Fantasia 2000 (Storyteller Version)

This is the story about what happened to Mickey when when was helping a great and powerful sorcerer

The music is called 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' by Paul Dukas

Let's begin now

Once upon a time in a deep dark cave way down underground

There lived a mighty sorcerer

Now, a sorcerer is kind of like a magician, and this sorcerer was a very fine sorcerer

He could do all the very best magic tricks

Like changing bats into butterflies, making diamonds out of warts

And even changing small black cats into large white elephants

The sorcerer had an apprentice

Now, an apprentice is, well

A kind of helper or assistant sorcerer, and his name was Mickey

And he could even do a few small magic tricks himself

Like changing a teardrop into a dewdrop

But he could hardly wait until he was a full-fledged sorcerer and he could wear the master's magic hat

In the meantime, though, he had to do the chores

When the sorcerer was away someplace sorcering, Mickey would try on the master's magic hat

But nothing ever happened

It just fell down over his eyes

And he couldn't see his magic tricks, even if he could do them

One day, the sorcerer had to go out of town

"Mickey," he said, "when I return, I expect that big tub in the hall filled with water from the fountain

Now get to work"

And he was gone—poof!

In a purple cloud

The minute the sorcerer was gone, Mickey put on the magic hat way back so it wouldn't fall down over his eyes

"Now," thought Mickey, "who will I command to do my work?"

He looked around and saw an old broom in the corner

"You," said Mickey in his best sorcerer's voice, "you, broom there, get up"

And he glared very hard at the broom, and he spoke the sorcerer's magic words

Mickey looked, and then he looked again

He could hardly believe his eyes

The broom had grown two arms, and it was moving

It picked up the bucket, and Mickey led it out to the fountain

Mickey hardly dared to breathe, lest he break the spell

The broom filled the bucket and swept back along the corridor, hardly spilling a drop, mind you

And emptied the bucket into the tub

Then the broom made another trip, and another

So Mickey just sat down to watch

"Oh, surely," thought Mickey, "when the master returns and sees

What I can do, he'll give me a magic hat of my very own"

Mickey closed his eyes and imagined himself a full-fledged sorcerer

Mickey, the mighty master of magic

He fell asleep and dreamed he was soaring high in the sky, way up in the clouds

The stars winked a welcome, and Mickey winked back

Comets flashed through space at his command

They wiggled their tails at him, and Mickey wiggled back

Why, he just had to raise his little finger, and the Milky Way changed to chocolate

And then peppermint, and then pineapple

And now, Mickey dreamed he was standing on top of a high, high mountain

And the ocean waves were breaking and splashing all around him

He made the thunder thunder and the lightning flash

And the waves grew higher and higher, all the way up to Mickey

And do you know what?

He realized he was soaked

Mickey woke with a start from his dream

The whole room was filled with water, and still the broom was bringing more

"Oh, stop," cried Mickey, "oh, stop!"

But the broom wouldn't stop

Mickey grabbed a hatchet, and do you know what?

He chopped at the broom, and he chopped, and chopped until he chopped it into a thousand pieces!

And now everything was quiet

Very quiet

"Oh, well," Mickey thought, "I've stopped the flood

But I'd better get the mop quickly and clean up"

But just then, he heard strange noises

And do you know what?

All those thousand splinters of broom

Had become a thousand full-grown brooms!

As if by magic!

Which it was

Now a thousand brooms were bringing water to fill the tub

Mickey slammed the door, but what is one small apprentice against a thousand magic brooms?

"Oh, stop!" he cried

"S-stop!"

"Oh, oh, now I've really done it," thought Mickey

"And how will I ever explain to the Master?

Oh, if only I knew the magic word for 'stop'

Maybe he could find it among the magic books

Oh, dear, now, let's see, I must hurry

Uh, uh, uh, love potions?

No, no, no, werewolves?

Mm-mm-mm, warts?

Uh-uh, waterfalls?

Oh, heavens no!

Oh, where are the B's, the B's for brooms!"

Now Mickey found himself in the middle of a huge whirlpool

Going 'round and 'round, and down and down

Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared

It was the Master

He had returned!

