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  • - Hello there.

  • It is I, your cute,

  • yet majestic butterfly friend, Grover.

  • (Grover giggling)

  • Today, we are going to learn all about butterflies.

  • Yes, butterflies are so graceful,

  • the way they flutter about

  • and oh, smell pretty flowers.

  • (Grover inhaling)

  • Ah, yes, butterflies, you see,

  • oh, oh, dear, oh, my, oh, oh, no.

  • What?

  • (Grover yelling and sighing)

  • Let us learn more about butterflies on, "Sesame Street."

  • (upbeat music)

  • Ooh

  • Ooh

  • Yeah. ♪

  • Yeah

  • Sunny days

  • Sweeping the clouds away

  • On my way

  • To where the air is sweet

  • Where the air is sweet

  • Can you tell me how to get

  • How to get to Sesame Street

  • How to get to Sesame Street

  • Sesame Street

  • (Elmo giggling)

  • - Oh, hi.

  • Hi, everybody.

  • - Hey, Lucas! - Hi, hi.

  • - Hey, Eli.

  • - Hey, Mr. Andre.

  • - Hey, Elmo.

  • - Huh what, what, what?

  • - Oh, oh, look, look, look who's here.

  • Look, look!

  • - Oh, hey, welcome to, "Sesame Street."

  • - We're looking at bugs.

  • - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • Oh, Elmo has his magnifying glass.

  • - Yeah, isn't that cool?

  • - Isn't that cool?

  • - And I've got this great book,

  • "Fascinating Facts About Insects."

  • - Let's go see if we can find some insects.

  • - Insects, yes.

  • - Insects.

  • - Oh, oh Telly look!

  • - What?

  • - Ants.

  • - [Telly] Ants are insects.

  • - [Elmo] Yeah. Oh, there's one,

  • two little ants play together.

  • - It says here.

  • Oh, wow.

  • - What?

  • - "Ants never sleep."

  • - [Both] Wow.

  • - [Telly] And they don't even look tired.

  • - [Both] Fascinating.

  • - Oh, look, more bugs Telly,

  • more bugs! - Oh, look at that!

  • What are they?

  • - What are they?

  • - Those are ladybugs.

  • - [Elmo] One, two, ladybugs playing together.

  • - [Telly] Wow.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Here's a fascinating fact about ladybugs.

  • - Okay, Telly.

  • - They smell with their feet.

  • - [Both] Fascinating.

  • - Oh, oh, oh Elmo sees another bug.

  • - Woo!

  • - Oh, hey Telly, look, look.

  • There's a butterfly.

  • - [Telly] He's beautiful.

  • - [Elmo] Yeah. Wait, where's Butterfly's friend?

  • Elmo and Telly saw, um, two little aunts

  • and two little, uh, ladybugs.

  • But there's only one butterfly.

  • And it's alone.

  • - You're right.

  • Let's look for another butterfly.

  • - Okay. (giggling)

  • Yoohoo. Yoohoo.

  • Other butterfly!

  • Where are you?! - [Telly] Hello?

  • Hello, butterflies? - Come out, come out

  • wherever you are!

  • - Calling all butterflies!

  • - Butterflies, where are you?

  • - Hmm. - Oh boy.

  • Telly, Elmo doesn't think any other butterflies are around.

  • - Yeah, I don't think so either.

  • That little guy has no butterfly friend to play with.

  • - Elmo can be a butterfly!

  • - What's that now?

  • - Elmo, Elmo will pretend to be a butterfly, Telly.

  • Then the little butterfly will have a friend to play with.

  • - Great idea.

  • - Okay. Okay.

  • Um, let's see. Oh, oh.

  • Flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter.

  • Flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter.

  • Elmos's a butterfly.

  • Flutter, flutter, flutter

  • Come play with Elmo.

  • Oh, oh. It's not working.

  • The butterfly's not coming over to play.

  • - Hm, I don't think he gets that

  • you're a butterfly Elmo.

  • - Well why not Telly?

  • - I'm checking the book here.

  • Ah, here's something fascinating,

  • "Before a butterfly can become a butterfly,

  • it has to go through a metamorphosis."

  • - A what?

  • - Metamorphosis is, is, is a big change.

