Ears get together and make things better by working together 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 Arthur Albert einstein was a famous scientist but before he was famous he was just a kid with a lot of questions. I have a question. D. W. , cant you see im busy . clears throat when einstein was just three years old he wanted to know things. Like when his baby sister was born. It is nice but where are its wheels . wailing as he got older, he asked questions that nobody could answer. Could i ever catch up to a beam of light . As an adult, he kept on asking questions that changed the way we think about the universe. Oh, and. D. W. can i ask my question now . What, d. W. . whats so important that you have to interrupt me . Whens the show going to start . Youve been talking forever. groans tadah teacher all right, everyone, lets line up to go outside. I go first im the line leader. D. W. , why dont we give emily a chance to be line leader. You were line leader at lunch. Remember, class, only a few more days till career day. You should be thinking about your presentation on what you want to be when you grow up. I already know what i want to be a ballerina. Ive wanted to be one all my life. Tommy and i want to be cowboys when we grow up. No, we dont. We want to be policemen. Cowboys policemen both grunting how about you, d. W. . What are you going to be . First d. W. mary moo cow i called it d. W. its my tv time tv narrator launched in 1990 from the Space Shuttle discovery. Dad im watching a fascinating program on space exploration. Tv narrator . 700,000 photos of the cosmos. The images have astounded and even confounded astronomers. groans its just news. Look its footage of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. I was arthurs age when this was shown live on tv. Everyone i knew wanted to be an astronaut. Imagine what it felt like to be the first person to set foot on the moon. Neil armstrong its one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Who knows . Maybe one day, you kids will get to see someone walk on mars. You mean that no one has ever done that . Not yet. Good then ill be the first. laughs laughing d. W. . An astronaut . Now, theres a crazy idea. Whats so crazy about it . Im only four and i can already count to ten. D. W. Is right, arthur theres no reason why she couldnt be the first person on mars. See . So there. Now, if youll excuse me i have to start preparing. Lets see. Juice, cookies. What else should i bring . Oh, yeah a copilot. Where to, captain . Mars. Oh, goody. Are we spending the night . I didnt bring my toothbrush. Nah, this is just a test mission to see what it might be like. I wont really be going till im a little older. Now, lets see there must be a light switch in here somewhere. Load the pinkulator. Set the gigatron to ten. Start the caliopilops. Check, check check. Ready for blastoff. deep rumbling we did it. Were the first people ever to land on mars. I couldnt have done it without you, nadine. Now for the best part. This is one small step for me, and one big leap for everyone else. Whoa grunts that wasnt such a small step. Its beautiful. Do you think anybody lives on mars . I dont know but if someone is here they should be throwing us a parade. Its not every day that someone from earth comes to visit them. heavy footfalls whats that sound . The. The welcoming committee . Wheres it coming from . I dont know. both scream pal growling let go of my space hatch, you dumb dog. grunts great now i have to build a whole new spaceship. growling whimpers tommy nice job, timmy. Read him his rights. Stinky pete, youre under arrest for not wearing a hat. You have the right to sit in this wagon. What are you doing . Practicing for career day. Weve decided to be cowboy policemen when we grow up. Hey, shes not wearing a hat. Youre under arrest. groaning fine, im under arrest. Do you have something i could use as a spaceship like a big box . Ive decided to be the first person to go to mars. both gasp dont do it, d. W. You dont want to go to mars. Martians live there. We saw a science show on tv all about it. Really . Well, what are martians like . Theyre big lizards. Timmy some are as big as skyscrapers. Tommy they never sleep but they have to eat all the time. Timmy sometimes they even try to eat each other. roaring tommy and you know why mars is called the red planet . No. Because martian blood glows red in the dark. Wait here ill go get you that box. Uh, actually i dont need it. Thanks. squeaks gasps dad d. W. , were going to do some star gazing. Its a beautiful night. Who knows . We may even be able to see mars. Come on. Uh. Okay. Whoa the moon looks so big. Isnt it beautiful . Here, let me see if i can find mars for you. It must be tiny if you need a telescope to see it better. Its actually a lot bigger than the moon. Its just a lot farther away. There it is. Take a look. Ill go in and get us something to munch on. Where is it . All i can see is a small dot thats sort of. gasps it really is red. Of course it is. Thats why they call it the red planet. The tibbles were right. I can see the martian blood. Martian blood . From the big lizards who are as tall as skyscrapers and. And. And never sleep, right . But they have to eat all the time and sometimes they attack each other . Right. How come everyone knows about this but me . D. W. , thats from a silly movie called attack of the sleepless martian dinosaurs. Buster made me watch it. Tibbles i shouldve known better. But wait if there are no martian dinosaurs then who lives. Up there . Arthur no one knows for sure if anything lives on mars. But even if there is life, it wouldnt be something as big as a skyscraper. Hello anybody home . Ow chittering grunts so, you still want to go to mars . You know, youre not the first person to be afraid of mars and martians. Im not . Look at this. Its called war of the worlds, and it was written by h. G. Wells. In the story aliens take over our planet. But. But its not true, right . Nope. But in 1938, a man named orson welles did a radio broadcast of the story. A lot of people heard it and thought it was really happening. Theyre here were being attacked by aliens screams were they scared . You bet. But the more you know about something, the less scary it is. Heres a picture of the real mars. It looks like a big rusty desert. How can anything live there . Good question. And i know just where we can do a little research. D. W. okay, so i know that itll take me over two years to get to mars and that id weigh almost nothing there but i still dont know whether theres any life on it. Dad scientists havent answered that question yet. D. W. well, someone has to do it. It might as well be me. Okay, children, its time for our career day presentations. Who would like to go first . Okay, d. W. You can start. When i grow up, im going to be the first person to set foot on mars. And the first person to be eaten by a giant martian lizard. Timmy, shh. Mars is called the red planet because. The martian blood glows red in the dark. Giant lizards . Blood . I dont want to hear this. Children, please settle down. Are they coming here . Are they going to get us . whistle blows do you want to hear about the real mars or just a madeup story . As i was saying, mars is called the red planet because the rocks there have lots of iron in them. When the iron gets rusty it turns red. children ooh pretty now, people used to think this was a big face, but if you look closely, you can see that its just a bunch of holes. D. W. finally, theres one thing Everyone Wants to know is there any life on mars . Well, im sorry to say but we just dont know. All aw but the good news is im going to find out for you all and ill be the first to do it. Thank you. cheering that was a wonderful presentation, d. W. Absolutely fascinating. So tommy and timmy would you like to go next . Um, i think we need more time, ms. Morgan. Were changing what we want to be. Yeah. We want to be astronauts, too. And now, a word from us kids. with students mercury, venus