30x06 - Ready to Read?

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[THEME MUSIC]

-[SINGING] It's a beautiful
day in this neighborhood,

a beautiful day for a neighbor.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

It's a neighborly day
in this beautywood,

a neighborly day for a beauty.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have
a neighbor just like you.

I've always wanted to live
in the neighborhood with you.

So let's make the most
of this beautiful day.

Since we're together, we might
as well say, would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

Won't you be my neighbor?

Won't you please?

Won't you please?

Please, won't you
be my neighbor?

Hi, neighbor.

How are you today?

Oh, I brought this backpack.

See this?

It's a pack that you
wear on your back.

Mm-hmm.

And I'd like you to
see what's in here.

I have two things in here.

Can you imagine
what they might be?

Well, I'll show
you the first one.

A picture of a big elephant
and a baby elephant.

And I wanted you to
see this particularly,

because we're going to go to
visit this baby elephant where

it's living with some
big elephants right now.

As a matter of
fact, why don't we

just go together to
visit the baby elephant.

Come along.

Well, here we are at
the elephant place.

Come on.

Hi, Willie.

-Fred, how are you doing?

-Just fine, thanks.

I'd like you to know my
television neighbor, Mr. Willie

Tyson.

-How are we doing?

-What are you doing here.

-Just getting ready
to feed our girls.

I've got a little hay here.

We're going to take
them in and feed them.

-You call them the girls?

-Yes.

-Now, how many are there?

-We have three adult girls
and then one little baby.

-Could I watch you feed them?

-Well, certainly.

Why don't you come with me?

-I'd be glad to.

-Girl, back up.

OK.

You just want to slide in here--

-Sure.

--and feed the girls?

Back up.

Back up.

Back up.

Good.

-Are you ready for your dinner?

-If you just want to
slide right over here,

we'll bring-- all right.

Move up.

This is kind of the
favorite aunt of the baby.

If you would like to take this,
we'll go down and feed them.

Back up.

Back up.

-Here you go.

-Back up, Moja.

-Do you like that?

-All right, Tasha.

Move up.

Good.

-And that's what they eat?

-This is what they eat.

Pretty much all day long,
we give them the hay.

And they get to eat
this all the time.

They get some fruits
and vegetables

at the end of the day.

-And here's the little one.

-Yes.

She's actually starting to
eat hay like a grown-up now.

-I just want to watch you eat.

Is that all right?

Why do you have them in here?

-Well, this is a stall that
we bring them into just

to kind of keep
them all together.

And in here, this
is where we do most

everything with the elephants.

We water them.

And then a little later we'll
go ahead and take them over

to the other side
and bathe them.

-Oh.
And then you give them a bath.

-Yes.

They get a bath every day.

-But you take such
good care of them.

They must teach you an
awful lot about elephants.

-Yes, they do.

They teach us quite a lot.

It helps us kind of
understand all the elephants

in the rest of the world
that are in the wild

and how they act
and how they behave.

So we do a lot of
observations on them

and watch them all the time.

-And they use their
trunk almost like a hand.

-It's just like a hand.

Anything you can do with
your two hands and 10 fingers

they can do with that trunk.

They actually drink with it.

They breathe through it.

They eat, obviously.

And they also, when
they're outside,

the throw sand and
mud all over them.

-And they've eaten
their hay, a lot of it.

Then you say you
give them water?

-Yes, yes.

We'll take them and go
ahead and water them now.

-How do you do that?

-We just have a big
tub with a garden hose.

And we just let it run
until they are full.

-Could I watch you?

-Most certainly.

We just want to sneak
out this way over here.

-OK.

-Step in here.

Back up.

-What do I do?

-Open up that little valve.

Get over.

Get over.

All the way over.

There you go.

Just hold it just like that.

There you go.

Good.

These guys will drink about


-How much?

-About 40 gallons every day.

Right now, they'll probably
drink about 12 gallons.

We water them four
different times every day.

So each time, they drink
about 10 or 12 gallons.

And the trunk will hold
almost two gallons of water

each time they suck it up.

But since the trunk
is like their nose,

they can't draw it
up like a straw.

So they draw it about
halfway up into their trunk.

And then you see they blow
it right into their mouth.

-Have you always loved animals?

-Yes, yes I have.

All growing up, I had a lot
of dogs and cats and birds.

And then actually while
I was going to college,

I actually got a
part-time job at a zoo

and started working there.

-But even when you
were a little boy?

-Yes.

Even then, I really
liked animals.

I really had never seen
elephants growing up.

I just had the dogs and the
cats, all the small stuff.

And then it wasn't until I
started working around zoos

that I actually started
seeing elephants

and started liking being
around the elephants.

