[CAT IN THE HAT (as MR. McGURKUS)] (spoken)
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, children and creatures.
The smallest of the small, and the tallest of the tall!
Come old and young! Come one and all!
It's the Circus McGurkus!
The world's greatest show
On the face of the earth or wherever you go!

The Circus McGurkus!
In town for one week
Each marvelous marvel
Is ten cents a peek!
Oh, the sights that you'll see!
Why, our big top is packed.
And there's no telling where
We may find our next act!

(The curtain rises to reveal a parade of strange and wonderful ANIMALS and PERFORMERS.)

[CIRCUS ANIMALS, & CIRCUS FOLK] (singing)
OH! OH!
AH! AH!

[CAT (as MR. McGURKUS), CIRCUS ANIMALS, & CIRCUS FOLK]
COME SEE THE SHOW!
(The Circus swirls as the Seussian Animals and Performers present their "specialty" acts. At last, a drum roll heralds the greatest act of all.)

[CAT (as MR. McGURKUS)] (spoken)
And now, all you folks, for the first time on view,
From the Jungle of Nool, near the River Walloo,
A pendulous pachyderm! Look! Can it be?
Who sits on an egg...in a nest...in a tree!!

(HORTON appears, dressed for the circus, displayed on his nest. He tries to be a good sport and waves shyly for the audience.)

[ALL] (singing)
AH – AH

[CAT (as MR. McGURKUS), & CIRCUS MEMBERS]
COME SEE THE MONSTROSITIES!
REAL CURIOSITIES!
GO WHERE YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN
THE CIRCUS McGURKUS

[CAT (as MR. McGURKUS)]
THE CIRCUS McGURKUS

[ALL]
THE CIRCUS McGURKUS!
COME ON IN!!!
[ALL] (spoken)
Come on in!!

(The Circus now travels, with the CAT as MR. McGURKUS at the helm. They fast-forward through their stops, city by city.)

[CAT (as MR. McGURKUS), CIRCUS ANIMALS, & CIRCUS FOLK]
Kalamazoo!

Shark River Hills!

Pittsburgh!
Dubuque!
(Put your home town name here!)

(As they bounce along down the road, HORTON sings.)