Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Woahaha! Hey! Woah! L-l-l-look out!

H-h-here I come! Ready or not! Haha!
Tadaa!

Hmm, may I introduce myself,

I am Seymour S. Sassafrass & company.

This is the Seymour S. Sassafrass, and
this

is the company!

I am a peddler by trade, by trade

and by golly, by golly, by golly,

I deal in magic and moonbeams

and pretty, pretty colors.

Ohhhh, yes!

I can sell you the most perfect pink,

or the most blissful blue,

or a simply euphoric yellow. Heheh!

That, of course, is why I'm here

in April Valley, delivering

all these colors to Peter Cottontail,

so he can paint his Easter eggs, you know.

What? You say you've never been to
April Valley before?

Well, that's okay. I'll show you around.

This way, please.

Now you see? April Valley's where

all the Easter bunnies live and work.
Oh, yes.

Ah! April Valley's finest candy carvers.

Meet Milk-chocolate Angelo,

and Leonardo de Bittersweet, hehe.

And over there is the famous Easter bunny
bonnet founder.

Now, of course, it's all very nice here,

thanks to Peter Cottontail.

Hmm? You've never heard of Peter
Cottontail?

Great chattering chip chicks!

They've never heard of Peter Cottontail!

(echoing) They've never heard of Peter
Cottontail?!

Why, he's the number-one Chief
Easter bunny

around here, see?

Y-you---you mean you never heard

how he almost lost the job? (gasp)

Oh my, you actually mean you never heard

how a terrible, wicked nasty rabbit

named Irontail almost became the Easter
bunny?

(evil laughing)

Montrezaur! Montrezaur!

Away! Away-!

Here, if you peek into this magic egg,

you'll see the whole story

just as it happened.

Peter was just a young whippersnapper,

sort of a junior Easter bunny.

♫ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♫

♫ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♫

♫ Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way ♫

♫ Bringin' every girl and boy ♫

♫ Baskets full of Easter joy ♫

♫ Things to make your Easter bright
and gay ♫

Well, it all began one bright and sunny
springtime

right here in April Valley.

The former Chief Easter bunny,

Colonel Wellington B. Bunny,

--oh, he was a fine old gent--

was getting on in years,

and he figured it was just about time

for him to retire.

Of course, it was his sworn duty

to appoint a worthy successor.

[Colonel] No, it's out of the question...

that one could, hmm..

Wait! Peter Cottontail--

Just a moment, now here's a likely
candidate.

Er, I really don't think Cottontail's

your man, sir.

I mean, he is boastful,

he has no sense of responsibility,

and sometimes, sometimes he fibs!

-Oh, well I know he's not perfect,

but he's got real spunk and ingenuity.

Reminds me of me when I was his age.

But-- I never dreamed I'd get to be

Chief Easter bunny!

Peter, you're telling a fib!

Every time you tell a fib,

your left ear droops!

Oh, heheh, well I guess I did

think about the job once or twice.

Uh, lots of times.

Peter, good heavens, Peter, my boy,

you've got to shape up and reform

if you want to be Chief Easter bunny.

♫ There are tulips that need tending ♫

♫ And baskets that need mending ♫

♫ The jellybeans are piling up in heaps ♫

♫ There are eggs that need collecting ♫

♫ And hens who are expecting ♫

♫ In Spring, the Easter bunny never sleeps ♫

♫ There are bonnets that need sewing ♫

♫ And gardens that need hoeing ♫

♫ Some chocolate chicks have broken out
in peeps! ♫

♫ There are colors that are running ♫

♫ And workers who are sunning ♫

♫ In Spring, the Easter bunny never
sleeps ♫

♫ Bright and early Easter morning ♫

♫ All the work must be done ♫

♫ Eggs ready to roll in time for the fun ♫

♫ For, like Santa Claus, the bunny has not
one single day ♫

♫ There are children waiting everywhere ♫

♫ Their candy no delay! ♫

♫ So get all those tulips tended ♫

♫ And every basket mended ♫

♫ It's not a game we're playing;
it's for keeps! ♫

♫ Get those bows and ribbons tied on ♫

♫ For you will be relied on ♫

♫ Every Spring the Easter bunny never
sleeps, never sleeps ♫

[Sassafrass] But meanwhile,

far away in the distant reaches

of April Valley...

