[GERTRUDE McFUZZ] (spoken)
So she flew to the Doctor, the Doctor named Dake
Whose office was high in a tree by the lake.
She cried, "Mr. Doctor! Oh, please, do you know
Of some kind of pill that will make my tail grow?"

(The CAT appears as DR. DAKE, wearing a stethoscope.)

[CAT IN THE HAT] (as DOCTOR DAKE)
"Tut tut," said the Doctor.
"Such talk! It's too absurd!
Your little tail is just right
For your kind of bird!"

(NOTE: The CAT may use German, pig Latin, unintelligible gibberish or anything else that's funny in order to say the above. However, if anything but plain English is used for the above, then pleasе add the following lines in parenthеsis to provide a "translation":)

[GERTRUDE]
(Baffled)
(Huh?!)

[CAT] (as DOCTOR DAKE)
(In other words, your little tail is just right for your kind of bird!)

[GERTRUDE]
(having a tantrum)
Then Gertrude had tantrums. She raised such a din
That finally the Doctor just had to give in.
[CAT] (as DOCTOR DAKE)
(Reacts to her tantrum)
All right already! Bring in the Pill-berry bush!

(DR. DAKE'S NURSE brings in the pill-berry bush. GERTRUDE plucks and eats some of the pills.)

[GERTRUDE]
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!

[GERTRUDE] (singing)
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] (spoken)
Thanks, Doc!

(The CAT, as DR. DAKE, exits.)

[GERTRUDE, & BIRD GIRLS] (singing)
AMAYZING GERTRUDE

[GERTRUDE]
AND HOPEFULLY I'LL IMPRESS HORTON!

[BIRD GIRLS]
AMAYZING GERTRUDE...

(SHE starts taking more pills.)

[GERTRUDE]
ONE MORE PILL WLL 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 freezes for a moment. The CAT IN THE HAT and JOJO appear together, somewhere "out of the frame", observing GERTRUDE in the story.)

[JOJO] (spoken)
So Gertrude is happy. Her tail's nice and long.

[CAT]
Kid, fasten your seat belt.
'Cause now things go wrong!

(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 a little fun.)