Captioning by IMS Subtitles. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2014 (RUMBLING) (LOUD FOOTSTEPS) Ah. Hmm. Augh! Ugh! Whoo! (SQUAWKING) Hmm! Yagh! Oh. Ah. (HUMS) Yeah! 'On the 15th of May, in the Jungle of Nool, in the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, he was splashing, enjoying the jungle's great joys.' Ah. 'When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.' (GURGLES) (SQUEAKING) Huh? Hmm. (BREATHES DEEPLY) (TRUMPETS) Horton! Horton! Horton! Good morning, class. Are you ready? (ALL) Yeah! Jump on board! Oh! Look out below! Ogh! (KIDS GIGGLE) Tommy's on board. Katie, you there? Haaaaaa. OK! Shh! There it is. This is one of the jungle's most amazing creatures. The leaf bug. To protect itself from predators, it disguises itself as a leaf. Hmm. Agh! Argh! This one's got quite a grip. Come on, little buddy! Don't be shy! Whoa! Ugh! I guess I was mistaken, kids. There are obviously no leaf bugs in this area. Even a perfect - No! They're on me! Agh! Agh! Look! Get them off! Agh! Ugh! Ogh! I think I swallowed one! (TRUMPETS) Agh! Wagh! Tommy, pull it out! Um,... OK. (LAUGHTER) Ugh! Agh! Ogh! (CHILDREN LAUGH) 'Then humphing her humph was a sour kangaroo.' 'A type who's convinced she knows better than you.' 'She made every law and enforced every rule as self-proclaimed head of the Jungle of Nool.' Humph! Why can't I play with other kids, Mom? How many times have I told you that the jungle is no place to act like a wild animal. Wagh! Ugh! (LAUGHTER) Whoa! Humph! Ogh! (BUG COUGHS) Ew. My, that Horton certainly is eccentric. The children are learning so much from him. Learning to be a bunch of harebrained half-wits. And that's why my Rudy is pouch schooled. 'While Kangaroo stood there sneering a sneer...' That was the best time I've ever had in my life! 'Once again, the speck floated right by Horton's ear.' (SQUEAKING) 'And he heard it again, just a very faint yelp as if some tiny person were calling for help.' (YELLING) 'And you know what he thought?' 'He thought there must be someone on top of that small speck of dust.' 'Or even a family. It just might be so.' 'A family with children starting to grow.' (YELLING) I wanna live! (GASPS) Um, I gotta go. Katie, you're in charge. (SCREAMING) Wait! Come back! Um... Oh! Egh! (GULP!) Agh. Oh! Whoa! Hee, hee, hee, hee, hee, hee, hee. Oh! Ah! Phew! Agh! (ALL) One more! One more! One more! One more! One more! (LAUGHTER) (CHATTERING) Ooh! Ooh! I hear someone coming! Wait! Give me those! (PANTS) Wait! Sound the alarm! (SCREAMS) Excuse me! Pardon my stampede! (YELLING) Sorry, Wickershams. I'll clean all this up later! Bring the ammo! (CHATTERING) (LAUGHS) (GROANS) I love the smell of bananas in the morning! Banana in the hole! Come on, guys! We're all mammals! Whoa! I feel the diplomatic process is beginning to breakdown. Whoa! There you are! I got ya! Agh! Agh! Ogh! (CRASH!) (PANTS) Hi, kids. Wow! Oh! Um... Wagh! Wow. (SIGHS) There. Now you're safe. Oh. I know I heard you say something. I just know it. Where are you? Ogh. Humph! Egh. Oh. Horton? Oh, sorry! Um, I... I just... Um, there was this speck and, um, it called out for help. I was - The speck called out for help? Well, not the speck. I mean... That's ridiculous. (LAUGHS) Is that what you thought I meant? No, the speck can't call out for help. Come on. Get real! (LAUGHS) No. There's a tiny person on that speck that needs my help. (LAUGHS) Absurd. There aren't people that small. Well, maybe they aren't small. Maybe... we're big. Horton! No! Really, think about it. What if there was someone out there looking down on our world right now. And to them, we're the speck. Then someone else'd say, "Oh, there can't be people that small." The first guy'd say, "Calling me a liar?" The second guy'd say, "If the shoe fits, wear it!" Fists are flying and the first guy picks up a brick. You might wanna zip up the pouch for this next part. Alright, fat boy! You want some of this? Horton! What? There is nothing on that speck. But I heard. Did you? Really? Oh, my! Then how come I don't hear anything? Well... (SIGHS) If you can't see, hear or feel something, it doesn't exist. And believing in tiny, imaginary people is just not something we do or tolerate here in the Jungle of Nool. Really? Cos I bet if I really tried, I could find somebody who'd believe what I'm saying. You'll do nothing of the sort. You'll not breathe a word of this lie to anyone. Especially children. I do not want you poisoning their minds with this nonsense. Our community has standards, Horton. If you want to remain a part of it, I recommend you follow them. Hmm. Have a nice day. Agh! Alright, then! I'll, um,... take that under advisement. Certainly appreciate your input. (SIGHS) I don't understand. I know I heard you. It was as plain as the nose on my face. That's it. Maybe you can't hear me! Of course, your ears must be tiny. I need to speak up! (BREATHES DEEPLY) Hello! 'Now, some people out there, I think I know who, may find they agree with that sour kangaroo.' 'There can't really be people as small as a mite.' 'Well, there can and there are because Horton was right.' Hello! Hello! Hello! (PEPPY MUSIC) 'That single hello travelled all the way down through the speck, through the clouds till it found a small town.' 