[Irontail] I won't allow Cottontail

to be the new Chief Easter bunny!

I must be the new ruler of April Valley!

You, sir?

-Yes. Years ago, a small child

rollerskated over my tail.

Since then, I have had to wear this

artificial one made of iron,

instead of having a nice, fluffy, while

cotton tail, like that Peter.

-But it was an accident, sir.

The child didn't mean to-

I don't care!!

Since that time, I have detested all
children.

But then, why be Easter bunny?

-To get even, heheh.

When I'm through with April Valley,

we'll never be bothered by children again.

(Laughs)

Here, son.

Here... is your official egg basket.

Carry, carry it with pride.

I will, sir!

-I hereby officially declare you

Chief Easter bun-

[Irontail] Just a mean old minute!

Hm, hm. Just in time.

-For what, Irontail?!

-Here is the Constitution of April Valley.

It says that the Chief Easter bunny

shall be the one who delivers the most
eggs.

-I know that!!

That's why I've chosen-

-Well, when it comes to delivering eggs,

Peter Cottontail is, eheh,

real squeamish carrots

to January Q. Irontail!

I propose a contest to see who

can deliver the most eggs.

-That's absolutely out of the question!

[Peter] Wait a minute, Colonel.

I'm not afraid of Irontail.

I know I can lick him any day!

[Irontail] Ha!

-Peter, this is no time for bragging.

-No, no, I insist, Colonel!

A contest is the fair way of deciding

who's best. (softly) Don't worry, it'll
be me!

-Hehehe, well, you better head wind,
Peter.

Because once I give my word,

I shall stick to it.

(crowd chattering)

[Colonel] Therefore,

I have decided that whoever delivers

the most eggs tomorrow, Easter,

will be the new ruler of April Valley.

(cheers)

-(chuckles)

You've got to win, Peter.

Absolutely have to win.

Irontail will do terrible things to
April Valley.

Make sure, make sure you get up

bright and early tomorrow so you can do
your best.

[Sassafrass] But Peter was so sure

he'd win the next day,

that instead of getting lots of sleep,

he had a big party with all his friends.

And it was very late when he finally
went to bed.

I've gotta get up on time tomorrow! (yawn)

Five-thirty, Ben, remember?

(tiredly) ♫ There are tulips

that need tending ♫

♫ And baskets that need mending ♫

♫ In Spring the Easter bunny never
sleeps...

sleeps... sleeps...

[Sassafrass] But you can be certain that

old Irontail wasn't going to play fair.

[Ben] No funny-no funny-no funny business,
now.

-(laughs) Oh, no, of course not.

I have a little gift for you! Because, uh,

well, because I like chickens so much.

Aww! Bubbu-bubble-bubblegum!

Corn-flavored bubblegum!

My f-f-fa-favorite!!

(laughs) April Valley is as good as mine!

(laughs)

(gulp)

[Sassafrass] You see, it was magic
bubblegum

guaranteed to seal the lips

of an alarm-clock rooster.

Those bubbles cocka-doodle-do'd

so far away, Peter never heard them.

He slept on and on and on

all through Easter day.

Now, nobody wanted an egg

from an unpleasant old bunny, like
Irontail.

As a matter of fact, though he tried all
day long,

he was only able to give away

one single egg.

However, since Peter slept through Easter

and didn't deliver any eggs at all,

Irontail won.

And he now ruled April Valley.

♫ Every tulip that needs tending ♫

♫ will get a proper bending ♫

♫ and jellybeans will rot upon their heaps ♫

Haha!

♫ All the hens who are expecting ♫

♫ will get no more protecting ♫

♫ For in Spring the Easter bunny
always sleeps! ♫

♫ And from this time forward, ♫

♫ all Easter eggs shall be colored ♫

♫ a shade of mud and new concrete ♫

Haha!

♫ Instead of chocolate bunnies and chicks,

I commission the candy sculptors

to make tarantulas and octopuses!

And I hereby declare an end

to Easter bonnets.

From now on, there will only be Easter
galoshes.

(crowd moans)

♫ I need lots of peace and quiet ♫

♫ and Easter won't deny it ♫

♫ Every Spring the Easter bunny always
sleeps! ♫

(laughs)

[Sassafrass] Peter Cottontail,

who realized that his bragging

and irresponsibility had let everybody
down,

left April Valley in disgrace.

