Horton:
A person's a person, no matter how small.
Tho Whos:
[
singing] The world is a-sittin' on an elephant's nose
Cindy Lou Who:
What's a elephant?
[
while Horton's clover is being carried away by Quizmo McKwoff]
Horton:
Dr. Hoovey? Quick, Doctor! / Fasten your seat belt! Tie yourself down! / Batten your hatches! Sandbag the whole town!
Dr. Hoovey:
Batten our hatches? I don't understand! / What is a seat belt? We're fresh out of sand.
Mother Who:
Is Horton an elephant?
Baby Who:
No, ma'am, Horton's a pickle.
Other Baby Who:
What's a Horton?
Tho Whos:
[
singing to Dr. Hoovey, who they now believe after they have been dropped from the sky] Just tell us what we have to do! / Just tell us and we'll follow you! / We'll save this town, we'll save this world! / Just tell us what we have to do!
Dr. Hoovey:
[
spoken] What to do? / I wish I knew!
Horton:
[
after attempting to get the Whos to make themselves heard, which fails] Uh, you should've heard *that*, just as clear as a bell. / Everything is going to be... perfectly swell.
Jane Kangaroo:
Hmph, I heard nothing, and *you* didn't either, / And as for my prodigy, *he* didn't...
Junior Kangaroo:
...Neither!
Quizmo McKwoff:
Hidey-hi, Hidey-ho, let us play hide and seek!
Jane Kangaroo:
Hmph!
Narrator:
It was Jane Kangaroo, and the small kangaroo in her pouch said:
Junior Kangaroo:
Hmph, too!
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