Its a simple message and it comes from the heart believe in yourself for thats 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 dramatic music plays buster narrating trouble in the sandbox. Throughout history there have been kids who dont play well together. From the dawn of time. mammoth trumpeting grunting gasps exclaims with disgust buster to the heyday of this great nation. cow moos your crops are where our cows graze your cows are where our crops grow exclaims in disgust buster even in the days of your grandma and grandpa. grunting now, this i like. Thats the way things have always been, and thats the way things always will be. Wait this just in ladies and gentlemen and youll never believe it when i tell you barks hey whining look, arthur its so hot, my hair is crying. Thats sweat, d. W. Last one in the pools a rotten egg the gates locked. Community pool closed for repairs . closed . what are we going to do . im suffercating from heat. coughing water ow, thats hot. Somebodys got to have a pool we can use. What about muffy . Um. Maybe. We could run in grandma thoras sprinkler. Yeah, but thats not a pool. I know the tibble twins just got a new pool we can swim there. Tibbles . Water. Okay. twins bellowing muffys . Im so glad you came over. D. W. ow faster ow faster ow grandma thora . Thora im sure the Senior Center pool will be much more fun than my sprinkler. And reach, and reach lets go, ladies this waters really hot. Its like taking a bath, only with lots of ladies. Library . Uh, its not a pool, but at least its got air conditioning. I wouldnt go in there if i were you. The air conditioners broken. What does a kid have to do to cool off in this town . kids laughing kid hey, no splashing d. W. , wait kid oops. Oh, hello, d. W. You dont need me to kiss you again, do you . Uhuh. I didnt know you had a pool. My mom talked to your mom, and you can swim here, as long as arthur swims here, too. Okay with me. I told you wed find a pool. Not just any pool, the perfect pool molly well, well, well i didnt know it was baby day at the pool. Take one more step, and youre entering a world of pain. Take that last cupcake, and youre entering a world of pain. Step in that pool, and youre entering a world of pain. Uh, we were just going. But we just got here and now were leaving. Im not going, so you cant go mom said you had to watch me. And your mother said we could. So, arthur you get in that pool well see about that. My mother says i have to let them play here. Rattles on phone thats okay. All you have to do is make it so hard for them to have fun that theyll never come back again. I like that. I swim on my side of the pool, and you swim on yours, if you can even get in. imitating pirate walk the plank, argh imitating pirate argh me next, me next make me walk the plank. Okay, matey, prepare to. Gotcha. Ready. Aim. Fire yells laughing how babyish. Anybody can do that. growls in exasperation give it to me. See . Thats how you shoot baskets. Now you try it. Yeah gee, thanks, molly. Dont mention it. giggling can you show me how you do that water squirt thingy with your palms . laughing hey, arthur, watch this squawks like parrot molly want a cracker . Both argh laughing arthur oh, and you can squirt water from under your armpit, too. Cool. If you want, i can show you how to do a hook shot. Okay. Rattles so, molly, did you tell that little baby to get lost . Huh . Whats he doing here . Youre not hanging out with him, are you . No, i. He. I mean. Heres your ice cream, molly. Its all my allowance would buy. Im sorry i touched your pool. If you need more money ill bring it tomorrow. Just dont let it happen again. Good work, moll. See you at the jungle gym. door opens, both sigh, door shuts molly you saved my reputation. My friends would never let me live it down if they knew i liked you. Yeah, im not sure my friends would understand either. Theyd probably get scared. Maybe you guys should just act like you dont know each other around everybody else. Deal . Deal. Buster Holding Hands . i dont believe it. I saw it. They were right in the park in broad daylight. They mustve been armwrestling. You dont armwrestle standing up. Shes right, you need a table. Face it, buster, arthurs in love, love. I wont believe it till i see it. buster laughing its so ridiculous its goofy what muffy is saying about you. She said that you and. Hey, arthur, i found the ball. That you touched. Quit leaving your cooties all over my yard. Can you believe that . She can keep her old ball uh, be right back. That was a close one. Sorry about that. No problem. Thanks for the ball. I have something i want to show you. Meet me at the library in an hour. Its got all kinds of cool hand tricks in it, like squirting water and stuff. Oh, no thats for babies, you baby. Quit following me. Whew that was a super close one. Ill say. Want to come shoot some hoops . Sure. Brain and then they walked off together. I saw it. I cant believe it. Whats arthur turning into . Hey, arthur. You sit there, and youre entering a world of pain. Ooh weve got to do something or arthur will turn into one of them. Slink and yesterday, he gave her a book and when they thought i wasnt looking they went off together. What if she turns into one of them . Hey, everybody lets name the state capitals. cheering groans weve got to save molly before its too late. Your friend is ruining my friend. No, your friend is ruining my friend. Your friend started this mess, but were going to put an end to it. No, we will francine okay, guys lets go catch those two being friends. And put a stop to it. Wheres arthur . Uh, he, uh. He. You told him he couldnt swim here anymore, didnt you . I. I. He didnt want to swim with you, right . I. I, uh. I. Thats what i call teamwork. Thank goodness we nipped this thing in the bud before we all became friends. Lets go get a milkshake to celebrate. Arthur is it safe . What are you doing here . The Community Pool is open again. I just wanted to give you back your ball in case you need it for anything. Aah, you better keep it. I cant use it now that it has nerdy germs on it. You want your book back . I wont be able to read it anymore. Youve put your cooties all over it. Kids and now. Hi, my name is amanda, and this is my class. And we are writing stories about friends. How the dog and the cat became friends. Unexpected friends. The hamburger and the hotdog. Amanda theyre not just people; they can be anything. The title of our story is the clock and the virus. For an example, we have ketchup and mustard by max and max. Max and max this is ketchup and this is mustard. They start as enemies and they become friends. Once upon a time. A mother was going to eat a burger. Ketchup said, shes going to put me on it. then mustard said shes going to put me on it. they argue about whos tastier. Then the lettuce said to the meat why are they arguing . because they dont think different people should be friends. So they said, okay, well be friends. friends dont have to be alike. Different, but mostly the same. If you, like, meet somebody that you like and they like you, then you kind of Start Playing together. It doesnt matter how they look or how they talk. It just matters whats inside of them. Here are two things you wouldnt expect to be friends. Our story is about a robin and a worm and usually robins and worms wouldnt get together because robins would eat worms. One day, the robin was gliding over a garden and he spotted a Little Movement in the grass. So he swooped down, but when he swooped down, he hurt his wing. After a few minutes the worm was back. He brought a bandage to help the birds wing. So they played the whole day together and became great friends. It wouldnt happen with a robin and a worm, but it could happen with people. Boys we are friends. Girl if you want to be somebodys friend, you can be anybodys friend. Both yeah. And now. thunder crashing shutter creaking dog growling growling whimpers well where did you come from . Not exactly a night for exploring, is it . Why dont