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Seussical
THE MUSICAL

LYRICS BY: LYNN AHRENS

MUSIC BY: STEPHEN FLAHERTY

STAGING BY: SERGIO LOMBARDO

COREOGRAPHED BY: YANINA GROPPO

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: GUSTAVO FELICE

MUSICAL NUMBERS:

1- Overture
2- Oh, The Thinks You Can Think
3- Horton Hears A Who
4- Biggest Blame Fool
5- Here On Who
6- A Day For The Cat In The Hat

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7- It’s Possible (Mc. Elligot’s Pool)

8- How To Raise A Child
9- The Military
10- Alone In The Universe
11- The One Feather Tail Of Miss Gertrude Mc. Fuzz
12- Amayzing Mayzie
13- Amayzing Gertrude
14- Monkey Around
15- Chasing The Whos
16- How Lucky You Are
17- Notice Me, Horton
18- How Lucky You Are (Mayzie’s reprise)
19- Horton Sits On The Egg / Act 1 Finale
20- Egg, Nest and Tree
21- Mayzie in Palm Beach
22- Alone In The Universe (reprise)
23- Solla Sollew
24- Havin’ A Hunch
25- All For You
26- The People Versus Horton The Elephant
27- Finale / Oh, The Thinks You Can Think
28- Green, Egg And Ham
(Curtain Call)

CAST:

The Cat in the Hat

Horton the Elephant
Gertrude Mc. Fuzz
Mayzie La Bird
JoJo
Sour Kangaroo
The Mayor of Whoville
Mrs. Mayor
Cat’s Helpers

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General Genghis Kahn Schmitz

Bird Girls
Wickersham Brtohers
The Grinch
Vlad Vladikoff
Judge Yertle The Turtle
Marshal of the Court

Citizens of the Jungle of Nool,

Mayor’s Aides,
Fish
Cadets
Hunters
Circus Mc. Gurkus Animals and performers

ORCHESTRA:

Conductor
Violin; Viola; Cello; Woodwinds; Trumpets; Trombone; Guitars;
electric Bass; Drums; Percussion; Keyboards.

ACT I
Overture, which climaxes in the reveal of a large stripped vortex that seems
to lead to infinity, the cat in the hat pops up in the center.

OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

CAT IN THE HAT AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS BEING STUCK ON A
PAGE, DID YOU EVER IMAGINE YOU`D SEE ME
ONSTAGE? NOW I’M HERE, THERE IS NO TELLING
WHAT MAY ENSUE!
NO, THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT!
BUT I’LL GIVE YOU A CLUE…
He slides down the vortex

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OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK
IF YOU’RE WILLING TO TRY…

THINK INVISIBLE INK!

OR A GINK WITH A STINK
OR A STAIR TO THE SKY…
IF YOU OPEN YOUR MIND
OH, THE THINKS YOU WILL FIND
LINING UP TO GET LOOSE…

OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!
The vortex swirls away, Seussian Characters begin to climb out of the floor,
fly
down from rafters, enter left and right.

CAT AND COMPANY SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS!

MEN SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS! SEUSS!

WOMEN SEUSS!

ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!

ANY THINKER WHO THINKS
CAN COME UP WITH A FEW!

CAT, HORTON, MAYZIE, GERTRUDE, MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR

OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

ALL THINK A TRIP ON A SHIP

TO THE VIPPER OF VIPP
OR TO SOLLA SOLLEW…
THINK OF BEATIFUL SCHLOPP
CAT WITH A CHERRY ON TOP-

ALL YOU DON’T NEED AN EXCUSE!

OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!
SEUSS, SEUSS, SEUSS, SEUSS,… HMM!

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HORTON THINK OF AN ELEPHANT UP IN A TREE!

MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR THINK OF A PERSON TOO TINY TO SEE!

GERTRUDE THINK OF A BIRD WITH A ONE-FEATHER TAIL!

ALL GOING ON ADVENTURE DOWN A DANGEROUS

TRAIL!

MAYZIE THINK OF A BIRD WHO FLIES OFF ON A SPREE!

SOUR KANGAROO THINK OF A KANGAROO, SOUR AS CAN BE

SCHMITZ THINK OF A GENERAL CRAZY FOR WAR!

ALL THINK OF A CAT WHO POPS UP AT YOUR DOOR

CAT HOW D’YA DO AND HELLO!

I’LL BE RUNNING THE SHOW!
I’M YOUR HOST AND EMCEE!

ALL HE’S YOUR HOST AND EMCEE!

CAT I’LL POP UP HERE AND THERE

ALL AND YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WHERE,

WHO OR WHAT HE MIGHT BE!
YOU’LL SEE

CAT TAKE A TIP FROM THE CAT

AND HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT

ALL ‘CAUSE THIS AIN’T MOTHER GOOSE!

CAT THINK RIGHT OVER THE BRINK

ALL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!

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MEN SEU-U-U-U-U
SEU... SEU...
SEU-U-U-USS
SEU-U-U-U-U
SEUSS!! SEUSS!!

WOMEN SEUSS!!!
SEUSS!!! SEUSS!!!

CAT AN UNUSUAL STORY WILL SOON BE UNFURLED OF

AN ELEPHANT TRYING TO SAVE A SMALL WORLD
AND A BOY FROM THAT WORLD WHO HAS
TROUBLES GALORE...
ALL JUST THINK!

WHOS FROM THE PLANET OF WHO

JOJO AND THE SMALLEST OF SMALL

CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE

TO THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

HORTON AND THE LARGEST OF ALL

GROUP 1 YOU THINK, AND THINK AND THINK, AND THINK

AND THINK AND THINK, AND THINK
AND THINK ,AND THINK, AND THINK
AND THINK AND THINK, AND THINK
GROUP 2 YOU THINK, AND THINK AND THINK,
AND THINK AND THINK ; AND THINK, AND THINK;
AND THINK !!

ALL JUST THINK!

OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK
THINKS AND WONDER AND DREAM…
FAR AND WIDE AS YOU DARE!

CAT OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!

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ALL WHEN YOUR THINKS HAVE RUN DRY

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
THERE’S ANOTHER THINK THERE!
IF YOU OPEN YOR MIND,
OH, THE THINKS YOU WILL FIND
LINING UP TO GET LOOSE!
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

BARITONES AND BASSES OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN

THINK

ALL OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

TENORS OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4

SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEU... SEU… SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS!
SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEUSS!
SEU... SEU... SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS!
SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEUSS!
SEU... SEU... SEUSS!!! SEUSS!
SEUSS!

ALL SEUSS!!

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Jungle drums begin, the “Jungle of Nool” is revealed. Horton the elephant
is bathing in a jungle pool. The jungle citizens enter, along with the bird
girls. A flamboyant “girl group” of the jungle.

HORTON HEARS A WHO

JUNGLE CITIZENS WHO WHO WAH DAH

WHO WHO WHO WAH DAH DAH DAH
WHO WHO WAH DAH
WHO WHO

HORTON ON THE FIFTEENTH OF MAY

IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
IN THE COOL OF THE POOL
HE WAS SPLASHING

JUNGLE CITIZENS SPLASH

HORTON ENJOYING THE JUNGLE’S GREAT JOYS

WHEN HORTON THE ELEPHANT

BIRD GIRLS HORTON THE ELEPHANT

HORTON &B.GIRLS HORTON THE ELEPHANT

HORTON HEARD A SMALL NOISE

MAYOR (OFFSTAGE VOICE) HELP!!! HELP!!!

BIRD GIRL # 1 SO HORTON STOPPEN SPLASHING

HE LOCKED TOWARD THE SOUND

HORTON THAT’S FUNNY

BIRD GIRLS THOUGHT HORTON

HORTON THERE’S NO ONE AROUND

BIRD GIRL # 3 THEN HE HEARD IT AGAIN!

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BIRD GIRL # 2 JUST A VERY FAINT YELP

HORTON AS IF SOME TINY PERSON

WERE CALLING FOR HELP.

MAYOR(OFFSTAGE VOICE) HELP!!! HELP!!!

HORTON I’LL HELP YOU

BIRD GIRLS SAID HORTON

HORTON BUT WHO ARE YOU, AND WHERE?

BIRD GIRLS HE LOOKED AND HE LOOKED.

HE COULD SEE NOTHING THERE

HORTON BUT A SMALL SPECK OF DUST

BLOWING PAST,

HORTON & B. GIRLS THROUGH THE AIR

HORTON I SAY! HOW CONFUSING!

I’VE NEVER HEARD TELL
OF A SMALL SPECK OF DUST THAT IS ABLE TO YELL.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK THAT THERE MUST BE SOMEONE ON TOP
OF THAT SMALL SPECK OF DUST.
SOME POOR LITTLE PERSON WHO’S SHAKING WITH
FEAR
THAT HE’LL BLOW IN THE POOL!
HE HAS NO WAY TO STEER!
HE’S ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE!

I’LL JUST HAVE TO SAVE HIM

BECAUSE AFTER ALL
A PERSON’S A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL
A PERSON’S PERSON NO MATTER HOW – SMALL

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JUNGLE CITIZENS WHO WHO WAH DAH

WHO WHO WHO WAH DAH DAH DAH
WHO WHO WAH DAH
WHO WHO

BIRD GIRLS SO, GENTLY, AND USING

THE GREATEST OF CARE,
THE ELEPHANT STRETCHED
HIS GREAT TRUNK THROUGH THE AIR
AND HE LIFTED THE DUST SPECK
AND CARRIED IT OVER
AND PLACED IT DOWN.

HORTON SAFE!

BIRD GIRLS ON A VERY SOFT CLOVER.

BIGGEST BLAME FOOL

SOUR KANGAROO HUMPF!…. HUMPFED A VOICE.

‘TWAS A SOUR KANGAROO.
AND THE YOUNG KANGAROO IN HER POUCH
SAID:

YOUNG KANGAROO(PLAYED BY SOUR KANGAROO)

“HUMPF”

SOUR KANGAROO TOO

WHY, THAT SPECK IS AS SMALL AS THE HEAD OF

A PIN.
A PERSON ON THAT? WHY, THERE NEVER HAS
BEEN!

YOU’RE THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL

IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
AND I DON’T CARE WHO I TELL
THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL

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IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL,

YOUNG KANGAROO AND I THINK SO AS WELL!