'A town known as Whoville, for there live the Whos, feeling happy and safe, knowing only good news, unaware that their world was a speck on a clover, unaware that the sweet life they knew might be over.' 'The Mayor of Whoville, a man named McDodd, who's devoted and fair and a little bit odd.' (HUMS) Phew. Hmm. Do-do. Hmm. (HUMS) 'The Mayor and his wife, they had children to spare.' '96 daughters, some here and some there.' '96 girls to love, 96 girls to teach. 'But the Mayor had only a few seconds for each.' I got better than best on my Whostory test. Ah, Whostory. I remember it well. That's one of my girls. Heldy's been using my hairbrush! Holly's been using my hairbrush! Look, over there! There, all better. Can I please have a Whophone, Dad? Everyone else in my class has one. Oh, really? Everyone? Oh! I will think about it. Daddy, look! Daddy, look! Mmm-hmm. Toof! It's "th", sweetheart. It's tooth. 'In Whoville tradition, unlike yours or mine, the Mayor's oldest is next in the mayoral line. Who was the oldest to lead and stand tall? It was JoJo, his son, the smallest Who of all.' So, JoJo, what's, um... what's shaking? What's happening? What's the word? 'Now to you or to me, it's abundantly clear that JoJo did not want his father's career.' 'But the Mayor pressed forward, completely deluded.' Bada boom. 'And JoJo just sat there in silence and brooded.' (BELL RINGS) Oh, JoJo! Whoa! Why does he get more time? That's not fair! Son! Hey! 'And why didn't he speak?' 'Well, I think the lad was afraid if he did, he might let down his dad.' You know what's awesome? This is awesome! Just look at the men and women hanging on these walls. You, my boy, are part of a family legacy that spans centuries. You know what? Your grandfather was Mayor of Whoville. Mmm-hmm. And your great-grandmother, that's right. All the way down to your great-great-great... ..great-not-so-great-great-great... ..great-great-great-great-great... ..grandfather! (SQUAWKING) Some day, I hope to join them. Be one of the greats. I tell you, JoJo, there is nothing like being Mayor. I get to sign resolutions, approve ordinances, submit budgets. And in the Edible Parade, I'm sitting on top of the giant meatball. Someday, that can be you too, JoJo. Some day, you'll be the one wearing the Mayoral crest. You just... You just need to... You know what I mean? OK, good chat! I'm glad that we had this talk... that I'm continuing now by myself. Good. (RUMBLING) (GASPS) Oh. (SIGHS) You bloody pig. Bobby, it's Keith. I was driving along Dundas Ln, and there was a pig in the middle of the road. Anyone over there know anything about it? No, no, mate. You're in a different valley. No one knows a thing. No one? Yeah, you don't know anyone out that way who has pigs? Moa Creek? No, I'm not too sure over there. (SIGHS) You bloody pig. Hey, Michael. It's Keith. So you got the picture? Yeah, it's not mine. You don't know anything about looking after pigs? Not really. I just know they taste all right. (OINKS) (OINKS) COMPUTER CHIMES I got your email about Sue. Yeah, uh, the pig. (CHUCKLES) VAN IDLES (OINKS) GENTLE MUSIC (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES (OINKS) UPLIFTING MUSIC Life's better together, so stay connected on NZ's leading mobile network. Oh, there. That ought to be comfy. (SIGHS) Nothing wrong with this, Morton. Nothing wrong with this. (LAUGHS) Just you and me and the speck. Shooting the breeze. We're a club. We're a group. We can take a vote on the issues. We can be a secret society that controls power in the world. Horton? And no one else can join unless they wear funny hats! (LAUGHS) Listen, Horton! The chair recognizes brother Morton. I'm really happy you found this speck and all. But you might wanna think about keeping it to yourself. Hmm? What? Why? 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 there. The speck never said anything bad about you. But good luck with your illusional superiority. 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'd 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. Hmm. Um... Hey, Horton? What you got there? What? Nothing. We're not doing anything. Ugh! (HUMS) We're totally alone. Who's "we"? We? What? We? Did I say that? I just... Oh, no, I'd never say that because that'd imply that I was with someone and not alone. Hmm. Hmm. Magh! (MUMBLES) OK, 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! OK, I'm taking a bath cos my skin gets kind of dry and a bit ashy. 'While Horton came clean about the speck that he'd found and how he'd saved it when it nearly drowned, the Mayor set off on his morning commute and noticed things weren't the same on his route.' 'But don't blame Horton for he didn't know a small bump above...' And I dove in the water like this! '..was a big bump below.' Hey, Joe! Don't work too hard! Ah! These luxury condos, they don't build themselves. Hey, look at that! I guess they do build themselves. OK, that happened. 'Now the Mayor knew it was his job to convey the unusual things he noticed that day. But there was one problem.' 