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JOJO
Now that is a very unusual hat!
I wonder what’s under a hat such as that.
It could be a creature they call the Ga-Zat
Who balances things on his head, ‘cause it’s flat.
Or a stripe-loving Pipeter from Upper Mount Bat.
Or a sort of a kind of a hat wearing…

CAT/JOJO
Cat!

Oh The Things You Can Think!

CAT
(in rhythm) I can see that you’ve got quite a mind for your age!
Why, one Think and you dragged me right onto the stage! Now I’m here, there is no telling what
may ensue…with a Cat such as me and Thinker like you!

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 THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT

ALL
SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEUSS!
SEUSS, SEUSS, SEUSS, SEUSS!
SEUSS!
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
ANY THINKER WHO THINKS CAN COME UP WITH A FEW!

CAT
OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
THINK OF A TRIP ON A SHIP
TO THE VIPPER OF VIPP

ALL
OR TO SOLLA SOLLEW!
THINK OF BEAUTIFUL SCHLOPP!

JOJO
With a cherry on top!!

ALL
YOU DON’T NEED AN EXCUSE!

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CAT/JOJO
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK

ALL
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!
SEUSS, SEUSS
SEUSS, SEUSS
SEUSS, SEUSS
SEUSS, SEUSS!
SEUSS!

CAT
Our story begins with a very strange sound: the drums of a jungle beginning to pound!
Now imagine the sky!

JOJO
I’ll imagine bright blue!

CAT
It’s the Jungle of Nool!

JOJO
Near the river Walloo!

Horton Hears A Who

HORTON
ON THE 15TH OF MAY,
IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL,
IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY,
IN THE COOL OF THE POOL,
HE WAS SPLASHING

ALL
SPLASH!

HORTON
ENJOYING THE JUNGLE’S GREAT JOYS…
WHEN HORTON THE ELEPHANT

JOJO
Horton the elephant?
HORTON/BIRD GIRLS
HORTON THE ELEPHANT,

ALL
HEARD A SMALL NOISE.
MR. MAYOR
(offstage) Help!!
BIRD GIRLS

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SO HORTON STOPPED SPLASHING.

HE LOOKED TOWARD THE SOUND.

HORTON
THAT’S FUNNY!

BIRD GIRLS
THOUGHT HORTON.

HORTON
THERE’S NO ONE AROUND.

BIRD GIRLS
THEN HE HEARD IT AGAIN,
JUST A VERY FAINT YELP

HORTON
AS IF SOME TINY PERSON
WERE CALLING FOR HELP.
MR. MAYOR
Help!! Help!! (rhythmically)

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,
THROUGH THE AIR.
I say, “How confusing!”
I’ve never heard of a small speck of dust that is able to yell.
So you know what I think?
I think 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 A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL.

Biggest Blame Fool

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SOUR KANGAROO
Humpf! Humpfted a voice!

’TWAS A SOUR KANGAROO

AND THE YOUNG KANGAROO IN HER POUCH SAID
HUMPF 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 IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL
AND I THINK SO AS WELL (using hand puppet of baby kangaroo)
MAYBE I’M NASTY, MAYBE IM CRUEL.
BUT YOU’RE THE BIGGEST BLAME FOOL
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!

CAT
Our topic today is “Psychic Elephants Who Hear Voices!” Whaddaya think folks?
Is the elephant off his trunk? Any words? (holding microphone to the clover)Nothing!
We’ll be right back.

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 FOOR IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL!

GERTRUDE
He’s always 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
I’m Mayzie LaBird and I live in the tree.

ALL
DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR?
DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR?

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MAYZIE
Enough about Horton. Let’s talk about me!

Gertrude McFuzz

ALL
WHO! WHO WADA. WHO WHO
WHO WADA WADA. WHO WHO WADA
WHO WHO WHO WADA WADA

GERTRUDE
ON THE 15TH OF MAY,
MISS GERTRUDE MCFUZZ
DISCOVERED HOW TRULY UNIQUE
HORTON WAS. BUT SHE KNEW TO APPROACH HIM
WOULD PROBABLY FAIL

‘cause who’d love a bird with a one feathered tail?