  • It says here, "There are four very different stages

  • in the life of a butterfly."

  • - What Does that have to do with Elmo?

  • - Well, maybe if you, if you pretend to go

  • through those four stages,

  • the butterfly will think that you are a butterfly

  • and wanna be your friend.

  • - Hey, that's a great idea Telly!

  • Oh, what's the first stage? Huh, huh?

  • - "First, a butterfly starts as a butterfly egg."

  • Like this.

  • - Got it.

  • Elmo will be right back.

  • Ta da!

  • - Nice egg costume Elmo.

  • - Well, thank you Telly.

  • But Elmo's not Elmo anymore.

  • Elmo's Butterfly Egg Elmo.

  • - Oh, right, right, right.

  • And look, Butterfly Egg Elmo.

  • It's working.

  • The butterfly is looking right at you.

  • - [Elmo] Oh, not anymore.

  • Oh, quick Telly!

  • What's the second stage?

  • - [Telly] You need to pretend to be a caterpillar.

  • "The butterfly starts as an egg

  • and when an egg hatches,

  • a caterpillar comes out."

  • - Elmo will be right back.

  • (Elmo giggling)

  • Elmo's a caterpillar.

  • - And look, look, it's working.

  • The butterfly is flying right to you.

  • Is he ready to be your friend?

  • - Oh, no.

  • Not yet.

  • Oh. What's the third stage Telly?

  • - Oh, let's see.

  • "After the egg hatches into a caterpillar,

  • it grows and sheds its skin.

  • And when it does it for the last time,

  • it forms a chrysalis."

  • - [Elmo] Oh, it looks like a tiny sleeping bag.

  • Okay, Telly, be right back.

  • (Elmo giggling)

  • (cheerful music)

  • - Oh, Elmo's a chrysalis. (giggling)

  • - Hey, look.

  • It's working. It's working.

  • The butterfly, its flying all around you!

  • - Oh, yeah, yeah!

  • Uh oh but the butterfly

  • isn't ready to be Elmo's friend yet.

  • - That's because you need to go

  • through the fourth stage.

  • "Inside the chrysalis,

  • the caterpillar turns into a butterfly."

  • - Elmo thought that would come next.

  • (whooshing)

  • (Elmo laughing)

  • - Whoa.

  • Ta da!

  • Is Elmo butterfly.

  • - You really do look like a butterfly.

  • - Awe, thank you Telly.

  • - Hey look, look, it's working.

  • The butterfly wants to be your friend.

  • - Hello butterfly.

  • - Elmo. You did it.

  • The butterfly's not lonely anymore.

  • He's got a new friend.

  • - And Elmo's got a new friend too.

  • Come on, little butterfly.

  • Let's be butterflies together.

  • Oh, you too!

  • Flap, flutter and fly with us! (laughing)

  • (gentle uplifting music)

  • Let's our wings and fly together

  • Little butterfly friend

  • Flutter through the sky together

  • Little butterfly friend

  • We can fly from here to there

  • We can stop and smells a rose

  • We can flutter up and down

  • You can land on Elmo's nose

  • Oh, hello.

  • Let's flap our wings and fly.

  • Yeah

  • Little

  • Oh.

  • Butterfly

  • Friend

  • Little butterfly friend. ♪

  • (Elmo giggling)

  • - You're Elmo's friend.

  • Oh, great fluttering little butterfly.

  • Oh, and you too. (giggling)

  • - I think your little butterfly friend

  • is all fluttered out, Elmo.

  • - Yeah, Elmo too. (giggling)

  • Come on.

  • Chris, Chris!

  • - Hey, hey guys.

  • - Hey Chris.

  • - Hey Chris. - Hi Chris.

  • - Oh, hey Telly.

  • Elmo?

  • - No butterfly Elmo.

  • - You noticed?

  • - This is Elmo's butterfly friend.

  • Say hello to Chris, Butterfly.

  • - Hello.

  • Hey. Hey.

  • Did he just land on my head?

  • (Elmo laughing) - [Telly] Yep.

  • - Oh, okay. Oh, okay.

  • What can I do for you guys?

  • - Butterfly Elmo wants to draw a picture

  • of his butterfly friend?

  • - I have just the thing.

  • I have some paper and some crayons.

  • Ah?

