Script

SIDE 1

GERTRUDE

So she flew to the Doctor, the Doctor named Dake

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

(as Doctor Dake)

Tut tut, the Doctor said.

Such talk! It's too absurd!

Your little tail is just right

For your kind of bird!

GERTRUDE

Then Ger - trude had tan - trums. She raised such a din

That fin'lly the Doc tor just had to give in.

END SIDE

SIDE 2

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 Two.

(We hear the sounds of snoring. Gertrude's flashlight finds HORTON.)

GERTRUDE

PSST! Horton! Horton, are you there?

HORTON

What? Who is it?

GERTRUDE

It's me, Gertrude! Horton! Oh, Horton! I was so worried! Are you all right?

HORTON

Gertrude! How did you find us?

GERTRUDE

Well, it's a long story.

END SIDE

SIDE 3

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

(grudgingly)

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!

END SIDE