[♪♪]
♪ ELINOR: Wherever I go,
♪ I see things that
I want to know. ♪
♪ Wherever I am, ♪
♪ I find things that
I want to understand. ♪
♪ Go and explore,
listen and see, ♪
♪ just follow your
curiosity. ♪
♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do birds sing
and how do they fly? ♪
♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do ants march
and where do they hide? ♪
♪ There's so much
to learn, ♪
♪ wherever you turn,
♪ just listen and see, ♪
♪ and follow your
curiosity. ♪
[♪♪]
♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Ask a question,
what will you find? ♪
♪ ALL: Elinor Wonders Why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Just listen and see,
come and wonder with me. ♪
[♪]
[bird chirping]
ELINOR: "Bird Song"
[♪]
[bird chirping]
[bird chirping]
MR. RABBIT: [snoring]
[bird chirping loud]
MR. RABBIT: [snoring]
Wha..?
[bird chirping]
MR. RABBIT: What is that?
MR. RABBIT: Ahhh,
that's better...
Aaahhh....
[bird chirping]
MR. RABBIT: Whaaaa...
Oh gee.... Oh....
MR. RABBIT: Ahhh...
MR. RABBIT: [grunts]
[sigh]
[bird chirping]
MR. RABBIT: Whaa! OOh! Eee!
Oof.
MR. RABBIT: [groans] [growls]
MR. RABBIT: [groans]
[bird chirping]
ELINOR: Hmmm.
[bird chirping]
ELINOR: Huh?!
[yawns]
Who's that?
[bird chirping]
[♪]
ELINOR: Oh, good
morning, little bird!
Thank you for the
nice wake-up song!
I'll be outside soon.
Maybe we can play!
[♪]
ELINOR: Good morning
Mom!
RANGER RABBIT: Good morning,
Elinor!
How are you this morning?
ELINOR: I'm great, Mom!
I just heard a cute
little bird singing...
a really pretty
wake-up song.
RANGER RABBIT:
That's great dear.
MR. RABBIT: [yawn]
Good morning.
ELINOR: Morning, Dad!
Did you hear that cute
bird singing this morning?
MR. RABBIT: [groan]
Mmmm hmmm.
I sure did, Elinor.
ELINOR: Wasn't the
song pretty?
MR. RABBIT: Yes.
Pretty loud.
RANGER RABBIT: [giggle]
Did it wake you up, dear?
I know you wanted to
sleep in today.
MR. RABBIT: Well, I tried to go
back to sleep but I couldn't.
Why do birds have to sing
right outside my window?
[sigh]
ELINOR: Good
question, Dad!
Hmm... And why do
birds sing anyway?
MR. RABBIT: Hmm...
ELINOR: Interesting.
Lizards don't sing.
Plants don't sing.
Some bugs make nice sounds,
but I don't think they sing.
MR. RABBIT: Hmmm....
Thank goodness for that!
[sigh]
ELINOR: So why
do birds sing?
RANGER RABBIT: That is a
good question, Elinor!
Why do you think
birds sing?
ELINOR: Hmmm...
Maybe they are
practicing...
to give a big singing
concert somewhere?
RANGER RABBIT: [chuckle]
That is a fun idea.
Have you ever heard of
birds giving a concert?
ELINOR: No, you're right.
Birds don't give
concerts.
So why do they sing?
MR. RABBIT: Maybe they just like
waking up sleeping bunnies?
ELINOR: [laugh]
RANGER RABBIT: [laugh]
ELINOR: If I figure out
why birds sing,
then maybe I can figure
out how to keep it...
from waking you
up Dad!
MR. RABBIT: Thank you,
Elinor.
That's the best idea
I've heard all morning.
ELINOR: Hmm...
I need more observations!
RANGER RABBIT: Then you might
want to use these binoculars.
They're good for watching birds.
ELINOR: Ok, I'm going to
figure out this mystery!
Thanks for the
breakfast, Mom!
See you later, Dad!
[
snoring sound ]
Dad?
MR. RABBIT: [snoring]
ELINOR: [whispering]
Don't worry, Dad.
I'll figure this
out for you.
[♪]
ELINOR: Ok, let's
find some birds...
and make some
observations!
ELINOR: Hmm, that
doesn't look right.
ELINOR: These are supposed
to make things look closer,
not farther away!
ELINOR: Oh.