MR. MAYOR
Help!! Help!!

CAT
Then he heard it again, that small cry in the blue. Horton still couldn’t see them…
But I’ll show them to you!

HORTON
Hello? Is anyone there? Who are you?

Here On Who

MR. MAYOR
WELL, WE’RE WHOS HERE,
WE ARE WHOS HERE,
SMALLER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE.
IT’S TRUE SIR WE ARE WHOS HERE,
I’M A WHO

MAYORS/JOJO
AND SO ARE WE!
WE’RE TINY LITTLE PEOPLE BLOWING BY IN THE AIR,
WONDERING HOW AND WHY, WE’RE ON WHO,
THE TINIEST PLANET IN THE SKY.

ALL (all whos enter)

OUR FUTURE’S IN YOUR HAND…
(JOJO comes up and joins in singing)
IT’S UP TO YOU SIR
PLEASE HELP WHO, SIR

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YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARS.

YOU MUST, SIR!
SAVE OUR DUST, SIR!
NOW THAT WE’VE REACHED YOUR EARS!
WE’RE TINY LITTLE PEOPLE
SAYING THANKS IN ADVANCE,
HOPING PER CHANCE, YOU’LL TRY.
HERE ON WHO THE TINIEST 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.

MR. MAYOR
Jojo! I’m the Mayor of Who. Why, I’ve just been elected.
And upright behavior is thus forth expected!

MRS. MAYOR
We talked with your teachers today,
they didn’t have one good thing to say!

MR. MAYOR
You’ve invented new Thinks that defy all description! Your thinks were so wild they disrupted
your class. Which is why you’re suspended.
MRS. MAYOR
Young man (lady), what in Who has gotten into your head?

MR. MAYOR
Now Horton has found us, We’re safe on a clover. But clearly our troubles are far, far from over.

MRS. MAYOR
Now go to bed and think some normal Thinks instead! (they exit)

JOJO
(to the CAT who was watching the whole time) You’ve got me in trouble.
Get out, go away.

CAT
Alright, I’ll be going. But first let me say:

Oh The Thinks You Can Think

CAT
OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK (stop!)
AS YOU SPLASH AND YOU SPLISH (be quiet)
AS YOU SIT THERE AND SCRUB, (I’m not listening!)
HAVE A THINK IN THAT TUB,

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THINK OF WATER AND FISH! (fish?)

THINK OF PIPES ON THE FLOOR
LEADING OFF TO THE SHORE,
WHERE THE WATER IS COOL
SOON YOUR TUB’S NOT A TUB IT’S-
JOJO
McElligot’s Pool!

It’s Possible

JOJO
THIS MIGHT BE A POOL, LIKE I’VE READ PF IN BOOKS,
CONNECTED TO ONE OF THOSE UNDERGROUND BROOKS.
AN UNDERGROUND RIVER THAT STARTS HERE AND FLOWS
RIGHT UNDER THIS BATHTUB AND THEN WHO KNOWS!
IT’S POSSIBLE. ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE!
IT MIGHT GO ALONG DOWN WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE,
RIGHT UNDER THE STATE HIGHWAY 203
RIGHT UNDER THE WAGONS, RIGHT UNDER THE TOES
OF MRS, UMBROSO WHO’S HANGING OUT CLOTHES.
IT’S POSSIBLE, ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE.

+CAT
IT’S POSSIBLE, ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE.
JOJO
THIS MIGHT BE A RIVER NOW MIGHTN’T IT BE,
CONNECTING MCELLIGOT’S POOL WITH THE SEA.
THERE MAY BE SOME FISH MIGHT BE SWIMMING
SWIMMING TOWARDS ME! (fish enter)

MR. MAYOR
Jojo! The tub’s overflowed on the floor! The water is running under the door!
MRS. MAYOR
The ceiling is peeling. You’ve flooded the den! Oh, Jojo I think you’ve been Thinking again!

