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WOMAN: ♪ Hey, now... ♪
♪ 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! ♪
I got it, I got it.
LIONEL: Kick it here.
I've got something to show you.
Uh... one, two, three...
Nice one, oh, yeah.
Oh, that was beautiful.
Watch this.
Oh, yeah!
Dad...
you can't use your hands in soccer.
Son, I...
( whistle blows )
Foul-- hands.
Leona, Lionel, you know that playing soccer
in the library is taboo.
Wh-what's "taboo"?
Playing soccer in the library.
No, no, I mean, what does it mean?
It means it's not allowed.
But we won't hurt anything.
There's plenty of room.
You might think you won't do any harm, Son
but you never know what might happen.
He's getting that look in his eye again.
If we don't go soon
we'll be here all afternoon
getting a lecture.
Oh, no.
You're right, Dad-- we're sorry.
We'll just scoot outside.
You know, this reminds me of a story.
Look, I want you both to hear it.
I saw it in this stack somewhere.
Let's see here...
Ah, here it is, come along.
Here we go.
Oh...
( reading )
Ha!
But I guess you already read that.
I'll just pick it up.
All righty.
Now, this story is called
Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo!
by Rosetta Stone
illustrated by Michael, uh... Frith.
Sounds good.
Yeah.
( clears throat )
( Theo reading )
Ow!
( clucks weakly )
( clucks angrily )
( muttering )
( muttering )
( siren blaring )
Whoa!
Oh, bother.
( yelling for help )
( clucking excitedly )
( confusion of voices )
( band playing )
( screaming and crashing )
( elephant trumpets )
( chuckling )
That was a really good story, Dad.
This story is a good example
of how there's more to reading than just reading.
Reading gives you something to think about, too.
Now, what do you think the message of this story was, hmm?
( yelling )
Leona, honey, please pay attention to Daddy.
( yelling grows louder )
( continuing lecture as yells and screams continue )
And now, a baboon in a maroon balloon
reading From the Earth to the Moon
shouting "Wahoo!"
( shouts )
( snickering )
I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this
but what is it?!
Actually, it's my real hair.
Oh! Get into the groove
as Martha Reader and the Vowelles croon
the double "o"-- "ooh"-- sound in the word "boot"!
( rhythm and blues music playing )
( Martha singing "ooh" sound, then Vowelles repeat "ooh" )
MONKEYS: Boot!
( cheering and applause )
WOMAN: Boot.
Oot.
( making "r" sound )
Root.
Roo.
( making "m" sound )
Room.
( making "b" sound )
Broom.
( 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 Br...
and Sir Oom!
( cheering )
Blend on, dudes!
BOTH: Broom.
( cheering )
Broom? Why am I doing it?
You missed a spot.
"Broom"-- excellent!
That's Gawain's word for today.
And this is Gawain saying see you soon.
See you next time on...
( music begins playing )
WOMAN: ♪ In a dirty and dusty old room ♪
♪ Lived an unhappy bride and her groom ♪
♪ So the lass put a "b" where the "g" used to be ♪
♪ And she swept the place clean with her broom! ♪
( music ends )
( makes "z" sound )
( makes double-o, "oo" sound )
( makes "m" sound )
( each continues to pronounce letters )
ALL: "Zoom."
ANNOUNCER: Flying off the shelf once again
it's the continuing
daring and dangling Adventures of Cliff Hanger!
Today's adventure, number 17--
"Cliff Hanger and the Balloons."
CHORUS ( singing ):
We find Cliff Hanger where we left him last--
hanging from a cliff.
( branch breaking )
All of a sudden, a bunch of balloons floats by.
Balloons?
Ah, balloons!
Poor, marooned Cliff roots around in his backpack
and soon locates... his trusty survival manual.
Using his expert decoding skills, Cliff begins to read.
Hmm, "baboons"...
Ah, here we are, "balloons."
CLIFF ( reading ):
Has Cliff Hanger made his escape at last?
( balloons popping )
CHORISTER: ♪ And that's why he's called Cliff Hanger. ♪
So you can see how things could happen
whether you intend them to or not.
Because one thing causes another thing
which causes another thing
which is why...
( unknown object whizzing through air )
Please, Leona, I'm almost finished.
Which is why you shouldn't play soccer in the library.
( Cleo yelling )
What was that?
( thud )
( groaning )
LIONEL: Are you all right?
Cleo?
What are you doing?
( yelling and crashing )
Sorry.
