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[The rest of the family is leaving Lola and Lincoln at the library.]

Leni: "You got this."

Lisa: "We'll be back in two hours."

[Vanzilla drives off]

Lincoln: "Alright, what's the deal, Lo? Won't you just read one book?"

Lola: "Ugh!" [mockingly] "Won't you just read one book? No! I won't!"

Lincoln: "Well, why the heck not?"

Lola: "Okay, Lincoln, I guess it's time I told you the truth." [beat] "I just don't like pizza."

[Lincoln suddenly recalls photographic memories of Lola actually liking pizza, such as her eating a slice on the table, tucking a slice into her toy bed like a doll, kissing a pizza box, and fighting Charles over a slice.]

Lincoln: [doubtful] "Yeah, not buying that. I know you don't like reading books, but everyone's counting on you. It's time to be a team player."

Lola: "Well, I'm not moving. So, good luck getting me back in there."

[Lincoln brings Lola inside the library by pushing her on a book cart.]

Lola: [at the top of her lungs] "NOOOOOOOOO!!!"

[Now Lola is on the floor.]

Lincoln: "Alright, you're not leaving until you read this whole book in front of me." [gives her the princess book]

Lola: [clears throat and points the other way.] "BOOKS!"

Lincoln: [turns around] "Where?" [realizes Lola distracted him and ran away.] "Dang it." [sees her running past a shelf.] "Hey, get back here!" [gives chase]

Lola: "I told you, I ain't reading, okay?!" [comes to a dead end]

Lincoln: "I have you now!"

Lola: "Like heck!" [attacks Lincoln]

Lincoln: "What is wrong with you? Is it that hard to read one measly book?!"

Lola: "Yes, it is!"

[The fight stops]

Lincoln: [surprised] "Wait, what?"

Lola: [sad] "It's too hard for me to read, so I never do. Don't you think I wanna read about American princesses and unicorns and the Bossy Twins, even if they have terrible hair?"

Lincoln: "What if I helped you?"

Lola: "Are you sure? I'm so slow. And we don't have much time. Doesn't it end at 5:00?"

Lincoln: [looks at his watch to see that it's now 4:00pm.] "We'll get through it together. And you'll see, the more you read, the easier it gets. Come on, sis. I'll show ya."

[He takes Lola to show her how to read.]

[The library's study room]

Lola: [trying to read the book] "O-o-once...yew..."

Lincoln: "You got it! Once uh-puh..."

Lola: "Upon! Once upon a t-t-t...okay, this word looks weird."

Lincoln: "Sound it out. There's the T, so "tuh". Then I..."

Lola: "Tuh...I...oh, time! Time! Once upon a time."

[Lincoln looks at the clock to see it's a quarter to 5:00. Soon, the clock changes to 5:00pm, the deadline.]

Lola: [still reading] "And-and..." [sees the time] "Oh, Lincoln, it's 5:00 o'clock! What are we gonna do?"

Lincoln: "Don't worry about that. Let's finish reading."

[Later]

Lola: [reading] "And they lived hap-pee-lee...ever..." [gasps] "Happily ever after! The end!" [closes book] "I can't believe it! I read a whole book!" [hugs Lincoln] "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!"

[They step out of the study room.]

Lincoln: "So proud of you, sis."

[The rest of the family is right there angry for missing the deadline.]

Luna: "Lincoln, it's 5:30! The contest ended half an hour ago!"

Lincoln: [taking blame] "Totally my fault. It's just so quiet here. I must've fallen asleep."

Lori: "Well, you literally blew it."

Lynn: "Lincoln, you lost the contest for all of us!"

Lincoln: "Yeah, I know."

Lola: "Wait. Stop, Lincoln." [to the family] "This is my fault. He spent the whole time helping me to read, 'cause, well, it's hard for me. But I like it now. And I'm going to keep practicing because it's not as hard as I thought!"

[The rest of the family apologizes and forgives Lola.]

Lana: "We're so sorry."

Lola: "It's okay. I'm sorry I cost Spunk E. Pigeon for you guys."

Rita: "Aw, sweetie, that doesn't matter now."

Lisa: "Yes. The important thing is that you're now able to enjoy the wonders of literacy." [takes off her disguise]

Librarian Wetta: [furious] "I knew I recognized that voice! The one with the fines!"

Lisa: [aware she's busted] "Peace out!" [flees]

[The Spunk E. Pigeon commercial is playing again.]

Spunk E. [metallic tone] "♫Ooh, girl, if I could-♫"

Spunk E. and Animatronic Skunk: "♫Ooh, girl, give you the, world, girl♫"

Announcer: "The fuzz-a-rockin' explodaganza appears every six minutes!"

[The family is watching it]

Leni: "You know, this commercial is so realistic, I totally smell pizza."

[They all sniff around and find the smell to be coming from Lola's room which is packed with toy ovens. Lola is in a chef's outfit and reading one of her dad's cookbooks.]

Lola: "Hey, guys! Now that I can read, I thought I'd make us all some pizza! Pepperoni's in the oven, and next up is..." [looks at the book] "...pineapple!"

[The timer goes off much to the family's delight. Later, everyone is eating Lola's pizza.]

Rita: "Well, isn't this just great?"

Lincoln: "Just as good as Spunk E. Pigeon's!"

Librarian Wetta: [off-screen] "GET BACK HERE!"

[The family looks out the window and notices that Lisa is running away from Librarian Wetta.]

Lisa: [cackling] "YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME, WETTA!"

Librarian Wetta: [giving chase] "YOU OWE ME $50,000!!!"