-But-but I'll make it up, somehow!

I'll make it up if it's the last thing
I do!

"I'll make it up if it's the last thing
I do!"

Oh, em, that's just what Peter vowed.
Remember?

-I'll make it up if it's the last thing
I do.

[Sassafrass] He walked on and on

for days and days, and finally one night,

he could not walk a step further.

But the next morning,

the sun returned like an old friend

back from a long vacation,

and its very first rays tickled Peter's
nose

and awakened him.

And that's when I came into the story.

Ah, beg pardon, Peter.

-Huh?

-You're sleeping on my big toe.

You really must have been tuckered out

to use a big toe as a pillow.

-Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Sassafrass.

(chuckles) Well, that's alright.

It's my pleasure, Peter.

Well, rather my big toe's pleasure, heheh.

-Where are we?

-In my garden.

This is the garden of surprises

where I grow all the vegetables

I use to make the pretty colors.

Heh, it's kinda magical,

if I do say so my magical self, heheh!

See? See right over there,

there's red, white and blue cabbages

as big as houses.

And purple corn stalks as tall as church
steeples.

Striped tomatoes, and orange string beans.

[Peter] Why do you call it

the garden of surprises?

-Everybody asks that question!

And I answer:

Why not call it the garden of surprises?

I mean, I never know what's coming up.

Sometimes I plant beans and roses
surprise me.

Why, once I planted pumpkins,

and do you know what came up?

-Huh? No, what?

Pumpkins.

Now, that was a surprise.

Hmm! Well, it's always easier

to change colors than to change labels.

-Well, nobody will ever be able to change

my label... it reads "failure."

-Oh, don't be so depressed, Peter!

When you are depressed, it gets to be

very...erm... depressing! Heheh

-But Easter's all over and I lost!

-Easter, over?

Hah, nothing's ever really all over, Peter.

Follow me!

There it is. My Yestermorrowber.

-Why do you call it your Yestermorrowber?

-'Cause that's what I call it! Heheh.

You see, it can transport you

into yesterday or tomorrow,

whereas most crafts go from here to there,

mine travels from now to then,

and from then to when. (chuckles)

Meet the pilot.

Antoine, Antoine!

(French accent) Hello, hello, hello.

-A worm?

[Antoine] Pardon, monsieur.

I hold the rank of caterpillar.

-We've got our first passenger, Antoine.

His name is Peter Cottontail.

Now, show him how it all works.

-Of course, I will do that, with pleasure.

You will notice the many switches

and buttons and knobs, eh? (chuckles)

They're beautiful, eh?

They are labelled le future and le past.

And here, of course, we have more
controls

to transport one to the holidays.

A button for Christmas,

a lever for Halloween,

so, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day,
St. Patrick's Day,

Valentine's Day, Arbor Day, and this
pretty one,

for Easter.

-Hey! I get it.

All I have to do is hop into the basket

and have you take me back to Easter!

-That's correct.

Then you can deliver your eggs,

as you should have done in the first
place,

win the contest, and toss old Irontail
out.

-Let's go! To Easter, Antoine!

-Of course! Oui, certainement, Pierre!

Good luck, Peter.

-Thanks for everything, Mr. Sassafrass!

-But I didn't give you everything.

-Huh?

♫ [lyrics] If I could only get back to
yesterday ♫

♫ Today would be a perfect day ♫

♫ If I could only get back to yesterday ♫

♫ Oh the different things I'd do and say ♫

♫ I'd be a different man ♫

♫ if I had a second chance ♫

♫ Wouldn't you, wouldn't you? ♫

♫ I'd make a special plan ♫

♫ If I had a second chance ♫

♫ Wouldn't you, wouldn't you? ♫

♫ If I could only get back to yesterday ♫

♫ Today would be a perfect day ♫

♫ If I could only get back to yesterday ♫

♫ Oh the different things I'd do and say ♫

♫ I'd be so good to you ♫

♫ If I had a second chance, yes
I would, yes I would ♫

♫ I'd be so keen to you ♫

♫ If I had a second chance, yes I would,
yes I would ♫

♫ If I could only get back to yesterday ♫

♫ Today would be a perfect day ♫

♫ If I could only get back to yesterday ♫

♫ Oh the different things I'd do and say ♫

♫ Oh yesterday, oh yesterday ♫

[Irontail] A thousand crimson curses,
urgh!

