(In the jungle, it was actually coming from Horton trying to position the clover and the speck near a coconut drink.)
There. That ought to be comfy.
(Horton sips from a coconut, and sighs in relaxation.)
Nothing wrong with this, Morton. Nothing wrong with this. Just you, me and the speck, shooting the breeze. We're a club. We're a group. We can take a vote on the issues. (mock evilly) We can be a secret society that controls the balance of power in the world.
And no one else can join, (uses his ears as a hat) unless they wear funny hats! (He laughs goofily, before sipping his drink.)
The Chair recognizes Brother Morton.
I'm really happy you found this speck...but you might wanna keep it to yourself.
Well, you're talking to a clover. That doesn't look good.
You know what doesn't look good? You talking about the speck like the speck isn't even there. The speck never said anything bad about you. But, hey! Good luck with your illusion of superiority.
You know, the speck can think anything it wants about me. It's a speck.
Whoa! I see what's going on here. Morton, no matter how tight the speck and I get, the speck could never replace you. I'm only sad that I would have to explain that, at this point.
Well, that's awesome, Horton. That really helps. Just try to keep this to yourself. I'll see you later. Try.
JQ Jessica Quilligan
(As Morton leaves, Horton shrugs and looks closer at the speck, until the his class arrive.)
Hey, Horton! What you got there?
What? Nothing! We're not doing anything! Do-do-dum dum dum, we're totally alone!
JQ Jessica Quilligan
Who's we?
"We"? What? "We"? Did I say that? I just... oh. No, I would never say that. because that would imply that I was with someone, and not alone. (He giggles, before trying to keep his mouth shut to avoid spilling the beans about the speck, until...) Okay, seriously, you can't tell anybody! I mean it. If anybody finds out about this, it could be very, very bad. I'm not sure why.
We won't tell anyone. And if we do, we'll tell them not to tell anyone!
Perfect! Okay, so I'm taking a bath, right, cause my skin gets kind of dry and a little bit ashy.
While Horton came clean about the speck that he'd found
and how he had saved it when it nearly drowned,
(cuts to Whoville) on his morning commute and noticed things weren't quite the same on his route.
(Back in the jungle, as Horton continues his story.) But please don't blame Horton, for he didn't know that a small bump above...
...and I dove into the water like this!
(As he jumps and lands on the ground, Whoville and its buildings jump up in a giant tremor.)
... was a big bump below.
(At the construction site)
Hey, Joe, don't work too hard.
J Joe
Ah, these luxury condos, they don't build themselves. (Another big bump sends everything in the air, allowing the condo building.) Hey, look at that. I guess they do build themselves.
(to Horton)
Listen, Horton, turns out I need your help a little bit. Apparently, if that speck keeps moving around, our whole world… could be obliterated. So I need you to find us Whos a safer, more stable home… and fast.
No problem, Mr. Mayor. Let's see… (looks at a flower) Wow! That's a nice view.
(A giraffe-like creature of the species Zatz-It eats the flowers. Horton gets scared.)
Hello, is everything okay?!
(A grape falls on Horton's head. He looks to find out where the grape came from, and it was two woodpecker-like birds who are pecking a pile of grapes, taking turns trying to knock them down, causing them to fall and hit Horton, Horton then dodges 2 more, and a anteater-like creature with a vacuum-like snout of the species Nink walks by consuming flowers, nearby some termite-like insects with bladed teeth. Horton gasps in fear.)
What's going on up there?
(A Zatz-It eating the flowers, the two birds who are now pecking the grapes at the same exact time, just slightly off from each other, Horton gasps in shock.) (freaking out)
OH NO!
(The same thing loops every time and it cuts to the insects eating what it looks like a tree, but is actually just a flower. Horton screams then runs to a hill)
THIS ENTIRE JUNGLE IS A HOUSE OF DEATH!!! (he stops panicking and looks up) Oh, wait. There's a good spot.
And it's then Horton saw at the top of Mount Nool
(the camera flies to Mount Nool's cave with a sunflower, the one that started this whole mess in the first place) a small cave that looked peaceful and quiet and cool,
where a sunflower grew proud and tall from the ground.
There, he knew every Who would be safe. Would be sound.
I found it, Mayor. The perfect place. Right up there. At the top of Mount Nool.
(The mayor was startled when Miss Yelp entered the office)
I wish you could-
(The mayor muted the horn, then starts rubbing it)
Haha, oh, shiny. Haha...
The Who-Centennial Committee is waiting for you to look over the giant meatball for the Edible Parade. Oh, and then you're due at the dentist for your Who-root canal.
You know, sticking “Who” in front of everything doesn’t make it hurt less. Just wastes time! (Miss Yelp closes the door) I don’t… wanna go. (to Horton) Listen, Horton, I gotta go. (packs most of his things in his suitcase, including his coffee and his goldfish) Apparently, there’s a problem with the giant meatball.
You just take care of that meatball, sir, and leave the freaking out to me.
So then Horton began his long, perilous trek,
determined to save the small world on the speck.
Horton was faithful and stalwart and kind.
I got you. Don't worry. I'll protect you!
He was a brave hero... at least in his mind.
(uses his ears as a ninja hood)
We must become invisible. Travel silently. For there are forces that would seek to destroy us.
(The camera zooms in on Horton's head as it transitions into an anime-style sequence. A giant tree sprouts up from the ground, blocking his path.)