'Though his will was strong...' You're late. Thank you, Miss Yelp. '..nothing in Whoville had ever gone wrong.' (ALL) We have all that we need. We need all that we've got. We like it in Whoville. We like it a lot. We're all very busy with the Who-centennial coming up. So,... ..let's bring this meeting to order. Mr. Mayor, I presume you have some good news for us. Well, it's news. I don't know if we need to go labelling it good or bad or anything like that. The thing is I have noticed some odd goings-on in Whoville lately. Good on goings-on? Well, you know. Tremors, clouds swirling in the sky. And it seems to me, just to be safe, we might wanna consider... ..postponing the Who-centennial. What? (Postponing the Who-centennial.) What?! Speak up, man! Postponing the Who-centennial, alright? (ALL CHATTER) (ALL SIGH) (MUSIC PLAYS) We are about to celebrate 100 years of Whoville happiness and harmony and you want to postpone the celebration? What if Whoville's not safe? Nothing ever goes wrong in Whoville. Never has and never will. You blathering boob! Boob? (MUSIC STOPS) The Who-centennial will proceed as planned! (CHEERING) The Mayor was merely being an idiot. He will be all smiles from now on. Ow! Ow! That hurt. (LAUGHS) Girl, I got 15,000 friends already. What? What you mean, it don't look like me? That look just like me. Ten years ago... Wait a minute, hold on for a second. Treats me like an idiot? I am not an idiot! Do I look like an idiot?! You don't want me to answer that. I'm not an idiot. Has the nerve to call me a boob? I would never call somebody a boob. He's a boob. Look at you. Yuck. Look at your face. And I bet you don't look so good with a staple on your head! Agh! (YELLING) Whoa! Whoa! Ow! Ow! Ow! Yagh! Thank you, Miss Yelp. You're welcome. Oh! Hello? '(MUMBLING)' Who's that? Back off! I'll punch you! Wagh! Whoa! '(MUMBLING)' Hmm? Huh? Huh? '(MUMBLING)' Hello? (SQUEAKING) (GASPS) Hello? '(MUMBLING)' 'Who's there?' Um, this is the Mayor. The Mayor? The Mayor? Look! Look at the Mayor! I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew there was life on this speck. The speck? What speck? Well, um,... I don't exactly know how to tell you this but... '..you're living on a speck.' Well, I hate to disagree with you, oh voice from the drain pipe, but I live in Whoville. Well, then Whoville's a speck. 'Right. OK.' Seriously, who is this? Is this Bert from Accounting? Um, no. This is Horton. I'm an elephant. OK, Horton... fake name. Where are you? 'Well, from where you're standing, I guess I'm... in the sky.' Compared to you, I'm enormous which is saying something because I've slimmed down quite a bit. I swim. Your whole world fits on a flower in my world. Oh, man, this is even pushing it for you, Bert! Watch what happens when I put you in the shade. This is absolutely impossible... 'Dark.' Oh... Light. 'Dark.' Light. Dark, light, dark, light. Whoa! 'Dark!' 'Light.' Ogh! Don't you see? We're in the middle of some kind of cosmic convergence. 'Two vastly different worlds, miraculously crossing paths!' Mine colossal, yours miniscule. Yet somehow, we've managed to make contact. 'If you think about it, it's pretty amazing.' Is everything OK down there? Oh. I... I don't know. You tell me. You're the one holding the speck. I'm the one holding the speck? I'm the one holding the speck. 'Don't you worry, Mr Mayor.' Um... Hold, please. Ogh! Agh! 'What did all of this mean?' 'The Mayor hadn't a clue. So he went to the office of Dr Larue, brainiest brain on the staff at Who U.' Dr. Larue? Oh, this is crazy. Oh, Mr Mayor. Um, how may I be of assistance? I don't know. Hey, you know, I was just wondering if our world were a tiny speck floating through space, how would we know? Well, why would you ask something like that? Oh, no reason at all. I don't even remember. Yes, I do. Yeah, some guy was talking to me. Not an elephant in the sky, a guy on the ground. Well, there would be several ramifications. Good ramifications? A tiny speck... Uh-huh, yeah, tiny speck. Floating around... Well, we'd have inexplicable tremors, dramatic changes in the weather. And if we didn't eventually achieve some sort of stability, our world would be... destroyed! Destroyed? Destroyed. Oh, destroyed. No trouble. Wagh! Agh! Horton? 'Um, no. This is, um, Danny.' Horton is busy right now. (LAUGHS) I'm joking. 'That's me.' Oh, we're doomed. 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... Hmm. Wow! That's a nice view. Hello? Is everything OK? Ogh! Whoo! What's going on? Agh! Argh! Agh! Agh! Wagh! Agh! This entire jungle is a house of death! Oh, wait. There's good spot. 'And it's then Horton saw at the top of Mount Nool 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. 'On the top of Mount Nool.' Mr. Mayor? Agh! 'I wish we could - ' Oh! Oh, shiny. (LAUGHS) The Who-centennial Committee is waiting for you to look over the meatball for the Edible Parade. Then the dentist for your Who-root canal. Sticking Who in front of everything doesn't make it hurt less. Just wastes time! I don't wanna go. Listen, Horton. I've got to go. There's a problem with the meatball. You just take care of that meatball, sir, and leave the freaking out to me. '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 ya. 