[giggles] Oops!
ELINOR: That's better!
ELINOR: Hmm...
[gasp] Ooh!
[giggle]
Hello butterfly.
Oooh.
There's a cute
little bird.
Sing for me,
birdie!
ELINOR: Huh?
What's that?
ARI: Hi, Elinor!
Whatcha doing?
ELINOR: [giggle]
Hi Ari, Hi Olive!
OLIVE: Hi Elinor!
ELINOR: I'm using these
binoculars to look for birds.
I'm trying to answer
a question!
OLIVE: Cool!
Uh, what's the
question?
ELINOR: I want to
know why birds sing!
Plants don't sing,
lizards don't sing.
Why do birds sing?
ARI: Uh, of course
birds sing!
They are birds!
OLIVE: But why do
they sing, Ari?
ARI: Oh! Huh!...
Uh... I never thought
about it before.
You're right,
I don't know!
OLIVE: We'll help you,
Elinor.
Let's all solve the
mystery together!
ARI: Yeah!
ELINOR: Ok!
We'll all watch
the birds...
and try to figure out
what makes them sing.
[birds singing]
ARI: There's one
that way!
OLIVE: I heard one
this way!
ELINOR: I think there's
one over there.
[birds singing]
ELINOR: Huh.
There are a lot of
birds in the forest.
OLIVE: Let's split up!
I'll look for birds
over here...
ARI: And I'll listen for
some over there!
ELINOR: Great idea!
Now we can get more
observations!
ELINOR: Ok birds, I'm ready,
let's hear some songs!
[birds singing]
[gasp]
[birds singing]
[bird singing]
ELINOR: Hmm, you look like
you're looking for something.
[bird singing]
ELINOR: Ooh,
another bird.
They sound kind
of the same.
I wonder if they
know each other?
ELINOR: Hi, cute
little bird!
You look like a baby
version of the other bird!
ELINOR: You look like you're
looking for something too.
[bird singing]
ELINOR: Hey, you must
be the mama bird!
Are you looking for
your baby?
[bird singing]
[♪]
[bird chirping]
ELINOR: Yes, your baby
is over there!
[bird chirps]
[bird chirping]
[birds chirp]
ELINOR: Yay! You
found each other!
Hmmmm.
ARI: Olive!?
Where are you?!
OLIVE: I'm over here!
Who is calling me?
ARI: It's me Ari!
OLIVE: Ari?
ARI: Yes!
OLIVE: Where are you?
ARI: Here!
OLIVE: Where's here?
ARI: I'm right next
to a tree!
OLIVE: Which tree?
ARI: The one
beside me.
OLIVE: Besides
you where?
ELINOR: Hmm...
OLIVE: [sigh] What
does it look like?
ARI: Uh, it's tall, with
a bunch of leaves.
OLIVE: That sounds just like
the tree I'm standing next to.
[birds singing]
ARI: Oh, I see you!
OLIVE: I see
you too!
ELINOR: Guys! I think
I figured it out!
I think I know why
birds sing.
ARI: What? Already?
OLIVE: Yeah, we haven't
seen a lot of birds yet.
ELINOR: You two helped
me figure it out!
ARI: We did?
OLIVE: We did?
ELINOR: I was looking around,
and then I saw a mama bird
trying to find
her baby bird.
[bird chirps]
OLIVE: Awww!
ELINOR: Both birds
were singing,
and then I realized they
were doing the same thing...
you and Ari
were doing!
ARI: They were?
ELINOR: Yes!
They were talking to
find each other!
ARI: Wait, am I supposed
to be a baby bird?
OLIVE: [giggle]
OLIVE: Noooo, Elinor means the
birds called to each other...
with their singing the way
we did with our words.
ARI: mhmm.
ARI: Oh yeah!
When we couldn't
find each other!
ELINOR: Birds use singing
to talk to each other!
That's why they sing!
ARI: Ohhh...
I get it.
It's bird talk!
ELINOR: Yes!
That is so
interesting!
[♪♪]
ALL: ♪ We know it's true, ♪
♪ Birds like to sing,
♪ But why do
they sing? ♪
♪ It's for lots of
things. ♪
ALL: ♪ A singing
bird can say. ♪
♪ How do you do!
