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Seussical JR 2 — OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! ................................................................................................................................2 3 — HORTON HEARS A WHO................................................................................................................................................4 4 — BIGGEST BLAME FOOL...................................................................................................................................................6 5 — BIGGEST PAYOFF / GERTRUDE McFUZZ ...........................................................................................................................8 6 — HERE ON WHO ..............................................................................................................................................................9 7 — MEET JOJO THE WHO..................................................................................................................................................10 8 — HOW TO RAISE A CHILD...............................................................................................................................................10 9 — OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! (REPRISE) .......................................................................................................................11 10 — IT’S POSSIBLE (PART 1) ..............................................................................................................................................12 11 — IT’S POSSIBLE (PART 2) ..............................................................................................................................................13 12 — ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE...........................................................................................................................................13 13 — THE ONE FEATHER TAIL OF MISS GERTRUDE MCFUZZ / AMAYZING MAYZIE ...........................................................15 14 — AMAYZING GERTRUDE (PART 1)................................................................................................................................17 15 — AMAYZING GERTRUDE (PART 2)................................................................................................................................17 16 — MONKEY AROUND / CHASING THE WHOS.........................................................................................................................18 17 — NOTICE ME, HORTON................................................................................................................................................20 18 — HOW LUCKY YOU ARE ...............................................................................................................................................21 19 — MAYZIE’S EXIT / HORTON SITS ON THE EGG / DILEMMA / HUNTERS.......................................................................22 20 — EGG, NEST AND TREE ................................................................................................................................................23 21 — SOLD / MAYZIE IN PALM BEACH...............................................................................................................................24 22 — MAYZIE AT THE CIRCUS .............................................................................................................................................24 23 — AMAYZING HORTON .................................................................................................................................................25 24 — ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE (REPRISE) ..........................................................................................................................25 25 — SOLLA SOLLEW ..........................................................................................................................................................25 26 — GERTRUDE / ESPIONAGE (PART 1) ............................................................................................................................26 27 — GERTRUDE / ESPIONAGE (PART 2) ............................................................................................................................26 28 — ALL FOR YOU .............................................................................................................................................................26 29 — THE WHOS RETURN / THE PEOPLE vs. HORTON THE ELEPHANT (PART 1)................................................................28 30 — THE PEOPLE vs. HORTON THE ELEPHANT (PART 2)...................................................................................................29 31 — YOPP!.........................................................................................................................................................................31 32 — ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE (REPRISE) ..........................................................................................................................32 33 — OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! (FINALE)..............................................................................................................32 34 — GREEN EGGS AND HAM (CURTAIN CALL) .....................................................................................................................33 Page 1 of 33 2 — OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! (A strange red-and-white-striped hat sits on a very empty stage. A BOY, who will later play JOJO, enters and notices it.) CAT, ALL (except BOY) BOY Cat! CAT & BOY Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss!... Seuss! Now that is a very unusual hat. I wonder what's under a hat such as that. It could be a creature they call the Ga-Zat Who balances things on his head, ‘cause it's flat. Or a stripe-loving Pipester from Upper Mount Bat. Or a sort of a kind of a hat-wearing... (The BOY picks up the hat, and THE CAT IN THE HAT suddenly appears.) BOY (spoken) With a cherry on top! Oh, the Thinks you can think! Any Thinker who thinks can come up with a few! ALL (except BOY) Oh, the Thinks you can think! Think a trip on a ship to the Vipper of Vipp Or to Solla Sollew... CAT (spoken) Think of beautiful Schlopp ... ALL CAT I can see that you've got quite a mind for your age! Why, one Think and you dragged me Right onto the stage! Now, I'm here, there is no telling what may ensue With a Cat such as me, and a Thinker like you! (The CAT begins to "create" the Seussian world of imagination for the BOY, who will enter this world and become JOJO.) THE CAT IN THE HAT You don't need an excuse! CAT, BOY (spoken) Oh, the Thinks you can think Oh, the Thinks you can think! Oh, the Thinks you can think If you're willing to try... Think invisible ink! Or a gink with a stink! Or a stair to the sky... CAT Think of an elephant up in a tree If you open your mind, Oh, the Thinks you will find Lining up to get loose... MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR Oh, the Thinks you can think When you think about... ALL (The company of "Seussian" characters now enters.) Page 2 of 33 CAT, BOY, ALL When you think about Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss.... CAT, BOY, ALL