Huh?! So you think you can sneak up on me, huh?! (combat noises) It is clear that you are no match for my technique. Hey! (kicks a branch, but it snaps back and smacks his butt with an awkward shot of a red mark from below.) I see you have mastered the way of the snapping branch. Watch me tumble! (He jumps from branch to branch to the top of the tree.)
OS Off-Screen Voice
Morton Mouse, go!
You are fast, Horton, but the Kangaroo has monkeys! (Monkeys can be seen flying in from the distance.)
Hm? I will make monkeys of these monkeys. It is their destiny. (He does a Dragon Ball-style to fire a beam of energy at the monkeys.) For the clover!
C Clover
(cuts to a cute, anime style, with Morton looks in awe.)
Horton is the greatest hero of them all, haaaa!
(Cuts back to the same anime style) Horton and Morton: Horton! Morton! GO! (Horton runs forward, screaming, but is stopped by Morton.)
But Mount Nool is that way! (Horton felt dumb-founded for a sec.)
Ha-ha-ha! To the top of Mount Nool! As fast as lightning! Away, I go. (He starts to jumpkicks, but snaps back to reality as he trips, landing on a flower.) Oh, sorry little fellow. You'll be fine. Just think healing thoughts.
JQ Jessica Quilligan
(Katie gets bumped by a log repeatedly)
We've all got our own clovers with worlds on them!
In my world, everyone's a pony, and they all eat rainbows, and poop butterflies!
That's beautiful, Katie ! (Katie she puts her flower on the top of her head and walks away)
In a... really weird way.
JQ Jessica Quilligan
My world is called Jessicaland, and everyone worships Queen Jessica because Jessica is so beautiful.
Jessica, that was awesome.
(As they talk about their specks with their worlds, Sour is picking some fruits from a tree and she saw his son, with an orange flower and grabs it to her)
Rudy!
Mom, be careful! My best friend Thidwick lives on that!
Rudy, no one lives on this, it's not possible. (She crushes the flower in front of him.)
Mom, Mom, please, you're so weird! Don't do this to me!
Honey, go to your room. (Pushes Rudy's head to her pouch) Horton! (Horton and his class look away, while Jessica and Angela scream in terror and run away at the sight of Sour. Rudy's mother kicks Katie from bush, sending her flying over a tree resembling a football goal, but surprisingly, she finds it amusing)
(to Horton)
What do you think you're doing?
Oh, you guys with worlds are in trouble! (he run away)
Have you forgotten what we've discussed?
Oh no, I'm an Elephant and Elephants never forget, it's a curse really! I remember, I was on my head and you said hmm and I looked up and you said ,what are you doing?, and I said the thing about the speck, then you pulled my ears and you poked me in the forehead...
(as John F. Kennedy's voice)
And, uh, we will, uh, put us back on Mount Nool before the end of this, uh, decade.
(Just as Horton arriving to Mount Nool, Mrs. Quilligan, who is lying on a tree, noticed Horton's speck is still alive. Shocked, she flies in panic, although her wings are disproportionately small for her body.)
Q Mrs. Quilligan
(rapidly)
Oh! This-this Elephant, he's crazy. Oh my goodness! I gotta tell everybody. I need to get to the Kangaroo. Whoo! Wait til they find out about...
Oh! You should've been seeing me. I really let elephant have it. I chase him, i torment him. And then I break him into million little elephant pieces. (Rudy gasps in shocked, hearing about it) It was thing of beauty, really. My best work. Classic Vlad.
Clover is finished. No way in million years Horton find it. Read my beak: Clover is gone forever.
Q Mrs. Quilligan
(Mrs. Quilligan lands and fell off, Vlad laughs as he sees her)
I just saw Horton and he is still talking to that CLOVER!
(Sour looks at Vlad, who chuckles nervously, in anger, thinking he was lying to her)
Idiot! (storms off)
Whoa! Come on, I'm your bro! It's me you're talking to! We have history! Come on, let's not forget, I did this for free!
(she wipes through large leaves)
What is happening to the Jungle of Nool? (she jumps towards the animals in the clearing) There once was a time when people were people, (Tommy, his father Willie, and another cow-bear standing next to them look at Sour in surprise with other animals), and specks were specks. (three Zatz-Its look on her, and these on left slowly shakes his head yes) Well I say if you can't see it, hear it, or feel it (jumps onto the central rock), it doesn't exist. Our way of life is under attack. And who's leading that attack? (turns gently, then turns abruptly and raises their hands in a gesture of haunting) Horton!!
(The animals gasp in shocked and horror, then Morton arrived, interrupting the speech)
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute! This is Horton we're talking about, you know about him. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Except for that fly city he sat on. But he didn't do that on purpose.
(coldly and angrily)
SHUT UP, Mouse!
Oh, yeah. That's weird. My brownies are burning. I got to go. (He runs off quickly)
Are we going to let troublemakers like Horton (grabs Rudy as an example) poison the minds of our children?!
(The Wickershams arrives to all the animals hear Sour's speech too)
When Horton tells our children about worlds beyond the jungle, he makes them question the authority. Which leads to defiance, which leads to ANARCHY!!!
G Mrs. Glummox
It's that speck!
WC Willie Cow-Bear
Now, we have to do something!
Q Mrs. Quilligan
For the children!
ARE WE GOING TO LET HIM GET AWAY WITH THIS??!!
VR Various Residents
NO!!!
(They all start to run, attack, and charge at Horton as a mob)
Let's get him!
