Egg, Nest And Tree
[SOUR KANGAROO] (singing)
UP OUT OF THE JUNGLE,
UP INTO THE SKY,
UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS,
[BIRD GIRLS #1, 2, 3, WICKERSHAM BROTHERS #1, 2, 3, & SOU 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 (except HORTON)]
WENT HORTON THE ELEPHANT,
EGG, NEST AND TREE.
[WOMEN]
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[MEN]
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[ALL (except HORTON)]
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 up on one of the HUNTERS, who reacts!)
[HORTON THE ELEPHANT] (spoken)
Blaaggghh!
[ALL] (singing)
JUST A SEASICK ELEPHANT,
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
["VOCALLY LOW" MEN]
NEST AND TREE
[ALL]
EGG, NEST AND TREE...
["VOCALLY LOW" MEN]
NEST AND TREE
[BIRD GIRL #1] (spoken)
After bobbing around for two weeks like a cork...
[ALL (except HORTON)] (singing)
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[BIRD GIRL #2] (spoken)
They landed at last in the town of New York.
[ALL (except CAT IN THE HAT, & HORTON)] (singing)
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[BIRD GIRL #3] (spoken)
He was wet. He was tired.
And hungry and cold.
[ALL (except HORTON)] (singing)
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[BIRD GIRLS] (spoken)
Then, Horton was taken to auction...
(The CAT appears as a very proper, and elegant AUCTIONEER.)
[CAT (as AUCTIONEER)]
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Seusseby's. Our first item up to bid this evening is lot 39, a pendulous pachyderm on egg, nest and tree. The bidding will begin at ten thousand dollars. Do I hear ten, ten thousand?
(NOTE: Another "free" improvisational area for the CAT to invite audience participation in the auction.)
[CAT (as AUCTIONEER)]
Going once, going twice...
(The CAT bangs his gavel.)
Sold...to the man with the sideburns and the greasy black mustache. Oh, excuse me, Madame! Sold...to the man from the circus!
[ALL (except CAT, & HORTON)]
SOLD...
SOLD...
SOLD...
EGG, NEST AND TREE.
(ALL exit mournfully, as HORTON is carried off. And suddenly, the CAT is transformed into the man from the circus—McGURKUS himself. Circus music begins.)
UP OUT OF THE JUNGLE,
UP INTO THE SKY,
UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS,
[BIRD GIRLS #1, 2, 3, WICKERSHAM BROTHERS #1, 2, 3, & SOU 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 (except HORTON)]
WENT HORTON THE ELEPHANT,
EGG, NEST AND TREE.
[WOMEN]
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[MEN]
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[ALL (except HORTON)]
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 up on one of the HUNTERS, who reacts!)
[HORTON THE ELEPHANT] (spoken)
Blaaggghh!
[ALL] (singing)
JUST A SEASICK ELEPHANT,
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
["VOCALLY LOW" MEN]
NEST AND TREE
[ALL]
EGG, NEST AND TREE...
["VOCALLY LOW" MEN]
NEST AND TREE
[BIRD GIRL #1] (spoken)
After bobbing around for two weeks like a cork...
[ALL (except HORTON)] (singing)
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[BIRD GIRL #2] (spoken)
They landed at last in the town of New York.
[ALL (except CAT IN THE HAT, & HORTON)] (singing)
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[BIRD GIRL #3] (spoken)
He was wet. He was tired.
And hungry and cold.
[ALL (except HORTON)] (singing)
EGG, NEST AND TREE!
[BIRD GIRLS] (spoken)
Then, Horton was taken to auction...
(The CAT appears as a very proper, and elegant AUCTIONEER.)
[CAT (as AUCTIONEER)]
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Seusseby's. Our first item up to bid this evening is lot 39, a pendulous pachyderm on egg, nest and tree. The bidding will begin at ten thousand dollars. Do I hear ten, ten thousand?
(NOTE: Another "free" improvisational area for the CAT to invite audience participation in the auction.)
[CAT (as AUCTIONEER)]
Going once, going twice...
(The CAT bangs his gavel.)
Sold...to the man with the sideburns and the greasy black mustache. Oh, excuse me, Madame! Sold...to the man from the circus!
[ALL (except CAT, & HORTON)]
SOLD...
SOLD...
SOLD...
EGG, NEST AND TREE.
(ALL exit mournfully, as HORTON is carried off. And suddenly, the CAT is transformed into the man from the circus—McGURKUS himself. Circus music begins.)