HORTON Think of a person too tiny to see Think of a bird with a one-feather tail Going on adventure down a dangerous trail! Aagh! GERTRUDE Think a bird who flies off on a spree Think of a kangaroo, sour as can be Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! An unusual story will soon be unfurled Of an elephant trying to save a small world And a boy from that world Who has Thinks just like you MAYZIE MEN / WOMEN SOUR KANGAROO CAT (spoken) Think of some monkeys with trouble in store WICKERSHAMS Think of something horrible and hairy Something sinister and scary That you never dared to think of before Just Think CAT CAT, ALL CAT, PRINCIPLES (except BOY) From the Planet of Who ALL (except BOY) And the smallest of small. Think of nobody here And the feeling of fear And the darkness of night (with menace) Oooh Oooh... To the jungle of Nool ALL BIRDS, WICKERSHAMS, SOUR KANGAROO All alone in your room As you're facing your doom HORTON CAT (spoken) Think a glimmer of light ALL (with relief) Aah Aah! Oh, the Thinks you can think Think and wonder and dream Far and wide as you dare But I hope you're prepared To be scareder than scared CAT Oh, the thinks you can think 'Cause this ain't mother goose CAT (spoken) Danger’s right on the brink When your thinks have run dry In the blink of an eye There's another think there If you open your mind CAT, ALL (except BOY) ALL When you Think about Seuss Oh, the thinks you will find Lining up to get loose CAT, ALL (except BOY) Page 3 of 33 WHOS BOY And the largest of all You think and think and think and think And think and think and think and think And think and think and think and think And think... just think! ALL CAT Oh, the thinks you can think Oh, the thinks you can think Oh, the thinks you can think Near the River Walloo! (The CAT and the BOY watch as the Jungle of Nool is revealed. The JUNGLE CITIZENS enter, along with the BIRD GIRLS, a flamboyant "girl group" of the jungle.) Who who wah dah Who who who wah dah dah dah Who who wah dah Who who who wah dah ALL Who who wah dah Who who who wah dah dah dah Who who wah dah Who who who wah dah ALL Who who wah dah Who who who wah dah dah dah Who who wah dah Who who Seuss! CAT BOY ECHO ALL Oh, the thinks you can think When you think about Seuss When you think about Seuss When you think about Seuss (The SOUR KANGAROO riffs through the following.) Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! ALL (except Cat & Boy) Oh, the thinks you can think ECHO BOY Now think of an elephant lumbering through. (We now see HORTON THE ELEPHANT.) 3 — HORTON HEARS A WHO CAT (to JOJO) Who who wah dah Who who who wah dah dah dah BOY (spoken) Horton! CAT (spoken) Yes, Horton CAT, BOY (spoken) Horton Hears a Who! Our story begins With a very strange sound The drums of a jungle Beginning to pound ALL (except Cat & Boy) (Jungle drums begin.) Now, imagine a sky CAT I'll imagine bright blue (BOY and CAT create a blue sky and a jungle setting.) BOY On the fifteenth of May In the jungle of Nool In the heat of the day In the cool of the pool He was splashing It's the Jungle of Nool! CAT Page 4 of 33 HORTON Splash! HORTON ALL (except Horton) Enjoying the jungle's great joys When Horton the elephant BIRD GIRLS HORTON Horton the Elephant BOY He looked and he looked He could see nothing there Horton the elephant ALL Heard a small noise HORTON HORTON MAYOR BIRD GIRLS Help! Help! (Offstage, distant and tiny) (All follow an invisible speck of dust with their eyes, as it shoots past and stops in front of HORTON.) So Horton stopped splashing He looked toward the sound BIRD GIRLS Through the air That's funny I say! How confusing! I've never heard tell Of a small speck of dust that is able to yell So you know what I think? Why I think that there must be someone on top of that small speck of dust Some poor tiny person Who's shaking with fear That he'll blow in the pool! He has no way to steer! He's alone in the universe...! I'll just have to save him Because after all A person's a person, no matter how small. A person's a person no matter how small. HORTON HORTON (spoken) Thought Horton BIRD GIRLS There's no one around HORTON Then he heard it again Just a very faint yelp BIRD GIRLS As if some tiny person were calling for help HORTON MAYOR ALL (except Cat, Boy & Horton) Help! Help! (Offstage, distant and tiny) Page 5 of 33 I'll help you Said Horton But who are you, and where? HORTON BIRD GIRLS But a small speck of dust blowing past... Woosh! HORTON Who who wah dah who who who wah dah dah dah who who wah dah who who So, gently, and using The greatest of care The elephant stretched His great trunk through the air And he lifted the dust speck And carried it over and placed it down HORTON (spoken) Safe! In the Jungle of Nool BIRD GIRLS YOUNG KANGAROO On a very soft clover (THE SOUR KANGAROO makes an impressive entrance.) And what's more Quite likely there's two Even three. Even four! BIRD GIRLS (The WICKERSHAM BROTHERS enter—monkeys up to mischief.) Too! YOUNG KANGAROO SOUR KANGAROO No, no, no, no! Why that speck is as small as the head of a pin. A person on that? Why there never has been! You're the biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool And I don't care who I tell The biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool SOUR KANGAROO (spoken) We've been out on a limb Lookin' down on him (She laughs derisively) And I think so as well! He's dumb! YOUNG KANGAROO WICKERSHAM #2 Maybe I'm nasty, maybe I'm cruel But you're the biggest blame fool WICKERSHAM #3 SOUR KANGAROO Page 6 of 33 It's true. Please believe me! I tell you sincerely My ears are quite keen And I heard him quite clearly I know there's a person down there HORTON Ha! Laughed a voice! WICKERSHAM #1 4 — BIGGEST BLAME FOOL SOUR KANGAROO Ha! Laughed some others! (spoken) Humpf! ... Humpfed a voice. 'Twas a sour kangaroo, WICKERSHAM #2,3 And the young kangaroo in her pouch said: Oh, he's the biggest blame fool In the Jungle of Nool And monkeys like us should know. "Humpf" (They dance with glee.) Ha! Ha! Ha! Laughed the Wickersham brothers! WICKERSHAMS WICKERSHAMS And he's fat! WICKERSHAM #1 He's slow! Uh huh! SOUR KANGAROO Elephants ain't too swift as a rule But he's the biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool. 'Cause he's talkin' to a speck, talkin' to a speck, To a speck of dust SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS SOUR KANGAROO & WICKERSHAMS Blame fool in the Jungle of Nool GERTRUDE (spoken) I'm Gertrude McFuzz, and I live right next door WICKERSHAM #3 He's never done anything crazy before Talkin' to a speck, talkin' to a speck, To a speck of dust! Biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool WICKERSHAMS, SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS Blame fool in the Jungle of Nool GERTRUDE (spoken) He's always been friendly and loyal and kind WICKERSHAM #3 I just don't believe Horton's out of his mind R-e-s-p-e-c-k! Oh, please! Take that speck away! Did you hear? Did you hear? Did you, did you hear? (The glamorous and flamboyant MAYZIE LA BIRD is now interviewed.) I'm Mayzie La Bird and I live in that tree. Did you hear? Did you hear? Did you, did you hear? Enough about Horton. Let's talk about me! Let's talk about, talk about, Talk about, talk about me! SOUR KANGAROO SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS Did you hear? Did you hear? Did you, did you hear? Through the jungle, the news quickly flew. Did you hear? Did you hear? Did you, did you hear? He talks to a dust speck! It's