01x18 - There's No Place Like Home / Flipping Newton

[bunniefuu]

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.

NARRATOR: Quack the duck loves his pond.

As far as he's concerned, it's the best pond in all the world.

[Quack sighs]

He likes to watch the frogs enjoying themselves...

[frog croaks]

and he likes to hear the dragonflies buzzing.

[whistling]

Hello, Quack.

It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

I don't see what's so beautiful.

And where's everybody going?!

They're probably going to the new pond.

New pond?

What new pond?

Where did this come from?

CHIRP: When the beavers finished their dam,

the water began collecting here.

Yeah, well, this pond may be new, but my pond is better!

How is it better?

Hmm...

[buzzing]

Hmm?

Well, um, uh&

Well, for one thing, my pond is bigger!

Hmm!

Is it?

Oh, for sure-- much, much bigger.

I don't think it's much, much bigger, Quack.

It is and I'll prove it.

How?

Uh, hmm...

Ah!

I don't know.

[gasps]

Maybe you could measure the ponds.

Great idea!

I knew I'd think of something.

Come on, Peep!

NARRATOR: Now, Quack knew how to measure things like flowers...

One, two, three...

[gasps]

I think it's growing!

NARRATOR: And birds...

Quack is exactly one and a half Peep-feet taller.

Did you include my hat?

NARRATOR: But he didn't know how to measure his pond.

Hmm...

Hmm...

Hmm...

Oh, I give up!

It can't be done!

Maybe we could measure how much water is in each pond.

You know, that just might work!

Each time I empty out a hatful of water,

you make a mark in the dirt.

Then we'll count the marks.

One...

Two...

Three...

Four...

What are you doing?

We're counting how many hatfuls of water

are in Quack's pond.

That won't work.

You're putting the water back into the pond!

You don't expect me to take water out of it, do you?

You'll never finish-- you'll just be counting

the same water over and over and over.

Why don't you measure the ponds

by counting how many steps it takes

to walk around them?

Ah, now, that's thinking!

[groans]

[laughs]

Okay, one... two... three...

four... five...

six... seven...

eight... nine... ten...

... ...

NARRATOR: Quack counted each step very carefully.

QUACK [gurgling]: , ...

...

NARRATOR: In the end, he counted steps.

One hundred and thirty-nine!

What could be bigger than that, hmm?

Now you've got to do the same thing

at the other pond.

NARRATOR: Quack counted his way around the new pond.

In the end, he counted....

steps.

Right-- is that bigger than ?

Yup.

It can't be!

It can't be!

No!

No! No! No! No! No!

But you've only measured the ponds in one way, Quack.

Your pond might be bigger

in some other way.

Like what?

Like, um...

What if you count how many kicks it takes

to swim across?

That's it!

That's the answer!

Hey, now, that's duck-thinking!

[quacking and laughing]

Oh, brother...

[croaks]

Hey, shoo!

Scat, skidaddle!

You can't drink here.

You'll shrink my pond.

[yawning]

Whatever.

Hmm...

NARRATOR: It took Quack exactly kicks to cross his pond.

And when he tried it at the new pond...

Ten!

Ten, that's uh... that's five less than my pond!

My pond is bigger-- wahoo!

But you went across the short way.

Your pond is pretty much round;

this one is longish.

You have to go the long way, too.

[sighs]

A duck's work is never done.

NARRATOR: It took Quack kicks to swim across the long way,

which meant he had some terrible news to deliver.

It's true.

This pond is bigger!

[crying]

Oh, Quack, don't feel bad.

It's over.

I've lost!

I'll have to take it... like a duck.

Hey!

I just thought of another way to measure the ponds.

Oh, forget it!

I tried everything.

How many ducks live in your pond, Quack?

[sniffling]

One.

And how many ducks are in this pond?

None.

Zero.

Zippo!

i¡Nada!

There is not a single duck

who lives in this pond.

See? So if you're measuring by ducks,

yours is definitely bigger.

You're right!

So... ha!

[blows raspberry]

Take that!

You see, Peep, I never gave up.

I knew I could prove

my pond was bigger.

You cannot out-think a duck.

We should measure his head.

I'm sure he's got the biggest one around.

Where are you?

I refer to an earlier moment in my life

when I was thinking...

GIRL: Claudia is slicing some lemons so we can make lemonade.

This is a cup.

Two lemons will give us this much juice.

I think two lemons will fill a half cup.

GIRL: We're squeezing the lemons.

It was half of this cup.

GIRL: I thought

the lemons looked big

and would have more juice.

GIRL: We are using water and lemonade mix.

We measure how much to use.

Four cups of water.

BOY: I think this is four cups.

I'm going to mark that.

