01x09 - Quack's Stuck Stick / Peep's Can

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MAN: ♪ Well, it's a sunny day

♪ I feel brand-new

♪ There's about a million things that I could do ♪

♪ Whoa, would you like to...

♪ Do them, too?

♪ Yeah

♪ Well, it's a big wide world

♪ And it's waiting for me and you. ♪

( clapping to music )

♪ Let's look around

♪ What will we see?

♪ Round every corner, a discovery ♪

♪ Whoa, there's no place I'd... ♪

♪ Rather be

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ Well, it's a big wide world

♪ And it's waiting

♪ For me and you.

( Peep whistling )

NARRATOR: It was a perfect morning

to whistle while you walk, so that's what Peep was doing

until he heard a mysterious sound and stopped to listen.

PEEP: Hmm?

( chomping in distance )

Hmm?

( chomping )

( chomping becomes louder )

It's beaver teeth.

( timber creaking )

NARRATOR: Peep had never seen beavers dragging trees around,

so being Peep, he had to watch.

( timbers scraping )

LITTLE BEAVER: Don't get too close

while they're working.

What are they making?

Our family dam.

It holds back the water and makes a pond.

Why aren't you helping?

I am helping.

I'm lookout.

I say, "Don't get too close while they're working."

( inhales )

It's not my favorite job.

When my teeth get older,

I'll get to do more tooth-oriented work.

BEAVER DAD: Oh, son!

Could you gather sticks and twigs for these gaps?

( happily ): They need me to gather.

Yes, Dad-- okay.

Yes, sir, Father.

Twigs, twigs, sticks, twigs.

This is the first time

Dad has asked me to gather.

Gathering is almost dam-building.

Ooh, good one.

( straining )

Whoa!

( grunts )

Found one!

Stick.

Hmm.

Ah! What are you doing?

I'm helping you.

This is very specialized beaver work.

It's not safe to handle sticks

if you're a... round yellow guy.

You can watch.

But please leave the serious work

to the beavers-- that being me.

NARRATOR: So Peep watched the beavers work

while Quack, who was just over the hill,

found something equally amazing.

It's beautiful, Quack.

But is it good for anything?

It's good for everything.

Come on.

Whoa!

( Quack and Chirp straining )

QUACK: Ouch!

( Chirp giggles )

Hmm? Hmm?

( mud splashes )

Ow!

Ah...

This stick is the best thing

I've ever owned.

I love it.

Okay.

Let's have a race.

To the tree, back to here.

This can be the finish line.

On your mark...

Sticks... twigs... sticks...

Get set...

QUACK: Go!

Sticks... twigs, sticks... twig!

both laughing and panting )

Hey! Hold it! Stop!

Not till I cross the finish line.

What happened to the finish line?

I don't know.

NARRATOR: Quack and Chirp searched everywhere,

but they just couldn't find Quack's stick.

QUACK ( echoing ): It's gone.

Gone forever.

Hey, guys.

What's wrong?

The best stick in the world, my stick, is gone.

We looked everywhere.

It's like almost all the sticks went away.

I know where there are lots of sticks.

Thanks for letting us

search your sticks and twigs.

You can take any of those.

We've got plenty,

because I'm such a good gatherer and stuff.

Hmm...

( gasps )

I found it!

( Quack laughing )

Stop!

That's my family's dam!

Well, it's my stick, and I need it.

( grunting with effort )

( yells )

( sighs )

Ah, a leak!

Ah, my stick!

Ah, a leak!

Ahh!

Ahh!

Ahh!

( yelling back and forth )

( beavers chomping )

Shh!

Do you hear a leak?

( water flowing )

Ahh!

( gasps ): Mom, Dad, hurry!

There's a big blue sailor biting our family dam.

What were you two doing?

He was eating our dam, like this.

( imitates chomping )

Well, he took my stick.

Well, you could have just asked us for it.

Oh.

And you shouldn't take sticks that belong to ducks.

( sighs )

I'm sorry.

I didn't know you needed it.

Oh, well, it sure looked beautiful.

Probably the best stick I ever found.

BEAVER DAD: Son, you did nice work out there.

You're ready to help build the dam.

You mean it?

I've waited both years of my life for this moment!

What's happening?

I get to help.

I have to find the perfect stick.

( clears throat ): Well, um, if you want the perfect stick...

it deserves to be something more important than a finish line.

Thank you, blue sailor.

Right here-- no, over there.

Wait, here is perfect-- no, here.

No, wait.

NARRATOR: Quack's stick, when it was finally in place,

was admired by everyone who saw it,

but Quack was the proudest of all.

That's my stick, you know.

( chuckles )

We know. We know.

LITTLE BEAVER: Mom, Dad, I did it! I did it!

GIRL: That's me and Diba.

Oh, and the cat-- his name is Notch.

We're going to get the hose to make a stream.

GIRL: We are going to try running water

down the sidewalk to see what happens.

DIBA: Okay, Caroline, turn the water on.

More.

The water's moving,

and it's turning a little and getting bumpy.

It keeps going down.

DIBA: Water can't climb,

because it doesn't have any hands.

CAROLINE: We're setting up bricks

to try to change where the water goes.

We're trying to stop the water from going down.

More, Caroline.

Yeah.

We built a dam.

DIBA: The water's floating up

higher and higher and higher,

but it's still going through.

The water's getting through the cracks.

