Horton Hatches the Egg1942

Narrator:
Then carefully tenderly, gently he crept up the trunk to the nest where the little egg slept.

[Horton gently sits on the egg]

Narrator:
Then, Horton the Elephant smiled.

Horton:
Now, that's that.

Narrator:
And he sat, and he sat, and he sat, and he sat. And he sat all that day, and he kept the egg warm. And he sat all that night through a terrible storm. It poured, it lightning, it thundered, it rumbled.

Horton:
This isn't much fun.

Narrator:
The poor elephant grumbled.

[the flood rises up]

Horton:
I wish she'd come back, 'cause I'm cold and I'm wet. I hope that, that Maysie Bird doesn't forget.