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The Invisible Dog

Album: 44: Eugene Returns!

Episode: 569

Lesson/Theme: Compassion

Bible Verse: Matthew 20:34

Characters: Connie, Eugene, Whit

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Sound Designer: Nathan Jones

Original Air Date: May 7, 2005

Last Air Date: March 31, 2010

Description:
What happens when you mix a third grade math class with Eugene Meltsner? Mass incomprehension! Trent and Max’s math teacher is out with influenza, but Eugene has volunteered to take her place. While he is incredibly knowledgeable of the subject, his ability to convey the mountain of information stored in his head is little less than beneficial for the class, with the exception of Trent DeWhite. Trent and Eugene enjoy the class immensely, but the rest of the class is finding the “discourse on Euclid’s postulates” to be less than entertaining, let alone helpful. Across town, Connie and Whit are puzzled over the “appearance” of Lester’s imaginary dog. They learn that the dog appeared around the time of Lester’s friend Mr. Al’s death. They decide to play along until they feel the time to discuss the issue with Lester presents itself. Trent, on the other hand, is set on convincing Lester that there really is no dog following him around. Eventually, Trent convinces Lester that he doesn't need an invisible dog, causing Lester "let Ralph go." Not long after, Trent finds Lester crying over the loss of his dog. The two shares some pain as Trent reveals that he once lost a dog, too. Lester listens instead of analyzing him like most would. This leads Trent to tell Eugene that maybe his teaching skills would be more effective if he were to listen more and talk less. In the end, everyone learns an insightful lesson about compassion.

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