♪ 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! ♪

Theo: AND SO THE TIGER SAYS

I'M NOT LYING, HE'S THE CHEETAH.

( both laugh )

OH, UH... HI, MR. WEBSTER.

HELLO.

I WAS WONDERING

IF YOU HAD BOOKS WITH WORDS THAT I DON'T KNOW.

OH, WE HAVE A RHYMING DICTIONARY

OVER IN THE REFERENCE SECTION.

OH, THIS IS TERRIBLE.

THIS IS JUST TERRIBLE.

WHAT'S TERRIBLE, LIONEL?

THIS!

Cleo: "GIANTS CLOBBER CUBS."

OH, THEY CLOBBERED THEM.

THEY CLOBBERED THEM!

( sighs )

( clears throat )

OH, SORRY.

THEO, I'LL HELP THIS PATRON;

YOU TALK TO LIONEL.

ABOUT WHAT?

THAT "GIANTS CLOBBERED CUBS" THING.

OH, RIGHT-- RIGHT!

COME ALONG, MR. WEBSTER.

SO, LIONEL, THAT HEADLINE UPSETS YOU?

THE HEADLINES?

THE HEADLINES ARE JUST THE BEGINNING.

LISTEN TO THIS.

Lionel:

( growls )

OH, THOSE GIANTS.

I REALLY HATE THEM.

OH, NOW, LIONEL, IT'S ONLY A BASEBALL GAME.

JUST BECAUSE THEY BEAT YOUR FAVORITE TEAM

IS NO REASON TO HATE THEM.

WELL, YEAH, I SUPPOSE.

HOW ABOUT I CAN'T STAND THOSE GIANTS.

I DESPISE THEM.

NICE VOCABULARY, SON.

BUT I BET IF YOU MET THE GIANTS

YOU'D LIKE THEM.

HA! I'D RATHER RESTOCK BOOKS EVERY SATURDAY

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT?

I THINK WE SHOULD ASK CLICK

TO PULL SOME GIANTS OUT OF THIS NEWSPAPER

SO YOU CAN MEET THEM.

THEN YOU'D SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT SO BAD.

OH, NO, NO, NO, I DON'T WANT TO MEET THEM.

OH, SURE, YOU DO.

CLICK! OH, CLICK!

OH, NO WAY.

I DON'T WANT TO MEET ANY GIANTS.

THAT'S NO GOOD...

Lionel: THE GIANTS SHOULD BE PICKING ON SOMEBODY THEIR OWN SIZE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

( Leona growls )

OH, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS.

( continues teasing growl )

OH, YOU SURE ARE CRABBY TODAY, LIONEL.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

OH, DAD'S GOING TO ASK CLICK TO BRING SOME GIANTS

INTO THE LIBRARY SO I CAN MEET THEM.

GIANTS?

YEAH, AND THESE ARE THE GIANTS

THAT CLOBBERED THE CUBS YESTERDAY.

THEY CLOBBERED THE CUBS?

YEAH, THEY CLOBBERED THEM.

UH...

GIANTS.

UH... CUBS.

UH...

WHAT'S "CLOBBERED"?

THE WORD "CLOBBERED"--

WELL, IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK.

( rock music playing )

Man: ♪ WHEN YOU BONK SOMETHIN' CONK SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ GIVE SOMETHIN' A CLOUT ♪

♪ IT'S BEEN CLOBBERED! ♪

♪ WHEN YOU BASH SOMETHIN', SMASH SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ KNOCK IT ALL ABOUT ♪

♪ IT'S BEEN CLOBBERED! ♪

♪ WHEN YOU BELT SOMETHIN', PELT SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ CLUB IT WITH A BAT ♪

♪ BUMP SOMETHIN', THUMP SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ POUND IT TILL IT'S FLAT ♪

♪ THERE'S A SIMPLE WORD THAT TELLS YOU WHERE IT'S AT ♪

♪ THE WORD IS "CLOBBERED." ♪

♪ YEAH, CLOBBERED! ♪

♪ YOU CAN WHACK SOMETHIN', CRACK SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ BREAK IT RIGHT IN TWO ♪

♪ BOP SOMETHIN', WHOP IT ♪

♪ TILL THERE'S NOTHIN' LEFT BUT GOO ♪

♪ THERE'S A SIMPLE WORD THAT TELLS YOU WHAT WAS DONE TO IT ♪

♪ "CLOBBERED" IS THE WORD ♪

♪ BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW IT. ♪

♪ WE ALREADY KNEW IT ♪

♪ WHEN YOU PUNCH SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ CRUNCH SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ GIVE SOMETHIN' A BEATIN' ♪