SOUR KANGAROO MAYBE IM NASTY, MAYBE I’M CRUEL

BUT YOU`RE THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL

YOUNG KANGAROO IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

HORTON IT’S TRUE, PLEASE BELIEVE ME.

I TELL YOU SINCERELY
MY EARS ARE QUITE KEEN AND I HEARD HIM
QUITE CLEARLY.
I KNOW THERE’S A PERSON DOWN THERE. AND
WHAT’S MORE,
QUITE LIKELY THERE’S TWO. EVEN THREE, EVEN
FOUR.

The Wickersham brothers enter, cool and menacing, they are a trio of
monkeys.
WICKERSHAM # 2 HA! LAUGHED A VOICE!

WICKERSHAM # 3 HA! LAUGHED SOME OTHERS!

WICKERSHAMS HA! HA! HA! LAUGHED THE WICKERSHAM

BROTHERS!
OH, HE’S THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
AND MONKEYS LIKE US SHOULD KNOW.
SOUR KANGAROO NO,NO,NO,NO !

WICKERSHAMS WE’VE BEEN OUT ON A LIMB

LOOKIN’ DOWN ON HIM-

WICKERSHAM # 1 AND HE’S FAT!

WICKERSHAM # 2 HE’S DUMB!

WICKERSHAM # 3 HE’S SLOW!

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SOUR KANGAROO UH HUH!

SOUR KANGAROO & WICKERSHAMS

ELEPHANTS AIN’T TOO SWIFT AS A RULE
BUT HE’S THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
‘CAUSE HE’S TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TALKING TO A SPECK
TO A SPECK OF DUST
WICKERSHAM # 3 BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

WICKERSHAMS & BIRD GIRLS & SOUR KANGAROO

TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TO A SPECK OF DUST!

WICKERSHAM # 2 BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

SOUR KANGAROO R-E-S-P-E-C-K-!

OH PLEASE! TAKE THAT SPECK AWAY!

ALL DID YOU HEAR? DOD YOU HEAR?

DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR?

BIRD GIRLS THROUGH THE JUNGLE, THE NEWS QUICKLY

SPREAD.

ALL DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR?

DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR?

BIRD GIRLS HE TALKS TO A DUST SPECK HE’S OUT OF HIS

HEAD!

CAT as talk show host, ad libs to the audience.

OUR TOPIC TODAY IS “PSYCHIC ELEPHANTS WHO

HEAR
VOICES. “WHADDAYA THINK, FOLKS, IS THE
ELEPHANT OFF

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HIS TRUNK? WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH “SPECK”,

“CLOVER”,
“DUST”, “NEIGHBOR”, “WHO”…
he holds the microphone to the clover for a beat.
STAY TUNED! WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK !
The cat interviews Gertrude Mc. Fuzz.

ALL BIGGEST BLAME FOOL

IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

GERTRUDE I’M GERTRUDE MCFUZZ, AND I LIVE RIGHT

NEXT DOOR.
HE’S NEVER DONE ANYTHING CRAZY BEFORE

ALL BIGGEST BLAME FOOL

IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

GERTRUDE HE’S ALLWAYS BEEN FRIENDLY AND LOYAL

AND KIND.
I JUST DON’T BELIEVE HORTON’S OUT OF HIS
MIND!

ALL DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR?

DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR?

Mayzie LaBird is now interviewed.

MAYZIE IM MAYZIE LA BIRD

AND I LIVE IN THAT TREE.

ALL DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR?

DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR?

MAYZIE ENOUGH ABOUT HORTON, LET’S TALK ABOUT

ME!

MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS LET’S TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT,

TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT…. ME

ALL (Except Horton & Gertrude)

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TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TO A SPECK OF DUST

WICKERSHAM # 3 BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

SOUR KANGAROO JUST A FOOL, JUST A FOOL, JUST A FOOL.

ALL (Except Horton & Gertrude)

TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TO A SPECK OF DUST

WICKERSHAM # 3 BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

SOUR KANGAROO FOOL!

HORTON I JUST HAVE TO SAVE THEM, BECAUSE AFTER

ALL
A PERSON’S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL.
HORTON & GERTRUDE
A PERSON’S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW…

ALL (Except Horton & Gertrude)

BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
IN THE JUNGLE, ANYWHERE
CHECK THE BIG NERVOUS WRECK
WHO’S PROTECTIN’ A SPECK
WHEN HE KNOWS THERE’S NO ONE THERE!

WICKERSHAMS ACTIN’ AS IF HE’S HOLDIN’ A JEWEL

SOUR KANGAROO SOMEBODY STUCK A TRUNK ON A MULE.

BIGGEST BLAME FOOL

IN THE JUNGLE OF

SOUR KANGAROO riffs

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ALL NOOL, NOOL, NOOL!

IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL, NOOL, NOOL!
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL, NOOL, NOOL!

All exit, Miss Gertrude McFuzz sings “on the fifteenth of May” reprise, as
she takes notice of Horton, he is left alone, he hears the cry again.
HERE ON WHO

MAYOR (offstage) HELP ! HELP!

CAT THEN HE HEARD IT AGAIN

THAT SMALL CRY IN THE BLUE.

MAYOR (offstage) HELP!

CAT HORTON STILL COULDN’T SEE THEM. BUT I’LL

SHOW THEM TO YOU!

The cat holds a magnifying glass to Horton’s clover, And as he does, a large
one descends and we see Mr. And Mrs. Mayor.
HORTON HELLO?
IS ANYONE THERE?
WHO ARE YOU?

MAYOR WELL,

WE’RE WHOS HERE,

WE ARE WHOS HERE.
SMALLER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE.

IT’S TRUE, SIR.

WE’RE WHO’S WHO, SIR.
I’M A WHO
AND SO SHE IS.

MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR

WE’RE TINY LITTLE PEOPLE
BLOWING BY IN THE AIR
WONDERING HOW AND WHY

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WE’RE ON WHO.
THE TI-NIEST PLANET IN THE SKY!

(The entire Who population enters)

WHOS A-LADELA-DELADELA WHO WHO

A-LADELA-DELADELA WHO

TWO WHO SOPRANOS WHO!

WHOS A-LADELA-DELADELA WHO WHO

A-LADELA-DELADELA...

WE’RE WHOS HERE,

WIN OR LOSE HERE,
STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE.
EACH GUST PRO-
PELS OUR DUST. OH,
HOW THE HECK
DO WHOS SURVIVE?
AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT
WE COULD CRASH OR BE DROWNED,
HITTING THE GROUND, OH MY!
HERE ON WHO.
THE TI-NIEST
PLANET IN THE SKY

WHO WHO! WHO

MAYOR I’M THE MAYOR

WHO WHO! WHO!

MRS. MAYOR I’M HIS WIFE.

WHO WHO! WHO!

MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR

JUST IMAGINE THE WHO’S UNUSUAL LIFE!

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WHO FAMILY # 1 PICTURE THE TINIEST HOUSES

AND GROCERY STORES.

WHO WOMEN WHO…

WHO FAMILY # 2 TINY UMBRELLAS THAT DRIP

ON THE TINIEST FLOORS.

WHO MEN WHO…

WHO FAMILY # 3 THE TINIEST TUNNELS AND

TINIEST STREETS.

WHO FAMILY # 4 MINIATURE BUSES

WITH MINIATURE SEATS.

WHO FAMILY # 5 MINIATURE BUILDINGS

WITH MINIATURE WINDOWS AND DOORS!

HORTON NO SMALLER TOWN THAN YOURS!

The Who marching band enters.

WHOS WE’VE GOT A MARCHING BAND

THAT IS SMALL BUT GRAND
OH YOU OUGHT TO HEAR THEM WAIL!

The band plays a few wild riffs on strange who instruments.

WHOS AND THE GRINCH IS HERE

AND EVERY YEAR,

GRINCH I RE-ENACT MY CHRISTMAS TALE!

He begins to declaim.
EVERY WHO DOWN IN WHOVILLE
LIKED CHRISTMAS A LOT…
BUT THE GRINCH,
WHO LIVED JUST NORTH OF WHOVILLE
DID NOT!

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As the whos dance, Horton accidentally tips the clover at various angles,
causing the whos to teeter off-balance.

MAYOR IMAGINE A PLACE THAT IS TIDY

AND TOTALLY CLEAN,

WHOS WHO…

GRINCH WHERE EVEN A GRINCH

WOULDN’T DARE TO BE
TOTALLY MEAN!

WHOS WHO…

MAYOR YOU THINK THAT IT’S HEAVEN ON EARTH

YES, YOU DO!
BUT HEAVEN ON EARTH
ISN’T HEAVEN ON WHO!

WHOS TROUBLES ON WHO

ARE THE BIGGEST THAT YOU’VE EVER SEEN.
MAYOR WE’RE ON THE BRINK OF WAR, THEY SAY

WHOS, MAYOR WE’RE GOING TO WAR, AND OH MY!

MAYOR ‘CAUSE IF WE DO, THEN HERE ON WHO

WHOS, MAYOR WELL, YOU CAN KISS WHOVILLE GOODBYE!

MAYOR OUR SKIES ARE UNBEARABLY DARK

MRS. MAYOR AND WAR IS UNBEARABLY NEAR…

MAYOR AND THAT’S NOT THE END OF OUR

TROUBLES HERE…

WHOS FOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN

THE TRUFFULA TREES
WERE ALL CUT DOWN
THEY ONCE STOOD TALL,

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IN ALL THEIR GLORY-

BUT THAT`S ANOTHER STORY…

SO HERE ON WHO
WE LIVE IN FEAR.
WE’RE DRIFTING THROUGH SPACE
AND CANNOT STEER!
A TROUBLED AND TINY LAND…
OUR FUTURE’S IN YOUR HAND…

IT’S UP TO YOU, SIR

PLEASE HELP WHO, SIR.
YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARS.
YOU MUST SIR!

MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR

SAVE OUR DUST, SIR.

WHOS SAVE OUR DUST, SIR

NOW THAT WE HAVE REACHED YOUR EARS!

WE’RE TINY LITTLE PEOPLE

SAYING THANKS IN ADVANCE
HOPING PERCHANCE, YOU’LL TRY!
HERE ON WHO,
THE TI-NIEST PLANET IN THE SKY

HORTON I WON’T LET YOU DOWN, NO, I WON’T LET YOU

FALL.
A PERSON’S A PERSON
NO MATTER HOW SMALL.
A PERSON’S A PERSON
NO MATTER HOW SMALL.

