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1 Disney table of contents Welcome to the Theaterii About Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. vii The Sho 1 Fathoms Belo 1 Daughters of Triton 7 Human Stuff 12 Part of Your World 25 Under the Sea 0 Part of Your World (Reprise 1) 42 Part of Your World (Reprise 2) 44 She s in Love45 Poor Unfortunate Souls 60 Les Poissons 70 One Step Closer 76 Kiss the Girl 80 The Contest 87 Poor Unfortunate Souls (Reprise) 94 Part of Your World (Finale) 10 Under the Sea (Bos) 105 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. Actor s Script 2012 Disney Music and Lyrics 1988, 2007, 2011 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP) / Punchbuggy Music (ASCAP) / Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI) / Menken Music (BMI) The Little Mermaid JR. and Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. are trademarks of Disney Enterprises Inc. All rights reserved. Broaday Junior, The Broaday Junior MTI s Collection, Broaday Family Junior Matters, Collection and ShoKit are Actor s registered Script trademarks broadayr.com of Music Theatre International. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited by la. i Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

2 elcome to the theater Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. CONGR ATUL ATIONS! You ll be orking ith your creative team and fello cast members to put on a musical. Before you begin rehearsals, there are some important things you should kno. This book is your script. Whether putting on a school production or rehearsing a professional sho, every actor, director and stage manager orks from a script. Your script contains additional information, like this introduction, and a glossary. You can look up any bold ords in the glossary at the back of this book. Be sure to take good care of your script, and use a pencil hen taking notes in it, since hat you ll be doing onstage can change during rehearsals. One of the first things you ll need to learn is hat to call the various areas of the stage. Since most stages used to be raked, or tilted don toard the house, here the audience sits, e still use the term donstage to refer to the area closest to the audience and upstage to refer to the area furthest from the audience. Stage left and stage right are from the actor s perspective hen facing the audience. The diagram above shos ho to use these terms to label nine different parts of the stage. ii Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

3 hat to expect during rehearsals You ill be performing a musical, a type of play that tells a story through songs, dances and dialogue. Because there are so many parts of a musical, most shos have more than one author. The composer rites the music and usually orks ith a lyricist, ho rites the lyrics, or ords, to the songs. The book riter rites the dialogue (spoken ords, or lines ) and the stage directions, hich tell the actors hat to do onstage and hat music cues to listen for. Your director ill plan rehearsals so that the cast is ready to give its best performance on opening night! Remember to arm up before each rehearsal so that your mind, body and voice are ready to go. Every rehearsal process is a little bit different, but here is an idea of hat you can expect as you begin to ork on your sho. music Since you re performing a musical, it is important to learn the music early on in the rehearsal process. Your music director ill teach the cast all the songs in the sho and tell you hat to practice at home. choreography After you ve got the music don, you ll begin orking on the choreography or dance in the sho. Your choreographer ill create the dances and teach them to the cast. The music and the choreography help tell the story. blocking scene ork Your director ill block the sho by telling the cast here to stand and ho to move around the stage. You ll use your theater terms (donstage left, upstage right, etc.) a lot during this portion of the rehearsal process. You ill also practice speaking your lines and ork on memorizing them. Rehearsing your part from memory is called being off-book. Your director ill help you understand the important action in each scene so you can make the best choices for your character s obective, or hat your character ants. MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com iii Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

4 make the script your on Disney s The Little Mermaid JR iv Alays rite your name legibly, either in the space provided on the cover of your script or on the title page. Scripts have a ay of getting lost or changing hands during rehearsals! Mark your lines and lyrics ith a bright-colored highlighter to make your part stand out on the page. This ill allo you to look up from your script during rehearsals, since it ill be easier to find your place hen you look back don. Underline important stage directions, lines, lyrics and individual ords. For example, if your line reads But don t orry, I ain t gonna let them get you or me. and your director ants you to stress the ords you or me, underline those ords in your script. Save time and space by using the folloing standard abbreviations: ON: onstage OFF: offstage US: upstage DS: donstage SL: stage left SR: stage right CS: center stage X: cross You may use these abbreviations to modify other instructions (e.g., you could rite R hand up to remind yourself to raise your right hand). You may also combine them in various ays (e.g., you could rite XDSR to remind yourself to cross donstage right). Dra diagrams to help clarify your blocking. For example, if you are instructed to alk in a circle around a table, you might dra a box to represent the table, then dra a circle around it ith an arro indicating the direction in hich you are supposed to alk. Dra stick figures to help you remember your choreography. Remember, the simpler the better. Mark your music ith large commas to remind yourself here to take breaths hile singing. Although you should feel free to mark up your script, be careful it doesn t become so cluttered ith notes that you have a hard time finding your lines on the page! Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

5 1 Actor s Script Name: Allison Canning Character: Annie 2 APPLE SELLER Why not? Nobody s buying em anyay. ANNIE Gee thanks, Mister. APPLE SELLER Say kid, hen is the orphan s picnic? This example is from Annie KIDS Soon as I take a bite. ANNIE (ANNIE takes a bite of the apple. The APPLE SELLER exits as SANDY enters from the other side.) Hey there. The dogcatchers are after you, ain t they? Well, they re after me, too. But don t orry, I ain t gonna let them get you or me. Everything s gonna be fine. For the both of us. If not today, ell... Sloly in 4 qè ¼ b 4 4 b b b 14 b 4 XDSR 5 a tempo sun- ll come out to-mor-ro.. ú mor - ro, there ll be think-in a - bout to-mor-ro m Tomorro rit. ANNIE: Ó The. Bet your bot-tom dol-lar that to- MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com. ú ú ú MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com sun! Just. clears a-ay the cob-ebs and the The 7 sun ll come out to-mor-ro. Bet your bot-tom dol-lar that tomor-ro, there ll be sun! Just 8 think-in a-bout to-mor-ro clears a-ay the cob-ebs and the DICTION, v Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

6 some tips for the theater Keep Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. Don t upstage yourself. Cheat out so the audience can alays see your face and hear your voice. vi Remember to thank the director and fello cast and cre members. If you are having trouble memorizing your lines, try riting them don or speaking them aloud. HAVE FUN! Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. Alays arrive at rehearsal on time and ready to begin. Bring your script and a pencil to every rehearsal. Before the sho, say break a leg hich means good luck in the theater. It takes an ensemble to make a sho; everyone s part is important. going! If you forget a line or something unexpected happens, keep the scene moving forard. Chances are, the audience on t even notice. Be respectful of others at all times. Be specific! Make clear choices about your character s background and motivation in the sho. Alays be quiet backstage. And keep in mind, if you can see the audience, they can see you; so stay out of sight.

