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A red-and-white striped top hat is on an empty stage when A BOY enters and is drawn toward the magical hat. He begins imagining what type of wonderful person would wear such a hat, when THE CAT IN THE HAT suddenly materalizes! THE CAT begins singing about the power of imagination (Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!). Throughout the song, famous Seussian characters are introduced: HORTON the elephant, GERTRUDE MCFUZZ-the bird with the one feather tail, the WHOS of Whoville-including the MAYOR and his WIFE, MAYZIE LA BIRD, OUR KANGAROO and the CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE OF NOOL. As the opening number comes to a close, THE BOY and THE CAT use their imaginations to transport everyone to the Jungel of Nool for the first adventure (Horton Hears a Who).

THE CITIZENS OF WHOVILLE are crying for help as their little planet, the size of a speck of dust, floats aimlessly through the air. HORTON, whose large ears allow him to hear the WHOS, vows at once to help them and places Whoville safely onto a soft clover, just as the SOUR KANGAROO and her baby ener. SOUR KANGAROO thinks HORTON is crazy for talking to and protecting a speck of dust and she lets him and the rest of the jungle know about it (Biggest Blame Fool). The WIKERSHAM BROTHERS-a group of michievous monkeys-join in on the fun of teasing HORTON. The one person who stands up for him, his neighbor GERTRUDE MCFUZZ, is no noticed by anyone, least of all HORTON.

As HORTON is left alone with his 'inhabited' clover, THE CAT, who always seems to be around, throws THE BOY into the story as JOJO, (Meet JoJo the Who) son to MR. and MRS. MAYOR of Whoville. HORTON discovers more about the WHOS and their tiny town of Whoville (Here on Who). MR. and MRS. MAYOR are both unhappy because JOJO's 'thinks' have gotten him into trouble at school (How to Raise a Child). They send him to bed, but THE CAT has another idea (Oh, The Things You Can Think! - Reprise). JOJO's mind begins imagining again (It's Possible), but the fun is interruped when the house starts flooding with bathwater. HORTON sits alone guarding the clover (Alone in the Universe) and eventually he and JOJO hear each other, realize their imaginaitons are much alike, and become friends.

In another part of the jungle, GERTRUDE has just writen her fourth hundred and thirty-seven love song about HORTON (The One Feather Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz). She believes HORTON doesn't notice here because of her pathetically small and uninteresting tail. MAYZIE appears and offers advice (Amayzing Mayzie), which leads GERTRUED to DOCTOR DAKE and his pills for amazing feathers. After taking several pills, GERTRUDE is very happy as her tail begins to grow (Amayzing Gertrude).

The WIKERSHAM BROTHERS are up to no good (Monkey Around) and decide to grab the clover with Whoville on it. A chase begns (Chasing the Whos) and The WIKERSHAMS eventually hand off the clover to VLAD VLADIKOFF, the eagle, who drops it onto an enormous field of clover. HORTON begins looking for the WHOS when GERTRUDE arrives with her new tail, determinded to tell HORTON how she truly feels (Notice Me, Horton), but he still doesn't notice her. GERTRUDE leaves and we see MAYZIE looking bored, sitting up on a nest (How Lucky You Are). She convinces HORTON to sit on the nest for her while she takes a brief vacation (Mayzie's Exit / Horton Sits on the Egg / Dilema / Hunters).

Seasons pass and HORTON is stuck sitting on the egg, the WHOS are still lost in the clover and GERTRUDE still cannot get HORTON to notice her. HUNTERS suddenly arrive to capture HORTON and the egg (Egg, Nest and Tree) and take him to New York where he is auctioned off to the circus.

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