♪ Or this is my tree,
♪ Or even I love you, ♪
♪ Birds like to sing,
♪ And now we can see! ♪
♪ They're talking to
each other, ♪
♪ Just like you
and meeeee! ♪
ALL: Whhoooaaaa!
ALL: [giggle]
ARI: We solved
the mystery!
OLIVE: We know
why birds sing!
ELINOR: Hmmm...
and that gives me an
idea to help my dad.
[♪]
[birds singing]
ELINOR: [ whistles
immitating bird ]
ELINOR: [whistling]
ELINOR: [whistle]
C'mon, little bird.
[whistle]
Let's go sing
somewhere else.
[whistling]
[bird sings]
[♪]
[birds singing]
ELINOR: Sleep well, Dad!
[whistling]
[birds singing]
MR. RABBIT: [sigh]
Ah!
[alarm clock blaring]
MR. RABBIT: Ooh nooo!!!
MR. RABBIT: Aww...
MR. RABBIT: [crying]
Oh gee...
ELINOR: [whistle]
[birds singing]
SENOR TAPIR: Let's sing about a
scientist named Irene Pepperburg
and her talking bird.
Who knew more
than 100 words!
Words such as
two and blue.
SENOR TAPIR: [singing]
♪ This is a song about
♪ a scientist who wondered ♪
♪ if birds could talk
like we do. ♪
♪ Her name is Irene
Pepperburg, ♪
♪ and Alex the Parrot was
her special bird. ♪
♪ Irene wondered if
she could show. ♪
♪ That Alex could say a
lot more than "Hello." ♪
♪ She said what color? ♪
♪ He said "Blue". ♪
♪ She said how many? ♪
♪ He said "Two". ♪
♪ What a bird! ♪
♪ Oh, what a bird! ♪
♪ Said scientist
Irene Pepperburg. ♪
♪ What color's bigger? ♪
♪ He said "Red". ♪
♪ What do you want? ♪
♪ He said "Yummy"
and "Bread." ♪
♪ Shapes and colors and
counting to eight, ♪
♪ Alex could really
communicate! ♪
♪ What a bird! ♪
♪ Oh, what a bird! ♪
♪ Said scientist
Irene Pepperburg. ♪
♪ So many words! ♪
♪ So many words! ♪
♪ Her bird knew over
a hundred words! ♪
ALEX: "Maaaaa..."
KIDS: [cheer!]
[♪♪]
ELINOR: "No Need to Shout"
ELINOR: Okay,
are you ready?
OLIVE: Ready!
ELINOR: Ladies and
gentlemen,
welcome to the first
ever performance
of a new song by
Elinor, Ari and Olive,
called "The
Feelings Song."
Hummmm.
[♪♪]
ARI / OLIVE:
♪ If you feel...
ELINOR: ♪ Glad! ♪
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ Let me
know you're glad, ♪
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ And we'll
be glad together! ♪
ARI / OLIVE:
♪ If you feel... ♪
ELINOR: ♪ Sad! ♪
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ Let me
know you're sad. ♪
ARI / OLIVE: And I'll
try to make it better.
ARI / OLIVE:
♪ If you feel...
ELINOR: ♪ Silly! ♪
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ Let me
know you're silly. ♪
ALL: ♪ And we'll laugh
and giggle together. ♪
OLIVE: ♪ So always let
your feelings out, ♪
ARI: ♪ Smile or frown or
giggle or shout, ♪
ELINOR: ♪ 'Cause I can
be a friend for real... ♪
ALL: ♪ If I know just
how you feel! ♪
♪ If I know just how
you feeeeeeel! ♪
OLIVE: Wow! Everyone's
going to love our song.
ARI: Yeah! I can't wait
to sing it to Mz. Mole
and the whole
class tomorrow.
ELINOR: I want it
to be perfect,
so I'm going to practice
and practice and practice.
OLIVE: Don't forget
what Mz. Mole said:
If you practice too much,
you might lose your voice.
ARI: My dad lost
his voice once.
He couldn't talk
for a whole day.
ELINOR: I'm just so excited,
I can't stop singing.
See you tomorrow.
ARI: Bye.
OLIVE: Bye.
