[CAT IN THE HAT (as MARSHAL)] (singing)
THIS IS THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE VERSUS
HORTON THE ELEPHANT.

[OTHERS IN COURT]
HORTON THE ELEPHANT!

[CAT (as MARSHAL)]
JUDGE YERTLE THE TURTLE PRESIDING.
EVERYONE RISE!

[JUDGE YERTLE THE TURTLE]
ORDER! ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT!

[JUDGE YERTLE, & ALL]
ORDER, ORDER, ORDER, ORDER IN THE COURT!

[CAT (as MARSHAL)] (spoken)
The defendant is charged with talking to a speck, disturbing the peace, and loitering...on an egg!

[HORTON THE ELEPHANT]
Your Honor, this clover is Exhibit A.

[HORTON (SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAM BROTHERS #1, 2, 3, BIRD GIRLS #1, 2, & 3)] (singing)
THEY'RE WHOS HERE.
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 IS SHE (BIGGEST BLAME FOOL).
(IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL!)

(JUDGE YERTLE bangs the gavel.)

[JUDGE YERTLE]
ORDER! ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT!

[CAT (as MARSHAL)]
CALL TO THE STAND THE STAR WITNESS
VERSUS HORTON THE ELEPHANT.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR!

(The SOUR KANGAROO steps forward to take the oath.)

[SOUR KANGAROO] (spoken)
I swear...

[SOUR KANGAROO] (singing)
THAT HE'S THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
AS I TESTIFIED LONG AGO.
BIGGEST BLAME FOOL...
[YOUNG KANGAROO] (spoken)
Just a fool, fool, fool!

[SOUR KANGAROO] (singing)
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] (spoken)
Oh, please, throw him in the clink!

[BIRD GIRLS] (singing)
(Testifying)
TALKIN' TO A SPECK
TALKIN' TO A SPECK
TO A SPECK OF DUST!
[GERTRUDE McFUZZ] (spoken)
Objection!

[ALL (except HORTON, & GERTRUDE)]
Overruled!

[WICKERSHAMS, SOUR KANGAROO, & BIRD GIRLS]
(testifying)
SITTIN' ON AN EGG!
SITTIN' ON AN EGG!
SITTIN' ON AN EGG!

[GERTRUDE] (spoken)
Objection!

[ALL (except HORTON, & GERTRUDE)]
Overruled!

(Group by group, the Animals sweep forward to testify, their voices building to cacophony. The following lines overlap.)

[BIRD GIRLS, (SOUR KANGAROO), & (WICKERSHAMS)] (singing)
TALKIN' TO A SPECK
TALKIN' TO A SPECK (FOOL! FOOL! FOOL!)
TO A SPECK OF DUST!
TALKIN' TO A SPECK (IN THE JUNGLE OF) (SITTIN' ON AN EGG!)
TO A SPECK OF DUST (NOOL! NOOL! NOOL!) (HE'S SITTIN')!
TALKIN' TO A SPECK (ON AN EGG!)!
TALKIN' TO A SPECK (FOOL!) (HA! HA!)!
TO A SPECK OF (HA!)...

(HORTON emits a tremendous, angry elephant 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,
THEY'RE HERE.
THEY LIVE IN FEAR
AND I'M THE ONLY FRIEND THEY'VE GOT.

[HORTON] (spoken)
You can do what you want with me, Your Honor,
And I won't question why.

[HORTON] (singing)
BUT PLEASE SAVE WHO,
THE TINIEST PLANET IN THE SKY.

(There is tension in the courtroom as JUDGE YERTLE delivers his verdict.)

[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!

[CAT (as MARSHAL)]
AND AS FOR THE DUST SPECK

[BIRD GIRLS]
OOH! THAT SPECK!

[CAT (as MARSHAL), SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS #1, 2, & JUDGE YERTLE]
AND AS FOR YOUR DUST SPECK,

[CAT (as MARSHAL), SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, JUDGE YERTLE, & BIRD GIRLS]
THAT WE WILL
BOIL BOIL BOIL BOIL BOIL...
IN A HOT STEAMING KETTLE OF BEEZLENUT OIL!

[HORTON] (spoken)
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!

[CAT (as MARSHAL), SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, JUDGE YERTLE, & BIRD GIRLS] (singing)
BOIL, BOIL, BOIL, BOIL, BOIL!

(MAYOR and MRS. MAYOR appear.)

[MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR] (spoken)
Attention all Whos!
Attention all 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, & ALL WHOVILLE CITIZENS] (singing)
WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!
WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!

(A silence as ALL in the courtroom listen...)

[HORTON] (spoken)
(triumphantly)
Now surely you heard. It was clear as a bell!
Now all of you surely heard that very well!

(No one else has heard a thing.)

[JUDGE YERTLE] (singing)
I HEARD NO SMALL VOICES
AND YOU DIDN'T EITHER!

(SOUR KANGAROO riffs through the following.)

[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, holding the clover away from them.)

[HORTON] (spoken)
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, etc.)

[COURTROOM PEOPLE, & (WHOS)] (singing)
BOIL IT!
BOIL IT!
BOIL IT!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL IT (WE ARE HERE!)!
BOIL...

[HORTON, MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR] (spoken)
JoJo, Think of something!

(Everything freezes as the CAT steps out of the scene.)

[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!
The kind of a word no one ever had heard!

(The scene unfreezes...)

[WHOS, & (ALL COURTROOM PEOPLE)] (singing)
WE ARE HERE (BOIL IT!)!
WE ARE HERE (BOIL IT!)!
WE ARE HERE (BOIL IT!)!
WE ARE HERE (BOIL!...)!

[JOJO] (spoken)
(a long yell)
YOPP!

(JOJO's voice reverberates loudly through the universe. And the WHOS are heard at last. The ANIMALS gasp in amazement. The WHOS gasp in relief!)

[HORTON]
Do you hear what I hear? Do you see what I mean?
They made themselves heard though they still can't be seen!

[GERTRUDE]
They've proved they ARE persons, no matter how small.

[HORTON]
And their whole world was saved by the Smallest of All!

(The SOUR KANGAROO has a change of heart and is slightly embarrassed.)

[SOUR KANGAROO]
"How true! Yes, how true!" Said the Sour Kangaroo.
And, from now on, you know what I'm planning to do?

(with genuine sweetness)
From now on, I'm going to protect them with you!

[SOUR KANGAROO] (singing)
AND THE YOUNG KANGAROO IN HER POUCH SAID...

[YOUNG KANGAROO]
ME, TOO!

[CAT] (spoken)
Their troubles were ended. They hailed his great...

[ALL]
YOPP!

[CAT]
And JoJo was honored as "Thinker Non-Stop!"

(The WHOS carry him on their shoulders.)

[MAYOR, & 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 as they watch as THE EGG hatches. We can only imagine what they're seeing by the wonder and joy on their faces.)

[JOJO, & ALL]
(hushed wonder and amazement)
An Elephant Bird!

[HORTON]
(very moved)
Why, he looks just like me. Except for the wings.

[GERTRUDE]
And except for the voice, 'cause that's how a bird sings.

[HORTON]
(slow mounting panic)
Gertrude, what will I do? I am slow. I am fat.
All I know is the earth. He'll need much more than that!

(A beat...)