GERTRUDE:
Psst
Horton
Horton!

HORTON:
Hmm? What is it? Who's there?

GERTRUDE:
It's me, Gertrude!

HORTON:
Gertrude! How did you find us?

GERTRUDE:
Well...it's a long story...

I had a little trouble
'cause I grew a little tail...
Well, it wasn't really little
It was absolutely giant
And it really was attractive
But you never even noticed
So I felt a little silly even trying

Besides which, the tail was too heavy for normal flying
HORTON:
Go on

GERTRUDE:
Well, when the hunters caught you
I could see that I'd been foolish
'cause I couldn't even help you
No, I couldn't even fly
And I got so very frightened
'cause I knew I had to save you;
No one else was gonna go to all the labor

It was all up to me
All you had was your next door neighbor

NARRATOR GIRLS:
So she ran to the doctor

GERTRUDE:
The doctor named Dake

NARRATOR GIRLS:
And she said:

GERTRUDE:
My tail has been a mistake!
NARRATOR GIRLS:
And she said:

GERTRUDE:
Dr. Dake, I've been foolish and vain!
Pluck it out! Get it off!
I won't do it again!

NARRATOR GIRLS:
Pluck, pluck, pluck

GERTRUDE:
Ouch, it hurt a lot!

NARRATOR GIRLS:
Pluck, pluck, pluck

GERTRUDE:
Oo, a tender spot

NARRATOR GIRLS:
Pluck, pluck, pluck

GERTRUDE:
Just a one-feather tail
But suddenly
Gertrude could sail!

I sailed on a junk
And was practically sunk
For you

I trampled through the trees
Full of furious bees
For you

I slogged through a fog
And a choking smog
Down a soggy slope
Through a stinking bog
While my slip was gripped by a vicious dog
For you

I galloped through the snow
In eleven below
For you

Yes, even though I knew
I was catching the flu
For you
ACHOO!

And then came the hole
Where I caught my sole
And I rolled downhill
Out of all control
'Til I broke my fall on a jagged shoal
For you

All for you, (All for you)
All for you, (All for you)
There's nothing that I wouldn't
And I couldn't
And I haven't gone through

I sprained my little toe
Then I hobbled like so
For you

Then came the hit and run
But I staggered on one
For you

Now here I am
The worse for wear
And here you are
I'm here, you're there!
And maybe now, you'll know I care
For you!

Oh yeah, and Horton
One more thing

It took me seven weeks
But I found your clover too