Polly by a country 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 then stops to on)
How can I sing a song about 14 carrot love, I only have 13 carrots?
(she Benny)
Benny: Uh-oh. (tries to away)
Darton: Look! Did you see that bunny with that carrot?
(Benny stops, looking skyward, his foiled)
I wonder if 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 carrot there.
Benny: (shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! 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 your carrot and my 13, I'll (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2...
Yeah yeah yeah...
Polly ...3, 4...
Benny: on, I gotta 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? do it for me - do it for the little children! Please?
Benny: (Squeaks his teeth as he thinks about it) Oh, all right all 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 Okay, okay. Thank you! Thank you, you -
Benny: yeah yeah...
Darton: ...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 big bunch As as can be
(unimpressed) Yeah...
Polly Darton: The has 13 carrots But it takes a shove
(Benny starts getting 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 candy on a
(Benny's getting into it)
And it's all of you-ou I have 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!
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 yeah, right right, well I gotta go anyway. Yeah yeah, I'm just gonna take my carrot here, and get here ...
Polly 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 don't know to say!
Polly Aw, you know he really is a sweet little bunny!
Benny: (shouting) call me Bunny! The name is Benny!
(squeaks his teeth as last notes of the replay)