♪ HEY, WOW... ♪

♪ HERE'S HOW ♪

♪ COME AND READ ♪

♪ BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

Chorus: ♪ COME ON ♪

♪ COME IN ♪

♪ BEGIN ♪

♪ THE WORLD AWAITS ♪

Woman: ♪ BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BETWEEN THE COVERS OF A BOOK ♪

♪ IT'S TIME TO LOOK BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BEHOLD THE TALES BEYOND THE TAILS ♪

Chorus: ♪ BEHIND THE DOOR ♪

♪ BECOME, EXPLORE ♪

♪ COME IN BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BEGIN BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BE HERE BETWEEN THE LIONS! ♪

OH, NO.

( thud )

Lionel: COME ON, COME ON.

LIONEL! LEONA!

PLEASE.

YES... YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, HUH?

I DON'T KNOW.

THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE... OH, HEY!

BE CAREFUL THERE, MR. WEBSTER.

THAT DICTIONARY'S HEAVY.

NO PROBLEM.

OOH! "RADISH," A NOUN:

"THE CRISP, SPICY ROOT OF A CRUCIFEROUS PLANT

USUALLY EATEN RAW."

VERY INTERESTING.

HE REALLY LOVES READING THE DICTIONARY.

YEAH, AND HE'S MUCH STRONGER THAN HE LOOKS.

( object whistling through air )

( patrons gasping, shrieking )

WHOA.

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

ME NEITHER.

IT'S A NOTE WRAPPED AROUND A ROCK.

HUH!

EXCUSE ME, EVERYONE.

DID ANYONE LOSE A NOTE WRAPPED AROUND A ROCK?

Others: NO. NO.

( murmuring from inside paper )

IT'S A TALKING ROCK.

WHOA.

WOW!

( murmuring )

Cleo: OH, ALMOST.

OH... THANK YOU.

I WAS GETTING KIND OF STUFFY.

WHOO, HOPE I DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING.

OH, HE'S SO CUTE.

HE'S A ROCK.

ROCKS AREN'T CUTE!

D'OH!

DID SOMEONE THROW YOU HERE?

I KIND OF THREW MYSELF.

YOU THREW YOURSELF?

YEAH, LIKE, I'M HIGHLY MOTIVATED.

I'LL SHOW YOU.

( rumbles )

OH, NO!

NO, NO!

NOT NECESSARY.

WE BELIEVE YOU.

MOMMY, CAN WE KEEP HIM?

I'LL WASH HIM AND POLISH HIM

AND CALL HIM LARRY.

WELL, AS MUCH AS I MIGHT DIG

BEING POLISHED AND CALLED...

( unenthusiastically ): LARRY

I'M GOING HOME, MAN--

HOME TO THE BOOK I CAME FROM.

YOUR HOME IS A BOOK?

YEAH, BUT, LIKE, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT

IN TWO YEARS, MAN.

All ( aghast ): TWO YEARS!

YEAH, LIKE, I'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD, MAN.

I WROTE ALL ABOUT IT IN THAT NOTE THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND ME.

Cleo: YOU WROTE THIS?

THAT'S AMAZING.

HOW DID YOU DO IT?

LIKE, WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY.

HIT IT!

♪ I STARTED TO ROCK ♪

♪ AND THAT MADE ME ROLL ♪

♪ AND THEN I LOST ♪

♪ ALL SELF-CONTROL! ♪

♪ I ROCK AND ROLLED MY WAY TO FREEDOM ♪

♪ YES, I ROCK AND ROLLED THE WAY TO FREEDOM ♪

♪ ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK ♪

♪ ROLL, ROLL, ROLL... ♪

♪ I WAS SITTIN' LIKE A ROCK NOT MOVIN' ♪

♪ LIKE A ROCK ♪

♪ IN THE PAGES OF A BOOK NOT MOVIN' ♪

♪ NOT MOVIN' ♪

♪ BUT THEN I ROCK, ROCK, ROCKED ♪

♪ AND I ROLL, ROLL, ROLLED ♪

♪ YES, I ROCK AND ROLLED MY WAY TO FREEDOM. ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN ROLLIN' ROUND THE WORLD OUT ON MY OWN ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN FROM EAST TO WEST ♪

