The Kid in the Lid

This rhyming book with a read-along CD was narrated by Ryan Drummond and Cara Harnell.

## Script

### Intro

CARA: No Adults Aloud presents The Kid in the Lid by Nancy Krulik, read by Cara Harnell and Ryan Drummond with cartoon voices by Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell and Tress MacNeille.

RYAN: This is the tale of "THE KID IN THE LID" from Animaniacs. You can read along with us in your book.

CARA: Turn the page when you hear the falling anvil sound. (SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

RYAN: Okay, Let's begin.

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

### Storyline

RYAN: It was hotter than blazes, about a hundred and ten, so we stayed in the house in the air conditionin'.

We just hung around
My sister and me
And watched countless hours
Of daytime TV.

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

Too hot to go out
We'd melt in the sun
So we stared at the tube
Which isn't much fun.

All we could do was watch, watch Watch, watch
'Til I spilled lots of soda
All over my...OOPS, excuse me!
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
Then we heard a kaboom!
That kaboom shook the room
We turned and into our house something slid.

A strange-looking fellow
The Kid in the Lid
And he said to us

Yakko: "Oops. Now look what I did.

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
"Now, we all know it's hot
And you don't have a pool
But there are lots of fun things
We can do that are cool.

"The first silly thing we can do..."

RYAN: Said the kid
Yakko: "...is play with some glue!"
RYAN: Said the kid in the lid.

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

Yakko: "Lots of wet glue

We'll make a big mess
We'll glue things together
Your parents will stress."

RYAN : But our parents were out

They were gone for a week
To be truthful
They'd been gone for a 90-day streak.
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
The last that we heard
They were in the Bahamas
Leaving us here
To face childhood traumas.

As for playing with glue
My sis said

CARA: "Let's do it!"

RYAN: "Kids need to have fun."

I shouted, "Let's glue it!"
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

RYAN: But our pet woodchuck said

"No, that kid has to leave
Open the door
And give him the heave.

He doesn't seem normal

He doesn't seem well
Besides that, his pants
Have a real funny smell. Oops, excuse me!"

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

Yakko: "Hey, woodchuck, calm down

Just relax"

RYAN : ...said the kid.

Yakko: "It's you who smells bad"

RYAN : Said the kid in the lid.

Yakko: "I bet you've not washed

In at least seven months
So I strongly suggest
That we bathe you at once.
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
"In the tub..."

RYAN: said the kid

Yakko: "...goes the smelly woodchuck

Use lots of shampoo
To cut through all the muck."

RYAN: "No, stop!" yelled our woodchuck. "Get me out of this tub!" As the water got deeper, the woodchuck went blub!

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

Yakko: "It's OK"

RYAN: said the kid

Yakko: "I won't let you drown

I'll pull on this chain
So the water goes down.

"And the woodchuck goes too
And he goes down the drain
And comes out the potty
In considerable pain."
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

RYAN: Then the toilet exploded

A messy disaster
The water rose up
And wrecked all the plaster.

It surged down the hallway
And flooded the den
It filled up the kitchen
And bedrooms and then...
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
It splashed out the door
And into the street
Where it provided relief
From the afternoon heat.

Kids came from all over
To splash in the lake
Not knowing the source
Was our potty break.
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

CARA: "They're swimming in water

Straight out of our toilet!"

RYAN: "Think we should tell 'em?"
Yakko: "Nah! That'd just spoil it!"

RYAN: "Ooh! You're going to get it!" Said our woodchuck, upset You ruined our house

And got everything wet!
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
"I think you're insane
You're rude and you're naughty
To make matters worse
I'm stuck in this potty!"

Yakko: "Perhaps you should nap

You need sleep"

RYAN: said the kid

Then all of us watched
As that kid closed the lid.
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
Then he went running off
And in less than an hour
The kid had come back
With a small water tower.

Yakko: "I've returned" RYAN: said the kid
Yakko: "I've returned with this tower

It would have been sooner But I needed a shower."
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

RYAN: He opened the top and shouted

Yakko: "Let's play!"

Boy  : Then out sprang two kids

Who responded

Wakko and Dot : "OK!"

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

Yakko: "These two are my sibs

They're fun; wait and see
May I proudly present
Kid Two and Kid Three?"

Boy  : They gave us a kiss

Then said

W+D  : "Helloooo, nurse! Excuse us!"

RYAN: The first kid was trouble

But these two seem worse!
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
"Hi! How're you doing?
That's Mary; I'm Scooter"
Kid Two looked at Mary
Then whispered

Dot  : "I'm cuter."

RYAN : Then they ran all around

Doing impossible feats
Acting like kids
Who've had too many sweets.
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
Kid Three said

Wakko: "I'm hungry"

RYAN: His eyes started twitchin'

He shot out the room
And ran into the kitchen.

He opened the cupboards
And then started chewing
On cans of tomatoes
And carrots for stewing.
(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)
He gulped down the flour
Some dry macaroni
Three bottles of ketchup
And then Rice-A-Roni!

Dot  : "The San Francisco Treat!"

RYAN : He ate all the dishes

But didn't stop there
He swallowed the sink
Then our new Frigidare.

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

Wakko: "Hey, that was delicious

Thanks for the snacks
I'm hypoglycaemic.
I get munchie attacks."

Ryan  : Then we heard a loud blast and ran out the door.

The WB Kids were now playing war! (SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

CARA: "Oh no! You must stop this!"

RYAN: Said Sis to Kid Two.

CARA: "It's this sort of playing

You just mustn't do!"

Dot  : "I'm sorry; we can't

It's too late; we've begun
We always play war
Until somebody's won."

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

RYAN : Then the walls started cracking

And the ceiling gave in
We ran out the door
As the whole house caved in.

Then, oh! what bad timing
For, right then and there
Our parents returned
So we said a quick prayer.

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

RYAN AND CARA : "Don't let them be angry"

RYAN: We said it again

RYAN AND CARA  : "Don't let them be angry

Oh, please, please! Amen."

RYAN: Our parents were dazed

They stood there dumbfounded
As they looked at the damage
We knew we'd be grounded.

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

Yakko: "Well, that was some fun

But enough for one day
Give us a call
And we'll come back to play."

(FUNERAL MARCH by CHOPIN, followed by Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2 by Franz Liszt)

Wakko: "Ha, ha! We got ya!"

Dot : "Yeah. We were just kiddin'."

Yakko: "We'll rebuild your house

And then paint it with Glidden."

(SLIDE WHISTLE GOING DOWN, CLANG!)

RYAN: And that's what they did

And in less than a jiffy
The house was rebuilt
And it looked really spiffy.

That night, we ate well
It had been quite a day
But now life was happy
It was all A-OK.

### Outro

RYAN: That's the end.

CARA: Replay the CD if you want the story to be heard one more time.