I forgot all about Sassafrass' silly
time machine.

Well, hehe, I'll put

a creepy crimp in their pathetic plans.

(chuckles)

Now understand my plans...

Now catch up with them,

and by all means, play dirty!

(laughs)

Are we almost at Easter, Antoine?

-Soon, Pierre, soon.

We are traveling one hundred hours
an hour.

Hey, there is something that

is very wrong with the controls!

They indicate approximately to Easter,

yet, by my calculations --

mon dieu! Mon dieu, we're coming down!

Prepare for the crash-landing!

[Sassafrass] And because the control wires

were all fouled out, Easter was lost,

and they crashed right down

in the middle of Mother's Day.

(giggling)

[Peter] Happy Easter!

[Mother] Easter? It's Mother's Day.

[Boy] You forgot us on Easter.

[Mother] I'll say you did.

Oh, I don't mind for myself,

but there were no eggs for the
children.

-And no Easter bonnet for Mom.

-Well, I'll make it all up now!

Here, my pleasure!

-Aw, who wants Easter eggs on Mother's
Day?

[Sassafrass] And wherever Peter went

on Mother's Day, the reaction

was exactly the same.

Antoine did his best

to repair the damaged time controls.

-It works! Hehe!

And, I, of course, sense a holiday, no?

A holiday, yes! But the 4th of July!

[Antoine] We are falling!

This is an outrageous situation!

"We are falling! This is an outrageous
situation!"

Eh? That's what little Antoine cried out

as they tumbled through the sky.

Here, see for yourself.

[Antoine] We are falling!

This is an outrageous situation!

[Peter] We made it.

[Antoine] That, mon amie, is obvious.

Thanks, of course, to my superb piloting.

-Superb? We're a long way from Easter.

-Ah, well... tell me, Pierre,

in the woods of April Valley,

does it say the eggs must be given at
Easter?

-No, but who wants Easter eggs on the 4th
of July?

They didn't even want them on Mother's Day!

-Easter eggs? No.

But, uh, 4th of July eggs?

What I am saying, mon amie, is that one
should and must improvise.

♫ People believe what their hearts tell
their eyes ♫

♫ So when you can't get it all together,
improvise ♫

♫ When you can't get it all together,
improvise ♫

♫ You can't tell a rose isn't a rose ♫

♫ If you keep it away from your nose ♫

♫ It might be made out of papier-mâché ♫

♫ but it's a rose if you want a rose
to be that way, aha! ♫

♫ People believe what their hearts tell
their eyes ♫

♫ So when you can't get it all together,
improvise ♫

♫ When you can't get it all together,
improvise ♫

♫ So give Easter eggs on the 4th of July ♫

♫ Put bananas in your apple pie! ♫

♫ On Halloween, give your girl a
valentine ♫

♫ When you're getting out instead of
taking in

any day is fine, ahaha! ♫

♫ People believe what their hearts tell
their eyes ♫

♫ So when you can't get it all together,
improvise ♫

♫ When you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it all together, ♫

♫ When you can't get it all together,
improvise! ♫

[Peter] Lucky, Mr.Sassafrass packed a box

full of his paints aboard.

[Antoine] Well, look again, that is not
all he packed.

Come see.

Here's a box full of, um,

how you say, costumes, eh? Rabbit-size.

-This is perfect!

[Sassafrass] Oh, it's not that I knew

what was gonna happen - not really, heheh.

Well, anyway, Peter went out with his
4th of July eggs.

Gee, I wonder if anybody'll really want
my eggs.

-Well, that's all, fellas.

[Blond boy] Aw, it was just getting good.

[Red-haired boy] I'll do anything for more
fireworks!

-Boy, I could really get rid of these

if they were firecrackers! Hmm.

-Well, let's go home.

-(fake voice) Well, well, well.
Hello fellows!

-It's a rabbit.

-I'm Uncle Sam-Sam, your Independence Day
bunny!

-We're looking for firecrackers.

You got firecrackers, rabbit?

