Anncr

And now for another fast-breaking news story, we take you to Kermit the Frog!

Kermit

... I don't particularly either, but as soon as we finish here, then we can, uh -- Oh! Ahem. Hi there, Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News, and today I'm speaking to you from the lovely town of Hamelin, which, as you may remember, is unfortunately overrun with mice. And you can see the mice up there, overrunning that house right there right now. And I understand that the town council has hired the Pied Piper, to, uh, get rid of the mice of the town.

Kermit

And I think this might be him right now. Excuse me, uh, pardon me, sir, pardon me...

Piper

Hey, you're a frog! Far out!

Kermit

Yeah, uh, Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News, actually, Mr Piper. And I was wondering if I could just ask you a couple questions.

Piper

Yeah, call me Pied, baby. Pied.

Kermit

Pied? Okay. You mind if I ask you a question, then --

Piper

Right on.

Kermit

Tell me, how do you intend to get the mice out of the town?

Piper

Yeah, well, babe, we'll lay down some music with the old flute here, the mice are gonna dig it, see, and they're gone follow me outta this hick town.

Kermit

You're going to play the flute, and the mice will follow you out of town.

Piper

Right on, right on.

Kermit

Well, I would love to see that, and so would our viewers! So, would you like to play it right now?

Piper

Right on, baby. Here we go now. Here we go.

(Pied plays a pretty tune on his flute.)

Kermit

That was, uh, beautiful.

Piper

Yeah, thanks...

Kermit

I don't see any mice coming... There's nobody... Nobody's following.

Piper

Yeah, well, listen, frog, I tell you, let me warm up my chops here, babe, let me try one more time. Okay? Here we go.

Kermit

Um, okay. One more try.

(Pied puts down another flute lick.)

Mice

Nah, nah... Yuck!

Piper

Hey, man, hey now. I'm layin' this stuff down, and the mice just ain't pickin' it up, dig?

Kermit

It doesn't seem to be working particularly well.

Piper

Yeah, well, okay. One more time, okay?

Kermit

Okay.

Piper

Here we go.

(Pied blows another lick.)

Mice

Oh, no, no, no. Yucka-a yuck! Yuck!

Kermit

It didn't, uh, didn't seem to work there.

Piper

No, no, baby. It ain't workin'. No. I got other gigs, I don't need this, baby. I'm cuttin' out. No. Sorry, baby. Bye bye, babe.

(The Piper ankles.)

Kermit

Huh. I guess that's it for the town of Hamelin, uh... Okay, fellas. I guess we can pack up now. Let's move out!

(Kermit whistles.)

(The mice start rustling, excited. The Piper rushes back.)

Piper

Hey, hey, what's that sound, babe?

Kermit

You mean, my whistle, like this?

(Kermit whistles again.)

Mice

Oh, yeah! Yeah!

Piper

Hey, babe, that's it! Hey! Whistle some more, babe! Hey, come on, whistle more! Go ahead! Whistle, whistle!

Kermit

Uh, okay.

(Kermit whistles again. The Piper pushes him down the path.)

Piper

Hey, you got the mice runnin'! Go ahead! Start walkin', baby, start walkin'! Okay, go up that path now, baby! Oh, yeah!

(Kermit whistles, and the mice follow him up the path.)

Kermit

This is Kermit the Frog, returning you to Sesame Street News!

Piper

Hey, they're leavin'! Start blowin', baby! Blow, blow! Whistle, baby, whistle! Okay! Up that path, baby! Keep goin'! Head 'em out, head 'em out! Come on, mice! Keep goin'! Hey, yeah, right on! You got 'em goin'! Keep goin', frog, you got it...