The scene opened onto a forest, where a yellow mockingbird was resting on a lawn chair made from sticks and dried grass near a brook. This mockingbird's name was Whizzer and he had just moved in.

"Yeah love my new home, love sittin' in my favorite spot." Whizzer sang to himself. "Down by the babblin' brook." He dove in then dove back onto shore. "Sing it Whizzer! Oh wait that's me, right..." He sat down and grabbed a nut as he continued singing. "Eating lovely nuts, doo-wa. You just stick them in you beak and you crack them in two. Except sometimes it's hard 'cause the shells are tough and I'm gonna give it all I got!" He grunted as he bit down hard on a nut, but then recovered and gave up. "Then chuck it in the babblin' brook." He finished as he did so. "Oh what a place I've found, not a care in the world! It's a bird's dream really."

However that dream was going to become a nightmare, because a cage almost fell on him! Fortunately he noticed in time and ducked. Before he could recover he had to duck a net.

"Oh great, I'm in trouble!" He panted as he ran away. "No more 'livin' the life of Riley' for me!"

He just missed getting caught by the net.

"I'm getting out of here." Whizzer decided.

He almost fell into the net but jumped off the rim instead. He then dove into the water and missed the net again. And again. And again when he wound up between two rocks that fortunately blocked the net.

"Whoa! Come on legs don't fail me now!" Whizzer ran through a log and ducked back when the net swooped in front of him

He then started running again.

"What am I running for?" Whizzer scolded himself. "I should be flying for cryin' out lout I'm a bird!"

He started to fly away...and ironically flew right into the net.

Meanwhile, the most fun day of the entire year had arrived in Swan Castle. Festival Days! Austin and Rudy were helping some other men set up the obstacle course, including a crow's nest with a net-ladder attached to it.

"Come on men, pull!" Austin said as he and Rudy pulled onto one of the ropes.

Even Pablo, Tommy, and Morton were helping. Well, actually Tommy would've been more helpful if he was pulling on the rope instead of Morton's tail.

The crow's nest got pulled entirely up and the net-ladder was set loose.

"Come on let's see the spirit of Festival Days!" Austin said as he picked up a hammer.

Both he and Rudy pounded the stakes that kept the crow's nest upright into the ground.

ALL:
What a glorious day
It's the truth when we say
It doesn't get any better than this!
All the best in the land are here
Showing their hand and we're
Sure they're the best that exist!

Horton and Tasha were preparing a new part of Festival Days: a stage for a talent show. Tasha was working the curtains while Horton was painting roses onto the background. Morton decided to help by swinging from his tail but unfortunately he wasn't a good painter. He not only painted a yellow stripe over Horton's rose but also a yellow stripe onto Horton's nose!

UNIQUA:
We can dance like the wind

HORTON:
Play a wizard's violin

AUSTIN:
And do tricks of incredible risk!

ALL:
It doesn't get any better than this!

Uniqua went over to supervise the stage constructing.

"It needs to go up just a little higher." Uniqua said to Tasha, who was just finishing up. "That's perfect."

"Hallelujah Uniqua, you've brought culture and refinement to the festival." Horton smiled, returning after washing the paint off. "Now thinking men have an alternative to that mindless obstacle course."

"Look out!" Tasha lost her balance and swung down from the curtain.

Unfortunately, this not only undid the curtain but also the background, which fell onto Horton before he could get away. Thankfully, instead of the background breaking over his head a large window landed around it instead, making it look as if Horton was wearing a weird collar.

"Well placed window." Horton remarked.

AUSTIN:
Judging horses and lambs
Unicorns goats and rams!

RUDY:
I really hope id geds bedder dan dis

Rudy was talking funny because he was wearing a clothespin over his nose as he tended to some pigs. Obviously he was not happy about it.

JANE:
Of all the grace in the kingdom
I know that the queen will rise
Up to the top of the list

Yup, Jane was there. She wasn't going to miss the festivities for anything. Especially not since there was a talent show to win. And boy did that first place trophy look appealing! Jane reached for it but Pablo, who was protector of the trophies, grabbed it first and fell to the ground with it.

HORTON:
Displays of wit and finesse
We have lacked, I confess
But now voila! We have all that we missed!
Ha-ha-ha!

Horton was now dancing on stage, which had been built strong enough to accommodate huge animals like elephants. When Tyrone came by with a rack of costumes Horton snatched all of them like they were a dancer and dipped them.

ALL:
It doesn't get any better than this!

Austin was up in the crow's nest and Uniqua decided to join him.

UNIQUA:
Austin's brought us peace
And set us all at ease
So we can sing now

AUSTIN:
We're going to savour life
The way a man and wife
Are supposed to do

Now here was the really fun part of the obstacle course: a zip-line, which was attached to the opposite side of the crow's nest. Uniqua grabbed onto Austin as he slid them down the zip-line.

AUSTIN AND UNIQUA:
All the clouds have vanished
Now that fear is banished
From the kingdom

Austin almost fell into the mud puddle but was able to stop himself with his tail. Uniqua then helped him back up.

And so to celebrate

ALL:
We'll show the world how great we are!

AUSTIN:
Hit the mark, ring the bell

An archer fired an arrow through a bull's eye, which in turn bounced off a bell and hit the table part of a booth.

