funding for arthur with captioning is provided by... ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] fun for everyone makes a family strong. chuck e. cheese's proudly supports pbs kids. and by contributions to your pbs station from: ♪ every day when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ everybody that you meet has an original point of view. ♪ ( laughs ) ♪ and i say hey! ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ if we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ and get along with each other ♪ ♪ you got to listen to your heart ♪ ♪ listen to the beat ♪ ♪ listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street ♪ ♪ open up your eyes open up your ears ♪

♪ get together and make things better by working together ♪ ♪ it's a simple message and it comes from the heart ♪ ♪ believe in yourself ♪ ♪ for that's the place to start ♪ ♪ and i say hey! ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ if we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ and get along with each other. ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ hey! what a wonderful kind of day. ♪ hey! arthur: hey, d.w. hey! whoa! ( crash ) ( strained grunting ) arthur: this is sisyphus a character from greek mythology. the greek gods must not have liked him very much. ( sisyphus grunting )

made it. phew. huh? oh, no, not again. arthur: he had to spend eternity pushing that boulder up the hill, only to have it roll back down over and over again. if sisyphus had liked baseball he would have been an elwood city grebes fan. getting your hopes up, year after year... ( buster grunting ) this time, we're going to win. this time, it's going to be different. go, grebes! arthur: ...only to have those hopes crushed at the end of every season. ( buster yelling ) ( crowing ) ( laughing ) buster: you're acting like it's no big deal that the grebes are in the world championship. ( barks ) i don't want to jinx it by getting my hopes up that's all. we already won the first game. we just need to win three more. ( barks ) ( whimpers ) arthur: but we're up against the crown city kings.

they've won the world championship 25 times. so what? ( pal barking ) so, the grebes haven't won a world championship since 1918. buster: but don't you see? our time has come. arthur: how can you be so sure? brain: baseball is a science, a game of numbers. this year, we've got three factors that have changed the equation. arthur: what factors? the new players: winlin, playmon and batería. last year, playmon hit .375 with a .465 on-base percentage. buster: the kings don't have a hitter like that. yeah. and batería is the best shortstop in the league. not to mention winlin, the best pitcher with 27 saves and a 2.1 era. nobody can out-pitch him. i've done a data comparison of the kings and the grebes and mapped it all onto this simple grid. the outcome is clear. our team simply can't be beat. francine: i figured out that this hat wards off the curse.

every time i wear it the grebes win. there's no such thing as "the curse." how can you say that? things haven't been the same for the grebes since that one game in 1918. it was the grebes versus kings. announcer: it's two on and two out for the grebes with the go-ahead run, ray "woodpecker" vance stepping up to the plate. elwood city has their pennant hopes riding high on vance. and... he connects. this could be it. this ball is going, going... gone! the grebes win, ten to nine. they are the new world champions! got it. ( clears throat ) i bet you're one of those urchins who sneaks into the park without paying. give me that ball, you little thief. but mister, i chased it down fair and square.

my name is horace p. crane. i own the grebes. i own the land you're standing on and i own that ball. ( spits ) then with this ball, i put a curse on your crummy team. you'll never win another championship. francine: and that started the longest championship-losing streak of any team in the history of the league. harry told me the curse of the kid was lifted this year. really? how? a descendant of horace p. crane-- his second cousin's nephew's niece-- found the ball in her attic and finally laid it at the kid's tombstone. why do people believe these things? well, so far, so good. but i'm not taking off this hat until the series is over. announcer: the kings are looking to break the three-three deadlock but it doesn't look very likely as their number nine hitter steps up to the plate. don't worry, buster, look who's up at bat. buster: mucky flint?

he's got the lowest batting average of anybody in the league. he's no match for winlin's cutter, that's for sure. ( noisemakers blaring ) announcer: he connects. this ball is... gone! ( noisemakers blaring ) mr. crosswire: who knew mucky flint could hit like that? muffy: i'm not surprised-- we kings always win. just got lucky, i guess. harry: we didn't come this far to give up now. i was worried when the grebes lost that second game, but after we won games three and four i knew the hat was still working. ( bird squeaks ) look it's daddy's new commercial, and i'm in it. come on down to crosswire motors for a grand slam of a deal. is your dad wearing a grebes hat? remember, at crosswire motors, you'll always drive away a winner. go, grebes! go, grebes! that is so hypocritical. you and your dad have always been king's fans.

yeah, but now the grebes have three wins. it's much more fun to be on the winning side. anybody can root for a winning team. it takes character to stick with the underdogs. well, buster tonight's the night. yup. tomorrow the grebes could be the world champions. kids: yeah! ( horn blares ) announcer: and the kings have taken game five, forcing a sixth game. don't worry. we're still up three games to two. oh, daddy, this is terrible. what'll we do if they don't win the next one? don't worry, muffin. we can always pull the new grebes commercial off the air and replace it with the kings one. i just hope the curse hasn't kicked in. are you going to the game with harry tonight? yeah, and i really want to see us win. so far, i've only been there when we lose. oh, really? how interesting.

it's just... you know, now that i think about it... a strange coincidence? okay, well, um, gotta go. announcer: this could be it. the grebes can finally win it all just one out away from the world championship. here's the pitch. and it's an easy grounder to ebos schachter. it went right through his legs. the grebes just lost their best chance to win it all again. when i show up, they lose. when i'm not there, they win. oh, i'm their biggest fan, but what if...? what if...? francine: there he is. get him. ( buster screaming ) that way. ( crowd clamoring ) ( buster panting and moaning ) hey, hold it right there. is this that kid with the curse? sí, ese es. you're the reason the grebes are losing. you don't think i'd curse the team i love, do you? playmon: you're bad luck.

get out of town, baxter. largaté. you've done enough damage. what are you doing here? you don't even believe in the curse. of course not, but according to the quantum theory, the outcome of any experiment is partly determined by the presence of a particular observer. what does that have to do with baseball? your very presence in the stands has a negative impact on the physics of baseball for the grebes. in other words you're the curse. ( screaming ) i can't go to the last game. i just can't. ( sighs ) do you want one of those to wear to the big game tomorrow? mom, i want you to take my ticket. i can watch the game on tv. oh, that is so sweet of you, but you and harry are diehard fans. you've got to be there for the final game of the world championship. we forgot the milk. will you run and get it? sure.

( gasps ) playmon? hey, kid. wow, this is... i'm a big fan. nice to meet you. would you sign my milk carton? sure. what's your name? buster baxter. hey, playmon, there's a special on apples. buster: winlin? batería? you guys buy groceries, too? this is buster-- how about signing this for him? we really appreciate your support. we couldn't do it without fans like you. you going to the big game? buster: yes! i mean, no. trust me, you don't want me there. why not? you know how you lost games two, five and six? it was my fault. guess we're off the hook. no, it's true! when i'm in the stands you lose. when i'm not you win. it's the curse. i bring the curse. batería: no es verdad. it's not true. the curse is you not showing up for the game because you're afraid we'll lose. the curse is you thinking that we don't need you in the stands tomorrow. because the fact is, we do. ever hear of dickinson?

shortstop? poet. lived in new england. wrote a poem that goes like this. "hope is the thing with feathers "that perches in the soul, "and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all." do you see what we're trying to say? not really. tomorrow at the big game, hope is a green-tailed grebe. if we're going to win... then we need all the fan support we can get. we need you, buster, curse or no curse. yeah, buster we need you. stadium announcer: it's the bottom of the ninth the bases are loaded for the grebes but they're down ten to seven and have two outs. i think it's time. buster: playmon is up. ( crowd cheers ) ( crowd groans ) strike one! come on, playmon! ( crowd groans ) strike two! ( crowd chatters nervously ) hope is the thing with feathers! whoo-hoo! oh, no, buster's cracking. oh, i can't watch!

