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 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 her, and then stops to look on)
How can I sing a song about 14 carrot love, when I 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 borrow it. (calls) 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 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 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 have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2...
Benny: Yeah yeah...
Polly ...3, 4...
Come on, I gotta get downtown!
Polly ...5, 6, 7, 8...
Yeah 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 borrow my carrot. But you have to give it back. And you can't, I say you can't on it, okay?
Darton: 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 carrots the garden Are as you see In one great big As as can be
(unimpressed) Yeah...
Polly Darton: The has 13 carrots But it only takes a
(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! is what we got here - 14 love! It's better than flowers Or on a ring
(Benny's getting into it)
And it's all 'cause of I have this song to
14 carrot love! 14 love! That's we got here - 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, right right, well I gotta go anyway. Yeah yeah, I'm just gonna take my carrot here, and get outta here ...
Darton: Hey, hey you can have all those carrots, Benny. Just my way of sayin' thank you.
Benny: (blown away) Oh! Oh gee, well, um ... but I know what to say!
Polly Darton: Aw, you he really is a sweet little bunny!
Benny: (shouting) call me Bunny! The name is Benny!
(squeaks his teeth as last of the song replay)