Mondo Media proudly presents..
Happy Tree Friends: "Stage Fright, Shm-age fright"
Starring:
Sniffles (Played by Sniffles)
Giggles (Played by Giggles)
And…
Lifty and Shifty (Played by Lifty and Shifty)
Almost there…..
As the students were scribbling away with their pencils, Pop snuffed the light of the pipe in his mouth. It was a warm spring afternoon at Happy Tree School and everyone was hoping for a very special surprise to happen in their lives today.
He sat back down behind the teacher's desk as he flipped through the documents for his speech tomorrow morning. Lots of work for him is to be done since he was a teacher (part-time that is).
The fatherly bear looked up at the clock on the wall after he checked on the class in case of any cheating rascals.
A few minuets later, he pressed a gold button on his desk while it sounded off a small "ding".
"Alright class, that's the end of today's test." He announced whilst adjusting his red cap.
Suddenly, the calm and quiet room burst with loud cheering, papers flying through the air, and the entire "cherry on top" was the kids dancing around as they celebrated the end of their success.
Toothy and Handy did a tail bump. "Booyah!" they said simultaneously.
Giggles and Cuddles shared a passionate kiss that could envy World War Two.
Sniffles, who jumped on top of Pop's desk, pulled out the megaphone next a stack of books and turned it on.
"Everyone! Everyone!"
All the tree friends stopped what they were doing as the Aardvark became suddenly silent…
"The refreshments of the cafeteria shall be complementary of my order!"
That just made the class cheer louder, making Pop cover his ears with two geometry books.
"Eh, nerd language.." Russell muttered.
That's when Lumpy came into the classroom, just as the first thing he noticed was a conga line of students that sang happily with glee as they conga-ed across and around their paper-scattered territory.
"What's up with them?" Said the moose. Pop simply replied with a shrug to show he wasn't willing to stand in their way. The next thing he knew, he was suddenly picked up in the air by Cuddles and the others students that gathered in a circle.
"Ready?" Cuddles shouted.
"Hip, Hip, HOORAY!" They all chanted, tossing Pop up and down. He was obviously screaming like a sissy the whole time.
"Put me down!"He whimpered. They just kept cheering because they were the most excited for the most wonderful time of the month of every month.
"Gee, those students really love ya!" Lumpy said with his dopey grin and strutted his way out the door to the sound of the school bell ringing.
The moment the bell rang, the students flooded out the classroom in their partying posse of merriment.
A dizzy Pop came out last as he rubbed his head.
"Oh, good grief.." the bear muttered as stumbled to the teacher's lounge.
Cuddles and Toothy swung open their lockers and grabbed their backpacks. It was Show-Time!
"Song Cue"!" said Toothy.
(Song #1: Another Opening, Another Show from Kiss me, Kate)
The two walked down the hallway when Petunia joined up with them as they began to sing.
Cuddles, Petunia and Toothy: Another opening, Another show
Sniffles also walked by their side with Nutty and Giggles tagging along
Nutty, Sniffles and Giggles: In Philly, Boston or Baltimore
A chance for stage folk to say "Hello!"
Soon, the six walked through the front doors, holding them for the others students that went through.
Cuddles, Nutty, Sniffles, Toothy, Giggles and Petunia: Another opening of another show!
As the students were all out of the schoolyard and headed into a small glade by the sidewalk, Cuddles and the others were also heading through. The sun was shining brightly as a flock of birds soared overhead and around their heads.
Russell, Handy and Flaky: Another hobby that you hope will last
Will make your future forget the past
The tree friends were then walking across a giant log that acted like a bridge underneath the babbling brook below it.
Mime was skipping along a trail of rocks, being tagged along by Lammy with a certain pickle in a glass jar.
Cuddles, Russell and Toothy: Another pain where the ulcers grow
Everyone had then stopped at a bunch of trees as they pushed them out of the way, into a calm field of land that had a purple, large, tree stump shaped building standing in front of it.
Russell, Lammy, Handy, Flaky and Sniffles: Another opening of another show!
Determination blossomed through the air when they began to run towards the all-too familiar stump.
Nutty and Petunia: Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse
Cuddles, Giggles and Toothy: Three weeks and it couldn't be worse
Lammy, Russell, Handy and Giggles: One week, will it ever be right?
All Nine: Then out of the hat, it's that big first night!
They began to crowd around the front of the small stairway in front of them while Cuddles marched up and held up a shimmering yellow key towards the heavens as the entire crowd was in chorus.
Everyone: The overture is about to start
You cross your fingers and hold your heart
It's curtain time and away we go!
Cuddles stuck the key inside the small keyhole and the tall doors opened with a bright light that shone through the crack as it widened.
All of their eyes glimmered as they immediately ran through to see what they could ever want to see.
The walls were painted purple; the two fields of seats were left and right, all neat and tidy as well as the stage itself.
Everyone: Another opening,
Just another opening of just another..show!
Everybody cheered at the end with glee and started to run amuck. They were running across the chairs while a few chatted about the latest gossip as they sat in some of them.
"I can't believe it's time of the month again!" Giggles squealed, kicking her feet back on a chair.
It was true, Drama Club the most exciting club for the kids of Happy Tree Town.
It felt like such a long time before they had done a play in the Community Theater. They started doing monthly plays ever since a fire ruined their first Christmas play, but it never stopped them from having faith in their friends and the director, who technically for them, was their tribal god.. The director would be the one who creates the amazing songs they sang and scripts lines that could be memorized for days to come.
Toothy walked over to the front of the stage. The long velvet curtains were still draped over the hardwood platform. It was a little different, for a gigantic, movie "green screen", stretched across the back. He slowly slid his paw across the platform and shuddered with pure happiness.
"It's more beautiful than I remember" the beaver whispered, wiping tears from his eyes.
"Nothing could ruin this moment!" said Handy as he chilled back in his seat.
Suddenly, the entrance doors swung open with a loud slam that made the tree friends turn around and see something that made them furious!
"Outta the way, people!" said a voice that had a slight Brooklyn accent.
A pair of green raccoons snickered as they walked down the aisle with the company of angry stares from both sides of the front rows seats.
Shifty and Lifty were the famous twin brothers who stole precious artifacts and robbed the world of it's finest of riches, priceless jewels, and would even go to extremes just to get what they want like when they tried to kidnap Cro-Marmot just to stay cool last summer. It wasn't really a bright idea either.
Lifty was the brains behind their schemes and can be slightly insane when it comes to sabotage, but he's also a little hot headed and tends to get ticked off very easily. Especially if you ever mocked him about being younger than Shifty was.
Shifty tends to act crueler than his little brother and he's more cunning than his description on the "Wanted" posters will ever say.
The cash reward still stayed the same at 100,00 dollars though.
Nutty hissed at them as they climbed up on the stage, neither noticing Shifty's foot stomped on Toothy's paw, making him cry out in pain.
Lifty grabbed a microphone off of the small stand and he looked back the scowling audience.
"Tough crowd.." he joked as Shifty grabbed another mic.
Giggles looked three seats to the left and found Sniffles whirling his fists around Flaky, who was trying to hold him down to keep him from harming the thieving twins.
She shrugged and flipped through the pink pages of her diary, looking for a new page to post her thoughts in black ink.
Her eyes then looked up, just to find a familiar sea otter gazing dreamily at her as his tail flickered back and forth.
"Yar, is that a diary you got there, lass?"
The chipmunk simply slapped him across the face before walking away with an annoyed grunt. He had been on her tail ever since he invited her on a harmless date (that she took out of pity). For some reason, he took it too seriously.
Like any suitor, Russell wanted to tug at her heartstrings when all he really tugged on was her nerves. Nutty walked over to the pirate with a slap mark on his left cheek, who kept watching Giggles lean back in a seat next to Cuddles, who gave her loving kiss on the lips.
"She hates it when you follow her around like that, it's even creeping me out!" said Nutty as he unwrapped a piece of peppermint bark from a sheet of tin foil.
"I just can't help myself, after all, she is the perfect one for me." Russell replied.
"Oh boy, here we go again." The squirrel groaned.
"Her ribbon is like the sails of my ships, it billows in the wind with such grace. Yar, and her face is the face of a mermaid, swimming across the seas like the angel of the briny deep.."
That's when Nutty noticed the string of drool leaking out from Russell's mouth and the miniature pink hearts that bubbled over his head like a fresh can of soda.
He still went on. "Yar, I'd do almost anything! I'd wreck my strongest ship for her! Drown to the melody of her sweet voice when she sings atop the rocks!" Russell was now drooling a river with a stupid, yet love-struck look on his face.
"I shall never stop until that mermaid's heart is stolen by me, Russell Michele Aquarius, Pirate of the Greats!" he shouted loudly as he broke out into a dramatic pose as if he were a real captain, only to be completely drenched by a bucket of ice-cold water.
The dripping wet otter looked over to an agitated Nutty holding an empty bucket with a face the practically whispered "Seriously?" all over it.
"You're welcome.." He said as he sat back down. It was always awkward when Russell said his full name.
Lifty and Shifty looked at each other in confusion at Russell's weird outburst. The older raccoon just rolled his eyes and grabbed his microphone.
"So..about those Canadian geese?" He said, hoping to break the silence. "What are they honking about?"
Everyone just stood there as the only one who laughed was Nutty.
Cuddles got up in his seat. "I can't believe you two would be our director."
"Director? You mean that guy?" Lifty said as he pointed to the doors.
They all turned again to find Lumpy standing there. His left arm was holding a stack of papers while his right arm was scratching his butt. He had a dark brown beret on his head, a scarf around his neck and pair of baggy pants on.
"Hello, everyone." He smiled as he waved to the audience.
The tree friends cheered for the moose as he walked to the stage. He was treated like a god only during Drama Club, which also was the only time he would be treated that way.
"Our Director has arrived!" Lammy said while bowing down on her knees while the others did the same.
The Drama Club finally begins again!