  • - Oh good, good!

  • Thanks Chris.

  • Oh. Come on Telly, lets go!

  • Oh, you too butterfly friend.

  • - Hey Elmo. - [Elmo] Huh?

  • The book says, That's a monarch butterfly.

  • - Wow. A monarch?

  • - That's what you call a butterfly with orange wings,

  • with black lines and white spots.

  • - Cool.

  • - Well Elmo's best friends with a monarch butterfly.

  • Ah, look, look, look.

  • - I think he liked your picture.

  • - Oh yeah.

  • Yay. Little butterfly friend.

  • There is no other butterfly quite like you.

  • - Except maybe that one.

  • - [Chris] Hey, it's another monarch!

  • - Oh. And that one.

  • And that one.

  • And that one.

  • - I wonder what's going on here?

  • - Why are those little butterflies here?

  • - "Monarch butterflies get together to migrate."

  • - Migrate means they move

  • because of the change in seasons.

  • Yeah, it's just too cold here in the winter.

  • - Whoa, whoa, whoa.

  • There they go.

  • - Elmo's butterfly friend wouldn't leave Elmo.

  • We're best friends, right butterfly friend?

  • Oh no, but, but he didn't even say goodbye.

  • He forgot all about Elmo.

  • - [Telly] Maybe not!

  • - Look.

  • - He came back to say goodbye to you.

  • - [Chris] Wow.

  • - Oh, goodbye little butterfly friend.

  • And don't worry, Elmo understands.

  • Elmo, will always have this picture to remember you by.

  • Awe.

  • - What?

  • - [Elmo] Goodbye little butterfly friend.

  • Come on!

  • Let's find out more fascinating facts about bugs.

  • - All right.

  • Okay. Listen to this.

  • - Yeah.

  • - "Dragon flies are the fastest flying bugs of all"

  • and they can eat while flying."

  • - [Elmo] Really cool.

  • - [Telly] Fascinating. (laughing)

  • (whooshing)

  • Jump up, get down

  • Come dance with Elmo

  • We're moving our body to the ABC's ♪

  • Dance nearby

  • Wow

  • Dance far away

  • Now clap your hands

  • To the of the day

  • Clap, clap

  • What's the letter? ♪

  • Clap, clap. ♪

  • What's the letter? ♪

  • Clap, clap, clap, clap

  • What's the letter? ♪

  • What's the letter? ♪

  • What's the letter? ♪

  • What's the letter? What's the letter? ♪

  • What's the letter? ♪

  • The letter of the day is

  • ♪ B ♪

  • Clap, clap

  • It's the letter of the day

  • Clap, clap

  • It's the letter of the day

  • Clap, clap

  • It's the letter

  • It's the letter

  • It's the letter of the day

  • It's the letter of the day

  • Clap, clap

  • It's the letter of the day

  • Clap, clap

  • ♪ A-a-a-a ♪

  • ♪ A-a-a-a ♪

  • ♪ B ♪

  • (whooshing)

  • - [Child] The letter B.

  • B is for butterflies.

  • Butterflies are insects.

  • They have six legs, two antennae

  • and two pairs of wings.

  • - [Child] Butterflies go through a metamorphosis

  • or a really big change.

  • They begin their life as caterpillars.

  • Whe they're fully grown,

  • they spin themselves into chrysalis.

  • - [Child] After some time passes,

  • it turns into a butterfly.

  • Wow.

  • Butterflies only eat liquids like flower nectar

  • and sap from flowers on trees.

  • They also drink juice from fruits.

  • Butterflies wings have bright colors

  • and patterns that help them do lots

  • of things like camouflage.

  • This butterfly looks just like the tree.

  • Wow.

  • B is for butterflies.

  • The letter B.

  • Murray has a little lamb

  • Yo, Murray has a little lamb

  • Who wears a little bow

  • Go Murray

  • Together they go everywhere

  • Amigos like to go

  • ♪ M-M-M-murray. ♪

  • He follows her to school each day

  • They run, they spin daily

  • Go Murray

  • Yo, everybody loves to see a monster and his sheep

  • And they all say

  • Murray, Murray, Murray. ♪

  • Murray has a little lamb

  • Go Murray

  • Murray has a little lamb

  • Murray has a little lamb

  • - It's time for school.