WHOS (gratefully) WHO!

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The cat in the Hat “zooms in” to the tiny planet of who with his magnifying
glass, and we meet the Mayor and his family.

MAYOR I’M THE MAYOR OF WHO. WHY, I’VE JUST

BEEN ELECTED.
AND UPRIGHT BEHAVIOR IS THUS FORTH
EXPECTED.
YET HERE SITS MY SON WHO’S SENT HOME BY HIS
TEACHEARS
FOR THINKING STRANGE “THINKS” AND INVENTING
STRANGE CREATURES

MRS. MYOR WE’RE GOING TO SPEAK WITH YOUR

TEACHERS TODAY
AND I HOPE THEY HAVE NOTHING TOO AWFUL TO
SAY.
IF YOU’RE HUNGRY THERE’S SCHLOPP IN THE
FRIG-A-MERATOR.

MAYOR WE’RE LATE.

MRS. MAYOR HERE’S A KISS.

MAYOR AND WE’LL BOTH SEE YOU LATER.

They exist, JOJO sits, a clock ticks, time passes, after awhile he senses
someone else in the room. The cat magically appears.

A DAY FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT

CAT YOU’RE SAD! OH DEAR!

WELL, LUCKILY FOR YOU THE CAT IS HERE!

THINK OF A DAY
THAT IS RAINY AND GRAY
AND AS DULL AS THEY COME.
AND THERE IS NOBODY THERE
AND YOU’RE KICKIN’ A CHAIR
AND IT’S OH SO HO HUM!

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NOTHING’ TO DO AND NOBODY BUT YOU

ON A DAY THAT IS FLATTER THAN FLAT.
WELL, THAT IS A DAY
FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT!

THINK OF A HOUSE
THAT IS SMALL AS A MOUSE
AND AS NEAT AS A PIN.
OH, IT’S SO TIDY AND CLEAN
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
AND YOURS FOLKS ARE NOT IN!
NO ONE BOUT YOU
SINCE A QUARTER TO TWO
AND YOU’VE SAT AND YOU’VE SAT
AND YOU’VE SAT!
OH, THAT IS THE TIME
FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT

The cat in the hat brings on a large box, when he opens it, the cat’s helpers
spill out.

CAT THE CAT IN THE HAT IN THE HAT IN THE HAT IN

THE HAT!

ONE HELPER THE CAT

TWO HELPERS AND THE CAT

THREE HELPERS AND THE CAT

FOUR HELPERS AND THE CAT

CAT, HELPERS IN THE HAT

THINK OF A DAY
THAT IS RAINY AND GRAY
AND I’LL SHOW YOU SOME TRICKS!

‘CAUSE THERE IS NO ONE BUT YOU

AND YOURS FOLKS AREN’T DUE

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TILL A QUARTER PAST SIX!

BOUNCE ON THE BRINK

OF WHATEVER YOU THINK
AND, OH, WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT!

JOJO, CAT, HELPERS AND THAT IS THE FUN

OF THE CAT IN THE HAT!

A dance break, in which the cat and his helpers get up to all kinds of
mischief, including messing up house, spraying silly string, bouncing of
trampolines and flying kites.

CAT, HELPERS YOU’VE GOT A MIND

THAT IS ONE OF A KIND
SO WHY HIDE IT AWAY!
IT’S TIME TO OPEN THE LOCKS
AND THINK OUT OF THE BOX
AND TODAY IS YOUR DAY!
BOUNCE ON THE BRINK
OF WHATEVER YOU THINK
AND OH, WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT?

JOJO,CAT, HELPERS AND THAT IS THE FUN OF THE CAT…

The CAT and JOJO realize that the parents are coming home. All quickly
clean up the mess.

CAT, HELPERS IN THE HAT!

JOJO parents returns.

CAT THE CAT IN THE HAT

The CAT vanishes as the parents enter. Everything is instantly the way it
was.

JOJO’s parents tell him that he has been suspended from school for his wild
“thinks” After scolding him, they send him to bed.

MAYOR NOW TAKE YOUR BATH AND GO TO BED.

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MRS. MAYOR AND THINK SOME NORMAL THINKS INSTEAD.

MR: and MRS: MAYOR exit, leaving JOJO alone, as he sings, his bathtub
appears. We hear water dripping.

IT’S POSSIBLE (Mc ELLIGOT’S POOL)

JOJO TRY NOT TO THINK

TRY TO BEHAVE.
TRY NOT TO THINK.

I’LL THINK OF TAKING A BATH IN A DRIPPY OLD

TUB
GOING PLINK, PLINK, PLINK, PLINK!

BUT WHEN I THINK OF THAT PLINKETY PLINK

I SEE FISH SWIMMING BY IN A SCHOOL
HEY MAYBE THIS TUB IS…
“MC. ELLLIGOT’S POOL”.

THIS MIGHT BE A POOL.

LIKE I’VE READ OF IN BOOKS.
CONNECTED TO ONE OF THOSE
UNDERGROUNDS BROOKS!
AN UNDERGROUND RIVER
THAT STARTS HERE AND FLOWS
RIGHT UNDER THIS BATHTUB!
AND THEN –
WHO KNOWS!

IT’S POSSIBLE! ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE!

JOJO’s bathtub begins to rise magically.

IT MIGHT GO ALONG,
DOWN WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE
RIGHT UNDER STATE HIGHWAY
TWO HUNDRED AND THREE!
RIGHT UNDER THE WAGONS!

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RIGHT UNDER THE TOES!

OF MR. UMBROSO…
WHO’S HANGING OUT CLOTHES!
IT’S POSSIBLE! ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE.

THIS MIGHT BE A RIVER

NOW MIGHTN’T IT BE,
CONNECTING MC. ELLIGOT’S POOL WITH THE SEA
THEN MAYBE SOME FISH MIGHT BE SWIMMING…
SWIMMING TOWARD ME…

We are suddenly underwater, seussian fish appear, and swoop through the
water – they perform synchronized swimming, surfboarding, all with JOJO.

FISH, JOJO AH! IT’S POSIBLE! IT’S POSIBLE...

AH! IT’S POSIBLE! IT’S POSIBLE... AH!

FALSETTO GROUP OO-WEE-EE-EE-EE-OOH! OO-WEE-EE-EE-EE-

OOH!

JOJO FISH
OH THE SEA IS SO FULL OOH… WAH-
OOH
OF A NUMBER OF FISH
IF A FELLOW IS PATIENT OOH… WAH-
OOH
HE MIGHT GET HIS WISH!
AND THAT’S WHY I THINK OOH… WAH-
OOH
THAT I’M NOT SUCH A FOOL
WHEN I SIT HERE AND FISH WHEN I
SIT HERE
IN MC. ELLIGOT’S POOL! AND FISH

IT’S POSSIBLE. IT’S

POSSIBLE
IT’S POSSIBLE
ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE.

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IT’S POSSIBLE. IT’S

POSSIBLE
IT’S POSSIBLE
ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE. POSSIBLE.

IT’S POSSIBLE…

And now, The fish miraculously appear upside down and all around JOJO.

JOJO & FISH ANYTHING’S… POSSIBLE!

JOJO goes to bed. It’s the next morning. JOJO’s parents enters. They are
worried about their son.

HOW TO RAISE A CHILD

MRS. MAYOR HE’S A PERFECT LITTLE BOY

BUT HE’S ACTING VERY STRANGE.

MAYOR IS IT ALL A PART OF GROWING UP

OR DID SOMETHING MAKE HIM CHANGE?
WE COULD JUST LAY DOWN THE LAW.

MRS. MAYOR WE COULD SIMPLY LET HIM GROW.

MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR

OH, WHERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO RAISE A CHILD?
WHO HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO RAISE A CHILD?
WHO HAS ALL THE ANSWERS?
I DON’T KNOW.

The conductor hands MAYOR and MRS: MAYOR a brochure, touting a

school which seems to be the answer to their problems with JOJO. When
they finish reading it, GENERAL GENGHIS KAHN SCHMITZ grandly
arrives.

THE MILITARY

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SCHMITZ I’M GENERAL GENGHIS KAHN SCHMITZ.

I SCARE CHILDREN OUT OF THEIR WITS.
BUT YOU’LL SEE AT A GLANCE, SIR,
MY SCHOOL IS THE ANSWER
FOR SHIRKERS AND DREAMERS AND TWITS…

AND IN THIS CASE, I’D SAY THE SHOE FITS!

TEN HUT! FEET TOGETHER, CHIN UP. EYES ON THE

PRIZE
FORWARD… HARCH!
JOJO begins to march in place.

SCHMITZ THE MILITARY ACADEMY

IS A PLACE WHERE HE SHOULD BE SENT.
WE’LL DRILL THE SILLINESS FROM HIS HEAD –
I’M SURE WE’LL MAKE A DENT!

WE’LL TEACH HIN FIGHTING

AND LEFT AND RIGHTING
UNTIL HE’S MUSCLED AND TAN
A-HUT-TWO-THREE!
HE’S PATHETIC!
A-HUT-TWO-THREE!
UNATHLETIC!
A-HUT-TWO-THREE!
BUT I’M BETTING WE CAN!
THE MILITARY!
THAT’S WHAT MAKES A BOY…
A MAN!

CADETS enter-children trying to behave like soldiers.

CADETS SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ,

SCHMITZ,
SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ,
SCHMITZ,
SCHMITZ,

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SCHMITZ THE MILITARY’S EXTRAORDINARILY

GOOD FOR SOMEBODY MEEK.
HE’LL BUNK WITH BULLIES WHO BEAT HIM UP-

CADETS AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK!

SCHMITZ HE’LL SWEAT AND SHIVER

AND EAT RAW LIVER.
T’S ALL A PART OF THE PLAIN!

CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE!

SCHMITZ WHEN THEY SUFFER,

CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE!

SCHMITZ BOYS GET TOUGHER!

CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE!

SCHMITZ AND IT’S TIME HE BEGAN!

THE MILITARY!
THAT’S WHAT MAKES A BOY… A MAN!!!

CADETS THAT’S WHAT MAKES A BOY… A MAN!