on Channel Two! (THE BOY instantly envisions the whole scene on TV. THE CAT IN THE HAT now plays a TALK SHOW HOST.) SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS BIRD GIRLS SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS BIRD GIRLS Our topic today is "Psychic elephants who hear voices.” Whaddaya think, folks, is the elephant off his trunk? We'll he right back with "speck", "clover", "dust", "neighbor", 'who'.... Talkin' to a speck, talkin' to a speck, to a speck of dust CAT (as TALK SHOW HOST) BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS (CAT holds the microphone to the clover for a beat.) Talkin' to a speck, talkin' to a speck, To a speck of dust Nothing! Stay tuned - we'll be right back! BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS Page 7 of 33 Biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool (The CAT now interviews GERTRUDE MCFUZZ, a plain bird with a one-feather tail.) MAYZIE (spoken) SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS MAYZIE (spoken) MAYZIE, BIRD GIRLS Just a fool, just a fool, just a fool! SOUR KANGAROO Blame fool in the Fool! Fool! Jungle of Nool Fool! Fool! WICKERSHAMS #1,2,3 (while exiting) WICKERSHAMS SOUR KANGAROO I just have to save them, because after all A person's a person no matter how small HORTON A person's a person no matter how... (Their intimate moment is interrupted by the others) HORTON & GERTRUDE GERTRUDE Biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool He's the worst we ever saw! (spoken) 'Cause who'd notice a bird (sung) With a one feather tail? SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS Tellin' lies, makin' jokes BIRD GIRLS It's an elephant hoax! WICKERSHAMS Brother, that's against the law! Breakin' the peace, creatin' a fuss! CAT SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS Somebody's thinkin' different than us! So he tried to think Who might be down on that clover An invisible world—amazing but true— And guess who now enters the story SOUR KANGAROO Biggest blame fool In the Jungle of ... Nool, Nool, Nool! In the Jungle of Nool, Nool, Nool! In the Jungle of Nool, Nool, Nool! CAT SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS (The CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE begin to exit, singing the following. The WICKERSHAMS pause to deliver their warning.) JOJO Better look out, Better look out, Horton Better look out Or someone's gonna get your clover! Better look out, Better look out, Horton, Better look out, better look out! (GERTRUDE remains behind for one moment, looking at HORTON longingly.) On the fifteenth of May, Miss Gertrude McFuzz Discovered how truly unique Horton was. But she knew to approach him Would probably fail, (GERTRUDE exits dejectedly. HORTON is alone with the speck. He listens closely.) MAYOR (Offstage, tiny and distant) Help! Help! Then he heard it again. Calling over and over... Help! Help! MAYOR (Offstage, tiny and distant) Who? You! CAT 5 — BIGGEST PAYOFF / GERTRUDE McFUZZ SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS Who who wah dah Who who Who wah dah dah dah (repeat & exit) Page 8 of 33 6 — HERE ON WHO HORTON Hitting the ground, oh my! Here on Who, The ti-iniest planet in the sky (Calliope-like) Hello? Is anyone there? Who are you? Who! (Who!) Who! (Who!) MAYOR (spoken) I'm the mayor. Well, we're Whos here. We are Whos here. Smaller than the eye can see. It's true, sir. WHO MEN (WHO WOMEN) MAYOR We're who's who, sir. I'm a Who ... Who! (Who!) Who! (Who!) MRS. MAYOR (spoken) I'm his wife. ...and so are we. MRS. MAYOR and JOJO We're tiny little people Blowing by in the air Wondering how and why We're on Who, (The entire WHO population is revealed. HORTON listens intently and reacts throughout the entire song as the WHOS tell him their story.) MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR , JOJO Who! (Who!) Who! (Who!) The ti-iniest planet in the sky! Just imagine the Whos' unusual life! A-ladela-deladela who who A-ladela-deladela who Tiny umbrellas that drip on the tiniest floors. Who... WHOS Who! The tiniest tunnels and tiniest streets. Miniature buses with miniature seats. Miniature buildings with miniature windows and doors! MR. MAYOR A-ladela-deladela who who A-ladela-dela... WHOS We're Whos here, Win or lose here, Struggling to stay alive. Each gust propels our dust. Oh, How the heck do Whos survive? No smaller town than yours At any given moment We could crash or be drowned, Who... Page 9 of 33 WHO MEN (WHO WOMEN) WHO MEN (WHO WOMEN) MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR, JOJO Picture the tiniest houses and grocery stores. Who... WHOS HORTON Imagine a place that is tidy And totally clean MAYOR WHOS Where even a Grinch wouldn't dare to be totally mean! No matter how small. A person's a person No matter how small. GRINCH MAYOR Who... WHOS WHOS You think that it's heaven on earth Yes, you do! But heaven on earth isn't heaven on Who! Here’s our tiny Who family on a small rainy day. MRS. MAYOR Troubles on Who Are the biggest that you've ever seen. MRS. MAYOR (spoken) Mom and Dad are just home from the Who PTA. WHOS Yes, here on Who we live in fear. We're drifting through space And cannot steer! A troubled and a tiny land... 8 — HOW TO RAISE A CHILD MRS. MAYOR Whoooo! (The WHOS begin to recede. We see MR & MRS MAYOR.) 7 — MEET JOJO THE WHO MR. MAYOR (spoken) Our future's in your hand... He was mommy’s little boy (They move closer, appealing to the listening HORTON.) He was never any trouble ‘til this (spoken) “thinking thing” began. It's up to you, sir. Please help Who, sir. You're the only one who hears. MR. & MRS. MAYOR You must, sir! Save our dust, sir! Now that we have reached your ears! We must both lay down the law We're tiny little people Saying thanks in advance Hoping perchance, you'll try!... Here on Who, The ti-iniest planet in... the... sky... Page 10 of 33 (HORTON listens to the clover with great seriousness.) HORTON (spoken) I won't let you down. No, I won't let you fall. (sung) A person's a person He was daddy’s little man MR. MAYOR MR. MAYOR Will he hate us? MRS. MAYOR Maybe so. MR. MAYOR Oh, where are the instructions On how to raise a child? Who has the instructions on how to raise a child? Who has all the answers? I don’t know. BOTH (JOJO's parents begin to scold him. THE CAT reacts with guilty amusement. We can see he's the one who got JOJO into trouble! JOJO can see THE CAT, but his parents can't.) JoJo. I'm the mayor of Who. Why I've just been elected. And upright behavior is thus forth expected. And think some normal thinks instead. (PARENTS exit, leaving JOJO alone to take his bath. He turns accusingly to THE CAT.) MR. MAYOR Now take your bath and go to bed. But we've just had a talk with your teachers today And they didn't have one single good thing to say MRS. MAYOR MRS. MAYOR You invented new thinks which defy all description! MR. MAYOR Stop telling such outlandish tales. MR. MAYOR Stop turning minnows into whales. MRS. MAYOR MR. MAYOR You gave Miss O'Dooley a nervous conniption! 