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WHICH CLIMAXES IN THE REVEAL OF A LARGE, STRIPED VORTEX THAT SEEMS TO LEAD TO INFINITY THE CAT IN THE HAT POPS UP IN THE CENTER

JUNGLE DRUMS BEGIN. THE "JUNGLE OF NOOL” IS REVEALED. HORTON THE ELEPHANT IS BATHING IN A JUNGLE POOL. THE JUNGLE CITIZENS ENTER, ALONG WITH THE BIRD GIRLS, (A FLAMBOYANT "GIRL GROUP" OF THE JUNGLE )

(AS THE WHOS DANCE, HORTON ACCIDENTALLY TIPS THE CLOVER AT VARIOUS ANGLES, CAUSING THE WHOS TO TEETER OFF-BALANCE.)

(THE CAT IN THE HAT "ZOOMS IN" TO THE TINY PLANET OF WHO WITH HIS MAGNIFYING GLASS, AND WE MEET THE MAYOR AND HIS FAMILY.)

(THEY EXIT, JOJO SITS. A CLOCK TICKS. TIME PASSES. AFTER AWHILE HE SENSE$ SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. THE CAT MAGICALLY APPEARS-)

(A DANCE BREAK, IN WHICH THE CAT AND HIS HELPERS GET UP TO ALL KINDS OF MISCHIEF, INCLUDING MESSING UP HOUSE. SPRAYING SILLY STRING, BOUNCING ON TRAMPOLINES AND FLYING KITES,)

JOJO'S PARENTS TELL HIM THAT HE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL FOR HIS WILD "THINKS." AFTER SCOLDING HIM, THEY SEND HIM TO BED.)

(MR. AND MRS. MAYOR EXIT, LEAVING JCJO ALONE. AS HE SINGS, HIS BATHTUB APPEARS. WE HEAR WATER DRIPPING.)

(WE ARE SUDDENLY UNDERWATER. SEUSSIAN FISH APPEAR, AND SWOOP THROUGH THE WATER-THEY PERFORM SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, SURFBOARDING, ALL WITH JOJO)

(THE CONDUCTOR HANDS MAYOR AND MFTS MAYOR A BROCHURE, TOUTING A SCHOOL WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER TO THEIR PROBLEMS WITH JOJO. WHEN THEY FINISH READING IT, GENERAL GENGHIS KAHN SCHMITZ GRANDLY ARRIVES.)

(SCHMITZ HANDS JOJD'S PARENTS A CONTRACT THEY SIGN IT, AND MARCH OFF OBEDIENTLY. SCHMITZ TURNS TO JOJO)

(DANCE BREAK IN WHICH SCHMITZ LEADS THE CADETS AND JDJO IN A SERIES OF SILLY MANEUVERS. JOJO CAN'T KEEP UP OR FIT IN.)

(THE CADETS CARRY JOJO TO A BUNK BED AND DEPOSIT HIM THERE. WE SEE HORTON, ALONE WITH HIS CLOVER. STARS COME OUT.)

(NOW THE EXTRAORDINARY MAYZIE LA BIRD AND HER BIRD GIRLS APPEAR. THEY DANCE AROUND GERTRUDE, SIZING HER UP WITH SCORN AND PITY)

(THE EAGLE SWOOPS IN AND GRABS THE CLOVER. AND THE CHASE CONTINUES-HORTON RUNS BELOW, AND THE EAGLE FLIES ABOVE)

(WE NOW SEE THE WHOS BEING SWEPT FROM SIDE TO SIDE AS THE EAGLE SWOOPS, DIVES AND SOMESAULTS. THE WHOS CLING TO ONE ANOTHER IN TERROR)

(HORTON BEGINS HIS SEARCH FOR THE WHOS CLOVER BY CLOVER . GERTRUDE McFUZZ ENTERS. SHE NOW POSSESSES A LONG, MAGNIFI CENT TAIL! AS SHE SINGS TO HORTON, HE TAKES NO NOTICE WHATSOEVER, AND CONTINUES HIS SEARCH FOR HIS SPECK OF DUST)

(THE NUMBER ENDS WITH HORTON STARING LONGINGLY AT A CLOVER AND GERTRUDE STARING LONGINGLY AT HIM SHE EXITS.

(MAYZIE FLIES OFF, THRILLED WITH HER NEWFOUND FREEDOM. THE BIRD GIRLS ENTER, AS HORTON CLIMBS THE TREE AND GINGERLY SITS ON THE NEST)

(THE SEASONS CHANGE AS HORTON SITS ON THE EGG. GERTRUDE McFUZZ ENTERS, BRINGING HORTON A SCARE. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE'S GOTTEN A POSTCARD FROM MAYZIE WHO'S IN PALM BEACH. HORTON IS HORROFIED-WHAT IF MAYZIE NEVER COMES BACK TO RECLAIM HER EGG? GERTRUDE TRIES TO GET HORTON TO NOTICE HER NEW TAIL, WHICH IS NOW EXTREMELY LONG, BUT HE IS PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS OWN TROUBLES, GERTRUDE SIGHS AND EXITS)

(THE CAT ENTERS AND ONCE AGAIN FREEZES THE TABLEAU THE HUNTERS, A TRAPPED AND STRUGGLING HORTON, THE HORRIFIED GERTRUDE. THE CAT TIPS THE SONG TO HORTON AND GERTRUDE, WHO BOTH UNFREEZE)

(LIGHTS COME UP ON THE MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR, CITIZENS OF WHO AND GENERAL GENGHIS KHAN SCHMITZ WITH JOJO. ALL ARE BANDAGED, BATTERED AND ON CRUTCHES)

(THE CURTAIN BEGINS TO FALL, AND CONTINUES FALLING-AND AS IT DOES, THE CAT GETS CAUGHT IN A ROPE-HE IS PULLED UP INTO THE AIR. CHAOS ENSUES AS PEOPLE TRY TO RESCUE THE CAT)

AFTER AN ENTRACTE, THE CATAPPEARS, STILL DANGLING HIGH IN THEAIR. HE CRASHES TO THE STAGEAND CRAWLS OUT FROM UAIDER THE CURTAIN ("HOW LUCKY YOU ARE REPRISE') TO BEGIN ACT II. HE REMINDS US OF THE EVENTS THAT ENDED ACT 1 - -HORTON TRAPPED BY HUNTERS, JOJO AT MILITARY SCHOOL, THE WHOS TRYING TO REPAIR THEIR DAMAGED TOWN, AND GERTRUDE, UNABLE TO FLY BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF HER TAIL, NOW SO LONG IT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE BIRD GIRLS. THE STORY RESUMES AS HORTON GETS CARRIED AWAY BY THE HUNTERS.)

THE CAT NOW TRANSFORMS HIMSELF FROM AUCTIONEER TO MR. McGURKUS, WHO INTRODUCE$ "THE CIRCUS MCGURKUS.' HE AND HIS ENTOURAGE OF CLOWNS, ROUSTABOUTS AND SHOWGIRLS PRESENT THE MANY EXOTIC CREATURES OF THE CIRCUS. BUT THE MAIN ATTRACTION IS HORTON THE ELEPHANT, SITTING ON HIS EGG, NEST AND TREE AND LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE.

TO THE NEXT, HORTON SINGS "HOW LUCKY YOU ARE REPRISE" AND WORRIES ABOUT JOJO AND THE MISSING WHOS. HE HOPES THAT MAYZIE WILL FIND HIM SOON AND FREE HIM FROM SITTING ON THE EGG S0 THAT HE CAN FIND THEM.

ACCOMPANIED BY A SUAVE POOLBOY (PLAYED BY THE CAT) MAYZIE COMPLAINS THAT VACATION IS BORING, AND SHE CRAVES SOMETHING NEW TO D0. THE POOLBOY HANDS HER A FLIER FOR THE CIRCUS, AND SHE DECIDES TO GO.)

(MAYZIE KISSES THE EGG REGRETFULLY, AND EXITS HASTILY. THE OTHER ANIMALS LOOK AT HORTON WITH SYMPATHY)

(JOJO ENTERS. HE IS AT SCHOOL, WRITING A LETTER HOME. SIMULTANEOUSLY, MR.AND MRS. MAYOR ENTER, READINO THE LETTER.)

GENERAL SCHMITZ BRINGS HIS YOUNG CADETS TO THE BUTTER BATTEL AND EXPECTS THEM To FIGHT FOR THE "BUTTER SIDE UPPERS”.- JOJO TELLS SCHMITZ HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TEACHING CHILDREN TO FIGHT, AND HE RUNS AWAY, HEADING HOME, BUT VANISHES IN A HUGE EXPLOSION.

WE NOW HEAR A CHRISTMAS THEME AND WE SEE THE GRINCH ON A SMALL, RICKETY STAGE, SURROUNDED BY YOUNG WHOS IN HOMEMADE ANGEL WINGS. IT IS THE ANNUAL "WHO CHRISTMAS PAGEANT" PERFORMED EVERY YEAR. AS THEY FINISH THEIR PERFORMANCE AND THE MAYOR AND MRS. MAYOR MAKE A SPEECH, GENERAL SCHMITZ AND HIS CADETS BRING "A MESSAGE FROM THE FRONT” --JOJO HAS BEEN LOST IN THE BATTLE. THE PARENTS ARE GIVEN A MEDAL, AND LEFT TO GRIEVE. ("SOLLA SOLLEW REPRISE-)

AS THE PARENTS EXIT, THE CAT APPEARS SOBBING UNCONTROLLABLY, TOO. BUT THEN HE SUGGESTS THAT JOJO MAY STILL BE ALIVE. HE 'REWINDS' THE ACTION TO THE MOMENT OF THE EXPLOSION, AND WE SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED:

JOJO IS DAZED AND FRIGHTENED BUT ALIVE. HE THINKS OF HORTON, ("ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE REPRISE") AND HORTON MAGICALLY APPEARS TO REMIND JOJO THAT HE'S A THINKER, AND HE CAN GET HOME IF HE FOLLOWS HIS HUNCHES.

(WE NOW LEAVE THE PLANET Of WHO. AND RETURN TO WORLD. IN THE DARKNESS, WE SEE GERTRUDE McFUZZ. SHE CARRIES A FLASHLIGHT)

(JUST AS HORTON ASCERTAINS THAT THE WHOS ARE SAFE, THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS AND THE SOUR KANGAROO ARRIVE TO MAKE A CITIZEN'S ARREST, AND THEY TAKE HORTON HOME TO STAND TRIAL.)

THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED WITH TALKING TO A SPECK, DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND LOITERING ... ON AN EGG.