CADETS SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ,

SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ

SCHMITZ hands JOJO’s parents a contract, they sign it, and march off
obediently, SCHMITZ turns to JOJO.

SCHMITZ OUR BOYS BELIEVE

IN THE RIGHT OF EVERY WHO
TO EAT THEIR BREAD BUTTER SIDE UP!

CADETS BUTTER SIDE UP!

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SCHMITZ ONE THING WE TRUST

ON THIS FRAGILE SPECK OF DUST
IS EATING BREAD
BUTTER SIDE UP!

JOJO BUTTER SIDE UP?

SCHMITZ AND AS FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR BUTTER

DOWN

CADETS DOWN, DOWN, DOWN

SCHMITZ WE’LL NUCLEATE ‘EM!

WE’LL SPIFF-LICATE’EM!

SCHMITZ, CADETS WE’LL GO TO WAR

AND RUN THEM OUT OF TOWN!

Dance break in which SCHMITZ leads the CADETS and JOJO in a series
of silly maneveurs. JOJO can’t keep up or fit in.

CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE

SCHMITZ WE ENLIST’EM

CADETS A-HUT-TWO-THREE

SCHMITZ IN OUR SYSTEM.

AND BOYS SOON SEE
NOTHING’S EASIER THAN…
THE MILITARY!

THAT’S WHAT MAKES A BOY……… A MAN!!!!

CADETS THAT’S WHAT MAKES A BOY…

THAT’S WHAT MAKES A BOY…
THAT’S WHAT MAKES A BOY… A MAN

The number ends.

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CADETS as they exit SCHMITZ, SCHYMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ,

SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ, SCHMITZ

SCHMITZ I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM

CADETS DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM!

SCHMITZ I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM I AM!

CADETS DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM I AM!

SCHMITZ SOUND OFF!

CADETS EGGS AND HAM!

SCHMITZ SOUND OF

CADETS SAM I AM

SCHMITZ & CADETS I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS… AND HAM!!!!

The CADETS carry JOJO to a bunk bed and deposit him there, we see
HORTON, alone with his clover, stars come out.

ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE

HORTON I’VE BEEN GUARDING THIS CLOVER

FOR OVER A WEEK
GETTING LAUGHED AT
FOR THINKING A DUST SPECK CAN SPEAK.
WELL, LET THEM ALL LAUGH
I’LL TRY NOT TO MIND
FOR I HAVE FOUND SOMETHING
THAT THEY’LL NEVER FIND!

THERE ARE SECRETS ON A LEAF,

IN THE WATER, IN THE AIR,
HIDDEN PLANETS, TINY WORLDS,
ALL INVISIBLE!
NOT A PERSON SEEMS TO KNOW.

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NOT A PERSON SEEMS TO CARE.

THERE IS NO ONE WHO BELIEVES A THING I SAY!
WELL, I’M FAIRLY CERTAIN
AT ONE TIME OR OTHER,
GREAT THINKERS ALL FEEL THIS WAY!

I’M ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE

SO ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE
I’VE FOUND MAGIC BUT THEY DON’T SEE IT.
THEY ALL CALL ME A LUNATIC.
OK, CALL ME A LUNATIC.
IF I STAND ON MY OWN, SO BE IT.

‘CAUSE I HAVE WINGS.

YES, I CAN FLY AROUND THE MOON
AND FAR BEYOND THE SKY
AND ONE DAY SOON
I KNOW THERE YOU’LL BE
ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE
ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE
WHO BELIEVES IN ME…

JOJO I’M ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE

SO ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE
MY OWN PLANETS AND STARS ARE GLOWING.

HORTON ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE.

JOJO NO ONE NOTICES ANYTHING.

NOT ONE PERSON IS LISTENING.
THEY DON’T HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING.

HORTON NOBODY KNOWS THAT I HAVE WINGS.

JOJO I HAVE WINGS. I CAN FLY, BEYOND THE SKY

HORTON YES, I CAN FLY

AROUND THE MOON AND FAR BEYOND THE SKY.

BOTH WELL SOMEDAY SOON

YOU WILL HEAR MY PLEA

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HORTON ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE

JOJO ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE

BOTH PLEASE BELIEVE IN ME…

HORTON HELLO… HELLO?

JOJO(startled) HELLO?

HORTON WHO’S THERE?

JOJO IT’S ME, JOJO, THE MAYOR’S SON.

HORTON I’M HORTON, THE ELEPHANT.

JOJO ARE YOU REAL, OR ARE YOU A VERY LARGE THINK?

HORTON OH, I’M REAL, ALL RIGHT. I WOULD STATE THAT IN

INK.

JOJO IN MY THINKS, I IMAGINE A LOS OF STRAGE THINGS

AND I GO TO STRANGE PLACES, AS IF I HAD WINGS!
I LOVE A GOOD THINK!

HORTON WELL, FOR ME THAT GOES DOUBLE.

JOJO SOMETIMES MY THINKS ARE WHAT GET ME IN

TROUBLE.

HORTON WHEN YOU THINK, DO YOU DREAM?

JOJO IN BRIGHT COLORS!

HORTON ME TOO, AND I GO TO STRANGE PLACES LIKE

SOLLA SOLLEW!

JOJO WHEN YOU THINK, SO YOU THINK YOU COULD FLY

TO THE STARS?

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HORTON LITTLE FRIEND, NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE THINKS

SUCH AS OURS!

Horton and Jojo magically begin to fly through the starry.

HORTON YES, I HAVE WINGS. AND I CAN FLY

JOJO I HAVE WINGS… I CAN FLY…

HORTON AROUND THE MOON AND FAR BEYOND THE SKY

JOJO BEYOND THE SKY…

HORTON YOU CALLED MY NAME AND YOU SET ME FREE –

ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE

JOJO ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE

BOTH WHO BELIEVES IN ME.

HORTON GOODNIGHT, JOJO.

JOJO GOODNIGHT, HORTON, SEE YOU IN SOLLA SOLLEW!

THE ONE FEATHER TAIL OF MISS GERTRUDE MC. FUZZ

CAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR

ENTERTEINMENT
“THE ONE FEATHER TAIL OF MISS GERTRUDE
MC.FUZZ”

GERTRUDE THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL BIRD NAMED

GERTRUDE MC. FUZZ
AND SHE HAD THE SMALLEST PLAIN TAIL EVER
WAS.
ONE DROPPY-DROOP FEATHER. THAT’S ALL THAT
SHE HAD.
AND OH! THAT ONE FEATHER MADE GERTRUDE
SO SAD.

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SHE CURLED IT. SHE DYED IT. SHE GAVE IT A

PUFF.
SHE DECKED IT WITH FLOWERS, BUT IT WASN’T
ENOUGH.
FOR NO MATTER WHAT. IT JUST WAS WHAT IT
WAS –
A TAIL THAT SIMPLY WASN’T MEANT
TO CATCH THE EYE OF AN ELEPHANT…
THE ONE FEATHER TAIL OF MISS GERTRUDE MC.
FUZZ .

(Now the extraordinary MAYZIE LA BIRD and her BIRD GIRLS appear.
They dance around
GERTRUDE, sizing her up with scorn and pity).

AMAZING MAYZIE

MAYZIE I WAS ONCE A PLAIN LITTLE BIRD LIKE YOU, KID.

ONE PATHETIC FEATHER WAS ALL I GREW.
I HAD NOTHING SHOWOFF-ISH
WHAT’S A PLAIN BIRD TO DO?
AND THERE’S CERTAINLY NOTHING SHOWOFF-
ISH ON YOU!

GERTRUDE THANK YOU, MAYZIE..

MAYZIE THEN I MADE A PLAN FOR MY SELF-

IMPROVEMENT.
NO MORE CRUMBS, I VOWED I WOULD HAVE THE
CAKE!
YES, I WENT TO THE DOCTOR –

BIRD GIRLS DOCTOR DAKE BY THE LAKE!

MAYZIE AND HE TOLD ME WHAT SORT OF PILL I SHOULD

TAKE…
NOW I’M…

AMAZING MAYZIE!
AS FEATHERED AS FEATHERED CAN BE NOW!

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AMAYZING MAYZIE!
IT WAS ALL FOR SALE!

MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS

AMAZING MAYZIE!

MAYZIE THE BIRDS ARE ALL WHISTLING AT ME NOW.

MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS

AMAZING MAZIE!

MAYZIE BABY, THAT’S MY TAIL!

BIRD GIRLS HIGH OR LOW

GERTURDE GEE, IT`S FABULOUS!

BIRD GIRLS WATCH HER GO

GERTRUDE GEE, I’M ENVIOUS!

BIRD GIRLS TO AND FRO- MAYZIE’S FABULOUS TAIL!

GERTRUDE I WISH I HAD ONE LIKE IT.

BIRD GIRLS LEFT AND RIGHT!

GERTRUDE BEST I’VE EVER SEEN.

BIRD GIRLS DAY OR NIGHT

MAYZIE KID, YOU’RE TURNING GREEN!

GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS

WHAT A SIGHT – MAYZIE’S FABULOUS TAIL!

MAYZIE GET THOSE PILLS

BIRD GIRLS GET THE PILLS

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MAYZIE AND YOU CAN HAVE FRILLS

BIRD GIRLS FRILLS!

MAYZIE & BIRD GIRLS

FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.
AND YOU CAN BE AMAYZING –

MAYZING ALMOST…

AS AMAYZING…. AS ME!!!!!!

AMAYZING GERTRUDE

GERTRUDE SO SHE FLEW TO THE DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR

NAMED DAKE
WHOSE OFFICE WAS HIGH IN THE TREE BY THE
LAKE.
AND SHE CRIED. “MR. DOCTOR”! OH, PLEASE, DO
YOU KNOW OF SOME KIND OF PILL WILL MAKE MY
TAIL GROW?

The CAT appears wearing a stethoscope. Maybe another actor???

DOCTOR in German TUT. TUT, SAGT DER DOCKTOR, DIESE

GESPRACHE IST ZU VERUCKT
IHR KLEINER FEDER SWANZE IST GENAU RICHTIG
FUR IHR VOGEL ART!

GERTRUDE HUH????

DOCTOR IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR LITTLE TAIL IS JUST RIGHT

FOR YOUR KIND OF BIRD!