you come inside and dry. growls barks oh feisty, arent we . Well, ill just leave this open and you can come in if you want to. thunder crashes whimpering howls snoring killer. Hmm, thats a mighty tough name for such a cute little thing. whimpering well, i bet youre hungry, killer. barking thats leftover beef stroganoff, and it took me two hours to make, so i dont want to hear any complaints. munching well, lookee here. Its a little fuzzy rat. What a strange thing to put on a leash. Come down here and say that, fuzz face ill tie your whiskers in knots ooh, it has a temper now, now, little dogthing dont strangle yourself. Yet. You better have all nine lives because youre going to need every one of them after i. What are you looking at, liver lips . whimpers and stay away yeah, thats right keep on walking barking sorry about that. Shes a little cranky. Where is she . Wheres the doggie . Shes in the kitchen. You may want to wait a bit before. Shes beautiful not at all like arthurs stinky dog mimicking baby talk hi, little killer. You want to play . Oh, no, d. W. Be careful killer barking d. W. Screaming growling barks i didnt do anything she just came at me like i was a piece of meat its not your fault, d. W. Killer is a little. Well, highstrung. Highstrung . Shes a monster growling lets leave killer to finish her supper in peace. clears throat excuse me, but that person you barked at happens to be the sister of my owner. So . So, i think you owe her an apology. Oh, no did i scare that girl when she snuck up on me . How terrible ill go lick her feet right away. Here, help yourself to my kibble. Kibble . Oh, well, im sure it was just a misunderstanding. D. W. Can be very trying sometimes. sniffing mmm smells beefy growling gasps a trap you probably just scared her. You have to be very gentle with new dogs. pal yelps pal pal whimpering pal and then the beast came at me, its giant jaws snapping but i used the old tuckandroll. pal grunting escaping just in time then arthur came in. gasps i ran to his defense but when my back was turned, the beast struck both gasp wounding me mercilessly i dragged myself. grunting dramatically to arthurs side and collapsed, hoping that my useless body might somehow shield my master from harm. Poor pal where did the dog bite you . Left leg. I think i saw bone. I cant see anything. Oh must have healed. killer barking there she is hide amigo laughing amigo thats it . Thats the beast that attacked you . Shes a lapdog let me talk to her. No, amigo, dont shes small but vicious maybe hell have better luck. Hes very charming. buenos dias welcome to the neighborhood killer barking amigo ay, mamita you are a monster were so sorry ramon. Im glad amigos okay, but if theres anything you need, just let me know. whimpers youve had the signs up for a week. Its time to think about taking killer to the animal shelter. killer growling, rubber duck squeaking there, there. It wont be that bad. killer barking a pretty dog like you . Youll be with a lovely family in no time. whimpering hey, frank, get the gloves. Killer is back. You know this dog . Oh, yeah. Killers been in and out of here a lot. People adopt and return her quickly. You probably know why. Well, she was a little difficult, but. Well take it from here, maam. barking dogs barking and howling dog hey, guys, look, its a chew toy. You got any biscuits chew toy . Nno. What is this place . Dog the end of the line, sister, where they put the repeat offenders the rejects, the lifers. Better get comfy because youre going to be here a while. Im very sorry to have bothered you, but ive changed my mind. Thora you poor dear life has been hard for you hasnt it . But if this is going to work out, there has to be some changes. You have to be nicer to my grandchildren and other dogs understand . panting im telling you, amigo this is my bone. I distinctly remember burying it. Then how did it get in my yard . It is mine killer hey, guys im back gasps this is it, old friend the last stand. spits amigo so you have the nerve to come back after what you did to my paw and my leg. Oh, yeah, im really sorry about that. But things will be different now. You see, i never really had a home before, but now. Dont waste your breath we dont talk to biters im not a biter. I mean, not really. Oh, come on i said i was sorry giggling killer clears throat excuse me. I, um. Brought you something. Someone left it at the dog run. Ooh what a pretty ball pal stand back, kate its a trap it isnt a trap. Im not getting much use out of it so i thought you and amigo might want it. We have our own toys thank you very much good day to you, madam sighs well, ill leave it here in case you change your mind. Pal, maybe you should give killer a second chance. She really is trying to be nice. Pal kate, we pets have a saying you cant teach an old person new tricks. Well, the same applies to dogs. If i were her, id leave this neighborhood. Shell never fit in. snoring sniffs twittering come to nemo my feathery bonbon just a little bit closer. Stupid wings they take all the fun out of hunting meows muffled music playing oh, no, im doomed oh, thank goodness its that catsaving boy. Hello up here yoohoo thunder rumbling wait wait come back oh. nemo help help hello, little squirrel could you. . Oh, its you. I. I didnt mean you looked squirrelish, i just. No i look like a little fuzzy rat, right . Youre right. I dont expect you of all creatures, to help me. sighs i guess ill perish up here, cold, wet, alone you can cut the act, cat. Ill help you. Where is your owner . On the third floor of that building. Quick, someones going in grunts barking whimpers elevator bell dings barking i cant get in. Well have to try something else. Hurry i cant hold on much longer siren blaring barking horn honking growling horn honking, siren blaring brakes squeal barking nemo mewling amigo and then the little dog didnt move one inch even though the truck was just about to flatten her like a plantain you sure this was killer who did this . I heard it straight from spot and dot, the fire dogs. But i thought dogs didnt like cats. Why would killer help nemo . Pal i dont know but any animal who risks her life for another cant be all bad. dogs barking outside killer barking amigo this is to officially welcome you to the neighborhood. Its a very good bone. Ham, as i recall. It was lamb, and it was mine. Really . For me . My very own bone . Oh, you guys, youre the best giggling laughing come on lets go bury it in the neighbors yard well, i guess its better to be licked than bitten. True, true. You might want to know the secret formula for drawing arthur. Well do two letter os, hook them together with a little upsidedown letter u. Then well do a larger letter u like this. Well do a Straight Line here. Two dots here. Two lines here. Two dots here. A curved line for his mouth. I will add his ears. And theres arthur. Thats great captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh ac visit us online at pbskidsgo. Org. You can find arthur books and lots of other books, too at your local library. Captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org and everybody that you meet has an original point of view. And i say hey hey what a wonderful kind of day if we can 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. 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The corporation for public broadcasting, by a cooperative agreement from the u. S. Department of educations readytolearn grant by and by martha was an average dog she went. And. And. barking, growls when she ate some alphabet soup then what happened was bizarre. On the way to marthas stomach the letters lost their way. They traveled to her brain and now. Shes got a lot to say now she speaks. How now, brown cow . Martha speaks yeah, she speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks. Whats a caboose . When are we eating again . Martha speaks. Hey, joe, what do you know . My names not joe. Shes not always right but still that martha speaks. Hi there. Shes got a voice, shes ready to shout martha will tell you what its all about sometimes wrong, but seldom in doubt martha will tell you what its all about that dogs unique. Testing, one, two. Hear her speak martha speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and. Communicates, enumerates elucidates, exaggerates indicates and explicates bloviates and overstates and. panting . Hyperventilates martha, to reiterate martha speaks martha speaks. Listen up, weve got a big show today and everybodys got to be on top of their game. I want to see some real effort and concentration out there. Truman. Yes, coach lets hear a tongue twister. Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Martha great now get in there, and i want to see a winning show. Your job is to watch for all the words that have to do with competitions and what goes into winning them. Words like concentrate, effort, achieve and victory. Ill see you at the end of the show. growling barking growling no you let go growling, barking i am not beaten im just pacing myself. You guys why do you make everything a competition . skits yelps a competition . Whats that . Its when you try to beat someone else to see whos best, like you and skits with that toy. I dont make everything a competition. Just the important stuff. martha laughs haha victory skits barking groans monsieur rudolphe is here take one. Take one. yelping, hooting gasps skits barks helen sorry. Oh im really sorry. gasps monsieur rudolphe must be too long in the hot sun. He thought he heard your animal speak. He did. I mean you did. gasps a talking dog. Formidable you must enter my dog show. The winner will get a medal. Oh, a medal . Can you eat it . No. Then whats the point . The point is to show everyone that you are the best. We already know that. Thanks anyway. Come on carolinas waiting. You should enter you could be somebody you could be a champion growling martha, ¿campeona . A champion . Yup, thats what he said. Hmm, you mean a champion, like someone whos a winner someone whos the best . Yeah, thats what a champion means. You dont think martha could be a champion . Oh, sure, sure. skits growling growling well, when i think of a champion i think of a dog like. Francois. I think martha could be a champion, too, though. Sure sure. gasps hey you think mrs. Clusky would let me enter francois in the dog show . Francois . But hes not even your dog. I can be his handler. It could be so much fun. And you can help me. You know so much about dogs. Wed make a really great team. Well. Im going to ask her. Que buena idea thats a great idea. Thanks youre. Welcome . growling wheres carolina going . Um nowhere. Hey, want to do something fun . Sure, what . I thought you said something fun. But dont you think being in a dog show could be fun . What would i have to do . Just allow the judges to behold that silky, honeybrown fur, that noble posture those deep brown eyes. Youre sure to win the prize. Does it cost money to enter . No, no, no, no, no, no. A little. How much is a little . A mere ten dollars to enter. And five for the shampoo. Fifteen dollars . a shampoo . No way right . Hmm. Helen, helen right . Carolina bonjour, everyone with french accent the winner has arrived so, why are you guys here . Are you going to enter martha in the competition . Sure, why not . Just for fun. Well mrs. Clusky gave me some money for francois. Ah merci. Thank you. But 15 is a lot to spend just to lose to francois. grumbling hey, cuz, ¿que pasa . Do you think im criticizing martha . Um, a little. No, no, no. Marthas great. baby talk its not her fault shes not a champion like widdle francois. Monsieur woodolphe uh, rudolphe said marthas a champion, too, right . Well. Of course, but martha would never beat francois in a dog show right, monsieur rudolphe . Uh, it is a complex question. The only way to know for sure is to. Enter both dogs in the competition. Only then will you know who is the best. whimpers what are you doing . I need to find another stinking dollar to enter you in that stinking contest. gasps contest . Now theres a contest, too . Contest, competition same thing. Theyre both when you try to beat someone, so you can be the best. But i thought you said you already knew i was the best. I do, but some people dont. thump ow aha but i dont care what anybody else thinks. I only care what you think. I know, but i just cant stand the way carolina talks about you. Are you certain martha can win the contest . I mean, this is all the allowance money i have in the world. Oh, i. I cannot give an official statement. But i can practically guarantee that martha will have a victory. A victory . You mean shell win . Exactement. That is exactly what i mean. Ten dollars, right . To enter, yes. To win. Uh perhaps it would be better if she had a shampooing. But you said she. Well, its not required. Just, with this other doggie francois, in the competition, it is going to be very close. Dad five dollars . to shampoo a dog . Thats ridiculous. Dad, martha needs a professional shampoo if shes going to win. Uh, losings okay, too. nervous chuckle dad, please . Ill work extra hard. Ill do whatever chores you want promise ill pay you back. sighs, grumbles but i dont need a prize. Ill just swallow it or lose it in the backyard somewhere. Hi, cuz. What are you doing here . I ask myself the same thing. Ah mademoiselle martha eh. Doomed. Youre really going to enter her in the competition . Stop saying that youre always putting martha down. Well you are in for a surprise francois is the one whos going to lose helen, i dont want you to be my rival. Im not your rival. How can you stand here and call me your rival . Im not your rival. Whats a rival . Rivals are people who are trying to beat each other at something. And i dont want us to be rivals. Im not being your rival. I just want martha to win. And i want francois to win. Then i guess maybe we are rivals. martha coughing, spitting help what are you staring at . Quit it come on, martha, we need to get ready. Ow ow. Ow. Ow. Owowowowow owowowow ow ow. What happened . Its boring. Yeah, but why did you say ow . Its so boring it hurts. sighs now, martha, come on. The contest is tomorrow. Dont you think its worth practicing just a little bit more . sighs oh all right. But if i win, i know what im doing for the rest of the week. What . Nothing dogs barking good afternoon, mesdames et messieurs and dogs of all shapes and sizes. Welcome to monsieur rudolphes dog show. Its a wonderful day for a competition. Ready . Lets go applause this is a poem i wrote about bones. clears throat how i love the crunch of the leftover bones that i get for lunch. applause, murmurs of approval if all the contestants will please line up, i will begin the awarding of the prizes. Oh helen, i dont want us to be rivals. I dont care about this dog show at all. Me neither. I dont know why i got so carried away. rudolphe clears throat rudolphe and the winner for best poodle goes to francois victory ii mean, not that i care. The prize for best talking dog goes to martha woohoo yeah not that it matters. both laugh the prize for best dog named john goes to john. Best dog named john . dogs barking in distance best brown dog . what kind of award is that . Hey, this medal is cheap plastic. Theres something funny about this competition. Wheres monsieur rudolphe . I want my money back hey, whered he go . engine revs, tires screech there he is hes trying to get away clamoring looks like we were fooled. This is your fault, ed. My fault . i knew there was something fishy about that man. He was just after our money. This medal is fake quiet quiet quiet quiet whats all the fuss about . I mean, everybody got a medal so everybody won. This just proves what ive thought for a long time every pet is special to someone. And isnt it worth it to find out what great pets we have . To me, thats the only kind of competition to enter. murmurs of agreement oh, martha heck, its even worth getting a shampoo for. Whats with the leaves . Carolinas helping me do chores