"Oh, save me! Save me!" cried Mickey

The Master looked a little angry

And then he spoke the magic words

And now the room was nice and dry

And the broom leaned peacefully in the corner

Everything was like it had been before

Well, everything except Mickey

He was cold, and wet, and he was a very repentant apprentice

"Oh, I'm so sorry

What are you going to do with me?" Mickey sniffled

Well, the sorcerer didn't say one word

But he took the broom in his hand

He turned Mickey around, he took careful aim

The end!

The next music you will hear is called 'Pomp and Circumstance' by Sir Edward Elgar

It will play while I tell you a story about how two of my favorite ducks

Donald and Daisy, helped out on a very famous boat ride

Ready?

Let's begin

When Daisy beard the sound of Noah's horn, she knew it was time to head for the arc

Noah was calling two animals of every kind from around the world

Quickly she gathered her things and put on a lock that had a picture of her and Donald

Donald was supposed to help Noah get the animals onboard the arc

But where was he?

Donald was in the backyard, resting

Noah stomped up to Daisy's house

"Donald," he shouted, "the animals have to be on the arc before it's starts to rain"

"Rain," Donald laughed, "it was a bright sunny day

There was lots of time to get ready"

Then it started to pour

Donald skedaddled for the arc just as two turtles were crossing his part

He tripped and landed in a puddle

As Daisy gave him her handkerchief, her special locket slipped off and fell in the puddle

Donald fished it out and gave it back to her

Daisy kissed him and sweetly waved bye

Donald marched over the animals and pointed to the arc

"Get on," he said

"No," they answered

They did not want to get on the boat

But just then, there was a huge clap of thunder, and the animals raced to get in line

Donald checked off each pair of animals as they arrived

The hippos, the birds, the beavers, but then he came to Daisy

Where was she?

Daisy was just about to start up the ramp when she saw an elephant nearly crush a pair of little gray mice

But Daisy scooped them up, and then followed the elephant up the ramp

Donald couldn't see her, and anxiously he climbed over the top of the elephant to look for her

As soon as Daisy got inside the ship, she looked for Donald

She opened a window just in time to see Donald running toward their home

A huge wave was about to crash over it

She saw the little house get swept away

Donald had disappeared

Well, Donald had managed to grab hold of the door to the ark just as it was closing

But Daisy never saw him come in

Each of them thought the other hadn't made it into the ark

In the belly of the ship, Donald tried to keep the woodpeckers from drilling holes in the walls

The ark rocked back and forth, and the animals slid from one end to the other

After forty days and forty nights, it finally stopped raining

The sun broke through the clouds, and all the animals burst onto the deck for a breath of fresh air

But the ark was so big that Donald and Daisy still hadn't seen each other

Donald was trying to follow Noah's orders to send out a dove to look for dry land

Donald gave the dove a huge heave-ho

The female bird started to cry

That made Donald remember Daisy

He thought he'd never see her again

The female dove flew to the other side of the ship and landed next to Daisy

All the other animals were in pairs

The giraffes, and the zebras nuzzled, and the penguins cuddled

Just then, the dove returned with a branch from an olive tree

Donald went below deck to get the ship ready for landing

The floodwaters started to sink, and the boat went spinning around and around

And then there was a bump

The jolt sent Donald flying off a plank and through an open window

He grabbed the tail of a crocodile, who grabbed the tail of a snake

The snake wrapped itself around a post, and Donald was yanked back into the ark

Daisy heard a bang against the window

She looked out, but no one was there

And then it was time for the animals to leave the ark

Donald stood at the doorway directing traffic, but one of the hippos stepped on his toe

Then an elephant stepped on his head, and Donald fell through the floor just before Daisy went by

Slowly, Daisy walked down the ramp

Her head was hung in sorrow

She reached for her locket again and felt only the broken string

The last to leave the boat was Noah and his wife

Noah gave Donald a grateful pat on the head

Sadly, Donald began to sweep up

Something gold caught his eye

He reached for it

Another hand like his own reached for it too

He looked up, it was Daisy

Daisy had found her locket and her beloved Donald

She leaped for joy and gave him a great big hug and a kiss

They walked off the ark to make a new home for themselves, right over there, under the rainbow