(Catherine and Piggy trundle up to the door of Room 20 laden with bags and boxes and giggling like, well, girls.)
Piggy: That was divine, Catherine. I feel positively giddy.
Catherine: Probably that second mochachino, honey.
(The key finally opens the door and Piggy steps over the threshold. Catherine is about to follow when there is a sudden kamikaze attack from behind and she is whisked down the hall and around the corner. Any sound she might have made is stifled by the firm clamp of a furry hand over her mouth. Once around the corner, however, she recognized her assailants and stopped struggling.)
Catherine: Guys! What are you doing?
Fozzie: (removing his hand and wiping it carefully on his fur before hugging her) Sorry. I hope I didn't hurt you.
Catherine: No, thweetie--I'm fineth. (She stops and removes some brown hair from her mouth and looks at Fozzie.) But what are you doing? I brought Piggy back right on sched—
Kermit: (wringing his hands and looking mildly frantic) That’s just it. We ‘ve had a little change in plans.
Catherine: (warily) How little?
Fozzie: Not huge. Nothing like blowing up the kitchen or anything. (Kermit rounds on him with a stare and Fozzie subsides.)
Catherine: Kermit…?
Kermit: Um…
Catherine: Fozzie…? (Fozzie takes his hat off and puts it over his face.)
Fozzie: Please don’t make me tell. I always have to tell.
Catherine: (rounding on Kermit again) Kermit—Kermit, dearest, by favorite frog roomie. Did you blow up my kitchen?
Kermit: Well, not exactly the kitchen…
Fozzie: (blurting it out before Catherine can turn back to him) Just the stove! We blew up the stove.
(Catherine is silent for a moment. Thinking maybe. Or counting to ten. She takes a deep breath.)
Catherine: Anyone hurt?
Fozzie: There’s this one brownie pan that--
Kermit: (stepping in front of Fozzie) No—no one was hurt, but the apartment smells like a girl scout cookie factory blew up in there. We had to move the party.
Catherine: That doesn’t sound so--
Fozzie: We tried moving it to the second floor, but Oscar and Piggy, well—you remember what happened before Christmas? With the moth balls?
Kermit: So—the thing is-- (He stops and casts a nervous glance back toward the room.) So the thing is…you have to get Piggy to come to the laundry room.
Catherine: (blinking in surprise) The laundry room? You’re having Piggy’s birthday party in the laundry room?
Fozzie: It’s not just for—ow! Kermit! Stop stepping on my foot!
Kermit: It was the best we could do in a pinch.
Catherine: (under her breath) Remind me never to pinch you…
Kermit: What?
Catherine: Nothing. Well—it has the benefit of novelty. And she’ll never find it there! What do you need me to do—lure her down there?
Kermit: (relieved) Yes—that would be perfect. Brilliant. Thank you.
Fozzie: And when you get there, don’t look at anything, because it’s a sur—ow! Kermit—you’re on my foot again.
Kermit: (through gritted palette) Sorry.
Catherine: Okay—well, let me get back to Piggy. She’ll be wondering where I got to and wanting a snack. Five minutes?
Kermit: Any time—everything’s there but us.
Catherine: I’ll do my best. (She turns to go.)
Fozzie: Hap—ow! Kermit—that’s my sore foot!