Polly Darton by a country fence, looking 13 carrots, laid out in a row)
Polly Darton: Oh, hi there. My name is Polly Darton, and I'd like to sing a song for you, but I can't. The song I'd like to called, "14 Carrot Love", but as you can see, I only have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 carrots. Mm-hmm.
(Benny Rabbit, with a carrot in his mouth, hops by behind her, and then to look on)
How can I sing a song about 14 love, when I only have 13 carrots?
(she Benny)
Uh-oh. (tries to sneak away)
Polly Darton: Look! Did you see that bunny with carrot?
(Benny stops, looking skyward, his foiled)
I wonder if let me borrow it. (calls) Here bunny, bunny, bunny!
Benny: (spitting out the carrot) Hey! call me Bunny! The name is Benny!
Polly Darton: Well, I'm sorry, Benny. I was wondering if I could borrow carrot there.
Benny: (shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! This is my carrot, and I gotta get downtown, so goodbye! (picks up carrot in his again)
Polly Darton: Oh please? You have one carrot and I have 13 carrots. (Benny puts carrot back down) If I add your carrot and my 13, I'll (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2...
Benny: yeah yeah...
Darton: ...3, 4...
Benny: on, I gotta get downtown!
Polly ...5, 6, 7, 8...
Benny: yeah yeah...
Polly ...9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 carrots.
14, yeah.
Polly And I can sing my song.
No, no way, forget it!
Polly Darton: Aw, Don't do it for me - do it for the little children! Please?
Benny: (Squeaks his as he thinks about it) Oh, all right all right all right. You can borrow my carrot. But you have to give it back. And you can't, I say you can't nibble on it, okay?
Polly Darton: Okay, okay. Thank you! you, you -
Benny: Yeah yeah...
Darton: ...wonderful little bunny, you!
Benny: (appalled) call me Bunny! The name is BENNY!!!
(music starts, she now sings)
Polly These carrots from the garden Are as you see In one big bunch As as can be
(unimpressed) Yeah...
Polly The bunch has 13 carrots But it only a shove
(Benny getting into the beat)
To add another And get 14 love!
14 love!
(Benny starts squeaking his teeth in to the music)
14 love! That is we got here - 14 love! It's than some flowers Or on a ring
(Benny's really into it)
And it's all 'cause of I this song to sing
14 carrot love! 14 love! what we got here - 14 love!
(music ends, but Benny singing, leaning back on the fence)
Benny: 14 love! 14 carrot love!
Polly (calling to him) Hey hey! Benny! Song's over, Benny!
Benny: (still singing) That's what we've got here! 14 ca- (stops) Oh yeah yeah yeah, right right, well I gotta go anyway. Yeah yeah, I'm just take my carrot here, and get outta here ...
Polly Darton: Hey, hey you can have all those carrots, Benny. my way of sayin' thank you.
(blown away) Oh! Oh gee, well, um ... but I don't know what to say!
Polly Darton: Aw, you know he really is a little bunny!
Benny: (shouting) Don't me Bunny! The name is Benny!
(squeaks his as last notes of the song replay)