  • But where's my little lamb?

  • - He, he, he. - Huh?

  • - He, he, he. - Op.

  • - Where'd she go?

  • Whoa (laughing)

  • - Hi Ovejita.

  • - Hola Murray!

  • - What school are we going to today?

  • (whooshing)

  • - Ta da.

  • - Oh, what is this?

  • - [Kids] A flower.

  • - Yeah, a flower.

  • And where does a flower grow?

  • - [Kids] A garden.

  • - Yes. I think I know where we're going?

  • We're going to

  • - [All] gardening school.

  • (Ovejita speaks Spanish)

  • - [All] Yay!

  • (everyone laughing)

  • - (upbeat jazz music)

  • - [Murray] What happens in this garden?

  • - Generally, in a garden like this one,

  • we grow things that look pretty.

  • - [Murray] Uh huh.

  • - [Teacher] And sometimes things that look pretty

  • are also things that you can eat.

  • - Wait a minute, spinach.

  • Spinach has leaves.

  • Can they grow in a garden?

  • - Yes.

  • - Wow.

  • - [Teacher] Are you ready to plant some seeds?

  • - [Student] I see something.

  • - [Teacher] Just like that.

  • - [Murray] You know what I like what?

  • - What?

  • - I like flowers.

  • - Yeah, me too.

  • (Ovejita sniffing)

  • (Ovejita speaks Spanish)

  • - What color do flowers come in?

  • - [Child] White.

  • - [Murray] White, what else?

  • - [Child] Pink.

  • - [Murray] Pink.

  • - [Child] Red.

  • - [Murray] Red.

  • - [Child] And purple.

  • - [Murray] And purple.

  • And how about my favorite color of all,

  • an orange flower.

  • - Orange?

  • Well, right now we don't have any orange flowers.

  • - Oh man. Maybe I could just stand there

  • like this and pretend to be the orange flower.

  • How do you plant the flower?

  • - You use seeds and water and sunshine.

  • - That's so much stuff a flower needs.

  • I thought you just put it there and it just grows.

  • - That's, no. - That's not true?

  • - No.

  • - [Murray] So what do I do first

  • when I'm gonna plant?

  • - [Teacher] We wanna rake off any debris,

  • any bits of old plant or petals.

  • We want to make sure the soil looks nice and clean.

  • - So here's what we're gonna do when we plant,

  • we're gonna use this.

  • This is a trial.

  • Does everybody know what a trial is?

  • - [Child] Shovel. - [Teacher] It is.

  • It's like a, a really small shovel.

  • Now they're, they're not very big

  • but they are kind of heavy.

  • So you do have to be careful, okay?

  • Just like sugar on a spoon.

  • Put it right next to the hole.

  • Perfect.

  • - Kareem, I'm really good at digging.

  • Watch my digging moves, you ready?

  • - Okay.

  • Uh, ah, uh, ah, uh, ah.

  • You think I'm gonna be good at digging?

  • - Yes.

  • (upbeat music)

  • - Once we get the plants in the ground.

  • But what else do they need?

  • - Um, uh company?

  • - Uh no.

  • Well, they do like company.

  • - A nice song perhaps?

  • - They need water.

  • - [Teacher] Hit that root.

  • All of those roots nice and wet.

  • - Hit it Ovejita.

  • - Mmhmm

  • (water shushing)

  • - [Teacher] Just press lightly.

  • You got it.

  • - Wow, there's so much stuff

  • that comes out of a garden.

  • - He, he, he.

  • (Murray grunting)

  • - I love gardening school.

  • - He, he, he.

  • (Ovejita speaks Spanish)

  • - See you next time at school.

  • - Adios.

  • - Bye.

  • - He, he, he, he.

  • (whooshing)

  • - Greetings, all you nature lovers.

  • This is your cute, furry, blue

  • and green thumbed, gardening monster, Grover.

  • (Grover giggles)

  • And today I am going to tell you

  • about the things that all cute little plants need

  • to grow and stay healthy.

  • Mm. Oh.

  • First they need soil and sunlight.

  • Which this plant over here already has plenty of.

  • But a plant also needs to eat.

  • Okay little planty,

  • I hope you are hungry

  • because, oh have I got the treat for you?