stadium announcer: playmon connects! this ball is hit hard! it could be enough! off the foul pole-- it's fair! grebes win! ( crowd goes wild ) ( wild cheering ) playmon's the best! yay! the numbers where right! whoo-hoo! we're the world champions-- and it only took 87 years! and you can tell your grandchildren you were there! the most amazing part was what happened to the ball after playmon hit it. it went up and up, and then it sprouted feathers. wings. did anyone ever find that ball? oh, no. it flapped right out of the ballpark, past the moon, and right to the stars.

all: and now... the grebes. the grebes, man, i tell you what, that's a great team. they're baseball players. i'm playmon. that's playmon from the grebes. girl: playmon is johnny damon. and i'm winlin. boy: winlin is mike timlin. batería. girl: batería is edgar rentería. yeah, they're playing the grebes in the show. timlin: today we're at dimock community health center. we're painting the green wall. girl 2: we're painting it green because it looks like the green monster. we're going to make a mess on this wall. we're going to help these guys. we'll paint it together. are you guys ready? kids: yes! timlin: this is what we can do off the field just to show, you know we're all on the same team. whose number is that? kids: johnny damon's!

johnny damon or playmon from the grebes? kids: playmon! girl: from the grebes! timlin: i need... someone to help me out. going to start over here. how's that? these guys are awesome. así... timlin: there we go. ¿cómo está, bien? these kids are amazing painters. there you go. very good. damon: i prefer to watch these kids paint. you know, they're much better painters than we are. we like to play baseball. damon: oh, it's going great. we're accomplishing what we need to do. we're painting this wall green and we're using a lot of teamwork, so that's great. ( speaking spanish ) edgar said that teamwork is really important. girl: we're using teamwork because it's fun to help people as a team.

kids: and now... ( pal barking ) arthur: it won't be long now. any day, pal, any day. d.w.: arthur timothy read. and his scruffy dog, pal. an ordinary boy, in an ordinary town. but lately, a boy obsessed. a boy whose every thought and action centers on one thing and one thing only. why are you standing in the corner of my room? and who are you talking to? shh. where was i? oh, yes. a boy obsessed. a boy who has stepped over an invisible line. a line between reality, and... hey! i'm talking here! yay! whoo-hoo!

there it is. buster: the gx trailblazer 10,000? oh, my mom would never get me one of those. i had a hard time getting her to take the training wheels off the bike i have now. well, they're not exactly giving it to me. i have to pay for half. dad says it's a lot of bike for a kid. this bike has everything: a 5-9-9 tytullium frame with 24-inch, alloy-mag rims limsnogger connection and klodtrack tires. wow, a limsnogger connection! i don't know what that is but it sure sounds impressive. yeah! and that's not all. it has a 21-speed grip shift and hydrostatic super-coil shock absorbers! i mean, look at those tires-- think of the awesome burnouts! man, i can't wait to see that bike in action. ooh, i almost forgot! i'm meeting brain at the movies.

it's a double feature: aliens ate my homework and my mother the alien. want to come? i can't. i'm saving up for my bike. see? this is the chart of how much i've saved so far. and this is how much i need before i can get my bike. that could take forever! so far, i'm doing pretty well. if i cut out all extra expenses i'll be able to buy my bike by next month. what counts as "extra"? movies, video games, trips to the sugar bowl... that's horrible! that's like living in the stone age, or 1980 or something. yeah, it's tough but it'll be worth it. ( laughing ) ( laughing ) ( cans clanging )

( pal barks ) it's okay-- i'll be having more fun than ever once i get my bike. every little bit helps. hey... i can see myself right there. ( kissing ) d.w.! ( sighs ) pal! i did it! i saved enough money to buy my new bike! just think, pal. tomorrow, i'll be the owner of a gx trailblazer 10,000. look out, elwood city! here i come! ( barking ) whoo-hoo! yee-haw! i wish i had a super-fast, super-cool bike, too! don't cry, d.w. someday you might be as cool as your big brother,

but probably not. ( wailing ) bionic bunny: this is a job for bionic bunny! so when's your dad taking you to get the new bike? as soon as he gets back from the store. sweet. i can chop this baby down for parts and get a lot of money for it. ( gasps ) i wonder if someone will want to steal your new bike and chop it down for parts. it could happen. it's as nice as a sports car. just try breaking into that. ready to pick up your new wheels? am i ever! so how come you brought your old bike? dad says if i trade it in, i can get a discount on my new bike. oh. i kind of hate to see this one go, though. it's a good bike. we've been through a lot together. ooh. whoa. i'm going to be extra special careful of my new bike

so it doesn't get beat up. francine: whoa. nice wheels! the gx trailblazer 10,000. come on, arthur. show us what it can do. okay. here i go. watch out! watch it! hey! phew. no scratches. that was a close one. i better walk this home and get it cleaned up. be careful, arthur. someone will want to steal your new bike and chop it down for parts. whoa! it could happen. it's as nice as a sports car. hey! i can't breathe! ( sighs )

( birds chirping ) ( yawns ) hey, arthur! want to ride with me over to the park? mmm, i don't think so. it might rain today, and i don't want my gx trailblazer 10,000 to get rusty. it's just a bike. the gx trailblazer 10,000 is a sophisticated piece of machinery. ( gasps ) whew. well, i'm glad my bike is the kind you ride. ( barks ) the gx trailblazer 10,000 needs super-safe storage. ( sniffing ) so what should we do today? mad mud dirt derby? let's loop the park three times. we'll call it le tour de elwood city. where's arthur? ( arthur panting ) hey, what gives?

where's the hot new wheels? at home. i'm saving it for a special occasion. what's the point in having a cool bike if you never use it? what's the point in wrecking it after i saved all that money? come here. let me show you something. i got this one when i wiped out racing to the mighty mountain bowling tournament. i got back up and i won. binky: i got a better one. i got this when i was riding with no hands and ran into a fence. oh, yeah? well i got this... actually, my bike came like this. i think maybe it's used. the point is: nothing says "i love you" to a bike like a few battle scars. francine doesn't understand. she doesn't have the gx trailblazer 10,000. it's not just a bike it's a work of art. a 599 tytullium frame with a limsnogger connection and klodtrack tires. and see these? hydrostatic super-coil shock absorbers.

i'm going to ride my bike someday. it just has to be the perfect occasion. who-who are you? i am the ghost of bicycles never ridden. what do you want? bicycles never ridden? boy, you pick the most obvious name you can and people still don't get it. okay, but the gx trailblazer 10,000 is not just a bike it's, it's a work of... yeah, yeah. grab my cape. we couldn't just use the stairs? it's more impressive this way. look. look upon these, arthur read. they're just plates. not just any plates-- china plates. people get these as wedding presents, and they never eat off of them.

they just wash them. nice, huh? i didn't know mr. crosswire had a car like that. nobody does. he never drives it. wha... uncovered? stand back. my baby. i'm not as bad as that. it's not the same. is, too. is not. is, too. is... no...! ( sighs ) they're just too pretty to wear. what if i scuffed them? girls. soon, her feet will get bigger, and she won't be able to wear them even if she wants to. just like you won't be able to ride your bike! hey! what are you doing in my room?! how can she see us? i thought we were ghosts. i know you.

you're that ghost of lunch tomorrow. uh, got to go. so what's it going to be? pizza or cold macaroni? uh... ixnay on the unchlay. i'm afraid that's all we have time for today. ( gasps ) this looks like my room, only dustier. is that me? just once before i'm too old... ( both coughing ) i'm going to ride this bike. ( screams ) ( panting ) it was only a dream. there's still time. my bike doesn't have to become a rusty heap of unused parts. buster: should we wait for arthur? prunella: are you kidding? he doesn't even take his bike out on sunny days. prunella's right. let's get this race going.