earth, mars. Francescas mom came and told us about planets. Jupiter, saturn, uranus neptune and pluto. Francescas mom is an astronomer someone who studies stars and planets. And shes talking to us about the new planet. Which i dont really know the name of. Okay, well, in 2003, astronomers found an object that is bigger than pluto and farther away from the sun. If we should call it a planet, what name should we give it . Casey two. Ubdee bubdee. Zix one. Boy today were making imaginary planets. Astronomer you are going to make up your own planet. What would it be like if you could go to these planets . My planet is called cupsqprezbm. And it has bananashaped creatures. My planets name is chrykuoarasim. It is very icy. Theres a legend about this planet, but nobody really knows it. And this is my planet, and its called truckabyupu. And its a carnival, and it has a workout place. And thats it. The name of my planet is purple 123. This is the queen right here. Theyre taking a ballet class. And they roast green marshmallows. children oohing and now, back to arthur. piano playing dramatically thunder i suppose youre wondering why weve called you all here. You said there was cake, old boy. Mmm. And its delicious. Yes, i suppose it is. But thats not the main reason. Oh, right. The main reason is we know who done it. Arthur could it be the professor . Or maybe the heiress . gasps whimpers or perhaps the neerdowell gadabout. The what . He means you old bean. Oh. gasps and the culprit is. buster screams what happened . Who screamed . Oh, sorry. That was me. I dropped my cake. Oh. Hey all im saying is, a rocketpowered baseball bat would be cool. mr. Read screams what happened . Ms. Perske just delivered this cake plate an hour ago and now it has a huge chip in it, and the johnson wedding is this weekend. Cant you just use another one . No, they specifically requested this one. D. W. well, it wasnt me. I was never near that table. Mr. Read arthur, do you have any idea how this happened . Uh, we were just outside playing baseball. Arthurs not telling you everything. What. What do you mean . Ive got it all on tape with my secret spy cam. Whered you get that . Oh, thats mine. I told d. W. She could use it while i was here. Tv announcer youre really dancing now. We sure are. Who knew competitive dancing could be so much fun . d. W. Giggles doorbell rings, door opens mrs. Read oh, thank you. This should be safe here. Arthur buster, ive had enough. Lets play outside. Uhoh. barks pal pal, shoo arthur hey, buster, lets play some ball. Here, catch. glass breaks arthur, im very disappointed in you. Why didnt you tell me youd been in the living room . We were playing outside, but i guess we were in the living room first. But we didnt break it. Thats not what it sounds like on the tape. I have to get back to work now but tonight, i want you to tell me what really happened. I cant believe you videotaped us. Well, im glad i did since it proves i didnt do it. Which reminds me. You boys dance divinely. Have fun with your talk tonight. My dad doesnt believe us. Weve got to prove were telling the truth. But how . By finding out who did break that plate. Hmm. Whos the most likely person to have broken something . What would i be doing in your house . Besides, i had a clarinet lesson this morning. Aha if you werent there then how did you know the plate was broken in the morning . Arthur buster we told him that when we came in. Oh, yeah. Aw. That always works on tv. Ha you two need detective lessons. Now, if youll excuse me. Detective lessons would be helpful. Where do you get detective lessons . This book, the complete Sherlock Holmes will teach you everything i know. groans oh i cant read this now. Im having a talk with my dad tonight. As holmes once said, the world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance ever observes. Youre best bet is to go back to the scene of the crime and examine the evidence. Mom, you have to believe me. We didnt break the plate. I want to believe you, but your dad showed me the tape. groans oh mrs. Read, are you sure the plate wasnt broken when you put it on the piano . Yes, buster. I checked it when ms. Perske delivered it. It was fine. Weve got two pieces of evidence the plate and the videotape. We need to examine them as thoroughly as possible, but how . Hmm, the way they do it in those crime labs on tv. I think youll want to see this. Ive studied the plate chip under a magnifying glass and compared it to the break patterns as found in the authoritative work on the subject, dr. Grants crystal breaks chips and shards. Here take a look for yourself. Heres your chipped plate, and heres a picture of standard damage caused by a baseball. Theyre totally different. Thats correct. Id say your dads plate was broken by something metallic about the size of a coin. That means it couldnt have been us. Brain but wait. Theres more. I ran the audio from your tape through some soundenhancing software. Lets listen to the regular tape first. Arthur on tape hey, buster, lets play some ball. Here, catch. glass breaks aw, that doesnt help. It still sounds like we broke it. Ah, this time through my software. Listen, just before the smash. tape rewinds arthur on tape hey, buster, lets play some ball. Here, catch. metallic clattering, glass breaks but. What was that sound . metallic clattering find that sound, and id say youll find what broke that plate. So there has to be something in this room that made that sound and could break a plate. Like this driedup jelly bean . Could this break a plate . No the brain said something small and metallic like a coin or a bolt, or maybe a. A watch. Yeah, i guess it could be a watch. No. I found a watch. Hmm. Ive never seen this before. Hey, look at this. To ms. Perske, a great boss. Isnt perske the name of the shop where your dad got the cake plate . Thats right. Mom said ms. Perske delivered it to our house. But how could she have broken the plate with her watch . But i told you boys i never set foot in your house. I must have lost my watch outside. But we found it in my living room. And now my watch is broken. It must have broken when it hit the cake plate. Thats a pretty unlikely explanation. Are you sure you didnt break it . Just because we cant prove it doesnt mean it isnt true. Ms. Perske doesnt believe me. My own dad doesnt believe me. Even im starting not to believe me. We need more help. So, the question is, how could the watch have gotten on the inside . Oh, we have no idea. Holmes says that there is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you. Maybe it flew through the window. Thats impossible. I suggest you check to see if the window was open. According to holmes, when every possibility is explored, whatever remains, no matter how unlikely must be the truth. See . Something could have flown through this window. Ms. Perske said she pulled out of our driveway and headed that way. She said she had her arm out of her car window, and the watch slipped off and landed on the street. But when she stopped to look for it it was gone. metallic clattering ouch that was it that was the sound no, it wasnt. That was just me saying ouch. Something just hit me in the arm. metallic clattering get your video camera, buster. Sherlock holmes may believe in impossible things, but my dad is going to need proof. video static thank you all for coming. What are you talking about . Im here all the time. Mom d. W. , quiet. Your brother is solving a mystery. Anyway this should clear up the mystery of who broke the cake plate. Buster . Arthur at first, all signs pointed to buster and me. barking arthur hey, buster, lets play some ball. Here, catch. glass breaks but the brain showed us that it wasnt a baseball that broke the plate. And then there was that sound. metallic clattering that led us to ms. Perskes watch, which led us outside to the biggest clue of all. When this manhole cover is run over, it shifts, causing the sound and launching anything on the cover like, say, a stone or a watch, into the air. static buster