7 synopsis Out on the open sea, PRINCE ERIC pursues a mysterious voice despite the protests of his valet, GRIMSBY (Fathoms Belo). Meanhile, far beneath the aves, the crab SEBASTIAN has prepared a concert for KING TRITON that ill debut his youngest child (Daughters of Triton). Hoever, ARIEL has gone ith her best friend, FLOUNDER, to the surface, here they learn about treasures of the orld above from the seagull SCUTTLE (Human Stuff). Deep ithin her lair, the sea itch URSULA and her lackey eels, FLOTSAM and JETSAM, bemoan their exile and plot to regain poer from King Triton using Ariel as bait. At court, King Triton scolds Ariel for going to the surface and appoints Sebastian as her chaperone. Ariel retreats to her grotto and dreams of living on land (Part of Your World). Upon discovering her collection of human obects, Sebastian extols the virtues of ocean life (Under the Sea). In the midst of this revelry, Ariel pursues a passing ship until she encounters Prince Eric. Lightning strikes the ship, sending him overboard (The Storm). Ariel saves Prince Eric from droning, brings him safely to shore (Part of Your World Reprise), then disappears into the aves. Back underater, the MERSISTERS grill Flounder about Ariel s odd behavior (She s in Love). When King Triton learns of Ariel s contact ith a human, he destroys her grotto. Flotsam and Jetsam find Ariel in despair and lure her to the sea itch s lair. Ursula offers to change Ariel into a human in exchange for her voice (Poor Unfortunate Souls). Hoever, Prince Eric must kiss Ariel ithin three days or she ill turn back into a mermaid and become Ursula s slave forever. Overcome by her dreams of the orld above, Ariel makes the bargain. On the beach the next morning, Prince Eric finds the mute Ariel and brings her home to the palace. Sebastian follos to protect Ariel but lands himself in eopardy in the kitchen of CHEF LOUIS (Les Poissons). Ariel s silence prompts Prince Eric to find other ays to communicate, like dancing (One Step Closer), but he is still determined to find the mysterious voice. On the second day, Sebastian and the Lagoon Animals serenade the couple (Kiss the Girl), but Flotsam and Jetsam cause a commotion that blocks their kiss. Grimsby arranges a singing contest on the third day to locate the oner of the mysterious voice and thus a bride for Prince Eric (The Contest). When Ariel breaks through the crod and dances for Prince Eric, he realizes ho much he loves her and begins to propose. Hoever, Ursula barges in as the sun sets and the spell is broken, turning Ariel back into a mermaid and draing her into the sea. Sebastian rushes to arn King Triton, ho agrees to hand over his trident and take Ariel s place as Ursula s slave (Poor Unfortuate Souls Reprise). When Prince Eric attempts to rescue Ariel, Ursula loses control of her magic shell, and Ariel s voice is restored. Trident in hand, Ursula attempts to harness the poer of the seas but creates a hirlpool that destroys her and the Eels. With peace restored, Ariel returns the trident to her father. King Triton realizes ho much Ariel cares for Prince Eric and restores her human form. He delivers her to the orld above, here Prince Eric rushes up and proposes. As Ariel ansers, Prince Eric realizes that it has been her voice all along (Part of Your World Finale). MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com vii Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

8 characters SEA CHORUS story-telling inhabitants of the sea PILOT driver of Prince Eric s ship SAILORS cre of Prince Eric s ship PRINCE ERIC a prince ho ould rather explore the ocean than govern a kingdom GRIMSBY Prince Eric s valet Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. MERFOLK SEA CREATURES residents of King Triton s kingdom SEAHORSE herald in King Triton s court KING TRITON the King of the Sea and Ariel s father SEBASTIAN an anxious crab and court composer for King Triton MERSISTERS (Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana) the daughters of King Triton and Ariel s sisters ARIEL a little mermaid ho longs to be human FLOUNDER a rambunctious young fish and Ariel s best friend SCUTTLE a zany seagull and self-proclaimed expert on humans GULLS Scuttle s friends and fello seagulls URSULA a sea itch ith a vendetta TENTACLES extensions of Ursula, perhaps poor unfortunate souls FLOTSAM JETSAM electric eels and Ursula s henchmen CARLOTTA headmistress in Prince Eric s palace CHEF LOUIS head chef in Prince Eric s palace CHEFS Chef Louis s assistants LAGOON ANIMALS musical inhabitants of Prince Eric s lagoon PRINCESSES neighboring royalty, vying for Prince Eric s hand in marriage viii Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

9 Disney SCENE ONE: The Ocean Surface (1 ORCHESTRA TUNE-UP starts the sho. 2 FATHOMS BELOW immediately follos. The SEA CHORUS enters and creates the surface of the ocean. A ship appears ith the PILOT at the heel and SAILORS at ork on deck.) Fathoms Belo bb 8 6 Boisterious Sea Shanty 7 PILOT:. I'll n n 9 11 n n n n. tell you a tale of the bot - tom - less blue, SAILORS:. an' it's. Brave.. hey to the star - board, heave ho! MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 1.

10 1. sail - or be - are, 'cause a big - un's a - bre - in',. mys I'll. b ter - i-ous fath-oms be -. lo!.. Heave ho! 18. sing you a song of the king of the sea,. an' it's 20. The.. hey to the star - board, heave ho! 22 2 Disney s. The Little Mermaid JR.

11 .. hey to the star - board, heave ho! 22. ru - ler of all of the o - ceans is he, in mys - 24 ALL:. N. J Fath-oms be - lo, be -. b ter - i-ous fath-oms be -. lo! 27. lo! J From > hence ay-ard est -er -lies. blo! Where 0. Tri - ton is king, and his mer-peo - ple sing in mys - 2 (PRINCE ERIC enters, attended by his droll valet, GRIMSBY.). b ter - i - ous fath - oms be -. lo.. PRINCE ERIC: Isn't this perfection, Grimsby? Out on the MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com

12 . b. PRINCE ERIC: Isn't this perfection, Grimsby? Out on the open sea, surrounded by nothing but ater and imagination GRIMSBY: Oh, yes, it's simply... (bending over the rail, seasick)... delightful PRINCE ERIC:. The. salt on your skin and the ind in your hair, and the 42.. aves, as they ebb and they flo! We're 44. miles from the shore, and guess hat - I don't care! GRIMSBY:. As for 46. b me, I'm a - bout to heave. ho! C 49 C VOICE: Ah Ah PRINCE ERIC: What is that? Do you hear something? 4 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. b b b b b b

