- Yes!

Very afraid!

Do you know what that feels like, Elmo?

Let me tell you.

(spooky upbeat rhythmic music)

♪ When I am afraid ♪

♪ Let me tell you how it feels ♪

♪ It's a very scary feeling ♪

♪ That is really very real ♪

♪ I just want to scream ♪

♪ The loudest scream that can be made ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ That is how it feels when I feel afraid ♪

- Oh, yeah.

Elmo's felt that way when he's afraid.

- You have?

- Yeah, oh, and lots of other ways too, Grover!

♪ When Elmo is afraid ♪

♪ Elmo trembles and he shakes ♪

♪ His tummy's flippy-floppy ♪

♪ And it really, really aches ♪

♪ Yes, you just want to scream ♪

♪ The loudest scream that can be made ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ That is how it feels when we feel afraid ♪

- Well, it is good to know you feel the same things.

- Sure, Grover, lots of people do!

- Ah, but have you ever felt like this?

♪ When I feel afraid ♪

♪ My legs begin to shake ♪

♪ I get all wibbly-wobbly ♪

♪ Oh, I quiver and I quake ♪

♪ Yes, we just want to scream ♪

♪ The loudest scream that can be made ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ That is how it feels when we feel afraid ♪

- Oh, yeah, Elmo's felt all of those ways, Grover!

- Really?

- Yeah, and here's another way Elmo feels when he's afraid.

♪ Here in Elmo's chest his heart goes boomdy-boomdy-boom ♪

♪ Yes, you want to run and hide ♪

♪ Under the covers in your room ♪

Uh-huh!

♪ We just want to scream the loudest scream that can be made ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ That it feels when we feel afraid ♪

♪ Yes, that is how it feels when we feel afraid ♪

- (sighing) Thank you, Elmo.

That song helped me forget for a moment that I was afraid!

- Oh, good!