seemingly impossible and yet true. I tested all the trajectories, mr. Read. It was ms. Perskes watch, launched from that street, which flew through this living room window and broke your cake plate, which was sitting right here. I guess i owe arthur and buster an apology. Thats okay, dad. Im sorry, too. I should have admitted i was playing catch inside. Unfortunately, im still short one expensive cake plate. Ms. Perske actually youre not. Ms. Perske . I hope you dont mind. I invited ms. Perske to join us. I apologize for my dramatic entrance, but the chance to lurk in the wings until the big moment was just too good to pass up. I do so love a good mystery. Yeah, if youre not the prime suspect. I must say though i had no idea the trouble my watch had caused. Well, it was no trouble exactly. Nonsense. Of course it was. And seeing as your son found my watch which has great sentimental value, im replacing your plate for free. Mr. Read wow. Thats very kind of you. Now, we just have to call the city to fix the manhole cover. metallic rattling kids oh, no adults oh, no metallic clattering hi, everyone, its me, buster. If you love the great food we get to eat in elwood city you wont believe all the great food im trying on my trip with my dad. Mmm. Dont you just want to eat some . Im tasting everything and im sending it all back to my friends in elwood city on my very own video postcards. Theyre postcards from buster. Visit us online at pbskidsgo. Org. You can find arthur books and lots of other books, too at your local library. Now its t and everybody that you meet has an original point of view 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 funding for arthur is provided by. Chuck e. Cheeses, proud supporter of pbs [ female announcer ] fun for everyone makes a family strong. Chuck e. Cheeses proudly supports pbs kids. And by contributions to your pbs station from. Every week. Thats me martha speaks is proof positive. Do we love llamas, people . Theres nothing like a talking dog. Hello voices wobbling you guys are really irritating. Does irritating mean fun . On your mark, go martha speaks on pbs kids. Wow barking honks stocks fell on worries that china might. Announcer the new pbs for ipad app. Youll never know what youll find. [dog barks] announcer available now in the app store. 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 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. Oh hi. Todays show is all about construction and building. No its not. Todays words are all about outfits, patterns and styles. Well actually, a dress pattern is just like a blueprint which is one of todays words. But the really important words are the ones about fashion and apparel. Buildings are way more important that clothes. Would you rather walk around with no house or no clothes . Watch for all the words about constructing buildings and clothing, and well see you at the end of the program. Mmm. Perfect. vacuum cleaner running gasps oh, brother. Vacuums. Throw them in the river. Much better. Mmm. jake crying i dont want it. Tv announcer and its a high pop fly horn blowing dad its going. Its going. Whoohoohoohoo dad yeah wow, this batter is really thick. Use the electric beaters. Theyre noisy. Good idea, martha. Hey, wheres she going . sighs contentedly barking playfully groans groans sighs thunder crashing barking excitedly you have to wait, skits till these arent so ouchy hot. Wheres martha . Shes usually trying to steal cookies, too. Martha shes right here. Helen martha, youre all wet, and you look so tired. Why dont you come inside and take a nap. Ayyiyi. What . What did i say . If you have trouble sleeping, you should do what i do. Just close your eyes and think about stuff. snoring helen td . Shh, hes sleeping. Maybe we should go in the other room. Good idea. How come no one ever says shh, marthas sleeping. Lets go in the other room . Helen shh sighs martha next to food, sleeping is the most important thing in a dogs life. All im asking for is a little quiet. No more than 16 or 17 hours, tops. I dont think we could be quiet for that long, martha. You just need to find your own quiet place. You should get a doghouse. What . You mean like dogs live in . Sure. In the yard . Exactly. A simple shelter. Whoa whoa, whoa. You cant fool me. A shelter is a nice way of saying the dog pound. Helen thats true. A shelter can be another word for the pound. But it can also be a building that protects you from bad weather. Like a house or an apartment. Well that i could use. Well build you one. Itll be great. Well build you the best doghouse ever. The best doghouse ever . Yeah it would have. Hang on, im trying to imagine it. alarm ringing talking alarm clock good morning, martha. Its time for breakfast. Oh. Huh. Nothing like 20 hours of sleep to really work up an appetite. Ooh, i guess ill just go for the garbage sampler plate. chewing noisily ah this is the life. We can all Work Together to construct the perfect doghouse. Construct . Construct means to build. Yeah. Well get some tools and some wood and well construct your doghouse just the way you want it. What do you say, martha . loudly great huh . what . what did i miss . hammering huh . I brought a pencil and paper. Maybe we should sketch some plans before we Start Building anything. No need. Were almost done with construction. Here help me move the roof. But you cant put it here. This is where the basement goes. Oh, good, martha, youre here. You can tell us. Is it okay for the pool to go here . I started digging over there, but there was a rock. Coming through. You already started building . yells im okay. Im okay. Thats one deep pool. Truman guys a little help . chuckles nervously sorry. Uhoh. Wow, it looks just like a building. Lets go in. Por aqui no. You cant come in this way. This is the closet. How do you get in . Try the window. What window . Hmm, i dont know. Look around, there must be one someplace. But this is where the porch is going. Sorry, this is where the pool goes. I dibsed it. Wheres the porch go . Over there someplace. But a porch is supposed to be attached to the house. Its a part of the building. It cant be over there someplace. Well, im not moving the pool again. I cant have a house over here and a. You cant put a porch over a pool. Martha quiet i have a question. How do i get in . Oh, easy. You, um. You just, uh. Uh, you cant. Get in . Um, how do i get out . Maybe wed better discuss this. Maybe we should have a plan before we go any further. Martha means we should do what real architects do, right . Yes, exactly. Whats an architect . An architect is someone who makes plans for building things like houses. And doghouses . Right. And before anyone picks up their tools to Start Building, an architect makes a plan. He draws a blueprint or makes a model so that everyone can agree on what theyre going to construct. Thats what truman said we should do. Hey, where did he go . truman grunting truman, hold on. Were coming. Alice so heres what well do well all sketch or make a model of the kind of doghouse we want to build. And well let martha decide which design she likes best, all right . Terrific ill work with truman till his arms come down. I think i feel them loosening already. crowd cheering on tv wind whistling sniffing i cant wait to see everyones ideas. Can i turn mine in tomorrow . Its not homework, td. Were starting the construction on marthas doghouse today. Oh right. Okay, go ahead. Ill sketch fast. Dont worry. I brought a modelo a model of the perfect house. curious barking martha oh, a model is just a small version of something. It shows what it will look like. Exactamente. And this is a model of the doghouse we should build for martha. Voila it looks like your old britanny dream house. It is only better. Everything is white. White curtains, rugs, pillows, everything. Wow. Not so close quit breathing on it its just to look at. To look at . Yes. Its for company. They come over. You say, would you like to see my doghouse . They say, yes. You go outside, you look at your doghouse