13 C Ah PRINCE ERIC: What is that? Do you hear something? 51 b b b b b b Ah bb b b b b GRIMSBY: Milord, please... enough sea-faring! This talk of merpeople and the king of the sea is nautical nonsense! 5 4 b b b PRINCE ERIC: There it is again! Straight ahead! 57 VOICE: bb b Ah n n Ah bb b n n b b Ah GRIMSBY: Your maesty, you've got to return to court and take up your father's cron! 61 2 bb 8 6 PRINCE ERIC: That's not the life for me, Grimsby. (to PILOT) No, follo that voice - to the ends of the earth if e have to! n n 6 nn PILOT: Aye-aye, Captain! ALL:. There's. mer - maids out there in the. MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 5

14 . 66 bot - tom - less blue, an' it's. hey to the star - board, heave 68. ho! Watch out, for 'em, lad, or you'll 70., go to your ru - in, mys - ter - i - ous fath - oms be - 7. lo!.. (The ship dissolves as ALL exit on TRITON S COURT.) SCENE TWO: King Triton s Court (The SEA CHORUS descends belo the surface to create an elegant undersea court. MERFOLK and SEA CREATURES gather around KING TRITON, ho holds his mighty trident.) KING TRITON Benevolent merfolk... elcome! It s onderful to see all of you here. (beat, more serious) Ever since the Sea Witch robbed us of your dear queen, celebrations like these have lifted my spirits. Thank you. (A SEAHORSE sims forard to make an announcement.) 6 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

15 SEAHORSE Presenting the Court Composer: (4 SEBASTIAN S FANFARE. The crab SEBASTIAN enters.) Horatio Thelonius Ignatius Crustaceous Sebastian! SEBASTIAN Oh, Sire! You re gonna love this number! I rote it for my star pupil KING TRITON And ho might that be? SEBASTIAN Your youngest! Such a voice, that child! Notes as clear as ice, pitch as pure as ater! Why, I haven t heard such magnificent sound since the queen... KING TRITON May she rest in peace. SEBASTIAN Oh, you re gonna be so proud! (under his breath) If only that girl ould sho up for rehearsals once in a hile... KING TRITON Well, hat are e aiting for? Let the festivities begin! (5 DAUGHTERS OF TRITON. The MERSISTERS enter and assemble to sing.) Brightly Baroque 4 Daughters of Triton MERSISTERS: Ó Ah, e are the daugh-ters of 6 - Tri - ton. Great fa - ther ho loves us and MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 7 AQUATA: ANDRINA: ARISTA:

16 - 8 AQUATA: named us ell: A ANDRINA: ARISTA: - qua - ta, An - dri - na, A - 10 ATINA: ADELLA: ALLANA: ALL: ris - ta, A - ti - na, A - del - la, Al - la - na and A - ri-el. 1 Ó In con - cert e hope to en light - en the hearts of the mer - folk ith 20. mu - sic's sell. A - qua - ta, AQUATA: Ah - ha - ha - ha An - dri-na, A - ANDRINA: 8 Disney s ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Ah - ha-ha-ha - ha-ha-ha-ha-ha The Little Mermaid JR. J J

17 25 J J ris - ta, A - ti - na, A - del - la, Al- ARISTA: ATINA: ADELLA: Ah ha-ha Ah ha-ha Ah ha-ha 28 la - na And then there is the young-est, in her ALLANA: Ah ha-ha 0 mu -si - cal de - but. Our sev -enth lit - tle sis - ter, e're pre - 2 J sent-ing her to you. To sing a song Se - bas - tian rote, her 4 J voice is like a bell. It's our sis - ter, A - ri - U el! Ó (The MERSISTERS have reassembled to pave the ay for Ariel s entrance. But there s no Ariel. SEBASTIAN clears his throat and conducts another try. 6 WHERE S ARIEL?) MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 9

18 MERSISTERS: 4 4 Ó U Ó It's our sis - ter A - ri - el! (Still no Ariel.) SEBASTIAN Not again, child. I as counting on you most of all! KING TRITON Ariel! Where in the name of Poseidon is that girl? (7 THE BEACH. The MERSISTERS complain as ALL exit, revealing to electric eels, FLOTSAM and JETSAM, ho have been spying on the affair. They nod to each other and exit.) SCENE THREE: The Beach (The SEA CHORUS ascends to create the ocean surface near the shore. ARIEL, a beautiful young mermaid, enters ith a splash. Another splash nearby reveals FLOUNDER, a rambunctious young fish and Ariel s best friend.) FLOUNDER Hey, Ariel! There you are! ARIEL Just look, Flounder! The sun, the sand... isn t it the most beautiful place you ve ever seen? FLOUNDER I dunno, Ariel... I m not sure e ought to be up here. Don t be such a guppy! ARIEL FLOUNDER A guppy?!? I m as brave as you are! I m not afraid of anything What about sharks? ARIEL 10 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

19 Where?!? FLOUNDER ARIEL Oh, Flounder, you really are a guppy! I am not! FLOUNDER ARIEL A... (gives FLOUNDER an affectionate pat on the head) You ll never guess hat I found today. Look! (lifts up a large silver serving fork) Have you ever seen anything so onderful in your entire life? FLOUNDER Wo! Cool! What is it? ARIEL I don t kno... but I bet Scuttle ill! Come on, I ll race you! (8 FINDING SCUTTLE. With a splash, ARIEL hits the ater.) Hey, ait for me! FLOUNDER (The SEA CHORUS moves to create the effect of ARIEL and FLOUNDER simming through the ater. The SEA CHORUS forms a small rock island. SCUTTLE, a seagull, enters, humming and looking through the rong end of a telescope.) ARIEL (surfaces and sims right up to SCUTTLE) Scuttle! SCUTTLE (calling out to ARIEL in the distance ) Mermaid off the port bo! Ariel, ho you doin kid? (puts don the telescope and sees ARIEL up close) Whoa! What a sim! ARIEL (aving the fork) Scuttle, look hat e found! MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 11

20 SCUTTLE More human stuff, eh? Lemme see... FLOUNDER Can you tell us hat it s for? SCUTTLE Wo! This is special. This is very, very... unusual. What? What is it? It s a dinglehopper! A dinglehopper? ARIEL SCUTTLE ARIEL SCUTTLE Oh, these babies are fantabulous... absolutely indispensary. (9 HUMAN STUFF.) SCUTTLE (CONT D) When it comes to dinglehoppers, I m a regular encyclopoodia! Human Stuff 4x (SCUTTLE:) (vocal last time) Say that-cha 4 an - na have a hair - do like the folks ho live up (Other GULLS enter from the rock island.). GULL 1: 12 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