9 — OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! (REPRISE) JOJO MRS. MAYOR You got me in trouble! Get out! Go away! Your thinks were so wild they disrupted your classes And made Mrs. Mackel-Who drop her new glasses. Which is why you're suspended! MR. MAYOR All right, I'll be going. But first, let me say... Oh, the Thinks you can think! Stop! Oh, the Thinks you can think Yes, that's what they said! CAT JOJO MRS. MAYOR Young man, what in Who has got into your head?! MR. MAYOR CAT I...um... (JOJO looks to the CAT for help, but the CAT makes it clear he's on his own.) Now Horton has found us. We're safe on a clover. But clearly our troubles are far, far from over. JOJO Be quiet! MR. MAYOR JOJO We don't mean to scold you. We love you, oh, yes, dear. But couldn't you try thinking just a bit less, dear? MRS. MAYOR CAT Page 11 of 33 JOJO As you splash and you splish! I’m not listening! As you sit there and scrub, CAT CAT JOJO (humming to block out the CAT) Have a think in that tub, think of water...and fish! This might be a river Now mightn't it be Connecting McElligot's Pool with the sea! Then maybe some fish might be swimming... Swimming toward me! (We are suddenly underwater. Strange fish appear — all shapes and sizes, wildly-colored and wildly improbable.) CAT JOJO Fish? Think of pipes in the floor leading off to a shore Where the water is cool. Soon your tub’s not a tub. CAT It’s McElligot’s Pool! It's possible Ah...! Oo-wee-ee-ee-ee-ooh! JOJO It's possible It's possible It's possible! Anything's possible! When I sit here and fish (JOJO's imagination starts to expand.) It might go along, Down where no one can see Right under state highway Two hundred and three! Right under the wagons! Right under the toes Of Mrs. Umbroso! Who's hanging out clothes! In McElligot's pool! It's possible. It's possible! Anything's possible. MEN It's possible! Anything's possible! JOJO JOJO, CAT Page 12 of 33 JOJO Ah...! Oo-wee-ee-ee-ee-ooh! ALL It's possible 10 — IT’S POSSIBLE (PART 1) JOJO Ah... .... ....! This might be a pool Like I've read of in books Connected to one of those underground brooks! An underground river That starts here and flows Right under this bathtub! And then, who knows? Oh, the sea is so full Of a number of fish If a fellow is patient He might get his wish! And that's why I think That I'm not such a fool ALL Ooh ... Wah-ooh ... Ooh ... Wah-ooh ... Ooh ... Wah-ooh ... JOJO ALL JOJO It's possible WOMEN Anything's Possible ALL It's possible It's possible (The FISH magically re-appear.) JOJO It's possible ALL WOMEN It's possible Anything's MEN Anything's possible! (Attention changes to HORTON, sitting alone, guarding his clover.) JOJO ALL 12 — ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE HORTON (spoken) Possible I've been guarding this clover For over a week, Getting laughed at For thinking a dust speck can speak. Well, let them all laugh It's possible... Anything... Anything... (Music fades out. JOJO's parents abruptly interrupt his fantasy, bearing mops.) I'll try not to mind, For I have found something That they'll never find! JOJO Jojo! The tub's overflowed on the floor! The water is running right under the door! HORTON (sung) There are secrets on a leaf, In the water, in the air, Hidden planets, tiny worlds, All invisible! Not a person seems to know. Not a person seems to care. There is no one who believes a thing I say... MR. MAYOR The ceiling is peeling! You've flooded the den! Oh, JoJo, I think you've been thinking again! Well, I'm fairly certain At one time or other Great thinkers all feel this way! MRS. MAYOR I say this with firmness and terrible sorrow, Young man, we will deal with you come tomorrow! (MR. and MRS. MAYOR exit.) I'm alone in the universe. So alone in the universe. I've found magic but they won't see it MR. MAYOR 11 — IT’S POSSIBLE (PART 2) JOJO They all call me a lunatic. Ok, call me a lunatic. If I stand on my own, so be it. I still think That I'm not such a fool When I sit here and fish In McElligot's pool! 'Cause I have wings. Yes, I can fly Around the moon And far beyond the sky And one day soon It's possible. I know there you'll be One small voice in the universe One true friend in the universe CAT Page 13 of 33 Who believes in me... HORTON (spoken ssoftly, to his clover) Hello...hello? JOJO (startled) Hello? HORTON (startled as well) Who's there? No one notices anything. Not one person is listening. They don't have any way of knowing. I'm alone in the universe. So alone in the universe. My own planets and stars Are glowing. JOJO JOJO It's me, Jojo. The Mayor's son. I'm Horton. The Elephant Alone in the universe HORTON Nobody knows that I have wings HORTON Are you real, or are you a very large think? I have wings Oh, I'm real, all right. I would state that in ink. In my thinks, I imagine a lot of strange things And I go to strange places, as if I had wings! I love a good think! JOJO HORTON Yes, I can fly HORTON JOJO I can fly JOJO Around the moon And far HORTON HORTON Beyond the sky Well, someday soon You will hear my plea One small voice in the universe HORTON, JOJO When you think, do you dream? HORTON JOJO One true friend in the universe HORTON JOJO Please believe in me ... When you think, do you think BOTH JOJO Page 14 of 33 JOJO HORTON JOJO Well, for me that goes double. Sometimes my thinks are what get me in trouble. JOJO HORTON In bright colors! Me too. And I go to strange places Like Solla Sollew! You could fly to the stars? (HORTON exits and JOJO goes to sleep. Suddenly, THE CAT pops up behind JOJO's bed and shakes him awake.) Wake up! The scene's over! There's more to be heard. There goes our hero. Who enters? Little friend, no one else Could have thinks such as ours! (HORTON and JOJO imagine they are flying through the starry universe.) HORTON (singing) Yes, I have wings. HORTON I have wings JOJO CAT The bird! 13 — THE ONE FEATHER TAIL OF MISS GERTRUDE MCFUZZ / AMAYZING MAYZIE JOJO And I can fly HORTON (GERTRUDE McFUZZ enters, carrying a small guitar.) GERTRUDE (spoken) I can fly "Love Song for Horton" Four Hundred and Thirty- Seven. JOJO Around the moon And far HORTON (GERTRUDE begins to play and sing.) Beyond the sky HORTON, JOJO You called my name and you set me free — One small voice in the universe HORTON She curled it. She dyed it, she gave it a puff She decked it with flowers But it wasn't enough One true friend in the universe For no matter what it just was what it was A tail that simply wasn't meant... To catch the eye of an elephant... The one feather tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz. JOJO Who believes in me HORTON (spoken) Goodnight Jojo. HORTON, JOJO Goodnight Horton. See you in Solla Sollew! Poor little Gertrude! A sorry sight! Well, I'm gonna take you under my wing And baby, you'll be all right! JOJO MAYZIE (spoken) Page 15 of 33 Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo doo... There once was a girl bird named Gertrude McFuzz And she had the smallest plain tail ever was One droopy-droop feather, that's all that she had And oh! That one feather made Gertrude so sad (MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS enter flamboyantly and notice Gertrude and her pathetic tail.) GERTRUDE I was once a plain little bird like you, kid One pathetic feather was all I grew I had nothing showoff-ish What's a plain bird to do? Watch her go (sung) BIRD GIRLS Gee, I'm envious! To and fro Mayzie's fabulous tail! Then I made a plan for my self-improvement No more crumbs. I vowed I would have the cake! Yes, I went to the doctor And there's certainly nothing showoff-ish on you! GERTRUDE GERTRUDE (spoken) Thank you, Mayzie BIRD GIRLS MAYZIE I wish I had one like it Doctor Dake by the lake BIRD GIRLS BIRD GIRLS And he told me qhat sort of a pill I should take. Now I'm... ... ... Amayzing Mayzie! As feathered as feathered can be now! Amayzing Mayzie! It was all for sale! GERTRUDE MAYZIE Amayzing Mayzie! MAYZIE, BIRD GIRLS What a sight — Mayzie's fabulous