Skunks Welcome The Furchester Hotel

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# Welcome to The Furchester Hotel

-# 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. #

All right, Furgus, Elmo,

when Mr Smells-a-lot walks in,

-everyone jump up and yell, "Surprise!"

-OK, ready?

-Yeah.

One, two, three.

BOTH: Surprise!

-DING, DING

-Wonderful! Only make it more surprising.

Wait, Mum! Isn't Mr Smells-a-lot a skunk?

Oh, yes. Our very first skunk guest.

And we're giving him his own surprise skunk welcome.

Mum, I'm not sure this is such a good idea.

I don't think skunks like surprises.

HE HUMS Ooh!

-Ahhhh, skunk!

-Huh?

Oh, oh, here he is now! Ready?

Wait, Mum!

ALL: SURPRISE!

Oh, my! SPRAYING SOUND

-Oh, my.

-Urgh.

-Urgh!

Oh, he sprayed us!

With something that smells...

-WHISPERS:

-..awful.

-That's what I was trying to tell you, Mum.

-Er, pardon me.

I always spray when I'm surprised.

-It's how we skunks protect ourselves when something surprises us.

-Oh.

Well, you don't have to worry, Mr Smells-a-lot.

We have no more surprises for you.

That's right. No surprises at all.

GONG Tea-time!

-Oh.

-Uh-oh!

THEY SHOUT AND CHANT

Tea-tiiiime!

Oh, my. SPRAYING SOUND

NOISES OF DISGUST

Sorry, I wasn't expecting that.

Mum, maybe this would be a good time

for me to show Mr Smells-a-lot to his room.

Oh, brilliant idea, Phoebe.

It's the perfume suite on the top floor.

-And be sure to open all the windows.

-Oh, yes.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's stale air.

-Right this way, Mr Smells-a-lot.

-Can Elmo come too?

-Elmo's never ridden in a lift with a skunk before.

-A lift?

What's a lift?

Excuse Elmo. Excuse Elmo.

Oh, so this is a lift! Huh?

THEY GASP AND GAG

Oh, my! What a surprise.

I didn't expect the doors to close.

Excuse me? Excuse me?

-Mr Dull, how may I help you?

-What's that awful smell?

Oh, why, it's our lovely guest, Mr Smells-a-lot, the skunk.

A skunk?!

Pew-pew-pew-pew-pew!

-You have to do something about the smell.

-It's so, so smelly!

Don't worry, dear guests. I have the perfect solution.

-A nose cosy.

-A nose cosy?

Yes! Just put one of these on, you won't smell a thing.

-Good thinking, dear.

-Nose cosies for everyone.

-There you are.

-NOISES OF GRATITUDE

HE SNIFFS

Hey, this nose cosy isn't working.

I can still smell a skunk.

-Me too!

-So can I.

-Maybe we should leave.

-Yes.

-Leave?! You can't leave.

This skunk smell is a huge problem.

-It's gigantic.

-It's a catastrophe!

DING, DING, DING

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

# 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 disaster It's a catastrophe! #

Don't worry, dear guests,

we will take care of the catastrophe immediately.

Furchesters are good at solving problems. We have so many of them.

But how do we stop the skunk from spraying?

Let's put our furry heads together and think.

BOTH: Hmmmmmm...

Oh! Maybe we don't have to stop the skunk from spraying.

-What if we just take everyone's mind off the skunk's smell?

-Yes.

Oh, I know just the thing.

-It's in here somewhere. Oh, here we go.

-Oh!

Cheese, anyone?

-NOISES OF DISGUST

-Whoa, smelly cheese?!

At your service.

Oh, now the hotel smells worse than ever.

Why, thank you, I try my best.

Yes, you can hardly notice the skunk smell at all.

Eh? Skunk?

Ugh, so that's what it is. I can't compete with that smell.

I'll have to get some fresh air.

And is Mr Smells-a-lot happy with his room?

-Oh, it's a lovely view, thank you.

-OK.

-HE GASPS

-Skunk!

Person! Oh, my! SPRAYING NOISE

That skunk just sprayed me! Did you see that?

Yes, and we smelt it too.

Oh, pardon me, sir, but you surprised me.

I wasn't expecting to see a person at the hotel.

-Sorry, but we can't take the smell.

-No.

HE SNIFFS I don't smell anything.

You see, Mr Smells-a-lot, your spray - it smells really bad,

-if you're not a skunk.

-Oh. I guess I'm just used to it.

Maybe Mr Smells-a-lot could spray outside instead of inside the hotel?

-Oh, sure, I'd be happy to.

-Good! That's better.

You see? Problem solved.

Yes, I can definitely spray outside.

The problem is inside the hotel.

You see, I spray when I'm surprised,

and there are so many surprises here at The Furchester.

-Fuzza-wubba!

-Oh, my!

No, don't spray!

That gives me a monster idea.

I think I know how to keep Mr Smells-a-lot from spraying.

What if we make sure Mr Smells-a-lot isn't surprised?

-But how?

-We'll show him everything in the hotel

-so he knows what to expect and won't spray.

-Ahhh.

That is a monster idea.

In the meantime, we have complementary fresh air

for all our guests in the garden.

-This way!

-Oh, complementary air!

-Fresh air!

-Mm.

-Fresh air!

-Terrific.

-I can't wait.

Get ready, Mr Smells-a-lot.

Cookie Monster will eat these cookies.

Cookie! Ah-ah-ah-ahhh!

HE GUZZLES LOUDLY

Ah, look, look, look! Mr Smells-a-lot didn't spray!

-THEY CHEER

-Good job.

And this is Isabel. She's a bell.

So don't be surprised if she dings.

DING Oh, she really is a bell!

-THEY LAUGH

-Don't be surprised if you see all kinds of guests at the Furchester.

Including round ones and prickly ones.

-Oh, hello.

-Oh, hi.

-Hi, how are you?

I'm terrific. Pleased to meet you.

Oh, look, look, look, Phoebe. Mr Smells-a-lot didn't spray at all!

-Not even a little spritz.

-Wow! Can't wait till we tell everyone.

-EVERYONE!

-EVERYONE!

-Bwak-bwak-bwak.

-Baa?

-Oooh.

-Is our problem solved?

-Yep.

Now I know just what to expect and I won't be surprised any more.

So you don't have to worry about me spraying inside the hotel.

Oh, that's wonderful news, Mr Smells-a-lot.

-Now nobody has to leave.

-Yes, three cheers for Mr Smells-a-lot.

-Wait, no!

-Hip, hip...

-No!

ALL: ..HOORAY!

Hey, he didn't spray.

That is a surprise.

-THEY LAUGH

-Well done.

-Thank you.

DING, DING, DING, DING

# You really can't be going Oh, say it isn't true

# The Furchester will never be As furry without you

-# We'd like you to stay forever

-Or longer if you can

# We put our furry heads together And came up with this plan

# 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

# 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! #