(As the orchestra tunes up, we realize that the CONDUCTOR is actually the CAT. The conducting becomes more wild, more out of control. Pages fly, the baton goes crazy, chaos ensues. This section uses all the CAT's anarchic tricks—a star turn. At last, the CAT manages to regain control and start the Act.)

[CAT IN THE HAT] (spoken)
(at musical button)
Seuss!!

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for. Without further ado, presenting Act...

(The BOY runs in–the same little boy he was at thе beginning of the show–"outside" thе story.)

[BOY]
Wait!!!
What happens to Horton?
Does Horton get free?
Does Horton find JoJo?

[CAT]
There's no guarantee!

[BOY]
Will the egg be ok?

[CAT]
Well, I'll give you a clue:
When Act One is done,
What happens?
[BOY]
Act Two!

(CAT pushes the BOY back into the story, and he becomes JOJO again.)

[CAT]
When we last saw our hero
He was hopelessly trapped!

(We see HORTON and HUNTERS as we last saw them in Act 1.)

[HORTON THE ELEPHANT]
Shoot if you must
But I won't run away.
No matter what happens
I said I would stay.

[CAT]
The Whos had all crashed
And their whole town was scrapped.

(We see JOJO at military school. He is confronting SCHMITZ to little effect.)

[JOJO]
We're lost in the clover.
We need to be found.
Sir, why do we just keep on
Marching around?
[CAT]
And Gertrude was helpless. I think you know why.
Her tail was so long she could no longer fly!

(GERTRUDE appears, dragging her tail onstage with the help of the BIRD GIRLS.)

[GERTRUDE, & (BIRD GIRLS #1, 2, & 3, singing)]
Horton! Horton (AHHH....)!
(LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!)

[CAT] (spoken)
So our story resumes
On a terrible day
As Horton gets carried away!

(Drums begin as HORTON is transported away.)