tail! Get those pills... The birds are all whistling at me now MAYZIE Amayzing Mayzie! MAYZIE MAYZIE, BIRD GIRLS Baby, that's my tail! (MAYZIE begins to dance, flaunting her tail. GERTRUDE watches in awe.) BIRD GIRLS MAYZIE High or low BIRD GIRLS BIRD GIRLS Gee, it's fabulous! MAYZIE, BIRD GIRLS GERTRUDE Page 16 of 33 GERTRUDE Left and right Best I've ever seen Day or night BIRD GIRLS Kid, you're turning green! MAYZIE GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS Get the pills And you can have frills... MAYZIE Frills! Your Horton is certain to see. And you can be amayzing Almost... As amayzing... As me!!! (MAYZIE exits with flare.) What was that? Something's itching me! What was that? Something's twitching me! What was that? Are those feathers I see? I think my tail's beginning! Oh my word! This is wonderful! Second, third, Wow, I'm colorful! What a bird I'm beginning to be... Amayzing Gertrude MAYZIE 14 — AMAYZING GERTRUDE (PART 1) GERTRUDE (spoken) So she flew to the doctor, the doctor named Dake Whose office was high in a tree by the lake And she cried, “Mr. Doctor! Oh, please, do you know Of some kind of pill that will make my tail grow?” Just look at the tail she is sportin’ (Music ends. The CAT appears as DR. DAKE, wearing a stethoscope, speaks the following lines in a foreign language, then repeats them in English.) Amayzing Gertrude "Tut tut!” said the Doctor. Such talk! It's too absurd! GERTRUDE (baffled) Huh?? Thank you, Doctor Dake! CAT (as Doctor Dake) GERTRUDE In other words, your little tail is just right For your kind of bird! 15 — AMAYZING GERTRUDE (PART 2) GERTRUDE (having a tantrum) Amayzing Gertrude! CAT (as Doctor Dake) GERTRUDE, BIRD GIRLS Then Gertrude had tantrums. She raised such a din That finally the doctor just had to give in. BIRD GIRLS CAT (as Doctor Dake) (Reacts to her tantrum) One more pill will do me good Yes, it will! One more, one more, one more pill Alright already! Bring in the Pill-berry bush! GERTRUDE (BIRD GIRLS brings in the pill-berry bush. GERTRUDE plucks and eats some of the pills.) Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Gulp Gulp! Gulp gulp! Soon, she'll have the biggest tail... She'll have the biggest tail! GERTRUDE Page 17 of 33 BIRD GIRLS GERTRUDE, BIRD GIRLS Thanks, doc! BIRD GIRLS And hopefully I'll impress Horton! GERTRUDE Amayzing Gertrude! (She starts taking more pills.) BIRD GIRLS I'll have the biggest tail! (HORTON enters, clutching his clover.) GERTRUDE The biggest tail of... all! (GERTRUDE freezes for a minute. THE CAT IN THE HAT and JOJO appear together, somewhere "out of the frame', observing GERTRUDE in the story.) HORTON GERTRUDE, BIRD GIRLS 16 — MONKEY AROUND / CHASING THE WHOS JOJO (spoken) WICKERSHAM #2 'Cause now things go wrong! WICKERSHAMS (MUSIC kicks in as GERTRUDE exits. Lights come up on the jungle at night. It's dark and menacing. The WICKERSHAM BROTHERS are hanging around, looking for trouble.) WICKERSHAM #1 Yeah! There's a rustle in the bushes There's a tremble in the trees Hear it like a whisper Smell it on the summer breeze WICKERSHAMS There aren't any Whos Why I don't hear a sound Mm-hmm! Come on! We've gotta monkey... Monkey around! (The WICKERSHAM BROTHERS grab the clover and run. HORTON follows them. The chase is on!) Somethin' big is getting nearer Somethin' big is comin' through Got some monkey business That's what we intend to do... Hey! Give that back! Stop! (SOUR KANGAROO & BIRD GIRLS enter to watch and comment.) Come on! I wanna monkey Monkey around Come on! I gotta monkey Monkey around Come on! We're gonna monkey Ooh, we're gonna monkey around! Ooh! HORTON Page 18 of 33 The Wickershams. Uh, hello. (The WICKERSHAM BROTHERS circle HORTON.) Well, it's bigger than a breadbox WICKERSHAM #1 Hey, it's wider than a whale So Gertrude is happy. Her tail's nice and long. Peanut butter breath CAT (spoken) Kid, fasten your seat belt. And scared to death from head to tail WICKERSHAM #3 So you're still talking to dust, oh, that's hot A dust speck that's all full of Whos who are not WICKERSHAM #2 WICKERSHAMS WICKERSHAM #3 Up out of the jungle Up into the sky. Up over the mountains SOUR KANGAROO Ten thousand feet high SOUR KANGAROO & BIRD GIRLS Whos Then down from the mountains SOUR KANGAROO Chasing the Whos! And into the news SOUR KANGAROO & BIRD GIRLS Chasing the... Went Horton the elephant Chasing the Whos! BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS, SOUR KANGAROO Whos! Chasing the Whos! Chasing the Whos! (The WICKERSHAM BROTHERS stop running and surround HORTON, holding the clover just out of reach.) WOMEN MEN Chasing the Whos! MEN wearing headphones.) (THE CAT enters as a NEWSCASTER, Still chasing your dust? Why it's safe as can be. This is the cat in the hat Live from Newscam Five. Folks, the Jungle of Nool Is one heck of a drive. We've got monkeys backed up To the three-oh-two CAT (as newscaster) I'd find alternate routes If I were you! (THE CAT exits.) Well, just to be sure We are handing it off Then over the desert, The Desert of Dreze! And into the forest With thousands of trees Past Sneetches on beaches BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS, SOUR KANGAROO Vlad Vladikoff!! (laughs maniacally) (Music ends. VLAD VLADIKOFF swoops in and grabs the clover. Horton gives chase again.) And sour kangaroos! SOUR KANGAROO No! Please! Wait!! WHOS (swaying as they’re flown about) “Aaaah!” Went Horton the elephant Chasing the Whos BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS, SOUR KANGAROO Page 19 of 33 WOMEN WOMEN MEN BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS, SOUR KANGAROO WICKERSHAM #1 We're monkeys to trust Or don't you agree? WICKERSHAM #2 WICKERSHAM #3 To a black-bottomed eagle named... WICKERSHAMS VLAD VLADIKOFF HORTON (The clover drops and the WHOS scream. HORTON tries to catch it, but it’s too late. They are lost in a huge field of clover. HORTON stands alone.) This is your next-door neighbor calling Notice me, Horton Horton, together We could be great That bird let that clover drop somewhere inside Of a great patch of clovers a hundred miles wide I’ll find it, I’ll find it, I’ll find it or bust Well, I shall find my friends on their small speck of dust. (GERTRUDE enters. Her tail is now magnificent. She sings to HORTON, but he takes no notice, because he is searching for his speck of dust.) Oh, notice me, Horton Put down the clover This is your next door neighbor calling There's a new leaf Your neighbor's turned over HORTON ( HORTON searches for the WHOS, clover by clover.) Yes, clover by clover by clover with care I’ll listen and call... GERTRUDE, HORTON Over and over, clover by clover... I was just a no one only yesterday. You showed up and showed me something more. Now I've become a someone Who has someone to believe in And to be there for... HORTON 17 — NOTICE ME, HORTON HORTON (spoken) (HORTON continues his search) GERTRUDE (quietly determined) “Are you there? Are you there?” I will not give up hope I was hooked from the start When I noticed your kind And your powerful heart So notice me, Horton... It's taken all my courage to approach you Not to mention all my stamina to follow you Across the hills and deserts. But I feel as if I'm ready To confess to you the feelings That I've hidden with great diligence and labor... Behind the façade Of your odd little next-door neighbor GERTRUDE My eyes are too small I have very large feet And I'm not very proud of my pitiful tweet But I've now got a tail That is something to see... HORTON (speaking) One hundred and two. One hundred and three. If they noticed a thing or two... Oh, notice me, Horton, feather by feather GERTRUDE Page 20 of 33 Oh, the world would be something new HORTON Notice me, Horton GERTRUDE HORTON Notice me, Horton GERTRUDE The way I notice you (Music ends. The Cat steps in to the sound of a ticking clock. He holds up a clock and makes its hands spin, GERTRUDE, HORTON indicating that time is jumping forward. HORTON continues his clover search. GERTRUDE finally exits in defeat.) I was down in Fort Worth Just a girl on the wing, When I met Tweet McFirth. Oh, could that night owl sing! Tell yourself how lucky you are! CAT (as Louis Armstrong) How lucky, how lucky you are Two million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine. It's hopeless. HORTON (spoken) (A voice is heard over HORTON’s head.) MAYZIE You said it kid. (For a second, HORTON thinks he's heard the WHOS!) MAYZIE Who's there? Tell yourself How lucky you are! HORTON CAT (as Louis Armstrong) How lucky you are! It's me. Mayzie. Up here. (HORTON sees MAYZIE on a huge, colorful egg, in a nest, in a tree) MAYZIE Now I'm bored and I'm cranky and tired Sitting day after day. Who knew so much work was required?! I'd much rather play! Mayzie, Are you on a nest? I need a vacation! I'm due for some rest. Hey, Horton, would you maybe like To sit on my nest? HORTON MAYZIE (defensive) Yeah. You wanna make something of it? (Music ends) No, I just never thought I'd see you on a nest Why, Mayzie I couldn't. Of all silly things! I haven't got feathers. I haven't got wings. And not only that, but I'm here on a search. I just couldn't leave my poor Whos in the lurch! HORTON HORTON Neither did I, Hort...neither did I. (The CAT as pianist rides out on a small, MAYZIE Seussian piano and plays a musical intro for MAYZIE) MAYZIE We spent three weeks of bliss. Then the usual segue: He flew off to San Juan Leaving me with this egg! MAYZIE I won't be gone long, kid. I give you my word. I'll hurry right back, 'cause I'm that sort of bird! Oh, Horton, I promise! I'll fly back real soon. I'd only be gone for, say, one afternoon! 18 — HOW LUCKY YOU ARE MAYZIE Da da da da da da da... (A beat, as HORTON considers this) HORTON (relenting) (improvised vocal scat) Well, we all need vacations. Page 21 of 33 All right go on, take it I'll sit on your egg And I'll try not to break it But please come back quickly- One hour, maybe two. Ooh... Ahh! I need to find Jojo. I've got to save Who! I'm cold and I'm wet, and I'm catching the flu. Oh, Mayzie, please hurry! I've got to save Who! Oh, Mayzie, please hurry! Hit it, cat! (The CAT strikes up an energetic Latin beat on the piano, accompanying MAYZIE as she flies off, thrilled with her newfound freedom.) 19 — MAYZIE’S EXIT / HORTON SITS ON THE EGG / DILEMMA / HUNTERS MAYZIE (to Horton) Thanks! Thanks a million! Toodle-oooo! (The BIRD GIRLS watch as HORTON climbs the tree with great trepidation and gingerly gets into the nest.) I've got to save Who! MAYZIE Then carefully, tenderly, Gently he crept Up the trunk to the nest Where the little egg slept Then Horton the elephant smiled BIRD GIRLS Now that's that HORTON HORTON And he sat and he sat And he sat and he sat (The CAT enters and gleefully squirts HORTON with a water pistol.) BIRD GIRLS He sat all that day And he kept the egg warm And he sat all that night Through a terrible storm... And then came the winter The snow and the sleet And icicles hung From his trunk and his feet Page 22 of 33 BIRD GIRLS HORTON (The season changes. THE CAT dumps autumn leaves on HORTON. GERTRUDE McFUZZ enters.) GERTRUDE (spoken) Horton, I brought you a scarf. HORTON (spoken) Thank you, Gertrude. Have you heard from Mayzie? She sent a card from Palm Beach. GERTRUDE Palm Beach! Gertrude, what if she never comes back? HORTON Don't worry, she will. Um, Horton, notice anything different? GERTRUDE Yes, it's g-g-g-getting colder! (GERTRUDE sighs and exits. HORTON still doesn't notice her tail.CAT comes in dropping snow on HORTON.) BIRD GIRLS I can't leave this nest No, I meant what I said This egg might get frozen HORTON (resolute) But the Whos might be dead! I couldn't say no When I heard Mayzie beg Now I'm caught between a dust speck And an incubating egg! Blaaggghh! (Suddenly, HUNTERS surround HORTON.) Help! Someone help! Hunters! Help! Nest and tree (There is chaos in the jungle. GERTRUDE tries to fly to HORTON'S aid, but can't because of her heavy tail. She wrestles with it.) Egg, nest and tree... Horton! Horton...! Nest and tree GERTRUDE MEN HORTON Just a seasick elephant Egg, nest and tree BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO MEN BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO After bobbing around for two weeks like a cork. 20 — EGG, NEST AND TREE SOUR KANGAROO SOUR KANGAROO Up out of the jungle Up into the sky Up over the mountains Egg, nest and tree! Ten thousand feet high Then down from the mountains And down to the sea Went Horton the elephant Egg, nest and tree. SOUR KANGAROO BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO Egg, nest and tree! He was wet. He was tired. And hungry and cold. WOMEN SOUR KANGAROO Egg, nest and tree! MEN Egg, nest and tree! They loaded the wagon Right onto a ship Out over the ocean And ooh, what a trip! Rolling and tossing And sick as could be! BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO Then, Horton was taken to auction... (HORTON throws up — perhaps on one of the HUNTERS, who reacts!) Good evening ladies and gentlemen, And welcome to Seusseby's. Our first item up for bid this evening is lot 39, A pendulous pachyderm on egg, nest and tree. Page 23 of 33 BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS They landed at last In the town of New York. Egg, nest and tree! BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS SOUR KANGAROO (Music ends. The CAT appears as an auctioneer.) CAT (as auctioneer) The bidding will begin at ten thousand dollars. Do I hear ten, ten thousand? CAT (as JOSE THE POOLBOY) You are so lucky (NOTE: Another "free" improvisational area for THE CAT to invite audience participation in the auction.) CAT (as auctioneer) Going once, going twice... Still, I'm bored and I'm cranky and tired Sitting day after day Who knew so much work was required For nothing but play (The CAT bangs his gavel) I need something diff'rent! I crave something new! (She grabs the CAT) Hey, maybe could you think of something Diff'rent to do?! Sold...to the man with the sideburns and the greasy black mustache. Oh, excuse me, Madame! Sold... to the man from the circus! (In self-defense, the CAT becomes a circus barker and he hands her a flyer.) Sold to the circus (ALL exit mournfully, as HORTON is carried off. Lively music as MAYZIE enters with the CAT dressed as JOSE THE POOLBOY) On the face of the earth, or wherever you go! HORTON MAYZIE 21 — SOLD / MAYZIE IN PALM BEACH BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen, Children and creatures! Sold ... Sold ... Sold ... Egg, nest and tree CAT (as circus barker) The smallest of small and the tallest of tall! Come old and young, come one and all! To the circus McGurkus! The world’s greatest show! MAYZIE (MAYZIE exits as the circus enters. SHE re-enters with souvenirs and cotton candy. We see the circus animals, now in their cages. Suddenly, she is face-to- face with HORTON.) Tell yourself how lucky you are MAYZIE (spoken) Good gracious. I’ve seen you before. CAT (as JOSE THE POOLBOY) How lucky, how lucky you are