♪ IT'S BEEN CLOBBERED. ♪

♪ CLOBBERED ♪

♪ WHEN YOU SLAP SOMETHIN', RAP SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ FOLKS, IT'S WORTH REPEATIN' ♪

♪ IT'S BEEN CLOBBERED. ♪

♪ YEAH, CLOBBERED ♪

♪ YEAH, WHEN YOU BANG SOMETHIN', CLANG SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ KICK IT DOWN THE HALL ♪

♪ RAM OR WHAM OR SLAM IT ♪

♪ SMACK IT UP AGAINST THE WALL ♪

♪ CLUB IT OR YOU DRUB IT ♪

♪ TILL THERE'S NOTHIN' LEFT AT ALL ♪

♪ IT'S BEEN CLOBBERED! ♪

♪ YEAH, CLOBBERED! ♪

♪ IT'S BEEN CLOBBERED. ♪

♪ CLOBBERED! ♪

( giggles )

OH!

SO THE GIANTS CLOBBERED THE CUBS-- OH.

BUT WAIT A MINUTE.

I'M A CUB, AND... AND...

THE GIANTS ARE COMING TO THE LIBRARY TO CLOBBER THE CUBS.

( screams ): LIONEL!

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

AND SOMETIMES "Y"

GIVE IT UP FOR MARTHA READER AND THE VOWELLES

AS THEY SING THE SHORT "U" SOUND

FROM THEIR BUBBLY HIT WORD, "TUB."

( Martha sings short "u" sound )

( Vowelles respond with short "u" sound )

( call and respond tempo becomes faster )

( tempo slows down )

( song ends; cheering and applause )

B-- OH!

"B."

( imitates buzzing )

( sounds out "b" )

"UZZ."

"UZZ."

"UZZ."

B... UZZ.

BUZZ...

BUZZ.

( imitates buzzing )

AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR EVERYONE'S FAVORITE SHOW...

NOT AS SMART AS...

Audience: A PUCK!

THE GAME WHERE YOU CAN WIN IF YOU PROVE YOU'RE...

NOT AS SMART AS...

Audience: A PUCK!

WELCOME VERY MUCH.

I AM YOUR HOST, ARTY SMARTYPANTS.

( applause )

AND THESE ARE MY SMARTYPANTS!

AND THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL ASSISTANT

MY MARMY, MRS. SMARMY SMARTYPANTS.

HELLO-- GET OUT OF HERE!-- SONNY BOY ARTY!

OKAY, ENOUGH CHITCHAT.

LET US GET TO THE SHOW BEFORE WE ARE CANCELED.

WHO WILL CHALLENGE OUR PUCK TODAY, MARMY?

TODAY, OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST CHALLENGER IS CHUCK.

( fanfare; light applause )

HELLO.

ALL RIGHT, CHUCK, THIS IS YOUR QUESTION.

I WILL GET IT OUT OF MY SMARTYPANTS.

( audience oohs )

"WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"

( timer clicking )

CHUCK.

( buzzer sounds )

OH, I'M SORRY, CHUCK, YOU ARE CORRECT.

OKAY, AND NOW TO OUR PUCK!

PUCK, YOUR QUESTION IS:

"WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"

( timer clicking )

YOU ONLY HAVE TEN SECONDS.

MARMY, GIVE HIM A HINT.

OKAY, PUCK, HERE'S YOUR...

HERE'S YOUR HINT:

THE ANSWER STARTS WITH THE LETTER "P."

AND THEN IT'S FOLLOWED BY "U," "C" AND "K"-- "UCK."

( whispers ): PUCK.

( bell ringing )

( audience groaning )

I'M SORRY, CHUCK, YOU LOSE.