'He was a brave hero,...' I'll protect ya. '...at least in his mind.' We must become invisible. Travel silently. For there are forces that would seek to destroy us. Huh? So you think you can sneak up on me, huh? It is clear that you are no match for my Tinki Kei! I see you've mastered the way of the snapping branch. Watch me tumble! Morton Mouse, go! You're fast but the Kangaroo has monkeys! I will make monkeys of these monkeys. It is their destiny! Oh! (SHOUTS) Oh. Horton is the greatest hero of them all, ha! Horton! Morton! (BOTH) Go! (YELLS) But Mount Nool is that way! Ha, ha, ha. To the top of Mount Nool! As fast as lightning, away I go. Wagh! Ugh! Oh, sorry, little fella. (CHUCKLES) You'll be fine. Just think healing thoughts. Horton! Horton! Look! Look! Look! Look! Ugh! Ugh! We've all got our own clovers with worlds on them. Yeah! Oh. In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies. That's beautiful, Katie. Ha. In a really weird way. My world is called Jessicaland and everyone worships Queen Jessica because Jessica is so beautiful. Jessica, that was awesome. (SIGHS) Hmm. Rudy! Mom, be careful! My best friend lives on that. Rudy, no-one lives on this. What? It's not possible. That Horton is a menace. Mom! Mom, please. You're so weird. Don't do this to me. Honey, go to your room. Horton! (KIDS SCREAM) Whee! It's good. What do you think you're doing? You guys are in trouble. Have you forgotten what we discussed? Oh, no. I'm an elephant and elephants never forget. It's a curse, really. You said humph and I looked up. You said, "What are you doing?" I said the thing about the speck. Then you pulled my ears. Horton? Well, you did! Give me that clover, Horton. Now. No! (GASPS) No? (WHIMPERS) Yeah. Are you sure you wanna fight this fight, Horton? Because I promise you it will get very ugly very fast. And you need to ask yourself, do I wanna put myself through all this? For a clover? Take it from me, Horton,... you don't. So hand it over. No! I can't give it to you. There are people on this speck. Granted, they're very small people, but a person's a person, no matter how small. Oh. Ogh! You just crossed the line, Horton, and I'm gonna make you pay. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) Um... Um... Whoa! Ogh! That Horton is a menace. He has those kids using their imaginations. It's sick. Alright. I've gotta get this speck up to the top of Mount Nool ASAP! Whatever that means. Probably Act Swiftly, Awesome Pachyderm. I mean, how hard can that be? Oh, 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. (CREAKING) Alright. Feels good. I'll just get... Whoa! Agh! Whoa! Agh. (CREAKING) Yagh! Whoa! (SIGHS) Ogh. (SIGHS) Huh? That's true. Hmm. (SIGHS) '(SCREAMING)' Um... Um... '(SCREAMING)' OK! Hello, and how are we today, Mr Mayor? Say "Ah!" (CREAKING) Ah. Whoa! Hmm. Rinse, please. Hmm. I think a few of these boards could stand to be replaced. (CREAKING) Oh! Agh! I just need to think light. I'm light as a feather. I'm light as a feather. Heavy feather. OK, this will just pinch a little. I'm lighter than a feather. What's lighter than a feather? (GASPS) Air! There's nothing lighter. So, it stands to reason... ..that the more air I have,... ..the lighter... I'll be. (CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (MOANS) (YELLS) Agh! Agh! Ugh! Agh! Agh! Agh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ogh! Agh! Next, please. Alright. That was absolutely terrifying. If I just pull myself up. (GASPS) Try not to panic. (GROANS) (GRUNTS) Waaaggghhhh! Hmm. Humph. Phew. That could have been a disaster. Wow. I feel really good right now. Maybe it's my new sense of purpose. (CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (DANCE MUSIC) Whoa! Agh! Agh! Agh! Agh! Ugh! Agh! Ugh! Agh! Wagh! (GROANS) Agh! Oh. Oh, alright. Ah. (CLATTERING) Hey, JoJo! I need your help. Could you help me? OK, great. OK, first I need you to go to the girls' room. Agh! Take down Hanna's china... Stop looking at my arm. Put away Holly's light bulb collection and take care of anything that might break or shatter. OK, take a good, long look. Got it? Thanks, JoJo. Oh! Ogh! (BABBLES) Wagh! Aaaggghhh! Oh! (LAUGHS) Whoo! Here. And I'll take that. And... Oh! Agh! Ugh! Ogh! 'Hi! You're home late.' Oh, sorry, hon, I was just... ..having some dental work done... on my arm. What was that? Ned! Ogh! (CHUCKLES) What are you doing? What do you mean? I'm no detective but you're hanging from the chandelier. I just thought it might look better somewhere it can't fall on us and crush us in our sleep. Whoa! Agh! (CHUCKLES) What is going on? (SIGHS) Hey, hon? (CHUCKLES) Did you ever get the feeling that you were being watched? Um,... yeah, sure. I suppose. And then you get the feeling that maybe that thing watching you is, um, a giant elephant? Um... And you know how you get that weird feeling that your world is actually a tiny speck? And then the elephant that I talked about earlier is carrying it around on a flower? And you realize that if you tell anybody, they'd think you were crazy? But you still feel a responsibility to keep everyone safe? You know that feeling? Um... You know, I'm gonna have to say no. Do you know that feeling? No! (LAUGHS) No. (YAWNS) Yawn! Wow! I am beat! Time to hit the hay, I guess. Sweetheart, I know you're under a lot of stress. And if you're seeing elephants and flowers, then fine. Just don't tell anyone else that story. OK? And remember, it's not the end of the world. The end of the world? Horton to Mayor. Horton to Mayor. Come in, Mayor, over. Horton? Ogh! I get terrible reception here. How about if I get real close?! Can you read me?! Agghhhh! Ogh! (CLATTERING) Yep! Roger that! Are we at that safe place yet? Almost. I'm pretty sure the worst part's over. This is your elephant speaking. Just sit back, enjoy the ride and we'll have you to Mount Nool in no time. 