01x22 - Red Hat, Green Hat

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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! ♪

Leona: lionel!

Lionel!

Lionel, where are you?

Lionel!

Oh!

( Panting excitedly )

Lionel, lionel, look.

Not now, leona.

Oh, please...

Please, please, please.

Look, lionel, look.

It's very important.

Look!

Nothing is as important

As yesterday's baseball scores.

But... Oh, lionel!

But, but, but... This hat-- see, see?

I made it myself.

It's just like the one on the cover of this book I found.

Oh, lionel, please, please look.

Please!

( Sighs )

Okay.

I'm looking, I'm looking...

Now I'm reading.

Okay.

Okay, mr. Lumpypants.

Then I'll just go show everybody in the library.

Hey!

They will appreciate it.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

( Mocking ): good-bye.

Hmm...

Oh!

Red hat, green hat

Retold by ed ledbetter.

Oh!

"An african tale."

( Gasps )

( Reading aloud ):

"Their names were kendi and upendo.

"Kendi and upendo were sure

"That they were the best, best friends that ever were.

One day, kendi and upendo were standing in a field talking."

Lovely day, is it not, o dearest of friends?

I could never disagree with you

Closest of companions.

Lionel: "just then, a farmer walked between them.

"She was wearing a hat.

"On one side, the hat was red.

On the other side, the hat was green."

Hello, kendi.

Hello, upendo.

Nice hat.

Oh, yes, indeed.

Very nice.

Thank you.

That was a very attractive red hat

Was it not, o my friend?

It was a very attractive hat indeed

O my companion.

But... It was green.

O my dearest friend

I respect your opinion more than anyone's in the world

But the hat was red.

( Chuckling )

You, my trusted companion

Are full of the wisdom of the ages

But the hat was green.

( Chuckling )

Best of all best friends, the hat was red.

Friend who is more dear to me than rubies, which are red

The hat was green.

"The best friends weren't best friends anymore."

Why would leona want a trouble-making hat like that?

Unless she didn't read it and she doesn't know.

She can't read!

She's too young!

( Gasps )

Leona!

( Huffing and puffing )

( Patron humming to himself )

( Walter reading aloud quietly )

Leona, leona, leona!

You can't go out there like that!

Why not?

That hat is dangerous.

It is not.

Uh-huh.

This hat is beautiful.

Uh, you don't understand.

Oh, you're just jealous because, because...

Because everybody's going to say

"Oh, look at leona's great hat, and look at lionel, who, uh...

Who, uh... Does not have a great hat."

Excuse me.

( Sighs )

Click: leona, that is an adorable hat.

Groovy hat!

Thank you.

I made it myself.

Oh, hey, yeah!

Kickin' cap, leona.

Thank you.

Lovely.

( Patrons all exclaiming over hat )

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you, everyone.

I made it myself.

Oh, thank you, you're so nice.

Yes, I made it myself.

( Humming happily )

( Elevator bell rings )

( Humming happily )

That was a nice red hat

Wasn't it, walter, pal o' mine?

Uh, it was a nice hat all right, clay, old buddy

But it was, uh...

Green!

Yeah, yeah, green.

I saw it with my own two eyes

And it was, uh...

Red.

Yeah!

Well, my two eyes saw green.

My perfect vision saw that the hat was red.

See? It was red.

All: green! It was green!

All: red! It was red!

Patrons ( shouting, arguing ): red! Green! Red! Green!

( Sighs )

I tried to warn her.

( Arguing continues )

Man: "red."

"Ed."

Announcer: and now, lovers of the vowels "a," "e," "i," "o," "u"

And sometimes "y"

Give it up for martha reader and the vowelles

Singing the short "e" sound

From their sensational hit word, "bed."

( Soul tune begins playing )

( Singing repeated short "e" sound to soul tune )

( Song ends; cheering and applause )

Flying off the shelf once again

It's the continuing

Daring and dangling adventures of cliff hanger!

Today's adventure

Number 2,345, "cliff hanger and the bed."

Chorus ( singing ):

We find cliff hanger where we left him last

Hanging from a cliff.

( Branch breaking )

Suddenly below him

Cliff sees two movers carrying a large "ed."

Deftly, cliff delves into his backpack

And extracts his trusty survival manual.

Using his expert decoding skills

Cliff begins to read.

"Earache," "easel"...

Here it is: "ed."

"When you see an 'ed,' find the letter 'b.'

Then drop it."

"Ed"... "Bed."

Has intrepid cliff hanger made his escape at last?

( Boing )

Uh-oh!

Man: ♪ and that's why he's called cliff hanger! ♪

( Sounding out words in computer-generated voices )

( Phone rings )

Oh!

Barnaby b. "Don't call me buster" busterfield iii public library.

Information hen.

( Patron asks question )

Oh, one moment.

Oh, oh, here it is.

Yes, that would be in november, but only with the left leg.

( Patron responds )

You're welcome.

( Phone rings )

Public library-- information hen.

( Patron asks question )

What?

What kind of bird is a hen?

Well, you've certainly come to the right place.

