♪ 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! ♪

LET'S SEE, UH, TUB...

CHECK.

TOWEL...

CHECK.

BOOK...

CHECK.

TONGUE...

PERFECT.

THAT'S EVERYTHING.

( grunts )

CLEO, I THINK WE'RE READY.

( inhaling deeply )

Both: TONGUE BATH TIME!

Lionel: ME FIRST, ME FIRST

ME FIRST, ME FIRST!

UH-UH!

ME FIRST, LIONEL.

MOMMY, COULD YOU PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION

TO MY BACK, PLEASE?

OH, MY PLEASURE, LEONA.

AAH, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO GIVE MYSELF

MY OWN TONGUE BATH ANYHOW.

NO, YOU CAN'T DO YOUR OWN BACK.

UH-HUH...

MM-HMM.

UH-UH.

( grunting )

PERHAPS THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME

TO READ OUR TONGUE BATHTIME STORY

FOR TODAY, HUH?

( chuckles )

NOW, IT'S LOOSELY BASED

ON A VERY OLD TALE FROM INDIA.

IT IS CALLED

THE DIRTY, SMELLY KING, BY SIR HACKNEY MACKINACK.

( reading aloud )

ZACK OF HACKENSACK?

UH, I SAID LOOSELY BASED.

( laughing ): VERY LOOSELY BASED.

( chuckling )

( Theo continues reading aloud )

Woman: OH, WHAT A STINKPOT!

Man: P.U.!

IS MY CROWN ON BACKWARDS?

IS MY JACKET TACKY?

WHAT IS IT, JACK?

GO JUMP IN THE LAKE, ZACK.

( sniffs )

KING ZACK OF HACKENSACK IS NO LONGER DIRTY AND SMELLY.

HE IS CLEAN AND...

NOT SMELLY!

HOORAY FOR CLEAN AND NOT SMELLY KING ZACK OF HACKENSACK!

HOORAY FOR CLEAN AND NOT SMELLY LEONA OF THE LIBRARY!

I CAN'T SEE.

OH!

"THEN KING ZACK OF HACKENSACK LOOKED DOWN

"AND SAW THAT HE WAS STANDING IN THE MUD

AND HIS FEET WERE DIRTY!"

HEY, MY FEET ARE DIRTY!

MY FEET ARE DIRTY AGAIN.

AND BACK OUT

AND BACK IN AND BACK OUT

AND BACK IN AND BACK OUT

AND BACK IN AND BACK OUT

AND BACK IN AND BACK OUT AND BACK IN...

YOU MAY CONTINUE.

( chuckles )

"SIR JACK TOLD KING ZACK TO RELAX.

"EVERYONE IN THE KINGDOM HAD DIRTY FEET

SO IT WAS NO PROBLEM."

NO PROBLEM!

( chuckles )

YEAH, BUT HAVING DIRTY FEET

WAS A PROBLEM FOR KING ZACK.

HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE UNPOPULAR AGAIN

IF ANY PART OF HIS BODY WAS DIRTY.

FROM NOW ON, I WILL RIDE PIGGYBACK ON YOU, JACK.

MY FEET WILL NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND

SO THEY WON'T GET DIRTY.

( Jack groans )

THIS GUY SHOULD CUT DOWN ON HIS SNACKS.

AND KING ZACK RODE PIGGYBACK

ALL OVER THE PLACE

ON SIR JACK'S BACK FOREVER AND EVER.

THE END.

THAT CAN'T BE THE END.

ZACK CAN'T RIDE PIGGYBACK ON SIR JACK

FOREVER AND EVER.

HE CAN SO!

UH-UH.

DADDY?

YES, LEONA?

CAN I RIDE PIGGYBACK

JUST LIKE KING ZACK RODE ON SIR JACK'S BACK?

OH, YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND.

OH!

HERE YOU GO.

OH, OH, OH!

WHOA, WHOA!

HERE WE GO!

YEE-HA!

