Colonel Hathi Meets Mowgli

{fade to morning. They still sleep, when grounds starts shaking rythmically}

Elephants march and sing:

Hup, two, three, four

Keep it up, two, three, four

Hup, two, three, four

Keep it up, two, three, four

Hup, two, three, four

(Franklin wakes up and yawns)

Franklin: Wait a minute. Is there the pink parade elephants when we were with Dumbo?

(Bear wakes up)

(Franklin's friends wake up)

(Slyly and Leonard wake up)

(Babar and his family wake up)

[Mowgli wakes up]

Mowgli: A parade!

Babar: I remember him. He's my cousin.

Flora: Will this elephant be our uncle, daddy?

Babar: Of course, honey.

Bagheera: Oh, no! The Dawn Patrol again.

Skunk: Why, it's the elephants.

Snail: Let's go and see what they're doing.

[Mowgli, Franklin and friends get down on the ground to look closer]

Hathi: Company... sound off!

Elephants sing:

Oh, the aim of our patrol

Elephant #3: Is a question rather droll

Elephants: For to march and drill

Over field and hill

[they trumpet]

Hathi: Is a military goal

all: Is a military goal!

With a hup, two, three, four

Dress it up, two, three, four

By the ranks or single file

Over every jungle mile

Oh we stamp and crush

Through the underbrush

[Hathi Jr. trumpets]

Hathi Jr.: In the militaly style!

Elephants: In the military style

[Mowgli comes to Hathi Jr.]

Pom: (in Mowgli's voice) Hello. Remember us?

Hathi Jr.: Hi, guys. Hello, Uncle Babar.

Alexander: (in Mowgli's voice) What are you doing?

Hathi Jr.: Shh. Drilling.

Mowgli (whispering): Can I do it too?

Hathi Jr.: Sure. Just do what I do. But don't talk in rank. It's against regulations.

[Mowgli, Franklin and friends walk after Hathi Jr. in the rear of the file]

Hathi: To the rear... March!

[They walk to the rear, Hathi Jr. and Mowgli collide with Franklin and friends]

Hathi Jr.: The other way. Turn around.

Hathi: Hup, two, three, four

Keep it up, two, three, four.

To the rear... Ho!

Company... Halt!

[Mowgli collides with Hathi Jr. again]

Hathi Jr.: That means "stop".

Hathi: Company... Left face!

Winifred: March, march, march. My feet are killing me.

Elephant #2: I am putting in for a transfer to another herd.

Hathi: Silence in the ranks! [he walks around the rank] Dress up that line. [Elephants raise there rears] Pull it in, Winifred. [He walks back to front] Inspection... arms!

[Elephants stick their trunks out]

Hathi Jr. (to Mowgli): Stick your nose out.

Mowgli: Like this?

Hathi Jr.: That's right.

Hathi (to Elephant #2): Tsk-tsk-tsk. Dusty muzzle. Soldier, remember in battle that trunk can save your life. Take good care of it, my man.

Elephant #2: Yes, Sir!

Hathi: Very good, carry on. [Hathi looks at Elephant #3 who is chewing on some grass] Ahem. Hmm. Let's have a little more spit and polish on those bayonets.

Elephant #3: Yes, Sir!

Hathi: Esprit de Corps! That's the way I earned my commission in the Maharaja's pachyderm brigade. Back in '88 it was, or was it?

Winifred (to Elephant #2): Here it comes, the Victoria-cross bit again.

Hathi: It was then I recieved the Victoria Cross for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. Ha-ha! Those were the days! Discipline. Discipline was the thing. Builds character and all that sort of thing. [loud snap of the small bamboo stick Hathi leaned on interrupts his speech] Oh.. Where was I? Oh, yes. Inspection. [he looks at Elephant #4] Well, very good. [then to Elephant #5] Wipe off that silly grin, soldier. This is the army. [comes to Elephant #6 and kills a fly buzzing above his head] Ahem. Eyes front. [Now Elephant #7] Tsk-tsk-tsk. Leutenant, that haircut is not regulation. Rather on the gaudy side, don't you think? [he cuts his hair short using his bamboo stick] There. That's better. [Comes to Hathi Jr. now] And as for you-- [he looks down at him] Oh, there you are. Heh-heh-heh. Let's keep those heels together, shell we, son?

Hathi Jr.: Okay Pop... Sir!

Hathi: That's better. (Hathi comes to Babar and his family) Well, what have we here? If it isn't my cousin, Babar and my nieces and nephews.

Pom: Hi, Uncle Hathi.

Babar: Hello, Hathi.

Hathi: Colonel Hathi if you please.

Babar: Oh, Colonel Hathi. This is my wife, Celeste.

Celeste: Nice to meet you.

Alexander: Aren't you going to talk to us?

Hathi: I like to, but I got a business to do. By the way, Stick your nose out as the soldiers.

Isabelle: Ok, Uncle Hathi. And I mean (deep voice) Yes, sir.

Hathi: Ah, sweet kid. [Now Hathi comes to Mowgli] Well, new recruit, eh? Ha-ha-ha... I say, what happened to your trunk?

[He pushes Mowgli's face with his stick]

Mowgli: Hey, stop that!

Hathi sputters: A man-cub! This is treason! Sabotage! I'll have no man-cub in my jungle!

Mowgli: It's not your jungle.

Bagheera arrives fast: Hold it! Hold it, I can explain, Hathi!

Hathi: Colonel Hathi, if you please, sir.

Bagheera: Oh, yes, yes. Colonel Hathi. The man-cub is with me. I'm taking him back to the man-village.

Hathi: To stay?

Bagheera: You have the word of Bagheera.

Hathi: Good. And remember, an elephant never forgets. [he turns to leave] Humph! I don't know what the army's coming to. These young wippersnappers, who do they think they are? [all the elephants are dosing by now, but wake up as soon as Hathi commands] Ahem, let's get on with it. Right face! Forward... march!

Winifred: Dear, haven't you forgotten something?

Hathi: Nonsense, Winifred, old girl. An elephant never forgets.

Winifred: Well, you just forgot our son.

Hathi: Ah yes.. Son? Son? [he turns to see Hathi Jr. playing with Mowgli] Oh yes, quite right.. To the rear... march!

Hathi Jr. (to Mowgli): When I grow up, I'm gonna be a colonel. Just like my--

Hathi picks him up: If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times-

Hathi Jr. (seeing other elephants marching into Hathi's rear): Pop! Look out!

[The spectacular crash of the elephants, reused in several movies after Jungle Book now takes place]

Hathi Jr.: Gee, Pop. You forgot to say 'halt'.

(Franklin and friends laugh)

(Pom, Flora, Alexander and Isabelle laugh)

Isabelle: (laughs) He is so funny.

Mowgli (to Bagheera): Ha-ha-ha. He said an elephant never forgets. (Laughs, then stops)

Bagheera: It's not funny. Let's get out of here quick before anything else happens.

[They run through the forest]