Mayzie Returns
This story is set after the end of the musical and the focus is on Mayzie coming back from Palm Beach and how the other jungle creatures react to her return.
These stories are based of the universe of the play I was just in with the Amherst PTA. Eventually I plan to write stories with all original characters and the names will be changed.
As much as Mayzie La Bird had been enjoying her vacation in Palm Beach Florida she often wondered what had been going on the Jungle Of Nool while she had been away. Little did she know what she had missed.
Mayzie had left for Florida in the middle part of October and had left Horton in charge of her egg. She knew that many of the other jungle creatures and her seven back up singers Zoe, Skye, Scarlet, Orla, Tia, Jessica and Evie were skeptical about this choice. She had seen Horton when the Circus McGurkus made a stop in Palm Beach. She didn't seem to take very much notice of how he had looked so sad after she'd rejected Horton's request to take responsibility for her egg.
It was now the end of March and Mayzie was packing up her suitcases to head back to Nool. She was excited about going back to Nool and prepare for the tour she and her back up singers would be going on. Her flight back to the jungle took about four days and she was exhausted by the time she arrived back at the penthouse.
"Girls, I'm home!" she called out.
The bedroom door at the end of the hallway opened and the youngest bird girl Evie peeked her head out from behind the door rubbing her eyes.
"Mayzie, you're finally home! It's so early."
"I've had a long trip. Do you want to help me take my bags upstairs Ev?
Evie nodded sleepily. "Sure thing."
Mayzie looked at the clock on the kitchen wall. It read 3:30am
"I didn't mean to wake you up. What's been going on since I've been gone?"
Evie's smile turned quickly into a scowl. "A lot. Why were you gone for such a long time? When you left Horton with the egg you said you'd be gone for a day or two You were gone for 5 months."
" I needed a vacation and I was getting bored sitting on that egg all day. Horton did a good job taking care of it?"
Evie nodded. " The tour organizer called on Friday wondering when you would be back. He was pretty furious you were still away. He thought you'd be back last week."
"I guess I should've given you guys a time line for how long I was going to be away."
"Yeah, that would have been helpful. Our performances won't be starting until mid June now because he figured we'd need a lot of time to rehearse."
"I'll give him a call back and tell him that we should be ready by the end of May. I promise you girls I'll be more on top of things from now on."
"How's the egg? Has it hatched yet?"
Evie nodded. "Yup. It hatched a couple weeks ago. We've welcomed a sweet little elephant bird named Jo Jo to our jungle family."
"That's a great name. Where did he come up with it?"
"He named it after the who that helped to bring the jungle creatures and Whos together."
Mayzie's eyes grew wide. "So there were really people living on that clover?"
Evie nodded.
"Gee, I would have never have guessed that."
Once Evie helped Mayzie put bags away she said. "I'm going back to bed. We'll fill you in on everything else in the morning."
Mayzie nodded. "Sounds like a plan. Good night Ev."
At 9:30 Mayzie sat with her back up singers around their kitchen table. She noticed that all of them did not look to pleased to see her.
"Aren't you girls happy to have me home?"
Zoe nodded. "We are. At the same time though we are very frustrated with you."
Mayzie looked shocked. "What did I do?"
Scarlet had a smug look on her face. "We're assuming you know that your tree was shipped off to the circus."
Mayzie nodded. "Yes, the circus came to Palm Beach and I went to it while I was on vacation. I did see Horton briefly."
"Did you take notice of how miserable he looked?" Skye asked.
Mayzie thought back in her mind to when she saw Horton at the circus
HORTON
Why Mayzie, it's Horton! Remember? Its me!
I've sat on your egg now for fifty-one weeks!
I've sat here while people have paid to take peeks!
I've sat here through lightning and hail storms and snow!
Won't you take back your egg?MAYZIE
Gee. I really don't know...
She shook her head. "No, I didn't seem to notice that Horton looked upset. He didn't seem to mind that he was taking care of the egg."
Jessica blew her feathers out of her eyes. "Mind?! Oh he did more than mind. If you think him being ridiculed for talking to that clover was bad the ridicule he received for sitting on your egg at the circus was twenty times worse. Why would you want to put him in that kind of situation?"
Mayzie shrugged. "I don't really know"
There was silence.
"Evie was telling me last night that there really were people on the clover." Mayzie said
Tia nodded. "Yeah. Horton had to go on trial and everything. It was awful!"
Mayzie's eyes grew wide. "Why?"
Evie's eyes suddenly flashed with anger.
"They almost boiled the clover and killed the Whos. No one else in that court room wanted to believe us."
"What does the egg have anything to do this?"
Zoe was just as angry as Evie was. "Horton almost got shipped off to the insane asylum. Between talking to the clover and sitting on your egg he's been the laughing stock of Nool since you left and the tree was shipped off to the circus."
:"Wow, I never realized that things got that bad for Horton. I can't believe that Whos are actually real." Mayzie said
Skye nodded. "They're just as real as the rest of us. We're hoping to merge the two cultures together so the Whos and Jungle Creatures can be more unified."
"Where are the Whos going to live?" Mayzie asked.
"We're working on finding housing for them within the jungle. If housing isn't readily available we plan on building houses for them." Orla said.
"I think you should apologize to Horton Mayzie." Evie said
Mayzie nodded. "I definitely plan to. I can't wait to meet the Elephant Bird."