Polly Darton by a fence, looking over 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 stops 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 that carrot?
(Benny stops, skyward, his escape foiled)
I if he'd let me borrow it. (calls) Here bunny, bunny, bunny!
Benny: (spitting out the carrot) Hey! call me Bunny! The name is Benny!
Darton: Well, I'm sorry, Benny. I was wondering if I could borrow that carrot there.
Benny: (shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! This is my carrot, and I gotta get downtown, so goodbye! (picks up in his mouth again)
Polly Darton: Oh please? You have one carrot and I have 13 carrots. (Benny puts carrot down) If I add your carrot and my 13, I'll have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2...
Yeah yeah yeah...
Polly ...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 Darton: And I can 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 teeth as he thinks about it) Oh, all right all right all right. You can 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 -
Yeah yeah yeah...
Polly ...wonderful little bunny, you!
(appalled) Don't 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 in time to the music)
14 love! That is we got here - 14 love! It's than some flowers Or on a ring
(Benny's getting into it)
And it's all of you-ou I this song to sing
Together: 14 love! 14 love! That's what we got - 14 love!
(music ends, but Benny keeps singing, back on the fence)
14 carrot 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 gonna take my carrot here, and get outta here ...
Polly Darton: Hey, hey you can have all carrots, Benny. Just my way of sayin' thank you.
Benny: (blown away) Oh! Oh gee, well, um ... but I don't know to say!
Polly Darton: Aw, you know he is a sweet little bunny!
Benny: (shouting) Don't call me Bunny! The is Benny!
(squeaks his teeth as last of the song replay)