21 an - na have a hair - do like the folks ho live up 7 (Other GULLS enter from the rock island.) there do, that - 'll flap. their igs! GULL 1:. Flop their 10 GULL 2:.. GULL :.. igs! Flap! Ak!. SCUTTLE: Well, you'll look ab - so-lute - ly 1 dan - dy, if you use one of these han - dy lit - tle 16. GULL 1: n GULL 2: n. n. n thing. n - ma-igs. Thing-a -ma - bobs. Jigs! GULL 1: GULL : n.. MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 1

22 n thing n - ma-igs. 19 GULL 1: GULL : n.. Bobs! Ak! SCUTTLE:.. Pick up the din - gle - hop - per, 22. ust. like n. so. Tirl it the ay I'm 25.. tirl... n - ing no... Give it a lit - tle 29. yank, and. there. ya. go! 2 n.. You're hat they call "the dog's me - o"!. SCUTTLE,. 14 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

23 5.. SCUTTLE, GULLS: Won-der-ful. stuff! 9 GULL :. Ak! SCUTTLE, GULLS: That. hu. stuff! Can't get e - man nough... GULL :. Ak! SCUTTLE, GULLS: of. hu -. man stuff! And 46 n n e are the au - thor - i - ty, no need for us to 49 bluff! Be -cause e're great at ex - pla-na - tin' 52.. (SCUTTLE pulls out a pipe.). ARIEL: What's that? hu - man stuff! MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 15

24 . 55 SCUTTLE: A snarfblatt! ARIEL: Wo! SCUTTLE: When they in-ven -ted 59.. snarf - blatts,. ust. by n. chance, sud-den -ly life as la - di -. da! 65. n. Snarf-blatts are hat you use to 68. make. folks.. dance! n Give it a blo, and then... voi - là!. 16 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR..

25 . 74. SCUTTLE, GULLS: Won-der -ful. stuff! 77 GULL :. Ak! SCUTTLE, GULLS: That. hu -. man stuff! If you're a 80. buff... GULL :. Ak! SCUTTLE, GULLS: of. hu -. man GULL 1: stuff! It's 84 n GULL 2: n mar - va-ble! Stu - pen - di - ful! SCUTTLE:. Com - plete - ly A - O n SCUTTLE, GULLS: J! Which sounds ab-surd, but take my ord, that's. n n n 90 hat the hu-mans say! Won-der-ful... n n. stuff! n MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 17

26 n n fluff! b That. hu -. man. n heav - en knos, since e're Not. hu b - n stuff. None of it. man n the pros, from J stuff! J And us, you'll get no 10 b guff.. SCUTTLE: J And once you've got a. GULL 1: A ho's - ma - ig J GULL 2: J thing - a - ma-hat... A hatch-a - ma - gig.... That's 18 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

27 108 GULLS: Right up J. bb J to all you need to bring you up to snuff! 111 n n. J snuff! SCUTTLE, GULLS: With b n pro - per din - gle - hop - per groom - in', J 114 rest as - sured, you'll look real hu - man! J SCUTTLE, GULLS, FLOUNDER, ARIEL: 116 We kno, 'cause. e. kno. hu -.. man stuff! 124 SCUTTLE, GULLS:. Ak! MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 19

28 20 FLOUNDER (holds the pipe in his mouth) Does this thing really ork? SCUTTLE (takes the pipe from FLOUNDER) Sure thing, kid, and I ain t ust bloin smoke. It makes music the likes of hich you never heard ARIEL Music? Oh no! The concert! My father s gonna kill me! FLOUNDER The concert as today? ARIEL I completely forgot! Come on, Flounder. Thank you, Scuttle! SCUTTLE Anytime, seets. Anytime! (10 HUMAN STUFF - PLAYOFF / INTO URSULA S LAIR. ARIEL and FLOUNDER dive underater. SCUTTLE and the GULLS flap aay.) SCENE FOUR: Ursula s Lair (We catch up ith FLOTSAM and JETSAM as the SEA CHORUS descends and reconfigures to form the dark and sinister lair of the Sea Witch. The EELS are ssso ssslippery that they even ssslither their ssspeech.) JETSAM Oh, Sssorceress of the Ssssea! FLOTSAM Oh, Beauty of the Brine! JETSAM, FLOTSAM Hail to the Sssea Witch! Hail to Ursssula! (URSULA the Sea Witch enters ith her TENTACLES stretching out in all directions. A magic shell sparkles and glos as it hangs from a chain around her neck.) URSULA Flotsam, my pet! Jetsam, my darling! Come to me, my little sea-spies! (As Ursula s TENTACLES rap around the EELS, they sizzle ith electricity.) Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

29 (URSULA) Mama s feeling... oebegone banished to the nether regions of the sea. No food, hardly any company... I m simply asting aay! Poor Urssssula! JETSAM, FLOTSAM URSULA Yes, poor me! What nes do you have? FLOTSAM King Triton and the merfolk are celebrating your defeat! JETSAM And he blames you for the queen s demise... URSULA Of course he does! (strokes the magic shell) Use a little black magic to help out a fe merfolk, and this is the thanks I get! Well, no it s time to turn the tides on Triton. We ust need to find his Achilles heel... a eakness that ill crack his armor... (URSULA, TENTACLES and EELS pulsate as they think. Then, the EELS get an idea!) FLOTSAM The King is terribly devoted to his daughtersss... JETSAM Especially the youngest, ith the beautiful voice... FLOTSAM But she misssed the celebration... URSULA Hmmm... Apparently Ariel takes her gift for granted... ust like her mother did! A oman doesn t kno ho precious her voice is until she s been silenced. Sssilenced... FLOTSAM, JETSAM URSULA You to find out hat that girl really ants then lure her here to my lair. I ll hip up a little spell to make her dreams come true. Once e have her trapped, Triton ill rush to her rescue. MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 21

30 And then, my dears... (URSULA) Yesss...? FLOTSAM, JETSAM URSULA, TENTACLES The trident, cron and throne ill all be mine!!! (11 INTO KING TRITON S COURT. URSULA, FLOTSAM and JETSAM exit in electrical delight.) SCENE FIVE: King Triton s Court (The SEA CHORUS reconfigures to form the undersea court. KING TRITON enters ith SEBASTIAN at his side. ARIEL bursts in, folloed by FLOUNDER.) ARIEL Daddy, forgive me, I m so sorry. I ust forgot KING TRITON As a result of your careless behavior SEBASTIAN Careless and reckless behavior! KING TRITON The entire celebration as SEBASTIAN Ruined! Completely destroyed! This concert as going to be the pinnacle of my distinguished career Sebastian KING TRITON But I didn t mean to ARIEL KING TRITON Ariel, listen. You ve been given a gift... your mother s voice. It s a ondrous talent, one that demands steardship and care. So please, dear child, for the sake of her memory I kno, Daddy. I kno. ARIEL 22 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