GIRL: One, two, three, four.

Yemi was right.

That was a pretty good guess.

GIRL: We are going to mix up a lot of lemonade

so we can have a lemonade stand.

The juice goes in, too.

I think there's cups.

My guess is ten.

cups.

GIRL: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

Here comes ten.

I think it's... not ten.

Here comes .

Oh, man, you might be right!

Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.

Fifteen.

Yemi was right.

GIRL: It didn't really look like that much lemonade,

but it was!

Try having fun with guessing, mixing and measuring.

NARRATOR: Peep is always on the move,

looking for new things to explore.

Chirp is always trying to fly...

never succeeding.

Quack is always doing... whatever a duck does.

[Quack humming]

[yelling]

And Newton?

Well, Newton might not do as much as his friends,

but he's busy... thinking.

Lately he's been thinking about moving from here...

NEWTON: Hmm...

NARRATOR: To there.

Hmm?

Enough thinking.

It's time for action!

This is very exciting.

NARRATOR: But when he planned his trip,

Newton didn't notice the rock in his way.

Ooh...

I never knew my head could turn this far.

Whoops!

Too fast!

Well, it certainly pays to leave home.

This is the strangest place I ever saw.

The sky is down and the grass is above me.

And apples fall up!

I've got to tell Peep about this place.

He's interested in everything.

Going to go tell Peep.

Yes, I am.

You know, I don't think I'm getting anywhere.

Hmm?

NARRATOR: Newton pushed and strained, but he couldn't move.

[whistling]

[gasps]

Look!

Something I've never seen before!

What is it?

Hmm.

Hi, I'm Peep.

Peep, don't you recognize me?

It's I, Newton.

Hmm...

That's not Newton.

Newton has legs on the bottom

and his head on top.

This guy's got legs coming out of his back...

and, uh, his mouth is above his eyes.

Yeah, that's a whole different animal, yeah.

Hmm.

Hmm...

Hey!

ItisNewton!

Look, Quack!

Huh?

[grunting]

Newton, you're upside down!

I am?

Maybe that's why I can't move.

Well, yeah, to walk,

I think your feet need to be on the ground.

But we'll flip you over

and then everything will be all right.

Too heavy.

Way too heavy.

[grunts]

Ow!

Hey, Chirp!

Guess who this is.

Hmm...

It's Newton stuck upside down.

Help us push.

It didn't work with only two.

Okay.

[all grunting]

Too heavy.

Huh?

Whoa!

We have to try something else.

Hmm...

If he's too heavy to push, let's try and rock him over.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Rock the shell, rock the shell!

With a duck, it all goes well!

First we rose and then we fell!

ALL: When we rock, rocked the shell!

[laughing]

[quacking and laughing]

NEWTON: Excuse me...

I'm not flipping.

Sorry, Newton.

You know, I bet we could push Newton over

if we were all the same height as Quack.

How's this?

Hmm.

With a stick, I can push

even higher than Quack!

Let's do it!

[all grunting]

It's working.

Keep pushing!

[yells]

QUACK: Chirp!

Are you trying to make me do all the work?

[Peep yells]

Hey!

[straining]

My stick is stuck.

Help!

Okay, but after we've unstuck your stick,

we need to find a new way to help Newton.

It's getting looser!

[all grunting]

[all yell]

Okay, we got your stick.

Now, all we have to do is flip...

[gasps]

How'd you do that?

I didn't, you did--

with your stick!

Thanks.

You're welcome.

How'd we do it?

I don't know.

Newton, you sure come up

with interesting ways of looking at things.

It's always nice to just sit still and think...

even when you're upside down.

NARRATOR: So that's what Peep, Quack and Chirp did.

They stayed very still and thought big thoughts.

[sighs]

I wish I knew how we flipped Newton.

My hat is never going to be the same.

Look at that!

GIRL: That's Megan, Solmara and me.

We're trying to get some big rocks out of the garden.

These stone blocks are heavy, and we can barely lift them.

We are also finding blocks that are way too heavy.

We're using a board on top of a brick to help us.

There's too much on one side than the other.

It has to be evenly balanced.

GIRL: I moved the brick closer to the block and it worked!

Wow!

That was awesome!

GIRL: It worked great

with more board sticking out on the side I pushed down.

This is a big stone that is stuck.

We are trying the board and brick for this, too.

This is the rock, this is the board,

and there's a rock under here and we're trying to push

so this, the rock, will go up.

You have to really push.

Maybe all three of us should do it.Yeah!

Push harder!

[grunting]

We're doing it!

We got it!

Let's try something heavier.

Look at this.

We can try to lift this up.

GIRL: See if you can lift things

with the help of blocks, bricks and boards.