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!
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.
OKAY, 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.

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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
(ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE)
NO ONE NOTICES ANYTHING.
NOT ONE PERSON IS LISTENING,
THEY DON’T HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING.

HORTON
NOBODY KNOWS THAT I HAVE WINGS (I HAVE WINGS)
YES I CAN FLY (I CAN FLY)
AROUND THE MOON AND FAR

BOTH
BEYOND THE SKY
WELL SOME DAY SOON, YOU WILL HEAR MY PLEA

HORTON
ONE SMALL VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE

JOJO
ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE

BOTH
PLEASE BELIEVE IN ME.
HORTON
Hello? Hello?

JOJO
Hello?

HORTON
Who’s there?

JOJO
It’s me Jojo, the Mayor’s son (Daughter).

HORTON
I’m Horton The Elephant.

JOJO
Are you real? Or are you a very large Think?

HORTON
Oh, I’m real, all right.

JOJO

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In my Thinks, I imagine a lot of strange things, and I go to strange places, as if I had wings!
Sometimes my thinks are what get’s me in trouble.

HORTON
Little friend no one else could have Thinks such as ours. Goodnight Jojo!

JOJO
Goodnight Horton! See you in Solla Sollew. (JOJO is sleeping on the side)

CAT
Wake up! The scene’s over, there’s more to be heard. There goes our hero. Who enters?

JOJO
The Bird!

GERTRUDE
“Love song for Horton” number 437!

The One Feathered Tail Of Miss Gertrude McFuzz

GERTRUDE
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL BIRD
NAMED GERTRUDE MCFUZZ AND SHE HAD
THE SMALLEST PLAIN TAIL EVER WAS.
ONE DROOPY DROOP FEATHER, THAT’S ALL THAT SHE HAD.
AND OH! THAT ONE FEATHER MADE GERTRUDE SO SAD
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 MCFUZZ

Amazing Gertrude pt1

GERTRUDE
(spoken over music) So she flew to the doctor, doctor Dake by the lake
whose office was high in a tree by the lake. She cried, “Mister Doctor!
Oh, please do you know of some kind of pill that will make my tail grow?”

CAT
(dressed as a doctor)
Tut tut the Doctor said. Such talk is too absurd. Your tail is just right, for your kind of bird.

Amazing Gertrude pt2

GERTRUDE
(spoken over music) Then Gertrude had tantrums. She raised such a din that finally the doctor
just had to give in.

CAT
Allright already! Bring in the pill berry bush. (nurse brings on the bush; she takes one)

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GERTRUDE
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!

WHAT WAS THAT? SOMETHING’S ITCHING ME!

WHAT WAS THAT? SOMETHING’S TWITCHING ME!
WHAT WAS THAT? ARE THOSE FEATHERS I SEE?
I THINK MY TAIL’S BEGINNING!
OH MY WORD! THIS IS WONDERFUL!
SECOND, THIRD, WOW IM COLORFUL!
WHAT A BIRD I’M BEGINNING TO BE…
AMAYZING GERTRUDE! (JUST LOOK AT THAT TAIL SHE’S SPORTIN’)

+BIRD GIRLS
AMAYZING GERTRUDE

GERTRUDE
THANK YOU, DOCTOR DAKE! (THANKS DOC)

+BIRD GIRLS
AMAYZING GERTRUDE

GERTRUDE
AND HOPEFULLY I’LL IMPRESS HORTON!

JOJO
So Gertrude is happy, her tail’s nice and long.

CAT
Kid, fasten your seatbelt ‘cause here’s where things go wrong!

Monkey Around
HORTON
The Wickershams. Uh hello.