GERTRUDE THEN GERTRUDE HAD TANTRUMS. SHE RAISED

SUCH A DIN THAT FINALLY THE DOCTOR JUST HAD
TO GIVE IN.

DOCTOR reacts to her tantrum.

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ALRIGHT ALREADY! BITTE ShöEN HERR MIT DER

PILLBERRY BUSH! MEINE GUTE!
The BIRDGIRLS bring on pillberry bush. GERTRUDE takes some of the
pills.

GERTRUDE GULP! GULP! GULP! GULP! GULP! GULP!

WHAT WAS THAT?
SOMETHING’S ITCHING ME!
WHAT WAS THAT?
SOMETHING TWICHING ME!
WHAT WAS THAT?
ARE THOSE FEATHER I SEE?
I THINK MY TAIL’S BEGINNING!
OH MY WORD!
THIS IS WONDERFUL!
SECOND, THIRD, WOW, I’M COLOURFUL!
WHAT BIRD I’M BEGINNING TO BE…

AMAYZING GERTRUDE

BIRD GIRLS JUST LOOK AT THE TAIL SHE IS SPORTIN’

GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS

AMAYZING GERTRUDE

GERTRUDE THANK YOU, DOCTRO DAKE!

BIRD GIRLS THANKS DOC!

GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS

AMAYZING GERTRUDE!

GERTRUDE AND HOPEFULLY I’LL IMPRESS HORTON!

BIRD GIRLS AMAYZING GERTRUDE…

She starts taking more pills.

GERTRUDE ONE MORE PILL WILL DO ME GOOD

YES, IT WILL!

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ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE PILL!

BIRD GIRLS SOON, SHE’LL HAVE THE BIGGEST TAIL…

SHE’LL HAVE THE BIGGEST TAIL!

GERTRUDE I’LL HAVE THE BIGGEST TAIL!

GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS

THA BIGGEST TAIL OF…
ALL!!!!

GERTRUDE and the BIRD GIRLS exit, as lights come up another part of
the jungle, it`s dark
and menacing. The WICKERSHAM BROTHERS enter.

MONKEY AROUND

WICKERSHAMS YEAH!!!

WICKERSHAM # 1 THERE’S A RUSTLE IN THE BUSHES.

THERE’S A TREMBLE IN THE TREES.
HEAR IT LIKE A WHISPER
SMELL IT ON THE SUMMER BREEZE.

WICKERSHAMS MM-HMM!! OOH… MM-HMM! OOH!… MM-HMM

AH…

WICKERSHAM # 1 SOMETHIN’ BIG IS GETTING NEARER

SOMETHIN’ BIG IS COMIN’ THROUGH
GOT SOME MONKEY BUSINESS

WICKERSHAMS THAT’S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO…

COME ON!
I WANNA MONKEY.
MONKEY AROUND
COME ON!
I GOTTA MONKEY.
MONKEY AROUND
COME ON!

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WE’RE GONNA MONKEY

OOH, WE’RE GONNA MONKEY AROUND! OOH!

HORTON enters, clutching his clover. And the WICKERSHAM

BROTHERS circle HORTON.

HORTON THE WICKERSHAMS, UH, HELLO.

WICKERSHAM # 2 WELL, IT’S BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX

WICKERSHAMS MMM-HMM!

WICKERSHAM # 3 HEY, IT’S WIDDER THAN A WHALE!

WICKERSHAM # 4 PEANUT BUTTER BREATH

WICKERSHAMS AND SCARED TO DEATH FROM HEAD TO TAIL!

WICKERSHAM # 5 SO YOU’RE STILL TALKING TO DUST, OH,

WHAT A ROT!

WICKERSHAM # 1 A DUST SPECK THAT’S ALL FULL OF WHOS

WHO ARE NOT!

WICKERSHAM # 3 THERE AREN’T ANY WHOS. WHY, I DON’T HEAR

A SOUND!

WICKERSHAMS COME ON! WE’VE GOTTA MONKEY…. MONKEY

AROUND !

The WICKERSHAMS BROTHERS grab the dust speck and run. HORTON
follows them. The
chase is on. JUNGLE CITIZENS enter to watch and comment on the
following.

HORTON NO! STOP! PLEASE WAIT!

CHASING THE WHOS

SOUR KANGAROO UP OUT OF THE JUNGLE

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UP INTO THE SKY.

UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS

SOUR KANGAROO & BIRD GIRLS

TEN THOUSAND FEET HIGH.

SOUR KANGAROO THEN DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS

SOUR KANGAROO & BIRD GIRLS
AND INTO THE NEWS –

ALL WENT HORTON THE ELEPHANT

CHASING THE WHOS!

WOMEN CHASING THE WHOS!

MEN CHASING THE WHOS!

The CAT appears in a helicopter, which he mimes with his umbrella.

CAT THIS IS THE CAT IN THE HAT

LIVE FROM SKYCAM FIVE.
FOLKS, THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
IS ONE HECK OF A DRIVE.
WE’VE GOT MONKEYS BACKED UP
TO THE THREE-H-TWO
I’D FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES
IF I WERE YOU!
The CAT exits.

WICKERSHAMS & SOUR KANGAROO & BIRD GIRLS

THE OVER THE DESERT,
THE DESERT OF DREZE!
AND INTO THE FOREST
WITH THOUSAND OF TREES
PAST SNEETCHES ON BEACHES

SOUR KANGAROO AND SOUR KANGAROOS!

ALL except HORTON and VOCALLY LOW men.

WENT HORTON THE ELEPHANT

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CHASING THE WHOS

CHASING THE WHOS!

VOCALLY LOW MEN CHASING THE WHOS…

CHASING THE…
CHASING THE WHOS!

The WICKERSHAM BROTHERS stop running and face the out-of-breath

HORTON.

WICKERSHAM # 1 STILL CHASING YOUR DUST? WHY, ITS

SAFE AS CAN BE.

WICKERSHAM # 2 WE’RE MONKEYS TO TRUST, OR DON’T

YOU AGREE?

WICKERSHAM # 3 WELL, JUST TO BE SURE WE ARE HANDING IT

OFF

WICKERSHAMS TO A BLACK-BOTTOMEN EAGLE NAMED –

VLAD VLADIKOFF VLAD VLADIKOFF!

The eagle swoops in and grabs the clover, and the chase continues-
HORTON runs below,
and the eagle flies above.

HORTON NO! PLEASE! WAIT!

BIRD GIRLS ALL THAT LATE AFTERNOON AND FAR INTO THE
NIGHT
THAT BLACK-BOTTOMED BIRD FLAPPED HIS
WINGS IN FAST FLIGHT
AND HE PAID NO ATTENTION TO HORTON’S LOUD
CALL:

HORTON A PERSON’S A PERSON; NO MATTER HOW SMALL!

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We now see the WHOS being swept from side to side as the eagle swoops,
dives and
somesaults, the WHOS cling to ine another in terror.

WHOS OOOH….AAAHHHHH!!!!
WE’RE WHOS HERE! WE’RE ALL WHOS HERE!
PLEASE DON’T LET US FALL!

AAAHHHH!!
WE’RE WHOS HERE, WE COULD BRUISE HERE!
HELPLESS, WEAK AND SMALL

ALL ON HORTON TRAVELLED

AND ON THAT BIRD FLEW.
AND OH, THERE WAS TROUBLE,

WHOS TROUBLE ON WHO!

ALL THAT BLACK-BOTTOMED EAGLE WAS CRUEL AS

COULD BE…

HORTON ‘CAUSE AT SIX FIFTY SIX, VLAD VLADIKOFF

DROPPED IT.
THE CLOVER WENT TUMBLING AND NOBODY
STOPPED IT!
HEAD OVER HELLS, ONE HUNDRED MILES DOWN,
FELL THE POOR LITTLE WHOS AND THEIR WHOLE
TINY TOWN

The colver drops, and the WHOS scream. The cat is revealed – he freezes
the whos in
mid-fall.

WHOS AAAHH!!!!

HOW LUCKY YOU ARE

CAT WHEN THE NEWS IS ALL BAD

WHEN YOU’RE SOUR AND BLUE
WHEN YOU START TO GET MAD

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YOU SHOULD DO WHAT I DO –

The WHOS fall a few more feet.

WHOS AAAH!

CAT TELL YOURSELF

HOW LUCKY YOU ARE…

WHEN YOUR LIFE’S GOING WRONG

WHEN THE FATES ARE UNKIND
WHEN YOU’RE LIMPING ALONG
AND GET KICKED FROM BEHIND
TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE…

The WHOS fall again.

WHOS AAAH!

CAT WHY DECRY A CLOUDY SKY AND EMPTY PURSE

A CRAZY UNIVERSE?
MY PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLY
THINGS COULD BE WORSE! AH… AH… AH.. CHOO!

The CAT sneezes all over the clover and the WHOS react in disgust.

WHOS EWWWWW!!!

CAT SO BE HAPPY YOU’RE HERE.

THINK OF LIFE AS A THRILL
AND IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE
AS WE ALL KNOW IT WILL
THANK YOUR LUCKY STAR
YOU’VE GOTTEN THIS FAR…
AND TELL YOURSELF
HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!
HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY,
HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!

The CAT is gone, and HORTON is alone.

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HORTON THAT BIRD LET THAT CLOVER DROP SOMEWHERE

INSIDE OF A GREAT PATCH OF CLOVERS, ONE
HUNDRED MILES WIDE!
I’LL FIND IT. I’LL FIND IT OR BUST!
I’LL FIND MY FRIENDS ON THEIR SMALL SPECK OF
DUST.
YES, CLOVER BY CLOVER BY CLOVER WITH CARE
I’LL LISTEN AND I’LL CALL, ARE YOU THERE?
ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOU
THERE?

HORTON begins his search for the WHOS clover by clover. GERTRUDE
MC FUZZ enters.
She now posseses a long, magnificent tail! As she sings to HORTON, he
takes no notice
whatsoever, and continues his search for his speck of dust.

NOTICE ME, HORTON

GERTRUDE ITS TAKEN ALL MY COURAGE TO APPROACH YOU

NOT TO MENTION ALL MY STAMINA TO FOLLOW
YOU
ACROSS THE HILLS AND DESERTS.
BUT I FEEL AS IF I’M READY
TO CONFESS TO YOU THE FEELINGS
THAT IVE HIDDEN WITH GREAT DILIGENCE AND
LABOR…
BEHIND THE FAÇADE OF YOUR ODD LITTLE
NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR.