♪ AND COAST TO COAST ♪

♪ PEOPLE SAY I'M JUST A ROLLIN' STONE ♪

♪ BUT I'M A ROCK WHO REALLY KNOWS HOW TO ROCK AND ROLL! ♪

♪ I'M NOT THE SOCK WHO ROCK AND ROLLED TO FREEDOM ♪

♪ NOT THE SOCK ♪

♪ I'M NOT THE CLOCK WHO ROCK AND ROLLED TO FREEDOM ♪

♪ NOT THE CLOCK... ♪

♪ YES, HE'S THE ROCK ♪

♪ YES, HE'S THE ROCK ♪

♪ I AM THE ROCK WHO ROCK AND ROLLED TO FREEDOM. ♪

♪ YES, HE'S THE ROCK... ♪

♪ YES, HE'S THE ROCK... ♪

( song ends )

YOU ROCK, ROCK.

YEAH, YOU ROLL PRETTY GOOD, TOO.

OH, THANKS, GUYS

BUT MY ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN' DAYS ARE OVER, MAN.

I'M GOING HOME-- HOME TO THE BOOK I CAME FROM.

OH, THAT'S NICE.

WHAT BOOK DO YOU COME FROM?

WHAT BOOK?

OH, WELL, IT'S ONE OF THE BOOKS IN THIS LIBRARY.

IT'S, UM... IT'S, UM...

( whining ): OH, I FORGET WHICH ONE!

YOU FORGET?

HOW COULD YOU FORGET?

( whining ): I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

ALL THAT ROCKING AND ROLLING

PROBABLY TOOK ITS TOLL ON HIS MEMORY.

WHAT?

OH, DON'T WORRY.

WE CAN HELP YOU.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

YEAH-- NOW, DO YOU REMEMBER

ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK?

ANYTHING?

UM... LET'S SEE...

OH, YES, YES, YES.

I REMEMBER A PAGE.

GOOD, A PAGE.

THAT'S A START.

YEP, YEP.

NOW, WHAT WAS ON THAT PAGE?

LET'S SEE, UM...

A ROOSTER.

THERE WAS A ROOSTER ON IT.

A ROOSTER.

OKAY, WHAT ELSE?

A ROBOT, A ROCKET

AND A ROOF.

HMM...

I WONDER WHAT KIND OF BOOK THAT COULD BE.

A LOUD ONE.

( laughs hysterically )

SORRY.

ROOSTER, ROBOT, ROCKET, ROOF.

HMM... WELL, THAT'S ENOUGH TO GO ON.

I'LL GO TRACK IT DOWN.

OKAY.

THANKS.

DON'T WORRY, LARRY, WE'LL FIND YOUR BOOK.

CALL ME ROCK.

OKAY, LARRY.

ROCK.

( kisses )

( sighs )

Announcer: AND NOW, LOVERS OF THE VOWELS "A," "E," "I," "O," "U"

AND SOMETIMES "Y"

THE VOWELLES ARE HERE TO SING THE SHORT "O" SOUND

FROM THEIR HIT WORD, "SOCK."

( singing repeated short "o" sound to pop beat )

( song ends; cheering and applause )

AND NOW SOCK MUSIC.

♪ OH, SOCK, SOCK, SOCK ♪

♪ OH, YEAH ♪

♪ SOCK, SOCK, SOCK. ♪

( chuckles )

THIS IS SHOCKING.

NO, NO, IT'S SOCKING.

( laughs )

♪ SOCK, SOCK, SOCK ♪

♪ OH, SOCK, SOCK, SOCK! ♪

SICK OF ALL THE RHINOS FROLICKING IN HER ROOM

BRAVE LITTLE MONICA MAXWELL HAS ROUNDED THEM UP

AND LOCKED THEM IN HER CLOSET.

BUT WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT'S THIS?

OH, NO!

IT'S THE EVIL "UN" PEOPLE.

THEY'RE PUTTING AN "UN" IN FRONT OF THE WORD "LOCKED"

CAUSING THE CLOSET TO BECOME UNLOCKED.

THOSE DOGGONE RHINOS ARE LOOSE AGAIN.

BUT DESPAIR NOT, BRAVE LITTLE MONICA--

THE HEROIC "RE" PEOPLE ARE HERE.