WICK #3
WELL IT’S BIGGER THAN A BREAD BOX
WICK #2
HEY IT’S WIDER THAN A WHALE!
WICK #1
PEANUT BUTTER BREATH AND SCARED TO DEATH FROM HEAD TO TAIL

WICK#2
So you’re still talking to dust. Oh that’s hot!
WICK #1
A dust speck that’s full of Who's who are not.
WICK #3
There aren’t any Who’s. Why I don’t hear a sound.
WICKS
COME ON! WE GOTTA MONKEY MONKEY AROUND.

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HORTON
Hey! Give it back! (as the WICKS take the clover)
CAT
(as news reporter) This is the Cat In The Hat. Live from Skycam 5.
Folks, the Jungle of Nool is one heck of a drive. We’ve got monkeys backed up to
the three-oh-two… I’d find alternate routes IF I were you…

WICK #2
Still chasin’ your dust? Why, it’s safe as can be.

WICK #1
Well, monkeys to trust or don’t you agree.?

WICK #3
Well, just to be sure, we’re handing it off

WICKS
To a black bottomed eagle named Vlad Vladikoff!

VLAD
Vlad Vladikoff!

WHOS
Ahhh!!!
(the clover drops; the WHOS scream as HORTON runs over to pick it up)

HORTON
I’ll find it. I’ll find it! I’ll find it or bust! Well, I shall find my friends on their small speck of dust.

Notice Me Horton

GERTRUDE
IT’S TAKEN ALL MY COURAGE TO APPROACH YOU,
NOT TO MENTION ALL MY STAMINA TO FOLLOW YOU
ACROSS THE HILLS AND THE DESERTS.
BUT, I FEEL AS IF I’M READY TO CONFESS TO YOU
THE FEELINGS THAT I’VE HIDDEN WITH GREAT DILIGENCE AND LABOR
BEHIND THE FACADE OF YOUR ODD LITTLE NEXT DORR 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.
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,

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PUT DOWN THAT CLOVER!

THIS IS YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR CALLING.
THERE’S A NEW LEAF YOUR NEIGHBOR’S TURNED OVER

I WILL NOT GIVE UP HOPE,

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

HORTON
Two million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, ninety-nine. It’s hopeless.

MAYZIE
You’ve said it, kid.

HORTON
Who’s there?

MAYZIE
It’s me, Mayzie. Over here.

HORTON
I never thought I’d see you on a nest.

MAYZIE
Neither did I Hort, neither did I… I’m bored and I’m cranky and tired. I need a vacation.
Who knew so much work was required. (sparks idea) Hey, Horton would you maybe like to sit
on this nest?

HORTON
Oh Mayzie,I couldn’t. Of all silly things! I haven’t got feathers. I haven’t got wings!
And not only that, I’m here on a search. For I can’t just leave my poor Who’s in the lurch.

MAYZIE
I won’t be gone long, kid. I give you my word. I’ll hurry right back, ‘cause I’m that sort of bird! Oh
Horton,I promise! I’ll fly back real soon. I’ll only be gone for say, one afternoon.

HORTON
Well…we all need vacations. All right go on, take it. I’ll sit on your egg and try not to break it. But
please come back quickly. One hour, maybe two. I’ve got to find Jojo and I’ve got to save Who.
(pause wait for MAYZIE to exit)
It’s cold and I’m wet and I’m catching the flu.. Oh Mayzie please hurry, I’ve got to save Who.

GERTRUDE
Horton, I brought you a scarf.

HORTON
Thank you Gertrude. Have you heard from Mayzie?

GERTRUDE
She sent a card from Palm Beach.

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HORTON
Palm Beach!! Gertrude, what if she never comes back?

GERTRUDE
Don’t worry Horton, she will… Do you notice anything different? (showing off her tail)

HORTON
Yes, I think it’s getting colder.

Horton Sits On The Egg

BIRD GIRLS
AND THEN CAME THE WINTER, THE SNOW AND THE SLEET
AND ICICLES HUNG FROM HIS TRUNK AND HIS FEET.