(JOJO'S VOICE REVERBERATES LOUDLY THROUGH THE UNIVERSE, AND THE WHOS ARE HEARD AT LAST. THE CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE REACT AS THEY HEAR THE NOISE.)

(WE HEAR THE SOUND OF A GIANT EGG CRACKING. GERTRUDE DASHES OVER TO HORTON - THEY PLACE THE EGG IN A BASKET, AND WITH WONDER, THEY WATCH IT HATCH.)


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Overture 2. Oh, The Thinks You Can Think 3. Horton Hears A Who* 4. Biggest Blame Fool 5. Here On Who 6. A Day For The Cat In The Hat 7. It's Possible (McElligat's Pool)* 8. How to Raise A Child 9. The Military 10. Alone In The Universe 11. The One Feather Tail Of Miss Gertrude McFuzz 12. Amayzing Mayzie 13. Amayzing Gertrude 14. Monkey Around 15. Chasing The Whos* 16. How Lucky You Are 17. Notice Me, Horton 18. How Lucky You Are (Mayzie's Reprise) 19. Horton Sits On The Egg* / Act I Finale 20. Egg, Nest and Tree* 21. Mayzie In Palm Beach 22. Alone In The Universe (Reprise) 23. Solia Soliew 24. Havin' A Hunch* 25. All For You 26. The People Versus Horton The Elephant 27. Finale / Oh, The Thinks You Can Think 2 28. Green Eggs and Ham* (Curtain Call) OVERTURE, WHICH CLIMAXES IN THE REVEAL OF A LARGE, STRIPED VORTEX THAT SEEMS TO LEAD TO INFINITY THE CAT IN THE HAT POPS UP IN THE CENTER ACT I OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK CAT IN THE HAT AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS BEING STUCK ON A PAGE, DID YOU EVER IMAGINE YOU'D SEE ME ONSTAGE? NOW I'M HERE, THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT MAY ENSUE! NO, THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT! BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE.... (HE SLIDES DOWN THE VORTEX) 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.. IF YOU OPEN YOUR MIND, OH, THE THINKS YOU WILL FIND LINING UP TO GET LOOSE... OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! (THE VORTEX SWIRLS AWAY. SEUSSIAN CHARACTERS BEGIN TO CLIMB OUT OF THE FLOOR, FLY DOWN FROM THE RAFREAS, ENTER LEFT AND RIGHT). CAT AND COMPANY SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! MEN SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! WOMEN SEUSS! ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! ANY THINKER WHO THINKS CAN COME UP WITH A FEW! CAT, HORTON, MAYZIE, GERTRTIDE, MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! ALL THINK A TRIP ON A SHIP TO THE VIPPER OF VIPP OR TO SOLLA SOLLEW... THINK OF BEAUTIFUL SCHLOPP CAT WITH A CHERRY ON TOP- ALL YOU DON'T NEED AN EXCUSE! OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! SEUSS,SEUSS,SEUSS,- SEUSS.... HMM! ALL THINK! HORTON OF AN ELEPHANT UP IN A TREE ALL THINK! MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR OF A PERSON TOO TINY TO SEE! ALL THINK! GERTRUDE OF A BIRD WITH A ONE-FEATHER TAIL ALL GOING ON ADVENTURE DOWN A DANGEROUS TRAIL! ALL Think! MAYZIE OF A BIRD WHO FLIES OFF ON A SPREE! ALL THINK! SOUR KANGAROO OF A KANGAROO, SOUR AS CAN BE! ALL THINK! SCHMITZ OF A GENERAL CRAZY FOR WAR! ALL THINK OF A CAT WHO POPS UP AT YOUR DOOR! CAT HOW D'YA DO AND HELLO! I'LL BE RUNNING THE SHOW! I'M YOUR HOST AND EMCEE! ALL HE'S YOUR HOST AND EMCEE! CAT I'LL POP UP HERE AND THERE ALL AND YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHERE, WHO OR WHAT HE MIGHT BE! CAT ALL YOU'LL SEE! YOU'LL SEE! CAT TAKE A TIP FROM THE CAT AND HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT! ALL 'CAUSE THIS AIN'T MOTHER GOOSE! CAT THINK RIGHT OVER THE BRINK! ALL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! MEN WOMEN SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS! SEU-U-U-U-U SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! CAT AN UNUSUAL STORY WILL SOON BE UNFURLED OF AN ELEPHANT TRYING TO SAVEA SMALL WORLD AND A BOY FROM THAT WORLD WHO HAS TROUBLES GALORE.... CAT JUST THINK! WHOS FROM THE PLANET OF WHO JOJO AND THE SMALLEST OF SMALL. CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE TO THE JUNGLE OF NOOL, HORTON AND THE LARGEST OF ALL GROUP I GROUP 2 YOU THINK 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 AND THINK AND THINK AND THINK AND THINK AND THINK AND THINK! AND THINK! ALL JUST THINK! OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK THINK AND WONDER AND DREAM- FAR AND WIDE AS YOU DARE! CAT OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! ALL WHEN YOUR THINKS HAVE RUN DRY, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE THERE'S ANOTHER THINK THERE! IF YOU OPEN YOUR MIND, OH, THE THINKS YOU WILL FIND LINING UP TO GET LOOSE! OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK BARITONES AND BASSES OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! TENORS OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK! ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! GROUP I GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 SEU-U-U-U SEU ... SEU.. SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU ... SEU.. SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU-U-U-U SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU-U-U-U-U SEU ... SEU ... SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! ALL SEUSS! ~ JUNGLE DRUMS BEGIN. THE "JUNGLE OF NOOL” IS REVEALED. HORTON THE ELEPHANT IS BATHING IN A JUNGLE POOL. THE JUNGLE CITIZENS ENTER, ALONG WITH THE BIRD GIRLS, (A FLAMBOYANT "GIRL GROUP" OF THE JUNGLE ) HORTON HEARS A WHO JUNGLE CITIZENS WHO WHO WAH DAH WHO WHO WHO WAH DAH DAH DAH WHO WHO WAH DAH WHO WHO HORTON 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 JUNGLE CITIZENS SPLASH! HORTON ENJOYING THE JUNGLE'S GREAT JOYS WHEN HORTON THE ELEPHANT BIRD GIRLS HORTON THE ELEPHANT HORTON, BIRD GIRLS, ALL HORTON THE ELEPHANT HORTON HEARD A SMALL NOISE. MAYOR (OFFSTAGE VOICE) HELP! HELP! BIRD GIRL #1 SO HORTON STOPPED SPLASHING HE LOOKED TOWARD THE SOUND HORTON THAT'S FUNNY. BIRD GIRLS THOUGHT HORTON- HORTON THERE’S NO ONE AROUND. BIRD GIRL #3 THEN HE HEARD IT AGAIN BIRD GIRL #2 JUST A VERY FAINT YELP HORTON AS IF SOME TINY PERSON WERE CALLING FOR HELP MAYOR (OFFSTAGE VOICE) HELP! HELP! HORTON I'LL HELP YOU BIRD GIRLS SAID HORTON HORTON BUT WHO ARE YOU, AND WHERE? BIRD GIRLS HE LOOKED AND HE LOOKED. HE COULD SEE NOTHING THERE HORTON BUT A SMALL SPECK OF DUST BLOWING PAST, HORTON, BIRD GIRLS THROUGH THE AIR. HORTON 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 LITTLE 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- HORTON JUNGLE CITIZENS SMALL... WHO WHO WAH DAH WHO WHO WHO WAH DAH DAH DAH WHO WHO WAH DAH WHO WHO BIRD GIRLS # 1,2,3 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 SAFE! BIRD GIRLS ON A VERY SOFT CLOVER. ~ BIGGEST BLAME FOOL SOUR KANGAROO HUMPF! ... HUMPFED A VOICE. 'TWAS A SOUR KANGAROO, AND THE YOUNG KANGAROO IN HER POUCH SAID: YOUNG KANGAROO (HAND PUPPET PLAYED BY SOUR KANGAROO) "HIJMPFI" SOUR KANGAROO TOO! SOUR KANGAROO WHY THAT SPECK IS AS SMALL AS THE HEAD OFA 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, YOUNG KANGAROO AND I THINK SO AS WELL! SOUR KANGAROO MAYBE I'M NASTY, MAYBE I'M CRUEL BUT YOU'RE THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL YOUNG KANGAROO IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL. HORTON 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. AND WHAT'S MORE, QUITE LIKELY THERE'S TWO, EVEN THREE, EVEN FOUR! (THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS ENTER, COOL AND MENACING. THEY ARE A TRIO OF MONKEYS) WICKERSHAM #2 HA! LAUGHED A VOICE! WICKERSHAM #1,3 HA! LAUGHED SOME OTHERS! WICKERSHAMS HA! HA! HA! LAUGHED THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS! OH, HE'S THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL AND MONKEYS LIKE US SHOULD KNOW. SOUR KANGAROO NO, NO, NO, NO! WICKERSHAMS WE'VE BEEN OUT ON A LIMB LOOKIN' DOWN ON HIM- WICKERSHAM #1 AND HE'S FAT! WICKERSHAM #2 HE'S DUMB! WICKERSHAM #3 HE'S SLOW! SOUR KANGAROO UH HUH! SOUR KANGAROO & WICKERSHAMS 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 WICKERSHAM #3 BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL WICKERSHAMS & BIRD GIRLS & SOUR KANGAROO TALKIN' TO A SPECK - TALKIN' TO A SPECK - TO A SPECK OF DUST! WICKERSHAM #3 BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL SOUR KANGAROO R-E-S-P-E-C-K! OH, PLEASE! TAKE THAT SPECK AWAY! ALL DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU, DiD YOU HEAR? BIRD GIRLS THROTIGH THE JIJNGLE, THE NEWS QUICKLY SPREAD. ALL DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR? BIRD