and then you go back in, thats all. Hmm. Dont talk on it. You can actually go into our house. Truman and i made some sketches. We call it the sound mind. In the sound body doghouse. Its more than just shelter. Inside the building theres a treadmill so you can get your walk whether its sunny or raining a bed thats also a trampoline you can jump on circular pool and a machine that pitches all the balls you can fetch. Wow and the mind part is that theres music and books on tape. Martha do i use those posts in the yard to. . No thats the sculpture garden. Theyre statues for you to look at. Oh, okay. Still theyre a pretty good height for. Truman no done youre going to love this. This is the perfect doghouse. Martha it looks like a haunted castle. Exactly. Thats how you keep the other dogs away so youll have it all to yourself. You just speak the password to the pirate skull. Alphabet soup you cross the drawbridge, slide down the waterslide. And parachute into. The Hidden Underground lab full of crimefighting equipment. siren wails theres a robbery over on main street you hit the button, your seat goes up and puts you right behind the seat of. The marthamobile a complete crimefighting machine on wheels and fetch but i cant drive. Thats okay. Ill drive. But youre not old enough to drive. He will be by the time we finish building it. Hey. Oh, dont start fighting. I want to hear helens idea. Oh, my design isnt as fancy as those. I just put in a few things. A place to put your sticks you find in the park, a place to hide when theres thunder and lots of doggie doors to go in and out and in and out and in and out of. Will there be room for everyone to visit . Sure. We can make it nice and big. Then i choose. Hmm. That one. You really know whats important to a dog. Fair enough. We have our blueprint. Lets go get our tools and build it all grunting sniffs, sighs did i ever tell you what td stands for . It stands for tadaa how did you do that . I thought we ran out of nails and wood. I just used some tape a few boards from the tree house and my belt. Ah ill go get some more nails. Yeah, me,too. Wow, its pretty cool what you can do with some boards and tools. And plans. What do you think, martha . Its great both yay whoohoo hello . Is anyone listening . You guys . Youre in my doghouse. Hello . Eh. Marthas going to be so happy. all chattering cant even get into my own. Hey helen hey, anyone seen martha . Martha . sighs, smacks lips snoring people build all sorts of things to take shelter in from houses to skyscrapers. But before they build anything, they make a blueprint. A blueprint is a plan that shows how to build a building right down to the smallest detail. barks uh, yes, skits sometimes blueprints are blue but they dont have to be blue. The people who construct the buildings use the blueprint to tell them exactly how to put things together. Because without a plan you can end up with some pretty shaky designs. So, if anyone ever hands you some tools and asks you to build a skyscraper, be sure you ask for a blueprint barks mrs. Clusky clears throat first off, girls, i want to say last months oldtyme picnic and horseshoe throwing contest was a resounding success. And alice walter middly wanted to assure you that his new toenail is coming in just fine. Thank goodness. For our next big gopher event, the whole town is getting involved. I think you girls are going to love it. A dog parade . Isnt that great . You know, ive always dreamed of Something Like that. Announcer and here it comes one of the favorites. Its martha shes over fivestories high and takes twodozen people to operate. Thats a lot of hot air. When do we start making the big balloon . Its not that kind of parade. Its just a dogs walking down the street wearing funny outfits kind of parade. Outfits . Yeah. Its another word for clothes. Im against dogs in clothes. Even if theres a prize for best outfit . Is the prize food . Maybe. Im in. You are one lucky dog i know. Free food. Not you. Helen i am . Why . Do you know whos judging all the outfits for the dog parade . Who . Who . Mindy munchhausen mindy munchhausen mindy munchhausen. Who . applause carolina thats mindy munchhausen. Welcome to operation catwalk gah cats . cant be good. Shh our mission . To make cuttingedge apparel. And by apparel i mean something to wear. Clothing today, our contestants will sew an outfit for our lumberjacks to model. Talk about cutting edge stay tuned were going to leave you in stitches. Shes judging the costumes for our dog parade . Uhhuh. I was hoping i could design a costume for francois, but mrs. Clusky wants to do it herself. Well you could stitch up something for skits. ¿de veras . Youd let me do that . sure. Why not . Maybe we could work on something together thanks, cuz now we just have to figure out what kind of costumes to make. We have to make sure our design is the best. A style no ones ever seen on a dog before. Hmm. A bee and a flower . Hmm. How about. . Romeo and juliet . Or. Magician and rabbit . Or. Two peas in a pod . I know sherlock bones and Dogtor Watson . If youre doing that, how about hot dogula and frankfurterstein . Both yeah good idea. I was just kidding you know. groans 22 inches from neck to tail. grunts gasps what are you doing . Before we start sewing, we have to get your measurements. 12 inches. Measurements . Measurements tell you the size of a thing or how big it is. Were measuring your body so that your costume fits. Cold 28 inches. whining sighs i still dont see what difference. Shh if im going to get the right measurement, you have to stop talking. Wow, helen. This pattern is so cool. barks huh . Huh . Oh, a pattern is a plan you use to make clothes from. Its like a blueprint only for clothes. Alice we should sew some stitches in the forehead here so it looks like a scar. Yeah. And use green fabric. Hey, lets sew some cork thingies here so it looks like frankenstein bolts. Great idea did you finish marthas hot dogula pattern . Its over there. barks no my costume is going to be way cooler than yours. barks is not is, too is not is, too hey barking im going to. Martha, skits stop it youre going to rip my. Pattern. Maybe the models should go outside while we make a new pattern. Good thinking. chuckles oh i thought you were done taking measurements. I am but we have to hem your costumes if theyre going to fit right. Your hems are so straight. Mine are a mess. Well, my model is being a little more cooperative than yours is. barking maybe we should take the booties off for his fitting. I feel ridiculous. camera clicks you two look great que estilo very stylish apparel. Does this hem look crooked to you . Not if i tilt my head like this. Let me rehem this, and well get another picture. Come in for a second, martha. groans youre such a great sewer. This prize is ours barking skits, where are you going . come back skits, come back skits barking grunts barking panting skits mindy is this your dog . His collar says skits. Uh i, uh, uh. I love his costume. It really fits him. You must be entering him in the dog fashion parade tomorrow, right . Uh uhhuh. Well youre a fabulous little Fashion Designer. And hes one cute model. See you at the show. She said that . Can you believe it . Can i take this off now . All right, martha. Carolina i couldnt believe it. It was her, right here in our town and she was so nice. doorbell rings gasps it couldnt be. Oh. Its you. Youll never guess who i just saw. All mindy munchhausen. I was standing behind her in line at the corner store. I wanted to Say Something but she was on her cell phone the whole time. She was talking about how she just met the youngest Fashion Designer ever. girls gasp she did . Td yeah, she said she wants her to come on her tv show with the apparel she designed. Can i eat this . What . shrieks she said that . on her tv show . i cant believe it girls screaming, cheering whoa. She had to be talking about me. Of course, ill tell her that were a team. What do you say, martha . Want to go to new york and be a bigtime model . Will i have to wear clothes . Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Count me out. Well skits wants to be on tv. Right, skits . yawning uhuhuh. Get up we have to get you ready its important to stay in shape. That way, your clothes always fit. excited barking skits, no no playing in mud. You have to look your best for the parade. Come on, keep running. whimpers remember, skits, posture and poise, a good model makes. Showoff. If youre going to be a model youre going to have to learn how to do the model walk. Now you try. Why would anyone walk like that . It looks like theres something wrong with your hips. Hey, out of my chair shh. He needs his beauty rest. Tomorrow is his big day. Whats the big deal . Hes dressed like a giant frankfurter. He shouldnt be on tv he should be handing out flyers in front of a hot dog stand. Shh groans with thick accent hi i want to drink your blood what fun look at all these costumes. Is that little girl lost . She keeps going in a circle. gasps shes looking at me. Mindy, i just wanted you to know im all packed. Im ready to go. Im sorry . Oh you dont have to pretend with me. I know all about your hip young designer. Alexis tabouli . are you friends with her . Shes terrific. I cant wait to have her on my show. Shes the youngest Fashion Designer ever. Yeah. Shes really something. I dont feel bad for me. I feel bad for skits and for america. They dont know what theyre missing. Helen, will you watch this for a minute . Where are you going . To yell at td. Sorry youre not going to be on operation catwalk skits. Woof woof yeah, i cant wait to get this thing off, either. Sorry it took so long but we had a tough decision to make. All you animals looked great. And the dogs looked cute, too. laughing im pleased to announce we have a tie. Well, you didnt get to be on tv, but at least you won a prize. happy barking can we eat them now . Why not . Youve earned it. Who knew fashion could be so tasty . Oh, hey, its td. screaming td style. skits barking sniffing thats not an agricultural tool. Agricultural means having to do with farming. skits barks what are you doing . Martha playing in the park with skits. All right fun hey, if youd like to play the new game in the park with skits, just go to marthas stories on the martha speaks website at pbskids. Org. Help skits find things like vehicles or footwear. But watch out for cats. If you hit one, its game over. Look what we found martha, what have we said about borrowing tractors . No borrowing tractors. You know the rule. Take it back. All right. Come on, skits. In the park with skits. Check it out at pbskids. Org. Did you catch all the words about construction measurements and so on . Lets see some of them again. Measurements tell you the size of a thing or how big it is. Were measuring your body so that your costume fits. An architect is someone who makes plans for building things, like houses. Construct . Construct means to build. See you next time. Okay, thats a wrap 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 its sid the science kid. You have muscles all over your body. Hmm. I think im gonna have to investigate this more at school announcer its sid the science kid, weekdays on pbs kids or watch anytime you want at pbskids. Org. Martha speaks is funded in part by. Kiddie Academy Child Care learning centers. Proud supporter of pbs kids. 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Thanks for dancing got to dash dashs dance party 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 its no secret that monkeys like cars. All kinds of cars. laughing chittering squealing ready . Uhhuh. Get set and. Go oh george laughing screams george oh oops brakes squeak nice wipeout. That reminds me. You should have seen me almost wipe out at the derby. I was coming down the hill accelerating into maximum gravitational pull, and then i lost a wheel. Huh . Man i think bill is talking about a soapbox derby, george. Its where kids build and race their own cars. Ah. And theres a derby today on boysenberry hill. man laughs check it out. George oohooh man bill, that is one nicelooking vehicle. Did you build it yourself . I sure did. Its got rearwheel steering caliper brakes and a parachute. You have a parachute in there . It pays to be prepared. chattering excitedly me, too. I want to build a car like that and almost wipe out on a hill. Uhhuh. You kids want to enter the soapbox derby . Yes, yes, and double yes hooting if youre serious, then youll need the rule book. It pretty much tells you everything you need, and how to put it together. Hey, you want some help . I was a pretty mean derby racer in my day. Sorry, but thats against the rules. Contestants have to build their own cars. Oh, yeah. Okay. Well, youre welcome to borrow anything you see around the house. Ooh. Huh. Ah. giggles you can keep that. I dont need it anymore. The race starts at 2 00 p. M. Sharp. See you there uhhuh. Bye. Narrator bill was right. The book could tell them everything. Huh . If only they knew how to read. The car. Uh, something, something car. Something car. Oh. This book needs more pictures. Uhhuh. Hey narrator a picture this looked like something theyd need. The part to sit in. hoots they also needed that a Steering Wheel. Just like on the mans car. And wheels for the car to sit on. Oh. Hey, george, you see how that thingie there is stopping the wheel . I bet thats a brake. Ah narrator a brake. Maybe this book could show them how to build a car. chattering oh. Yeah lets just follow the pictures. One. Two, three. And four. Uhhuh. Lets go look in our barn. Grandpa has all kinds of stuff in there. chatters hooting excitedly ooh. Ah. Oh, yeah, good idea. Lets take the wagon. Maybe well find car stuff on the way. Uhhuh, uhhuh. grunts oops. Wasnt the wagon right here . Yup. These flowers will look beautiful in that old kayak. Allie hiya, mrs. Quint guess what . George and me were building a car so we can race in a race. All we need are car parts. chatters happily well, if you see any car parts lying around just help yourself. Uhhuh. Aw. Must have left my gloves inside. hooting george oh. Ha chatting happily narrator the broken boat and the car body looked a lot alike. Theyre almost totally exactly the same andandandand look it it already has two seats. One for you and one for me. Uhhuh. laughs chattering happily gasps gee willakers what on earth happened to that kayak . george chattering excitedly narrator george and allie had found a car body. Ah. Narrator now they just needed steering, wheels and brakes. If youre building a race car, an old barn is a great place to start. Ooh chattering happily oh, yeah narrator this barn had wheels. Tada grunts . And a Steering Wheel with a horn. honking at last, george and allie were ready to roll. Yay unfortunately, their car wasnt. gasps whoops. Oh. chattering narrator george got to thinking. If you want your car to roll the wheels had better roll too. Oh. Ooh. Yeah. Hey. Aha. We should use the wagon wheels . Uh. grunts hooting oh, yeah. We should use the whole wagon shouts, chatters aha the handle is sort of like a Steering Wheel. grunts chatters narrator if you want to ride in a race, maybe your wheels shouldnt ride off without you. George needed a way to keep the two car parts together. Oh. tapping chattering he knew just how to do it. First, he put the steering handle through the hole in the bottom of the boat. Then he nailed the boat to the wagon. chatters happily laughs we did it narrator the car was almost ready. Okay, weve got one, two and three, but we still need. Oh. Brakes shouts george hooting oops. Whew horse neighing hey, kids. Arent you entering the derby race . Itit starts in ten minutes. Oh, no. But were missing a car part and we dont know where to find it well, id offer to help you, but, um. We know, we know. No help allowed. Well, if you see anything you need, youre welcome to it. Thanks, grandpa. horse neighs george uhoh whoa forgot to put on the brake. grandpa grunting hmm. Did he say brake . Narrator george and allie had their brake. Well, it