  • Something that all little plants love.

  • And that is a big healthful salad,

  • with radishes and tomatoes.

  • Ugh. And just a hint of oregano.

  • Bon petite.

  • Do not wait for me,

  • I have already eaten.

  • (plant crinkling)

  • What? Um

  • It appears this plant is not

  • of the salad eating variety.

  • But fear not.

  • I know what else a little plant needs

  • to grow big and healthy.

  • A pizza.

  • Oh, Oh.

  • Piping hot, fresh outta the oven.

  • What? Oh dear.

  • This little plant does not seem

  • to be a pizza eater either.

  • But being the resourceful gardening monster that I am.

  • I know just the thing

  • that no little plant can resist.

  • (Grover scurrying)

  • Hungarian goulash.

  • Ha ha.

  • Oh, enjoy.

  • Do not resist.

  • Give in to temptation.

  • (plant crinkling)

  • Or not.

  • Oy gevalt.

  • I cannot believe this little plant

  • is one finicky eater.

  • And how will it ever grow

  • to be big and healthy

  • and green and, and now it is raining.

  • Ah. The report did not forecast rain today,

  • but look ah the little plant

  • is looking nice and healthy again.

  • Oh, I guess all it needed was a little water.

  • Eh, eh, eh.

  • And I guess what they really need right now is an umbrella.

  • Ah.

  • Oh, um, excuse me.

  • Do you mind?

  • (wind whistling)

  • Yum, yum, yum

  • Dumb de de dumb

  • How many cookies are there today? ♪

  • Yum, yum, yum

  • Dumb de de dumb

  • How many cookies today? ♪

  • While they still bakin' ♪

  • Bake, bake, bake, bake

  • Let's do some shakin' ♪

  • Shake, shake, shake, shake

  • Bake de bake de bake

  • Shake, shake

  • How many cookies today? ♪

  • While they still baking

  • Bake, bake, bake, bake

  • Let's do some more shakin' ♪

  • Shake, shake, shake, shake

  • Bake de bake de bake

  • Shake, shake

  • How many cookies today? ♪

  • Me think they're ready

  • Everybody steady

  • (timer beeping)

  • One, two, three

  • Four, five, six

  • Seven, eight, nine

  • Ten, eleven, ♪

  • - [Count] Ah, ah, ah.

  • - Cookies!

  • Umm, num num, num, oh, num, num,

  • num, num, num, num, num, num.

  • Yum, yum, yum

  • Dum diddy dum

  • That's how many cookies there are today

  • (spring boinging)

  • - [Everyone] Eleven.

  • - [Child] What are we going to find in the garden today?

  • Oh, look, butterflies.

  • Let's count the butterflies.

  • One,

  • two,

  • three,

  • four,

  • five,

  • six,

  • seven,

  • eight,

  • nine,

  • ten,

  • (bright music)

  • eleven.

  • (bright music)

  • Eleven's butterflies.

  • (giggling) Eleven.

  • (playful music)

  • La, la, la, la

  • la, la, la, la

  • La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

  • Elmo's full of wonder

  • Wonder, wonder what he will discover

  • In Elmo's wonderful world

  • (laughing) Hi, welcome to Elmo's World.

  • Oh, guess what Elmo is wondering about today.

  • Wait for it.

  • Wait for it.

  • Ah ha, ha ha, butterflies.

  • Oh, hi butterflies.

  • Boy, Elmo loves butterflies

  • and wants out more about them.

  • Hey, let's ask our friend Smarty.

  • Let's call her together.

  • - [Everyone] Oh. Oh, Smarty.

  • (Smarty twinkling)

  • - Hi-ya Elmo.

  • - Hi Smarty.

  • - Look at me, I'm floating like a butterfly.

  • - Wow pretty.

  • Oh that's perfect, Smarty.

  • Because Elmo want to learn all about butterflies today.

  • - Well, what do we do to learn something new?

  • - [Everyone] We look it up.

  • - Searching the net for butterflies.

  • Here we go.

  • Butterflies start out as caterpillars.

  • The caterpillar builds a chrysalis all around itself.

  • Inside the chrysalis,

  • the caterpillar goes through a metamorphosis,

  • a big change and turns into a butterfly.