what's that? look at that guy go. look at the tread on those tires. and those super-coil shocks. hey, you made it! whoa! nice moves! what's the point of having a great bike if you never ride it? okay, let's see if it will help you beat the rest of us. ready, set go! hi, i'm marc brown. i write and illustrate the arthur books. there's a secret about the arthur books that i bet you didn't know. in almost all the arthur books, i hide the names of my kids: "tolon," "tucker" and "eliza." this is probably one of the hardest to find the name hidden. if you look very carefully on arthur's desk the pencil holder has eliza's name. the other names are hidden on the ends of these baby beds in the hospital. see if you can find their names. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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"blossom" and "sprout." we think they'll really grow on you. (laughs): get it? grow on you? grow? hmm... i can't help it. good puns just bloom in my brain. enjoy the show. martha (to "frère jacques"): ♪ i like farming ♪ ♪ i like farming ♪ ♪ how 'bout you? how 'bout you? ♪ ♪ lots of things to roll in, lots of things to roll in ♪ ♪ like cow... ♪ og: so, martha? are you excited about visiting ck's farm again? you bet! how long is he going to be at the county fair? just for the weekend. he's really happy you're helping us tend his crops. huh? crops? what are crops? are they a kind of farm animal? because i'm not so good at tending those. not to worry, my fine furry friend. crops are plants grown by farmers. things like lettuce or apples. oh plants! that i can handle.

stay. ha i knew i'd be good at this. why do ck's crops need watching? they don't look like they're going anywhere to me. something's been gnawing on them at night. really? what? uncle ck thinks it's a gopher. gopher? yeah. dad's inventing a special trap for it. in the meantime, we'll keep an eye out here in case the gopher tries to get to the crops. gopher... gopher? hmm, never heard of it. that's a gopher. (whimpers) they're real pests. they have razor-sharp teeth and they eat everything in sight. (gulps) everything? (thunderous stomping) (chittering) uh-oh. td & martha: gopher! (screaming) (panting): that was close.

(crunching) (both screaming) uh-oh! (martha whimpers) martha, are you okay? unh-uh. what'd i say? (stammering): gopher! og: not to worry, my petrified pooch. the gopher is a very small pest. martha: his teeth look really big. yeah, but he's only this big. and the familia geomyidae, or gopher, only eats plants. really? oh, well, in that case... let's go guard some gourds. we'll take turns keeping a lookout. that way the gopher will be too scared to steal any produce. i thought we were watching crops. we are. "produce" is another word that means fruits and vegetables. people have too many words for things. you should be more like dogs. with dogs, a bone is a bone is a bone. eh, i'll take the first watch.

(snores) (yawns) my turn. (distant hooting) (sniffing) (moans) (rooster crows) (both yawning) see anything? nope. all right! told you the gopher would be too scared of us. (gasps) hey. what's that? dad! og: yes, yes, yes!

all signs indicate a gopher has been partaking of the produce. but how did he get past us? yeah. we took turns. if a gopher had run past, we'd have seen him. he didn't need to run past you. he simply ran under you. huh? huh? gophers burrow underground. "burro"? you mean like a donkey? how'd he get a donkey in there? (og laughs) you're right, martha. "burro" is another name for a donkey. but that's not the kind of burrow i'm speaking of. our friend the gopher does a lot of digging underground. see all these holes and tunnels? those are called "burrows." that's the kind of burrow i meant. let's see what else that rascally rodent has been up to. uh-huh, he's been in ck's peanut crop. that gopher has some appetite! he's gnawed those tree branches down

to the ground. yeah, and he ate all the carrots and potatoes, too. oh it's not as bad as all that. observe. carrots, peanuts and potatoes all grow underground. peanuts? no way. see for yourself. (sniffing) dirt-covered peanutty goodness. gophers love things that grow underground since that's where they do most of their eating. really? (chittering) (chomping) so how can you tell what's been eaten? simple. the leaves. if they're wilted and brown the roots have probably been gnawed on. not to worry. you two do your chores and i'll keep working on my gopher trap. boy, agriculture's harder than i thought.

"agriculture"? what's agriculture? is that another word for gopher? "agriculture" means farming and the things farmers do to look after their crops and animals. like milking cows or keeping gophers out of the produce? exactly. hmm, if only there was some way to lure the gopher out of his burrow. oh maybe you could dress up like a lady gopher. yeah! td: yoo-hoo! hello there. wait, he'd never buy it. i'm way too big. martha: what if we dressed up a potato like a lady gopher? td: he'd probably just eat it. (sighs) this is hopeless. we'll never get him to come out of his burrow. i've got it! a fish?! you caught one? are you kidding? i never catch anything here. nope, i thought of a way to get the gopher.

(rock music blaring through earphones) what is that music? yeah i think it's great, too but my dad says it's enough to drive most people out of the house. now what? we just sit and wait. as soon as he comes out, we trap him. it's working! hey! give that back, you little pest! what are you two up to? trying to get that gopher. he took my mp3 player. i hope you're feeling energetic. gopher burrows can be as deep as six feet. six feet?! that's why you can't fence them out. they just dig under it. how is this going to work again? here. i'll show you. td: while that little pest is down there listening to my mp3 player i'll turn on the hose.

the burrow will fill up with water and wash the gopher out. and i'll get my mp3 player! and the gopher will be so mad, he'll move away. (martha chuckles) sounds great. ready? (water running) any sign of him? uh-uh. but i got my player back. (groans) you don't think we drowned him, do you? dad! impossible. gophers are very good swimmers. (ballet music playing) but what if the water got too high?

what if he got tired? og: luckily, gophers are also good dam builders. if the water in the burrow gets too high they just grab some mud from the walls and block it out. are you sure? (gophers chittering) see for yourself. (chittering) og: gophers are tough little pests. it's hard to get rid of them. you can't fence them out or flood them out. no about the only way to get rid of a gopher is to find a better place for him to live. or you just trap him and take him somewhere else. your trap! you finished it! you're sure this won't hurt him? positive. he'll come in to eat the lettuce... and spring the trap. then we'll carry him to his new home-- someplace green and gopher-friendly. (trap door slams) (gasps)

hmm... we'll mix peanut butter in with the bait. it's sticky. the gopher won't be able to grab and run. it might work. we know he likes peanuts. (trap door slams) we got him! (martha chewing noisily) (swallows) (chuckles) i like peanut butter, too. martha: maybe i should check the trap. you're only after the peanut butter. (sighs) (trap door slams) (groans) (trap door slams) (trap door slams) td: aww... face it. we're never going to catch that gopher! maybe we don't need to. td, you did a terrific job of tending my crops. everything looks great.

and special thanks to you, martha for scaring off that gopher. martha: uh... (chuckles) we didn't exactly scare him off. you didn't? but we did find a way to keep him from eating your produce. here's a list of his favorite foods. martha: he mostly eats greens. and peanut butter! george is crazy about peanut butter. george? (mooing, bells clanging) if you're in the agriculture business, you have to deal with many pests. pests are bugs or animals that hurt a farmer's crops or livestock. (flies buzzing) some pests buzz. some pests gnaw. (martha barking) (growling) some pests hunt. (martha barking) (crow cawing)

some pests caw. (barking) (grunting) but my least favorite pests are the ones you can't see at all. (grunting) (gasps) ow! fleas! what pests! don't miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! you won't believe your eyes! face it, otis. it's hopeless. no one's going to buy it. (td whistling happily) oh hang on. excuse me, young man. do you like money? mmm, i guess. we've got a live one. then i, omar whistlegrass have something for you: a tree that grows money! nice try. everyone knows money doesn't grow on trees.

er uh, uh, wait! how about a tree that grows steak? a steak tree? really? where? look. i don't see any steak tree over there. that's because it's right here. wow! that is so cool! yes! this tree will grow the biggest, juiciest steaks you've ever tasted. ow! here. try some. fresh for the picking. wow! it tastes like cheese and onions! it's the fertilizer. just plant this tree in your yard, and you'll harvest delicious steaks in no time. here, let me harvest you another slice. wow! "wow" is right! hey, td! what's with the tree? this is not just any tree. it's a steak tree. steak tree?