Some places right here.

DIBA: And here.

We need to block these cracks.

We're using sand to block the cracks in our dam.

We did it!

The sand stopped the water from going into the cracks.

DIBA: Wow!

CAROLINE: See what happens

when you try to block the flow of water.

NARRATOR: One morning after a very windy night,

Chirp came by to help Peep clean up.

That must have been

the windiest night in history.

All this stuff blew into your can.

It was much windier when I first moved in.

( coughing )

Peep...

( coughing )

What did you say?

I said please stop kicking the dirt.

It's making me cough.

And how did you end up living in a can in the first place?

Oh, how did I move here?

I remember it like it was yesterday.

When was it?

Yesterday.

PEEP: I had just come out of my egg.

Peep!

PEEP: Then I met you and Quack,

and we became friends right away.

It was the best day of my life.

It was the only day of my life.

( Peep grunts )

But when the day was over...

Well, time to go home.

Home?

Yeah, you better go home

before it gets dark.

I'm not sure where my home is.

( laughing )

Your home is where you came from.

Oh, right.

( chuckles )

Bye!

PEEP: That was the first time I felt wind.

( wind blowing )

( whimpering )

And it was the first time I ever felt cold.

( shivering )

So I decided to look for someplace warm.

( wind whistling, Peep shivering )

Are you cold?

No, I'm very comfortable, thanks.

( Peep shivering )

I'm cold.

Would you like to come in and be warm?

Yes! Thank you.

PEEP: And that's how I met Nellie.

My name is Peep.

I don't have a home, but I'm looking.

You're a large bird.

( Nellie chuckles )

I'm a dog.

I'm Nellie.

Hmm.

Is this a good home?

It's a great home.

Now, shh... get some sleep.

( sighs )

PEEP: It was everything you'd want a home to be.

It was nice and warm and furry.

Perfect, right?

No.

( Nellie whining and yipping )

( growling and barking in her sleep )

( gasps )

( Nellie snoring and whimpering )

PEEP: A doghouse is just too dangerous for a Peep.

( wind howling )

( Peep straining against wind )

Ugh! Like this isn't tough enough for a one-day-old.

Now I have to walk around a whole can.

( straining against wind )

Oof!

( straining )

Hmm...

Hmm!

PEEP: I had discovered

my first discovery about stuff.

And I'd found a place that was safe from the wind.

( sighs )

( snoring softly )

PEEP: The next day, I kept looking for a home.

That's when I met Newton

and saw his beautiful crabapple tree.

You're welcome to stay here, Peep.

Thank you.

This seems like a nice place to live.

( wind howls )

( thud; Peep gasps )

Just pull your head in and you'll be safe.

Pull my head in what?

I'm all head.

( Newton gasps )

Whoa!

( sighs )

( screams )

PEEP: Under a crabapple tree is not a good home

unless you have a place to hide your head.

Later on, Quack invited me to stay with him.

He said...

It's the perfect home.

Come on.

( water splashes )

Hmm?

( splash )

( gasps for air )

( panting )

( gurgling )

( gasps )

Haha!

Hmm? Oh, my!

Well, look at those scrawny feet.

No wonder you can't swim.

PEEP: A pond is too wet for a Peep.

( Peep panting )

( straining )

( gasps )

My house! My house! My house!

( straining )

My house! My house! My house!

( sighs )

PEEP: And a brick is too small.

( wind whistling )

( wind howling )

( gasps )

I lost my whole shell.

Now I have no home at all.

( sniffles and sighs )

( sighs sadly )

( sighs )

I thought I'd find you here.

( stretching )

So you slept in the can again, huh?

Yep.

It's pretty cozy.

Okay, I'm going to go look for a place to live.

I'll be home later if I don't find anything.

QUACK: Stop!

What did you say?

I said I'll be home later

if I don't find anyplace to live.

Peep, you said "home."

And what are you looking for?

A home.

Hey! I've got a home!

How did you do that?

I'm a duck.

What can I say?

It's safe and warm.

It's a place my friends can find me.

I won't get wet or squished,

and I slept so well, I snored.

BOTH: Home!

I had no need to keep looking

because I had found the perfect home.

How do you like it?

It's you!

Thanks, Chirp.

Would you like to come into my home?

Mm-hmm.

NARRATOR: And that's the story

of how Peep came to live in a can,

as told by Peep himself.

( Chirp sneezes loudly )

PEEP: Bless you.

( kids talking )

GIRL: Because it was raining,

we decided to make cardboard houses inside.

Here we are getting the cardboard.

How about we'll, like, lean it against here.

And then put these ones inside.

They would be balanced.

GIRL: Eric and Grace are making a house in the playroom.

We could put two together.

We could put it near something.

GIRL: That's me and Vuthy

making a house in the living room.

Sorry, but we're going to have to move this.

I think it has two doubleways-- whoa!

GIRL: Our house is very long and a little shaky.

Eric and Grace are making a house with a nice porch.

Now we're taking the cardboard outside

to build a house in the rain.

It's getting soggy!

GIRL: We decided to make a roof to protect us from the rain.

We put big pieces on top of the walls to make our roof.

( Vuthy shouts )

( someone laughs )

GIRL: The roof is keeping out the rain.

And I'm putting up a long piece to make the roof stronger.

VUTHY: Now time to break!

( all shout )

GIRL: Try to build a home

with things you find around the house.