MY EYES ARE TOO SMALL

I HAVE VERY LARGE FEET.
AND I’M NOT VERY PROUD OF MY PITIFUL
TWEET.
BUT I’VE NOW GOT A TAIL
THAT IS SOMETHING TO SEE…

HORTON ONE HUNDRED AND TWO. ONE HUNDRED AND

THREE.

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GERTRUDE OH, NOTICE ME, HORTON

FEATHER BY FEATHER.
THIS IS YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR CALLING!
NOTICE ME, HORTON.
HORTON, TOGETHER
WE COULD BE GREAT…

OH, NOTICE ME HORTON

PUT DOWN THE CLOVER!
THIS IS YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR CALLING.
THERE’S A NEW LEAF
YOUR NEIGHBOR’S TURNED OVER –

HORTON OVER AND OVER, CLOVER BY CLOVER…

HORTON sings to a clover, not noticing that GERTRUDE is singing to him.

GERTRUDE & HORTON

I WAS JUST A NO ONE ONLY YESTERDAY.
YOU SHOWED UP AND SHOWED ME SOMETHING
MORE.
NOW, I’VE BECOME A SOMEONE
WHO HAS SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
AND TO BE THERE FOR…

GERTRUDE I WILL NOT GIVE UP HOPE.

I WAS HOOKED FROM THE START
WHEN I NOTICED YOUR KIND
AND YOUR POWERFULL HEART.
SO NOTICE ME, HORTON…

HORTON OH, THE WORLD WOULD BE SOMETHING NEW

GERTRUDE NOTICE ME, HORTON

HORTON IF THEY NOTICED A THING OR TWO…

GERTRUDE NOTICE ME, HORTON

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GERTRUDE & HORTON THE WAY I NOTICE YOU.

The number ends with HORTON staring longingly at a clover and

GERTRUDE staring
longingly at him. She exits.
A ticking clock creates a time jump.

HORTON TWO MILLON, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY.NINE

THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-.NINE.
IT’S HOPELESS.

A voice is heard over HORTON’s head.

MAYZIE YOU SAID IT, KID.

HORTON WHO’S THERE?

MAYZIE IT’S ME. MAYZIE. UP HERE.

HORTON MAYZIE…. ARE YOU ON A NEST?

MAYZIE YEAH. YOU WANNA MAKE SOMETHING OF IT?

HORTON NO, I JUST NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE YOU ON A

NEST.

MAYZIE NEITHER DID I, HORT. NEITHER DID I

The CAT rides out on a small, seussian piano, he plays a jazz intro for
MAYZIE.

HOW LUCKY YOU ARE (MAYZIE’S REPRISE)

MAYZIE I WAS DOWN IN FT. WORTH,

JUST A GIRL ON THE WING
WHEN I MET TWEET MC. FIRTH.
OH COULD THAT FELLOW SING!

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TELL YOURSELF, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!

CAT HOW LUCKY, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE-

MAYZIE IT WAS THREE WEEKS OF BLISS.

THAT THE USUAL SEGUE:
HE FLEW OFF TO SAN JUAN
LEAVING ME WITH THIS EGG!
TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!

CAT HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!

MAYZIE NOW IM BORED AND

I’M CRANKY AND TIRED
SITTING DAY AFTER DAY.
WHO KNEW SO MUCH WORK WAS REQUIRED?
I’D MUCH RATHER PLAY!
I NEED A VACATION!
I’M DUE FOR SOME REST –
HEY, HORTON ,WOULD YOU MAYBE LIKE TO SIT
ON MY NEST-?

A beat, as HORTON considers this.

HORTON WELL,. WE ALL NEED VACATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, GO ON, TAKE IT.
I’LL SIT ON YOUR EGG
AND I’LL TRY NOT TO BREAK IT.
BUT PLEASE COME BACK QUICKLY –
ONE HOUR, MAYBE TWO.
I NEED TO FIND JOJO.
I’VE GOT TO SAVE WHO!

MAYZIE HIT IT, CAT! TOODLE- OOOO!

MAYZIE flies off, thrilled with her newfound freedom. The BIRDGIRLS
enter, as HORTON
climbs the tree and gingerly sits on the nest.

HORTON SITS ON THE EGG

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BIRD GIRLS THE CAREFULLY, TENDERLY, GENTLY HE CREPT

UP THE TRUNK TO THE NEST WHERE THE LITTLE
EGG SLEPT
THEN HORTON THE ELEPHANT SMILED:

HORTON NOW THAT’S THAT.

BIRD GIRLS AND HE SAT AND HE SAT AND HE SAT AND HE

SAT.
HE SAT ALL THAT DAY
AND HE KEPT THE EGG WARM…
AND HE SAT ALL THAT NIGHT
THROUGH A TERRIBLE STORM…

The seasons change as HORTON sits on the egg, GERTRUDE MC FUZZ

enters, bringing
HORTON a scarf, she tells him that she’s gotten a postcard from MAYZIE
who’s in Palm
Beach. HORTON is horrified – what is MAYZIE never comes back to
reclaim her egg?
GERTRUDE tries to get HORTON to notice her new tail, wich is now
extremely long, but he
is preoccupied with his own troubles, GERTRUDE sighs and exits.

HORTON I CAN’T LEAVE THIS NEST.

NO, I MEANT WHAT I SAID.
THIS EGG MIGHT GET FROZEN
BUT THE WHOS MIGHT BE DEAD!
I COULDN’T SAY NO
WHEN I HEARD MAYZIE BEG
NOW I’M CAUGHT BETWEEN A DUST SPECK
AND AN INCUBATING EGG !

Suddenly, hunters surround HORTON , aiming guns at his heart.

HORTON trumpets in
terror. There is chaos, GERTRUDE tries to fly to HORTON`s aid, but can’t
because of her
heavy tail. She wrestles with it.

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HELP! SOMEONE HELP! HUNTERS! HELP!

GERTRUDE HORTON! HORTON!

The CAT enters and once again freezes the tableau – the hunters. A trapped
struggling
HORTON, the horrified GERTRUDE, the CAT tips the song to HORTON
and GERTRUDE, who
both unfreeze.

HOW LUCKY YOU ARE / ACT 1 FINALE

HORTON WHEN YOUR LIFE’S GOING WRONG

AND YOU’RE WONDERING WHY

GERTRUDE WHEN YOUR TAIL IS SO LONG

YOU’RE UNABLE TO FLY

CAT & HORTON & GERTRUDE

TELL YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE.

ALL (EXCEPT WHOS) WHY DECRY A CLOUDY SKY.

AN EMPTY PURSE, A CRAZY UNIVERSE,
MY PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLY:

WHOS THINGS COULD BE WORSE!

Lights come up on the MAYOR, MRS MAYOR, CITIZENS OF WHO, and

GENERAL GENGHIS
KHAN SCHMITZ with JOJO. All are bandaged, battered and on crutches.

ALL SO BE HAPPY YOU’RE HERE.

THINK OF LIFE AS A THRILL!
AD IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE,
AS WE ALL KNOW IT WILL,
THANK YOUR LUCKY STAR
YOU’VE GOTTEN THIS FAR…

CAT AND TELL YOURSELF…

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The curtain begins to fall, and continues falling – and as it does. The cat
caught in a rope
he is pulled up into the air. Chaos ensues as people try to rescue the cat.

ALL (EXCEPT WHOS) HOW LUCKY YOU ARE…. HOW LUCKY YOU
ARE….
HOW LUCKY YOU ARE… HOW LUCKY YOU ARE…

WHOS HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY YOU…

HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY YOU…
HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW LUCKY! HOW
LUCKY!
HOW LUCKY …
HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!
The curtain finally covers the actors, including the dangling cat.

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ACT II

After an entr’acte, the CAT appears, still dangling high in the air, he
crashes to the stage and crawls out from under the curtain (“How lucky you
are reprise”) to begin act II. He remnds us of the events that ended act I –
HORTON trapped by hunters, JOJO at Military School, THE WHOS trying
to repair their damaged town, and GERTRUDE, unable to fly because of the
length of her tail, now so long it needs to be supported by the BRID GIRLS,
the story resumes as HORTON gets carried away by the HUNTERS.

EGG, NEST AND TREE

SOUR KANGAROO UP OUT OF THE JUNGLE

UP INTO THE SKY
UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS

BIRD GIRLS, WICKERSHAMS & SOUR 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 WENT HORTON THE ELEPHANT

EGG, NEST AND TREE

WOMEN EGG, NEST AND TREE!

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MEN EGG, NEST AND TREE!

ALL 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.

JUST A SEASICK ELEPHANT

EGG, NEST AND TREE.

MEN NEST AND TREE

ALL EGG, NEST AND TREE!

MEN NEST AND TREE

BIRD GIRL # 1 AFTER OBBING AROUND FOR TWO WEEKS

LIKE A CORK.

ALL except HORTON & CAT)

EGG, NEST AND TREE!

BIRD GIRL # 2 THEY LANDED AT LAST IN THE TOWN OF NEW

YORK.

ALL except HORTON & CAT)

EGG, NEST AND TREE!

BIRD GIRL # 3 HE WAS WET, HE WAS TIRED. AND HUNGRY

AND COLD.

ALL except HORTON & CAT)

EGG, NEST AND TREE!

BIRD GIRLS THEN, HORTON WAS TAKEN TO AUCTION…

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The CAT appears as an auctioneer. After a spiel, he bangs his gavel

AND SOLD TO THE MAN FROM THE CIRCUS!

ALL SOLD… SOLD… SOLD…

EGG NEST AND TREE.

Jungle CITIZENS exit mournfully, as HORTON is carried off.

The CAT now transforms himself from actioneer to MR: MC: GURKUS,
who introduces “The Circus Mc. Gurkus”. He and his entourage of clowns,
roustabouts and showgirls present the many exotic creatures of the circus,
but the main attraction is HORTON the elephant, sitting on his egg, nest
and tree and lit up like a Christmas Tree.
We see the “Circus on the road” as they jounce from one town to the next,
HORTON sings “How lucky you are” reprise” and worries about JOJO and
the missing WHOS. He hopes that MAYZIE will find him soon and free him
from sitting on the egg so that he can find them.
At last the circus arrives in palm beach, and as they exit, MAYZIE appears,
on a chaise, lazing in the sun.
Accompanied by a suave poolboy MAYZIE complains that vacation is
boring, and she craves something new to do. The poolboy hands her a flier
for the circus, and she decides to go.