steaks don't grow on trees. oh yeah? then where do they come from? huh? the grocery store, silly. and where does the grocery store get them? well... i'll tell you where. they pick 'em off of steak trees. (laughs) oh, you laugh but i'll be laughing last. laughing with my mouth full of steak. what's this? td just bought it. some guy told him it blooms steaks. a tree? blossoms steaks? bloom, blossom-- same thing. see, when a tree blooms... i'm not a baby! i know what blossom and bloom mean. it's when the buds on a plant open up into a flower. right, only with a steak tree, there's a steak in the bud instead. hmph! that's impossible! well, soon i'll be sniffing the smell of freshly sprouted meat. a steak tree? there's no such thing. please let helen be wrong. the proof is in the tasting.

i tasted some and it was great. let's go! (skits barks) hey, where are you going? are you kidding? steak tree! wait up! wow! i'm going to keep up with it also. this is so cool! i've never seen a steak tree before. instead of tending your tree we should be tending to our homework. you want to plant homework in the ground? won't it get soggy? no, tend doesn't mean "plant." when you tend something it means you take care of it. like you tend a crop until it's ready. (gasps) can you imagine fall? (skits barks) geronimo! yee-haw! aw, man, i just raked all those up. don't worry, td. we'll clean 'em up for you. (chomps) i can't wait for harvest time. (curious bark) "harvest." it means you pick fruit or vegetables off the plants.

(barks) yeah, and steaks. (sighs) hey, truman. where are you going? to find an anatomical diagram of beef for martha and td. we should get going. martha: aw! (skits whimpers) me too. i like it. even if it doesn't really sprout steaks. hmm. don't listen to them, buddy. i believe in you. og: td! dinner! (door opens and closes) (door opens and closes) (chuckles): just checking. just checking. eh just checking. (disappointed groan) um i hate to wake you up but i have a favor to ask. i told all the kids at school about you so if you could hurry up and bloom some steaks i would really appreciate it.

that way, i won't look like the world's biggest goofus. thanks, buddy. um, high five. (ringing) hello? hey, td. i've been doing some reading on steaks. according to this book they don't come from trees. they come from... holy cow! exactly. my tree sprouted buds. ♪ here come the steaks here come the steaks ♪ ♪ yummy in my tummy ♪ oh, brother. ♪ 'cause here come the steaks. ♪ (alarm beeping) if those buds have blossomed, i get to harvest my first crop of steaks. (gasps) come on, you guys, hurry! td said his tree might have steak today. for the last time steaks don't come from trees. they come from... cow... abunga! (all eating loudly) it's amazing! oh, it's delicious! i don't believe it. no hard feelings.

no, i mean i don't believe it. steaks can't grow on trees. mmm... how did they get cooked? uh, the sun, i guess. look, let me show you. got any more? sorry, guess you'll have to wait for the next crop. hey, you missed one! see it on that branch up there? i'll pick it. no! wait! (chewing, smacking loudly) (spits) (chuckling nervously) gristle. hmm. that wasn't gristle. i know gristle. that was tape. tape? how would tape get on my steak? okay, okay, i confess. the tree didn't blossom steak. i taped it up there. i had to. (gasps) instead of blossoming into steaks, the buds blossomed into... blossoms. i knew you were bringing everyone over so i had to think fast.

please let there be leftovers. please let there be leftovers. ah... steak tips. why didn't you just tell the truth? and be totally humiliated? why not? you're always saying not to let a little humiliation come between you and a good time. but i'm not having a good time. i'm miserable! i bet you'd feel better if you told the truth. i'd feel better if i had more steak. (sighs) (groans) i can't believe i'm doing this. being dishonest? no. spending the money i was saving for a skateboard on a bunch of beef. (sniffing) okay, that ought to keep them up there. and no tape. i still think you ought to tell the truth. i mean, you can't keep buying steak. this batch will last me a long time. alice: hey, td! i told my friends about your tree. hope you don't mind.

(excited chatter) i'm going to have to do a lot more chores. (sniffing) um... (td whistles nervously) (barking) (yelling) (yelling) i can't keep this up. the chores, the dogs... the not buying a skateboard. hey, td! can i buy a cutting of your steak tree? a cutting? is that a kind of steak?

i'm out. no. a cutting is when you cut off a small part from a plant like a branch or a stem. and do what? plant it. it'll root and grow and then i'll have a steak tree of my own. then i won't have to keep eating yours. great idea! td, you can't do this. why not? it's perfect. i'll use the money from selling the cuttings to buy more steaks. but it's wrong! and, when alice plants that cutting she'll find out your steak tree is a fake. that's the genius of it. she'll be too embarrassed to rat me out. her friends will want cuttings. then their friends. before you know it, the whole town will have steak trees. and no one will be able to laugh at me. td you can't do that to your friends. they're your pack! if you hurt the pack, well, you might as well be a cat. sorry, martha. i have to. helen: hey, td! can i buy a cutting for my mom? can i buy one for my botanist?

sure sure. no problem. i can't do it! i understand. if i had a steak tree i wouldn't want to cut any off it either. no, i can't lie to you. it's not a steak tree. it's just a regular old tree. i taped steak on it so you guys wouldn't laugh at me for being so gullible. go ahead, truman make fun of me. i can take it. once, i ordered these swimming monkeys. i thought they'd be great pets. but they weren't monkeys at all. they were just tiny shrimp. i bought a hat with a propeller on it. i thought it would make me fly. but all it did was make me look silly. there was this one time my uncle bought me some never-fading snobgopper candy and said the flavor would last forever.

but it didn't? no it did. but then i got cavities and my dentist lectured me about eating too much candy. ew. ouch. ugh. hey, let's all go for yogurt. let's go. sure. i'm in. me too. hold on. is it okay if i water my tree first? you're still going to tend it, even though it doesn't sprout steak? yeah. i kind of like it. hey, td, why are all those dogs outside your fence? (whimpering) welcome to the nature nurture show, where we teach you how to tend your plants. today, we're going to talk about sprouting. when something sprouts, it's just beginning to grow. last week, we planted some flower seeds. let's see if they've sprouted. martha: you can see that these flowers are sprouting. td: tend to the sprout and eventually it will grow and blossom into a flower. but... not a steak. right-- not a steak.

there are lots of other things that sprout, too-- like these bean sprouts or the buds on this branch. (laughing) or the hair on your head... if you grow very quickly people may say: my, you sprouted up. sprout-- it's how things grow. welcome back. did you catch all the gardening words? if you watch the clips again, it might help plant them in your mind. (laughing): get it? plant? roll the clips. harvest-- it means you pick fruit or vegetables off the plants. "produce" is another word that means fruits and vegetables. sorry. i didn't mean to be a pest. see you next time. ♪ who's that dog? ♪ ♪ who's that dog? ♪ ♪ dog, d-d-dog, d-dog. ♪ that dog is decota. i got decota at mspca angell. they have an adoption center there. woman: do you want to take that dog for a walk? yeah.

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hi. it's me, hooper. can you guess where i am today? ♪ where is he going? what will he do? ♪ ♪ where in the world is hooper? ♪ here's a hint. i'm at a place where there's a big kitchen, but i'm not at my house. and here's another clue. you have to use your best table manners here, so no brushing your fur at the table. and now for the final clue from "curious george." waiter, could we get some garlic bread? huh? great clue! you can try different types of foods here. ok, now let's go over the clues. i'm at a place where there's a big kitchen, where you have to use your best table manners and you can try lots of different foods. can you guess where i am? you guessed it! i'm at a restaurant. good thing, 'cause i'm hungry!

