Liberetto :
Elmer:
Be vewy quiet.
I'm hunting wabbits.
I'm hunting wabbits.
(spoken)
WABBIT TWACKS!! WABBIT HOLE!!
(thrusting spear)
KILL THE WABBIT!
KILL THE WABBIT!
KILL THE WABBIT!
KILL THE WABBIT!
KILL THE WABBIT!
Bugs (spoken):
Kill the wabbit?
Elmer:
YO HO HO!
YO HO HO!
YO HO...
Bugs:
Oh mighty warrior of great fighting stock
Might I inquire to ask nyeh... What's up, Doc..?
Elmer:
I'm going to kill the wabbit!
Bugs:
O mighty warrior, 'twill be quite a task
How will you do it, might I inquire to ask?
E:
I will do it with my spear and magic hewmet.
B:
Spear and magic hewmet?
E:
Spear and magic hewmet.
B:
Magic hewmet?
E:
Magic hewmet!
B (spoken, disparagingly):
Magic hewmet....
E:
Yes, magic hewmet,
and I Will give you a sample!
and I Will give you a sample!
(exit Bugs at warp speed)
E (spoken):
That was the wabbit!
(Then a chase, followed by:)
E:
Oh, Bwoonhilda,
you're so wovely.
B:
Yes, I know it,
I can't help it.
E:
Oh, Bwoonhilda,
be my wove...
(A dance, then... )
E:
Weturn, my wove...
a fire burning inside me...
B:
Return my luv,
I want you always bee-side me.
E:
Wove wike ours must be...
B:
Made fer you, and fer me...
E:
Return, won't you return my love...
For my love is yours.
For my love is yours.
(As they embrace, Bug's helm falls to the ground... revealing his ears)
Elmer (spoken, outraged):
I'll KILL the wabbit!!
E (spoken):
North winds bwow,
South winds bwow.
Typhoons,
Hurricanes...
South winds bwow.
Typhoons,
Hurricanes...
SMOG!!!!!!
E (spoken):
Thunder, wigtning, stwike the wabbit!!
(Lightning flashes, striking in the distance -- now moving in, we see
the limp and lifeless form of Bugs -- a drop of water clings to a
crushed flower)
E:
What have I done?....
I've killed the wabbit...
Poor wittle bunny...
Poor widdle wabbit.....
I've killed the wabbit...
Poor wittle bunny...
Poor widdle wabbit.....
(sob)
(Bugs is carried off in Elmer's arms... )
B (spoken):
Well, what did you expect from an opera?
A Happy Ending..?
A Happy Ending..?
------------------- The End... That's all Folks -------------
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