31 FLOUNDER It asn t even Ariel s fault! We ere gonna come back straight aay. But then the seagull started goin on and on about human stuff KING TRITON Seagull? Human stuff? You ent up to the surface?!? ARIEL (sheepishly) Um... nothing happened KING TRITON You could ve been seen by one of those barbarians! ARIEL Daddy, they re not barbarians! KING TRITON They re dangerous nets, harpoons! You re my youngest ARIEL I m old enough to look after myself KING TRITON As long as you live under my reef, you ll obey my rules! ARIEL If you d ust listen to me for once KING TRITON That s the last time you re ever simming to the surface! Understood? You re so unfair! ARIEL (ARIEL bursts into tears and sims aay, folloed by FLOUNDER.) KING TRITON Agh! She s stubborn as a barnacle SEBASTIAN Teenagers! Give em an inch, and they sim all over you. KING TRITON I can govern a kingdom, but I can t control my on daughter. Maybe I as too harsh... MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 2

32 SEBASTIAN Nonsense, Sire! If you ask me, you haven t been tough enough. I haven t? KING TRITON SEBASTIAN Ariel needs constant supervision! Someone to atch over her to keep her out of trouble. KING TRITON That s not a bad idea SEBASTIAN I d say it s a right good one. KING TRITON And you are ust the crab to do it! What?!? SEBASTIAN KING TRITON You heard me! From no on, Ariel is your responsibility! (KING TRITON exits emphatically.) SEBASTIAN (follos KING TRITON, pleading) Mine? But your maesty, she s a clever mermaid! I m ust a crustacean! Surely you ought to pick someone higher on the evolutionary ladder... SCENE SIX: Ariel s Grotto (12 PART OF YOUR WORLD. The SEA CHORUS reconfigures to form Ariel s grotto, filled ith human treasures. ARIEL, distraught after her fight ith Dad, sits among her treasures holding her nely acquired fork. FLOUNDER floats nearby.) ARIEL If only I could make my father understand. I ust don t see ho a orld that makes such onderful things could be so bad. 24 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

33 Part of Your World bb b b b C 12 (ARIEL:) Look at this stuff, Is - n't it neat? Would-n't you think my col - Would-n't you think I'm the girl, lec -tion's com-plete? the girl ho has 18 ev - 'ry-thing? I've got 20. gad - gets and giz - mos a - plen-ty. I've got 22 ho - zits and hat - zits ga - lore. You ant More Freely MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 25.

34 24 More Freely. thing-a -ma -bobs? I've got ten -ty. But ho 26 In 4 cares? No big deal. I ant more. 29 Semplice, Quasi tempo I an-na be here the peo-ple are. 2 4 I an - na see, an-na see 'em dan - cin',. alk- in' a - round on those... hat-d' -ya call 'em? Oh, 6. Moving forard A tempo feet. Flip-pin' your fins, you don't 9 get too far. Legs. are re-qui-red for ump-in', danc-in'. 26 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

35 42 Stroll-in' a - long don the... hat's that ord a -gain? 44 Ó Street. Ó Up here they alk, up here they 47 run, up here they stay all day in the sun... Wan-der-in' 50 free, ish I could be part of that Moving forard orld. 5 More passionately What ould I give if I could live out -ta these 56. a - ters? Ó What ould I pay to spend a 59 day arm on the sand? Ó Bet-cha on MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 27

36 62 land they un-der-stand. Bet they don't re-pri-mand their 65 daugh - ters. Bright young om-en,. J sick of 67 J. sim-min', read - y to Allargando stand. And 70 A tempo (broader) read - y to kno hat the peo - ple kno. 72 Ask 'em my ques - tions and get some an - sers. 74 J What's a fire? And. hy does it, hat's the ord Ó burn? When's it my turn? Would-n't I 28 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

37 79 love, love to ex - plore that shore up a - bove? 82 U Freely Ó Out of the sea, ish I could 85 Ó U A tempo be part of that orld. 89 U (FLOTSAM and JETSAM, ho have been spying, enter unseen. They hisper to each another:) Sssick of sssimin...? Out of the sssea...? FLOTSAM JETSAM Hmmm... FLOTSAM, JETSAM (As SEBASTIAN enters, FLOTSAM and JETSAM disappear into the shados.) SEBASTIAN Tell me, child. You got trouble in da mind? Sebastian! What is all this? ARIEL SEBASTIAN MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 29

38 ARIEL Um... ust a fe knick-knacks I ve collected, that s all. SEBASTIAN You ought to be ashamed of yourself! If your poor father kne about this place, he d ARIEL You re not gonna tell him, are you? Oh, please, Sebastian! He d never understand! SEBASTIAN Ariel, don here is your home! The human orld it s a mess. (1 UNDER THE SEA.) Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there... Under the Sea Buoyant Calypso beat b C (SEBASTIAN:) 8 The sea - eed is 10 b al - ays green - er in some - bod - y - else 's lake. 1 b You dream a - bout go - ing up there, 15 b but that is a big mis-take. (SEA CREATURES of all kinds enter and surround ARIEL.) Just look at the 0 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. b

39 18 b orld a -round you, right here on the o -cean floor. 21 b Such on-der-ful things sur-round you. What more is you 24 b look-in' for? Un - der the sea, 27 b un - der the sea. Dar - lin', it's 0 b bet-ter don here it's et-ter, take it from me. b Up on the shore they ork all day. 5 b Out in the sun they slave a - ay. b MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 1

40 7 b While e de - vo-tin' full time to float-in' un - der the 40 b Ó sea. Don here all the 45 b fish is hap-py as off through the aves dey roll. 48 b b HARP, BASS: The fish on the SAX, FLOUNDER: land ain't hap-py. They sad 'cause they The fish on the land ain't hap-py. They sad 'cause they 51 b b in the bol. in the bol. JELLYFISH 1: JELLYFISH 2: But fish in the But fish in the bol is luck - y. bol is luck - y. 2 b Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

41 54 b They in for a ors-er fate. HARP, BASS: JELLYFISH 1: One day hen the b They in for a ors-er fate. SAX, FLOUNDER: JELLYFISH 2: One day hen the 57 b b boss get hun-gry, SEBASTIAN: Guess ho gon' boss get hun-gry, Uh - be on the plate! BASS: Ó 60 SEA CREATURES: b Un - der the sea, un - Ó der the b Ó oh! 6 b Ó sea. SEBASTIAN: No - bo-dy beat us, fry us and b Ó MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com

