[MRS. MAYOR] (singing)
HE WAS MOMMY'S LITTLE BOY.

[MAYOR]
HE WAS DADDY'S LITTLE MAN.

[MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR]
HE WAS NEVER ANY TROUBLE TILL THIS...
"THINKING THING" BEGAN!

[MAYOR]
WE MUST BOTH LAY DOWN THE LAW.

[MRS. MAYOR]
WILL HE HATE US?

[MAYOR]
MAYBE SO.

[MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR]
OH, WHERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO RAISE A CHILD?
WHO HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO RAISE A CHILD?
WHO HAS ALL THE ANSWERS?
I DON'T KNOW.
(The CAT pops up and hands them a brochure.)

[MRS. MAYOR] (spoken)
(Reading)
Does your child give you troubles?
Do his grades keep on shrinking?

[MAYOR]
(Reading)
Does he drive teachers wild
With his uncontrolled thinking?

[MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR]
(Reading)
As a parent, are you
Overwhelmed? Insecure?
The help that you seek
Is inside this brochure!

(An alarm clock goes off, loudly. JOJO's PARENTS put on big, cheerful smiles and wake him.)

[MAYOR] (singing)
IT'S NINE, SON.
RISE AND SHINE, SON.
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY!
[MRS. MAYOR]
GET DRESSED, DEAR.
LOOK YOUR BEST, DEAR.
SOON YOU WILL BE ON YOUR WAY.

[MAYOR]
NOW, HERE IS YOUR PENCIL.

[MRS. MAYOR]
HERE ARE YOUR MITTENS.

[MAYOR, & MRS. MAYOR]
HERE IS YOUR SWORD—

[JOJO] (spoken)
My...sword?

(The CAT IN THE HAT blows a fanfare as GENERAL GENGHIS KHAN SCHMITZ arrives grandly.)