The Princess and the Frog Page #6

(SCREAMING)

Crawfish smothered in

remoulade sauce... Mercy!

-RAY:
Just a little more!

-With some Bananas Foster

sprinkled with pralines...

Oh, Mama!

-How about some swamp gumbo?

-That will do.

(SHOUTING)

Sounds delicious.

I'll start with a pre-dinner cocktail

and something to nibble on

while I wait. Thanks.

No, no, no, your royal highness.

You are going to

mince these mushrooms.

-(STUTTERS) Do what?

-Mince the mushrooms!

Hop to it!

-Little ridiculous.

-TIANA:
Are you mincing?

All right! Relax.

(HUMMING)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

One.

Step aside, mister.

Watch and learn.

Oh! All right.

(CHUCKLES)

-There you go.

-You know,

I've never done

anything like this before.

-Really?

-All right.

But when you live in a castle,

everything is done for you.

All the time. They dress you.

They feed you. Drive you.

Brush your teeth.

Oh, poor baby.

I admit it was a charmed life

until the day my parents cut me off,

and suddenly I realized

I don't know how to do anything.

Well, hey, you got the makings

of a decent mushroom mincer.

You think so?

Keep practicing

and I just might hire you.

-Really?

-No.

(GROANS)

Come on! What was that?

That was below the frog belt.

(WHOOSHING)

(SHRIEKING)

(SHADOWS SHRIEKING)

RAY:
...you going to see a blind nutria.

You say, "Hello." And he say, "What?"

And you say, "That a ugly fish."

(ALL LAUGHING)

Anyone for seconds?

That was magnificent!

You truly have a gift.

Why, thank you.

(RAY GASPS)

There she is.

The sweetest firefly in all creation.

Evangeline?

I want to meet this girl. Where she at?

How you can miss her?

She glowing right up there

in front of y'all.

(SINGING) Look how she lights up

the sky

Ma belle Evangeline

(LAUGHS) That ain't no fire...

Shh!

So far above me, yet I

Know her heart belongs to only me

(RAY SINGING IN FRENCH)

(TRANSLATING) I adore you.

I love you.

I'm just translating.

You're my queen of the night

So still, so bright

That someone as beautiful as she

Could love someone like me

No. I don't dance.

Love always finds a way, it's true

I've never danced.

And I love you, Evangeline

If I can mince, you can dance.

(EXCLAIMS)

(EXCLAIMS)

RAY:

Love is wonderful

Love is everything

Do you agree?

(RAY EXCLAIMS IN FRENCH)

Look how she lights up the sky

(GASPS)

I love you, Evangeline

Ah!

Lottie's getting herself

one heck of a dance partner.

We best be pushing on.

(SIGHS)

(SCREAMS)

-Tiana!

-Naveen!

(SHOUTS)

RAY:

No, no, no!

(NAVEEN GRUNTS)

(GASPS)

Not bad for a 197-year-old blind lady.

(CHUCKLING)

Now which one of you naughty children

been messing with the Shadow Man?

TIANA:
We're so glad we found you,

Mama Odie.

Ray and Louis here

have been telling us all about you.

We've been traveling quite a long way,

and you can't imagine

what we've been through.

And we...

-And we heard that you...

-Juju!

(LAUGHS) Come on over here,

you bad boy.

Give us a little sugar, now.

(GAGGING)

Y'all just loves your mama, don't you?

Good to see you again, Ray.

How's your grandmama?

She's fine. Got in a little trouble

for flashing the neighbors again.

Oooh, I like that gal's spunk!

(LAUGHING)

Mama Odie.

We don't want to take up

too much of your time...

Y'all want some candy?

(STUTTERING)

-Not really.

-No, thank you.

Now, that's too bad.

It's a special candy.

Would have turned y'all human.

-Wait! Don't! Please don't take it!

-No! Please!

I'm just messing with y'all.

How on Earth did you know

that we wanted to turn back...

(SNORING)

-Mama Odie?

-Juju!

Why didn't you tell me

my gumbo was burning?

You sure this is the right

blind voodoo lady

who lives in a boat in a tree

in the bayou?

Pretty sure.

Can't believe this.

Got to do everything around here.

-Mama Odie, if you...

-Taste this!

Well?

Hit it hard with a couple of shots

of Tabasco and it's the bee's knees.

-Now, can we...

-Juju!

(EXCLAIMING)

That's got some zang to it!

That's just what it needed.

Now, y'all figure out what you need?

It's just like you said, Mama Odie.

We need to be human.

(SCOFFS)

Y'all ain't got the sense

you was born with!

Y'all want to be human

but you're blind to what you need!

What we want? What we need?

Is all the same thing, yes?

(EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)

Is the same thing? No!

You listen to your mama now.

(SINGING) Don't matter

what you look like

Don't matter what you wear

How many rings you got on your finger

-We don't care, no

-ALL:
We don't care

Don't matter where you come from

Don't even matter what you are

A dog, a pig, a cow, a goat

Had 'em all in here

And they all knew what they wanted

What they wanted me to do

I told 'em what they needed

Just like I be telling you

ALL:

You got to dig a little deeper

Find out who you are

ALL:

You got to dig a little deeper

It really ain't that far

When you find out who you are

You'll find out what you need

Blue skies and sunshine

Guaranteed

- You got to dig

-ALL:
Dig

-You got to dig

-ALL:
Dig

Prince Froggy is a rich little boy

You want to be rich again

That ain't gonna make you happy now

Did it make you happy then? No!

Money ain't got no soul

Money ain't got no heart

All you need is some self-control

Make yourself a brand-new start

ALL:

You got to dig a little deeper

Don't have far to go

ALL:

You got to dig a little deeper

Tell the people Mama told you so

Can't tell you what you'll find

Maybe love will grant you

peace of mind

Dig a little deeper and you'll know

-MAMA ODIE:
Miss Froggy.

-Ma'am?

-Might I have a word?

-Yes, ma'am.

You's a hard one, that's what I heard.

Your daddy was a loving man

Family, through and through

You your daddy's daughter

What he had in him, you got in you

ALL:

You got to dig a little deeper

For you, it's gonna be tough

ALL:

You got to dig a little deeper

You ain't dug near far enough

Dig down deep inside yourself

You'll find out what you need

ALL:
Blue skies and sunshine

Guaranteed

Open up the windows!

Let in the light, children!

ALL:
Blue skies and sunshine

Blue skies and sunshine

Blue skies and sunshine

Guaranteed

Well, Miss Froggy, do you understand

what you need now, child?

Yes. I do, Mama Odie.

I need to dig a little deeper

and work even harder

to get my restaurant.

(SOBS)

All right, y'all, one more time!

(SINGING) It don't matter

what you look like

It don't...

Nobody is going to sing with Ray?

Okay.

Well, if y'all are set on being human,

there's only one way.

Gumbo, gumbo in the pot.

We need a princess, whatcha got?

(SNORING)

Lottie? But she's not a princess.

Hush up and look at the gumbo.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Ta-da!

TIANA:
That's right. Big Daddy's

King of the Mardi Gras parade.

So that makes Lottie a princess.

-Does that count?

-Yes, it does,

but only till midnight

when Mardi Gras is over.

(EXCLAIMS)

Hop-along, you only got till then

to get that princess to kiss you.

Once she does, boom!

(MAMA ODIE CHUCKLES)

You both turn human!

-Midnight?

-That doesn't give us much time at all.

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