[bad word] 
Horton!HORTON

HORTON
Who're there?

 [bad word] 
It's me - [bad word] #33;

HORTON
 [bad word] #33; How did you find us?

 [bad word] 
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.

 [bad word] 
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 CAT as DR. DAKE enters.)

 [bad word] 
So I ran to the doctor.

CAT AS DR. DAKE
The doctor named Dake.
And she said.-

 [bad word] 
My tail has been a mistake!

CAT AS DR. DAKE
And she said:

 [bad word] 
Dr. Dake, I've been foolish and vain.

Pluck it out! Get it off!
I won't do it again!

CAT AS DR. DAKE
Pluck! Pluck! Pluck!

 [bad word] 
Ouch, it hurt a lot!

CAT AS DR. DAKE
Pluck! Pluck! Pluck!

 [bad word] 
Ooh, a tender spot

CAT AS DR. DAKE
Pluck! Pluck! Pluck!

 [bad word] 
Just a one feather tail...

DR. DAKE, [bad word] & BIRD GIRLS
But suddenly, [bad word] could sail!

 [bad word] (dramatically)
I sailed on a junk
And was practically sunk
For you.
I trampled thorough 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.

 [bad word] BIRD GIRLS
I galloped through the snow ooh...
In eleven below
For you.
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Yes, even though I knew ooh...
I was catching the flu
For you
(achoo!) (achoo!)
And then came the hole ooh
Where I caught my sole ooh
And I rolled downhill ooh
Out of all control ooh
'Till I broke my fall
On a jagged shoal
For you!
ooh, ooh, ooh, ahh!
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...
ahh, aah, aah, aah!

(With tremendous conviction and grit!)

I sprained my little toe, but la-la-la-la-la!
I hobbled like so la-la-la-la!
For you. La-la-la-la-la-la-la!
ooh ... Ooh ... Ooh
Then came the hit [bad word] la-la-la-la-la!

But I staggered on one la-la-la-la!
For you. La-la-la-la-la-la-la!
Now, here I am, ahh-ah!
The worse for wear
And here you are ahh-ah!
I'm here!
You're there!
And maybe now ah!
You'll know I care ahh-ah!
For you! Ooh!
ooh ...

 [bad word] 
Oh, yes. And Horton, one more thing...

It took me seven weeks...
But I found your clover,
Too!