GIRLS HE TALKS TO A DUSTSPECK! HE'S OUT OFHIS HEAD! CAT (AS TALK SHOW MOST, AD LIBS TO THE AUDIENCE) OUR TOPIC TODAY IS "PSYCHIC ELEPHANTS WHO HE4R VOICES.' WHADDAYA THINK, FOLKS... IS THE ELEPHANT OFF HIS TRUNK? WE’LL HE RIGHT BACK WITH "SPECK”, "CLOVER”, “DUST”, “NEIGHEOR", 'WHO'.... (HE HOLDS THE MICROPHONE TO THE CLOVER FOR A BEAT) STAY TUNED - WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK! ALL BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL (THE CAT INTERVIEWS GERTRUDE MOFUZZ) GERTRUDE I'M GERTUDE MCFUZZ, AND I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. HE'S NEVER DONE ANYTHING CRAZY BEFORE. ALL BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL GERTRUDE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDLY AND LOYAL AND KIND. I JUST DON'T BELIEVE HORTON'S OUT OF HIS MIND! ALL DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR? (MAYZIE LA BIRD IS NOW INTERVIEWED) MAYZIE I'M MAYZIE LA BIRD AND I LIVE IN THAT TREE. ALL DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR? MAYZIE ENOUGH ABOUT HORTON. LET’S TALK ABOUT ME! MAYZIE, BIRD GIRLS LET'S TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT... ME! ALL (EXCEPT HORTON & GERTRUDE) TALKIN' TO A SPECK TALKIN'TO A SPECK TO A SPECK OF DUST WICKERSHAM #3 SOUR KANGAROO BLAME FOOL IN THE JUST A FOOL, JUST A FOOL JUNGLE OF NOOL JUST A FOOL ALL (EXCEPT HORTON & GERTRUDE) TALKIN' TO A SPECK TALKIN' TO A SPECK TO A SPECK OF DUST WICKERSHAM #3 SOUR KANGAROO BLAME FOOL IN THE FOOL! JUNGLE OF NOOL HORTON I JUST HAVE TO SAVE THEM, BECAUSE AFTER ALL A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL. HORTON &GERTRUDE A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW... ALL (EXCEPT HORTON & GERTRUDE) BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL IN THE JUNGLE, ANYWHERE. CHECK THE BIG NERVOUS WRECK WHO'S PROTECTIN' A SPECK WHEN HE KNOWS THERE'S NO ONE THERE! WICKERSHAMS #1,2,3 ACTIN' AS IF HE'S HOLDIN' A JEWEL SOUR KANGAROO SOMEBODY STUCK A TRUNK ON A MULE! BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF ALL SOUR KANGAROO NOOL, NOOL, NOOL! (RIFFS) IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL, NOOL, NOOL! IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL, NOOL, NOOL! (ALL EXIT MISS GERTRUDE MCFUZZ SINGS -ON THE FIFTEENTH OF MAY' REPRISE, AS SHE TAKES NOTICE OF HORTON. HE IS LEFT ALONE. HE HEARS THE CRY AGAIN) ~ HERE ON WHO MAYOR (OFFSTAGE) HELP! HELP! CAT THEN HE HEARD IT AGAIN. THAT SMALL CRY IN THE BLUE. MAYOR (OFFSTAGE) HELP! CAT HORTON STILL COULDN'T SEE THEM... BUT I’LL SHOW THEM TO YOU! (THE CAT HOLDS A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO HORTON'S CLOVER, AND AS HE DOES, A LARGE ONE DESCENDS AND WE SEE MR. AND MRS. MAYOR) HORTON HELLO? IS ANYONE THERE? WHO ARE YOU? MAYOR WELL, WE'RE WHO’S HERE. WE ARE WHOS HERE. SMALLER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE. IT'S TRUE, SIR. WE'RE WHO'S WHO, SIR. I'M A WHO AND SO IS SHE. MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR WE'RE TINY LITTLE PEOPLE BLOWING BY IN THE AIR, WONDERING HOW AND WHY WE'RE ON WHO, THE TI-INIEST PLANET IN THE SKY! (THE ENTIRE WHO POPULATION ENTERS) WHOS A-LADELA-DELADELA WHO WHO A-LADELA-DELADELA WHO TWO WHO SOPRANOS WHO! WHOS A-LADELA-DELADELA WHO WHO A-LADELA-DELA... WE'RE WHOS HERE, WIN OR LOSE HERE, STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE. EACH GUST PRO- PELS OUR DUST. OH, HOW THE HECK DO WHOS SURVIVE? AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT WE COULD CRASH OR BE DROWNED, HITTING THE GROUND, OH MY! HERE ON WHO, THE TI-INIEST PLANET IN THE SKY WHO MEN WHO WOMEN WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO! MAYOR I'M THE MAYOR. WHO MEN WHO WOMEN WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO! MRS. MAYOR I'M HIS WIFE. WHO MEN WHO WOMEN WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO! MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR JUST IMAGINE THE WHOS' UNUSUAL LIFE! WHO FAMILY #1 PICTURE THE TINIEST HOUSES AND GROCERY STORES. WHO WOMEN WHO... WHO FAMILY #2 TINY UMBRELLAS THAT DRIP ON THE TINIEST FLOORS. WHO MEN WHO... WHO FAMILY #3 THE TINIEST TUNNELS AND TINIEST STREETS. WHO FAMILY #4 MINIATURE BUSES WITH MINIATURE SEATS. WHO FAMILY #5 MINIATURE BUILDINGS WITH MINIATURE WINDOWS AND DOORS! HORTON NO SMALLER TOWN THAN YOURS (THE WHO MARCHING BAND ENTERS) WHOS WE'VE GOT A MARCHING BAND THAT IS SMALL BUT GRAND OH, YOU OUGHT TO HEAR THEM WAIL! (THE BAND PLAYS A FEW WILD RIFFS ON STRANGE WHO INSTRUMENTS) WHOS AND THE GRINCH IS HERE AND EVERY YEAR, GRINCH I RE-ENACT MYCHRISTMAS TALE! (HE BEGINS TO DECLAIM) EVERY WHO DOWN IN WHOVILLE LIKED CHRISTMAS A LOT.. BUT THE GRINCH, WHO LIVED JUST NORTH OF WHOVILLE DID NOT! (AS THE WHOS DANCE, HORTON ACCIDENTALLY TIPS THE CLOVER AT VARIOUS ANGLES, CAUSING THE WHOS TO TEETER OFF-BALANCE.) MAYOR IMAGINE A PLACE THAT IS TIDY AND TOTALLY CLEAN, WHO$ WHO... GRINCH WHERE EVEN A GRINCH WOULDN'T DARE TO BE TOTALLY MEAN! WHOS WHO... MAYOR YOU THINK THAT IT'S HEAVEN ON EARTH YES, YOU DO! BUT HEAVEN ON EARTH ISN'T HEAVEN ON WHO! WHOS TROUBLES ON WHO ARE THE BIGGEST THAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN. MAYOR WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF WAR, THEY SAY WHOS, MAYOR WE'RE GOING TO WAR, AND OH MY! MAYOR 'CAUSE IF WE DO, THEN HERE ON WHO WHOS, MAYOR WELL, YOU CAN KISS WHOVILLE GOODBYE! MAYOR OUR SKIES ARE UNBEARABLY DARK MRS. MAYOR AND WAR IS UNBEARABLY NEAR... MAYOR AND THAT'S NOT THE END OF OUR TROUBLES HERE... WHOS FOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN THE TRUFFULA TREES WERE ALL CUT DOWN. THEY ONCE STOOD TALL, IN ALL THEIR GLORY- BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY... SO HERE ON WHO WE LIVE IN FEAR. WE'RE DRIFTING THROUGH SPACE AND CANNOT STEER! A TROUBLED AND A TINY LAND ... OUR FUTURE'S IN YOUR HAND ... IT'S UP TO YOU, SIR. PLEASE HELP WHO, SIR. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARS. YOU MUST, SIR! MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR SAVE OUR DUST, SIR! SAVE OUR DUST, SIR! NOW THAT WE HAVE REACHED YOUR EARS! WE'RE TINY LITTLE PEOPLE SAYING THANKS IN ADVANCE HOPING PERCHANCE, YOU'LL TRY! HERE ON WHO, THE TI-INIEST PLANET IN THE SKY... HORTON I WON'T LET YOU DOWN. NO, I WON’T LET YOU FALL. A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL. A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL. WHOS (GRATEFULLY) WHO! (THE CAT IN THE HAT "ZOOMS IN" TO THE TINY PLANET OF WHO WITH HIS MAGNIFYING GLASS, AND WE MEET THE MAYOR AND HIS FAMILY.) MR. MAYOR I'M THE MAYOR OF WHO. WHY I'VE JUST BEEN ELECTED. AND UPRIGHT BEHAVIOR IS THUS FORTH EXPECTED. YET HERE SITS MY SON WHO’S SENT HOME BY HIS TEACHERS FOR THINKING STRANGE "THINKS' AND INVENTING STRANGE CREATURES! MRS. MAYOR WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK WITH YOUR TEACHERS TODAY AND I HOPE THEY HAVE NO THING TOO AWFUL TO SAY IF YOU'RE HUNGRY THERE'S SCHLOPP IN THE FRIG-A-MERATOR. MR. MAYOR WE'RE LATE. MRS. MAYOR HERE'S A KISS. MR. MAYOR AND WELL BOTH SEE YOU LATER. (THEY EXIT, JOJO SITS. A CLOCK TICKS. TIME PASSES. AFTER AWHILE HE SENSE$ SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. THE CAT MAGICALLY APPEARS-) A DAY FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT CAT YOU'RE SAD! OH DEAR! WELL, LUCKIL Y FOR YOU THE CAT IS HERE! THINK OF A DAY THAT IS RAINY AND GRAY AND AS DULL AS THEY COME. AND THERE IS NOBODY THERE. AND YOU'RE KICKIN' A CHAIR AND IT'S OH SO HO HUM! NOTHIN' TO DO AND NOBODY BUT YOU ON A DAY THAT IS FLATTER THAN FLAT. WELL, THAT IS A DAY FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT! THINK OF A HOUSE THAT IS SMALL AS A MOUSE AND AS NEAT AS A PIN. OH, IT'S SO TIDY AND CLEAN IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AND YOUR FOLKS ARE NOT IN! NO ONE BUT YOU SINCE A QUARTER TO TWO AND YOU'VE SAT AND YOU'VE SAT AND YOU'VE SAT! OH, THAT IS THE TIME FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT (THE CAT IN THE HAT BRINGS ON A LARGE BOX. WHEN HE OPENS IT, THE CAT'S HELPERS SPILL OUT.) CAT THE CAT IN THE HAT IN THE HAT IN THE HAT IN THE HAT! ONE HELPER THE CAT TWO HELPERS AND THE CAT THREE HELPERS AND THE CAT FOUR HELPERS AND THE CAT CAT,HELPERS IN THE HAT! THINK OF A DAY THAT IS RAINY AND GRAY AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME TRICKS! 