NICE TRY, BUT, CHUCK, YOU ARE SMARTER THAN A PUCK!

GIVE HIM A HAND ANYWAY, AUDIENCE.

( light applause )

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME ON...

Bunny: NOT AS SMART AS...

Audience: A PUCK!

( playing tune on guitar )

ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT GRUBBY PUP IS

THAT HIS NAME'S GOT THE "UH" "U" SOUND IN IT: GRUBBY PUP.

HERE'S A LITTLE SONG ABOUT HIM.

♪ WELL, I DON'T LUG TOO MUCH STUFF ♪

♪ JUST THE STUFF I NEED ♪

♪ PLUS MY DOG, GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ HE'S A CHUM, INDEED ♪

♪ ME AND MY GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ JUST A HUNK O' JUNK ♪

♪ NEW AND BLUE WHEN I WAS TWO ♪

♪ NOW HE'S LOOKIN' PUNK. ♪

♪ OH, GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ HEY, GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ SIT, GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ STAY, GRUBBY PUP. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ PUDDLE-JUMPED THROUGH THE MUD ♪

♪ AND CUDDLED THROUGH THE YEARS ♪

♪ SCRUBBED WITH PUP IN THE TUB ♪

♪ TILL HE LOST HIS EARS ♪

♪ LEFT BEHIND AT SCHOOLTIME ♪

♪ BUT LATER ON IN BED ♪

♪ SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG ♪

♪ I HUGGED HIM TO A SHRED. ♪

♪ OH, GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ HEY, GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ SIT, GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ STAY, GRUBBY PUP. ♪

♪ WELL, MOSTLY NOW GRUBBY PUP ♪

♪ NEVER SEES THE SUN ♪

♪ BUT JUST 'CAUSE I'M ALL GROWN UP ♪

♪ DON'T MEAN LOVE IS DONE ♪

♪ AND WE STILL HAVE FUN. ♪

GOOD BOY.

( song ends )

( footsteps thumping )

( sighs )

( gasps )

GREETINGS!

SALUTATIONS!

HOLA!

HELLO!

HI!

( chuckles )

HEATH THE THESAURUS HERE

WITH TEN DIMINUTIVE, SMALL, SHORT, ITTY-BITTY

LITTLE TINY WORDS THAT POP UP

IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO READ OR WRITE.

( laughs )

( music featuring saxophone playing )

( singing )

♪ TEN SMALL WORDS GOT TO LEARN BY SIGHT. ♪

♪ THEY'RE TEN SMALL WORDS FOR TO READ AND WRITE ♪

♪ GOLLY, GEE, HERE'S "THE" AND "TO" ♪

♪ MERCY, ME, HERE'S "A" AND "YOU" ♪

♪ "IN" IS A WINNER ANYONE COULD LOVE ♪

HEY!

♪ TIP YOUR HAT TO "THAT" AND "AND" ♪

♪ "IT" IS A HIT AND "IS" IS GRAND ♪

♪ AND THERE'S NO WORD I'M FONDER OF THAN "OF" ♪

♪ LET ME TELL YOU NOW... ♪

♪ READ THESE WORDS EVERY CHANCE YOU CAN, OH... ♪

♪ TEN SMALL WORDS, AND I'M THEIR BIGGEST FAN ♪

♪ TEN SMALL WORDS, AND I'M THEIR BIGGEST FAN. ♪

YEAH!

( chuckling )

I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO HIM...

Leona: LIONEL!

LIONEL, LIONEL, LIONEL

NOW I KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T WANT DAD

TO BRING THOSE GIANTS INTO THE LIBRARY.

YOU DO?

YES, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

WELL, OF COURSE, WE DO, BUT...

HOW CAN A CUB STOP A PARENT

FROM MAKING THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE?

I DON'T KNOW.

OH, LOOK, CLICK.

THEY CAN'T BRING THE GIANTS INTO THE LIBRARY

IF THEY DON'T HAVE CLICK.

NOT NOW, LEONA, I'M THINKING.

OH.

( gasps )

I GOT A GREAT IDEA.

WHAT?

DAD CAN'T BRING THE GIANTS