( chuckling )

THAT ISN'T REALLY THE END OF THE STORY, IS IT, MOM?

NO, IT ISN'T, LIONEL.

( laughs )

( water splashes )

I KNEW IT.

( chuckles )

SO, ARE YOU READY

FOR YOUR TONGUE BATH NOW?

OH! OR WOULD YOU PREFER

TO DO IT YOURSELF, OLD-TIMER?

WELL, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT TO.

I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, MOM.

OH... YOU'RE TOO KIND.

( Cleo slurping )

AH!

OH, YOU'RE A GOOD MOM.

WHOOPS!

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

AND SOMETIMES "Y"

GIVE IT UP FOR MARTHA READER AND THE VOWELLES

SINGING THE SHORT "A" SOUND

FROM THEIR SMASH WORD, "PACK."

♪ ♪ ♪

( singing repeated short "a" sound to soul tune )

( song ends; cheering and applause )

THE "UN" PEOPLE.

WEARY OF ALL THE RHINOS SLIDING DOWN HER BANISTER

UNFLAPPABLE LITTLE MONICA MAXWELL HAS PACKED THEM ALL

INTO A GIGANTIC TRAVEL SACK.

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 "PACKED."

MONICA'S SACK HAS BECOME UNPACKED.

THOSE DRATTED RHINOS ARE LOOSE AGAIN.

BUT BE NOT SAD, LITTLE MONICA.

THE HEROIC "RE" PEOPLE ARE HERE.

LOOK!

THEY'VE REROUNDED UP THE DRATTED RHINOS

AND REPACKED THEM IN MONICA'S TRAVEL SACK.

THANK YOU, "RE" PEOPLE.

YOU'RE FABULOUS!

( making repeated "ck" sound )

ACK.

ACK.

QU... QU... ACK.

QU... ACK, QUACK.

( quacks )

( quacks )

QUACK.

( quacks )

QUACK.

QUACK!

( quacks )

( glass shatters )

( crowd cheering )

Gawain: EXCELLENT!

GAWAIN HERE ONCE AGAIN AT BLENDING FIELDS

WHERE TWO BRAVE KNIGHTS IN ARMOR

WILL CHARGE TOGETHER AT HIGH SPEED AND MAKE A WORD.

COMPETING TODAY, WE HAVE SIR "SM"...

( crowd cheers )

AND ON YOUR RIGHT, SIR "ACK."

( cheering )

BLEND ON, DUDES!

THAT'S GAWAIN'S WORD FOR TODAY.

AND THIS IS GAWAIN SAYING SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON...

( rap beat playing )

AND NOW, 24 NAMES

WITH THE SHORT "A"-- "AAH"-- SOUND IN THEM.

♪ MEET ANNIE, ANNIE'S GRANNY, TAMMY ♪

♪ DANNY, DANNY'S NANNY, PAMMY ♪

♪ SANDY, SANDY'S BASSET, DASH ♪

♪ AND THIS IS BRANDY... ♪

♪ MEET NANCY, ALEXANDRA, CABOT ♪

♪ CLANCY, ALEXANDRA'S RABBIT ♪

♪ SHAQ AND MACK AND MATT AND HANNAH ♪

♪ ZACK AND JACK AND PAT AND VANNA. ♪

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

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

♪ ENJOY YOUR LITTLE MOMENT OF FAME! ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ORLANDO, JAN... ♪

♪ FERNANDO, FRAN AND MIA HAMM ♪

♪ IN ALL THESE NAMES YOU'LL FIND SHORT "A" ♪

♪ IT SOUNDS LIKE "AAH"-- THAT'S THAT, GOOD DAY. ♪

( making short "a" sound )

( clucking )

( phone rings )

OH!

BARNABY B. BUSTERFIELD III PUBLIC LIBRARY.

INFORMATION HEN SPEAKING.

OH, WHY YES, DEAR, YES, THE LIBRARY IS ABSOLUTELY FREE.