'You can't have ice cream.' 'Please?' Who's that? 'Is there someone else there?' Well, that's my wife and kids. You have a family? I do indeed. A beautiful wife, 96 daughters and one son. Whoa, ho, ho, ho, busy guy. We share one bathroom. You know how that is. Yeah. Don't I know it. (LAUGHS) Bathroom? Ned? What? Sweetheart. You know you're on the roof, right? (LAUGHS) No, you need to go to bed. Daddy's having a breakdown. Ned, what are you up to now? I was just about to put the kids to bed when I got off the roof. And I... That's what happened. Right. (HUMS) Oh. Daddy? Yes? Can I have a glass of water? Of course. Me too! Me three! Me four. (ALL CHATTER) OK. Hey, JoJo! Wow. A lot of liquid. A lot of liquid. Just the person I wanted to see. Yeah. I realize that we have not been seeing eye-to-eye lately and most of it is my fault. It's true. You know what I've been trying to do? I have been trying to impose my vision of your future on you. Let me make this perfectly clear. JoJo, you can be whatever kind of Mayor you wanna be. Hands-on, strong and silent, outspoken, it's up to you. Good. I feel so much better. I am expecting big things from you, young man. Big things! Alright. Good night. Good stuff! Good talk. 'Then JoJo snuck out, feeling lonely and sad and tragically misunderstood by his dad.' 'And where was he going at such a late hour?' 'Up to Whoville's abandoned star studying tower.' 'A place where the boy felt contented, free.' 'A place he could be what he wanted to be.' 'And what was inside there I'd say if I could.' 'But up above, the Kangaroo was up to no good.' (STRANGE NOISES) Can I come out now, Mom? No, Rudy. Stay in your room. But Mom? Stay inside. (CLEARS THROAT) Mr Vladikoff? (GROWLS) Agh! Eating. Go. Yes. I realize you're busy. But I need your help. It's Horton. He's become obsessed with a clover. And he actually thinks there are little people on it. Hmm. (WHIMPERS) I want that clover destroyed. Sure, what a big deal this is. For you, bro. I'd do it myself. But being a lady, I prefer not to get my hands dirty. But I hear you have no problem with that. No. No problem. Easy-peasy. But... I will only do this for a price. In exchange for a brand new pair of... No. This... little kangaroo. Mom?! Quiet, Rudy. Mommy's thinking it over. Ah. Well, thanks. But on second thought, I think I'm going to have the Wickersham brothers take care of this for me. Yeah, of course. I mean, they're a classy operation. You know, they'd... Wait! No! You can't go with Wickersham. No. The Wickershams would be perfect for this job. But they're monkeys. It's not scary. Ah, thanks anyway. Maybe next time. Wait! Here is what I will do to precious clover. I will take it. I will crush it. And I will devour it. (CHOKES) Bigger than it looked. One second. (COUGHS) Holy moly. (COUGHS) Hang on. (COUGHS) Then I regurgitate it. Then... I'm gonna devour it second time. So, two times devour it. Sounds nice. But I think I'll talk to the Wickershams. Wait! Here is best part. I do all... gratis. That's free, bro. What do you think? (LAUGHS EVILLY) Deal. Yes! Score! Thanking you. You won't regret. (LAUGHS EVILLY) (CONTINUES TO LAUGH EVILLY) Whoop! Ogh! Whoo! (LAUGHS EVILLY) (SNORES) (KNOCK AT DOOR) 'Mayor? Mayor?' (GASPS) 'Open up, Mr Mayor!' Whoa! 'Mr Mayor!' It's snowing... in the summer! (GASPS) Yes. Yes, it is. It's a dramatic change in the weather as if we're a speck floating through space. I don't know how you knew, but somehow you did and Whoville is headed for disaster. Oh, Horton. What? Ah, nothing. I'm on it. It's up to us to save the people of Whoville. Whoa! (KIDS SHOUT) Yagh! Stop! Oogh! Oh. That's... (KIDS SHOUT) OK, anybody else? Good. (KIDS SHOUT) Ogh! No, no! No enjoyment. This is not fun. It is a sign of doom. (LAUGHS) Oh, sweetie that's... No. No, no, no. No! Danger! Danger! Whee! Whoa! Stop having fun immediately! This is dangerous. Whoa! Ho! OK! (KIDS CHEER) Stop that! (SNORES) 'Horton?' Huh? What? (YAWNS) Hey, Mayor. We're in big trouble down here. It's happening. It's snowing in the middle of summer. It's the end of the world! Hold on, Mayor. I think I know what your problem is. (BREATHS) Awe! (LAUGHS) (KIDS CRY) 'There, that better?' That seems to have worked. (SNIFFS) Ew. Do I smell peanuts? Yeah, they're my favourite snack. But they tender to linger. Ogh. Ah. Oh! (GASPS) Fedwick, no! (BRANCHES SNAP) Uh-oh. Hang on, Mr Mayor. I may have to put up a fight. Frightened