to pay back all the money i owe. I cant believe i got so competitive. Me neither. From now on, i dont ever want us to be rivals again. yawns do you mind if i stop . I think ive raked the most leaves. Uhuh i did how can you say that . I raked way more than you. Helen no way i was raking and raking. martha screaming Martha Martha quick, lets see who can pile the leaves up the fastest so we can do that again now, thats a competition i can really get into. chuckles martha and that tennis ball is going high and wide, but holy mackerel. She makes the catch wow, martha, that was great. Can i try . Can i throw the ball . Sure. Can you go inside . Id like to toss the ball to martha alone. Um sure. I have to do my homework anyway. Skits, too. Huh . uh okay. Skits. door closes is she gone . Yeah. Go ahead. Throw it. Throw it to me. Were not tossing the ball. Were not . I have something important to discuss with you. What is it . I cant explain it here. Walk slowly out of the yard with me. Act naturally. Martha, i have something i want to show you. Its a book about hoboes. Ah. From what i can gather, they ride trains and eat pie, frequently with a dog. Ride trains and eat pie . Truman frequently with a dog. That sounds like fun. Really . Would you like to be hoboes with me . It would mean riding on trains and sleeping in dirt. Sounds like fun. Eating squirrel soup and sleeping in dirt. Martha count me in. Truman it means sleeping in dirt sleeping in dirt and hardly ever taking a bath. Music to my ears. When do we start . sighs whats the matter . I was kind of hoping youd talk me out of it. Ah no. Sounds great to me, hobo truman. chuckles all right ill get my harmonica and some baggy pants. Uh how long are we going to be hoboes for . I need to be home before dinner. Martha, this is forever. Forever . weird. Yesterday, he asked me about how you join the pony express. He said he was scared of horses, but he thought ponies would be okay. Thats strange. Why would he even attempt to ride a pony . Tempt . No attempt. It means to try something thats hard to do. Like attempting to understand what trumans up to . Exactly. He asked me how you join the circus. I thought he meant when he grew up. The circus . truman . Yeah. I reminded him hes frightened of tigers. And clowns. You dont think hes trying to run away from home, do you . Why would truman want to run away . Maybe his parents got a cat. That would make me run away. But truman likes cats. So maybe they got a bear. Why would they get a bear . To scare away the cats. sighs im worried. If he really wants to run away, why hasnt he said anything to any of us . Its nothing. Trust me, hell go half a block, see a bug, and run home screaming. Hey, look hes right over there martha hes going into the library. There he is. gasps hes looking hi. Oh hi i just happened to be here looking for a book about, um, something. And here it is tractor repair made easy. Oh goody, they have it. See you later. Wow this guy is really mad at this whale. Td this is no time to start learning things come on whoa carolina hes attempting to swing a rope over his head. Oops. I guess hes thinking of joining the rodeo. I still dont understand. Trumans got a great family great friends. Why would he want to run away . Its weird. Speaking of weird this book is great this guy does not like white whales. sighs its time to get to the bottom of this. Truman, do you have a minute . I have to return this book to the library. Ill walk with you. Truman, what is all this with hoboes and rodeos and circuses . Are you planning on running away . Well, not if theres clowns, no. Is something bothering you at home . No. Why do you ask . Because you want to run away. Oh, right. Nah, its just this thing at school. Softball. Were supposed to have our first actual game tomorrow. Softball . But softballs fun it isnt when you cant catch. Oh. I tried to explain it at practice. Everyone has things they can do and cant do. I cant catch. Thats just a fact. And im okay with that, because when you think about it, there are very few things in life that depend on having an ability to catch really well. So im happy with me, even though i cant catch, and i think youd save yourself a lot of frustration if you accepted it too. Truman, everyones waiting. Get out on the field. sighs bat cracks whimpers, groans kids truman i tried to warn you im okay with the fact i cant catch. I accept it. But everyone else has a problem with it. Have you tried practicing catching . This morning. It didnt work. Well, you have to have patience. Patience means youre willing to wait for something to happen. Like being patient and waiting for dinner or being patient and waiting for flowers to grow. The softball game is tomorrow. I dont have time to be patient. Hmm. What about being a gold miner . You know, i could go dig in caves. Caves have bats. Ugh. Truman, im sure with a little bit of effort, you could be a great catcher. Effort . youre saying if i try really hard, i can do it . Yeah you just need to give it a little extra effort. And i know just who could give you some lessons. Who . Dont worry, ill teach you to catch in no time. First lesson. Watch this truman. Go skits okay toss it see, its all about being friends with the ball. Friends . Thats right. The ball isnt your enemy its your friend. And when you see your friend what do you do . Um. You jump all over and lick him. Well, well. Its what i do. Youre happy to see him right . Look. Here he is, your friend. Pick him up. Truman um. Youre worried about the slobber, arent you . Uh, no. Ugh. Martha thats it. Stay under it stay under it grunting td wow this story is really long. And i have a bad feeling about this whale business. I probably shouldnt have attempted to read it at my age. Then stop reading i wish i could. Now watch. panting good, martha. Truman, your turn. Ready . Not with your mouth, truman its a joke im joking. Oops. Next lesson concentration. To catch the ball you have to concentrate. Let me see you concentrate. Concentrate . You cant see that. When you concentrate you think really hard. You cant see my thoughts. Yeah, but you can see it in your face, like this. Let me see you concentrate. Um, okay. Like this . Hmm. No, concentrate harder. Harder . Like. Um. This is hopeless. Shh im trying to concentrate. sighs okay, ready . Um. But. Great, cause here it comes martha get under it get under it whimpering whimpering i did it i caught it i caught it oh. You know how to catch it. Now hang onto it. Here it comes grunts i have a bad feeling about this. This could really turn me off reading for good. Excuse me. May i . Stay calm but concentrate. If you grab it, itll just bounce out. whimpering keep your hand soft and let the ball drop into the pocket of your mitt. Hell get it. Ya veras laughs helen alice yay td, trumans game is starting. Just a sec. This is not looking good for the whale. Wheres truman . I dont see him. Over there. Here goes. gasps calm, calm. I caught it i did it yeah good job, truman way to go you did it see . Thats how its done. Yeah i caught it who got the out . I got the out right fielder truman, mvp and catching pro yeah throw the ball, truman come on, truman helen alice throw it home throw it come on, truman. Throw . grunts sighs sounds like all that extra effort really paid off, truman. Now i just have to get some throwing lessons. Eh cant help you there. No hands. I can. Its easy. Come on, lets go to the park. Thisll be fun. sighs when is throwing ever going to be an important skill to have . Im never going to need it in real life. In real life people carry things they dont toss them around. Well i, for one, am all for people throwing more things. Marthas right. Make an effort, truman. Come on, throwing lessons are starting now. truman groans he won the whale won awesome this is the greatest book ever guys . Oh, well. Hmm. Moby dick. Gotta tell people about this. I might even help make it famous. Mr. Astonishing and captain thrill here. Im captain thrill. Were here to discuss