[♪♪]
ELINOR: [singing]
♪ If you feel glad. ♪
♪ Let me know
you're glad. ♪
♪ And we'll be
glad together... ♪
ELINOR: ♪ If you
feel sad... ♪
♪ Let me know
you're sad... ♪
♪ And I'll try to
make it better! ♪
♪ If you feel silly... ♪
♪ Let me know
you're silly. ♪
♪ And we'll laugh and
giggle together! ♪
♪ So always let your
feelings out, ♪
♪ Just smile or frown or
giggle or shout ♪
♪ 'Cause I can be a
friend for real. ♪
♪ If I know just
how you feel! ♪
♪ If I know just
how you feel! ♪
ARI: Hi Elinor!
Are you ready to sing our
song in class today?
ELINOR: [groan]
OLIVE: What's wrong
with your voice?
ARI: Do you have
a cold?
OLIVE: Then why
does your voice...
sound scratchy
like that?
ARI: Wait a second.
Did you practice our
song all night?
OLIVE: Oh!
You practiced so much
you lost your voice!
ARI: What about
our song?
We told Mz. Mole
we'd sing it today.
OLIVE: We can't sing
the song without you.
We made it up to
sing together.
ARI: Right. If you don't sing,
we don't sing.
ARI: If you lost your
voice from all that practicing,
maybe you just need
to give it a rest.
ARI: Speaking of time...
we better actually
get to school.
[♪]
[♪]
[birds chirping]
ARI: Look!
There's Mr. Dog!
Hi, Mr. Dog!
MR. DOG: [gasp] Oh!
Good morning, kids!
How nice to see you!
ARI: [giggles]
Mr. Dog!
Your tail is
tickling me!
MR. DOG: [chuckle]
Oops! Sorry Ari!
I can't help it!
Wagging our tail is the way we
dogs show we're happy.
And I'm happy
to see you!
OLIVE: [giggle] We're
happy to see you too.
ARI: [laughs] Yeah.
Except I don't have
a tail to wag.
MR. DOG: [giggle] Oh.
You're awfully
quiet today Elinor.
ELINOR: [groans]
OLIVE: We made up
a new song...
and Elinor practiced it
so much last night,
that her voice got lost.
ARI: Yeah, and we're supposed
to sing it for the whole class,
but we can't unless Elinor
gets her voice back.
MR. DOG: Oh, Elinor!
After all that practicing,
you must be disappointed
you can't sing your song.
ARI: Hey!
Your tail stopped wagging
and tickling me.
OLIVE: And your
ears went down too.
Is that because you're
sad for Elinor?
MR. DOG: My ears do
show how I'm feeling.
But I don't feel
sad for Elinor.
I just understand
how she feels.
Dogs are very
empathetic.
OLIVE: And we understand
how you feel!
Even when you don't
say anything,
everyone knows how
you're feeling...
because they see
your tail and ears.
OLIVE: As Elinor would say,
That's soooo interesting!
MR. DOG: [giggle] Well, I'd
better get back to my work.
I hope you all get to perform
your song...
one way or another!
ARI: Bye Mr. Dog!
[♪]
ARI'S MOM: Ari!
Ari!
You forgot
your lunch!
ARI: Whoa! I forgot
my lunch?
How does that
even happen?
ARI'S MOM: You were so excited
about singing your song.
Are you two as excited
about the song as Ari is?
OLIVE: We may not be able
to sing our song today.
Elinor lost her voice.
ARI: She's giving
her voice a rest.
We hope maybe
she'll get it back
before the end of
the day.
ARI'S MOM: That's a
good plan, Elinor.
BABY MIRI: [crying]
OLIVE: Aw! What's
wrong with baby Miri?
ARI: She's just hungry.
She always goes like this
when she's hungry.
Don't you, little Sis.
[baby talk]
BABY MIRI: [giggles]
ARI: And when she
rubs her eyes,
it means she's tired,
right Mom?
ARI'S MOM: That's right.
I'd better get her home for
her snack and a nap!
I hope Elinor's voice gets
better in time...
to sing your song.
Bye!
OLIVE: Wow. You sure
know a lot about babies, Ari.
ARI: I just know a lot
about my baby sister.
I can tell what
she wants,
even though
she can't talk yet.
OLIVE: The same way we
could tell how Mr. Dog felt
when his tail was wagging and
his ears drooped down.
OLIVE: Huh?
What is it Elinor?
Did you get your
voice back?
ARI: You have
a headache?
ARI: Oh, your
finger hurts?
OLIVE: Uh... You
have an idea??
ARI: All right!
What's your idea?