42 b 66 eat us in fri-ca - see. Ó We hat the b SEA CREATURES: Un-der the sea. Ó Whoa 69 b b land folks love to cook. un - der the 71 b sea e off the hook. We got no b Ah We got no b. 4 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

43 7 b trou - bles, life is the bub-bles, un - der the. sea. b trou - bles, life is the bub-bles, un - der the. sea. 76 b 2 NEWT: Ó CARP: The net play the flute. The carp 80 b 82 b PLAICE: play the harp. The plaice BASS: sound - in' sharp. The bass SEBASTIAN: play the bass, and they CHUB: play the brass. The chub 84 b play the tub. FLUKE: The fluke is the duke of SEA CREATURES, SEBASTIAN: soul. The ray, 87 b he can play. The lings on the strings. The trout b MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 5

44 89 b rock - in' out. The black - fish she sings. The smelt 91 b and the sprat, they kno here it's at. An' b Ó J 9 6 oh, that blo -fish 96 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. ~~~~ ~~~~ blo! (ARIEL senses something overhead.) ARIEL: (to FLOUNDER) Look, a ship! (ARIEL sims off toard it. FLOUNDER darts after her. Unaare, SEBASTIAN and the SEA CREATURES continue the number.) sea. Ó SEA CREATURES: J un - der the SEBASTIAN: Ó sea. Un-der the Un-der the sea. Un-der the sea. (SEBASTIAN:) J J J Ó When the sar - dine be - gin the be -guine, it's mus-ic to J Ó

45 J J J J me! Ó (SEA CREATURES:) It's mu - sic to me! What do they Ó got, a lot of sand? A lot of sand? J We got a We got a J J hot crus-ta - ce-an band. Each lit-tle hot crus-ta - ce-an snail here kno ho to Oh J J band. J J Ó ail here. That's hy it's hot-ter un - der the a-ter. Ya, e in Ah J J J J Ó. J MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 7

46 . 116 J J luck here don in the > Un 118 J muck here Un - der the. - der, Un - der the. J sea!. sea! (The SEA CREATURES exit ith 14 UNDER THE SEA - PLAYOFF.) SEBASTIAN See child, that s hat I m talking about! (looks around to discover ARIEL is missing) Ariel! Hello? (exiting) Oh, somebody s gotta nail that girl s fins to the floor! SCENE SEVEN: The Ocean Surface (15 PRINCE ERIC S SHIP. The SEA CHORUS ascends to form the ocean s surface and the ship from the first scene. PRINCE ERIC enters ith GRIMSBY, the PILOT and SAILORS.) SAILORS: Heave Ho.. Heave Ho.. Heave Ho 8 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

47 (Music continues under dialogue.) PRINCE ERIC No, suppose I don t ant to be King GRIMSBY I sore an oath to your dear father on his death bed that I d turn you from a roustabout into a royal and have you married to a princess Ugh! PRINCE ERIC GRIMSBY by your next birthday, hich is no ust three days aay! PRINCE ERIC Did you ever try to take a princess sailing? It s a oke! Their dresses get caught in the rigging. And most of em can t even sim GRIMSBY You kno, there s more to a oman than her flutter kick. Our kingdom needs a queen! PRINCE ERIC Where am I gonna find her, Grimbsy? A girl ho s as carefree and alive as the sea itself. Where? (ARIEL and FLOUNDER bob up to the surface. SCUTTLE hovers nearby.) FLOUNDER (staring up at the ship) Wo... (PRINCE ERIC stares out to sea over their heads.) PRINCE ERIC It s too much to hope for, isn t it? Somehere, out there... a girl ho s a match for a guy like me? GRIMSBY Perhaps you re not looking hard enough. (ARIEL tries to avoid being seen or heard, but can t help but stare at PRINCE ERIC.) MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 9

48 ARIEL (hispers) I ve never seen a human this close before. (shouts) Me neither! SCUTTLE ARIEL (grabs SCUTTLE s beak) Shh! I thought you ere an expert. SCUTTLE (hispers) On their stuff, sure! But yikes the sight of em! Hideous, ain t it? ARIEL I dunno, Scuttle. I think he s really handsome. PRINCE ERIC Trust me, Grimsby hen I come across the girl of my dreams, it ll hit me like lightning. (With 16 THE STORM, lightning cracks across the sky, along ith roaring thunder. The SEA CHORUS creates a storm and rocks the ship. FLOTSAM and JETSAM appear and spy.) The Storm Con forza PILOT: Hurricane a'coming, Captain! King Triton must be angry indeed! b C 4 ARIEL: Careful, Scuttle! 5 4 b PRINCE ERIC: Batten the hatches, then everyone belo deck! And quickly! (SAILORS race to prepare for the storm.) SCUTTLE: (flapping) Whoa! The ind's on the move here! SCUTTLE: Ariel! 40 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

49 b b SCUTTLE: Ariel! (The ind blos SCUTTLE aay and out of sight. FLOUNDER dives to take cover belo.) PILOT: The ship's listin' badly. GRIMSBY: (clutches his stomach) Oh, good heavens! 9 6 PILOT: Secure the rigging! Eric, take the heel! (PRINCE ERIC moves to the helm but slips off the deck and is salloed up by the voracious sea.) PRINCE ERIC: Help! PILOT: Man overboard! GRIMSBY: Prince Eric! 15 9 b 4 4 b 4 4 (GRIMSBY, PILOT and SAILORS exit as the SEA CHORUS dissolves the ship and surrounds the "droning" PRINCE ERIC. Beneath the ater, ARIEL rescues PRINCE ERIC, guiding him back up to the surface for air.) 24 4 SEA CHORUS: 28 b p n Ah n Ah. b n 4 2 n b b b b 4 2 Ah (The SEA CHORUS forms the beach and rock island.) 5 bb b b b (ARIEL lays PRINCE ERIC safely on the sand. FLOUNDER looks MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 41

50 bb b b SCENE EIGHT: The Beach b 8 6 b b (ARIEL lays PRINCE ERIC safely on the sand. FLOUNDER looks on from the ater. SEBASTIAN surfaces nearby, flabbergasted by the scene before him yet too afriad to utter a ord or come any closer. FLOTSAM and JETSAM surface further aay, unseen. SCUTTLE enters and stands by ARIEL, his feathers mussed from the storm.) ARIEL: Was I too late? SCUTTLE: It's hard to say. (putting his ear against PRINCE ERIC's foot) Oh, I - I can't make out a heartbeat (Suddenly, PRINCE ERIC s chest heaves ith life, but he remains semi-conscious.) ARIEL No, look! (17 PART OF YOUR WORLD - REPRISE 1.) He s breathing! Oh, Scuttle, ust look at him. He s so beautiful. Part of Your World (Reprise 1) Sloly and expressively Freely bb b 4 4 (ARIEL:) What ould I give to live 6 bb b here you are? What ould I pay to stay 42 bb b Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

