Chapter 14: Wherever You Find Love
The Electric Mayhem walked off the stage. "Great number gang," Rowlf told them.
"Fer sure!" Janice said.
"Yeah man, we were hot tonight!" Floyd said. "Speaking of which, are we prepared for Gonzo's act?"
"Yup," Rowlf said. "We've got the curtains fireproofed."
"That's good," Floyd said. "We wouldn't want a repeat of last month," he laughed.
"Agreed," Rowlf said. "Alright Gonzo, on stage for your big number!" Rowlf said into the intercom.
"Finally!" Gonzo yelled as he jumped from the railing upstairs. "Alright guys, let's get on stage!" He called out. Then, a partridge, two turtle doves, three French hens, four calling birds, six geese a-laying, seven swans a-swimming, eight maids a-milking wearing five golden rings and their cows, nine ladies dancing, ten lords a-leaping carrying a cardboard pear tree, eleven pipers piping, and Animal ran on stage. "Alright, all twelve days, present and accounted for!" Gonzo said.
"Well gee Gonzo, I thought there were twelve drummers not one," Rowlf said.
Gonzo sighed. "Yeah I know, but Animal scared the other eleven off," he said. "But oh well, I think Animal has enough volume to equal twelve drummers anyway," he said. He ran off onto the stage.
"If that ain't the truth, I don't know what is," Rowlf shook his head.
Miss Piggy walked up to Kermit's desk where Rowlf was standing. "Oh Rowlfie," she said. "Are vous prepared for the big closing number that moi has prepared?" she asked sweetly.
Rowlf sighed. "Ready as I'll ever be," he said. "And Fozzie and the others said they would do it to," Rowlf said.
"Si," Pepe said as he popped up in front of Piggy. "But we are not doing it for jou! Hokay? We are doing it for Kermin, Kermin, and de audience. Hokay?"
"Whatever!" she said as she hit Pepe with her arm and knocked him into the hat rack.
"Sorry Mr. Writer," Pepe said before he fainted.
"So when do we go on for the closing number hmm?" Miss Piggy asked Rowlf.
"Uh," Rowlf looked on the stage as smoke started to fill the backstage area. "Right after Gonzo's act. That is, if there's any stage left," he ducked as a drum with a pipe through it flew over their heads.
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Kermit watched Gonzo's act on the television. "And now," Gonzo said. "I the great Gonzo will eat five golden rings while my nose is danced on by nine ladies! All while on top of a pyramid consisting of cows, pears, birds, and leaping lords!" he said. "Drum roll please!"
"Ah yeah!" Animal said. "DRUM ROLL! DRUM ROLL!" he pushed the drum out in front of the pyramid as one of the lords a-leaping leaped onto it and slipped knocking over the rest of the pyramid.
Kermit scrunched up his face and looked at Bubba who was still sitting next to him. "Don't look at me," Bubba said. "I'm gonna go get some more cookies," he said as he hopped off the couch and walked into the kitchen.
"Sheesh," Kermit sighed. "I could really go for some of mom's soup right about now," he said.
The Swedish Chef walked in carrying a huge steaming pot. "Suoop! Suoop! I mede-a sume-a suoop fur zee fruggie tu feel better!" he said.
Kermit scrunched up his face again. "I think I just lost my appetite," he sighed.
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The curtains opened and the spotlight shown on Miss Piggy, who was wearing a bonnet and dress from the 19th century. "Life is full of sweet surprises, every day's a gift," she sang.
"The sun comes up and I can feel it,
Lift my spirits," as she held the last note the lights shown on the rest of the stage and Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf, Scooter, Pepe, Rizzo, the Electric Mayhem, Sweetums, Robin, Clifford, and Skeeter were seen on stage with Piggy in 19th century clothing as well.
"It's in the singing of a street corner choir," they all sang.
"It's going home and getting warm by the fire,
It's true wherever you find love,
It feels like Christmas!" they all sang.
"A cup of kindness that we share with another," Scooter sang.
"A sweet reunion with a friend or a brother."
"In all the places you find love," Skeeter and Clifford sang.
"It feels like Christmas!"
"It is, the season of the heart," the Mayhem sang.
"The season of the spirit,
The message if we hear it, is make it last all year!"
"It's in the giving of a gift to another," Gonzo sang with Rizzo at his side.
"A pair of mittens that were made by your mother," Rizzo sang.
"It's all the ways that we show love
That feels like Christmas!" they both sang.
"A part of childhood we'll always remember," Fozzie sang.
"It is the summer of the soul in December."
"Si, when jou do de best for love,
It feels like Christmas! Hokay?" Pepe sang.
The music slowed down and the spotlight shown on Robin in the middle of the stage. "Let us always love each other," he sang.
"Lead us to the light,
Let us hear the voice of reason,
Singing in the night!"
The light shown on them all again and the music increased in tempo.
"It is, the season of the spirit,
The message if we hear it,
Is make it last all year!" all of the Muppets sang in harmony. They all gathered around the center around Miss Piggy and Robin.
"We reach for you,
And we stand tall," Rowlf sang.
"And in our prayers and dreams we ask you bless us all," Robin sang.
"Life is like a journey," Sweetums sang as he picked up Robin in his huge hand.
"Who knows where it ends?"
"And if you need to know," Piggy sang.
"The measure of a man,"
"You simply count his friends!" they all sang.
"It's true wherever you find love,
It feels like, Christmas!"
"It feels like Christmas!" each Muppet took a turn singing.
"It's true wherever you find love," Robin sang.
"It feels like Christmas!" he finished the song.
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Kermit sat back on the couch and sighed. "That," he said. "Was a relief I needed," he laughed. "You know, for a second there I was worried about how this would turn out without a guest star, a host, or a sane member in the cast."
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