  • Butterflies are insects with six legs,

  • two antennae and two pairs of wings.

  • For food, butterflies drink nectar from flowers

  • and juice from some fruits.

  • - Boy, that was cool Smarty.

  • - Well, I betterfly.

  • Get it? Betterfly, - Right, right.

  • - [Both] Butterfly.

  • (both laughing)

  • - Catch you later, Elmo.

  • - Oh, ho, ho.

  • Buh-bye Smarty.

  • (Elmo laughing)

  • Hey, that gives Elmo an idea.

  • Hoo. Let's play a game together.

  • Yeah, come on.

  • (cheerful music)

  • (chalk scribbling)

  • Let's help the butterfly get

  • to the flower for lunch.

  • Are you ready?

  • Let's play

  • Ready butterfly?

  • Okay, go.

  • - [Child] Uh oh. He's stuck.

  • - [Elmo] Oh no, the butterfly took a wrong turn.

  • - [Child] Go back the way you came.

  • That's it.

  • - [Elmo] Keep going, butterfly.

  • - [Child] Keep going.

  • - [Elmo] Oh, no. You went too far.

  • - [Child] Go back, butterfly.

  • Don't miss the turn.

  • - [Elmo] Keep going, butterfly.

  • - [Child] You're almost there.

  • That's it.

  • - [Elmo] Good job!

  • We helped the butterfly get to the flower.

  • - [Child] Yay! We did!

  • - [Elmo] Yeah baby!

  • Wow, Elmo really loves butterflies.

  • Oh and that makes Elmo wonder even more.

  • Oh, does Mr. Noodle know about butterflies?

  • Oh, let's ask him.

  • Hey, Mr. Noodle!

  • It's Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle.

  • Hi Mr. Noodle.

  • Oh Mr. Noodle Elmo was wondering,

  • do you know about butterflies?

  • (horn honking)

  • You do? Ah-ho!

  • Show us a butterfly Mr. Noodle.

  • - [Kids] Yeah. Show us!

  • - [Child] Mr. Noodle, that's butter.

  • - [Elmo] That's butter.

  • Oh, what are you doing now? (laughing)

  • (Mr. Noodle imitating an airplane)

  • Mr. Noodle, show us a butterfly.

  • Not butter that flies.

  • Okay, Elmo will give a hint.

  • A butterfly has two antenna.

  • Yeah, and four wings.

  • (Mr. Noodle squeaking)

  • Yeah, that's right.

  • (Mr. Noodle dinging)

  • - [Child] Where did he go?

  • [Elmo and Child ] Mr. Noodle?

  • - [Child] You're dressed up like a flower.

  • Wait, look.

  • - [Kids] Wow.

  • - [Child] Look at all the butterflies.

  • - [Elmo] Butterflies love flowers.

  • Good job showing us butterflies Mr Noodle.

  • Bye Mr. Noodles.

  • Boy, learning new things makes Elmo so happy,

  • it makes him want to dance .

  • - Come on!

  • Happy, happy, dance dance

  • Happy, happy, dance, dance

  • When we learn something new

  • We do the happy dance, dance

  • Lets see your happy dance!

  • Yeah, cool!

  • See you next time.

  • Keep learning.

  • Elmo loves you.

  • Happy, happy, dance, dance

  • Happy, happy, dance, dance

  • When we learn something new

  • We do the happy dance dance

  • whoa, ho, ho

  • - Hello.

  • Did we not learn some fascinating things

  • about butterflies today?

  • Yes.

  • Now my butterfly friends

  • and I are getting ready to move

  • to another place.

  • We call it migration.

  • Wait up for me, my little butterfly friends.

  • Whoa!

  • (Grover thumping)

  • Well see you next time on "Sesame Street"

  • Wait up, Maxwell.

  • Lecresia!

  • Come on and move your body and use your mind

  • Cause you know you are growing

  • All the time

  • You're getting smarter

  • Stronger

  • Kinder

  • On Sesame Street

  • Kind at home and when you play

  • Try some sharing and caring every day

  • You're getting smarter, smarter

  • Stronger, stronger

  • Kinder, kinder

  • On Sesame Street

  • Smarter

  • Stronger

  • Kinder

  • On Sesame Street

  • Yeah

  • (cheerful music)

- Hello there.

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