ARI: What's she doing?
OLIVE: Oh! You want
us to sing our song?
ARI: But we
already said...
we don't want to sing
the song without you.
OLIVE: You want us
to look at you?
OLIVE: You're happy?
ARI: But now
you're sad.
I don't get it.
OLIVE: I think I do!
We can tell how
Elinor is feeling
by the look on
her face.
ARI: ...Okay?
OLIVE: Uh-huh!
Just like we could tell
Mr. Dog was happy...
when he wagged his tail!
ARI: And the way little
Miri let us know...
she was tired by
rubbing her eyes.
OLIVE: Exactly!
That is soooo
interesting!
ARI: Wait, I don't get it.
OLIVE: Elinor's figured out
a way to sing our song...
even if she doesn't
have her voice!
C'mon!
[♪]
ARI / OLIVE: Mz. Mole!
Mz. Mole!
MZ. MOLE: Oh! Good morning,
my fine singing students.
Are you all ready to sing your
new Feelings Song for the class?
ARI: Well, we thought we
weren't going to be able...
to sing our song.
OLIVE: Because Elinor
practiced so much...
she lost her voice.
ARI: And we didn't
want to sing...
The Feelings Song
without Elinor.
OLIVE: But then we made
some observations.
MZ. MOLE: You did?
Well, good for you!
What did you observe?
MZ. MOLE: [giggle]
I'm...
I'm not sure
I understand.
OLIVE: We observed that when
Mr. Dog wagged his tail,
that meant he
was happy.
MZ. MOLE: [laugh]
Okay?
OLIVE: So even if he
didn't talk to us,
we could tell
how he felt.
ARI: Yeah, and then we
observed my little sister...
and I knew she was hungry
because when she's hungry,
she always does this...
MZ. MOLE: [giggles]
ARI: So we knew
how she felt.
OLIVE: And that
gave Elinor...
ARI: An idea!
OLIVE: An idea!
ARI: Even if you can't
use your voice,
there are still ways to show
your friends how you feel,
or what you're thinking.
OLIVE: Yeah. By the way
your face looks...
or your body moves.
So Elinor helped us realize
we can sing our song...
ARI: With Elinor!
OLIVE: With Elinor!
MZ. MOLE: And now,
Ari, Olive and Elinor...
are going to present
The Feelings Song!
OLIVE: Ari and I are
going to sing,
but Elinor's going to
show the feelings...
instead of
singing them.
ARI: Yeah and if you can
tell what she's feeling,
you can join in!
ARI / OLIVE:
♪ If you feel... ♪
SALLY: She looks...
happy?
MARY: Or glad!
OLIVE: You betcha!
[♪♪]
ARI / OLIVE:
♪ If you feel... ♪
ALL: Glad!
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ Let me
know you're glad. ♪
♪ And we'll be
glad together! ♪
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ If you feel.. ♪
MARY: Now she's sad?
OLIVE: Perfect!
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ If you
feel ... ♪
ALL: Sad!
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ Let me
know you're sad. ♪
♪ And I'll try to make
it better. ♪
♪ If you feel..
ALL: Silly!
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ Let me
know you're silly. ♪
KIDS: [laugh]
♪ And we'll laugh
and giggle together. ♪
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ So always let
your feelings out, ♪
♪ Smile or frown or
giggle or shout ♪
ARI / OLIVE: ♪ 'Cause I can
be a friend for real. ♪
♪ If I know just how
you feel! ♪
♪ If I know just how
you feeeeeeel! ♪
KIDS: [cheer]
MZ. MOLE: That was
a wonderful!
Thank you for showing
us there are a lot of ways...
to communicate
how we feel!
It's important to
communicate in many ways.
OLIVE: I think our song
was even better...
with Elinor showing
the feelings.
ARI: Me too.
What do you
think Elinor?
ELINOR: [scratchy voice]
I feel...
ARI: You don't have to say
how you feel Elinor...
we can tell.
[giggle] You feel very...
OLIVE: Very...
ARI: Happy!
ALL: [giggle]
[♪♪]
[♪♪]
01x08 - Bird Song/No Need to Shout
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The exploration-themed show encourages children to follow their curiosity, ask questions when they don't understand, and find answers using science inquiry skills.
The exploration-themed show encourages children to follow their curiosity, ask questions when they don't understand, and find answers using science inquiry skills.