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 IM CAUGHT BETWEEN A DUST SPECK AND AN INCUBATING EGG!

Help!! (HUNTERS surround HORTON)

CAT
Goooood evening Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Seussebey’s. Our first item up for bid this
evening is lot 39, a pendulous pachyderm of an egg, nest, and tree. The bidding will begin at ten
thousand dollars..Do I hear 10 thousand? Sold-to the man from the circus!
Step right up ladies and gents, children and creatures! The smallest of small and the tallest of
tall! Come old and come young come one and all! To the Circus McGurkus, the world’s greatest
show! On the face of the earth, or wherever you go!

Mayzie At The Circus

MAYZIE
A circus! I love a show! I think I’ll go.
(She exits&comes back on with souvenirs and suddenly face to face with HORTON)
Good gracious. I’ve seen you before. Now let’s see…

HORTON
Why, Mayzie, it’s Horton! Remember? It’s me.
Amayzing Horton
HORTON
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?

MAYZIE
Gee…I really don’t know.
OH WOW IT’S REALLY LATE
AND GEE, I’VE GOT A DATE

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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 THANKS TO ME!
AMAYZING HORTON!
THAT EGG SITTING CIRCUS SENSATION!
AMAYZING 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 FOR 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.

GERTRUDE
I’ll bet you forgot about Gertrude McFuzz. Well that’s nothing new, I mean, everyone does.
But Gertrude did something that few birds could do…
So this is the tale of Miss Gertrude Part 2.
Psst!!! Horton!!

HORTON
Gertrude? How did you find us?

GERTRUDE
Well, it’s a long story…

All For You

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.
SO I RAN TO THE DOCTOR

CAT
THE DOCTOR NAMED DAKE. AND SHE SAID:

GERTRUDE
MY TAIL HAS BEEN A MISTAKE

CAT
AND SHE SAID

GERTRUDE

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DOCTOR DAKE I’VE BEEN FOOLISH AND VAIN.

PLUCK IT OUT! GET IT OFF!
I WON’T DO IT AGAIN!

CAT
PLUCK PLUCK PLUCK! (OUCH IT HURT A LOT)
PLUCK PLUCK PLUCK! (OOH, A TENDER SPOT!)
PLUCK PLUCK PLUCK! (JUST A ONE FEATHER TAIL)

BIRD GIRLS/CAT/GERTRUDE
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 VICOUS DOG, FOR YOU!
ALL FOR YOU! (ALL FOR YOU)
ALL FOR YOU! (ALL FOR YOU)
THERE’S NOTHING I WOULDN’T DO
AND I COULDN’T AND I HAVEN’T GONE THROUGH

Oh, yes and Horton, one more thing!

IT TOOK ME SEVEN WEEKS,
BUT I FOUND YOUR CLOVER TOO.

HORTON
Gertrude, I never noticed…you’re amazing!

GERTRUDE
Aw, it was nothing.

The Who's Return

HORTON
Hello? Is any Who there? (MAYORS appear)

MAYORS
Hello!

HORTON
Oh what a relief! Why hello, Mr. Mayor. Is Jojo alright?

JOJO
(appears) Hi Horton!

HORTON
Oh Jojo!..Hello kid, now that I’ve got you, I won’t let you go.
I’ll shelter and guard you because after all-
A PERSON’S A PERSON,
NO MATTER HOW SMALL.

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+MAYORS/GERTRUDE/JOJO
A PERSON’S A PERSON
NO MATTER HOW…

WICKS
HA!

SOUR KANGAROO
HUMPF!
GERTRUDE
How did you get here?
SOUR KANGAROO
YOU CAN’T RUNAWAY FROM A SOUR KANGAROO!
PALM BEACH TO PITTSBURGH TO KALAMAZOO!
AND YOU-WITH YOU EGG AND YOUR TREE AND YOUR NEST!
I’M MAKING A SOUR CITIZENS ARREST!