achievements. An achievement is when you set out to do something and succeed. Especially after trying really hard. Today, mr. Astonishing is going to attempt to achieve a feat of daring. I am going to try to check out a library book. Using his enormous powers of concentration mr. Astonishing looks for a book hed like to read. Aha he patiently waits his turn to check out the book. This card belongs to someone named td not mr. Astonishing. Psst its me. And he succeeds quite an achievement great work, team you really got all those words out there. Lets look at the highlight reel, shall we . Truman, im sure with a little bit of effort you could be a great catcher. Effort. Youre saying if i try really hard, i can do it . Why would he even attempt to ride a pony . Tempt . No, attempt. It means to try something thats hard to do. Good work, gang and well see you next time. Bye whos that dog . Whos that dog . Dog, dddog, ddog. That dog is casey. Casey works for my dad. My dads a farmer. Shes a farmers helper thats a dog. She catches mice. And rabbits. She scares away birds. casey barks casey learned to not walk in the beds. Sometimes shell work and sometimes shell play. Shes that dog. Dog, dddog, ddog. Announcer look whos coming your way every weekday. Hot diggity wonderific isnt that amazing . Perfect [ruff ruff ruff] announcer catch all your pbs kids friends weekdays and anytime you want at pbskids. Org. Martha speaks is funded in part by. Kiddie Academy Child Care learning centers. Proud supporter of pbs kids. Providing educationally focused child care preparing children for school and for life. Kiddie academy. The corporation for public broadcasting, by a cooperative agreement from the u. S. Department of educations readytolearn grant by and by to dig up some more fun words and games, visit pbskids. Org or check out your local library for the martha speaks books. Captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org hi. Its mecoach hooper and ive got my special whistle, which means its time to get up and exercise [baa] wow its also time to get a new whistle. Ok, now, lets get moving because today, were going to exercise like baseball players. Catch that ball jump up and catch its soaring high so catch it, thats right now swing that bat keep swinging till you hit that ball swing it, with all your might you got that right just swing and wave to your fans theyre everywhere, so wave youre the hero youre the star come on and wave awesome job and if you want to try out more exercises with me just visit pbskids. Org anytime you want. See you soon george chattering excitedly this program was made possible by for more than 90 years stride rites been there. Helping you choose the right shoes. Stride rite is a proud sponsor of Curious George. [ female announcer ] we believe a little bit of curiosity can fuel a lifetime of learning. Abcmouse. Com Early Learning academy, proud sponsor of pbs kids and Curious George. Funding for Curious George is provided by contributions to your pbs station. Ooh. And from lively drum intro you never do know whats around the bend big adventure or a brandnew friend when youre curious like Curious George swing well, every day every day is so glorious glorious george and Everything Everything is so wondrous wondrous theres more to explore when you open the door and meet friends like this, you just cant miss i know youre curious curious and thats marvelous marvelous and thats your reward youll never be bored if you ask yourself what is this . Like curious. Like curious. Curious george. Oh. Captioning sponsored by Nbc Universal narrator on their way home from the circus, the monkey with the yellow balloon and the man with the yellow hat noticed that professor wisemans light was still on. Hmm . Dont tell me youre still working, professor . Of course. Its only 9 00. Whats this . A foot race . Mmhmm. Were trying to raise money for an expedition to the lost city of oman. Oh. Great cause. Ill sign up for that. Hey, you want to help me train george . chatters agreement great. What about you, professor . Are you going to run . Me . laughing oh, i cant run. Ive got way too much work. Poor professor wiseman. She doesnt know what shes missing. Uhhuh. The next day george couldnt wait to start training. Hey. chattering excitedly wait up. Wiseman stop i need help this was strange. The professor who said she couldnt run was running. panting terrible absolute disaster what . Did the trex collapse . Oh, worse. Anonymous donors they wont contribute to the expedition unless i run the race. But thats great. Races are a lot of fun. Can you help me train . I dont know a thing about running. No problem. Lets meet in the park at lunchtime tomorrow. Byebye. Terrific. Uh, i cant wait. charkie barking no, charkie, look out oh aw whoa loud thud oh oh, boy. What . he sprained his ankle . How can i train for the race without him . Oh. Hey. You want to be my personal trainer . Uhhuh, uhhuh. Okay. Well, lets get running. All right chattering excitedly hey, wait for me. George thought that to be a trainer all he had to do was run and professor wiseman would follow. Simple. chattering sighs george, wait up. Oh. panting hmm, maybe not so simple. chatters questioningly oh, im so thirsty. Do you have any water . Uhuh. Hey, aha. Here. gasps uhoh. Okay, thats it. Im done. Aw. Sorry, george. Im too tired to run anymore. We can try again tomorrow. Georges first day as a trainer had not gone well. door opening hi, george. Professor wiseman called. She said you tried to help her train for the race. Oh. Well, dont give up. I think its a great idea. And i found something that might help. Its an old training video i used to watch called run for your life. You yeah, you. Are you ready to run like you mean it . Uhhuh, uhhuh. You might want to take notes. Oh. Tip 1 before you hit the road, youve got to get graceful. Youve got to stretch those muscles. grunting when george met professor wiseman in the park the next day he wanted to be ready. grunting mm, stretching does feel good. Okay, whats next, george . Ooh. Ah, uhhuh. Time to run . Uhhuh, uhhuh. But not too fast, right . chatters agreement all right, then, lets go. Ooh, im getting thirsty. Uhhuh. panting ah. Ah, thanks. Much better. So far, professor wisemans training was going great. And then. Not so great. Hey. chatters question i dont think running is for me, george. I find it. Well, boring. Huh . Id much rather be carbondatina stromatolite. Oh, oh. The training coach didnt say anything about boring. The problem is i dont have time to be bored. I should get back to the museum. Thanks for trying, george. Huh . Huh . George couldnt understand why she didnt like to run. Running can be so much fun. Aha. Make running fun. It just might work. chattering excitedly chuckles you want to show me something, george . Uhhuh. Okay. Lets go. Oh. Is this a ferris wheel . Uhhuh. Okay. Ive never been on one of these before. chuckles what an amazing view hey, look theres the museum. George ooh i can see my window. It looks so small from here. chuckles the professor had had so much fun on the ferris wheel that george took her to all his favorite places. hooting laughs laughing trumpets the day the professor outran him george knew she was ready for the race. Oh, i never knew running would make me feel this good. I have so much energy now. Thank you, george, for the ferris wheel for the balloons for teaching me that running is fun. chuckles good evening, professor. Oh, hi, everyone im running in that race tomorrow. Will you be there . Ha we wouldnt miss it for the world. chuckles on race day, george couldnt believe how many people showed up. Okay, im ready. Oh, no i forgot my water. chatters sighs thanks. So, you really think i can do this . Uhhuh. Go, professor wiseman go, professor wiseman sisboombah sisboombah man runners, take your marks whistle blows the race was on. Man go, go, go faster push it yeah, thats it, run go the professor seemed to be doing everything right. She ran at a steady pace. And there she was