Hoo Hoo Hoo

Get away! cries Freddy.

What's happening? asks Gaius.

The pobblebonk tried to lick me, says Freddy.

I was just being funny, says the pobblebonk.

You two will have to sit apart, says Katherine. Freddy, come and sit next to me.

I can't, says Freddy.

Can we start singing? asks Terence.

Yes, says Katherine. Whose song will we sing first?

Let's draw up a program, says Nerida. What's yours, Katherine?

I do like that one from Gluck's opera, says Katherine. The one that goes (she sings) Whaaat iis liiiife, liife wii-thout you, whaat iis life if thou art dead?

That's so beautiful, says Nerida. What's it about?

Orpheus has just lost Euridice, says Katherine. 

Oh yeah, says Nerida. I know that story, we did it in school.

Perhaps its too sad for our singalong, says Katherine.

No way! says Nerida. Did you like it, Terence?

Yes, says Terence. It's like when a dog dies.

Hardly, says Katherine. Although I suppose there are similarities.

So your song's first, says Nerida. Then who?

Me, says Terence. My Frog Song is ready.

What's the last line going to be? asks Freddy.

Lick, says Terence.

That's not a line, says Freddy. What's coming after 'some bark and some click'? 

And chocolate frogs wait for a lick, says the pobblebonk.

No they don't, says Freddy.

I wasn't going to sing that, says Terence.

What then? asks Freddy.

Wait and see, says Terence.

Okay who's going after Terence? asks Nerida.

How about me? says the Kroombit tinker.

Yes, The Long and Winding Road, says Nerida. That weird song. Then who?

Me, says Freddy.

What's yours again? asks Nerida

The End of the World, says Freddy.

It ended when you said goodbye, sings the pobblebonk.

You're the one who'll be saying goodbye, says Freddy.

These are all fairly sad songs, says Nerida.

Except for mine, says Terence.

Depends on the last line you come up with, says Nerida.

Don't worry, says Terence.

Okay, says Nerida. Then we'll sing Gaius's Latin song. Then mine, Shake it Off, by Taylor Swift. Everyone can join in the chorus.

What's the chorus? asks Terence.

Shake it off, hoo hoo hoo, sings Nerida.

That is catchy, says Katherine.

And the last song will be the pobblebonk's, says Nerida. Wop Bop or whatever.

Tutti Frutti, says the pobblebonk. That's its real name.

Which reminds me, says Katherine. Who here likes marshmallows?