looks okay. We can test it on the way to the race. Uhhuh. george and allie cheering laughing crowd cheering are the racers ready . On your mark. Get set. It works chuckles hey, guys, you made it. chatters go applause and cheering and theyre off. cheering and applause gracious, thats my kayak. Man and thats my wagon. Go, george. Thats my buggy narrator for a while, george and bill were neck and neck. Come on, faster. grunts uhoh. grunting crowd cheering mr. Renkins phew. And now, lets meet the winner. Farmer renkins wagon. It was a rather unusual entry, but it met all the rules. And our runnersup george and allie. both cheering . And bill. both cheering sputtering child george is a monkey. He and allie made their own soapbox derby race car. Girl Curious George made a car that went down a ramp, and so are we. Child its a box with a stick through a straw for the axle and some wheels. Go girl gravity is pulling our cars towards the ground down the ramp. Thats how gravity works. This is how far elis car went. My car went even further. Go sashas car didnt go as far as our cars did. Sasha i am going to give a banana a ride. Zoe when she gave the banana a ride, her car went off the racetrack. Sashas car is heavier. Thats why it goes down so fast. Weight and gravity are partners. Narrator saturday was a day when monkeys and men with yellow hats return books and get new ones. A whole Building Full of books. What could be better than that, huh, george . Ah are you excited to get a new book, george . grunts sadly adventurous henry is one of my favorites, too. Maybe you should check it out again. Huh . Its called renewing a book. People do it all the time. chatters excitedly george was thrilled. Oh. Because the man with the yellow hat. Whoa. Had only read the book to him 18 times. Thats strange. I dont see the librarian. Mrs. Dewey . Huh. Im right here. Hey. Oh, there you are. Sorry for the mess. My work keeps stacking up. Uh, george would like to renew a book, please. Yeah, uhhuh. chatters scanner beeps i sure wish i had someone to help out today. george sighs oh. Aha chatters excitedly man something tells me george is available. Thats stupendous. Thank you, george. George, i have some research to do. Will you be all right here by yourself . Uhhuh, uhhuh uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh. Well, then ill be back in a few hours. Be a good Little Monkey librarian. chatters okay, chuckles chatters bye okay, george. Would you mind going through this pile and separating out the dvds . Oh. chatters narrator george soon discovered that he was a superfast movie grabber. scanner beeps, george grunts . And a superfast book scanner. chattering vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom chuckles ah. blows and a superfast pencil sharpener. exclaims chiming male voice over p. A. mrs. Dewey please report to the main library immediately. Five book clubs have arrived all at once. Oh, dear. Ill be back as soon as i can, george. Until then, it looks like youre in charge. Huh . Youre a terrific helper. Ha george was in charge of a library. Hmm. George wondered if he should put the rest of the books away. excited hooting that seemed like something a monkeyincharge would do. grunting oh george had put the books away in record time. humming this librarian stuff was easy. chattering doorman hi, george. Wheres the librarian . Ah oh, i see. Can you help me find hundleys Favorite Book . Its called dachshunds and dandelions. Ah. Its a small, yellow book. Its usually on this shelf. Narrator a yellow book . Uhhuh, uhhuh. No problem. George was very familiar with that color. Aha chatters nope, not it. Hmm. chatters ha, ha, ha. Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh. Nope and nope. chattering quietly sighs hmm. There were a lot of yellow books. chattering excitedly huh, huh, huh . No, no, no. Thats it dachshunds and dandelions. See . Uhhuh. Thanks, george. Ill check this out in the main library. Goodbye. friendly chattering phew. Finding books was hard. Hmm. chattering but george had an idea. If books were sorted by color, theyd be much easier to find. chattering yeah. chattering ah. Aha. chuckling chattering it took a lot of work, but the library was fixed. It would be easy for people to find books now. Aha where did it go . Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm ah, georgio, georgio you know, i cant find the book. Ah. . Yeah. Its gnocchis Favorite Book, too. Its called mice everywhere. chatters narrator hmm, no problem. George just had to find out what color it was. Ah . Huh . chatters ah . Um. Ah . Oh, eh. Ah . Nuh. Ah . Uh, uh. Whwh. Are you asking me what color the book is . Uhuh. I dont know. But i do know one thing its very, very, very, very big oh. Narrator big is not a color. Oh aha excited chattering uh. No, its bigger than that. Ah . Uh, no. Bigger still. grunts quiet grunting loud grunt yells thats it phew laughing oh, thank you, georgio you know, i got to get some cookbooks, too, so ill check this out up front. Byebye, little buddy clears throat quietly i mean, byebye, little buddy. Bye groans oh. Eh. Narrator hmm. Organizing books by color didnt seem to work. Maybe they should be organized by size, instead. Uhhuh. Aha chattering grunting tired sigh whew, whew, whew narrator little books. Medium books. Big books. Humongous books. George had fixed the library. Again. Whew snoring steve ah, george, what happened . the books are all messed up huh . Come here, iill show you. tired groaning this is where all the outer space books are supposed to be. But instead, youve got. Uh, bunny books . Train books, bug books. Pink pony books . groans where are all the outer space books . chattering ah. Narrator george tried to explain to steve how he had organized all the books. chattering grunting chattering did you arrange all the books by size . Uhhuh. Thats amazing but i dont think thats the way libraries work. Hah . Ohohoh chattering exhausted sigh see. Outer space books are supposed to go on this shelf, and books about dinosaurs go on that shelf, and all the other books. Uh, i dont know where they go. Hmm. Narrator george wondered if outer space books all go together, and dinosaur books all go together. Well, then maybe train books go with other train books, no matter what size or color they are. Yeah train books probably go together. Aha hey, i get it maybe all the books are organized by subject cool ah. Uh. nervous groaning yeah, youve got a lot of rearranging to do. But dont worry, ill help. chattering hooting excited chatter we did it the books are back in the right order great job, you hairy librarian chuckles grunts mrs. Dewey im back, george. My it looks neat as a pin in here. All the books are back where they should be on the shelves according to their subject. Uh. Right . Well, mostly right. Books are typically arranged by subject, then by author alphabetically. Oh. Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh except storybooks. They go together by author. Ah. Uhhuh. Im sure i can put things right in no time. Great. Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh sounds like you did a great job, george. Hey, maybe youd like to help out at the Library Every saturday. Hmm. Nuhuh, nuhuh. Narrator helping mrs. Dewey was fun but exhausting. Mrs. Dewey yoohoo george you forgot your book happy shout on the other hand, only a librarian would give you adventurous henry for another two weeks. What could be better than that . Chil boy george is a monkey. He didnt know the best way to sort the library books. My name is deb, and i work here at the Building Materials resource center. Everything that you see in here was given to us because it was something that somebody didnt need anymore. Deb asked us to sort all this stuff over here. Deb and its a little bit like Curious George when he was organizing things. Good luck. I think we can sort them maybe, by what they are. Im sorting the doorknobs. Theyre two different shapes. Why did i put two different doorknobs together . Theyre both the same color. You just have to do what you gotta do for the doorknob. Josiah is sorting light switch covers. I am gonna sort them by shapes. This one has two circle things. This one is, like, square. Sorting does help a lot of people. Lets imagine were wearing space suits. Whoa oh, cool girl its 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 elmos story. Anything can happen. Announcer weekdays on an allnew 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 lets do this announcer climb aboard dinosaur train, weekdays on pbs kids or anytime you want 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 Curious George loves to figure things out. Help me figure out which animal doesnt belong. Look closely. We have a dog, an elephant a whale, and a snake. Which animal doesnt belong . The snake right the snake doesnt belong because all of the other animals are mammals just like us. You can play more games like this with Curious George at pbskids. Org. Now lets learn more about animals with the cat in the hat knows a lot about that. Hi. Its me coach hooper and ive got my special whistle which means its time to get up and exercise [boing] wow its also time to get a new whistle. Ok, now. Lets get moving because today were going to exercise like surfers. Go down the beach on the sand towards the shore keep on going the ocean looks great now swim towards the waves youre on your board, youre swimming out keep it up youre almost there to do your thing and ride that wave just like this youre a surfing champ, a surfing pro you go, whoohoo awesome job and if you want to try out more exercises with me just visit pbskids. Org any time you want. See you soon 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 yay its stopped raining, sally last one in the tree house is a rotten egg uhoh mud alert, nick whoah icky sticky mud lucky weve got new super blue boots lets try them out [struggling sounds] this is hard. Even with super blue boots [struggling] im stuck [struggling] ive lost my boot whoa. Whoa. Help. . Is on its way its the cat the cat in the hat the cat in the hat dont be a stick in the mud oh when you can fly through the air. Whoah laugh nick your boots oh, oh giggle allow me thanks cat. That really is sticky icky mud. The stickickiest ive ever seen. Well never get across it to the treehouse. Not even with our super blue boots the ground is too soggy, too floody, too muddy, we all need help from my bluefooted buddy whos that . Buster the bluefooted booby whats a bluefooted booby a boobys a bird with the bluest of feet. He lives at boogaloo beach and knows all about walking across mud. Can we go and see him . Please you can your mother will not mind at all if you do. [laughs] mom can we go to boogaloo beach to meet buster the bluefooted booby . A bluefooted booby at boogaloo beach . giggles hes going to show us how to walk across mud in our blue boots oh okay now, i hope he reminds you to wipe them when you come indoors too okay [laughs] we can go we can go we can go we can go i know i know to the thingamajigger buckle up [honk] flick the jiggermawhizzer [boing] [honk] [pop] isnt this fun . Yahoo here we go, 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 find out how to walk when its muddy. Were sure to get help from our bluefooted buddy here we go go go go on an adventure. Go go go go go boogaloo beach down below. And buster the bluefooted booby up above helloeeee oh no i think we scared him. Well, were big and he is kinda small we are he is why dont we shrink down to bird size . Press the shrinkamadoodle, sally [laughs] there he is again follow that bird whats he doing . Looking for a fish hello to eat. Ugh goodbye wow neat dive gasp hes going into the sea press the floatamaboater, sally [alarm sound] uh oh aha phew the floatamaboater never did that before. Uh, cat, that wasnt the floatamaboater youre right i have no idea what that button does. Lets try again. Press the floatamaboater, sally [honk] why, hello buster hey cat you looking for me we are great meet me at the beach buster my bluefooted buddy ah cat, my stripeyhatted pal. These are my friends sally and nick hi hi buster. Cool feet thanks. Theyre our new super blue boots. Can you show us how to walk across icky sticky mud in them . You sure you dont want to learn how to fly and dive . Im great at flying and diving. We saw you we love how you fly and dive. But we want to walk across mud without getting stuck. Well, im good at that too but first things first. Let me see your feet. Hmmmm. Alrighty, well. Kind of funny shape. But theyre a great colour. Huh . Blue feet are best why thank you now, follow me do what i do watch me waddle watch me go. Blue feet blue feet not too fast. Not too slow. Blue feet blue feet fumbling, swaying whoa [giggling] oops were still sinking into the mud, buster. Not like you. Busters feet arent just blue. Theyre flat and wide too yeah, that must help him not sink in. Oh buster i cant move my feet me neither [struggling] strange. That never happens to me. Er were stuck what can we do . Stuck in some mud thats sticky as glue . Its time for a call to things one and two. [tries to whistle, but spits] oh dear, some mud on my pinky. Its time for a call to the things one and two. [whistles] hmm, hey fish . Where are the things . Hold on. Hey guys [gasp] theyve gone. Well find those things wherever they are. Cat to the rescue whoa ah er. Could someone give me a hand . You dont need a hand. You need big wide blue feet like buster thats why he can walk on top of the mud and we keep sinking in big blue feet are best. Hey, lucky i bought my bigwidebluefootmaking kit with me huh . [laughs] blue feet are neat. But big flat feet are better. [hammering] with wide, flat, blue feet youll be a gogetter look buster weve got feet just like you now lets go and find the things [laughs] what about cat . Right here wow, excellent feet the very biggest, widest and bluest that i could find in my hat follow me hmmm, i cant see them anywhere me neither. I spy with my little eye. The things yoohoo over here yay yay lets go get em. Big blue feet to the rescue this is so cool, were walking like buster now our big blue feet stop us sinking in the mud oh its easy all you need are booby blue feet blue feet blue feet big blue feet are neat, neat, neat we thought wed lost you. What in the world happened . garbled explanation you mean we pulled the getoutquickamaboodle . Uh huh uh huh, uh huh now i know what that button does garbled question cat good question. How do we help you across the mud to the thingamajigger . We know we know blue feet blue feet big blue feet are neat oh, im so proud of all my new bluefoot buddies hi, buster you having a party . More like a rescue party this my special friend, brenda. Why, what a pleasure to meet you. Likewise. [clears throat] im waiting buster. Not now, brenda. They dont want to see it. Aw come one buster has a special dance he does for me. Im his mate. Youd like to see it, wouldnt you . Hes so talented oh yes. Yeah that would be cool. Well, twist my wing, okay. [laugh] we didnt know you could dance, buster. Isnt it hard with big blue feet . Are you kidding . Hes the best dancer i know blue feet blue feet big blue feet are neat neat neat blue feet blue feet big blue feet are neat laughs thanks for showing us how to walk across mud, buster. And dance on it too come back sometime and ill teach you how to fish. Bye now. Thank you can we please go home sure for now we all know a pair of flat feet. Help you walk across mud, now isnt that neat. Press the bigamaboodle nick [laughs] [honk] now we can get across the mud to the treehouse like buster showed us. But do you know what would be more fun . Yeah the bluefooted booby dance yay yay woo woo woo yeah woohoo yahoo cha cha chaa. Ha ha. Blue feet blue feet big blue feet are neat neat neat blue feet blue feet big blue feet are neat laughter oh isnt this a good time hi everybody. Do you see this cocoon . Its called a chrysalis. Theres a caterpillar inside. But when it comes out, it wont be a caterpillar