drinking water. So far, so good. crowd cheering george wanted to see the professor cross the finish line, so he made sure to get a good spot. Do you see her . I dont see her. chatters she looks tired. George uhoh. Oh, no somethings wrong. Maybe she got a charley horse. Huh . Thats a cramp in your leg, george, and they can be very painful. Oh whew hi, there. squeals i thought itd be fun if my personal trainer finished the race with me. Huh . squeals laughs crowd cheering haha chuckles i did it i actually ran a race uhhuh, uhhuh. I got a medal for finishing, and the race was a huge success. We raised enough money for our trip to oman. Ah, thats terrific. And i found out who those anonymous donors were. Apparently, they thought i needed to work a little less and have fun a little more. Thats right because all work and no play. Is a crummy way to spend your day. both laugh to thank you for helping me learn that lesson, i want you to have my medal. Oh chuckles boy george is a monkey. Girl he showed professor wiseman how to have fun with exercise. One, two, three, four. Today, we are exercising. Each kid made a part of our exercise course. Go boy 1 exercise is important because it gets your heart going and that sends blood to your body, so it can keep you moving. Go girl it helps your body and mind to get active, and it makes you feel very good. I know that my heart is beating fast. So you get a good exercise. Boy 1 soccer or any running sport, its fun but youre also exercising. Boy 3 stuff you do every day is kind of like exercising. Boy 2 walking is an everyday thing. You could walk to the park. You could walk to school. Going upstairs is exercise. Boy 2 its an everyday thing but it gives you exercise, too. It gets you stronger. So, for the future, youll be in the habit of exercising. Kids clapping along oh, we are the county sprouts and today were going out cause were the county sprouts whoo yeah all laugh george was feeling pretty proud. He had been made an honorary county sprout, and today was his first sprout outing. Exciting stuff, huh, george . Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh. Its my first outing, too, as the new sproutmaster. And let me compliment my assistant sproutmaster bill. Kids yeah ooh, yeah, reporting for duty, sproutmaster, sir. Oh i lost the map look, were here. All whoa woman over p. A. welcome to the incredible edible arboretum a cornucopia of exotic comestibles. Blueberries ill race ya blueberries are my favorite bushbased fruit. Come on, george all mm mm it looks like you all forgot the county sprout rules. Huh . Uh, rule 1 never eat any plant that youre not 100 certain is safe. And that means. Consulting the edible plants guidebook . Um, no, it means getting an okay from an adult. Right. Rule 2 plants are living things. You can kill or hurt them if youre too rough. So dont pull on them and dont break any branches. chuckles come on. device beeping now let me explain what we will do during our vegetation exploration. device beeping uh, mr. Sproutmaster . Were going to pass through orchards and nut groves. I wouldnt go that way if i were you. After that, well meet the head gardener, dr. Greenbean. whistle blows gasps whoa according to my new Global Positioning system, the Apple Orchard is that way. Um, why dont we check the map . Where is the map . It flew out the window, sir. But this is even better. Well, then as assistant sproutmaster you can be our navigator. Lead the way. Cool. Oh, we are the county sprouts and today were going out. george grunting if there was one thing george did not want to do, it was break any more branches. cheering awesome thanks, george. I think well get to the blackberries faster if we go this way. I dont know, bill. That trail looks overgrown. A gps is never wrong. It says so in the brochure. Oh. blows whistle loudly follow me, sprouts. hoots happily beeps why is the screen flickering . tapping screen either the earth is off its axis, or i forgot to charge the batteries. Okay. George, can you climb that tree and see where we are . Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh. hooting excitedly and bill. Bill . Bill, where are you going . Dont worry. Ive got my handy backup compass. This way, folks bill, a sprout never leaves the trail. Thatthats rule 3. Bill oh, excitements really growing cause we dont know where were going. In this direction, green. In this direction, a path. shouting happily hooting excitedly huh . George couldnt believe what he was seeing. Someone was trying to break that branch. Somebody was not being a sprout. grunts oh, no. This man was wrecking a tree. hoots frantically whoa hey. Are you a monkey . Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Cool. gibbering worriedly i always wanted a monkey but my mother said no. George had to do something and fast. This tree was in trouble. gibbering thoughtfully hooting happily hey return the headgear, monkey. chattering happily seriously. I need that. I might get sunburn. No fair i dont have monkey legs you know. man panting george hooting rapidly stop man panting come on. Come on. man panting sighs tiredly man panting hoots happily you know, this is fun and all, but i have to get back to work. Aah oh oh. hooting sadly george didnt mean for the hat to get wet. Or the man. But george couldnt wait around. He had to check on that tree. Oh, we are the county sprouts and were wandering all about cause were lost in the forest and no one is looking for us which mean were. Vinny and vicki please. Were not lost. Were just misplaced. According to my compass, this way is north; this way is south; and east and west are here and here. Uh, but without a map, that doesnt really help us. But you know what . We can determine our precise location using an analog watch. We just need to know the true local time. Do you know the true local time . I have another idea. Lets ask george to climb a tree and. Oh, no. I left george in the tree. George where are you . George . George wished he could think of a way to get the branches back on the tree. He needed something sticky really sticky. Like. Ah. Mud hooting excitedly grunting ah chatters there. another great monkey invention. chattering contentedly gasping the treewrecking man was coming back. And hed probably want to keep on wrecking. Haha hooting happily you are one crazy monkey. I havent run like that since. Hey wheres my lopper . chatters lopper . that thing i was cutting branches with. chattering george . Can you hear me . George hooting happily george oh, thank goodness i found you. Oh, im sorry i left you in that tree. gibbering anxiously oh. Dr. Greenbean. Nice to see you. Huh . Sorry were late. Weve had a rough day. Tell me about it. First this monkey ran off with my hat, and now my tree lopper has vanished. Uhoh. giggles hey. Whats going on . Who put mud on this . Uh. George . gibbering anxiously ah so, dr. Greenbean was cutting some branches and you thought he was hurting the tree. Uhhuh. Oh, you should have asked. Oh, wait. chuckles youre a monkey. Well, anyway this is called pruning. You make a careful cut, and it doesnt hurt the tree at all. chatters curiously hes right, george. Ive pruned many a tree in my day. You see, george, too many branches are bad news. They block the sun and then the fruit cant grow. Oh. But, hey, im proud of you, george. You behaved just like an honorary sprout. In fact, i would say your effort on behalf of trees qualifies you for full sprout status. Huh . Hooray go, george nice work for a city kid. hooting happily okay, sprouts, lets go get some lunch, and dr. Greenbean can tell us everything he knows about trees. Uh, bill are you coming . In a minute. Im still trying to figure out where we are. Oh. Huh. Hey, i got it uh. Mr. Sproutmaster. According to this, youre going the exact wrong. Wait youre going the right way never mind. Proceed. Girl george i girl george is a monkey. Boy he learned that its important to take good care of trees. We are at the arnold arboretum. Nancy is showing us different kinds of