'CAUSE THERE IS NO ONE BUT YOU AND YOUR FOLKS AREN'T DUE TILL A QUARTER PAST SIX! BOUNCE ON THE BRINK OF WHATEVER YOU THINK AND OH, WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT! JOJO, CAT, HELPERS AND THAT IS THE FUN OF THE CAT IN THE HAT! (A DANCE BREAK, IN WHICH THE CAT AND HIS HELPERS GET UP TO ALL KINDS OF MISCHIEF, INCLUDING MESSING UP HOUSE. SPRAYING SILLY STRING, BOUNCING ON TRAMPOLINES AND FLYING KITES,) CAT,HELPERS YOU'VE GOT A MIND THAT IS ONE OF A KIND SO WHY HIDE IT AWAY! IT'S TIME TO OPEN THE LOCKS AND THINK OUT OF THE BOX AND TODAY IS YOUR DAY! BOUNCE ON THE BRINK OF WHATEVER YOU THINK AND OH, WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT? JO JO, CAT, HELPERS AND THAT IS THE FUN OF THE CAT... (THE CAT AND JOJO REALIZE THAT THE PARENTS ARE COMING HOME. ALL QUICKLY CLEAN UP THE MESS.) CAT,HELPERS IN THE HAT! (JOJO'S PARENTS RETURN) CAT THE CAT IN THE HAT! (THE CAT VANISHES AS THE PARENTS ENTER. EVERYTHING IS INSTANTLY THE WAY IT WAS. JOJO'S PARENTS TELL HIM THAT HE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL FOR HIS WILD "THINKS." AFTER SCOLDING HIM, THEY SEND HIM TO BED.) MAYOR NOW TAKE YOUR BATH AND GO TO BED. MRS. MAYOR AND THINK SOME NORMAL THINKS INSTEAD. (MR. AND MRS. MAYOR EXIT, LEAVING JCJO ALONE. AS HE SINGS, HIS BATHTUB APPEARS. WE HEAR WATER DRIPPING.) ~ IT'S POSSIBLE (MCELLIGOT'S POOL) JO JO TRY NOT TO THINK. TRY TO BEHAVE. TRY NOT TO THINK. I'LL THINK OF TAKING A BATH IN A DRIPPY OLD TUB GOING PLINK. PLINK. PLINK. PLINK! BUT WHEN I THINK OF THAT PLINKETY PLINK I SEE FISH SWIMMING BY IN A SCHOOL HEY MAYBE THIS TUB IS... "MCELLIG0T'S POOL.' JOJO 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! IT'S POSSIBLE! ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE! (JOJO'S BATHTUB BEGINS TO RISE MAGICALLY) 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. UMBR0SO! ... WHO'S HANGING OUT CLOTHES! IT'S POSSIBLE! ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. THIS MIGHT BE A RIVER , NOW MIGHTN'T IT BE, CONNECTING MEELLIGOT'S POOL WITH THE SEA THEN MAYBE SOME FISH MIGHT BE SWIMMING... SWIMMING TOWARD ME! (WE ARE SUDDENLY UNDERWATER. SEUSSIAN FISH APPEAR, AND SWOOP THROUGH THE WATER-THEY PERFORM SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, SURFBOARDING, ALL WITH JOJO) FISH, JOJO FALSETTO GROUP AH! 00-WEE-EE-EE-EE-OOH! IT'S POSSIBLE! IT'S POSSIBLE... AH! 00-WEE-EE-EE-EE-OOH! IT'S POSSIBLEI IT'S POSSIBLE... AH! JOJO FISH OH, THE SEA IS SO FULL OOH ... WAH-OOH ... OF A NUMBER OF FISH IF A FELLOW IS PATIENT OOH ... WAH-OOH ... HE MIGHT GET HIS WISH! AND THAT'S WHY I THINK OOH ... WAH-OOH ... THAT I'M NOT SUCH A FOOL WHEN I SIT HERE AND FISH WHEN I SIT HERE AND FISH IN McELLIGOT'S POOL! IT'S POSSIBLE. IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S POSSIBLE ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. IT'S POSSIBLE. IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S POSSIBLE ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. POSSIBLE. IT'S POSSIBLE... (AND NOW, THE FISH MIRACULOUSLY APPEAR UPSIDE DOWN AND ALL AROUND JOJO.) JOJO & FISH ANYTHING'S... POSSIBLE! (JOJO GOES TO BED. IrS THE NEXT MORNING. JOJO'S PARENTS ENTER. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SON) HOW TO RAISE A CHILD MRS. MAYOR HE'S A PERFECT LITTLE BOY BUT HE'S ACTING VERY STRANGE. MAYOR IS IT ALL A PART OF GROWING UP OR DID SOMETHING MAKE HIM CHANGE? WE COULD JUST LAY DOWN THE LAW. MRS. MAYOR WE COULD SIMPLY LET HIM GROW. MAYOR & MRS. 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. (THE CONDUCTOR HANDS MAYOR AND MFTS MAYOR A BROCHURE, TOUTING A SCHOOL WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER TO THEIR PROBLEMS WITH JOJO. WHEN THEY FINISH READING IT, GENERAL GENGHIS KAHN SCHMITZ GRANDLY ARRIVES.) THE MILITARY SCHMITZ I'M GENERAL GENGHIS KAHN SCHMITZ. I SCARE CHILDREN OUT OF THEIR WITS. BUT YOU'LL SEE AT A GLANCE, SIR, MY SCHOOL IS THE ANSWER FOR SHIRKERS AND DREAMERS AND TWITS... AND IN THIS CASE, I'D SAY THE SHOE FITS! TEN HUT! FEET TOGETHER. CHIN UP. EYES ON THE PRIZE, FORWARD ... HARCH! (JOJO BEGINS TO MARCH IN PLACE) SCHMITZ THE MILITARY ACADEMY 15 THE PLACE WHERE HE SHOULD BE SENT. WE'LL DRILL THE SILLINESS FROM HIS HEAD- I'M SURE WE'LL MAKE A DENT! WE'LL TEACH HIM FIGHTING AND LEFT AND RIGHTING UNTIL HE'S MUSCLED AND TAN! A-HUT-TWO-THREE! HE'S PATHETIC! A-HUT-TWO-THREE! UNATHLETIC! A-HUT-TWO-THREE! BUT I'M BETTING WE CAN! THE MILITARY! THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BOY... A MAN! (CADETS ENTER-CHILDREN TRYING TO BEHAVE LIKE SOLDIERS.) CADETS SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ. SCHMITZ THE MILITARY’S EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD FOR SOMEBODY MEEK. HE’LL BUNK WITH BULLIES WHO BEAT HIM UP - CADETS AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK! SCHMITZ HE'LL SWEAT AND SHIVER AND EAT RAW LIVER. IT'S ALL A PART OF THE PLAN! CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE! SCHMITZ WHEN THEY SUFFER, CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE! SCHMITZ BOYS GET TOUGHER! CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE! SCHMITZ AND IT'S TIME HE BEGAN! CADETS THE MILITARY! THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BOY .... THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BOY... A MAN! A MAN! CADETS SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ! (SCHMITZ HANDS JOJD'S PARENTS A CONTRACT THEY SIGN IT, AND MARCH OFF OBEDIENTLY. SCHMITZ TURNS TO JOJO) SCHMITZ OUR BOYS BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT OF EVERY WHO TO EAT THEIR BREAD BUTTER SIDE UP! CADETS BUTTER SIDE UP! SCHMITZ ONE THING WE TRUST ON THIS FRAGILE SPEC OF DUST IS EATING BREAD BUTTER SIDE UP! JOJO BUTTER SIDE UP? SCHMITZ AND AS FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR BUTTER DOWN CADETS DOWN! DOWN! DOWN! SCHMITZ WE'LL NUCLEATE ‘EM! (SFX: SQUISH) WE’LL SPIFF-LICAT ‘EM! (SFX: LARGE SPRING) SCHMITZ, CADETS WE'LL GO TO WAR AND RUN THEM OUT OF TOWN! (DANCE BREAK IN WHICH SCHMITZ LEADS THE CADETS AND JDJO IN A SERIES OF SILLY MANEUVERS. JOJO CAN'T KEEP UP OR FIT IN.) CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE! SCHMITZ WE ENLIST ‘EM. CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE SCHMITZ IN OUR SYSTEM. AND BOYS SOON SEE NOTHING'S EASIER THAN... THE MILITARY! SCHMITZ CADETS THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BOY... THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BOY... THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BOY ... THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BOY... A MAN!!! A MAN!!! (THE NUMBER ENDS) CADETS (AS THEY EXIT) SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ! SCHMITZ I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM! CADETS DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM! SCHMITZ I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM I AM! CADETS DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM I AM! SCHMITZ SOUND OFF! CADETS EGGS AND HAM! SCHMITZ SOUND OFF! CADETS SAM I AM! SCHMITZ & CADETS I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS... AND HAM! (THE CADETS CARRY JOJO TO A BUNK BED AND DEPOSIT HIM THERE. WE SEE HORTON, ALONE WITH HIS CLOVER. STARS COME OUT.) ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE HORTON 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 I'LL TRY NOT TO MIND, FOR I HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT THEY’LL NEVER FIND! 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 WELL, I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN AT ONE TIME OR OTHER, GREAT THINKERS ALL FEEL THIS WAY! I'M ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE. SO ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE. I'VE FOUND MAGIC BUT THEY DON'T SEE IT THEY ALL CALL ME A LUNATIC. OK, CALL ME A LUNATIC. IF I STAND ON MY OWN, SO BE IT. 'CAUSE I HAVE WINGS. YES, I CAN FLY AROUND THE MOON AND FAR BEYOND THE SKY AND ONE DAY SOON I KNOW THERE YOU'LL BE ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE WHO BELIEVES IN ME... JOJO HORTON I'M ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE. SO ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE. MY OWN PLANETS AND STARS ARE GLOWING. ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE NO ONE NOTICES ANYTHING. NOT ONE PERSON IS LISTENING. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING. NOBODY KNOWS THAT I HAVE WINGS I HAVE WINGS. YES, I CAN FLY I CAN FLY AROUND THE MOON AND FAR BEYOND THE SKY BEYOND THE SKY BOTH WELL SOMEDAY SOON YOU WILL HEAR MY PLEA HORTON ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE JOJO ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE BOTH PLEASE BELIEVE IN ME ... HORTON HELLO...HELLO? JOJO (STARTLED) HELLO? HORTON WHO'S THERE? JOJO IT'S ME, JOJO. THE MAYOR'S SON. HORTON I'M HORTON. THE ELEPHANT JOJO ARE YOU REAL, OR ARE YOU A VERY LARGE THINK? HORTON OH, I'M REAL, ALL RIGHT I WOULD STATE THAT IN INK. JOJO 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! HORTON WELL, FOR ME THAT GOES DOUBLE. JOJO SOMETIMES MY THINKS ARE WHAT GE ME IN TROUBLE. HORTON WHEN YOU THINK, DO YOU DREAM? JOJO IN BRIGHT COLORS! HORTON ME TOO. AND I GO TO STRANGE PLACES LIKE SOLLA SOLLEW! JOJO WHEN YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD FLY TO THE STARS? HORTON LITTLE FRIEND, NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE THINKS SUCH AS OURS! (HORTON AND JOJO MAGICALLY BEGIN TO FLY THROUGH THE STARRY UNIVERSE.) HORTON JOJO YES, I HAVE WINGS. I HAVE WINGS AND I CAN FLY I CAN FLY ... AROUND THE MOON AND FAR BEYOND THE SKY BEYOND THE SKY ... YOU CALLED MY NAME AND YOU SET ME FREE- ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE JOJO ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE BOTH WHO BELIEVES IN ME. HORTON GOODNIGHT JOJO. JOJO GOODNIGHT HORTON. SEE YOU IN SOLLA SOLLEW! (GERTRUDE McFUZZ ENTERS.THE CONDUCTOR PRESENTS HER WITH A GUITAR. SHE BEGINS TO STRUM,) THE ONE FEATHER TAIL OF MISS GERTRUDE McFUZZ GERTRUDE 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. SHE CURLED IT. SHE DYED IT SHE GAVE IT A PUFF. SHE DECKED IT WITH FLOWERS BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. 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. (NOW THE EXTRAORDINARY MAYZIE LA BIRD AND HER BIRD GIRLS APPEAR. THEY DANCE AROUND GERTRUDE, SIZING HER UP WITH SCORN AND PITY) MAYZIE 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? AND THERE'S CERTAINLY NOTHING SHOWOFF-ISH ON YOU! GERTRUDE THANK YOU, MAYZIE MAYZIE 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- BIRD GIRLS DOCTOR DAKE BY THE LAKE! MAYZIE AND HE TOLD ME WHAT 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! MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS AMAYZING MAYZIE! MAYZIE THE BIRDS ARE ALL WHISTLING AT ME NOW. MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS AMAYZING MAYZIE! MAYZIE BABY, THAT'S MY TAIL! BIRD GIRLS HIGH OR LOW GERTRUDE GEE, IT'S FABULOUS! BIRD GIRLS WATCH HER GO GERTRUDE GEE, I'M ENVIOUS! BIRD GIRLS TO AND FRO,- MAYZIE'S FABULOUS TAIL! GERTRUDE I WISH I HAD ONE LIKE IT. BIRD GIRLS LEFT AND RIGHT GERTRUDE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. BIRD GIRLS DAY OR NIGHT MAYZIE KID, YOU'RE TURNING GREEN! GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS WHAT A SIGHT- MAYZIE'S FABULOUS TAIL! MAYZIE BIRD GIRLS GET THOSE PILLS GET THE PILLS AND YOU CAN HAVE FRILLS FRILLS! MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE. AND YOU CAN BE AMAYZING- MAYZIE ALMOST.. AS AMAYZING... AS ME!!! AMAYZING GERTRUDE GERTRUDE 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? (THE CAT APPEARS WEARING A STETHOSCOPE.) CAT (AS DOCTOR DAKE-IN GERMAN) "TUT TUT!", SAGT DER DOCKTOR, DIESE GESPRA CHE IST ZU VERUCKTI IHR KLEINER FEDER SWANZE IST SENAU RICHTIG FUR IHR VOGEL ART! GERTRUDE HUH?? CAT (AS DOCTOR DAKE) IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR LITTLE TAIL IS JUST RIGHT FOR YOUR KIND OF BIRD! GERTRUDE THEN GERTRUDE HAD TANTRIJMS. SHE RAISED SUCH A DIN THAT FINALLY THE DOCTOR JUST HAD TO GIVE IN. CAT (AS DOCTOR BAKE) (REACTS TO HER TANTRUM) ALRIGHTALREADY! SITTE SHBEN HERR MIT DER PILL- BERRY BUSH! MEINE GUTE! (THE BIRD GIRLS BRING ON A PILLBERRY BUSH. GERTRUDE TAKES SOME OF THE PILLS) GERTRUDE GULP! GULP! GULP! GULP GULP GULP! 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 BIRD GIRLS JUST LOOK AT THE TAIL SHE IS SPORTIN, GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS AMAYZING GERTRUDE GERTRUDE THANK YOU, DOCTOR DAKE! BIRD GIRLS THANKS, DOC! GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS AMAYZING GERTRUDE! GERTRUDE AND HOPEFULLY I'LL IMPRESS HORTON! BIRD GIRLS AMAYZING GERTRUDE... (SHE STARTS TAKING MORE PILLS) GERTRUDE ONE MORE PILL WILL DO ME GOOD YES, IT WILL! ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE PILL BIRD GIRLS SOON, SHE'LL HAVE THE BIGGEST TAIL... SHE'LL HAVE THE BIGGEST TAIL! GERTRUDE I'LL HAVE THE BIGGEST TAIL! GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS THE BIGGEST TAIL OF... GERTRUDE ALL! BIRD GIRLS ALL! (GERTRUDE AND THE BIRD GIRLS EXIT, AS LIGHTS COME UP ON ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE. IT'S DARK AND MENACING. THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS ENTER) MONKEY AROUND WICKERSHAMS YEAH! WICKERSHAM #1 THERE’S A RUSTLE IN THE BUSHES. THERE’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“VOCALLY LOW” MEN) WENT HORTON THE ELEPHANT CHASING THE WHOS CHASING THE WHOS! CHASING THE WHOS! CHASING THE... CHASING THE WHOS! (THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS STOP RUNNING AND FACE THE OUT-OF- BREATH HORTON) WICKERSHAM #1 STILL CHASING YOUR DUST? WHY IT'S SAFE AS CAN BE. WICKERSHAM #2 WE'RE MONKEYS TO TRUST OR DON'T YOU AGREE? WICKERSHAM #3 WELL, JUST TO BE SURE WE ARE HANDING IT Off WICKERSHAMS TO A BLACK-BOTTOMED EAGLE NAMED-- VLAD VLADIKOFF VLAD VLADIKOFF!! (THE EAGLE SWOOPS IN AND GRABS THE CLOVER. AND THE CHASE CONTINUES-HORTON RUNS BELOW, AND THE EAGLE FLIES ABOVE) HORTON NO! PLEASE! WAIT!! BIRD GIRLS ALL THAT LATE AFTERNOON AND FAR INTO THE NIGHT THAT BLACK-BOTTOMED BIRD FLAPPED HIS WINGS IN FAST FLIGHT, AND HE PAID NO ATTENTION TO HORTON'S LOUD CALL: HORTON A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL! (WE NOW SEE THE WHOS BEING SWEPT FROM SIDE TO SIDE AS THE EAGLE SWOOPS, DIVES AND SOMESAULTS. THE WHOS CLING TO ONE ANOTHER IN TERROR) WHOS (SCREAMING) OOOH ... AAAHHH!!! WE'RE WHOS HERE! WE'RE ALL WHOS HERE! PLEASE DON'T LET US FALL! AAAH! WE'RE WHOS HERE. WE COULD BRUISE HERE! HELPLESS, WEAK AND SMALL. ALL (INCLUDING WHOS) ON HORTON TRAVELLED N THAT BIRD FLEW. AND, OH, THERE WAS TROUBLE, WHOS TROUBLE ON WHO! ALL (INCLUDING WHOS) THAT BLACK-BOTTOMED EAGLE WAS CRUEL AS COULD BE... HORTON 'CAUSE AT SIX FIFTY-SIX, VLAD VLADIKOFF DROPPED IT THE CLOVER WENT TUMBLING AND NOBODY STOPPED IT! HEAD OVER HEELS, ONE HUNDRED MILES DOWN, FELL THE POOR LITTLE WHOS AND THEIR WHOLE TINY TOWN (THE CLOVER DROPS, AND THE WHOS SCREAM.) WHOS AAAH! (THE CAT IS REVEALED-HE FREEZES THE WHOS IN MID-FALL) HOW LUCKY YOU ARE CAT WHEN THE NEWS IS ALL BAD, WHEN YOU’RE SOUR AND BLUE, WHEN YOU START TO GET MAD YOU SHOULD DO WHAT I DO- (THE WHOS FALL A FEW MORE FEET) WHOS AAAH! CAT IN THE HAT TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE... WHEN YOUR LIFE'S GOING WRONG WHEN THE FATES ARE UNKIND WHEN YOU'RE LIMPING ALONG AND GET KICKED FROM BEHIND TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE... (THE WHOS FALL AGAIN.) WHOS AAAH! CAT WHY DECRY A CLOUDY SKY AN EMPTY PURSE A CRAZY UNIVERSE? MY PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLY THINGS COULD BE WORSE! AH ... AH.. AH-CHOO! (THE CAT SNEEZES ALL OVER THE CLOVER AND THE WHOS REACT IN DISGUST) WHOS EWWW! CAT SO BE HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. THINK OF LIFE AS A THRILL AND IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE AS WE ALL KNOW IT WILL THANK YOUR LUCKY STAR YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR... AND TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! (THE CAT IS GONE, AND HORTON IS ALONE) HORTON THAT BIRD LET THAT CLOVER DROP SOMEWHERE INSIDE OFA GREAT PATCH OF CLOVERS, ONE HUNDRED MILES WIDE! I'LL FIND IT I'LL- FIND IT! I'LL FIND IT OR BUST! I'LL FIND My FRIENDS ON THEIR SMALL SPECK OF DUST. YES, CLOVER BY CLOVER BY CLOVER WITH CARE I'LL LISTEN AND I'LL CALL, ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOIJ THERE? ARE YOU THERE? (HORTON BEGINS HIS SEARCH FOR THE WHOS CLOVER BY CLOVER . GERTRUDE McFUZZ ENTERS. SHE NOW POSSESSES A LONG, MAGNIFI CENT TAIL! AS SHE SINGS TO HORTON, HE TAKES NO NOTICE WHATSOEVER, AND CONTINUES HIS SEARCH FOR HIS SPECK OF DUST) NOTICE ME, HORTON GERTRUDE 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 FACADE OF YOUR ODD LITTLE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR. 