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The telephone rings -- who is it?
It's the elephant.
Where are you calling from?
From the camel.
What do you want?
Chocolate.
For whom?
For my son.
And, how much should I send?
About 5 or 6 pounds, he cannot eat more, he is still little!
And then the telephone rings, and a crocodile, with tears in his eyes, says,
My sweet, dear, please send me galoshes for me, my wife and Totoshi.
Wait, didn't I send you some very good galoshes two weeks ago?
Oh, yes, well those galoshes you sent two weeks ago, we already ate those, and we cannot wait for you to send more new and sweet galoshes!
And then calls the rabbit.
Please send us gloves!
And then calls the monkey.
Please send us books!
And then calls the bear, and how he cries, how he cries!
Stop crying bear, stop crying! What do you want? Why are you crying? I cannot understand! Please, PLEASE HANG UP!
And then calls the crane.
Please send tummy drops, for we ate too many frogs, and now we have a tummy-ache!
And all the days I have calls, dring-dlin, dring-dlin, and calls from the otter to the deer!
And then in the evening the kangaroo calls.
Is Mr. Clean at your house?
I started to shout -- NO! He's somewhere else!
And where is Mr. Clean?
I AM NOT GOING TO TELL! CALL NUMBER 125!
For 3 nights I did not sleep. I want to rest, but just when I lay down, DRING! Who calls?
Rhinoceros.
What is it?
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry right now!
What happened?
SAVE!
WHO?
THE HIPPO! Our hippo fell in a very deep mud puddle!
He fell in a mud puddle!?
YES! And if you don't come, he will sink, he will sink in a mud puddle!! THE HIPPO IS GOING TO DIE!!
Okay, I will come and help if I can.
Oh, it is not an easy job, to pull a hippo out of a mud puddle!
"Telephone" performed by Emily and Abigail Burnham