Now let’s see. When it's day after day After beautiful day To be lazing away By the sea with Jose Tell yourself how lucky you are HORTON (spoken) Why Mayzie, it's Horton! Remember? Its me! MAYZIE Page 24 of 33 22 — MAYZIE AT THE CIRCUS MAYZIE (spoken) When you're down in Palm Beach With the breeze in your hair And you don't have an egg Or a nest or a care, A circus! I love a show! I think I'll go! 23 — AMAYZING HORTON HORTON (spoken) (Music ends. MAYZIE exits hastily. The other animals look at HORTON with sympathy as he holds the unwieldy egg in his arms.) I've sat on your egg now for fifty-one weeks! I've sat here while people have paid to take peeks! I've sat here through lightning I meant what I said, And I said what I meant An elephant's faithful, One hundred percent and hail storms and snow! Won't you take back your egg? HORTON Gee. I really don't know... (sung) Oh, wow, it's really late! And gee, I've got a date! And lots of places to be. But it's so great to see you! MAYZIE (spoken) 24 — ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE (REPRISE) HORTON Look at you! Who would ever guess? Look at you! Such a big success... And it's all thanks to me! And now, little egg, You're alone in the universe too. Who would have thought you'd be left up to me, A fool of an elephant up in a tree, Well, this time, I swear I'll do better than try I'll protect you from harm. Yes, I'll do it or die! So rest now, young egg, And I'll sing you a lullaby... Amayzing Horton! That egg-sitting circus sensation! Amayzing Horton! Even I'm impressed! Amayzing Horton! While I was off taking vacation You made your fortune Up on Mayzie's nest... 25 — SOLLA SOLLEW HORTON I may be Unreliable. Fancy free. Irresponsible. Crazy me, always eager to fly. There's a faraway land So the stories all tell Somewhere beyond the horizon. If we can find it Then all will be well, Troubles there are few, Someday, we'll go to... Solla Sollew, Solla Sollew But seeing you gives me true delight Just for once I've done something right. Solla Sollew, Solla Sollew The egg is all yours! No, don't thank me, I'll cry...! I’ve had so much trouble finding my way there When I get close, it disappears. (ALL: Solla Sollew...) (Just for a moment, MAYZIE is actually sincere and even a little contrite.) Good luck when it hatches. Good luck... and goodbye. If we can get there, we’re gonna stay there, If it takes us miles Page 25 of 33 ALL HORTON HORTON If it takes us miles I’ll bet you forgot about Gerturde McFuzz. Well, that’s nothing new. I mean, everyone does. But Gertrude did something JOJO, MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR GERTRUDE If it takes us years HORTON That few birds could do... So this is the tale of Miss Gertrude. Part Two. I've lost my poor Whos And my friend Jojo, too I hope they all made it to Solla Sollew (spoken) High on a mountain Or lost on the sea 27 — GERTRUDE / ESPIONAGE (PART 2) (We hear the sounds of snoring. GERTRUDE’S flashlight finds HORTON.) HORTON Sooner or later, I'll find it I have a picture of how it will be GERTRUDE HORTON & JOJO MAYOR On the day I do GERTRUDE MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR Troubles will be through And I'll be home with you Gertrude! How did you find us? HORTON, MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR, JOJO HORTON Solla Sollew Solla Sollew Solla Sollew Solla Sollew Solla Sollew Solla Sollew Solla Sollew... GERTRUDE ALL Pssst!...Horton!...Horton, are you there? What? Who is it? HORTON It’s me, Gertrude! Horton! Oh, Horton! I was so worried! Are you all right? Well, it’s a long story. 28 — ALL FOR YOU GERTRUDE I'll be home with you... I had a little trouble 'Cause I grew a little tail. Well, it wasn't really little. It was absolutely giant! And it really was attractive But you never even noticed, So I felt a little silly even trying Besides which the tail was too heavy For normal flying HORTON Solla Sollew ALL (except HORTON) 26 — GERTRUDE / ESPIONAGE (PART 1) (In the darkness, we see a figure carrying a flashlight. It’s GERTURDE McFUZZ) Go on Page 26 of 33 HORTON So I ran to the doctor. For you. I slogged through a fog And a choking smog Down a soggy slope Through a stinking bog While my slip was gripped By a vicious dog For you GERTRUDE CAT (as DR. DAKE) The doctor named Dake. And she said: My tail has been a mistake! CAT (as DR. DAKE) And she said: All for you! GERTRUDE Dr. Dake, I've been foolish and vain. All for you! GERTRUDE GERTRUDE Pluck it out! Get it off! I won't do it again! CAT (as DR. DAKE) Pluck! Pluck! Pluck! All for you! Ouch, it hurt a lot! CAT (as DR. DAKE) Pluck! Pluck! Pluck! GERTRUDE Ooh, a tender spot CAT (as DR. DAKE) Pluck! Pluck! Pluck! GERTRUDE Just a one feather tail... (with tremendous conviction!) I sprained my little toe but I hobbled like so For you! La la la la la!... GERTRUDE For you! CAT (as DR. DAKE), GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS But suddenly, Gertrude could sail! Then came the hit and run But I staggered on one For you! La la la la la!... I sailed on a junk And was practically sunk For you I trampled through the trees Full of furious bees GERTRUDE (dramatically) Page 27 of 33 All for you! BIRD GIRLS BIRD GIRLS There's nothing that I Wouldn't And I couldn't And I haven't gone through... GERTRUDE Ahh...! BIRD GIRLS GERTRUDE CAT, BIRD GIRLS BIRD GIRLS GERTRUDE CAT, BIRD GIRLS For you! BIRD GIRLS Now, here I am Ah... The worse for wear And here you are Ah... I'm here! GERTRUDE CAT, BIRD GIRLS Oh, JoJo! Hello! Kid, now that I've got you, I won't let you go! I'll shelter and guard you, because after all (sung) A person's a person No matter how small! You're there! And maybe NOW You'll know I care For you! A person's a person No matter how... Oh, yes. And Horton, one more thing... MR. & MRS. MAYOR, JOJO, HORTON, GERTRUDE (spoken) It took me seven weeks... But I found your clover, Too! Who... (Music ends. HORTON eagerly takes the clover from GERTRUDE.) (sung) (THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS and the SOUR KANGAROO appear.) Gertrude...I never noticed...you're...Amazing! WICKERSHAM #2,3 HORTON Aw, it was nothing. 29 — THE WHOS RETURN / THE PEOPLE vs. HORTON THE ELEPHANT (PART 1) HORTON (spoken) Hello, Whos, hello! Is anyone there? (HE holds the clover to his ear and gets an answer as MR. MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR appear.) SOUR KANGAROO GERTRUDE MRS. AND MRS. MAYOR (spoken) Hello!! Oh, what a relief! Why, hello, Mr. Mayor! Is JoJo all right? (HE listens again.) (Music becomes lively. The villains begin pushing Horton away, back to the jungle.) HORTON Hi, Horton! You're gonna be... JOJO Page 28 of 33 HORTON Ha! WICKERSHAM #1 Ha! Humph! How did you get here?! GERTRUDE You can't run away from a sour kangaroo Palm Beach to Pittsburgh to Kalamazoo And you, with your egg And your tree and your nest SOUR KANGAROO I'm making a Sour Citizen's arrest! Wait! Stop! Where are you taking me? Well Horton, we're taking you back. You're gonna be goin' in style. For talkin' to a speck And sittin' on an egg HORTON SOUR KANGAROO & WICKERSHAMS Gonna be... Gonna be... Biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool Gonna be... Gonna be put... SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS ALL Sittin' on an egg Sittin' on an egg Sittin' on an egg! On trial! (JUDGE YERTLE bangs the gavel) (Segue to a courtroom in the Jungle of Nool. The CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE will serve as the jury. THE CAT plays the court's MARSHAL.) Horton the elephant! Talkin' to a speck Talkin' to a speck To a speck of dust! CAT (as marshal) This is the case of the people versus GERTRUDE Horton the elephant Overruled! CAT (as marshal) Judge Yertle the turtle presiding. Everyone rise! Objection! Order! Order! Order in the court! Order, order, order, order in the court! GERTRUDE JUDGE YERTLE JUDGE YERTLE & ALL YERTLE CAT (as marshal) The defendant is charged with talking to a speck, Disturbing the peace, and loitering... on an egg. Objection! YERTLE SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS Overruled! (Horton emits a tremendous angry elephant trumpet. The courtroom falls silent.) 