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♪ well, every day ♪ ♪ every day ♪ ♪ is so glorious ♪ ♪ glorious ♪ george! ♪ and everything ♪ ♪ everything ♪ ♪ is so wondrous ♪ ♪ wondrous ♪ ♪ there's more to explore when you open the door ♪ ♪ and meet friends like this, you just can't miss ♪ ♪ i know you're curious ♪ ♪ curious ♪ ♪ and that's marvelous ♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself "what is this?" ♪ ♪ like curious... ♪ ♪ like curious... curious george. ♪ oh... captioning sponsored by nbc/universal (man snoring) narrator: george was trying his best not to wake up the man with the yellow hat. but today was saturday and the man was taking george to the zoo to see a dragon. ooh! (chuckles) okay, they weren't really going to see a fire-breathing dragon. they were going to see a komodo dragon,

which is more like a giant lizard. (man snoring) (clock ticking) huh. (alarm ringing) (chattering excitedly) (grunting): oh! ooh! morning, george. excited about seeing a dragon? (chattering excitedly) so a subway is a huge network of trains that runs under the ground. (chatters inquisitively) yeah. there's a subway right below our feet. it takes thousands of people-- uh, and the occasional monkey-- to places all around the city. like the zoo. and the entrance is right down those stairs. (chattering excitedly) hey! wait up! ooh! george, stop! we have to... (gasps) ...pay. sorry about that, officer. it's his first time on the subway. oh, not to worry. on my watch, monkeys ride free.

oh. thanks. (beep) narrator: george was confused. where were the trains? (chattering inquisitively) don't worry, george. the train should be here any minute. would you like to look at the map? (chattering excitedly) we're here at endless park station, and we're going to take the subway all the way to the zoo. oh. along the way, we'll pass the puerto del sol station. that's the neighborhood where marco lives. (chatters happily) and chinatown. ah where we go for chinese food. reginald d. farnsworth iii. (giggles) professional clown at your service. (giggles) where are you lads headed? we're going to the zoo to see a komodo dragon. (laughs) oh, no need to travel that far, my good man. when you can see a komodo dragon

right... here! (clears throat) yes, i know, it's a giraffe. (whispering): it's the only animal i know how to make. (chuckles) toodle-oo. okay, then. hey, george, would you like a subway map as a souvenir of your first ride? ooh, uh-huh, uh-huh. okay. wait here. i'll be right back. (chatters "okay") (mechanical whirring) (horn honking, george gasps) (chatters curiously) narrator: george couldn't wait to get on the train. so he didn't. oh, good, the train's here. now where's... george? george? (chatters "hi") (hooting happily) wait! uh, here you go. george!

i'm-i'm-i'm.... (gasps) huh? wait! my monkey's on the train! george, get off at the next station, and wait for me there! (chatters "okay") oh, boy. care for... another giraffe? (sighs) oh! (chatters happily) (chuckles): hey, there! i've never had a monkey on my train before. would you like to see how i drive this thing? (chatters happily) oh, maybe you'd even like to help. (hooting happily) from here i control the train's speed, brakes and doors. (bell rings) okay, the workers are done and the light's green. so, it's time to get movin'. so let's blow the horn. (horn honking)

ooh! (both laugh) now, move the lever forward. easy. and get this train a-rollin'. (george chatters happily) (laughs) and here we are at our next stop puerto del sol. (chatters happily) (woman laughs) great job! you can drive my train anytime. bye, now. (hooting happily) ooh! (chatters curiously) oh! (latin music starts playing) narrator: hey! it was george's friend, marco. (chatters "hey") hola, george! do you want to play with us? (hooting happily) ♪ ♪

(horn honking) time to go. the man with the yellow hat was arriving. (chattering) (chatters "bye") adios! nice jamming with you! hey. (chatters happily) (indistinct chatter) (gibbering anxiously) george! excuse me. pardon me. oh. (grunts) whoa. (screams) hey! george, i'll wait for you at the next stop, petite paris. don't worry! uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. narrator: george wasn't worried. he was just looking forward to getting to the zoo. (horn honking) george: aha! (mechanical rumbling) (brakes screeching) huh? george was confused. he heard the rumbling and the screeching. so, where was the train? ah! (hooting happily)

(giggles) narrator: wait a minute. george: huh? george was confused. this looked like where he'd been before. and that was the same clown. which meant... uh-oh. ...george was back where he started! how did he do that? why, hello there! i thought you were going to the zoo. (chattering) (gibbering anxiously) i see. you must have gotten on the downtown train by mistake. you see, there are two tracks. the track with the up arrow goes uptown to the zoo and the track with the down arrow goes downtown

to fisherman's wharf. so, to get to the zoo... (chatters happily) up arrow. precisely. (chuckles) good luck! (hooting happily) (accordion playing waltz) (indistinct chatter) woman: excuse me. excuse me. i don't understand. where's george? i told him to get on the next train. if george didn't get on the uptown train, then maybe-- could he have gotten on the downtown train by mistake? because i never explained that there were two trains. that must be it! oh, hang tight, george i'm coming!

(gibbering anxiously) what? george! hold on! stay... on... the... train. and... go... to... the... zoo! (chatters "okay") (chatters happily) (bell rings) (doors whoosh open) girl: can you make me a dog? yes, i know it's a giraffe. (quietly): it's the only thing i know how to make. man (over p.a. system): your attention, please. due to mechanical difficulties there will be a one-hour delay on the uptown line. one hour?! oh, that's it-- subway's out, running's in. see you, reginald. cheerio! narrator: george loved riding on the subway, but he also couldn't wait to see a... dragon?

ah! ooh, ee! (traditional chinese music playing) not only did george see a dragon on his way to the zoo, he also saw... (singing aria) ...an italian opera singer... ...some russian dancers... (both grunting rhythmically to russian music) (squeals, laughs) (yodeling) ...and a swiss yodeler. (shouts excitedly) finally, george had arrived at the zoo. (doors whoosh open) oh, no. (shouts) (gasps) george! (panting) you made it, george! (chuckles): all by yourself! (panting): and... faster than i did.

now, let's hurry and get over to the zoo, because i think they... close at 4:00 p.m. sorry. (gasping) oh! but it took us all day to get here, and-and we really wanted to see the komodo dragon. isn't there anything you can do? (chatters) (whining) well... nothing wrong with a monkey in a zoo, i suppose. (whooping) (laughs): thank you! (happy chattering) so, why did it take you all day to get here? it's a long story. ah. well a little advice: next time take the subway; it's faster. (man and george laugh) child: george is a monkey. he traveled on the subway system and we're making a road system for traveling. we're making a system of roads for our town. we're trying to accomplish connecting things so people can get places that they want to go. my starting point is at the park

and my destination is at the dog-walking place. "destination" means a place where you're trying to get to. this is hannah's route. hannah: i thought it was a good route, because it was the shortest that you could take. boy: my starting point's the pool and my destination is the zoo. i think if we could take this road off and then put another road here, it would be quicker to get to the zoo. hannah: and when he took out the extra piece of road, he could make the park bigger. girl: ryan's new route is shorter. hannah: we had fun making roads, because... we like to be creative and build things. (birds singing) narrator: on a hot day, it's a good idea if both you and your garden get plenty to drink. that's why the man with the yellow hat was making orange juice... while george watered the garden.

(chattering) sort of. (laughing) (gasps) (chatters) (laughs, shouts) hey, george. huh? george! (grunting) (sad chattering) (gasps) (groans) (yells) ooh. huh. (giggles) how about taking a bath to wash all that mud off? (chattering) (water dripping) huh? narrator: george was puzzled. did the bathtub run out of water? (handle squeaks) (chatters) hey, george, i'm not getting any water downstairs. how about you?

uh-uh. (chatters) hmm. i'd better call mr. quint. ah! uh-huh! hmm... narrator: george didn't understand why not having any water led to mr. quint digging up their yard. man: seeing as how i can't offer water, how about some fresh o.j.? oh-ho, wouldn't say no to that! ah! (excited chattering) so, how's it look, mr. quint? did our well run dry? oh, no, no, no. just a broken pump. you got plenty of water down there! huh? there's water under the dirt, george. huh. yeah, yeah. now, this here is your house. that's the water. huh. and to get to it all's you have to do is dig a well.

