Polly Darton by a country fence, looking over 13 carrots, out in a row)
Polly 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 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 stops to look on)
How can I sing a about 14 carrot love, when I only have 13 carrots?
(she Benny)
Uh-oh. (tries to sneak away)
Polly Darton: Look! Did you see bunny with that carrot?
(Benny stops, skyward, his escape foiled)
I wonder if let me borrow it. (calls) Here bunny, bunny, bunny!
Benny: (spitting out the carrot) Hey! call me Bunny! The name is Benny!
Polly Darton: Well, I'm sorry, Benny. I was wondering if I could borrow that there.
Benny: (shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! This is my carrot, and I get downtown, so goodbye! (picks up carrot in his mouth again)
Polly Darton: Oh please? You have one carrot and I 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...
Darton: ...3, 4...
Benny: on, I gotta get downtown!
Darton: ...5, 6, 7, 8...
Benny: Yeah yeah...
Polly ...9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 carrots.
14, yeah.
Polly And I can sing my song.
No, no way, forget it!
Polly Aw, please? Don't do it for me - do it for the little children! Please?
Benny: (Squeaks his teeth as he thinks about it) Oh, all 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, okay?
Polly Okay, okay. Thank you! Thank you, you -
Yeah yeah yeah...
Polly Darton: ...wonderful 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 Darton: The has 13 carrots But it only takes a
(Benny starts into the beat)
To add carrot 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 better than flowers Or candy on a
(Benny's getting into it)
And it's all 'cause of I have this to sing
Together: 14 love! 14 love! what we got here - 14 love!
(music ends, but Benny keeps singing, back on the fence)
14 carrot 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 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 those carrots, Benny. Just my way of 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 teeth as last notes of the replay)