ANYONE CAN COME HERE AND READ

OR YOU CAN BORROW A BOOK AND TAKE IT HOME.

OF COURSE, YOU MUST BRING IT BACK, YES.

ALL YOU NEED IS A LIBRARY CARD, MM-HMM.

OH, YES, YES, THAT'S FREE, TOO.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

( phone rings )

LIBRARY.

INFORMATION HEN SPEAKING.

OH, OH!

LONG DISTANCE.

WELL, HOW MAY I HELP YOU?

AH, ONE MOMENT.

I'LL JUST LOOK THAT UP.

AH! HERE IT IS, HERE IT IS.

THE ANSWER IS, "TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE."

OH, YOU'RE WELCOME, YOUR MAJESTY.

( inhales contentedly )

( sighs )

LET'S SEE NOW.

( clucking )

OH! THAT'S GOOD.

Theo: WHOA!

Leona: WOW, LOOK HOW HIGH I AM, DADDY!

WHAT A VIEW!

OH, HELLO DOWN THERE!

YOO-HOO! HEY, LIONEL!

( chuckles )

DAD, RACE TO THE END

OF THE BALCONY, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT, LEONA, MY DEAR.

CHARGE!

( imitating bugle call )

Theo: EXCUSE ME, SIR.

( Leona giggling )

( music begins playing )

♪ I GOT A BRAND-NEW GAME CALLED PIGGYBACK ♪

♪ IT'S A LITTLE THING WE LEARNED ♪

♪ FROM GOOD KING ZACK ♪

♪ WHO RODE AROUND FOREVER ON HIS FRIEND SIR JACK ♪

♪ HEY, I LOVE RIDING PIGGYBACK. ♪

♪ PIGGYBACK, PIGGYBACK ♪

♪ IT'S FUN AND IT'S EASY ♪

♪ ONCE YOU GET THE KNACK ♪

Both: ♪ OH, PIGGYBACK, PIGGYBACK ♪

♪ I LOVE RIDING PIGGYBACK. ♪

♪ IF YOU'RE FEELING DOWN, DON'T BLOW YOUR STACK ♪

♪ HOP RIGHT UP ♪

♪ AND GET YOUR LIFE ON TRACK ♪

♪ YEAH, THE BEST THING TO DO WHEN THINGS LOOK BLACK ♪

♪ IS TO TRY RIDING PIGGYBACK. ♪

♪ PIGGYBACK, PIGGYBACK ♪

♪ IT'S FUN AND IT'S EASY ONCE YOU GET THE KNACK ♪

♪ OH, PIGGYBACK, PIGGYBACK ♪

♪ YOU'RE GONNA LOVE RIDING PIGGYBACK. ♪

♪ PIGGYBACK, PIGGYBACK ♪

♪ IT'S FUN AND IT'S EASY ONCE YOU GET THE KNACK ♪

♪ DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR NAME IS JOHN OR JILL OR MACK ♪

♪ YOU'RE GONNA LOVE RIDING PIGGYBACK... ♪

♪ YOU'RE GONNA LOVE RIDING PIGGYBACK... ♪

♪ YOU'RE GONNA LOVE RIDING PIGGYBACK. ♪

YEAH!

( both laughing )

THAT WAS GREAT, DADDY!

YEAH.

OH, DADDY, DADDY, DADDY.

CAN I STAY UP HERE FOREVER AND EVER?

WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, SURE.

YEAH, YEAH!

WHAT?!

SHE CAN'T DO THAT.

JEALOUS.

NO... NO!

Cleo: ALL RIGHT, CUBS

IT'S TIME FOR SOCCER PRACTICE.

YAY! SOCCER PRACTICE.

( laughing )

YOU CAN'T PLAY SOCCER

FROM UP THERE.

COME ON, MOM!

YEAH, BUT I...

OH, COME ON, DADDY.

LET'S GO PLAY SOCCER.

COME ON, COME ON.

OH, I'M SORRY, LEONA, I CAN'T.