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 ONE HUNDRED AND TWO. ONE HUNDRED AND THREE. GERTRUDE OH, NOTICE ME, HORTON, FEATHER BY FEATHER. THIS IS YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR CALLING! NOTICE ME, HORTON. HORTON,TOGETHER WE COULD BE GREAT 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 OVER AND OVER, CLOVER BY CLOVER... (HORTON SINGS TO A CLOVER, NOT NOTICING THAT GERTRUDE IS SINGING TO HIM) GERTRUDE, HORTON 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... GERTRUDE 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... HORTON OH, THE WORLD WOULD BE SOMETHING NEW GERTRUDE NOTICE ME, HORTON HORTON IF THEY NOTICED A THING OR TWO... GERTRUDE NOTICE ME, HORTON GERTRUDE, HORTON THE WAY I NOTICE YOU. (THE NUMBER ENDS WITH HORTON STARING LONGINGLY AT A CLOVER AND GERTRUDE STARING LONGINGLY AT HIM SHE EXITS. A TICKING CLOCK CREATES A TIME JUMP.) HORTON TWO MILLION, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE. IT'S HOPELESS. (A VOICE IS HEARD OVER HORTON'S HEAD) MAYZIE YOU SAID IT KID. HORTON WHO'S THERE? MAYZIE IT'S ME. MAYZE. UP HERE. HORTON MAYZIE .. ARE YOU ON A NEST? MAYZIE YEAH. YOU WANNA MAKE SOMETHING OF IT? HORTON NO, I JUST NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE YOU ON A NEST MAYZIE NEITHER DID 1, HORT NEITHER DID I (THE CAT RIDES OUT ON A SMALL, SEUSSIAN PIANO. HE PLAYS A JAZZ INTRO FOR MAYZIE,) HOW LUCKY YOU ARE (MAYZIE'S REPRISE) MAYZIE I WAS DOWN IN FORT WORTH, JUST A GIRL ON THE WING, WHEN I MET TWEET MCFIRTH. OH, COULD THAT FELLOW SING! TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! CAT HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE- MAYZIE IT WAS THREE WEEKS OF BLISS. THEN THE USUAL SEGUE: HE FLEW OFF TO SAN JUAN LEAVING ME WITH THIS EGG! TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! CAT HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! 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! I NEED A VACATION! I'M DUE FOR SOME REST- HEY, HORTON, WOULD YOU MAYBE LIKE TO SIT ON MY NEST-? (A BEAT, AS HORTON CONSIDERS THIS) HORTON (RELENTING) WELL, WE ALL NEED VACATIONS. 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. I NEED TO FIND JOJO. I'VE GOT TO SAVE WHO! MAYZIE HIT IT CAT! TOODLE-00001! (MAYZIE FLIES OFF, THRILLED WITH HER NEWFOUND FREEDOM. THE BIRD GIRLS ENTER, AS HORTON CLIMBS THE TREE AND GINGERLY SITS ON THE NEST) HORTON SITS ON THE EGG BIRD GIRLS THEN CAREFULLY, TENDERLY, GENTLY HE CREPT UP THE TRUNK TO THE NEST WHERE THE LITTLE EGG SLEPT. THEN HORTON THE ELEPHANT SMILED: HORTON NOW THAT'S THAT. BIRD GIFILS AND HE SAT AND HE SAT AND HE SAT AND HE SAT. HE SAT ALL THAT DAY AND HE KEPT THE EGG WARM ... AND HE SAT ALL THAT NIGHT THROUGH A TERRIBLE STORM ... (THE SEASONS CHANGE AS HORTON SITS ON THE EGG. GERTRUDE McFUZZ ENTERS, BRINGING HORTON A SCARE. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE'S GOTTEN A POSTCARD FROM MAYZIE WHO'S IN PALM BEACH. HORTON IS HORROFIED-WHAT IF MAYZIE NEVER COMES BACK TO RECLAIM HER EGG? GERTRUDE TRIES TO GET HORTON TO NOTICE HER NEW TAIL, WHICH IS NOW EXTREMELY LONG, BUT HE IS PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS OWN TROUBLES, GERTRUDE SIGHS AND EXITS) HORTON I CAN'T LEAVE THIS NEST. NO, I MEANT WHAT I SAID. THIS EGG MIGHT GET FROZEN BUT THE WHOS MIGHT BE DEAD! I COULDN’T SAY NO WHEN I HEARD MAYZIE BEG NOW I’M CAUGHT BETWEEN A DUST SPEC AND AN INCUBATING EGG! (SUDDENLY' HUNTERS SURROUND HORTON, AIMING GUNS AT HIS HEART. HORTON TRUMPETS IN TERROR) HELP! SOMEONE HELP! HUNTERS! HELPI! (THERE IS CHAOS. GERTRUDE TRIES TO FLY To HORTON'S AID, BUT CAN'T BECAUSE OF HER HEAVY TAIL. SHE WRESTLES WITH IT) GERTRUDE HORTON! ... HORTON! (THE CAT ENTERS AND ONCE AGAIN FREEZES THE TABLEAU THE HUNTERS, A TRAPPED AND STRUGGLING HORTON, THE HORRIFIED GERTRUDE. THE CAT TIPS THE SONG TO HORTON AND GERTRUDE, WHO BOTH UNFREEZE) HOW LUCKY YOU ARE / ACT I FINALE HORTON WHEN YOUR LIFE'S GOING WRONG AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHY GERTRUDE WHEN YOUR TAIL IS SO LONG YOU'RE UNABLE TO FLY! CAT & HORTON & GERTRUDE TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE. ALL (EXCEPT WHOS) WHY DECRY A CLOUDY SKY, AN EMPTY PURSE, A CRAZY UNIVERSE. MY PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLY: WHOS THINGS COULD BE WORSE! (LIGHTS COME UP ON THE MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR, CITIZENS OF WHO AND GENERAL GENGHIS KHAN SCHMITZ WITH JOJO. ALL ARE BANDAGED, BATTERED AND ON CRUTCHES) ALL SO BE HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. THINK OF LIFE AS A THRILL! AND IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE, AS WE ALL KNOW IT WILL, THANK YOUR LUCKY STAR YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR... CAT AND TELL YOURSELF... (THE CURTAIN BEGINS TO FALL, AND CONTINUES FALLING-AND AS IT DOES, THE CAT GETS CAUGHT IN A ROPE-HE IS PULLED UP INTO THE AIR. CHAOS ENSUES AS PEOPLE TRY TO RESCUE THE CAT) ALL (EXCEPT WHOS) WHOS HOW LUCKY YOU ARE... HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY YOU... HOW LUCKY YOU ARE... HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY YOU... HOW LUCKY YOU ARE... HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! HOW LUCKY YOU ARE! (THE CURTAIN FINALLY COVERS THEACTORS, INCLUDING THE DANGLING CAT.) END ACT 1 ACTII AFTER AN ENTRACTE, THE CATAPPEARS, STILL DANGLING HIGH IN THEAIR. HE CRASHES TO THE STAGEAND CRAWLS OUT FROM UAIDER THE CURTAIN ("HOW LUCKY YOU ARE REPRISE') TO BEGIN ACT II. HE REMINDS US OF THE EVENTS THAT ENDED ACT 1 - -HORTON TRAPPED BY HUNTERS, JOJO AT MILITARY SCHOOL, THE WHOS TRYING TO REPAIR THEIR DAMAGED TOWN, AND GERTRUDE, UNABLE TO FLY BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF HER TAIL, NOW SO LONG IT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE BIRD GIRLS. THE STORY RESUMES AS HORTON GETS CARRIED AWAY BY THE HUNTERS.) EGG, NEST AND TREE SOUR KANGAROO UP OUT OF THE JUNGLE UP INTO THE SKY. UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO TEN THOUSAND FEET HIGH. SOUR KANGAROO & BIRD GIRLS THEN DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS BIRD GIRLS & WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO AND DOWN TO THE SEA ALL WENT HORTON THE ELEPHANT EGG, NEST AND TREE. WOMEN EGG, NEST AND TREE!, MEN EGG, NEST AND TREE! ALL 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! (HORTON THROWS UPON ONE OF THE HUNTERS) JUST A SEASICK ELEPHANT EGG, NEST AND TREE. MEN NEST AND TREE ALL EGG, NEST AND TREE... MEN NEST AND TREE BIRD GIRL #1 AFTER BOBBING AROUND FOR TWO WEEKS LIKE A CORK. ALL (EXCEPT CAT IN THE HAT & HORTON) EGG, NEST AND TREE! BIRD GIRL #2 THEY LANDED AT LAST IN THE TOWN OF NEW YORK. ALL (EXCEPT CAT IN THE HAT & HORTON) EGG, NEST AND TREE! BIRD GIRL #3 HE WAS WET HE WAS TIRED. AND HUNGRYAND COLD. ALL (EXCEPT CAT & HORTON) EGG, NEST AND TREE! BIRD GIRLS THEN, HORTON WAS TAKEN TO AUCTION... (THE CAT APPEARS AS AN AUCTIONEER. AFTER A SPIEL, HE BANGS HIS GAVEL) CAT AND SOLD! TO THE MAN FROM THE CIRCUS! ALL (EXCEPT CAT & HORTON) SOLD ... SOLD ... SOLD ... EGG, NEST AND TREE. (JUNGLE CITIZENS EXIT MOURNFULLY, AS HORTON IS CARRIED OFF. THE CAT NOW TRANSFORMS HIMSELF FROM AUCTIONEER TO MR. McGURKUS, WHO INTRODUCE$ "THE CIRCUS MCGURKUS.' HE AND HIS ENTOURAGE OF CLOWNS, ROUSTABOUTS AND SHOWGIRLS PRESENT THE MANY EXOTIC CREATURES OF THE CIRCUS. BUT THE MAIN ATTRACTION IS HORTON THE ELEPHANT, SITTING ON HIS EGG, NEST AND TREE AND LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. WE SEE THE "CIRCUS ON THE ROAD." AS THEY JOUNCE FROM ONE TOWN TO THE NEXT, HORTON SINGS "HOW LUCKY YOU ARE REPRISE" AND WORRIES ABOUT JOJO AND THE MISSING WHOS. HE HOPES THAT MAYZIE WILL FIND HIM SOON AND FREE HIM FROM SITTING ON THE EGG S0 THAT HE CAN FIND THEM. AT LAST THE CIRCUS ARRIVES IN PALM BEACH, AND AS THEY EXIT, MAYZIE APPEARS, ON A CHAISE, LAZING IN THE SUN. ACCOMPANIED BY A SUAVE POOLBOY (PLAYED BY THE CAT) MAYZIE COMPLAINS THAT VACATION IS BORING, AND SHE CRAVES SOMETHING NEW TO D0. THE POOLBOY HANDS HER A FLIER FOR THE CIRCUS, AND SHE DECIDES TO GO.) MAYZIE IN PALM BEACH MAYZIE A CIRCUS! I LOVE A SHOW! I THINK I'LL GO! (MAYZIE ARRIVES AT THE CIRCUS, AND SUDDENLY FINDS HERSELF FACE-TO-FACE WITH HORTON.) MAYZIE GOOD GRACIOUS! I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE- NOW, LET'S SEE. - - HORTON WHY MAYZE, IT’S HORTON! REMEMBER? ITS ME! 