elephant can be very dangerous! Alright! You calm down the thunder, buddy! You hungry for trouble? I'm an all-you-can-eat salad bar! Take a bite! (PANTS) I hate running. Morton?! Don't do that! Horton! Horton? Don't... There you are! We got trouble. Wait. Stay. Wait. Did you hear that? No, I'm here. OK. Listen. No, go. Kangaroo has gone nuts, bananas. She's telling everyone you should be kicked out of Nool. She said that? I thought we were friends. Word is she's gone to Vlad. Vlad. Vlad. I know two Vlads. Is it the bad Vlad or the bunny Vlad that makes the cookies? Yeah, Horton. She's sending you a bunny with cookies(!) I think we can assume it's the bad Vlad. Yeah, that's a good call. So unless you're cool with giant razor sharp claws ripping the flesh off your body, I'd get rid of the clover! I can't. I promised the Mayor. I meant what I said and I said what I meant and an elephant's faithful 100 percent. Please for me, just this once be faithful 99 percent of the time. I've never got 99 percent and I think I'm awesome. So, come on. I meant what I said and I said what I meant. I'm not gonna say it. You can do that all day. It's not happening. An elephant's faithful 100 percent. That's right. That's my code. My motto. But thanks for the warning. Motto, OK. But watch the skies. Keep watching the skies. Mayor, you need to get everyone underground now! Two, three... 'There's a good possibility we may be attacked...' ..by a giant carnivorous bird. 'What?' There's a chance it'd be a bunny with cookies but I wouldn't count on it. Oh, they are formidable. Oh! 'Mayor, are you there?' Yeah. No, that's a great idea. It's just in order to get everyone mobilized, I need the OK of the city council and they never listen to me. I've been called a boob. Several times. I can't do it. You have to talk to them, Mayor. OK, listen. (ROARS) Agh! Bad Vlad! (LAUGHS EVILLY) Bad Vlad! Ogh! Bad Vlad! Wagh! Whoa-ho-ho! (BREATHS DEEPLY) That is definitely not a bunny. (SIGHS) Lost him. Meant to lose him and I lost him. (CHUCKLES) (ROARS) Agh! Ugh! Ugh! Agh! This tree for real? Come on! Hang on, Whoville! This is gonna get rough! Agh! Ogh! Wagh! Agh! Agh! (GASPS) Oh! Ogh! Agh! Oogh! Agh! Hogh! Ugh! Now you're going to get it. Get ready for the best. (PANTS) Leave me alone! Oh, no! (PANTS) No! Horton! Agh! Ogh! (PANTS) Whoo. Phew. Phew. Phew. Whoo. I just know he's gonna jump out somewhere. Hello! Agh! (LAUGHS EVILLY) (LAUGHS EVILLY) (WHIMPERS) Whoa! (ALL SHOUT) Wagh! Agh! Ugh! Agh! Ugh! Aaagghhh! Ugh! Aaaggghhh! Ogh! Agh! Chess mate. Agh! Now it's time for me to take clover and crush all the little people on it. Sorry. This is where we get off. Ogh! Agh! Ogh! Right in the beak! Agh! Ah. Cool line. Usually I can't think of those things till later. 'Mayor?' Ah, Horton. Are you OK? Um,... well, more or less. What happened? The bird? Yeah, it attacked me. Mayor, your people are in danger. Oh. You know what? I'm gonna do it. I'm going to go out there and tell them what is going on. 'Perfect.' Get going! (BABBLES) Hey, Mr Mayor! Something's wrong! My basement is in the attic! The science museum is history! The Lost and Found is missing! I'm declaring a state of emergency. Don't worry. Don't worry. The Mayor is just being a moron. No, wait! Whoville is in terrible danger. Everyone needs to get to the underground storage area. Fine, fine. Let's do this democratically. Who wants the joy and glory and festivity of the Who-centennial to proceed as planned? (CHEERING) And who, like the Mayor, thinks it would be better to spend the Who-centennial in an underground storage area? Yeah! (BOOING) Wait! You've got to listen to me. Our whole world could explode. (ALL GASP) (BALL HISSES) Much more quickly. And our world wouldn't make that noise. (LAUGHS) The people have spoken, Mr Mayor. You're finished. No-one believes you. No-one supports you. (LAUGHS) Horton believes me. Horton? (CHUCKLING) Who's Horton? Horton is a giant elephant in the sky. (ALL GASP) Don't bother looking, he's invisible. And he's the one risking his life to get Whoville which, by the way, is a speck on a clover, to safety. Oh. (LAUGHTER) I can prove it. Horton's voice comes out of this horn. (MURMURING) Horton! I have all the Whos gathered in town square. Let them know you're there. Gee. (CHUCKLES) This is kind of a high-pressure situation then. Wow. I'm really drawing a blank here. (GASPS) I know! (LAUGHS EVILLY) (GASPS) Horton? Horton, we're waiting. Time to show everyone that you exist and by extension, what a non-boob I am. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) (LAUGHS) (LAUGHTER) Wait! Everyone, look at the wind. What do you think that that means? It means... Um, it means... obviously, um... Let the Kite Flying Race begin! (CHEERING) Ogh! Ugh! Ugh. What a burn on you, Horton! Ha, ha, ha! (GROANS) Agh! Ugh! (GROANS) Ogh! Egh! Agh! Ugh! Argh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Agh! (GRUNTS) Ugh! (ROARS) Ragh! Ogh! Whoa, brain freeze! Give me back my speck! Not this time, guy. Aaaggghhh! (ROARS) I'm so sorry that I let you down but this... This is bigger than me. Get the family together and get somewhere safe. I will! I believe you. (ROARS) (CONTINUES TO ROAR) I've got you now, elephant. No! No! No! Oh, no. (GASPS) Yeah! (LAUGHS EVILLY) Mayor? Anybody there? Hello? Anyone? 