Horton the Elephant
All right. I got to get this speck up to the top of Mountain Nool A-S-A-P! Whatever that means. Probably "Act Swiftly, Awesome Pachyderm!" I mean, how hard can it be? (looks at a really, really long rickety bridge, shocked) It's just a straight plummet to certain death. (?) This looks... kinda precarious. Well... no need to worry. Obviously when they build a bridge like this, they take into account that elephants will be crossing here. (Horton reaches his foot out and puts his weight onto the bridge, which bends good.) Alright. Feel good. I'll just get... whoa! (He steps onto the bridge with his whole body, making him lose his balance. And each step causing him to wobble on the bridge.)
(Meanwhile, back in Whoville, the Mayor is at the dentist for his Who-root canal, feeling stressed as he sits into the chair. Looking around, he spots a portrait of a whale tail dipping out of the water, and a label saying "Courage.")
Mayor Ned McDodd
W- Uh yeah, that's true. (He lays back into his chair with a sigh, trying to calm his mind and relax, thinking it's gonna be okay, when he hears a scream from a room over, followed by a higher pitched scream. Panicked, he gets up and attempts to run out) Alright! (but is stopped by the operating dentists.)
Hello, and how are we today, Mr. Mayor? (grabs an water flosser) Say aaaaah.
Horton the Elephant
Ah! (takes a step, but falls right through the plank, causing the dentist to miss the Mayor's mouth, but instead hit his eye with the stream of water, much to his discomfort. Looking around confused, the dentist forgets the weird shake, and proceed.)
Rinse, please. (The Mayor fountains the water out of his mouth and into the cup, prompting the dentist to scrape a little dollop of water off his lip.)
Horton the Elephant
Huh, I think a few of these boards could stand to be replaced. (He takes a step back, but the plank behind him breaks, causing every single plank behind him to fall off and crumble.) I just need to think light. I'm light as a feather. I'm light... as a feather. (He watches as a passing bird drops a feather, which lands on a board, causing it to break and fall.) Heavy feather.
Okay! (He taps a syringe.) This will just pinch a little.
Mayor Ned McDodd
Uhh...
Horton the Elephant
I'm lighter than a feather. What's lighter than a feather...? (gasp of idea) Air! There's nothing lighter. So, it stands to reason... (He takes a breath in.) That the more air I have... (He takes another breath, his talking strained.) The lighter... (And another.) I'll be...!
(The music, "The Blue Danube" plays as Horton holds his breath with an inflated trunk, thinking for him to be floating in air, but he quickly steps across the bridge, breaking each plank he steps on. The scene switches between the dentist getting closer with the syringe to the Mayor's tongue, and Horton getting closer to the end of the bridge, but as he runs out of breath, he exhales powerfully enough to send him barreling back down to the middle of the bridge with nothing but the support ropes keeping him from falling. While in response to the fall, the dentist misses the Mayor's tongue, and somehow jabs his arm with the needle instead, prompting the Mayor to scream in pain as his arm is now longer and limp from the shot. He gets up and runs away, but struggles to open the door with his bad arm until he uses his other arm to open the door, running out and slapping the people in the waiting room with his numb arm.)
Next, please.
Horton the Elephant
Alright. That was absolutely terrifying. If I just pull myself UP- (His legs spread out as he tries to hold onto the ropes and looks down at the abyss beneath him.) Try not to panic! (Painstakingly, he manages to pull himself back up to the end of the bridge, grabbing onto the posts when they jolt downward. He starts screaming as he believes for him to be falling, but as the camera zooms out, he's not falling, and he just acted pre-emptively. He hums, and pulls himself all the way back onto solid ground.) Whew. That could have been a disaster! (As he walks, his bottom begins to bounce and bop, getting into a giddy groove.) Wow, I feel really good right now. Maybe it's my new sense of purpose. (He begins ballet dancing, grabbing a vine off of a tree and twirling it like a ribbon, before the theme changes to a rap-themed, twerking in motion and spin, which sends him crashing into a tree with a "Whoa!")