-Uh, firecrackers, uh,

well as a matter of fact, I do!

These are red, white, and blue, uh,

egg-shaped torpedoes! You know,

you toss them on the ground, and
kerbloom!

-Oh, boy! Torpedoes!

-Wow! We'll take all you got!

(Both) Yeah! Gimme! Lemme at 'em!

Let's take 'em to where the ground is
hard.

♫ When you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it all together,

when you can't get it all together,
improvise! ♫

[Peter] Quick! Let's get outta here!

-Just a minute, I have not yet

made finish with the repairs.

-Antoine, we've got to get moving!

[Boys] Hey, rabbit!

-Oh, boy.

-These are not firecrackers!

-Well, fellas, it was, uh, just a little
joke! (nervous laugh)

-We don't like jokes. Let 'im have it,
Homer!

-Wait a minute! Whoops! Watch out!

You'll break them! Come on, Antoine,
let's go!

Ah, I got 'em all back again.

-Serves you right for saying that they
were fireworks.

-But, gee, I - I was only trying to win

so I could save April Valley.

-Pierre, nothing, absolutely nothing,
justifes a fib.

-What's the matter?

-We are coming down again!

-Gee, it's so foggy and dank and
spooky out!

What a terrible Easter!

-Easter?! Pierre, we are halfway around
the year from Easter.

This is H-allowee---n!

-Halloween? Hey, wait a minute.

I'll paint my eggs orange and black

and be, um, be the Halloween bunny!

[Irontail] Blast that wretched rabbit!

Oh, what am I worrying about?
(low chuckle)

If I can't defeat Peter Cottontail on
Halloween,

then when can I? (chuckles)

I mean, it's, uh, my kind of day.

[Esmeralda] Go ahead, it's your
nickle! (wicked laughter)

Irontail? Not THE Irontail?

January "Boom-Boom" Irontail?

[Irontail on phone] Ah, Madame Esmeralda!

and how is my favorite witch today?

-Well, Halloween's my busy season,
dont'cha know.

After Halloween, I'm pooped as a petrified
poltergeist. (laughs loudly)

-Heheh, yes.

Well, I wonder if you could find time

to do me a little favor, hm-hm?

I mean, there's a certain rabbit I want
to frighten away.

[Esmeralda] Haunt a rabbit? Great!
You know me! (laughs)

I just love to tease hares!
(wicked laughter)

[Antoine] Well I... I improvise

and I improvise, and still I cannot
get it all together.

(wicked laughter)

[Peter] (laughs)

(wicked laugh)

-(laughs) Come on, what's the joke?

Let me in on it! What's so funny?

-There's no joke! I'm a wicked Halloween
witch!

I do simply horrendous things.

I can turn blue and purple and green -
BOO!

I'm as spooky as Frankenstein!

-Hey, that's great! Uh, can you do
Colonel Bunny?

I can! (Colonel's voice) "Peter, my boy,
I have some advice for you."

-Aw, you're not supposed to enjoy my
evil powers!

Oh, I failed. Here I am, only 379,
a has-been! (crying)

-Oh, uh, don-don-don't cry!

I didn't mean to make you unhappy!

Say, there's no rule that says a witch
can't have a Halloween egg!

Here, you may have my first.

-For me? A present?

Oh, I must tell the whole weirdo
community!

All the ghosts, witches, werewolves,
everybody!

They'll be so happy to receive Halloween
eggs!

Nobody ever thinks to treat the
tricksters!

(gleeful laughter)

[Sassafrass] Well, old Esmeralda

rounded up the entire clan

and they all wanted one of Peter's eggs.

[Irontail] Great mealy-mouthed meatballs,
ugh!

The skies are laden with egg-crazy race!

I cannot let this happen! Peter will win!

There's only one way to take care of those
eggs-

destroy them for good!

Montrezaur! Get them and destroy them!

Boy, look at all those ghosts!

Yowee, I'll have to go back to April
Valley for more eggs!

No!

-Smash them, Montrezaur! Smash them all!
(wicked laughter)

Those eggs are done for! (laughter)

"Those eggs are done for!" (wicked laugh)

Yep, old Irontail got real desperate

and sent Montrezaur to smash Peter's eggs.