Listen to this.

( Music beings playing )

♪ Hens are simply fowl ♪

♪ And crows are for the birds ♪

♪ And while we're on the subject ♪

♪ Let me say a few more words ♪

♪ A pigeon is a smidgen ♪

♪ Like a dove mixed with a quail ♪

♪ A peacock's like a turkey ♪

♪ With a psychedelic tail... ♪

♪ Oh, hens are simply fowl ♪

♪ I'll say it once again ♪

♪ A hen is also a chicken ♪

♪ And a chicken is a hen ♪

♪ And if my explanation ♪

♪ Increases your frustration ♪

♪ The only thing important in the end ♪

♪ Is fowl or not, we're all your feathered friends. ♪

( Song ends; patron responds )

You're welcome.

( Phone rings )

Information hen.

How may I help you?

Oh!

( Clucking )

( Fluttering tongue )

Oh!

H-h...

H-h...

H-h...

H-h...

Good, good.

( Fluttering tongue )

En. En.

En?

Yeah-- en, en.

En.

H...

H...

En.

En.

Hen.

Hen. Hen.

Hen!

Hen?

Hen, hen!

( Clucking )

( Kissing )

Hen.

Hen, hen.

( Chuckles )

( Music begins )

( Clucking )

Man: ♪ there once was a farm boy named ben ♪

♪ Who moaned, "I have only one hen" ♪

♪ Till his mom put a "t" where that "h" used to be ♪

♪ Now instead of one hen, ben has ten, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Instead of one hen, ben has ten! ♪

( Song ends )

It's magic time with the great smartini!

Hey, thank you, cute little announcer bunny.

I am the great smartini!

( Applause )

( Glass smashing )

And I'm his marmy--

Remarkable smarmy marmy smartini.

Thank you, thank you.

And now, i, the great smartini, will perform

My amazing, trouser-defying short "e"-- eh-- trick.

Marmy!

May I have four words

That have the short "e"-- eh-- sound in them, please?

Here, sonny boy.

The words "red"...

Whoo!

"Vested"...

Ah!

"Ten"...

Uh-huh.

"Hens."

Oh, thank you, remarkable marmy.

I will now put the words into my magic smartypants.

I will say a magic word and do a magic dance.

"Ebrecadebra"!

( Hip-hop b*at playing )

♪ Ooh, ah, I dance in smartypants ♪

♪ Yeah, ooh, ah ♪

♪ I dance in smartypants, smartypants. ♪

( Grunts )

( Applause )

Let's see what we've got.

( Gasps )

Will you look at that?!

Man in audience: look at what?

Oh, ho there!

Ooh! Hey!

Oh, hey!

Ten red-vested hens!

( Laughs )

Thank you!

Let's hear it for my smartypants!

Hooray for your smartypants!

Me and my magic smartypants!

( Humming )

Theo: "how do you catch a monkey?

Climb a tree..."

Hello, daddy.

Oh, hi, leona.

Hey, nice hat.

Thank you.

I made it myself.

Hello, mommy.

Oh, hello, leona.

Nice hat.

Thank you.

I made it myself.

Very lovely.

Hmm, let's see.

I was right.

Everybody loved my hat.

Well, maybe not everybody.

Leona: whoa!

That's because of my hat?

Whoa.

Mm-hmm, told you it was trouble.

Oh, why didn't you stop me?

I tried, but somebody told me

I was just jealous.

Oh!

Oh, look, here comes mom and dad.

They'll fix everything.

( Roars )

What is going on here?

Well, leona came in here

Wearing a green hat.

Yeah, it was green.

No, it was a red hat!

Yeah, yeah, red, red.

( Roaring )

All right, quiet down!

( Crowd hushes )

Oh, thank you.

Look, you all should be ashamed of yourselves

Arguing over a hat.

Yes, a shame.

Now, I can resolve this right now.

I just saw that hat.

Yes, I did, too.

Mm-hmm.

And it was green.

Green?

No, it was red, theo.

No, no, no, it was green.

Yeah, green.

Right?

Theo, my dearest husband

I trust your opinion

More than anyone's in the world.

( All agree )

But the hat was definitely red.

( Crowd agrees )

Cleo, cleo, my trusted wife

Now, you are full of the wisdom of the ages...

( Crowd agrees )

But the hat was green.

( Gasps )

( All argue )

Oh, lionel, now mom and dad are arguing!

What are we going to do?

"We"?

Oh, come on, lionel.

What happened in the book?

How did they fix it?

Was it a happy ending?

I don't know.

I didn't finish it.

Well, could we read it now?

I think we'd better.

Yeah, we'd better.

Whoa!

Announcer: and now...

What? Me, wed?

To whom?

( Gasps )

( Wedding march plays )

A chicken?

A man of my statue... Uh, stature

And a chicken?

( Clucks in surprise )

I think not.

I am barnaby b. Busterfield iii

And I do not want to be wed

To this, uh, chicken.

( Squawking and sobbing )

I'm sorry, um, chicken.

( Wailing )

Oh!

