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 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 carrot in his mouth, hops by behind her, and then to look on)
How can I sing a song 14 carrot love, when I only have 13 carrots?
(she Benny)
Benny: Uh-oh. (tries to away)
Polly Darton: Look! Did you see bunny with that carrot?
(Benny stops, looking skyward, his foiled)
I if he'd let me borrow it. (calls) Here bunny, bunny, bunny!
(spitting out the carrot) Hey! Don't call me Bunny! The name is Benny!
Polly Darton: Well, I'm sorry, Benny. I was wondering if I could borrow that there.
(shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! This is my carrot, and I gotta get downtown, so goodbye! (picks up carrot in his mouth again)
Polly Darton: Oh please? You have one carrot and I have 13 carrots. (Benny puts carrot back down) If I add carrot and my 13, I'll have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2...
Benny: Yeah yeah...
Polly ...3, 4...
Come on, I gotta get downtown!
Polly ...5, 6, 7, 8...
Benny: Yeah yeah...
Darton: ...9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 carrots.
14, yeah.
Polly Darton: And I can 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 nibble on it, okay?
Polly Okay, okay. Thank you! Thank you, you -
Benny: yeah yeah...
Darton: ...wonderful little bunny, you!
Benny: (appalled) Don't call me Bunny! The 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 The bunch has 13 carrots But it takes a shove
(Benny starts getting the beat)
To add carrot And get 14 love!
14 love!
(Benny squeaking his teeth in time to the music)
14 love! is what we got here - 14 love! It's better than some Or on a ring
(Benny's getting into it)
And all 'cause of you-ou I have song to sing
14 carrot love! 14 love! That's we got here - 14 love!
(music ends, but Benny keeps singing, leaning on the fence)
Benny: 14 carrot love! 14 love!
Darton: (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, 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 have all those carrots, Benny. Just my way of sayin' 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!
(shouting) Don't call me Bunny! The name is Benny!
(squeaks his teeth as last notes of the replay)