(exclaims) yep, a well. see, a well is just a hole in the ground that's deep enough to reach water. and a pump like that one there, suctions the water up and out. (slurping) sort of like the way you're using that straw. every time you suck on it you're pulling the orange juice up out of your glass. (grunting) see, this is actually an old pump, george. years ago, people either did their washing here or used buckets to carry water inside. hmm... water would get sucked into this pipe and then come out here. (slurping) (giggles) (chuckles): yeah. just like that. except you're not allowed to play with your food. (laughs) (happy sigh) nowadays, an electric pump sucks up the water and sends it through a long pipe straight into our house.

oh! aha! easier than buckets, huh? uh-huh! well, your house won't be seeing water for a few more days, i'm afraid. i have to order you a new pump. a few days?! well, i guess that means we're going back to the city, george. some of us still need a bath. huh?! oh. (chuckles) (chatters greetings) (curious groan) narrator: there are those who appreciate a clean lobby... and then, there's george. (door creaks) (grunts) okay, go straight in and run a bath, george. uh-huh! (chatters) (phone ringing) hello? oh, professor wiseman. oh, yes, that does sound serious.

ah. (toy squeaking) narrator: only one octopus? eh! (chattering) man: hey, george? ah? i have to go help professor wiseman. don't forget about that bath. (shouts and chatters) george decided that the best thing to do was to put all his toys in the tub. (phone ringing) (laughs) man (recording): hi. leave a message when you hear the... (loud crash) george! (beep) doorman: hello? is anyone there? i just wanted to make sure you saw that orange flyer i slipped under your door. we have to shut off all the water at 4:00, (clock chiming) which is... now! i'm going in! (humming) ah.

huh? (grunting) aah! (chattering) oh. ah. narrator: george couldn't believe it. the apartment didn't have any water, either. huh. how was he ever going to get clean? quint: yup. to get to water all you have to do is dig a well. aha! narrator: george didn't know how long his apartment would be without water, so he figured he might as well start digging. it took a lot of huffing and puffing. hmm. but hundley had finally cleaned up george's mess. (elevator bell dings) (barks) (barks curiously) (chatters greeting)

(sniffs) (barking) hmm. george had discovered a big difference between the city and the country. cement. ah! aha! then he found some dirt. george remembered that a well didn't need to be wide. it just needed to be deep. ah! (chattering) the ground was wet! (laughing) at this rate, george should hit water very soon. (cheering) george had water! ah. what he didn't have was a way to get it out of the ground. (chattering thoughtfully) aha. (chattering excitedly) george needed something that would suck up the water like a pump. ah! a straw sucks up water

but you need a mouth at the top. but the man's turkey baster might work. ooh! aha! (chattering excitedly) aha! (chattering) (growls, sniffs) a monkey with a turkey baster? it's not thanksgiving, is it? (elevator bell dings) oh... narrator: at this rate, filling the bathtub would take... aah! ...forever. george remembered that people used pipes to carry water from their wells. ooh. (gasps) ah! so that's what george needed-- a very long pipe.

(hundley whining) (barks questioningly) (grumbling) (barks excitedly) (chatters happily) (howls) george ran the hose from the bathtub down to his well. (chatters questioningly) how could george attach the hose to the baster? the water came into the baster from the bottom, so george needed some way to connect the hose to the side. huh. maybe this would work. ah. with duct tape anything was possible. (george sighs) (humming) (humming continues)

aha! (sloshing) aha! narrator: it worked! the water was going up the straw. ah! ah! at this rate, george would have his bathtub filled in no time. george: uh-oh! except the well was out of water. oh. hmm. ah. george had to dig a deeper hole. (grunting) ah. ah. (metallic clank) huh? aah! george had struck the mother lode of water! ah! ah!

water spurting up 20 feet in the middle of the city? not a good sign. (power tool whirring) see, the whole reason we turned the water off was to figure out why we were losing pressure. (sighs) turns out the water main leading to the building had a crack in it. i still don't know how george discovered the water main or the crack, but it's a good thing you did! (laughs) (chuckles) well, i have to say, george, you haven't looked this clean in days. aha! (elevator bell dings) when you take a bath you really take a bath. (laughing) child: george is a monk girl: george is a monkey and sometimes he does things you can't do. he was digging for water and he hit a water pipe. (dog barks) who can show me where the river ends on the side? it ends right on the bank of the river.

julie is an environmental scientist. even though this is the edge of the river the water doesn't stop right here. we made a model of the river. i think it looks good. we colored the water blue, so we could see it better. i see the water coming up. cool! (kids exclaiming) wow! this is groundwater, and it soaks down beneath the sand and the gravel. the plastic tube is like a well, and it goes deep down to the groundwater. julie: we're gonna use this pump that we made out of a plastic bottle. so we gotta back up! (kids laugh) a lot of people get their water from groundwater. so we should try to protect groundwater. let's imagine we're wearing space suits. whoa! oh, cool! girl: it's a lot of fun to imagine things with elmo, being anything you want to be and going anywhere you want to go. shape ahoy! add a bunch of math... subtraction! and some silly song and dance... elmo: ♪ "elmo the musical" ♪

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funding for this adventure is brought to you in part by: viewers like you, and you, and you, and you... ha, ha! thanks so much you're very kind. ♪ ♪ hey! ♪ ♪ what? ♪ ♪ come over here, ♪ ♪ the cat in the hat is about to appear. ♪ ♪ he's whizzing over to whisk you away ♪ ♪ on a fabulous journey today. ♪ ♪ he's coming! ♪ ♪ and now he's arrived in the thingamajigger ♪ ♪ the thing that he drives ♪ ♪ he's a cat and he's oodles of fun ♪ ♪ with his hairy helpers thing two and thing one ♪ ♪ instrumental ♪ ♪ instrumental ♪ ♪ it's the cat in the hat! ♪

♪ all of our adventures start like that. ♪ ♪ wherever you're going where ever you're at ♪ ♪ the cat in the hat knows a lot about ... ♪ ♪ he knows a lot about he knows a lot about, ♪ ♪ he knows a lot about ....that! ♪ (laughter) ♪ (pant, pant) this must be the hottest day ever, sally! (pant, pant, pant) hotter than hot, nick! i can't even run... it's mine! it's the cat! [grunt] the cat in the hat! yeeeees! the cat strikes again! (effort) nice shot! right down the middle.... my..(panting) point! ugh! you know what? it's really hot today. we know! - we know!

we should go get some ice cream. or an ice bucket... or an iceberg all covered with snow! or we could go and visit my old buddy, tommy the toad. he knows how to keep cool. tommy the toad? does he live in a icy cold pond? no. tommy's a desert toad. he lives in the dizzle-dazzle desert. a desert? but deserts are hot! right. why would we go to the desert to get cool? well, when you live in a hot desert you have to know how to keep cool. tommy knows all the best ways. he's the king of cool! i can't wait to get cool! let's go! your mother will not mind at all if you do! [laughs] mom! can we go to the dizzle-dazzle desert to learn how to keep cool! (laughs) the dizzle dazzle desert! sure. and if you find out how to keep cool, let me know. yea! we can go! we can go! we can go! we can go! i know! i know! to the thinga-ma-jigger!

