He stooped over and scooped up the poodle, saying, "Oh no you don't!...you're not getting past me this time!"
The driver alighted and made one simple leap to catch the poodle's leash and
missed.
but that was okay because James had the stupid dog: crisis averted, but then this woman steps out of the "shotgun" seat of the limo and gets about six inches from his face: "Do you realize. do you have any idea, any idea at all (her voice dripping with sarcasm at James' stupidity) who is in this limo?"
And just then, to the surprise and wonder of all of them, the white poodle began to sing, in a beautiful baritone voice, "La donna e' Mobile", from Rigoletto.
All of a sudden, a hushed crowed gathered in the street to get just one glimpse of the person who sang in such a mighty operatic voice.