-Is the baby going to get some?

Are you going to
come and get some?

Not yet.

-She knows.

She has to kind
of wait her turn.

She sneaks in and gets a
trunk every now and then.

That's another thing
she had to learn

with the adults was
sticking her trunk in there.

Initially, she just
started blowing bubbles.

That's how she started learning.

She'd blow bubbles in the water.

And then she learned
to suck it in and then

blow it into her
mouth real quick.

But she started-- it was
kind of funny to watch her,

because, initially, she'd
just start blowing bubbles

in the water just to see
how her trunk worked.

-But then she learned.

-And then she learned.

-Here she comes.

-When we're done watering, we'll
go ahead and move them on over

and give them all
their bath for the day.

-The bath.

-The bath, yes.

They get a bath every day.

-Oh, I'd love to see that.

-OK.

OK, Fred.

We'll just cut that off.

We'll let them finish up.

And we'll get ready to give
the elephants their baths.

If you want to-- Shirley?

Fred, this is Shirley.

-Hi, Fred.

-Hi, Shirley.

-She's one of our
other handlers here.

If you want to go with her,
she'll get you over next door.

And we'll get the
elephants set up

and get ready for their baths.

-I get to see their baths.

-See you in a minute.

-Mighty big bathroom, huh?

-It certainly is.

I don't see any showers though.

-Well, we'll use the hose.

-Oh, the hose.

Are they coming?

-I don't know.

Oh, here they come.

-Hello, mother.

-There's the momma.

-Get over there.

-And that's the baby.

-What's he going to do now?

-He's going to soap
them up with soap.

-Oh, with soap.

-Mm-hmm.

-Oh, she seems to like it.

Did you like that?

Look.

Oh, look.

She's just scratching herself.

Rinsed off now.

Oh.

Oh, that must feel so good.

-She loves the water.

She likes playing in it.

-What a great shower.

I'll say.

Now, what do they like
to do after their shower?

-Next thing we
want to do is just

get them outside, let
them play in the sand.

They like to coat
themselves, play in it,

and get a little sunshine.

So that's where we'll be
taking them right now.

-Well, I suppose I better
go back to my place.

And I go that way.

But I'll hope to
see you outside.

But thank you, Shirley.

And thank, Willie.

-OK.

It was pleasure.

-What a treat to be with you.

And thank you for all that you
mean and do for these animals.

-Thank you.

-OK.

Bye-bye.

-See ya.

Did you like that visit?

I certainly did.

Our friends, the elephants.

Now, I told you that there
were two things in here.

The picture was the first one.

And this is the second.

It's a videotape of people
making backpacks like this one.

So why don't we just watch it
together on Picture Picture?

How people make backpacks.

And I'll just read this
as we watch it together.

When people make
backpacks, they start

with a big roll of material.

This man rolls out the amount
that he'll need onto a table.

And he cuts a large
section of the material.

And then he puts a
pattern on top of it.

The pattern is like a
picture of the different

shapes he needs to cut.

Using this electric
Kn*fe, he carefully

cuts each section
of the pattern.

You see, each section is
a part of the backpack.

See the different shapes and
sizes of the material now?

In another part of the
factory, this woman

brings some foam
pieces to this man

who is making the
shoulder straps.

He folds the black
material over the foam.

And then he sews it together.

In fact, he sews right through
the foam and both sides

of the material to make
it all stay together well.

Next, he'll sew on the buckle.

Now, he attaches
the shoulder straps

to the back part
of the backpack--

both of the shoulder
straps sewn on.

At another sewing
station, this woman

is sewing the zipper onto the
side part of the backpack.

Lots of different
parts of backpacks.

There it is.

See the zipper?

Now, the front part, the
back part, and the side part

are all ready to
be sewn together

along with this pocket.

Now, she sews on the side
part with the zipper.

And now, she sews on the back
part with the shoulder straps.

Now, she turns it outside
in, because she first

sewed the parts
together inside out.

She zips it up.

And the backpack
is almost finished.

Now, this woman is going to
hook on the adjustable straps

and put the straps
through the buckles

so people of different sizes can
use the backpack comfortably.

Did you ever see a backpack
that looked like that?

Now, she checks it to make
sure everything is just right.

And that's how people
make backpacks,

How people make backpacks.

Isn't that interesting?

All interesting things that
people do in this world.

Now, let's have
some make believe.

Trolley?

[TROLLEY BELL]

-Maybe we could
pretend something

about an elephant
and a backpack.

Let's try that.

OK, Trolley, Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

[TROLLY BELL]

-Yes, Trolley, yes.

Very good.

Yes.

And you're a splendid
neighbor, H.J.