'But clover, by clover, by clover, he found that the one that he sought for was just not around.' Mayor? Hello? 'And by noon, poor Horton, more dead than alive, 'had picked, searched and piled up 9005.' Hello? Sorry to bother you, nobody. Knock, knock. (CHUCKLES) This is where you say, "Who's there?" If there were any Whos there. (LAUGHS FORLORNLY) Get it? Who's there? (LAUGHS) 'All day he looked. Looked on and on till his hope was almost gone.' (GASPS) No, no, no! Please, no! Oh, this isn't fair! 'But wait. Could this one be the one?' 'Was all his searching finally done?' 'Ah, yes, for this was the hour Horton had found them on the three millionth flower.' Mayor? Mayor! I found you! Mayor? Are you there? Mayor? (SIGHS) Mayor? 'Mayor, are you there?' 'Mayor?' 'Mayor?' Mayor? Mayor?! (SNIFFLES) 'Um, no. This is Floyd. Can I take a message?' Mayor! You're OK! (ALL SHOUT) Horton! Horton! Stop! Stop it! (ALL MURMUR) Sorry. 'It must have been rough. I can't believe I found you.' 'You really had me worried.' Say, the Mayor was right! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! (LAUGHS) OK, I'm alright and so are you. (CLEARS THROAT) Citizens of Whoville! I'd like you to meet our friend, Horton. (CHEERING) '(CHEERING)' He's going to help us. (CHEERING) I've got this. This is the chairman. 'Idiot!' You're finished in this town. Is that understood? Finished. You boob! (STAMMERS) (LAUGHS) I'm just joking. (LAUGHS) Oh. (LAUGHTER) Good one. Horton, this is my wife, Sally. You exist! This means my husband isn't crazy. Hooray! And a few of my daughters. Haley, Holly, Hooly, Hilda and Heddy. (ALL) Hi! And here is Miss Yelp, my loyal assistant. And here's Dr Larue. You saved us! And Bert from accounting. 'And Mrs McGillacutti and Mr Farfoogan' from the Cloogan Farfoogans. And the old man in the bathtub. Let's not overwhelm the poor fella. He'll never remember these names. Well, I'll try my best. Sally. Chairman. Haley, Hooly, Holy, Hilda, Heddy. Miss Yelp, Dr Larue. Bert from accounting, Mrs McGillacutti, Mr Farfoogan and wasn't there an old guy in a shower? 'Um, bathtub.' Oh, yeah! 'We're all here, Horton.' And we all believe in you. Wow! That's awesome and it's a responsibility I do not take lightly. I promise you a future that is safe, sound and stable. We will create a world where every Who is endowed with three inalienable rights to be determined at a later date. And we will put us back on Mount Nool before the end of this decade. Oh! This, this, this elephant is crazy! Oh, my goodness. I gotta tell everybody. I gotta get to Kangaroo. Whoo! Wait till they find out about this. Oh. You should have been seeing me. I really let the elephant have it. I chase him like Doberman, then I break him into million pieces. (GASPS) It was thing of beauty. Really, my best work. Classic Vlad. And the clover? Clover is finished. No way in million years Horton find it. Read my beak. Clover is gone forever. (GASPS) Oh! Wagh! Ogh! (LAUGHS) I just saw Horton and he's still talking to that clover. Ogh! (GULP!) (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) Idiot! 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. What is happening to the Jungle of Nool? There once was a time when people were people and specks were specks. Well, I say if you can't see it, hear it or feel it, it doesn't exist. Our way of life is under attack. And who's leading that attack? Horton! (ALL GASP) Whoa, whoa. Whoa. Wait a minute! This is Horton we're talking about. You all know him. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Except for that fly city he sat on. But he didn't do that on purpose. Shut up, mouse. Oh, yeah. That's weird. I bet my brownies are burning. I gotta go. Are we going to let troublemakers like Horton poison the minds of our children? Not the children! When Horton tells our children about worlds beyond the jungle, he makes them question authority. Which leads to defiance which leads to anarchy! Yeah! Horton must pay! It's that speck! We have to do something! For the children! For the children! Are we going to let him get away with this? (ALL) No! (SHOUTING) '(RUMBLING)' '(LOUD RUMBLING)' Hmm. Morton! I told you 100 percent! Horton! Morton, pick up your feet! Geez. It's not me! Oh. I see. It's an angry mob. Sorry, Morton. I thought it was you that was making the... But it's... (SHOUTING) Oh, darn. (YELLING) Run, Horton! There he is! (SHOUTING) Let's rope him! Let's cage him! Whoa! Whoa! Stop! Hey, fellas. Good to see ya... all at once. You look really great as horde. Horton, Horton, Horton. Look at the mess you've created for yourself. All this hullabaloo over a silly little flower. It's a speck. Right. I mean, it's silly really, all this talk of roping you and caging you and, well, we don't need to go into the details. The point is this angry mob, all the trouble you're in, it can all go away. (CROWD GROANS) Really? Of course. All you have to do is admit to everyone that there are no little people living on that speck. That you were wrong and I was right. You do that