Moon Race Big and Small

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# It doesn't matter If you're tiny or tall

# It doesn't matter If you're BIG or SMALL

# If you want to have fun it Doesn't matter at all

-# You've got it, BIG

-Why, thank you, SMALL

BOTH: # Slipping, flipping Climbing up a rope

# Hiding, riding Sliding down a slope

# Slipping on an ice cube Swinging on a star

-# It makes no difference What size you are.

-Nice!

# If you want to have fun It doesn't matter at all

# Because here we are We're BIG and SMALL. Yeah! #

TAPPING AND HUMMING

He-he-he!

Ha-ha, isn't this exciting?

Oh, yeah, er, totally.

Ow!

I'm in a bit of a rush because I have to go to the moon tonight,

but I haven't even started packing yet!

Do you want to know why I have to go to the moon tonight?

Oh, yeah, totally.

Well, because tonight is a full moon,

which is the best time for landing and...

Hey! What are you doing, Small?

I'm using my special powers of sensorama.

I don't need to look where I'm going, because I can feel it! Blargh!

Who put that hole there?

-You did.

-Oh.

-Want to see my drawings?

-OK.

-Come on, then.

Here we go, thank you. And...ta-da!

You see, Small, if I go to the moon when it's half full only,

I run the risk of sliding off. Watch. Reep! Slide off there.

Oh, ow.

Now, if I go to the moon when it's a crescent moon like this one here,

I might slide and get stuck right?

-See? That's the sticky part, right there.

-Oh.

But, Small, if it's during the full moon, I can land wherever I want,

and also with a full moon, they'll be more light

so I can see many more things.

-What things?

-Moon things, like rocks.

GASPS

-Rocks! You're going to the moon to collect rocks?

-Mm-hm.

I love rocks, Big! Why aren't you taking me? Why, why, why?

Small, I've asked you many times if you wanted to go to the moon,

and you've always saying no.

Why do you listen to me, Big? Why, why, why?

OK, OK!

GASPS

Are you saying you want to go to the moon with me?

That's what I'm saying.

-Well, yes!

-Ha-ha!

-Ha-ha!

-Let's go to the moon. We've got to get packing.

-Yeah!

-Go-go-go-go-go!

Toothpaste, OK. Camera, yep! Seal it up for safety.

Space helmet and weight belt. OK.

SMALL HUFFS AND PUFFS

I'm packed and I've got everything.

Oh, no, you don't have everything -

-I never made you a space helmet, Small.

-Well, make one.

Eh? Do I have time? We have to leave at the dot of dark, Small.

What is the dot of dark?

Sunset - sunset is the dot of dark, Small.

If we want to get to the moon and back before it's breakfast,

we have to leave the minute the sun sets.

Oh!

BOTH: Hurry!

Oh, oh, the weight belt!

OK, and good.

Right, got to hurry. Not bad, not bad.

That will do. We're going to the moon!

BIG WHEEZES

OK, I've got it, I've got the helmet. I've got the helmet.

Here it is, your helmet.

Here we go, OK. You know what, Big?

You could run a whole lot faster

if you didn't have that thing around your chest.

Huh? Oh, no, I never made you a weight belt!

You see, on the moon, Small, there's less gravity,

so if you don't have a weight belt like this, you'll look like this!

SPEAKS VERY SLOWLY

Oh, no,

I don't have a weight belt.

You're right - I'd never want to look like that.

Hmm, do I have time to make one?

GASPS

BOTH: Hurry!

A weight belt.

Hurry, hurry!

OK, let me see now. Um... Er...

That's too heavy. No, that's a hammer.

No... Ooh!

Ooh, perfect! That will work. OK, we're going to the moon!

Come in, Space Command, this is Captain Small! My helmet is amazing.

OK, OK, OK. Here is your weight belt. Careful. Here we go.

THEY SIGH

Perfect timing. Now I have to climb on board and... You're in my seat.

-Well, where's MY seat?

-Ah... Oh, I forgot to make you one!

-I know, I know...

-BOTH: Hurry.

BIG GRUNTS

Space Command, this is Captain Small.

My seat is also going to be amazing.

BIG GRUNTS

OK, make sure it's tight. Perfect. Captain Small, your chair is ready.

-Wow, good going, Captain Big!

-Thank you, Captain Small!

OK, rocket ship - check. Chair - check. Helmets - check.

-We're running out of time.

-Check!

OK...

-THEY LAUGH

-We're OK! Here we go!

We are going to the moon! THEY LAUGH

# Our moon rocket's ready to roll now

# Soon we'll be zooming so high

# That's right!

# We're blazing a trail with a fiery tail

# Our moon rocket's ready to fly

BOTH: # We'll be leaping and hopping on the moon

# There's no stopping all our games on the moon

# We'll be leaping and hopping on the moon

# There's no stopping all our games on the moon

# By the silver moonlight We'll play through the night

# Watch the world as it spins through the sky

# Then hungry and yawning We'll be home in the morning

# For breakfast and hot apple pie

# We'll be leaping and hopping on the moon

# There's no stopping all our games on the moon

# We'll be leaping and hopping on the mend

# There's no stopping all our games on the moon

# There's no stopping all our games on the moon. #

Yeah!

-Commence launch, Captain Small.

-Commence launch, Captain Big.

THEY LAUGH

BOTH: 10, 9, 8,

7, 6, 5...

-Oops.

-Oops?

Er, Houston, we have a problem.

Who's Houston?

See, I thought you were staying here, Small,

and could release the rubber band.

It attaches to the back of the ship, and it's pulled tight,

and it releases when somebody presses the red button.

Without it, we'll never achieve suborbital spacecraftian lift off.

-Can Ruby do it?

-Um...she's too small.

Oh.

Big, as much as I wanted to go to the moon and collect rocks -

rocks that I would love and put in our bed and cherish forever -

I will stay here and release the rubber band.

You know, Small, you're the real rock lover.

So why don't YOU go to the moon, and I'll release the rubber band?

Go to the moon by myself?! No way! Are you kidding? Forget it.

Oh, and look,

the dot of dark is gone.

Oh...

-Well, that's that, I suppose.

-Yeah, that IS that.

You know what, Big?

I'm really sorry I wrecked the trip.

-Now you'll never go to the moon.

-Aw.

-And it's all my fault.

-Ah, well.

Well, mostly my fault.

Because you the one who forgot to make my helmet. And belt.

And chair. Ha! So mostly it's YOUR fault, Big!

It's nobody's fault, Small. Anyway, we can go next month.

-Once I've fixed the rubber band problem.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa!

I thought we had to go tonight because of the full moon?

Didn't you say that? He said that, didn't he?

He said that the moon had to be full to the absolute brim.

Er, Big?

It does! But the moon will be full again next month, and...

I'll get that. Come on.

And it'll be full again the month after that

and the month after that too.

Oh! Wait a minute. You're telling me we can go to the moon every month,

and collect 10 gazillion million rocks?

-Yeah, we could.

-Oh! That's a lot of rocks.

We're going to need a bigger house.

-BIG LAUGHS

-Yep!

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