( all moaning and groaning )
( stuttering in disbelief )
THEO: Did this happen because...
the cubs played soccer in the library?
I didn't do anything.
Actually, it was you, Theo, dear.
Me?!
( dramatic chords play )
( quietly ): Did I cause that music, too?
What music?
( chords repeat )
MAN: ♪ Swami Smarmy Marmy ♪
♪ That's this swami's name ♪
♪ And reading what the future writes ♪
♪ Is Swami Marmy's game! ♪
I see...
( quavers )
I see...
Yeah?
Oh! What do you see in the future
O great and wise and sassy Swami Marmy?
"Oops."
Oops?
( eerily ): Yes, "oops..."
with an exclamation point!
That is what the future has written.
( eerily ): So... be on the lookout for "oops"...
with an exclamation point!
Y-y-yeah, I will!
I'll be on the...
( squeaks ): Okay!
( mambo music playing )
Oop! Oop!
( crystal ball rolls, then crashes )
Oops!
WOMAN: Oops.
( making "l" sound )
Loops.
Loop.
Loo...
( making "s" sound )
Loose.
( gasps )
The Monkey Pop-Up Theater!
( crowd murmuring )
( tango music playing )
( monkeys singing )
( tango music continues )
( monkeys singing )
( moon singing )
( monkeys singing )
( monkeys jabbering, audience applauding )
( set crashes )
( laughing )
And now, Fun with Chicken Jane.
Today:
( music begins playing )
WOMAN ( singing ):
( squawks )
( squawks )
( grunting )
( clucking excitedly )
( grunting )
( squawking excitedly )
v-a-m-o-o-s-e.
Va... moose.
( crash )
( squawking )
( squawking loudly )
BOTH:
( squawks sadly )
( music begins playing )
WOMAN ( singing ):
( squawks sadly )
And now, a word from W.N.B.A. superstar...
Shoot.
( monkey hooting )
Okay, come on.
Nice move.
( grunting )
( crowd cheering )
( monkey thuds on floor )
Shoot.
( grunts )
Two points, heh, heh.
( groans )
D-d...
ooh...
dle.
Doo... dle.
Doodle.
Doodle.
( whooshing )
Doodle, doodle.
N...
Noo... dle.
Noodle.
Noodle.
( slurping )
Noodle.
( burps )
( audience applauds )
Once again, it's magic time
with the Great Smartini!
Hey, thank you, goofy little announcer bunny!
And now, how about a big round of applause
for my...
cool and...
groovy Marmy?
The remarkable Smarmy Marmy Smartini!
( applause )
Thank you my sonny boy, Great Smartini.
You are too kind-- too... too.
And you, Marmy, are a hoot!
And now I, the Great Smartini, will perform
my amazing, trouser-defying double "o"-- "ooh"-- trick!
Marmy, may I have two words
that have the double "o"-- "ooh"-- sound in them, please?
Here, sonny boy, are the words
"noodles" and...
"oodles."
( applause )
Oh, thank you, Marmy!
Thank you.
And now I'll put these words into my smarty pants.
MAN IN AUDIENCE: Do it!
All right, and now I will say a magic word.
"Oobracadoobra."
And now I will do my magic dance.
( to hip-hop drumbeat ): Ooh! Ah!
Dance in smarty pants, yeah.
Ooh! Ah!
Dance in smarty pants. Ooh! Ah!
All right, let's see what we've got.
Ooh... oodles of noodles!
( cheering and applause )
Can I get a whoop-de-doodle
for the noodles?!
Whoop-de-doodle!
Whoop-de-doodle!
( applause continues )
Come on!
How did this happen because of me?
I was reading a book when it happened.
That's right.
I saw the whole thing.
Oh, Gladys.
( clucks )
Take this down for posterity.
What?
Here's how it happened, I promise it's true
'cause a dad took a book about a small bug's ka-choo.
Everyone crashed with a mighty ka-boom--
a mighty ka-boom that shook the whole room.
The mighty ka-boom was a bursting balloon
the hot air balloon of Lord Bootsie Baboon
a lovely balloon that was colored maroon.
What was it, then, that burst the balloon?
A rocketing monkey by name of McFloon.
What sent McFloon flying high in the air?
A plummeting book sent him shooting up there.
Whence came that book?
Well, you may ask it.
It fell from Lord Bootsie Baboon's balloon basket.
The name of the book was From the Earth to the Moon.
Lord Bootsie was planning to go by balloon.