[Irontail] Those eggs are done for!
(laughs)

-Take off, Antoine! We've gotta catch
those eggs

before they hit the ground!

-Great twisted tarantulas!

Haul those eggs, Montrizaur! Haul them!

[Antoine] So, how do we do, eh?

-We've got to get back to Halloween

so I can give these eggs to the ghosts!

-That, I am afraid, mon amie Pierre, is
impossible.

-No, they couldn't go back.

But Antoine had to land his craft

so he could continue his repairs.

And where do you think they came down?

[Peter] Thanksgiving!

Oh, just smell all those goodies cooking
down there.

How do I look?

-What. Are you supposed. To be. Eh?

An Easter turkey, or Thanksgiving bunny?

-Oh, who cares? As long as I can give away
these eggs.

-Eggs? (hick) Don't mention food to me.

I'm stuffed to the gills after this
Thanksgiving feast.

[Family] We're all stuffed!

[Sassafrass] Everybody everywhere was so
stuffed

that Peter couldn't give away a single egg.

-Boy, i-it's cold!

-Thank you for this
information,

I do not realize this fact otherwise, eh.
(sneeze)

-Antoine! Look up there!

Santa Claus! That's why it's so cold!

-Well, it must be Noel. Christmas Eve.

These stupid controls are still all wet!

-Hi, Santa! Hi!

-Hello, Peter!

-Watch out for Irontail, Santa!

-Oh, I'm not afraid, haha. Merry
Christmas, Peter!

Merry Christmas!

-Same to you, Santa!

Hey, I know how to give these eggs away!

♫ (caroling) We wish you a merry
Christmas ♫

♫ We wish you a merry Christmas, we
wish you a merry Christmas ♫

[Peter] Hohoho, merry Christmas! I'm
the Santa bunny!

Get your free Christmas eggs here,

eat 'em or use 'em to decorate your tree!

Hohohoho! Merry Christmas!

-How goes the egg business?

-Not so good. The street's deserted.

-Of course! Everyone has finished with

their Christmas shopping, and are now

snug and warm at home- eh, you are too
late again, mon amie.

-I guess so. It seemed like such a good
idea!

-Well, at least I, too, am snug and warm.
Oh-ho-ho.

(crying)

Gee who's crying?

Sounds like it's coming from that hat
shop.

Gee, it's Bonnie! Bonnie Bonnet!

She left April Valley years ago!

(tapping) Hi, Bonnie! Why are ya crying?

-Oh, Peter! I'm so glad to see you, baby!

Nobody wants me! What a way for a lady
to end up!

Unbought, on Christmas eve! (sobs)

-Wait a minute!

[Shopkeep] Sorry, I'm closing up.

-Uh, b-but, y-you can't leave Bonnie all
alone on Christmas eve!

-Ah, that ridiculous hat?

Who wants an Easter bonnet this time
of year?

-I'll take her. I'm sure I can find a home
for Bonnie.

-You, a silly little rabbit? Whatever
would you use for money?

-Oh, I have lots of money!

Darn it.

Wait a minute. I'll trade you my Christmas
eggs for Bonnie.

-Christmas eggs?

-Yeah, see? In that basket out there on
the sidewalk.

[Shopkeep] Why, they're beautiful!

-Deal?

-Deal.

-Dea-l!

-Deal!

-Deal?

(all laugh)

-Gee, I forgot I was wearing this Santa
suit.

[Shopkeep screams]

-What is it?

-Somebody's stealing the Christmas eggs!

It's another rabbit!

-Careless, careless! Hehehe

Musn't let these things lie about!
(wicked laugh)

Yes, Peter Cottontail!

This time, I'm personally taking care of
these eggs.

Away, away Montrizaur! Awa-y!

-Come back! Come back with those eggs!

[Antoine] I do insist you return those
eggs!

-I shall hide these eggs where you will
never find them again! (laughs)

"I shall hide these eggs where you'll
never find them again!" (laughs)

That's exactly what Irontail said, and he
meant it.

Here, see for yourself.

[Irontail] I shall hide these eggs where
you'll never find them again! (laughs)

-We've got to catch him!

[Antoine] Pierre! Pierre! P-Pierre!

W-why do you go off without your friend?

-Hang on, Bonnie!

[Bonnie] Not so fa-a-ast!