trees. Can you tell us what its called when a tree keeps its leaves through the winter . Its evergreen. Evergreen thats right. Nancy the trees that lose their leaves in the winter are called deciduous trees. Girl the evergreen needles are small and pointy. The deciduous leaves are flat and wide. She asked us to find a particular tree. Nancy this tree is called sassafras. It smells kind of like fruit. The branches smell good. It smelled like salsa. Smells like hot pepper. And the root smelled really good. It smells like root beer. It smells like candy. I think its important to know about trees. Announcer coming to pbs kids, a World Premiere event blowfish blowout earth to kratt brothers. Come in, kratt brothers. Announcer two brothers. Yes whoohoo this is fun way underwater. Waah shark whoa way, way, way over their heads its a rip current were getting sucked into it wild kratts lost at sea premieres monday, january 21 on pbs kids, or watch wild kratts anytime at pbskids. Org. S kids its the cat in the hat knows a lot about that. Awesome announcer buckle up. And blast off to amazing places. Its the cat in the hat knows a lot about that, weekdays on pbs kids or anytime at pbskids. Org. george chattering excitedly this program was made possible by [ female announcer ] at abcmouse. Com we believe that learning and curiosity go hand in hand. Abcmouse. Com Early Learning academy, proud sponsor of pbs kids and Curious George. For more than 90 years stride rites been there. Helping you choose the right shoes. Stride rite is a proud sponsor of Curious George. Funding for Curious George is provided by contributions to your pbs station. Ooh. And from hola Curious George loves discovering new things, and guess what i just discovered. How to make new shapes by adding other shapes together. Lets take these triangles and put them together. What shape did we just make . A square cool we made a square out of these two triangles. You can play more games like this with Curious George at pbskids. Org. Get ready for more fun ahead. Its the cat in the hat knows a lot about that. Simple machines like pulleys, wheels, and levers they get things moving faster, higher, farther making our work easy to maneuver those simple machines give us the power a lever is a tool that can help us with a project push one end down the other lifts an object you can even ride one yeeha an example of a lever is a seesaw put a wheel on an axle, and dont you know you can ride it almost anywhere you go add a chain for a pulley then spin it around ride your bicycle around the playground simple machines like pulleys, wheels, and levers they get things moving faster, higher, farther making our work easy to maneuver those simple machines give us the Power 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 youre very kind. Hey what . Come over here, the cat in the hat is about to appear. Hes whizzing over to whisk you away on a fabulous journey today. Hes coming and now hes arrived in the thingamajigger the thing that he drives hes a cat and hes oodles of fun with his hairy helpers thing two and thing one instrumental instrumental its the cat in the hat all of our adventures start like that. Wherever youre going where ever youre 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 [car noises] here we go, go, go on an adventure. The thingamajigger is up and away [giggling] press the flubbetyjubber sally push the skiptomalulu, nick [honk honk] [giggles] huh . Did someone say skiptomalulu . Its the cat the cat in the hat. Do you like our pretend thingamajigger . Its the jiggiest thingy i ever saw were going on an incredible journey ooooh goody. Where to . We cant make up our minds. I want to go on an adventure and i want to go swimming well lets do both well take a real incredible journey, in the real thingamajigger with a real fish thatll be me nnnno, i mean another fish. Samantha samantha the salmon she really is incredible yes. She goes on the most incredible journey from the whirlyswirly ocean all the way up the swirlywhirly river wow that sounds like a long way. Incredibly long can we go too . Yes your mother will not mind at all if you do mom can we go on an incredible journey up the swirly whirly river . The swirly whirly river . laughs that really does sound incredible. Sure have fun we can go we can go we can go we can go i know i know to the thingamajigger itll be great to watch the salmon run dont you mean swim . laughing pfft. Those crazy salmon have to be different. They say run when they mean swim its time for some fishy fun. Are you ready . Yes we are. Are you steady . Yes we are. Are you sure youre ready to explore . Yes we are then buckle up [honk] flick the jiggermawhizzer [giggles] [boing] [honk] [pop] [laughs] isnt this fun . Yahooooooo here we go, go, go go on an adventure. The thingamajigger is up and away go, go, go, go on an adventure. Were flying with the cat in the hat today were off on a journey, to find salmon sam. I hope youre excited, i know that i am here we go, go, go go on an adventure. Go, go, go, go go welcome to the swirly whirly river hang on to your hats wheeee i think were about to get wet not if you pull the subbereblubbler [laughs] [bell rings] yahoo uh oh gasp i almost forgot. Press the shrinkamadoodle so we dont frighten any fishies well you frightened me laughs wow look at all those fish swimming along with us. Huh . Look. Oh whys that big fish going the other way . Thatll be a salmon. Crazy salmon just have to be different is it salmon samantha . Yes thats her. Woohoo, samantha id know that flashing fishtail anywhere. Hey come back how are we going to catch her . The rivers pushing us the other way you need to be a strong swimmer if you want to go up the river like those crazy salmon do or you can press the flippermadoodle [honk] yay howdy, samantha gasp why slap my tail, if it aint the cat in the hat meet nick and sally. You remember fish of course. Hi samantha. Hi samantha. Hi samantha. Oh please call me sam. Gotta go hey . Wait up where are you going . To the little pools where the river starts. But why . All the other fish are going that way. I need to get there to lay my eggs shes gonna be a mom ahhhhh yikes yeeeeehaw laughs you are a very good swimmer. Im a good swimmer too. Sos sally she loves swimming. gasp then why dont you join me on my adventure . Okay sure your flippityfloppity swim flippers will help us keep up with sam yeehaw get along little fishies. Whoa yoww what was that . Something tried to catch us its just an old grizzly bear a grizzly bear . laughs dont worry he wont hurt you. Its only me hes after. For fun . Oh ho ho. For lunch that doesnt sound like fun to me. I see you. But you cant catch me [laughs] cough grrrrr good day to you sir what kind of fish are you . Cant you tell . I am a catfish huh . Hmmm. A fish in a hat . You guys are swell travel buddies. We sure have travelled a long way together. We have . Yes siree, were nearly there youve just been having too much fun to notice i, on the other hand, notice everything. spluttering oh efforts why is the water going faster and faster . And whats that noise . Lets take a look. Waterfall Falling Water . Grab a rock i guess this is the end of our journey. Sam cant get up there. Never ever. Yeeeeha where did she go . I see her look under the water shes swimming in circles shes building up speed there she goes yeehaw ohhhh she didnt make it. The waterfalls too strong. Hold on to your hats. Here she comes again go sam go go go sam flick your tail swim your best and you wont fail swim, swim, sam jump up high go, go, sam fly, fly ,fly yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaa yes she made it. [laughing] sigh we cant follow her, can we . Not even with flippetyfloppity flippers. Goodbye sam hmmm. Let me see. gasp ohhh in need of a boost . Dont know what to do . Who better to call than thing one and thing two we need to get up there right away. Yeeeeehaw aaah nice try guys. Any more ideas . Uhhuh this is clearly, impossible. Uh oh uh oh [screaming] well never swim up that waterfall. If only we had a tail like sams. Ahhh youre so clever we do press the fishamatailer [honk] yeehaw go team go go go team flick the tail swim our best and we wont fail swim, swim, team jump up high go, go, go. Fly, fly ,fly yay yahoo thats using your heads. And your tails the rivers different here. Not so swirly and whirly. Thats right these are the little pools where the river starts. Thats where sam was heading where is she . Salmon sam. Yoohoo where are you . Shhhhhh youll disturb my eggs. They dont look like the eggs i have for breakfast. More like beautiful tiny jewels. And one day soon theyll turn into baby salmon. Isnt that exciting . It is for me. Im their mom when they grow up, will they all go on the same journey as you, sam . And come all the way back here . You bet this is home an incredible journey incredibly done, weve followed the salmon to see where theyve swum. And now we can see that the reason they go is to lay their new eggs, in calm waters below. Awesome nobody does it like a salmon its time for us to go our home. I never leave my home. Thanks salmon sam bye samantha. Yeehaw goodbye everyone. [car noises] beep beep honk honk hop in cat were going on another incredible journey. gasp thats the thing about incredible journeys. Once youve finished one, you cant wait for the next to begin. [car noises] oh isnt this a good time laugh welcome to hat chat. Today were talking to a hippopotamus. Hello hi hippo i see youre in the water. Are you a fish . No. Im 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, grownup hippos cant 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. Hiphiphooray its pammy the pandas birthday today nick. I know sally. We have to find her a present. Shhh do you think pammy heard us . I dont think so. Good. Because it should be a surprise. Whats a surprise . Its the cat the cat in the hat why are we whispering . Because were trying to figure out what to get pammy for her birthday. Its pammys birthday . Shhhh shhhh pammy doesnt know were getting her a present. Oh i see. Well. I know a lot about presents. I have just the thing. Tada giggling its too silly. Thanks cat but i think we should get her something else. Well i do know a real panda who could tell us. Who . Her name is zhu zhu. She lives in the forest of bamwamabooboo. Lets go ask her can we really go to the forest of bamwamabooboo . Your mother will not mind at all if you do. Mom, can we go to the forest of bamwamabooboo to find a birthday present for pammy the panda . The forest of bamwamabooboo . Okay make sure you find something she likes. We can go we can go we can go we can go i know i know to the thingmajigger buckle up [honk] flick the jiggermawhizzer [giggles] [boing] [honk] [pop] [laughs] isnt this fun . Yahooooo here we go, go, go go on an adventure. The thingamajigger is up and away go go, go, go on an adventure. Were flying with the cat in the hat today were off to meet zhu zhu and put her to the test, to help find the present that pandas like the best here we go, go, go go on an adventure. Go, go, go, go go whoah laughs woohoo wayia theres bamwamabooboo wow it looks like a forest of giant grass. Cool hold on everyone were going down. Here we go again whoa. Wow, this is the biggest grass ive ever seen i can hug it the grass in our yard never grows this tall im sure glad i dont have to mow this lawn. [laughs] yeah bamboo grows fast too bamboo . Bamboo . Yes. This giant grass is called bamboo. Thats what zhu zhu called it last time we came visiting. Bamboo there sure is a lot of bambooooooooooooooo in bamwamabooboo giggle how are we going to find zhu zhu in the middle of all this bamboo . Why dont we climb up and see over the top . Oh its too difficult to climb. How about we use these . I can see everything from up here on my bamboo stilts wow. Bamboo must be really strong if you can stand on it. Yes, bamboo is a grass thats as strong as a tree hes just showing off can you see zhu zhu from up there . No, but i can see bamboo. And more bamboo. Oh and more bamboooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaagh aagh. Oooh bamboo is really bendy too. I knooooooooooooooow help cat cat are you okay cat . Oh, im fine. I meant to do that. If we dont find zhu zhu how are we going to know what to get pammy . Allow me to think. Luckily, im wearing my thinking hat. Hmmm. Interesting. Cant think of a thing. Only thing i see around here is bamboo, bamboo and more bamboo. If zhu zhu lives here i guess she really likes bamboo. So if pandas like bamboo, lets make something out of bamboo for pammy gasp you are soooo clever but what will you do with the bamboo . Lets think. We know its bendy like grass and its strong like a tree. And it makes the best backscratcher ever. Ohhh. Ahh that hits the spot hey what happened to my back scratcher . There it is hi cat. Hey, zhu zhu oh, whos that with you . Sally and nick. Er. Hello. Hi zhu zhu. Im so excited to meet a real panda. I see you borrowed my back scratcher. Oh, you know i just love bamboo, cat. I cant help myself. Zhu zhu. We need your help. You do . We want to know what would be a good present for pammy the panda. Shes our very own panda. We had an idea to make her something out of bamboo. Oh that sounds good. Well make some things and then you can choose the best. Well okay. Ill try. There are zillions of things you can make with bamboo who better to show us than thing one and thing two hello laughing tada ah giggles hey laughs a picture frame oooh a lamp wow a fence. Huh . A bicycle ahhhh its amazing the things you can do with bamboo superamazing well, zhu zhu, which one would pammy like the best . You choose. Well. Theyre all great. Its the bicycle i knew it laughs no. The chair . Oh the excitement i cant wait to find out which shell choose the picture frame the fence the table lamp what will it be . Theyre all very nice. Yes . Pandas do so love bamboo. You do you do we know we know well . Ummmm. I prefer my bamboo. Like this. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Delicious. You eat bamboo . Isnt it a little tough . Not when you have a strong jaw and good teeth like me. I eat almost nothing else. Bamboo really is your favourite thing delicious, mouthwatering crunchy bamboo your most favourite thing in the whole world . Nothing beats it. Then thats what well give pammy for her birthday. A bamboo snack wahoo yeah ow who put that there wow did you hear that cool sound . [drum sound] there it is again bamboo can even be musical its a bamboo drum. Thats because its hollow inside. Really . It is. Try blowing across the top sally. [flute sound] hey i played music rockin sally i feel a musical number coming on. One, two play that bamboo hit it. We love bamboo. We love bamboo so much to do. So much to do. When you got bamboo when youve got bamboo when you got bamlamabamboooooo. Bamboo is best for you. And you. And zhu zhu too oh yeah bamboo laugh that was fun awesome wheres zhu zhu . Over there. Take these for your friend pammy. Are you sure . Ive got plenty to spare. Thank you, zhu zhu. Youre welcome. Oh my. Do you know what time it is . [nick and sally] no. Time for a panda style Birthday Party bye bye zhu zhu. [nick and sally] bye bubye friends. I cant wait to give pammy her present. The best panda present ever bamboo is great yes, bamboo is king bamboo can make almost anything. Its tough and its tall. Its bendy and sweet. And for pandas, bamboo is the best food to eat can we please drive more carefully this time . Whoa i guess not. [laughing] surprise surprise happy birthday pammy we got you a present hey pammy smiled. I saw her she did . Really . She e says, thanks for the present. I just love. Bamboooooooooooooooooooo laughing ahh toucans . Oh i have a brilliant question about toucans ready . Hey where did that berry come from . So, do you know what toucans do when they like each other . Yes they play catch with berries and other fruit. You are too smart well. 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