MAYZIE IN PALM BEACH

MAYZIE A CIRCUS! I LOVE A SHOW ! I YHINK I’LL GO!

MAYZIE arrives at the circus, and suddenly finds himself face to face with
HORTON.

MAYZIE GOOD GRACIOUS! I’VE SEEN YOU BEFORE,

NOW LET’S SEE…

HORTON WHY, MAYZIE, IT’S HORTON! REMEMBER? ITS ME !

I’VE SAT ON YOUR EGG NOW FOR FIFTY ONE
WEEKS! I’VE SAT HERE WHILE PEOPLE HAVE PAID
TO TAKE PEEKS! I’VE SAT HERE THROUGH
LIGHTNING AND HAILSTORMS AND SNOW! WON’T
YOU TAKE BACK YOUR EGG?

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MAYZIE GEE. I REALLY DON’T KNOW…

OH, WOW, IT`S REALLY LATE!

AND GEE, I`VE GOT A DATE!
AND LOTS OF PLACES TO BE.
BUT IT’S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU!

LOOK AT YOU!
WHO WOULD EVER GUESS?
LOOK AT YOU!

SUCH A BIG SUCCESS…

AND IT’S ALL THANK’S TO ME!

AMAYZING HORTON!
THAT EGG SITTING CIRCUS SENSATION!
AMAYZIN HORTON!
EVEN I’M IMPRESSED!
AMAYZING HORTON!
WHILE I WAS OFF TAKING VACATION
YOU MADE YOUR FORTUNE
UP ON MAYZIE’S NEST…
I MAY BE UNRELIABLE.
FANCY FREE. IRRESPONSIBLE. CRAZY ME.
ALWAYS EAGER TO FLY
BUT SEEING YOU
GIVES ME TRUE DELIGHT.
JUST THIS ONCE
I’VE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT.

THE EGG IS ALL YOURS!

NO, DON’T THANK ME,
I’LL CRY!
GOOD LUCK WHEN IT HATCHES.
GOOD LUCK… AND GOODBYE.

MAYZIE kisses the egg regretfully and exits hastily. The other animals look
at HORTON with
sympathy.

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ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE (REPRISE)

HORTON I MEANT WHAT I SAID, AND SAID WHAT I

MEANT
AN ELEPHANT`S FAITHFUL, ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT.
BUT I LOST MY POOR WHOS AND THEIR WHOLE
TINY TOWN.
I COULDN’T PROTECT THEM. AND I LET JOJO
DOWN.

AND NOW, LITTLE EGG,

YOU’RE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE TOO.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
YOU’D BE LEFT UP TO ME,
A FOOL OF AN ELEPHANT
UP IN A TREE.
WELL THIS TIME , I SWEAR
I’LL DO BETTER THAN TRY.
I’LL PROTECT YOU FROM HARM.
YES, I’LL DO IT OR DIE!
SO REST NOW, YOUNG EGG.
AND I’LL SING YOU A LULLABYE…

SOLLA SOLLEW

HORTON THERE’S A FARAWAY LAND

SO THE STORIES ALL TELL
SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE HORIZON.
IF WE CAN FIND IT
THEN ALL WILL BE WELL.
TROUBLES THERE ARE FEW.
SOMEDAY, WE’LL GO TO…
SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW

HORTON & CIRCUS ANIMALS

SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW

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JOJO enters, he is at school, writing a letter home, simultaneously, MR.

AND MRS: MAYOR
enter, reading the letter.

JOJO DEAR MOM AND DAD,

I’M THINKING OF YOU.
AND WISHING WE ALL WERE IN SOLLA SOLLEW.

MAYOR THEY SAY BREEZES ARE WARM THERE.

MRS. MAYOR AND PEOPLE ARE KIND.

JOJO MAYBE IT’S SOMETHING LIKE HEAVEN.

JOJO, MAYOR AND MRS. MAYOR

I CLOSE MY EYES
AND I SEE IN MY MIND
SKIES OF BLUEST BLUE.

ALL SOLLA SOLLEW

HORTON I’VE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE

FINDING MY WAY THERE.
WHEN I GET CLOSE, IT DISAPPEARS.

ALL SOLLA SOLLEW

HORTON IF WE CAN GET THERE,

WE’RE GONNA STAY THERE
IF IT TAKES US MILES

ALL IF IT TAKES US MILES

HORTON IF IT TAKES US YEARS.

HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN
OR LOST ON THE SEA.

HORTON & JOJO SOONER OR LATER, I’LL FIND IT.

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MAYOR I HAVE A PICTURE

OF HOW IT WILL BE.

MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR

ON THE DAY I DO

HORTON & MAYOR &MRS. MAYOR& JOJO

TROUBLES WILL BE THROUGH
AND I’LL BE HOME WITH YOU.

ALL SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW

SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW SOLLA SOLLEW
SOLLA SOLLEW

HORTON I’LL BE HOME…

WITH YOU…

ALL SOLLA SOLLEW.

HAVIN’ A HUNCH

SCARY VOICES OOH! WAH.-OOH-WAH!

OOH! WAH.- OOH-WAH!
Now the CAT takes JOJO on a scary journey home.

CAT HAVE YOU EVER HAD A HUNCH

YOU SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR NOSE?
THEN YOU HAVE A SUDDEN HUNCH
YOU SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR TOES?
SOON A SNEAKY HUNCH IS WHISPERING
BETTER GO STRAIGHT!

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AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT

OH, IT’S SO LATE LATE LATE LATE!

HUNCHES LATE, LATE, LATE, LATE!

CAT NOW A NERVOUS HUNCH IS TELLING YOU

YOU COULD BE LOST!

HUNCHES LOST LOST LOST LOST…

CAT AS IT LEADS YOU DOWN A PATH

YOU HAVE ALREADY CROSSED.

HUNCHES CROSSED, CROSSED, CROSSED, CROSSED!

CAT AND YOU HAVE A NASTY FEELING

THAT YOU SHOULD’VE HAD YOUR LUNCH!
AND YOU KNOW YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH!

HUNCHES YOU’RE HAVIN’ YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH

YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH

CAT A HUNCH!

HUNCHES YOU’RE HAVIN’ YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH

YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH

CAT YOU’RE UNCERTAIN AND CONFUSED

AND YOU’RE SCARED, OH YES!
AND YOU WONDER HOW YOUR THINKS
GOT YOU IN THIS MESS!
AND THERE’S NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOU.
OH, THE WHOLE THINGS STINKS!

CAT & HUNCHES THEN YOU THINK:

JOJO I A THINKER, AND I THINK THINKS!

CAT ONLY YOU CAN FIND THE WAY.

OH, YOU JUST CAN’T STOP!

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JOJO I WILL THINK AND THINK UNTIL I DROP!

CAT & HUNCHES BUT YOUR JOURNEY’S JUST BEGUN

AND SO ON YOU GO . TO THE LEFT? TO THE
RIGHT?

HUNCHES OH, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW

CAT OH, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW

CAT & HUNCHES NOW YOU HAVE A SUDDEN HUNCH

YOU’RE ALONE IN THE WORLD!
YOU’RE ALONE WITH THINKS AND HUNCHES
ALL COLORED AND CURLED!

CAT SOON YOU’RE OVERWHELMED BY HUNCHES

THAT PESTER AND PINCH AND PUNCH

HUNCHES OHH…. AH……

CAT & HUNCHES AND YOU KNOW YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH

HUNCHES YOU’RE HAVIN’ YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH

YOU’RE HAVIN’ A HUNCH

AND OH! THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!

JOJO I’VE GOT BRAINS IN MY HEAD

AND FEET IN MY SHOES

HUNCHERS SO STEER YOURSELF ANY DIRECTION YOU

CHOOSE!
AND OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!
YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.
DON’T WORRY ABOUT HOW FAST OR HOW SLOW.

BE CERTAIN YOU STEP

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WITH CAUTION AND TACT

CAUSE LIFE IS A GREAT BIG BALANCING ACT!

AND WILL YOU SUCCEED?

YOU WILL, YES, INDEED!

JOJO 98 AND THREE QUARTERS PERCENT GUARANTEED!

HUNCHES SET YOUR HUNCHES FREE TO WANDER

AND FOLLOW THEM WHERE THEY ROAM

AND FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH

FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH
FOLLOW IT…

AND FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH

FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH
FOLLOW IT…

AND FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH

FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH
FOLLOW IT…

The CAT wheels in on a delivery bicycle and JOJO gets on.

HUNCHES FOLLOW IT HOME…

JOJO parents and JOJO are reunited. As they embrace..)

ALL ANYTHING POSSIBLE!

We now leave the planet of who, and returns to HORTON’s world. In the
darkness, we see GERTRUDE, she carries a flashlight. The flashlight picks
out the poster for the circus Mc. Gurkus.

GERTRUDE PSSST! HORTON! HORTON!

HORTON WHAT IS IT? WHO’S THERE?

GERTRUDE IT’S ME GERTRUDE!

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HORTON GERTRUDE! HOW DID YOU FIND US?

GERTRUDE WELL, IT’S A LONG STORY.

ALL FOR YOU

GERTRUDE 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.
The BIRD GIRLS enters

BIRD GIRLS SO SHE RAN TO THE DOCTOR.

GERTRUDE THE DOCTOR NAMED DAKE.

BIRD GIRLS AND SHE SAID:

GERTRUDE MY TAIL HAS BEEN A MISTAKE!

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BIRD 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!

BIRD GIRLS PLUCK! PLUCK! PLUCK!

GERTRUDE OOH, A TENDER SPOT.

BIRD GIRLS PLUCK! PLUCK! PLUCK!

GERTRUDE JUST A ONE FEATHER TAIL…

GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS

BUT SUDDENLY, GERTRUDE COULD SAIL!

GERTRUDE 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.

GERTRUDE I GALLOPPED THROUGH THE SNOW

IN ELEVEN BELOW FOR YOU

BIRD GIRLS OOH….. OOH., OOH, OOH., OOH, OOH., OOH,

OOH., OOH,

GERTRUDE YES, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW

I WAS CATCHING THE FLU FOR YOU (ACHOO!)