30 — THE PEOPLE vs. HORTON THE ELEPHANT (PART 2) I meant what I said And I said what I meant: An elephant's faithful One hundred percent! You can throw me in jail, Lock me up in a zoo... But I won't desert my egg And I will not abandon Who! Your honor, this clover is Exhibit A. HORTON (spoken) They're Whos here. There are Whos here. Smaller than the eye can see! HORTON (sung) Biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool SOUR KANGAROO, BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS It's true, sir! Here's who's who, sir! He's a who, and so is she These Whos, sir, Win or lose, sir, Whether you believe or not, They're here. They live in fear. HORTON Page 29 of 33 And I'm the only friend they've got Make every Who holler! Make every Who heard! You can do what you want with me, Your Honor, And I won't question why (spoken) CAT (as marshal), SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, YERTLE, BIRD GIRLS But Please save Who, The ti-niest planet in the sky (There is tension in the courtroom as JUDGE YERTLE delivers his verdict.) Based on the evidence, I have no choice But to order the defendant, Horton the elephant, Remanded to the Nool Asylum for the criminally insane. And as for the dust speck... Boil, boil, boil, boil, boil! (sung) JUDGE YERTLE Ooh! That dust speck! MAYOR BIRD GIRLS And as for your dust speck WHOS CAT (as marshal) Ooh! That speck! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! (HORTON struggles to protect THE WHOS from the mob, holding the clover away from them.) Don't give up! I believe in you all! A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So, please! TRY! (THE WHOS are revealed. They're terror stricken. They beat on tom toms, play musical instruments, wave their arms.) BIRD GIRLS COURTROOM MEN COURTROOM WOMEN CAT (as marshal), SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, YERTLE, BIRD GIRLS And as for your dust speck, That we will Boil boil boil boil boil... In a hot steaming kettle of Beezlenut Oil! HORTON Boil it! Oh no! No, that you can't do! It's all full of persons! They'll prove it to you! HORTON (spoken) Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor! Oh, please, Mr. Mayor! You've got to prove now That you really are there! So ring every doorbell. And send out the word! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! Page 30 of 33 (MR. and MRS. MAYOR appear.) Attention all Whos! Attention all Whos! We've got to be heard! There's no time to lose! MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR, JOJO So send up a shout Make it loud! Make it clear! MRS. MAYOR We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! COURTROOM PEOPLE WHOS We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! (HORTON, MR & MRS MAYOR shouting while the WHOS and COURTROOM argue.) WHOS They’ve proved they ARE persons No matter how small. We are here! We are here! We are here! JOJO (loudly!) YOPP! Boil it! Boil it! Boil it! 31 — YOPP! HORTON Jojo, think of something! HORTON, MR. AND MRS. MAYOR We are here! Boil it! We are here! Boil it! We are here! Boil it! We are here! Boil...! (Everyone freezes as THE CAT steps out of the scene.) Now just for a moment, young Jojo looked grim. The fate of the Whos rested squarely on him! But then came a think.- A peculiar new word SOUR KANGAROO WHOS COURTROOM CAT (The scene unfreezes...) Me..., too! The kind of a word no one ever had heard! (The CAT appears out of nowhere.) WHOS COURTROOM YOPP! And JoJo was honored as “Thinker Non-Stop.” (JOJO’s voice reverberates loudly through the universe. And the WHOS are heard at last. All the JUNGLE CREATURES gasp. The WHOS breathe a sigh of relief.) MR & MRS MAYOR GERTRUDE And their whole world was saved By the Smallest of All! HORTON How true! Yes, how true! Said the Sour Kangaroo. And, from now on You know what I’m planning to do? From now on, I’m going to protect them with you! SOUR KANGAROO (singing) And the young kangaroo in her pouch said: CAT ALL CAT YOUNG KANGAROO Their troubles were ended. They hailed his great... Now all Jojo’s Thinks would forever be heard. Including this Think... (We hear the sound of a giant egg cracking. GERTRUDE dashes over to HORTON with the egg in a basket, and they watch it hatch.) CAT Do you hear what I hear? Do you see what I mean? They made themselves heard though they still can’t be seen! An Elephant bird! Page 31 of 33 ALL 32 — ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE (REPRISE) HORTON (spoken) 33 — OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! (FINALE) Why, He looks just like me. Except for the wings. Oh, the Thinks you can think think and wonder and dream Far and wide as you dare... When your Thinks have run dry In the blink of an eye GERTRUDE (spoken) And except for the voice ‘Cause that’s how a bird sings. There's another Think there... If you open your mind Oh, the thinks you will find Lining up to get loose Gertrude, what will I do? I am slow, I am fat. All I know is the earth. He’ll need much more than that! HORTON GERTRUDE (singing) I have wings. Yes, I can fly. Oh, the Thinks you can think You teach him earth and I will teach him sky. Oh, the Thinks you can think Oh, the Thinks you can think Just call my name ALL WOMEN HORTON And I’ll see you through Oh, the Thinks you can think HORTON, GERTRUDE One small voice in the universe... Oh the Thinks you can think When you think about Seuss! When you think about Seuss! When you think about Seuss! HORTON ALL One true friend in the universe... GERTRUDE Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Who believes in you HORTON, GERTRUDE The adventures were over. The sky became... (The characters dance off, fade away, disappear, one by one. Last to go is THE CAT IN THE HAT. Finally, THE BOY stand on an empty stage, holding his legacy, His imagination - embodied in the red-and-white striped hat.) CAT ...pink! And then, guess what happened? CAT & JOJO (to audience) Well, what do you think?! JOJO Seuss! (THE BOY pulls the CAT'S hat on, and it comes down over his eyes, causing a...Blackout!) CAT Page 32 of 33 ALL BOY MEN 34 — GREEN EGGS AND HAM (CURTAIN CALL) ALL I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them, Sam-I-am I do not like them here or there I do not like them anywhere. Not in a house, not with a mouse Not here or there, not anywhere I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them, Sam-I-am Could you? Would you? With a goat? Could you? Would you? On a boat? Could you? Would you? In the rain? Could you? Would you? On a train? Not with a goat. Not on a boat. Not in the rain. Not on a train. Not in a house. Not with a mouse. Oh, no! Not in a box. Not with a fox. Not in a tree. You let me be! I do not like green eggs and ham! I do not like them, Sam-I-am! (All take their bows.) I do not like green eggs and ham! Page 33 of 33