CAT
THIS IS THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE VERSUS HORTON THE ELEPHANT
(HORTON THE ELEPHANT)
JUDGE YERTLE THE TURLE PRESIDING EVERYONE RISE!

YERTLE
ORDER ORDER ORDER IN THE COURT
+ALL
ORDER ORDER ORDER ORDER IN THE COURT

CAT
The defendant is charged with talkin to a speck,
disturbing the peace and loitering…on an egg.

HORTON
You’re honor this clover is exhibit A.
THEY’RE WHOS HERE,
THERE ARE WHOS HERE
SMALLER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE.

SK/WICKS/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

SK/WICKS/BIRD GIRLS
BIGGEST BLAME FOOL IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL!

BIRD GIRLS
TALKIN TO A SPECK TALKING TO A SPECK!

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TO A SPECK OF DUST!

GERTRUDE
OBJECTION!

YERTLE
OVERRULED!

ALL
SITTIN’ ON AN EGG! SITTIN ON AN EGG!
SITTIN ON AN EGG!

GERTRUDE
OBJECTION!

YERTLE
OVERRULED!

The People Versus Horton pt2

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 THE ZOO,
BUT I WON’T DESERT MY EGG AND I WILL NOT ABANDON WHO
THERE 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

You can do what you want with me, your honor.

And I won’t question why.

BUT PLEASE SAVE WHO,

THE TINIEST PLANET IN THE SKY

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 (OOH THAT DUST SPECK)

CAT
AND AS FOR THE DUST SPECK (OOH THAT SPECK)

SK/YERTLE/WICKS/CAT
AND AS FOR YOUR DUST SPECK, THAT WE WILL
BOIL, BOIL. BOIL, BOIL, BOIL,

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IN A HOT STEAMING KETTLE OF BEEZLENUT OIL

HORTON
Boil it! Oh 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!

SK/YERTLE/WICKS/CAT
BOIL, BOIL. BOIL, BOIL, BOIL,

MAYORS/JOJO
Attention all Who’s! Attention all Who’s! We’ve got to be heard, there’s
no time to lose!
MRS. MAYOR
So send up a shout!

MR. MAYOR
Make it loud and clear!

ALL WHOVILLE
We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! (continue chanting over HORTON’s line)

HORTON
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!
(“We are here” continues until JOJO breaks it with a loud “Yopp”)

(HORTON)
Do you hear what I hear? Do you see what I mean?

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!

Yopp

SOUR KANGAROO
AND THE YOUNG KANGAROO IN HER POUCH SAID,
ME TOO!!!
CAT
(spoken over music) Their troubles were ended. They hailed his great-

ALL
Yopp!

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(CAT)
And Jojo was honored as “Thinker Non-Stop”

MAYORS
Now all Jojo’s Thinks would forever be heard.

CAT
Including this think… (sound of egg cracking is heard. GERTRUDE dashes over to HORTON
with the egg that has hatched into an..)

ALL
An elephant bird!

Alone In The Universe (reprise)

HORTON
Why he looks just like me. Except for the wings.

GERTRUDE
And except for the voice ‘cause that’s how a bird sings.

HORTON
Gertrude, what will I do? I am slow, I am 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

GERTRUDE
ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE

BOTH
WHO BELIEVES IN YOU.

CAT
The adventures were over. The sky became…

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JOJO
…pink!

CAT
And then guess what happened?

JOJO/CAT
Well, what do you Think? (to audience)

Finale/Oh the Things You Can Think

ALL
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
THINK OF WONDER AND DREAM
FAR AND WIDE AS YOU DARE!
WHEN YOUR THINKS HAVE RUN DRY,
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
THERE’S ANOTHER THINK THERE
IF YOU OPNE YOUR MIND,
OH THE THINKS YOU WILL FIND
LINING UP TO GET LOOSE
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
(OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!)
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
(OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!)
OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!!
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!!
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SEUSS!!
SEUSS….

JOJO
SEUSS

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