BIRD GIRLS
Then 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 McFuzz enters, bringing Horton a scare. She tells him that she's gotten a postcard from Mayzie who's in Palm Beach. Horton is horrified-what if Mayzie never comes back to reclaim her egg? Gertrude tries to get Horton to notice her new tail, which 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 spec and an incubating egg!

(Suddenly hunters surround Horton, aiming guns at his heart. Horton trumpets in terror)

Help!
Someone help!
Hunters!
Help!

(There is chaos. Gertrude tries to fly to Horton's aid, but can't because of her heavy tail. She wrestles with it)

GERTRUDE
Horton! ... Horton!

(The cat enters and once again freezes the tableau the hunters, a trapped and struggling Horton, the horrified Gertrude. The cat tips the song to Horton and Gertrude, who both unfreeze)

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!
And if worse comes to worse,
As we all know it will,
Thank your lucky star
You've gotten this far...

CAT
And tell yourself...

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

ALL (EXCEPT WHOS) WHOS
How lucky you are... How lucky! How lucky!
how lucky you...
How lucky you are... How lucky! How lucky!
how lucky you...
How lucky you are... How lucky! How lucky!
how lucky! How lucky!
how lucky!
How lucky you are! How lucky you are!

(The curtain finally covers the actors, including the dangling cat.)

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