anymore. So todays question is. What does a caterpillar turn into when it comes out of a chrysalis . Youll never guess did i hear someone say a butterfly . Youre right next time ill stump you for sure ready sally . Okay watch this abracadabra, alakazeer. Panda bear panda bear. Disappear ah nick. Why didnt your magic trick work . Hm, maybe theres something wrong with the wand. Ah, ah, ah [laughs] a good magician never blames the wand. Its the cat the cat in the hat [laughs] so, youre having trick trouble . Were trying to make panda bear disappear but he wont go. Hmm. You know, the last time i went diving in scoobamareen i met some Sea Creatures who could do amazing tricks. Maybe they can help us learn magic. Can we go cat . Please of course we can your mother will not mind at all if you do. [laughs] mom can we go to scoobamareen . Some Sea Creatures are going to help us do magic oh [laughs] scuba marine . Sure why not . We can go we can go we can go we can go i know i know to the thingamajigger buckle up [honk] flick the jiggermawhizzer [boing] [honk] [pop] 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 to place called scuba marine where fish can do tricks like youve never seen here we go, go, go, go on an adventure go, go, go, go were here yay sally, pull the subbereblubber giggles [ding ding] dive dive dive whoohoo wheee wow blue fish and yellow ones [gasp] cat whats that . Is it a mountain . No its a coral reef. A coral reef . A reef is a city under the sea its made up of shells, as small as can be its just full of nooks and crannies that give, shelter where all kinds of creatures can live. Including my friends nick press the shrinkamadoodle [honk] lets go and meet them. Wow. Now we can see things really close up. Like that cool rock thats not a rock. giggles thats a sea cucumber. Cucumber . Like in salad . No no no no. A sea cucumber hes not a vegetable hes my buddy hey spot, mind if we drop in . Huh . Oh boy its the cat hey sid puffy cats here the cat in the hat . What a nice surprise oh and he brought company. Hello indeed i did. Nick, sally, meet three of the best tricksters in scoobamareen. This is spot the sea cucumber. And sid hes a reef squid. And puffy. Shes a balloonfish hi nice to meet you likewise so, what brings you to the neighbourhood . Well. We were hoping you could help us learn some magic. Cat says you can do amazing tricks oh, yeah i have a great trick im sure she was referring to my trick, which is clearly the best. No way my tricks the best one in the whole reef hello little fishies huh . Oh great. Here comes barry. Hey little fishies, time for a munch. Barrys out looking for a seafood lunch. Come out, come out. Wherever you are. I say, come out. Come out wherever you are [laughs] oh no he wants to eat you now thats a barracuda for you. Always thinking of his stomach. Dont worry. If we hide he wont even know were here. Ah ah waaa [giggles] shhh. [growls] is everybody okay . Oh sure, were okay. This happens all the time. He almost never sees us. So, now that barrys gone who wants to see our tricks . Yea yes our tricks help us to avoid becoming barry barracudas seafood lunch. Watch. Gulp, gulp, gulp [laughter] whoa you are huge yes, and a tad prickly [deflating balloon sound] that was amazing oh, making yourself big is easy. I can make myself small. Watch. [struggling] hey, how did you do that . I make my body go all soft so i can squish into a tiny space. Barry could never fit in there and thats why my trick is the best. Please, my trick is so good i could out whip three barracudas. Watch. Ah hes gone form a search party. File a missing squid report. [giggles] cat, im still here. I get it. You can change colour. Cool. It makes you really hard to see. Precisely. Hello little fishies ahhhhhh [growl] gulp, gulp, gulp ew i hate prickly food. Yuk ewf ugh [laughs] ow that hurt. Whee yoo hoo oh, whered he go, huh . Here fishy fishy, fishy. [laughs] yikes [gasp] not my beautiful subbereblubber you two, hide in the reef. Ill handle this. Im sorry sir, were all out of fish today. Perhaps youd like to see our vegetarian menu . Hu, oh okay. chomps ahh whoa quick, hide sally phew. Youre safe. But what about cat . Yiiikes laughs oh barry come on now you see us now you dont what . Where . What happened . [laughs] yay, sid that was amazing yeah. That black stuff totally confused barry. What was it . My squid ink. If someones chasing me i squirt ink so they cant see where i go. Its an excellent distraction. Distraction . Whats that . Thats when you make someone Pay Attention over here so they dont see whats going on over here. Hey, lil fishies time for a munch barrys out lookin for a seafood lunch come out, come out wherever you are. I say come out, come out wherever you are [gasp] hes back well never get back to the subbereblubber with barry out there maybe we could distract him . It would take something pretty special to get barrys mind off a fish dinner. Hm, [gasp] ive got it to get his attention well give him his wish, thing one and thing two can pretend to be fish [whistles] hello hello ah ha laughs ah here fishy fishy wha . laugh go go go na na na na nah nah. [laughs] owww giggling nice work guys very distracting. We made it yay alright [laughing] that does it. Im outta here. Im not that hungry. Yes oh arent we clever. giggles its time for us to go home. Bye everyone bye thanks for showing us your tricks. Our pleasure. See you soon ta ta come back and see us real soon. A reef is a wonderful magical place where everyone has a good trick just in case. Some creatures get big and some shrink til theyre small but sometimes distractions the best trick of all. Their tricks gave me a great idea for how we can make panda bear disappear. And for our next trick were going to make this panda disappear. Ooooo abracadabra alakazeer, panda bear panda bear disappear tada [gasp] its gone how did you do that . With magic. And a little distraction. [laughing] welcome to hat chat. Today we are interviewing our friend gecko one of the greatest hiders in the world i am the hiding master tell me gecko, what makes you such a good hider. Where did he go. . Amazing speed, right. But watch this watch what . Hes gone again yoo hoo. Thats called camouflage see, my colours match the tree so it makes me hard to find. Any other hiding tricks where did he go . Ill bet you want to know how i did that well, ya see i have these tiny little hairs on the bottom of my feet and they stick to the tree and. Hey . Where did everybody go. Surprise surprise now thats good hiding. Thats a wrap with our friend gecko one of the worlds greatest hiders. I am the master how do we know a bird is a bird . Do we ask it politely and take the birds word . Do we know its a bird when it crosses the sky . That sounds pretty good but some birds dont fly. Do only birds sing . Is that how we tell . But whales are not birds and they sing songs as well. Ahh says the cat, im still ever so clever, for i know an answer that will last forever. What makes it a bird lets all say it together lies under my hat. Yes, youre right its a feather. All birdies have feathers, big ones and tiny, some feel so soft and some are quite spiny. They help a bird fly keeps it warm as can be. And some make the birds look as handsome as me. The mysterys solved by the cat in the hat, all birds have feathers and thats simply that. Lets imagine were wearing space suits. Whoa oh, cool girl its 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 elmos story. Anything can happen. Announcer weekdays on an allnew 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 lets 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 youre very kind. The cat in the hat knows a lot about nature. Do you . Rainbows are a very special thing found in nature and the colors of the rainbow always line up in the very same way red, orange, yellow. Whats next . Green green. Blue, indigo, violet. I love rainbows. You can learn more about nature with the cat in the hat at pbskids. Org. And now calling all super readers super why is next