-Can't go slow, Bonnie. I've got to catch
Irontail!

The whole future of April Valley depends
on it!

-Pierre! Pierre! Come back for me!

-Antoine! Antoine, we forgot all about it!

We must go back! B-But I can't!

I can't! I don't know how to make it go
backwards!

-Au revoir, mon amie! Au revoir!

-You ridiculous rabbit, ha! You'll
never catch me! (laughs)

-What are you doing with those eggs?

Well, you know they belong to Peter
Cottontail.

-Oh, why don't you stick to your own
holiday?

[Sassafrass] Hm, well Santa got the egg
basket back to Peter,

and poor Peter, he couldn't even stop the
Yestermorrorber,

not even to say thank you.

-I sure do miss Antoine.

[Sassafrass] Peter thought he'd try being

the New Year's Eve bunny, but he

couldn't bring the Yestermorrowber to a
stop.

-It's no use. I'll never figure out how
to run this thing.

I guess we're lost, lost up here in time.

-You never tried this one, Peter!

It says "stop."

-Huh?

A-As a matter of fact, I was just about
to try that button out.

-Oh, how beautiful! What is it?

-All those heart lanterns!

It must be a St. Valentine's Day skating
party!

Sure, that's it!

Bonnie, do you know what I'm gonna do?

-Don't tell me, let me guess.

(both laugh)

Nobody can resist a Valentine's Day egg!

[Donna] Excuse me.

-Huh? Oh, heheh, hi.

-I hate to bother you, but could you help
me put my skates on?

-Oh, no bother at all!

-My name's Donna.

-Hi, Donna.

-Oh, I recognize you from your picture
in the paper.

You're Peter Cottontail.

-Oh, no, my name's Harold. Uh, Harold
Hossenfeffer.

Aw... I guess I'm Peter Cottontail.

-Well, you shouldn't be ashamed.

Anybody can make one mistake. You just
overslept.

-Gee, t-that's a kind thing to say.

-I mean it.

-Yeah... yeah! Donna, would you skate
with me?

-I'd love to. But aren't you going
somewhere with those eggs?

-Ah, they can wait.

Here, for you.

-Oh, Peter! A Valentine!

I'll leave it here with the others where
it'll be safe.

♫ I've got a paper heart that's got your
name up on it ♫

♫ I've written a sonnet and set it to
music ♫

♫ My heart's a drummin', come and listen
to it playin' ♫

♫ It seems to be sayin' ♫

♫ Be mine today! ♫

♫ Be mine today, not another day ♫

♫ Be mine today, not just today ♫

♫ For just a 24 hour day, be mine ♫

♫ Oh, let me hear you say that you'll
be mine ♫

♫ Can't wait another day ♫

♫ My valentine, valentine ♫

♫ Be mine today! ♫

♫ [Donna] Today's the day

for good old-fashioned turtle-dovin' ♫

♫ Or songs about lovin' ♫

♫ Or hearin' the music ♫

♫ So I'll be yours for just today, and not
tomorrow ♫

♫ My heart, you can borrow for just
today ♫

♫ I'm yours today! ♫

♫ Not another day ♫

♫-I'm yours today! ♫

♫ But just today ♫

♫-For just a 24 hour day, ♫

♫ [both] be mine oh let me hear you say ♫

♫ you'll be mine! ♫

♫ Can't wait another day ♫

♫ My valentine! Valentine ♫

♫ Be mine today! La-la-la-la-la ♫

[Irontail] Oh, what luck!

Hoohoo! I knew I'd find Peter and his
eggs

if I just kept waiting for all the
holidays!

Now let me see, where's my book of
evil spells?

Oh, here it is. (mumbling)
Oo, that's a good one.

[Sassafrass] The evil old bunny found a
spell

which would ruin the eggs for good,

and make them so that no one would ever
want one.

He turned them all

-Green!

[Sassafrass] Oh, and were they ever green.

A real greeny-green, all the way through.

The shells were green, the yolks were
green,

even the whites were green!

Naturally, nobody at the Valentine party
wanted green eggs.

Even Donna gave hers back.

So poor Peter and little Bonnie were

forced to move on to the next holiday.

[Peter] George Washington always had
green eggs!

Why, they were traditional at Mt. Vernon,

when he chopped down the, uh, um,
lime tree?