51 b b 8 b here, be - side you? What ould I do to see 10 bb b you smil-ing at me... Ó GRIMSBY (offstage) Prince Eric! Ahoy! Somebody! Anybody! SCUTTLE On your ay, kid... before e s discovered! (ARIEL slips into the surf, folloed by FLOUNDER and SEBASTIAN. Having no seen enough to fuel Ursula s scheme, FLOTSAM and JETSAM also exit. A panicked GRIMSBY enters and sees PRINCE ERIC.) GRIMSBY Oh, Prince Eric! Are you all right? (to SCUTTLE) Get aay, you filthy bird! (SCUTTLE squaks and exits, perturbed. GRIMSBY kneels by PRINCE ERIC.) PRINCE ERIC (rousing, a little foggy) A girl rescued me. She pulled me right out of the surf. And she as singing! GRIMSBY There, there no. You took a terrible tumble, dear boy PRINCE ERIC That voice! I can t get it out of my head (ARIEL resurfaces and perches on the rocks, unseen. GRIMSBY helps PRINCE ERIC to his feet.) GRIMSBY Come ith me. A night of sleep, and you ll be good as ne MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 4

52 PRINCE ERIC I must find her! And thank her for saving my life. GRIMSBY You ve heard too many tall tales, my boy. No. She as real. PRINCE ERIC GRIMSBY (guiding PRINCE ERIC off) Yes, Prince Eric. Of course she as. As real as a mermaid on the rocks! (ARIEL looks after Prince Eric her crush has a name! 18 PART OF YOUR WORLD - REPRISE 2.) ARIEL Prince Eric... Part of Your World (Reprise 2) bb b C A tempo Ó (ARIEL:) I don't kno 5 bb b hen, I don't kno ho, but I kno 7 bb b some - thing's start - ing right no. 44 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR. bb b

53 b 9 bb b Watch and you'll see, some-day I'll be molto rall. 1 bb b Ó Maestoso part of your orld! SCENE NINE: King Triton s Court bb b (ARIEL dives into the sea.) (19 SHE S IN LOVE. The SEA CHORUS descends and forms the court. The MERSISTERS enter, gossiping.) ALLANA I m talking about Ariel, that s ho! 4 What about her? ADELLA ALLANA She sure is acting fishy lately! AQUATA I ll say! Simmin in circles! Chasing her tail! ALLANA That girl is up to her gills in something! '60's Girl-group Pop beat bb b 4 7 ALLANA: Ó She's She s in Love She's in Love AQUATA: diz -zy and she's drea - my. Her bb b MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 45

54 b b 4 Ó She's diz -zy and she's drea - my. Her 10 bb b head's up in the foam. ATINA: Her eyes have gone all gleam-y, it's like 12 bb b AQUATA, ATINA, ALLANA: there's no one home. She floats a -ay the days, mo - 14 bb b - pin' on the coast - al shelf Ó 16 bb b AQUATA: Ó Is she ill? ATINA: ALLANA: Or in - sane? Is it 18 bb b AQUATA, ATINA, ALLANA: at - er on the brain? What has got her both-ered so? 20 bb b ANDRINA: ADELLA: ARISTA: It's the bends! It's the flu! Gosh, I 22 bb b MERSISTERS: ish e had a clue! Oh, ait! Oh, dear! Good 46 bb b Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

55 b b ish e had a clue! Oh, ait! Oh, dear! Good 24 bb b grief! It's clear... She's in love! 26 bb b She's in love! 28 bb b (Just then, ARIEL sims past, humming dreamily to herself.) J Pound-ing heart! Ring-ing J bells! 0 bb b. ALLANA: J Look, I think she's ev - en ear - ing b b b 2 b b b ANDRINA, ARISTA, ADELLA: J brand ne shells! She's in love! AQUATA, ATINA, ALLANA: In love and bb b MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 47

56 b b 4 b b b b b b 7 bb b She's in love it's div -ine! That girl's on sand-bar nine! J. be! Lord a - bove! Got - n MERSISTERS: Glo-ry. ta be she's in 40 bb b love! Ó (FLOUNDER sims in, looking for ARIEL.) ARISTA: Hey Flounder! You notice anything eird about you-kno-ho? FLOUNDER: You mean Ariel? I'll say! 2 4 bb b (FLOUNDER:) Ó She acts like she don't see me. She 45 bb b does - n't ev - en speak. She treats me like sa -shi -mi left ov - bb b 48 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

57 b b 47 bb b 49 b b b b b b - er from last eek. You see her late at night, tos - - sin' in her o - cean bed. MERSISTERS: Ó shoop, shoop Ó 51 b b b Ó b b b shoop, Ó shoop And she sighs, and she soons, and she's 5 bb b MERSISTERS: hum-min' lit - tle tunes... Ev - en has a sort of glo. MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 49

58 55 b b b FLOUNDER: What on earth could it be? b b b MERSISTERS: Ó A - ny b b 57 b AQUATA, ADELLA: ARISTA, ALLANA: ANDRINA, ATINA: ham-mer-head can see! That sigh! That glo! That b b b 59 FLOUNDER: b b b MERSISTERS: Oh, no! She's in soon! Oh no! love! She's flipped, it 61 b b b b b b b She's in love! ne - ver fails! All hot be - 50 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

59 6 b b b b b b neath her J See her hips, scales! Ho they sish! b b b 65 Ó b b b you on der ho's the luck y ell-a ell-a ell don't b b b Ó b b b sea-food She's J J dish? in love! She's found a 69 b b b b b b She's in love! deep-sea hunk! And no she's as MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 51

60 71 b b b J. J b b b good as See her blush! sunk! Ó See her grin! J See her grin!. Got- J Got- 74 b b b b b b - ta be love... A - ri - el and some -one -. ta be love she's in! Ó 76 bb b (FLOUNDER:) J sim-min' in the sea... K - I - S - S - I - N - G! n n n 79 n n n AQUATA, ATINA, ALLANA: She's in love! n n n ANDRINA, ARISTA, ADELLA: J She's in love! 52 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

61 81 FLOUNDER: SHE'S IN MERSISTERS: SHE'S IN J LOVE! She's in love! J LOVE! She's in love! 8 She's in love!.. She's in love! 86 J Ó Plain to see, No mis -take! Ó Ó Plain to see! No mis-take! 89 Look at those moon - beams in her ake! Look at those moon -beams! MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 5