♪ oh dear. there really isn't much water in a desert! luckily i always bring my own. and we always bring you fish! buckle up! [honk] ♪ flick the jiggermawhizzer! [boing] [honk] [pop] ♪ isn't this fun? ya-hooooooo! ♪ here we go, go, go go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ the thingamajigger is up and away! ♪ ♪ go, go, go, go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ we're flying with the cat in the hat today! ♪ ♪ we're off to find tommy who knows quite a lot. ♪ ♪ about how to keep cool when the weather is hot! ♪ ♪ here we go, go, go, go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ go, go, go, go go! ♪ ♪ this

is it! the dizzle-dazzle desert! oh, it feels hotter than back home! whew, how are we ever going to keep cool here? ta-da! [laughs] ♪ whoa! it's hot, hot, hot! (giggles) now lets find tommy. tommy! ugh! can we take a break, cat? we're waaaaay hotter than when we started. ah, but when you find tommy you'll be cooler than cool! ahhh! hot! hot! hooooooooot! (blowing noises) ah! hey, cat! - huh? keep the noise down! i'm trying to get some sleep. but it's the middle of the day. right. round here that's

a good time to sleep. it's too hot to do much else. [gasp] is the colour of your body uh...changing? yeah. that happens to us iguanas when we're out in the sun. you're getting lighter and lighter. and hotter and hotter. does changing colour help you stay cool? yup, sure does! whoa, i wish we could change colour to keep cool! hmm...maybe that's why my mom tells me to wear light-colored clothes in the summertime. now that's something we can change! ♪ and voila! your clothes! cool! - thanks cat! wear some clothes that are light, pale or white and the heat from the sun will bounce off them, that's right! thanks for the keeping-cool idea. oh you're welcome. but if you're serious about keeping cool you need to find tommy. he's the king of cool! that's exactly who we're looking for. do you know where to find him?

er try that-a-way! thanks! bye! - bye! ♪ tommmmmmmmy! (sigh) our new clothes help keep us a little cooler, but they're not enough. i'm still really really, really hot, cat! this definitely is not going as well as i'd hoped. w-what's going on! why jack! cat? meet nick and sally. this is my friend jack rabbit. hi jack! - hi! we're really really hot. well my spot is pretty cool. you need to find yourselves some shade. i dug a nice little bed, right here! plenty of shade under this b-b-bush, oh yeah. we can't all fit under there with you. oh. and there's no other shade round here. nick's right. i don't see any at all! you need some shade quick? the smart thing to do is to whistle for help from thing one and thing

two. (whistles) whoa careful with my water! whoa-ho-ho-ho! [grunts] hello! [grunts] ta-da! thank you so much, things! ahhhh! ahh! shade! - finally! ah soooo much cooler! i told you. you want to stay c-cool stay out of the sun. works for me every time. it's better -- but i'm still hot! me too! then you need to talk to tommy the toad! he's the c-c-coolest creature in the desert. tommy's the king of cool. we've been looking for tommy! do you know where he is? up on that hill. [gasp] that hill! all the way up there! (huffing and puffing) this is hard

work. well we got to the top of the hill! hey, cat... ha ha ha! cooooool of you to drop by! tommy, there you are! we've been looking for you everywhere! you were hiding in that hole! it's a cool, cool hole. a great place to sleep all day in. i'm nick and this is sally, and we really need to ask you... how can we get cool? hey, you want to be cool like tommy - the king of cool? yes, please. we've tried wearing light colours. and we tried to stay in the shade and out of the sun! ha... that's all good. but to get cool, you have to act cooooooooool. so for a start let's get out of the sun... quick! - no... no... no running... you've got to slooooow doooooown. slooow. - slooow. slooooooow doooooooooown? ha ha. riiiiiight.

ooo-kay. sloooooooow. ahhhh. this is a better place. out of the hot sun. ah...that's goooood. if you usually sleep in the day time, why did you come out in the sun? today is special -- can you feel it? no... can you (sniffs) smell it? [sniffs] not really... well surely you can see it! look! big clouds! big, big dark rain clouds! but we're in a desert. that's a hot dry place! right! it will never rain here! [thunder] or did i get that wrong? (laughs) wahoo! - yay! oh nice. [laughs] coooooool! it doesn't rain

too often in the desert. but when it rains here, it rainnnnnnnns! (laughs happily) and everyone comes out to get cool! (laughs) - you keepin' cool? i am. isn't this the best? yay! w-w-w-w-wonderful rain! whoa-whoa-woah.. sloooow down! everyone's come out now that it's raining! rain's a great way to stay coooooool! (laughs) the best. ♪ we were hot, hot, hot now we're not, not, not! ♪ ♪ we were hot, hot, hot, but now we're not! ♪ ♪ we were hot, hot, hot now we're not, not, not! ♪ we were hot, hot, hot, but now we're not, not, not! stop! stop! no! no! i've got too much water now!

tommy! you really are the king of cool! (laughs) i ammmmmm! i can't wait to get back home and try out all the great ways we learned to keep cool! quick, to the thinga-ma-jigger! hey! hey! hey! sloooow down! - sloooow down! whoops! - (laughs) goodbye, tommy. goodbye everyone! keep coooool guys. ♪ if the day is so hot and the sun shines so bright then you want to stay cool and wear clothes that are light; stay in the shade and slow down a bit, and if water's around then get wet in it! (laughs) are you cool nick? yeah i'm cool? you cool cat? cat? - i'm cool. but i could be cooler. are you ready? ready! ya-ho.whoo-hooo! waaaaaaaaaaaaaater!

♪ we were hot, hot, hot, now we're not, not, not! ♪ ♪ we were hot, hot, hot, now we're not, not, not! ♪ we're coooooool. (laughter) hi kids! boy, i have a great question for you! butterflies don't use their tongues to taste like you do. mmmmm... yum yum! so, how does a butterfly taste things? ♪ mmmmmm.. with his feet? you got it this time, but next time i'll stump you for sure! ♪ ... yum yum!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ pass me a thingymawidger so i can bolt on this jumpaboodle, nick. hmm, we only have a wabbermagrabber, sally. wabbermagrabbers are for bolting wobblydoodles, not jumpaboodles! so how are we going to bolt on this whizzymefigger? it would be a lot easier to finish our thingamajigger if there was just one tool to do all these jobs. a one-thing-does-it-all tool! yeah! that would be a great thing to have. you know what else is a great to thing to have? me! it's the cat! the cat in the hat! nice thingamajigger! fix that jumpaboodle and we'll go for a spin. we need a-one-thing-

does-it-all tool to fix it! do you have one of those? hmmmmmm... let me see. oh well, no, no not this one, no. hmm. i have lots of things that do one thing, but not one thing that does it all! (sighs) luckily, i know someone who has just the thing you're looking for. you do? i do be-do-be-do! themba (tehm-bah) the elephant who lives on the dusty vusty veldt. do you think themba would let us use her one-thing-does-it-all tool? well, i guess we'll just have to ask her! your mother will not mind at all if you do! (giggles) mom! can we go to the dusty vusty veldt to borrow a one-thing-does-it-all tool? (laughs) the dusty vusty veldt? okay but i get to use it too! okay! - (giggles) we can go! we can go! we can go! we can go! i know. i know. to the thingamajigger! ♪

i hope visiting the dusty vusty veldt doesn't get in the way of my spring cleaning! it's a big job when your house is all windows! (laughs) buckle up! [honk] ♪ flick the jiggermawhizzer! [boing] [honk] [pop] ♪ isn't this fun? ya-hooooooo! ♪ here we go, go, go, go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ the thingamajigger is up and away! ♪ ♪ go, go, go, go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ we're flying with the cat in the hat today! ♪ ♪ we'll meet themba the elephant who is pretty cool ♪ ♪ with her fabulous one-thing- does-it-all tool! ♪ ♪ here we go, go, go, go! on an adventure. ♪ ♪ go, go, go, go go! ♪ ♪ welcome to the dusty

vusty veldt! whoah. the dusy vusty velt is sooooo big! why a place needs to be big if it's home to elephants! ♪ where's themba? one of the great things about elephants is that they're so easy to find. [elephant trumpets] everyone, meet themba the elephant. er... pleased to meet you madam. pleased to meet you. and you too, young man. i've never said hello shaking someone's nose before. (giggles) well that's because an elephant's trunk is much more than a nose. oh! - [laughing] much much more! now, tell mama themba what brings you to the dusty vusty veldt? we need a one-thing-does-it-all tool. may we borrow yours? no problem.