-Oh, thank you, King Friday.

Want to see a picture of my
mother and father elephant?

-Of course.

Where is it?

-Just a minute.

I'll fetch it.

-Oh, thank you.

Oh my.

I do enjoy an occasional bit
of banter with a pachyderm.

Don't you?

-Ahem.

-Oh, Mayor Maggie, I presume.

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-Are you here on
official business?

-No.

I was just passing
through the neighborhood

and saw you all alone.

I thought I'd stop to chit-chat.

Oh, hello, H.J.

-Oh, hi, Mayor Maggie.

-How are you?

-Oh, I'm just fine.

How are you?

-Oh, I'm great.

It's nice to see you.

-H.J., you may show us your
mother and father elephant.

-Oh, I just have
a picture of them.

-Well, the picture will do, yes.

-Here it is.

-My what fine looking elephants.

-Thanks.

-Oh, yes, lovely.

As a matter of fact,
H.J., you look somewhat

like your parents.

-Well, I hope so.

-Incidentally, Mayor Maggie, I
see you have a backpack today.

-Oh, correct as
usual, King Friday.

-Did you care to tell
us what might be inside?

-Well, it happens
to be a surprise.

So I'd rather not.

-And for whom is the surprise?

-Well, that person will
find out soon enough.

-Would that person be a small
elephant or a royal king?

-Could be either.

Could be neither.

-You do not give good
hints, Mayor Maggie.

I shall find out later.

-So you say, King Friday.

There's really nothing
in my backpack,

H.J. It's just I
don't like people

being nosy about what I
have in my personal bags.

-Oh, I guess King Friday
wants to know everything.

-Oh, that's for sure.

I really like this picture
of your mother and dad.

Want to take it over to Westwood
and show it to everyone there?

-Sure.
-Good.

Let's go.

[GUITAR PLAYING]

[ROYAL TRUMPETS]

-Handyman Negri, I presume?

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-You are a handyman.

Are you not?

-Yes, sir.

Always have been.

-Do you have many tools?

-I do.

-Do you have a tool that can
tell what's inside things?

-Inside of what kind of things?

-Oh, things like backpacks,
things like that.

-Oh, no, sir.

I'm sure I don't have
a tool like that, sire.

-Well, you may ask Cornflake
S. Pecially to make one.

Thank you very much.

-But King Friday--

-No buts about it.

Farewell, Handyman.

-Farewell.

[SINGING] You know
it's really all right.

In fact, it's
downright quite bright

to think of something to
do that's specific for you.

Let's think of something
to do while we're waiting.

Nothing to wait for now.

Let's go over to the factory.

Corny?

Cornflake S. Pecially?

-Oh, hello there, Handy.

-Hi, Corny.

How have you been?

-I'm just fine.

How are you?

-Doing OK.

But King Friday would like
you to make something for him.

Oh, let me guess.

A rocking throne.

-Not quite.

-Um, a rocking dinner chair?

-No.

-I know.

A rocking reading chair?

-I'm afraid it's something quite
different than all of those.

-Well, what does
King Friday want?

-He wants you to make
something that will look inside

of things, inside of
things like backpacks.

-Look inside of things?

Well, I've never made
such a thing as that.

I've always made rockets,
rocking chairs, you know.

-I know.

But would you please try?

-I'll try.

But I'm not sure I can do it.

-If you can make a rocket
rocking chair, I know you can.

-You do?

-[SINGING] You're a
man who manufactures,

who manufactures chairs.

You're a man who manufactures
chairs and every wares.

You're a man who manufactures.

-Well, I do my best.

[TROLLEY BELL]

-Oh, there's the trolley, Handy.

-I'll see you next time.

-OK.

-OK.

[TROLLEY BELL]

-Trolly, Corny
said he would try.

[TROLLEY BELL]

-I don't know why King Friday
would want such a thing.

[TROLLEY BELL]

-That's for sure.

[TROLLEY BELL]

-So King Friday
wants Corny to make

a machine that will
look inside things.

He must have forgotten
how important

it is to wait until
people tell us what's

inside things if they
want to tell us at all.

Well, you know what's
inside my backpack,

because I showed them to you.

That's the best way of knowing--
sharing what we want to share.

[SINGING] It's such a good
feeling to know you're alive.

It's such a happy feeling
you're growing inside.

And when you wake
up ready to say,

I think I'll make
a snappy new day.

It's such a good feeling,
a very good feeling,

the feeling you know that I'll
be back when the day is new.

And I'll have more
ideas for you.

And you'll have things
you'll want to talk about.

I will too.

We'll have lots more to
talk about and do next time.

Bye-bye.

[THEME MUSIC]