62 91 J Ob-vi-ous hat they must be symp - toms J.. Ob-vi-ous hat they must be symp - toms of.... of ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ She's in She's in love! love! She's in n She's in love! love! She's in She's in 97. J. J Ó love!. Yeah,. yeah! Ó love! Yeah, yeah! (KING TRITON and SEBASTIAN enter, ust in time to hear FLOUNDER bring the song home. 20 FLOUNDER FLOUNDERS.) KING TRITON In love my little Ariel? So that explains it! (FLOUNDER tries to sim aay inconspicuously.) Just a minute there, Flounder. Who, me? FLOUNDER 54 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

63 KING TRITON You kno Ariel as ell as anybody. Who s the lucky merman? FLOUNDER Gee, I dunno. I didn t even kno it as love until the second chorus! KING TRITON Sebastian? Any ideas? SEBASTIAN I ve tried to stop her, Sire, but she doesn t listen! I tell her, Ariel, you ve got to stay aay from those humans they re nothing but trouble (FLOUNDER bolts.) KING TRITON Humans? What about humans? SEBASTIAN Who said anything about humans? (SEBASTIAN scampers off.) KING TRITON (pursuing SEBASTIAN) Sebastian, have you been keeping secrets from me? Where is that girl?!? SCENE TEN: Ariel s Grotto (21 ARIEL S GROTTO. The SEA CHORUS follos KING TRITON to Ariel s grotto. ARIEL enters, examining a telescope that she recovered after the storm.) ARIEL And no let me see... hat did Scuttle call this one? Is it a ditty-humper? A thumb-doodle? Whatever it is... Prince Eric held it in his on strong, beautiful human hands (An enraged KING TRITON bursts in.) KING TRITON Ariel! (taken aback by the collection of human stuff) What is all this?!? MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 55

64 Daddy, they re my Human unk! No, treasures! ARIEL KING TRITON ARIEL KING TRITON Did you save a human from droning? He ould ve died! ARIEL KING TRITON That savage brute could have killed you! And it s my ob to keep you safe from harm. ARIEL But he didn t frighten me. He made me feel... onderful! Besides, I am not a child anymore! KING TRITON No? Well, you are certainly talking like one. He s a human you re a mermaid. ARIEL It doesn t matter you don t understand! I ish mother ere here! KING TRITON (takes a moment to recover from the lo blo) Ariel, I miss your mother ust as much as you do. But I am still the king. And you are not to go to the surface ever again. Am I clear?!? (No losing his temper, KING TRITON takes the telescope from her and crushes it. He then raises his trident to destroy the other treasures in the grotto ith 22 GROTTO DESTRUCTION. The SEA CHORUS reels from the trident s three poerful blasts. ARIEL bursts into tears then falls into a distraught mermaid heap. KING TRITON starts to sim off. SEBASTIAN enters to see the destruction. KING TRITON pauses for a moment of regret.) I m ust trying to protect her, Sebastian. 56 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

65 SEBASTIAN She ll be all right, sire. Just give her some time. (KING TRITON exits. SEBASTIAN gingerly approaches ARIEL.) I hate him! Ariel, don t say ARIEL SEBASTIAN ARIEL And some friend you turned out to be spilling everything SEBASTIAN I couldn t help it! He had my clas in a clamp! ARIEL I don t need you. I don t need any of you! Go aay! (SEBASTIAN drops his head.) I said, go aay! (SEBASTIAN exits. ARIEL sobs.) I don t belong here. If only I could be up there... (FLOTSAM and JETSAM, ho have been ssspying, as usual, ssslither in and approach ARIEL.) JETSAM Poor, ssseet, misssunderstood child. FLOTSAM She has a very ssserious problem, hasn t she? JETSAM Who ill ease her oes and orries? FLOTSAM Who ill help her get her man? (FLOTSAM and JETSAM circle a startled ARIEL.) JETSAM, FLOTSAM Perhaps the Sea Witch can! Who are ho did you ARIEL MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 57

66 JETSAM She s been dying to help you! Ursula? Help me? ARIEL FLOTSAM Oh, yesss... but she can t leave her lair... ARIEL (eighs fear against desire... then relents:) Then take me to her! Of courssse...! FLOTSAM, JETSAM (2 MURKY WATERS. FLOTSAM and JETSAM usher ARIEL into the darkness. Suddenly, FLOUNDER appears.) FLOUNDER Hello? Ariel! Where d you go? (sees ARIEL sim aay ith FLOTSAM and JETSAM) Oh, no! (sims off in a panic) Sebastian! SCENE ELEVEN: Ursula s Lair (The SEA CHORUS shifts to form Ursula s lair. FLOTSAM and JETSAM enter ith ARIEL, ho is having second thoughts.) FLOTSAM Oh, Mistress of the Deep! You ve a visitor... (turns to leave) I don t kno if ARIEL JETSAM (blocking ARIEL s ay out) No, no... Mustn t get cold fins! FLOTSAM 58 Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.

67 (URSULA appears. Her TENTACLES reach out toard ARIEL, ho stiffens in fear.) URSULA Don t be shy, Ariel darling! ARIEL I I shouldn t be here. Mother died because of you. URSULA Oh child... hat happened to your dear mother as a terrible, unfortunate accident poor soul. An... accident? ARIEL URSULA Of course! I did my very best to save her. ARIEL You did? But Father told me URSULA The truth is that the ocean asn t big enough for both your father and me, so he sent me here. And no I see he s driven you aay, too... ARIEL He doesn t understand me. URSULA Oh, but I do, dumpling. We re so very alike, you and I gals ith ambition! No tell me absolutely everything. (FLOTSAM and JETSAM sim next to URSULA, ho pets them for a ob ell done. With the entrance unguarded, FLOUNDER and SEBASTIAN peek in and observe, unnoticed.) ARIEL I m in love ith someone. A human. URSULA A prince, I hear. Quite a catch! Well, the anser is simple: you ve got to become human yourself! Can you do that? ARIEL MTI s Broaday Junior Collection Actor s Script broadayr.com 59

68 URSULA My dear, seet child it s hat I live for: to help unfortunate merfolk like yourself. (24 POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS.) Poor souls ith no one else to turn to... Poor Unfortunate Souls Moderate s Cabaret Feel bb b b C Ó (URSULA:) I ad - mit that in the past I've been a 6 bb b b nas-ty. They ere-n't - kid ding hen they called me, ell, a 8 bb b b itch. But you'll find that no - a - days, I've 10 bb b b mend-ed all my ays, re - - pent ed, seen the light, and made a 12 bb b b U sitch. True? Yes. And I A tempo for -tu-nate -ly kno a lit - tle 14 bb b b 60. Disney s The Little Mermaid JR.