it's right under your... mama, mama! - oh hello dear. aunty mosa wants you. oh, hi. i'm efia! who are you? [laughs] i'm nick. i'm sally. and i believe you know me already. it's the cat! the cat in the hat! will you baby sit efia while i go see my sister? yes of course. [laughs] ♪ woah! the elephants just get bigger and bigger! one day i'm going to have great big tusks too, like mama! hey, do you know where she keeps her one-thing-does-it-all tool? nope. she said it was under something. maybe it's under this log! okay! it's too heavy to lift. not for an elephant! whoa! hmmm...nothing here! i wish i could pick up stuff with my nose! well a trunk is more than

just a nose. it's... maybe mama keeps her one-thing-does-it-all tool by the watering hole. let's go check it out. everyone grab a tail! huh? i always hold mama's tail when we walk. it's like holding hands, only elephants use trunks and tails. but we don't have trunks... or tails. but we do have hands! elephants, quick march! [laughs] ♪ elephants walk under hot, hot sun. ♪ ♪ elephant walks are lots of fun! ♪ here we are! huh? it must be around here somewhere. but where? if the one-thing-does-it-all tool is here efia will sniff it out. i can't smell anything. elephant's trunks are very good sniffers. (sniffing playfully)

they're very good ticklers too! (sniff-sniff) sorry, all i can smell around here are flowers. agh..ahchoo! elephant-sized tissue anyone? phew, it sure is hot on the dusty vusty veldt. elephants know a great way to cool down. (laughs) a mud bath?? - a mud bath? mud, mud glorious mud. there's nothing cooler! [laughing] yipee! wahooo! [cheering] ♪ elephants bathe under hot, hot sun. ♪ ♪ elephant mud baths are great fun! ♪ (playing sounds) [cheering] oh dear me. there's just too much dust on dusty vusty veldt! i need a super-duper buster duster to clean this mess! (gasp) aha! elephants are right.

mud is cool. maybe your mama keeps her one-thing-does-it-all tool under the mud. i don't feel anything. time to pull the plug on this mud bath! ugh! hey i'm stuck. ugh! in thick muddy goo! (effort) oh oh. me too. we'll never find what the one-thing-does-it-all tool's under, if we don't get out of this mud hole! i'll use my trunk to get us out. (straining sound) how? it's too far to reach. an elephant's trunk is not just for reaching. [elephant trumpet] mama always hears me trumpet. efia... time to get out! ♪ and you too. [laughing] my are you muddy! i can fix that!

(happy giggling) an elephant trunk shower! aren't elephants swell? [laughing] whoa! ♪ elephants splash under hot, hot sun. ♪ ♪ elephant splashing's lots of fun! ♪ ♪ watch out for efia's secret squirter. ♪ what's that? my trunk! ah! i had to mention it did i. nice squirter! at least we're all clean! not for long. crossing that mud will make our feet dirty. when you want to stay clean crossing thick muddy goo who better to call than thing one and thing two? [whistles] hello! ♪ ta-da! yeah! - yeah! elephant's march! [giggling] thanks for looking

after efia so well. i wish there was some way to thank you. you could say what your one-thing-does-it-all tool is under mama! [laughs] why, it's been right under your nose, the whole time! the whole time we've been here? let's see. we said hello. - hello. looked under a log. and sniffed around. got rescued from a mud hole! [trumpets] then had an elephant shower to get clean. all with help ... from an elephant's trunk! an elephant's one-thing-does-it-all tool! go trunks! how will we finish our thingamajigger without trunks? oh, i wish we had our own elephant trunks. that would be neat. [laughing] nice trunks guys. (laughing) our hands do make nice trunks. they do a lot of the

same things. like picking stuff up! and splashing! your very own one-thing-does-it-all tool! our hands! - our hands! to the thingamajigger! ♪ ♪ trunks and hands under hot, hot sun ♪ ♪ trunks and hands, get the job done! ♪ ♪ great job spring cleaning, fish! i just needed the right tool for the job. your buster duster? nope. my tail. it's a super duper dusting tool! (giggles) an elephant's trunk, is her does-it-all tool there's nothing else like it. a trunk is so cool! it would look a bit funny if we each had one too. so, we're really quite happy our hands do what they do! [trumpets] bye everyone. bye-bye, come back soon. good-bye!

i've bolted the jumpaboodle, nick! i got the wobblydoodle sally. without using thingymawidgers or wabbermagrabbers? we don't need those. with one-thing-does-it-all tools, like our hands..... we can do anything! (giggles) - my you're clever! welcome to hat chat. today we're talking to a hippopotamus... hello! hi hippo! i see you're in the water. are you a fish? no. i'm a hippopotamus. a very big mammal. you are big! so... why do you spend so much time in the water? it gets really hot where i live, and the water keeps me cool. so - you swim all day? actually, grown-up hippos can't swim. our feet are always touching bottom. if we want to get across a deep part, we hold our breath

and walk across the bottom. coooooolll! coooooolll! thanks for talking to us. hip-hip-hooray! ♪ ♪ have you ever seen a chimpanzee? ♪ ♪ he looks a lot like you and me ♪ ♪ he makes funny faces and funny sounds ♪ ♪ he walks like us to get around ♪ ♪ a chimp can climb, he really swings ♪ ♪ he plays fun games like wrestling! ♪ ♪ chimps they see chimps they do ♪ ♪ chimps they look a lot like you ♪ ♪ chimps they do, chimps they see ♪ ♪ chimps they look a lot like me ♪ ♪ ♪ if you've ever had an itch to scratch ♪ ♪ a chimpanzee relates to that ♪ ♪ he uses sticks just like a tool ♪ ♪ this chimp is no one's fool ♪ ♪ most of all he likes to giggle ♪ ♪ everyone give their tail a wiggle ♪ ♪ chimps they see chimps they do ♪ ♪ chimps they look a lot like you ♪ ♪ chimps they do chimps they see ♪ ♪ chimps they look a lot like me ♪ ♪ chimps they see chimps they

do ♪ ♪ chimps they look a lot like you ♪ ♪ chimps they do, chimps they see ♪ ♪ chimps they look a lot like me ♪ (laughter) let's imagine we're wearing space suits. whoa! oh, cool! girl: it's a lot of fun to imagine things with elmo, being anything you want to be and going anywhere you want to go. shape ahoy! add a bunch of math... subtraction! and some silly song and dance... elmo: ♪ "elmo the musical" ♪ girl: you get... ♪ "elmo the musical" ♪ "elmo the musical"! this is elmo's story. anything can happen. announcer: weekdays on an all-new season of "sesame street," and watch anytime at pbskids.org. announcer: pbs kids has your ticket for the "dinosaur train." we wanna go! announcer: join buddy on adventures from every dino era! let's do this! announcer: climb aboard "dinosaur train," weekdays on pbs kids or anytime you want at pbskids.org. funding for this adventure is brought

to you in part by: viewers like you, and you, and you, and you... ha, ha! thanks so much you're very kind. ♪ the cat in the hat sure knows a lot about animals. do you? let's play an animal guessing game. which of these animals would you find in the ocean, el mar? is it the chicken? no! no. chickens live on land. how about this turtle? would you find it in the ocean? yes! right! but you might also find a turtle living on land, too. you can play more games like this with the cat in the hat at pbskids.org. now let's go on a reading adventure with "super why!"