You see, Bootsie Baboon was reading the book
when a ladder of monkeys was snagged on a hook
of the anchor that trailed beneath the balloon--
the maroon-hued balloon of Bootsie Baboon.
When that ladder of monkeys snagged on that hook
that's when Lord Bootsie let go of that book.
The ladder of monkeys, a hen was there, too.
It rolled 'round the library, raced right on through.
The monkeys were up there to do some repairs
on the balcony rim, right next to the stairs.
The reason the ladder was rolling around?
Because a computer was knocked to the ground.
This frightened the chicken; the chicken jumped on.
And away with a whoosh, the ladder has gone.
( monkeys jabbering )
What bumped the computer?
That's my fault, you see.
I bumped into it when Marmy bumped me.
( laughs )
Whoops!
CLEO: And the reason she bumped me?
It happened when our dear Smarmy Marmy picked up a pen...
( grunts )
( laughs )
a pen that had fallen from up on a book
that was up on a stack from which a dad took--
I promise it's true--
the story of how a small bug went ka-choo.
( Leona sighs )
That is what caused all the hullabaloo.
Wait... wait, wait.
Let me get this straight.
Are you trying to tell me that here's how it happened?
THEO:
Down in the library I put my pen down.
I put my pen down on a big stack of books.
Then I pulled out a book from deep in that book stack.
Because I did that, I knocked the pen off.
Because it fell off, Marmy bent down to get it.
Oh.
THEO: She picked that pen up when it fell on the floor.
Now, because she did that, she bumped into Cleo
who was crossing the library doing a chore.
Because she bumped Cleo, she sent some books flying.
Because they went flying, a computer got bopped.
Because it got bopped, it frightened a chicken.
She jumped in the air with a squawk.
Because she jumped up, she hit a tall ladder.
Because it got hit, it started to roll.
Because it was rolling, some monkeys ran after it
but that ladder was going too fast.
Up in the air, a library patron--
the famous explorer, Lord Bootsie Baboon--
was floating along making no trouble
reading a book, From the Earth to the Moon.
Floating along, making no trouble
floating along in his hot air balloon.
It's his favorite color, the color maroon.
Because he was floating right over the ladder
Lord Bootsie's anchor got snagged on its top.
Because it got snagged, the ladder went backward
and no one could make the thing stop.
It yanked on the anchor, pulled on the basket
which gave poor Lord Bootsie a terrible jerk.
Down went his book and it fell on a sawhorse.
A monkey was taking a break from his work.
Because the book fell, the sawhorse went down.
Because it went down, the monkey went up.
Because he went up, that monkey, McFloon
punched a big hole in that hot air balloon.
Oh!
And Bootsie Baboon's balloon went...
( explosion )
ka-boom!
What a ka-boom.
It shook the whole room.
That mighty ka-boom, so big and so loud
took monkeys and chickens, the whole crazy crowd
Bootsie and Cleo and bits of balloon
and threw them all over the main reading room.
( confusion of voices )
Sorry.
That's okay.
And that's how it happened.
I guess that it's true.
Just because I pulled out Little Bug Went Ka-Choo.
How many dads would go to so much trouble
to teach their cubs a lesson?
Well, um...
I am never going to forget that lesson.
I, uh...
Daddy, you are so smart.
( kisses )
Oh, yes, thank you, uh...
Well, it... it certainly was a lot of trouble, wasn't it?
( crowd agreeing )
( laughing )
Oh, hey, why don't you kids go... go outside
and play some soccer while I deal with the mob?
Thanks, Dad.
Uh, patrons... patrons.
You're patrons.
I... uh...
Oh, Theo, how many times have we talked about
taking a book from the center of the stack?
( grunts )
I hope you learned your lesson.
Well, you're never too old to learn.
Mm-hmm.
Which reminds me of a story.
It's in this book right here...
PATRONS: No, no, no!
What?!
And now, Walter and Clay Pigeon play kazoos.
( kazoos hum Beethoven's 5th Symphony )
It's a gloomy day for Beethoven.
Ugh!
( pigeons continue playing )
There are games and stories at the Between the Lions Web site:
pbskids.org, or America Online keyword: PBS Kids.
CLEO: If you want a child to get wild about learning
get him wild about reading.
Be a designated reader.
Oh, hey, what's that one?
That's an industrial steam locomotive.
( imitates train whistle )
[Captioned by The Caption Center WGBH Educational Foundation]
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♪ Begin between the lions ♪
♪ Be here between the lions! ♪
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