LOOK, THEY'VE REROUNDED UP THE RHINOS

AND RELOCKED THEM IN THE CLOSET.

THANK YOU, "RE" PEOPLE.

YOU'RE WONDERFUL.

( making tick-tock sound )

OH!

( sounding out "cl" )

( tick-tocks )

OCK... OCK.

CL... OCK.

CL... OCK.

CLOCK.

CLOCK.

( tick-tocks )

( imitates alarm clock ringing )

( laughing )

( excitedly ): THAT'S IT, WATSON.

THAT'S IT!

THAT'S WHAT, DR. NITWIT?

"NITWHITE"!

NITWHITE-- SORRY, YES.

WATSON, YOU ARE WITNESS TO A GREAT DISCOVERY.

BEHOLD THE ONLY TWO WORDS IN THE ENTIRE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

THAT ARE THE SAME FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS.

"MOM" AND ( sounds out "pop" )

( laughs )

WOW!

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

OH, NO.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

"WOW"?

GO AWAY.

YES, DR. NITWIT.

UH...

WHITE, WHITE, WHITE...

( groans )

HUH!

AND NOW 35 NAMES

WITH THE SHORT "O"-- "AW"-- SOUND IN THEM.

♪ HI, I'M TOPSY, YO, I'M TOM ♪

♪ MEET FLOPSY, MOPSY, MOPSY'S MOM ♪

♪ OLLIE, HOLLY, ROB AND SCOT ♪

♪ DOLLY, MOLLY, BOB AND DOT ♪

♪ VERONICA, LEVON, LIONDA ♪

♪ MONICA, DIONNE AND RHONDA ♪

♪ BONNIE, LOTTIE, LON, ALONZO ♪

♪ CONNIE, SCOTTIE, RON AND GONZO. ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ♪

♪ ENJOY YOUR LITTLE MOMENT OF FAME! ♪

♪ DONALD, FOXY, ROZ, YVONNE ♪

♪ RONALD, ROXIE, OZZIE, JON ♪

♪ IN ALL OUR NAMES, YOU'LL FIND SHORT "O" ♪

♪ IT SOUNDS LIKE "AW" ♪

♪ WE GOTTA GO! ♪

AHH...

I DID A SEARCH OF OUR DATABASE FOR EVERYTHING IN THE LIBRARY

THAT CONTAINS "ROCK," "ROCKET," "ROBOT," "ROOSTER" AND "ROOF"

AND I FOUND THIS.

WOW! GOOD HUNTING, CLEO DEAR.

THAT'S A VIDEO.

YOU SAID YOU WERE FROM A BOOK.

I COULD HAVE FORGOT.

LIKE, I HIT MY HEAD A LOT.

OH, YOU SHOULD WEAR A HELMET, LARRY.

UH, "ROCK."

HEY, LET'S WATCH IT.

IF THERE'S A ROCK MISSING FROM IT

THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

( rock 'n' roll music playing )

( singing )

TAKE IT, ROOSTER!

( playing kazoo )

All: ♪ ROCK, ROCK, ROCKET-DOODLE-DOO... ♪

( video stops suddenly )

( all sigh )

SORRY.

THAT'S NOT WHERE I'M FROM.

THEY SANG "ROCK" A LOT, BUT THEY DIDN'T MEAN A ROCK.

THEY DIDN'T MEAN ME.

( whining ): OH... OH, LIKE, I'M NEVER GOING TO GET HOME.

OH, DON'T CRY, LARRY.

POOR GUY.

"ROCK."

( pages flipping quickly )

( phone rings )

BARNABY B. BUSTERFIELD III PUBLIC LIBRARY.

INFORMATION HEN SPEAKING.

( inaudible phone response )

OH, NOW, DEAR, DON'T YOU WORRY.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE LIBRARY

ONE OF OUR LIBRARIANS WILL HELP YOU FIND

WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

WELL, YES, DEAR, OUR LIBRARIANS ARE LIONS

BUT THEY DON'T EAT THE VISITORS TO THE LIBRARY-- OH, NO.

NO, NOT EVEN IF THEY'RE WILDEBEESTS.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MRS. WILDEBEEST.

( hangs up )

( phone rings again )

LIBRARY INFORMATION HEN.

HOW MAY I HELP YOU?