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