The Rhyming Game

Bert: (reading an oatmeal recipe book, "Cooking With Oatmeal")

"You take four cups of oatmeal...two pitted mangoes..."



Ernie: "Hey Bert!"



B: "...buttermilk..."



E: "Hey Bert! It's time for the rhyming game Bert!"



B: "Oh, no Ernie, thanks, I don't want to play a game,

I'm reading my book."



E: "Oh, but you'll love this game,

Bert! See all you have to do is,

you say something, and then I'll say something that

rhymes with what you just said!"



B: "Uh-huh, yeah, but I really don't want to play a game."



E: "Maybe not Bert, but we'll do it all the same!

You see that, you said game and I said same, and game and same both rhyme!"



B: "Yeah, uh-uh, rhyme, I know.

But Ernie, it's just not what I want to do."



E: "Wiggle your finger, and waggle your shoe!"



(drums start)



B: "Uh, Ernie, I'd much rather sit and read my book."



E: "With ears you hear, and with eyes you look!'



B: "Now come on Ernie, cut this out."



E: "Easy old buddy, no need to shout!"



B: "I don't want to play a game with rhymes!"



E: "Nice going Bert, oh ring my chimes!"



B: "I don't wanna do it!"



E: "There's really nothing to it!"



B: "It's so silly."



E: "A boy named Billy."



B: "Stop it, please!"



E: "A dog has fleas!"



B: "Oh!"



E: "Mow!"



B: "Ernie, please this has got to stop!"



E: "Some people like to jump and hop!"



B: "I don't wanna do it (Ernie interrupts)any more."



E: "What what hmmm?" (I like this part because here

Jim H. messed up and they were able to recover wonderfully)



B: "What what hmmm?! I don't want to do it anymore!"



E: "Oh. One and two and three and four."



B: "Ernie!"



E: "Bernie!"



B: "Stop it!"



E: "Mop it!"



B: "Stop!"



E: "Flop!"



B: "No!"



E: "Flow!"



B: "Mmmmmmm....Hippopotamus!



E: "Ahhhhh...rhipototopus!"



B: "Egh! Alright, alright! I give up!"



E: "Eat from a plate and drink from a cup!"



B: "I guess I'll just have to play along."



E: "It plays like a game and sings like a song!"



B: "You may be right, I may be wrong."



E: "A clock goes tick and a bell goes bong."



B: "This game is really kinda kicky!"



E: "Sugar's sweet and glue is sticky."



B: "Yeah, water is wet and dust is dry!"



E: "Dogs gotta walk and birds gotta fly!"



B: "It's a great kind of game to play with a friend!"



E: "And now old buddy we've come to the end!"



(drums stop)



B: "Yah! You're right Ernie, that's a great game ... you" (still in rhythm)



E: "Ah...w-well Bert see, I think I'm gonna go read

my book now, okay? Hmm hmm hmm..."



B: "...... Hey there lamp,

that's a nice shade .... you .... it's not the same."