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Through the snow and sleet and hail...through the blizzard, through the gale...through the wind and through the rain...over mountain, over plain...through the blinding lightning flash...and the mighty thunder crash...ever faithful, ever true...nothing stops him! He'll get through!

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Smitty: Ain't that the funniest thing you ever saw? Look at his ears! [laughs cruelly, then mockingly makes fun of Dumbo] Nah nah nah! Kid 1: Hey, guys, lookit! Smitty's an elephant! Boys: [laughing as Mrs. Jumbo ignores the boys and hides Dumbo from them] Kid 1: You can't hide him from us. Kid 2: Yeah, his ears are still stickin' out. Kid 1: Come on! Kid 2: We wanna see him! Kid 1: We wanna laugh. Kid 2: Sure, that's what we came for. Smitty: [blows air in Dumbo’s ears] Kid 1: Hey, the biggest slingshot in the world. [pulls at Dumbo's ears] Mrs. Jumbo: [grabs Smitty and spanks him] Smitty: Hey! Cut that out! You're hurting me! Help! Kid 2: Let's get out of here! Kids: [scream and run away] Ringmaster: What's going on? [Mrs. Jumbo throws haystack at the boys] Down! [whips Mrs. Jumbo] Mrs Jumbo, down! Surround her! Tie her down! Mrs. Jumbo: [trumpets; throws the attendants to the ground] Ringmaster: Down! Calm down! Tie her down! Mrs. Jumbo: [grabs the Ringmaster's foot and drops him in

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Ringmaster: [in a tent, talking to Joe the janitor] Have I got an idea! What an idea! Timothy: [to Dumbo, amused] Huh! He never had an idea in his life. Ringmaster: Just visualize: one elephant climbs up on top of another elephant, until finally, all seventeen elephants have constructed an enormous pyramid of pachyderms! I step out! I blow the whistle! The trumpets are trumpeting! Timothy: [eagerly] Yeah! Ringmaster: AND NOW COMES THE CLIMAX...! Joe: [beat] Yeah? What is the climax? Ringmaster: [chuckles and shrugs] I don't know. Timothy: I knew he never had nothin'. Ringmaster: [getting into bed] Well, maybe it comes to me in a vision while I dream. Good night, Joe. Joe: Good night, boss. Timothy: Climax. Climax! Dumbo, you're a "Climax"! I'll be back in a minute; I'm gonna take care of your future!

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Ringmaster: Ladies and gentlemen, we will now present for your entertainment, the most stupendous, magnificent, super-colossal spectacle! On this tiny, little, insignificant ball, we will construct for you: a pyramid! Not of wood, not of stone... Catty Elephant: To hear him talk, you'd think he was going to do it. Elephant Matriarch: The stuffed shirt! Ringmaster: ...a pyramid of ponderous, pulsating, PULCHRITUDINOUS… PACHYDERMS! [his shirtfront rolls up, and he pushes it back down] I give you: the elephants.

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Ringmaster: [After the elephant pyramid has been built] Ladies and gentlemen, you have now seen the impossible accomplished in front of your faces. Seven jungle giants, each one weighing... Elephant Matriarch: [straining under all the other elephants] That windbag! Why doesn't he come to the point?! Ringmaster: And now, I present the world's smallest little elephant, who will spring, from this springboard, to the top of the pyramid, in a grand climax! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… Dumbo!

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Elephant Matriarch: Oh, I never thought I'd live to see the big top fall. Prissy Elephant: Because of that Dumbo, I never can show my face there again. Giddy Elephant: Oh, look at my beautiful tail! Elephant Matriarch: I just like to spank the daylights out of him, I... [raises her trunk from her cast, but the pain stops her, and she lowers her trunk back into the cast] Catty Elephant: Oh, that won't be necessary, dearie. They fixed him good. Elephant Matriarch: What do you mean? Prissy Elephant: What did they do? Giddy Elephant: Did they beat him? Prissy Elephant: What is it, Darling? Giddy Elephant: Tell us! Elephant Matriarch: Come, come, I demand to know! Catty Elephant: Oh, well... they've gone and made him... oh, dear, I just can't say it-- Elephant Matriarch: Out with it! Catty Elephant: Made him a clown. Giddy Elephant: A clown? Prissy Elephant: No! Catty Elephant: Yes! Elephant Matriarch: Oh, the shame of it. Let us take the solemn vow. [all the elephants raise their trunks] F

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Specks Crow: Well, looky here! Looky here! Deacon Crow: My, my! Why, this is the most irregular sight I've ever seen! Dopey Crow: [rubbing his eyes] Well, I just can't believe my eyes! Specks Crow: They ain't dead, is they? Fats Crow: [smirks] No. Dead people don't snore... [looks unsure] Or do they? Dandy Crow: What's all the ruckus? C'mon! Step aside, brother! Mmm...What's cookin' 'round here? What's the good news? What's fryin', boys? Specks Crow: Just look down there, brother! Fats Crow: And prepare yourself for a shock! Dandy Crow: [sees Dumbo and Timothy] OHO! Well, hush my beak! Dopey Crow: Go ahead. Wake 'em up, brother. Specks Crow: Yeah, find out what they're doin' up here. Deacon Crow: Yeah. Fats Crow: And ask 'em what they want. Dandy Crow: Okay, boys. Leave it to me. Timothy: [groaning after Dandy Crow blows the smoke from his cigar in his face] Oh, those Pink Elephants... Dandy Crow: Ah! Pink Elephants! Mmmm-mm! [the crows laugh] Timothy: What's so funny? What are you bir

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Timothy: [After the crows sing "When I See an Elephant Fly"] All right, you wise birds! This has gone far enough! Dandy Crow: Quiet, gentleman! The Reverend Rodent is gonna ad-dress you. Timothy: You oughta be ashamed of yourselves. A bunch of big guys like you, picking on a poor little orphan like him. Suppose you was torn away from your mother, when you was just a baby? Nobody to tuck you in at nights. No warm, soft, caressing trunk to snuzzle into. How would you like to be left out alone, in a cold, cruel, heartless world? And why, I ask ya? Why?!? Just because he's got those big ears, they call him a freak! The laughingstock of the circus! And when his mother tried to protect him, they throw her into the clink! And on top of that, they made him a clown! Socially, he's washed up! Oh, but what's the use of talking to you cold-hearted birds? Go ahead! Have your fun! Laugh at him! Kick him now that he's down! GO ON! We don't care. [turns away and blows his nose. The crows cry] Come on,