LYNX:
All right everybody, come around.
FOX:
Is everyone here?
WOLVERINE:
I think so.
MOUSE:
Wait, where is Bear?
PIKE:
She has not been by the river for a long time.
DOGFISH:
Not for years, come to think of it.
FOX:
How many years?
DOGFISH:
Three?
LYNX:
We will have to start the meeting without her. Now everyone, you all know why we are here.
WOLF:
Yes, we must find the heat! Even for a wolf, three years with no heat is too cold.
MOUSE:
Tell me about it!
FOX:
The question is – where did the heat go?
WOLVERINE:
We must look for it!
LYNX:
Yes, we must all look. Who will come?
WOLF, WOLVERINE, MOUSE, PIKE, and DOGFISH:
They say: “I will!” “Me too!” “Count me in!” “We will come with you!” “Let’s go!”
MOUSE:
I guess all of us are going. Um, I have one question.
WOLVERINE:
What?
MOUSE:
WHERE are we going?
PIKE:
I know where to look!
[ALL spin around and look at PIKE.]
PIKE:
In the Upper World!
DOGFISH:
Of course! And I know where the door is that goes to the Upper World!
[LYNX, WOLF, WOLVERINE, MOUSE, PIKE, and DOGFISH exit. If there are any other ANIMALS on the stage, they wave goodbye.]