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 AND HAIL STORMS AND SNOW! WON'T YOU TAKE BACK YOUR EGG? MAYZIE GEE. I REALLY DON'T KNOW.. OH, WOW, IT'S REALLY LATE! AND GEE, I'VE GOT A DATE! AND LOTS OF PLACES TO BE. BUT IT'S S0 GREAT TO SEE YOU! LOOK AT YOU! WHO WOULD EVER GUESS? LOOK AT YOU! SUCH A BIG SUCCESS... AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO ME! 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... I MAY BE UNRELIABLE. FANCY FREE. IRRESPONSIBLE. CRAZY ME, ALWAYS EAGER TO FLY. BUT SEEING YOU GIVES ME TRUE DELIGHT JUST THIS ONCE I'VE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT. THE EGG IS ALL YOURS! NO, DON'T THANK ME, I'LL CRY! GOOD LUCK WHEN IT HATCHES. GOOD LUCK... AND GOODBYE. (MAYZIE KISSES THE EGG REGRETFULLY, AND EXITS HASTILY. THE OTHER ANIMALS LOOK AT HORTON WITH SYMPATHY) ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE (REPRISE) HORTON I MEANT WHAT I SAID, AND I SAID WHAT I MEANT AN ELEPHANTS FAITHFUL, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BUT I LOST MY POOR WHOS AND THEIR WHOLE TINY TOWN. i COULDN'T PROTECT THEM. AND I LET JOJO DOWN. 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 LULLABYE... SOLLA SOLLEW HORTON 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 G0 TO... SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW HORTON & CIRCUS ANIMALS SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW (JOJO ENTERS. HE IS AT SCHOOL, WRITING A LETTER HOME. SIMULTANEOUSLY, MR.AND MRS. MAYOR ENTER, READINO THE LETTER.) JOJO DEAR MOM AND DAD, I'M THINKING OF YOIJ. AND WISHING WE ALL WERE IN SOLLA SOLLEW MAYOR THEY SAY BREEZES ARE WARM THERE MRS. MAYOR AND PEOPLE ARE KIND. JOJO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING LIKE HEAVEN. JOJO, MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR I CLOSE MY EYES AND I SEE IN MY MIND SKIES OF BLUEST BLUE CIRCUS ANIMALS, ALL SOLLA SOLLEW HORTON I'VE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE JOJO, MAYOR, FINDING MY WAY THERE. MRS. MAYOR & WHEN I GET CLOSE, CIRCUS ANIMALS IT DISAPPEARS. SOLLA SOLLEW IF WE CAN GET THERE, WE'RE GONNA STAY THERE IF IT TAKES US MILES, IF IT TAKES US MILES IF IT TAKES US YEARS. HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN OR LOST ON THE SEA, HORTON & JOJO SOONER OR LATER, I'LL FIND IT MAYOR I HAVE A PICTURE OF HOW IT WILL BE MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR ON THE DAY I DO HORTON & MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR & JOJO TROUBLES WILL BE THROUGH AND I'LL BE HOME WITH YOU. ALL SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW HORTON I'LL BE HOME. WITH YOU ALL (BUT HORTON) SOLLA SOLLEW. (MEANWHILE, ALTHOUGH STILL LOST IN THE CLOVER, LIFE CONTINUES ON THE PLANET OF WHO. GENERAL SCHMITZ BRINGS HIS YOUNG CADETS TO THE BUTTER BATTEL AND EXPECTS THEM To FIGHT FOR THE "BUTTER SIDE UPPERS”.- JOJO TELLS SCHMITZ HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TEACHING CHILDREN TO FIGHT, AND HE RUNS AWAY, HEADING HOME, BUT VANISHES IN A HUGE EXPLOSION. WE NOW HEAR A CHRISTMAS THEME AND WE SEE THE GRINCH ON A SMALL, RICKETY STAGE, SURROUNDED BY YOUNG WHOS IN HOMEMADE ANGEL WINGS. IT IS THE ANNUAL "WHO CHRISTMAS PAGEANT" PERFORMED EVERY YEAR. AS THEY FINISH THEIR PERFORMANCE AND THE MAYOR AND MRS. MAYOR MAKE A SPEECH, GENERAL SCHMITZ AND HIS CADETS BRING "A MESSAGE FROM THE FRONT” --JOJO HAS BEEN LOST IN THE BATTLE. THE PARENTS ARE GIVEN A MEDAL, AND LEFT TO GRIEVE. ("SOLLA SOLLEW REPRISE-) AS THE PARENTS EXIT, THE CAT APPEARS SOBBING UNCONTROLLABLY, TOO. BUT THEN HE SUGGESTS THAT JOJO MAY STILL BE ALIVE. HE 'REWINDS' THE ACTION TO THE MOMENT OF THE EXPLOSION, AND WE SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED: JOJO IS DAZED AND FRIGHTENED BUT ALIVE. HE THINKS OF HORTON, ("ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE REPRISE") AND HORTON MAGICALLY APPEARS TO REMIND JOJO THAT HE'S A THINKER, AND HE CAN GET HOME IF HE FOLLOWS HIS HUNCHES. HAVIN' A HUNCH SCARY VOICES OOH! WAH-OOH-WAH! OOH! WAH-OOH-WAH! (NOW THE CAT TAKES JOJO ON A SCARY JOURNEY HOME.) CAT HAVE YOU EVER HAD A HUNCH YOU SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR NOSE? THEN YOU HAVE A SUDDEN HUNCH YOU SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR TOES? SOON A SNEAKY HUNCH IS WHISPERING BETTER GO STRAIGHT! AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT OH, IT’S SO LATE LATE LATE LATE! HUNCHES LATE LATE LATE LATE! CAT NOW A NERVOUS HUNCH IS TELLING YOU YOU COULD BE LOST! HUNCHES LOST LOST LOST LOST... CAT AS IT LEADS YOU DOWN A PATH YOU HAVE ALREADY CROSSED. HUNCHES CROSSED,CROSSED,CROSSED,CROSSED! CAT AND YOU HAVE A NASTY FEELING THAT YOU SHOULD'VE HAD YOUR LUNCH! AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE HAVIN' A HUNCH! HUNCHES (ENTERING) YOU'RE HAVIN', YOU'RE HAVIN'A HUNCH! YOU'RE HAVIN' A HUNCH! CAT A HUNCH! HUNCHES YOU'RE HAVIN', YOU'RE HAVIN' A HUNCH! YOU'RE HAVIN' A HUNCH! CAT YOU'RE UNCERTAIN AND CONFUSED AND YOU'RE SCARED, OH YES! AND YOU WONDER HOW YOUR THINKS GOT YOU IN THIS MESS! AND THERE'S NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOU. OH, THE WHOLE THING STINKS! CAT & HUNCHES THEN YOU THINK: JOJO I'M A THINKER. AND I THINK THINKS! CAT ONLY YOU CAN FIND THE WAY OH, YOU JUST CAN'T STOP! JOJO I WILL THINK AND THINK UNTIL I DROP! CAT& HUNCHES BUT YOUR JOURNEY'S JUST BEGUN AND SO ON YOU GO- TO THE LEFT? TO THE RIGHT? HUNCHES CAT OH, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW... OH, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.... CAT& HUNCHES NOW YOU HAVE A SUDDEN HUNCH YOU'RE ALONE IN THE WORLD! YOU'RE ALONE WITH THINKS AND HUNCHES ALL COLORED AND CURLED! CAT HUNCHES SOON YOU'RE OVERWHELMED BY HUNCHES OOH... THAT PESTER AND PINCH AND PUNCH AH! CAT & HUNCHES AND YOIJ KNOW YOU'RE HAVIN'A HUNCH HUNCHES YOU'RE HAVIN' YOU'RE HAVIN' A HUNCH YOU'RE HAVIN'A HUNCH... AND OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! JOJO I'VE GOT BRAINS IN MY HEAD AND FEET IN MY SHOES HUNCHES S0 STEER YOURSELF ANY DIRECTION YOU CHOOSE! AND OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW FAST OR HOW SLOW. BE CERTAIN YOU STEP WITH CAUTION AND TACT CAUSE LIFE IS A GREAT BIG BALANCING ACT! AND WILL YOU SUCCEED? YOU WILL, YES, INDEED! JOJO 98 AND THREE QUARTERS PERCENT GUARANTEED! HUNCHES SET YOUR HUNCHES FREE TO WANDER AND FOLLOW THEM WHERE THEY ROAM AND FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH FOLLOW IT... FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH FOLLOW IT .. . FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH FOLLOW IT (THE CAT WHEELS IN ON A DELIVERY BICYCLE AND JOJO GETS ON) HUNCHES, OFFSTAGE VOICES FOLLOW IT HOME ... (JOJO'S PARENTS AND JOJO ARE REUNITED. AS THEY EMBRACE ...) ALL ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE! (WE NOW LEAVE THE PLANET Of WHO. AND RETURN TO WORLD. IN THE DARKNESS, WE SEE GERTRUDE McFUZZ. SHE CARRIES A FLASHLIGHT) (THE FLASHLIGHT PICKS OUT THE POSTER FOR THE CIRCUS McGURKUS.) GERTRUDE PSST! HORTON! HORTON! HORTON WHAT IS IT? WHO'S THERE? GERTRUDE IT'S ME, GERTRUDE! HORTON GERTRUDE! HOW DID YOU FIND US? GERTRUDE WELL, IT'S A LONG STORY ALL FOR YOU GERTRUDE 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 GO ON. GERTRUDE WELL, WHEN THE HUNTERS CAUGHT YOU I COULD SEE THAT I'D BEEN FOOLISH 'CAUSE I COULDN’T EVEN HELP YOU NO, I COULDN'T EVEN FLY. AND I GOT SO VERY FRIGHTENED ‘CAUSE I KNEW I HAD TO SAVE YOU. NO ONE ELSE WAS GONNA GO TO ALL THE LABOR. IT WAS ALL UP TO ME, ALL YOU HAD WAS YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. (THE BIRD GIRLS ENTER.) BIRD GIRLS SO SHE RAN TO THE DOCTOR. GERTRUDE THE DOCTOR NAMED DAKE. BIRD GIRLS AND SHE SAID.