TOMMY:
Kiss them all and live to tell!

Yup, it was the kissing booth the arrow hit and it nearly missed Tommy, who was trying to get a kiss again. The worse part of it was that the woman running the booth thought the arrow was his fault and hit him away for it. Tommy then hit a fencepost that Morton was sitting on, and this in turn caused Morton to zoom through the air.

ALL:
It doesn't get any better than this!

It could get better for Morton, who landed in the hands of a juggler.

"Again with the spinning." Morton said sarcastically.

The juggler noticed Morton and tossed him aside, only to duck as his other items fell down. They were weaponry-type items, but fortunately didn't harm the juggler as they fell.

Morton nearly escaped harm too as he bounced over the lion pen and wild boar pen.

ALL:
Hosts of juggler and troubadours
Lions and wild boars
Foods from an unending list

Now Morton landed in an eclair that was on a platter being held by Jojo. Unfortunately it was the same eclair that Uniqua handed to Rudy.

JOJO:
C-come and sample my wares
Petit fours and eclairs

UNIQUA:
Once you taste them you just can't resist

Rudy had to resist the eclair when he saw Morton in it. He squeezed it, shooting Morton out so that he landed on a Test Your Strength game, bounced up, and hit the bell, sounding it. This released a flag that said 'Festival Days' on it.

ALL:
It doesn't get any better than this!

Morton was able to recover and he rejoined his friends near the moat. Fortunately, Austin and Uniqua had the gators removed the previous month.

MORTON:
Daggers and dungeons
Dragons and wolves

Morton arrived wearing a bandana and holding a dagger in his mouth. Then Tommy arrived wearing the same attire and also holding a dagger in his mouth. Except unlike Morton he also flexed his muscles.

TOMMY:
Arrows and alligators fought us

Pablo then arrived dressed the same way and landed on Tommy, pinning him down.

PABLO:
We've overcome every possible foe

RUDY:
Look what our bravery has brought us

Horton zoomed passed Rudy with some costumes and quickly got a musketeer one on Rudy. Rudy posed proudly.

Austin was trying out the obstacle course again, obviously enjoying it.

ALL:
Now there is nothing that can foil the fun
Of Festival Days

"Whoo!" Austin said as he went down the zip-line; he landed near Rudy. "You gotta try this bro, best obstacle course we've ever had."

"Not exciting enough." Rudy shrugged.

"I'll add a snake pit if you promise to enter." Austin smirked.

"Oh well I-" Rudy stammered.

"I'm just kidding!" Austin laughed. "Seriously though, you should enter. The winner gets to be prince for a day. I mean you're already a prince but you'll be able to run the castle by yourself that day."

"Well, I'll think it over." Rudy smiled.

AUSTIN:
Dealing with danger all of my life
It's second nature to evade it
But now that the final victory is ours
I think it's time we celebrate it

Austin went back onto the crow's nest, but only so that his subjects could see him properly. His subjects cheered in agreement to his lyrics.

ALL:
Now there is nothing that can foil the fun of
Festival Days!
The best of all days!

Morton was finishing painting a Festival Days sign but got accidentally rolled up in it by Pablo and Tommy, who didn't see him.

"Help me, get me out of here!" Morton protested.

No one could hear him.

Hear the crowd shout "Hurray!"
As I'm crowned prince for a day
It doesn't get any better than this

Rudy, since he didn't get to eat an eclair last time, grabbed a plateful and sat down on a chair to enjoy them. Unfortunately, he didn't know that not only did he grab the eclairs too early but the chair he was sitting in was part of the Dunking Booth!

Yup, Jojo was only setting the food aside so that there was more room in the kitchen. Apart from food he would offer to the workers it wasn't time to eat yet, especially since he hadn't taken inventory yet. So when he saw the missing plate he frowned and started looking around for it. Then he saw Rudy in the Dunking Booth chair with the plate and opened the curtain to the booth. That's when Rudy realized his mistake.

There is only one kingdom where
This kind of dream could come true
Where there's nothing amiss
Throw your cares to the wind
Let the party begin
It may be years till we cease and desist.

Now Jojo knew that Rudy didn't steal the eclairs, he was just trying to make up for the one he didn't get, but decided to teach Rudy a lesson about patience anyway. So, he tossed an eclair towards the target. It hit the target, but it wasn't strong enough. Rudy wiped his forehead with relief.

But then, a trunk grabbed the plated of eclairs. Rudy followed the trunk and saw Horton smirking by the target. Horton had figured out the situation and decided to help Jojo by jabbing the target with his elbow. It worked, and Rudy got dunked.

It doesn't get any better than

RUDY:
Or any wetter than

There was no hard feelings though, when Rudy came out of the tank the three of them laughed it off and Jojo gave Rudy an eclair.

PUPPETEER/PUPPETS:
This double-header
Can't see anything better than

The sign was now unrolled, releasing Morton. Morton then hit a bucket of paint that was on a flimsy board supported by two sawhorses. The paint can, with Morton still in it, bounced into the air. Morton flew out of the paint can and hit the sign, forming a weird exclamation mark. The crowd accepted it anyway and cheered.

ALL:
It doesn't get any better than this
It doesn't get any better than this!