The Tale Of Tom Tattertall Tuttletut — текст песни (Sesame Street)

Herbert Birdsfoot: The next letter after S is T.
The Tale of Tom Tattertall Tuttletut.

Once upon a time, there was a queen who hated the letter T.

Queen: I`ve never liked the horrid tuh-tuh sound. So I hereby rule that nothing beginning with the letter T will ever allowed in my kingdom.

Herbert Birdsfoot: So the people of the land tore down the towns and their towers, tossing out their trumpets and toys. And pretty soon, there wasn`t anything in the kingdom that began with T. Or so they thought, for one day, along came...

Tom: Me. Tom Tattertall Tuttletut. And I`ve got a truckful of turtles, tea, tuna, toads, teddy bears, and trash.

Queen: What did you say?

Man: Hi, your majesty. Do you want to buy a tuba or a ton of tomatoes?

Queen: Throw this man into the dungeon!

Tom: But why?

Queen: Because those are all T words. And nothing starting with T is allowed in my kingdom.

Tom: Untrue! There`s lots of things beginning with T around here.

Queen: Like what?

Tom: Well, for one thing, there`s the king over there.

Queen: What about him?

Tom: He`s wearing trousers, and that`s a terrific T word.

Queen: Uh, well, he always told me they were pants.

Tom: And then there`s you, your majesty. You keep talkin` and talkin`, tellin` me things by usin` your tongue and your teeth. And those are terrific T words, too!

Queen: Gracious! You`re right. There`s no way of getting away from the letter T. Tom Tattertall Tuttletut, from now on, T words are welcome in my kingdom.

Tom: Terrific!

Herbert Birdsfoot: So the letter T was restored to the land, and so were the town`s towers, the trumpets and the toys, which all goes to prove that you can`t get away from the letter T.

Queen: Terrific!