- GERTRUDE MY TAIL HAS BEEN A MISTAKE! BIRD GIRLS AND SHE SAID: GERTRUDE DR. DAKE, I'VE BEEN FOOLISH AND VAIN. PLUCK IT OUT! GET IT OFF! I WON'T DO IT AGAIN! BIRD GIRLS PLUCK! PLUCK! PLUCK! GERTRUDE OUCH, IT HURT A LOT! BIRD GIRLS PLUCK! PLUCK! PLUCK! GERTRUDE OOH, A TENDER SPOT BIRD GIRLS PLUCK! PLUCK! PLUCK! GERTRUDE JUST A ONE FEATHER TAIL... GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS BUT SUDDENLY, GERTRUDE COULD SAIL! GERTRUDE I SAILED ON A JUNK AND WAS PRACTICALLY SUNK FOR YOU. I TRAMPLED THOROUGH THE TREES FULL OF FURIOUS BEES 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 BIRD GIRLS I GALLOPPED THROUGH THE SNOW OOH... IN ELEVEN BELOW FOR YOU. OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH YES, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW OOH... I WAS CATCHING THE FLU FOR YOU (ACHOO!) (ACHOO!) AND THEN CAME THE HOLE OOH WHERE I CAUGHT MY SOLE OOH AND I ROLLED DOWNHILL OOH OUT OF ALL CONTROL OOH 'TILL I BROKE MY FALL ON A JAGGED SHOAL FOR YOU! OOH, OOH, OOH, AHH! ALL FOR YOU ALL FOR YOU ALL FOR YOU ALL FOR YOU THERE'S NOTHING THAT I WOULDN'T AND I COULDN'T AND I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH... AHH, AAH, AAH, AAH! I SPRAINED MY LITTLE TOE, BUT LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! I HOBBLED LIKE SO LA-LA-LA-LA! FOR YOU. LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! OOH ... OOH ... OOH THEN CAME THE HIT AND RUN LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! BUT I STAGGERED ON ONE LA-LA-LA-LA! FOR YOU. LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! NOW, HERE I AM, AHH-AH! THE WORSE FOR WEAR AND HERE YOU ARE AHH-AH! I'M HERE! YOU'RE THERE! AND MAYBE NOW AH! YOU'LL KNOW I CARE AHH-AH! FOR YOU! OOH! OOH ... GERTRUDE OH, YES. AND HORTON, ONE MORE THING... IT TOOK ME SEVEN WEEKS... BUT I FOUND YOUR CLOVER, TOO! (HORTON IS REUNITED WITH HIS PRECIOUS CLOVER ONCE MORE.) HORTON & BIRD GIRLS WHO! (JUST AS HORTON ASCERTAINS THAT THE WHOS ARE SAFE, THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS AND THE SOUR KANGAROO ARRIVE TO MAKE A CITIZEN'S ARREST, AND THEY TAKE HORTON HOME TO STAND TRIAL.) THE PEOPLE VERSUS HORTON THE ELEPHANT MARSHAL THIS IS THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE VERSUS HORTON THE ELEPHANT PEOPLE HORTON THE ELEPHANT! MARSHAL JUDGE YERTLE THE TURTLE PRESIDING. EVERYONE RISE! JUDGE YERTLE ORDER! ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT! JUDGE YERTLE & ALL ORDER, ORDER, ORDER, ORDER IN THE COURT! MARSHAL THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED WITH TALKING TO A SPECK, DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND LOITERING ... ON AN EGG. HORTON YOUR HONOR, THIS CLOVER IS EXHIBIT A. HORTON SOUR KANGAROO, THEY'RE WHOS HERE. WICKERSHAMS, BIRD GIRLS THERE ARE WHOS HERE. SMALLER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE! BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL IT'S TRUE, SIR! HERE'S WHO'S WHO, SIR! HE'S A WHO, AND SO 1S SHE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL (JUDGE YERTLE BANGS THE GAVEL) JUDGE YERTLE ORDER! ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT! MARSHAL CALL TO THE STAND THE STAR WITNESS VERSUS HORTON THE ELEPHANT. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR! SOUR KANGAROO I SWEAR... THAT HE'S THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL AS I TESTIFIED LONG AGO. BIGGEST BLAME FOOL YOUNG KANGAROO JUSTA FOOL, FOOL, FOOL! SOUR KANGAROO AND A MOTHER LIKE ME SHOULD KNOW. JUDGIN' HIM TRUNK TO TOE... YOU BETTER THINK! BIRD GIRLS THINK! SOUR KANGAROO THINK! BIRD GIRLS THINK! SOUR KANGAROO OH PLEASE, THROW HIM IN THE CLIIVK! BIRD GIRLS (TESTIFYING) TALKIN' TO A SPECK TALKIN' TO A SPECK TO A SPECK OF DUST! GERTRUDE OBJECTION! ALL OVERRULED! WICKERSHAMS, KANGAROO (TESTIFYING) SITTIN' ON AN EGG SITTIN' ON AN EGG SITTIN' ON AN EGG! GERTRUDE OBJECTION! ALL OVERRULED! (GROUP BY GROUP, THE ANIMALS SWEEP FORWARD TO TESTIFY, THEIR VOICES BUILDING TO CACAPHONY. HORTON EMITS A TREMENDOUS ANGRY TRUMPET. THE COURTROOM FALLS SILENT) HORTON 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! THESE WHOS, SIR, WIN OR LOSE, SIR, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE OR NOT, T HEY'RE HERE. THEY LIVE IN FEAR. AND I'M THE ONLY FRIEND THEY'VE GOT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH ME, YOUR HONOR, AND I WON'T QUESTION WHY BUT.. PLEASE SAVE WHO, THE TI-NIEST PLANET IN THE SKY. JUDGE YERTLE 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... BIRD GIRLS OOH! THAT DUST SPECK! MARSHAL AND AS FOR THE DUST SPECK BIRD GIRLS OOH! THAT SPECK! MARSHAL, SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, YERTLE AND AS FOR YOUR DUST SPECK, MARSHAL, SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, YERTLE, BIRD GIRLS 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! 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! MAKE EVERY WHO HOLLER! MAKE EVERY WHO HEARD! ALL BOIL, BOIL, BOIL, BOIL, BOIL! MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR ATTENTION ALL WHOS! ATTENTIONALL WHOS! WE'VE GOT TO BE HEARD! THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE! MRS. MAYOR SO SEND UP A SHOUT MAYOR MAKE IT LOUD! MAKE IT CLEAR! JOJO, WHOS WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! (A SILENCE AS ALL LISTEN) COURTROOM MEN COURTROOM WOMEN 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) HORTON DON'T GIVE UP! I BELIEVE IN YOU ALL! A PERSON'S A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL! AND YOU VERY SMALL PERSOAIS WILL NOT HAVE TO DIE IF YOU MAKE YOURSELVES HEARD! SO, PLEASE! TRY! (THE WHOS ARE REVEALED. THEY’RE TERROR STRICKEN AND D0 WHATEVER THEY CAN TO MAKE NOISE) ALL (IN COURTROOM) WHOS BOIL IT! BOIL IT! BOIL IT! BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL IT! WE ARE HEREI BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL... WE ARE HERE! HORTON, JOJO, MR. AND MRS. MAYOR JOJO, THINK OF SOMETHING! (THE CAT APPEARS OUT Of A TRAPDOOR, AS THE ACTION FREEZES.) CAT 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 NO ONE EVER HAD HEARD! ALL (IN COURTROOM) WHOS BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL IT! WE ARE HERE! BOIL!... WE ARE HERE! JOJO YOPP! (JOJO'S VOICE REVERBERATES LOUDLY THROUGH THE UNIVERSE, AND THE WHOS ARE HEARD AT LAST. THE CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE REACT AS THEY HEAR THE NOISE.) FINALE HORTON D0 YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? THEY MADE THEMSELVES HEARD THOUGH THEY STILL CAN'T HE SEEN! GERTRUDE THEY'VE PROVED THEY ARE PERSONS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL. HORTON AND THEIR WHOLE WORLD WAS SAVED BY THE SMALL- EST OF ALL! SOUR KANGAROO 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! AND THE YOUNG KANGAROO IN HER POUCH SAID... SMALL KANGAROO ME, TOO! CAT THEIR TROUBLES WERE ENDED, THEY HAILED HIS GREAT.. ALL WHOS, CAT YOPP! CAT AND JOJO WAS HONORED AS “THINKER NON-STOP". MR. AND MRS. MAYOR NOW ALL JOJO'S THINKS WOULD FOREVER BE HEARD. CAT INCLUDING THIS THINK... (WE HEAR THE SOUND OF A GIANT EGG CRACKING. GERTRUDE DASHES OVER TO HORTON - THEY PLACE THE EGG IN A BASKET, AND WITH WONDER, THEY WATCH IT HATCH.) JOJO,ALL AN ELEPHANT BIRD! HORTON WHY HE LOOKS JUST LIKE ME. EXCEPT FOR THE WINGS. (WE HEAR A SMALL TWEET) GERTRUDE AND EXCEPT FOR THE VOICE, 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW A BIRD SINGS. HORTON (IN A PANIC) GERTRUDE, WHAT WILL I DO? I'M SLOW AND I'M FAT ALL I KNOW IS THE EARTH. HE’LL NEED MUCH MORE THAN THAT! (A BEAT) GERTRUDE I HAVE WINGS. YES, I CAN FLY. YOU TEACH HIM EARTH AND I WILL TEACH HIM SKY HORTON JUST CALL MY NAME BOTH AND I'LL SEE YOU THROUGH. HORTON ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE GERTRUDE ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE BOTH - WHO BELIEVES IN YOU. (GERTRUDE AND HORTON KISS.) CAT THE ADVENTURES WERE OVER. THE SKY BECAME PINK. AND THEN, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?! (THE WHOS AND THE JUNGLE CITIZENS ARE MAGICALLY UNITED BY THE CAT) OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK (REPRISE) ALL 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 THERE'S ANOTHER WORLD THERE. IF YOU OPEN YOUR MIND OH, THE THINKS YOU WILL FIND LINING UP TO GET LOOSE (HORTON AND JOJO FINALLY MEET FACE TO FACE, AND EMBRACE) OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK BASSES/BARITONES OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK TENORS OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK ALL OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS! GROUP 1 GROUP2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEU... SEU... SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! HORTON (INDICATING THE BABY) SHHH!! GROUP 1 GROUP2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU... SEU... SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU ...SEU ... SEU-U-U-U-U SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEU ... SEU ... SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! ELEPHANT BIRD SEUSS! ALL SEUSS! END OF ACT II GREEN EGGS AND HAM (CURTAIN CALL) ALL I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM-1-AM 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-1-AM! I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM!