A Big Bird Surprise The Furchester Hotel

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# Welcome to The Furchester Hotel

-BELL RINGS

-# Your room is ready for you

# Just need to get the bed

# The lamp the desk the rug the sink

# A pillow for your head

# The hotel's run by monsters and staff beyond compare

# We've got the kind of service you won't find anywhere

-# So welcome

-To the Furchester

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# Welcome...

ELMO GIGGLES

# ..to the Furchester

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-# Dining style

-So genteel

# Cookie come with every meal

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-# Here's your keys

-So check right in

# Let your furry stay begin

# Welcome to the Furchester Hotel. #

THEY GIGGLE It's time.

It's time for the surprise!

Oh, yeah, I'll go and get Elmo.

-Ah, boy.

-Elmo!

Oh, Elmo, there you are.

Hi, Phoebe. Elma was just looking at Big Bird's picture again.

Oh, yes, your friend from Sesame Street.

-Elmo hasn't seen Big Bird in so long.

-Right.

-Elmo really misses him.

-Oh, you know what,

I've got a big surprise for you that will cheer you up.

A surprise? Oh, Elmo loves surprises. What is it?

If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise.

-Now, close your eyes.

-OK.

-And this way. Come this way.

-Which way? Which way?

-Over here.

-OK.

Miss Furchester...

-Oh.

-..I need a new pillow.

-Oh!

-This is a feather pillow and feathers make me...

HE SNIFFS

-Sna-choo!

-Ooh! Feathers make you sna-choo?

-They make me sneeze.

-Oh!

I can't sleep on a pillow stuffed with feathers.

-ELMO GIGGLES

-Keep them closed.

-OK.

-No peeking.

Boy, Elmo can't wait to see the surprise.

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy! Taxi just pulling up.

This is it. Are you ready for your big surprise, Elmo?

Yes, Elmo is ready.

But what about my pillow?

Yes, yes, yes, Mr Dull, no feathers.

Ta-da!

Surprise!

Big Bird!

-Big Bird!

-BIG BIRD CHUCKLES

Ooh! He certainly is!

So many feathers!

Ah-ah-achoo!

Elmo can't believe it.

What's Big Bird doing here?

Well, I came to visit you, Elmo.

It was Cookie Monster's idea.

Hey, me not just pretty face!

Elmo is so happy to see you, Big Bird.

And I'm so happy to see you too, Elmo.

Big Bird, Elmo must introduce you to Elmo's cousin Phoebe

and Elmo's Auntie Funella.

-Hello, there!

-Hi!

Cookie Monster didn't tell us you were, you were...

Such a big, Big Bird.

OK. Me may have left out that one little detail.

Yeah, well, I'm a little tall for my age.

Well, welcome to the Furchester Hotel, Big Bird.

We welcome you with furry arms.

Oh, we're going to need a lot of arms for this hug.

THEY LAUGH Here we go! Hug!

-I think I'm going to like it here.

-Oh.

-I'll back in.

-Here we go.

-OK.

-Elmo can't wait to show Big Bird to his room.

Yeah, Dad's getting it ready now.

Now, wait, I can't be near feathers!

Oh, please let me out!

-Please. No way.

-MR DULL SNEEZES

MR DULL CONTINUES SNEEZING

Ach-oo!

OK, Big Bird's room is right over here.

There it is.

The nest room!

-Hello. Oh!

-Oh, hi.

-I'm Big Bird.

-Yes, indeed.

Cookie Monster didn't tell me how very, erm,

big you are.

Oh, this could be a problem.

Right, maybe I can lower this slightly or something.

This nest looks a little too small.

Oh, no, maybe it will be OK.

What if I put feathers in the nest for you?

I know birds like that.

Yeah, that should make it more comfy.

Let's see...

Oh, maybe if I, um...?

No.

Oh, how about if I...?

-No.

-No. No, no, no.

Oh, what about this?

No, no, no, no.

Big Bird can't sleep like that.

-This nest is too small.

-Yeah.

And this room is too small for anything bigger.

Mum. Mum! We need a bigger room for Big Bird.

But there aren't any big rooms left.

We've no place to put him.

It's a catastrophe.

No, it's not. Elmo has an idea.

Big Bird can sleep in Phoebe and Elmo's room tonight.

Great idea, Elmo.

Oh, it'll be fun. It'll be like a sleepover.

Oh boy, I can't wait.

-I can't wait.

-THEY SHOUT EXCITEDLY

Woohoo!

I've never slept in a bunk bed before. This should be fun.

-Yeah.

-So you guys sleep up there?

And I'm going to sleep down here, right?

-Sure.

-OK.

Let's just...

-..see if I can...

-Yeah.

Here, Radar, you stay there.

OK. I'm almost there.

I've almost got it.

Oh, good.

OK.

-Whoops.

-Huh?

Sorry about that.

Erm...

You know, something tells me this isn't going to work out.

Oh, boy.

LIFT DOOR PINGS

Oh, hey, Big Bird. Me about to bring you room service.

Some bedtime cookies.

Oh, thank you, Cookie Monster, but I don't have a room yet.

Oh, no. Well, what me do with room service if there no room?

Oh, well.

Om-nom-nom-nom-nom.

What are we going to do?

Well, there must be somewhere for Big Bird to sleep.

But all our rooms are full.

This is a big problem.

Oh, it truly is a catastrophe.

No, it is not a catastrophe.

Look.

BIG BIRD SNORES

Oh, he fell asleep sitting up.

Big Bird loves to sleep sitting up in his nest.

I'm sure Mr Dull wouldn't mind if he sleeps in his chair.

Sleeps in my...

Wha-choo!

What's a wha-choo?

Now Big Bird can finally get some rest.

A-choo!

GONG SOUNDS

-ALL:

-Tea-time!

THEY ALL SHOUT "TEA-TIME!"

Oh, I guess I can't sleep here either.

Would you say this is a catastrophe now, Elmo?

Yeah, total catastrophe.

BELL DINGS

# It's more than just a slip-up or a mess-up or a miss

# A Furchester catastrophe We need to fix it fast-rophe

# Put it in the past-rophe This simply can not last-rophe

# A Furchester catastrophe The problem is so bad-strophe

# We're really flabbergast-rophe Let's ding the bell for blast-trophe

# Catastrophe catastrophe What a disas-trophe

# Catastrophe catastrophe We need to fix it fast-trophe

# Catastrophe catastrophe let's put it in the past-trophe

# It's a catastra What a catastrophe! #

Oh, maybe I just can't stay at the Furchester.

There's no room big enough for me to sleep in.

No, Big Bird has to stay.

Oh, yes, you've come all this way.

Oh, there must be some way to solve this problem.

Oh, let's put our furry heads together and think.

-ALL:

-Think!

It's too bad you don't have any outdoor rooms.

I'm used to sleeping outside in my nest at home.

Fuzzawubba! That gives me a monster idea.

Big Bird can sleep outside in our hotel garden.

There's plenty of room out there.

But we still don't have a nest big enough for him to sleep in.

Excuse me.

You've given me another feather pillow

and I really can't be around...

Pa-choo!

Wait a minute.

Elmo has an idea.

We may not have a big enough nest, but we do have lots of feathers.

Great idea, Elmo.

-Oh, come on, we've got a nest to build.

-Yeah!

Wow.

You know what, I've never slept in a nest made of feather pillows before.

I think this is going to be perfect.

-PHOEBE AND ELMO:

-Problem solved!

Elmo so happy that Big Bird could stay.

-Oh, me too, Elmo.

-ELMO LAUGHS

Goodnight.

Night-night.

BELL DINGS

# We've had such fun together

# It's been a monster day

# The Furchester is furrier When you come to stay

# So don't check out Don't check out

# Please please please Please don't go

-# Don't check out

-Don't check out

# No, no, no, no, no, no, no

# Please please don't check out!

THEY PARTY

# Farewell from The Furchester Hotel! #