The Dog Park

The Dog Park is part 2 of the 18th episode of Clifford the Big Red Dog. It aired on September 18, 2000.
==Characters==
*Emily Elizabeth
*Jetta
*Charley
*Clifford 
*T-Bone
*Cleo
*Mac
*Horace Bleakman
*Violet Bleakman
*Sheriff Lewis 
==Summary==
It's a beautiful day at the park. Mr. and Mrs. Bleakman are there and so are kids and their dogs. But Clifford's playing disturbs Mr. Bleakman, who says that there oughta be a law about dogs in the park. He has Clifford go play with his dog friends.
We see that T-Bone and Cleo are playing tug-of-war. Mac keeps changing who he's rooting for; when Cleo stops and asks whose side he's on, he answers that he's on the "winner's side."
Clifford comes and they figure they can have more fun now, so they decide to play "Red Rover". Clifford, of course, is Red Rover, but when he charges really fast, they all decide it would be best to just get out of the way.
Clifford ends up nearly slamming into the bench where Mr. Bleakman is sitting. He causes a commotion and licks Mr. Bleakman. Mr. Bleakman calls Emily Elizabeth over and asks her to get her "galloping gargantuan" out of the way. Clifford, with his friends, decides to go find a nice big fetch stick. In the meantime, Mr. Bleakman is birdwatching through binoculars, when he spots a very rare bird, a Birdwell Island budgie.
Then, all of a sudden, it disappears. It turns out Clifford took the stick that it was sitting on, but Mr. Bleakman doesn't notice that. Clifford and friends decide that they have to find somewhere to put the bird down so they won't disturb it. They head for a pond. Mr. Bleakman trails, still not noticing them, hoping to catch sight of the bird again. He scares away other birds and, not paying attention to where he's going, he ends up walking into a pond and sees Clifford with the bird on the branch. He yells out in frustration at Clifford, which ends up scaring the bird away. Embarassed, Clifford tries to apologize with one of his dog kisses, but an outraged Mr. Bleakman shouts that he and the other dogs have ruined the park for "Bird-loving humans" like him, and swears he'll get even for this. Clifford whimpers, scared and guilty. 
Sure enough, Mr. Bleakman goes through on his word. Sheriff Lewis reluctantly puts up a "no dogs" sign. Both he and Violet ask Mr. Bleakman if he's sure about this, as they both dislike the idea, but Mr. Bleakman stubbornly says his mind is made up, saying that the city built the park for people, not dogs, and therefore he has the right to enforce this law. Everyone, especially the dogs, are saddened. 
The next day, he returns. While he's initially pleased with it being nice and quiet, he then realizes that the park is empty. He wonders what happened to the kids, the birds, and the squirrels. Mrs. Bleakman explains that without the dogs, the kids, birds, and squirrels won't come. Hearing her words, Mr. Bleakman realizes that he made a terrible mistake and regrets his decision. 
Over at Emily Elizabeth's house, everyone is bored and wishes they could go to the park. Jetta angrily blames Mr. Bleakman for not letting them go to the park. Mr. Bleakman appears. They wonder if they've done anything to disturb him. However, he reassures them that it isn't why he was there, then says that kids and dogs like them should be in the park. And with that, he drops the "no dogs" sign in a trash can as an apology for his mistake and promises to never make the same mistake ever again. 
With dogs allowed again, Mr. and Mrs. Bleakman are back at the park. Mr. Bleakman's hoping for birdwatching, but then it starts to rain. He looks behind him and sees that it's actually Clifford shaking off water that's making the rain. Mrs. Bleakman asks if Clifford's presence is a problem. Mr. Bleakman doesn't think so at all.
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