( Country-western tune begins; cheering, whooping )

♪ I got "w" trouble, and I know what's to blame ♪

♪ It's because there's no "wuh" sound in w's name ♪

♪ I am wasted and woeful and wilted and tense ♪

♪ What's with w's "wuh" sound? It doesn't make sense. ♪

♪ What's with w's "wuh" sound? It doesn't make sense. ♪

♪ You know, "m" makes an "mmm" sound ♪

♪ And "j" just goes "juh" ♪

♪ An "s" has a "sss" sound and "d" sounds like "duh" ♪

♪ There's no "wuh" in "w," and tell me, please ♪

♪ Why a letter called "double 'u'" looks like two vs ♪

♪ I got "w" trouble, I worry and weep ♪

♪ I am worn out and weary and I'm losing sleep ♪

♪ But I won't lose my will, no, whatever it takes ♪

♪ I'll remember the "wuh" sound that "w" makes. ♪

♪ I'll remember the "wuh" sound that "w" makes. ♪

( Song ends; applause, cheering and whooping )

( Crowd 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 "sl"...

( Crowd cheering )

And on your right, sir "eep."

( Crowd cheering )

Blend on, dudes.

( Crowd cheering )

( Knights snoring )

Gawain: "sleep"-- excellent!

That's gawain's word for today

And this is gawain saying, "oh, don't weep

Because I'll see you next time on..."

Dr. Bertice berry, double "e" in "beep"!

( Audience cheers, applauds )

( Sustaining note )

( Applause )

Man: encore! Encore!

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

( Dog barks )

Thank you.

Man: so wonderful!

( Gasps )

The monkey pop-up theater!

( Audience murmuring )

( Drum roll )

( Music begins playing )

( Monkeys singing ):

♪ Let's start with our favorite vowel ♪

♪ A pretty good place to start ♪

♪ It's an "e" like we see in "ben" and "hen" ♪

♪ And it sounds like an "eh" in the middle of "ten." ♪

♪ So, all right, then ♪

♪ Let's go, men! ♪

( Continues singing )

♪ Hey! With the "s" and "v" and "t" and "e" and "t" and "t" ♪

♪ Hey! With the "t" and "e" and "s" and "v" and ten cents! ♪

♪ Hey! With the "s" and "v" and "t" and "e" and "t" and "t" ♪

♪ Hey! With the "t" and "e" and "s" and "v" and ten tents! ♪

( Audience cheering )

( Monkeys hooting excitedly )

( Laughing )

( Panting )

Lionel: mind that vine.

Whoa!

Leona: oh.

Ah, there it is.

( Both panting )

Read it, lionel, read it.

Oh, I hope it has a happy ending.

Uh... Oh, okay.

"Upendo only saw the red side of the hat."

Yeah.

"Kendi had only seen the green."

Lionel ( continues reading ):

Lionel: "then the farmer walked between them again

But this time she walked the other way."

Both: huh?

"Kendi and upendo now saw

"That the hat was red on one side

"And green on the other.

"Kendi and upendo thanked the farmer for showing them

"That when two people see something differently

They may both be right."

( Moos )

Oh.

( Sighs deeply )

Now I know what I have to do.

( Takes deep breath )

Uh... Uh, lionel?

Hmm?

Lionel, would you go with me, please?

Sure.

Thanks, lionel.

Oh, thanks a lot.

That's all right.

That's what brothers are for.

Yeah, but this is going to be...

( Library patrons arguing loudly )

( Elevator bell dings )

Patrons ( shouting ): red! Green! Red! Green!

Green! Red! Green! Red!

Whoa!

( Chuckles nervously )

Uh, just do it quick

Like pulling off a band-aid.

That hurts!

Oh, yeah.

Uh, you'll be okay.

I'm right here with you.

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

( Breathes deeply )

( Groans )

Patrons ( shouting ): red! Green! Red! Green!

It was red!

It was so green...

It was so green

It was greener than the grass.

Uh, um...

( Shouting quiets )

( All gasp )

Oop.

( All gasp )

Cleo! Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.

Oh, theo.

I should have known.

( All talking at once )

Let's not fight like that again.

No. It's so silly.

Cleo: I love you, theo.

( All talking at once )

Well, leona...

Hmm?

I hope you learned something very important today.

You know, I did.

I learned that I make very nice hats.

( Both chuckle )

( Laughing hysterically )

( Sniffles and sobs )

Well, it just wouldn't work.

You've got to face it and move on.

( Clucks tearfully )

( Kisses flowers )

Uh, good-bye.

We'll always have...

Whatever this was.

( Clucks tearfully )

Yes.

Yes, well, it's lonely at the top.

Chorus: ♪ between the lions! ♪

There are games and stories at the between the lions web site:



Cleo: reading to children every day helps create a love of reading.

Read anytime, anywhere.

Help a child get wild about reading.

Be a designated reader.

Okay, mom!

( Both laughing )

Do your "designated reader" thing!

♪ ♪ ♪



Chorus: ♪ between the lions... ♪

♪ Between the lions... ♪

Woman: ♪ come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