! You carry death! You even murder little babies!

FLY

And what do YOU do? You sit in the laps of women!

DOG

I may sit in the laps of women, but I don’t put my feet in their food!

CAT

Good for you, Dog! (The other animals show approval.)

FLY

(To the Cat.)

You little sneak. What have I ever done to you?

CAT

Your relatives fall into my milk!

MONKEY

(To the Fly.)

So YOU carry the white plague? Ee-ee-ee! (Points a long finger at the Fly.)