Remember?

[Woman] Washington couldn't tell a fib.

I can't say the same for Georgy-bunnies.

Oh, Peter! You've just about run out of
holidays.

-And it's all my fault. If I didn't go to
that party in the first place,
,

I wouldn't have overslept.

And if I didn't tell so many fibs,

lots of people would have taken my eggs.

But now, it's hopeless. Who wants green
eggs?

-Oh, Peter, Peter, the most important
thing

is that you just don't give up hope!

♫ In the puzzle of life ♫

♫ There is one piece that keeps it
together ♫

♫ It's the heart one to place ♫

♫ and the best one to chase the
stormy weather ♫

♫ In the puzzle of life ♫

♫ there is one piece that keeps it from
breaking ♫

♫ You can tell when it's there ♫

♫ From the sound that your own
heartbeat is making ♫

♫ If you find that it's lost ♫

♫ Well the puzzle cannot be completed ♫

♫ For that piece is called hope ♫

♫ and without it, our cause is defeated ♫

♫ When you're lost in the maze

of the tricks that life plays, be
reminded ♫

♫ In the puzzle of life

♫ Hope is there, listen close ♫

♫ And you will find it ♫

♫ And you will find it, and you will
find it ♫

[Bonnie] What's that music?

-Gee, Mr. Sassafrass is right!

I vow, that if only I can find a way to
give my eggs,

I'll never, never, NEVER tell another fib.

And I'll always tend to my duty before
pleasure. I promise. I promise!

-It's some kind of a parade. Must be
another holiday.

-But who... who would want green eggs?

Huh? A holiday? Oh, must be St. Pa--Pa-Pa

-What's the matter?

-Pa-Pa--Pa

-Is your talker stuck?

-Oh, Bonnie! Bonnie! Me prayers have
been answered!

Glory be in me gorra! 'Tis St. Patrick's
Day!

[Peter] (Irish accent) Sure unto me-self!

The Blarney Bunny! Get'cher Patty's Day

shamrock eggs right here! Free for the
askin', they are!

And as green as the Emerald Isle all the
way through!

And that, for once, is no fib!

Well, Peter's shamrock eggs were the hit
of the St. Patrick's Day parade.

And, needless to say, Peter won the
contest, finally, hands-down.

(imitates Colonel) "Peter Cottontail, you
have shown great ingenuity."

Oh, that's what Colonel Bunny said.

Here, see for yourself.

(crowd chatter)

[Colonel] Peter Cottontail, you have
shown great ingenuity.

And, therefore, (ahem)

you have won the right to be official
Chief Easter bunny!

(Horray!)

[Sassafrass] And on Easter morning, Peter
was off again.

Only now, he was the Easter bunny.

All of his friends turned out to greet
him,

'cause everybody knew that Peter
Cottontail was on his way.

♫ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♫

♫ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♫

♫ Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its
way ♫

♫ Bringin' every girl and boy ♫

♫ Baskets full of Easter joy ♫

♫ Things to make your Easter bright and
gay ♫

♫ He's got jellybeans for Tommy, ♫

♫ Colored eggs for sister Sue ♫

♫ There's an orchid for your mommy

and an Easter bonnet, too ♫
[Bonnie] Oh, I'm delirious!

♫ O, here comes Peter Cottontail ♫

♫ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♫

♫ Hippity, hoppity, happy Easter Day! ♫

[Antoine] Pierre! Listen, Pierre!

-Antoine! Antoine, where are you?

-Up here! Look what has happened!

You like my new Easter outfit, eh?

Heheh, well I went to sleep for a few
months,

and when I wake up, voilà! I was
butterfly.

-(laughs)

Come on, you can help! You can all help,
everybody!

♫ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♫

♫ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♫

♫ Look at him, stop, listen to him say: ♫

♫ Try to do the things you should ♫

♫ Maybe if you're extra good ♫

♫ He'll roll lots of Easter eggs your
way ♫

♫ You wake up on Easter morning

and you know that he was there ♫

♫ when you find those chocolate bunnies

that he's hidin' everywhere ♫

♫ O, here comes Peter Cottontail ♫

♫ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♫

♫ Hippity, hoppity, happy Easter Day! ♫

(all) Happy Easter Day!