BIRD GIRLS (ACHOO!) OOH., OOH, OOH., OOH, OOH., OOH,

OOH., OOH,

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GERTRUDE AND THEN CAME THE HOLE

WHERE I CAUGHT MY SOLE
AND I ROLLED DOWNHILL
OUT OF ALL CONTROL
‘TILL I BROKE MY FALL
ON A JAGGED SHOAL FOR YOU!

BIRD GIRLS OOH., OOH, OOH., OOH, OOH., OOH,

GERTRUDE ALL FOR YOU

BIRD GIRLS ALL FOR YOU

GERTRUDE ALL FOR YOU

BIRD GIRLS ALL FOR YOU

GERTRUDE THERE’S NOTHING THAT I WOULDN’T

AND I COULDN’T
AND I HAVEN’T GONE THROUGH…

BIRD GIRLS AHH, AAH, AAH, AAH!

GERTRUDE I SPRAINED MY LITTLE TOE, BUT

BIRD GIRLS LA-.LA.LA.LA.LA.LA.LA.

GERTRUDE I HOBBLED LIKE SO FOR YOU.

THEN CAME THE HIT AND RUN

BUT I STAGGERD ON ONE FOR YOU

NOW, HERE I AM.

BIRD GIRLS AHH- AH! AHH- AH!

GERTRUDE THE WORSE FOR WEAR

AND HERE YOU ARE
I’M HERE!

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YOU’RE THERE!
AND MAYBE NOW
YOU’LL KNOW I CARE FOR YOU!

GERTRUDE OH YES. AND HORTON, ONE MORE THING…

IT TOOK ME SEVEN WEEKS…

BUT I FOUND YOUR CLOVER, TOO!

HORTON & BIRD GIRLS

WHO!

HORTON is reunited with his precious clover, once more. Just a HORTON
ascertains that the WHOS are safe, the WICKERSHAM BROTHERS and
the SOUR KANGAROO arrive to make a citizens arrest, and they take
HORTON home to stand trial.

THE PEOPLE VERSUS HORTON THE ELEPHANT

MARSHAL THIS IS THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE

VERSUS HORTON THE ELEPHANT.

PEOPLE HORTON THE ELEPHANT!

MARSHAL JUDGE YERTLE THE TURTLE PRESIDING.

EVERYONE RISE!

JUDGE YERTLE ORDER! ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT!

ALL ORDER! ORDER! ORDER, ORDER IN THE COURT!

MARSHAL THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED WITH TALKING TO A

SPECK, DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND LOITERING…
ON A EGG.

HORTON YOUR HONOR, THIS CLOVER IS EXHIBIT A.

HORTON THEY’RE WHOS HERE.

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THERE ARE WHOS HERE.

SMALLER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE!

SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, BIRD GIRLS

BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

HORTON IT’S TRUE, SIR!

HERE’S WHO’S WHO, SIR!
HE’S A WHO, AND SO IS SHE

SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, BIRD GIRLS

BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL

Judge YERTLE bangs the gavel.

JUDGE YERTLE ORDER, ORDER, ORDER IN THE COURT!

MARSHAL CALL TO THE STAND THE STAR WITNESS VERSUS

HORTON THE ELEPHANT.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR!

SOUR KANGAROO I SWEAR…

THAT HE’S THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
AS I TESTIFIED LONG AGO.
BIGGEST BLAME FOOL.

YOUNG KANGAROO JUST A FOOL, FOOL, FOOL!

SOUR KANGAROO AND A MOTHER LIKE ME SHOULD KNOW.

JUDGIN’ HIM TRUNK TO TOE…
YOU BETTER THINK!

BIRD GIRLS THINK!

SOUR KANGAROO THINK!

BIRD GIRLS THINK!

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SOUR KANGAROO OH, PLEASE, THROW HIM IN THE CLINK!

BIRD GIRLS TALKIN’ TO A SPECK

TALKIN’ TO A SPECK
TO A SPECK OF DUST!

GERTRUDE OBJECTION!

ALL OVERRULED!

WICKERSHAMS, KANGAROO
SITTIN’ ON AN EGG
SITTIN’ ON AN EGG
SITTIN’ ON AN EGG!

GERTRUDE OBJECTION!

ALL OVERRULED!

Group by group, the animals sweep forward to testify, their voices building
to cacophony. HORTON emits a tremendous, angry 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.

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YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH ME, YOUR

HONOR,
AND I WON’T QUESTION WHY. BUT…

PLEASE SAVE WHO,

THE TI-NIEST PLANET IN THE SKY.

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!

MARSHAL AND AS FOR THE DUST SPECK

BIRD GIRLS OOH! THAT SPECK!

MARSHAL, SOUR KANGAROO, WICKERSHAMS, YERTLE & BIRD

GIRLS
AND AS FOR YOUR DUST SPECK.
THAT WE WILL
BOIL BOIL BOIL BOIL BOIL…
IN A HOT STEAMING KETTLE OF BEEZLENUT OIL!

HORTON 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!

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ALL BOIL, BOIL, BOIL,BOIL, BOIL!

MAYOR & MRS. MAYOR
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, WHOS WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!

WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!

A silence as all listen.

COURTROOM MEN BOIL IT! BOIL IT!

COURTROON WOMEN BOIL IT! BOIL IT!

HORTON struggles to protect the WHOS from the mob.

HORTON DON’T GIVE UP! I BELIEVE IN YOU ALL!

A PERSON’S A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL!
AND YOU VERY SMALL PERSON WILL NOT HAVE TO
DIE
IF YOU MAKE YOURSELVES HEARD! SO PLEASE!
TRY!

The WHOS are revealed. They’re terror stricken and do whatever they can
to make noise.

ALL IN COURTROOM BOIL IT! BOIL IT! BOIL IT! BOIL IT! (ETC.)

WHOS WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!

(ETC.)

HORTON, JOJO, MR AND MR.S MAYOR

JOJO, THINK OF SOMETHING!

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The cat appears out of a trapdoor, as the action freezes.

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 NO ONE EVER HAD HEARD!

ALL IN COURTROOM BOIL IT! BOIL IT! BOIL IT! BOIL IT! (ETC.)

WHOS WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!

(ETC.)

JOJO YOPP!

JOJO’s voice reverberates loudly through the universe, and the WHOS are
heard at last. The citizens of the jungle react as they hear the noise.

FINALE

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

SOUR KANGAROO HOW TRUE! YES, HOW TRUE! SAID THE SOUR
KANGAROO.
AND, FROM NOW ON, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M
PLANNING TO DO?
FROM NOW ON, I’M GOING TO PROTECT THEM
WITH YOU!
AND THE YOUNG KANGAROO IN HER POUCH SAID…

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SMALL KANGAROO ME, TOO!

CAT THEIR TROUBLES WERE ENDED. THEY HAILED HIS

GREAT…

ALL WHOS & CAT YOPP!

CAT AND JOJO WAS HONORED AS “THINKER NON-STOP”

MR. AND MRS. MAYOR

NOW ALL JOJO’S THINKS WOULD FOREVER BE
HEARD.

CAT INCLUDING THIS THINK…

We heard the sound of a giant egg cracking, GERTRUDE dashes over to
HORTON- they place the egg in a basket, and with wonder, they watch it
hatch.

JOJO, ALL AN ELEPHANT BIRD!

HORTON WHY, HE LOOKS JUST LIKE ME, EXCEPT FOR THE

WINGS.

GERTRUDE AND EXCEPT FOR THE VOICE ‘CAUSE THAT’S

HOW BIRD SINGS.

HORTON GERTRUDE, WHAT WILL I DO? I’M SLOW AND I’M

FAT.
ALL I KNOW IS THE EARTH. HE’LL NEED MUCH
MORE THAN THAT!

GERTRUDE I HAVE WINGS. YES, I CAN FLY.

YOU TEACH HIM EARTH
AND I WILL TEACH HIM SKY.

HORTON JUST CALL MY NAME

BOTH AND I’LL SEE YOU THROUGH.

HORTON ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE

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GERTRUDE ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE

BOTH WHO BELIEVES IN YOU.

Gertrude and Horton kiss.

CAT THE ADVENTURES WERE OVER.

THE SKY BECAME PINK.
AND THEN, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

The WHOS and the JUNGLE CITIZENS are magically united by the CAT.
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK (REPRISE)

ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

THINK AND WONDER AND DREAM
FAR AND WIDE AS YOU DARE…

WHEN YOUR THINKS HAVE RUN DRY

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
THERE`S ANOTHER WORLD THERE.

IF YOU OPEN YOUR MIND

OH, THE THINKS YOU WILL FIND
LINING UP TO GET LOOSE

HORTON and JOJO finally meet face to face, and embrace.

OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

BASSES/BARITONES OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

TENORS OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

ALL OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!

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WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4

SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEU... SEU… SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS!

HORTON SHHH!!! Indicating the baby

SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEUSS!
SEU... SEU... SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-USS SEUSS!
SEUSS! SEUSS!
SEU-U-U-U-U SEU... SEU... SEUSS!
SEU... SEU... SEUSS!!! SEUSS!
SEUSS!

ELEPHANT BIRD SEUSS!!

ALL SEUSS!!

END OF ACT II

GREEN EGGS AND HAM (CURTAIN CALL)

ALL I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM

I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM I AM
I DO NOT LIKE THEM HERE OR THERE
I DO NOT LIKE THE ANYWHERE.

NOT IN A HOUSE, NOT WITH A MOUSE

NOT HERE OR THERE, NOT ANYWHERE
I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM
I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM I AM

COULD YOU? WOULD YOU? WITH A GOAT?

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COULD YOU? WOULD YOU? ON A BOAT?

COULD YOU? WOULD YOU? IN THE RAIN?
COULD YOU? WOULD YOU? ON A TRAIN?

NOT WITH A GOAT, NOT ON A BOAT.

NOT IN THE RAIN, NOT ON A TRAIN.
NOT IN A HOUSE, NOT WITH A MOUSE.
OH, NO!

NOT IN A BOX, NOT WITH A FOX.

NOT IN A TREE, YOU LET ME BE!
I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM
I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM I AM
I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM!

THE END

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