and things can go right back to the way they were. But if you don't, you're going to have to pay the price. (CROWD MUTTERS) Huh? Ugh! (LAUGHS EVILLY) So I just have to say it isn't true? Hmm. Go ahead! Rope me! Cage me! Do whatever you want! But there are people on this speck and they have a Mayor who has 96 daughters and one son named JoJo, who all share a bathroom, whatever that is. (CROWD OOHS) And even though you can't hear or see them at all, a person's a person, no matter how small. That was beautiful, Horton. Rope him! Cage him! Burn that speck in a pot of boiling beezle nut oil! (ALL GASP) They don't believe we're here. We've gotta make some noise! We are here! We are here! We are here! (ALL) We are here! We are here! We are here! Come on! Everybody! (ALL) We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! (EVIL LAUGHTER) (GASPS) This'll teach you not to make up stories about people on specks! Listen! There they are! Rope him! Cage him! It's not working. I can hear you but their ears aren't strong enough. We need to be louder. Get every Who to make noise! Everyone! (ALL) We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! JoJo, where are you going? We need every voice! JoJo! You need to make some noise down there or we'll all be destroyed. 'The Mayor grabbed a tom-tom and started to smack it and all over Whoville, they whooped up a racket.' 'They rattled tin kettles, they beat on brass pans, on garbage pail tops and old cranberry cans.' 'They blew on bazookas and blasted great toots, on clarinets, zoompas and foompas and flutes.' (SHOUTING) There! (ALL) We are here! We are here! Can they hear us now? Listen! Please! It's the most beautiful thing ever! I don't hear nothing! (CHATTERING) I don't think so. But keep trying. Ogh! Ugh! I'll never give in! Raagh! (GROANING) Ogh! Are you sure every Who down in Whoville is trying? (SHOUTING / MUSIC) We are here! We are here! Where's JoJo? Probably at the old observatory. (SHOUTING / MUSIC) (GROANS) Ow! Agh! Ogh! Hey! There's a limit. Gegh! Ugh! Ow! Ow! Ogh! Ow! That's not supposed to stretch that far! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! (GROANS) Oh. (GASPS) Oh. (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) JoJo! You built this? (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (STRING MUSIC) (BELLS RING) (DRUM MUSIC) (CLATTERING) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) Whoa-ho-ho! Oh, ho! Oh! (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES) (ALL) We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! (GROANS) Ogh! (LAUGHTER) (LAUGHS) You're making a mistake. (CHEERING) But Mom! This doesn't concern you, sweetie. Back in your pouch! We are here! We are here! We are here! Everybody, don't stop! We are here! We are here! Keep going! This is gonna do it! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! Can they hear? No! (ALL GASP) No matter what happens, I couldn't ask for a better son. Hey, hey, JoJo? Come on! Keep going! We are here! No! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! No! We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! Yap! We are here! Yap! We are here! We are here! 'We are here! We are here! We are here!' I hear it! I hear it! They are there! 'And that yap, that one small, extra yap, put it over and all the Who noises burst out of the clover.' I hear it. Me, too! So do I! 'We are here!' Rudy. Give me that! Come... Ru... Rudy, get back in the pouch. Now! No, Mom. Um,... Wickershams, get that clover. What? Anybody, take it from him. Oh. You did it, Mayor. You did it. We did it! (CHEERING) Yeah! Well done, son. Alright, Mayor! Dad, you're one of the greats! (CHEERING) Whoa! Easy, everyone. Easy! Oh, hi, Vlad. (ALL GASP) (ALL AWE) Well, I shouldn't. But... Ooh! (CHEERING) (CHEERING) Oh, man, that is nice touch. (CRIES) I am a mess with this, right? I'm emotional. Here come the waterslide! (CHUCKLES) I have so many people to thank. The good people of Nool who put me in a cage and poked me with sticks. That was me! My buddy, Morton, for being the only one who stood by me. Well, not right by me. He hid in the bushes, sending me good thoughts. Dude, you are a warrior-poet. Most of all, I'd like to thank the Mayor of Whoville, who believed in me from the beginning. Oh, Horton. We're going to miss you. (CHUCKLES) Gee. What are we gonna do without you, Horton? Ah, don't worry. I'll always be around. # And even as I wander, # I'm keeping you in sight. # You're a candle in the window... # ...on a cool, dark winter's night. Beautiful metaphor. # And I'm getting closer # than I ever thought I might. Ooh, that's a little high for me. # Baby, I can't fight this... # ...feeling any more. # I've forgotten what I started fighting for. # And if I have to crawl upon your floor,... # ...crawl upon the floor,... # ...come crashing through your door,... # ...crashing through your door,... # ...baby, I can't fight this feeling any more. # I can't fight this feeling any more. # Whoo! 'And so, all ended well for both Horton and Whos. 'And for all in the jungle, even kangaroos. So let that be a lesson to one and to all. 'A person's a person no matter how small.' (SIGHS)