01x28 - The Fox and the Crow

[bunniefuu]

Wow! Clay-- a story about a crow!

Crows are, uh, um--

Uh, birds!

Walter: yeah, birds!

And birds rule!

Both: birds are cool! Birds rule!

Birds are cool! Birds rule!

When they find out what that fox does to that crow

They're going to be laughing out the other side of their beaks.

( Grunts in exasperation )

Okay, I'm done-- turn the page.

Lionel: she's not going to get me this time!

Oh, no.

( Panting )

Mm-- hmm, yeah.

( Growls )

( Snoring )

Mm-hmm.

Oh, yeah.

( Snoring continues )

Oh! Who? Where? What? Where?

Lionel, oh.

She's here, dad.

She's here, someplace, sneaking up on me.

Getting ready to... Pounce!

( Panting )

But she's not going to get me this time.

I tell you, dad, she's not!

She's not?

Whoa, she's not.

( Yells )

( Laughing and yelling )

Leona!

I got you, lionel!

I can't believe it!

I snuck up on you and I pounced on you

And I got you.

Did you see that, daddy?

Did you see? I got him!

I saw, leona, my little lioness, aw...

Very good "sneaking up."

Oh, nice try, lionel

But your sister just has a special talent.

( Roaring )

Oh, your mother is back from the hunt.

( Clears throat )

Hi, mom.

Cleo, my dear.

Oh, hey...

What you got there?

A delicious-looking little morsel.

( Squawks )

I meant that this book looks delicious, not you.

We don't eat our patrons, do we?

Lions: uh, no.

No, we do not.

We never eat patrons of any kind.

We are library lions.

Oh, right, right, sure--

Library lions, huh!

How silly of me.

( Clucks ): you meant the book, of course.

I'll just be heading off

To the birds' book wing.

( Squawks )

Whoa-- well, enjoy.

If you need any help

Don't hesitate to "bawk."

( Theo chuckles )

Look at this beauty: a brand-new rendition

Of the great old fable the fox and the crow

Written by aesop.

Oh, yum.

Let's read it.

Lionel: yeah... Oh, I want to turn the pages.

The fox and the crow by aesop.

Walter: whoa, wait for us, hey!

Wait, we want to see it, too!

Yeah.

( Humming )

( Sighs )

( Sniffs )

Mmm, that is one tiny but tasty-smelling piece of cheese.

( Licking her chops )

Hmm...

The fox looked up at the crow and said...

Look at that beautiful bird.

Oh! Is she gorgeous, or what?

( Inhales and holds breath )

I'm telling you, if that bird could sing

She would be the queen of all birds.

That's right-- the queen of all birds.

If she could sing, that is.

No way!

No way that fox gets the crow to drop the cheese.

Yeah, no way!

Oh, I can't look. Oh, me neither.

Hmm?

Hmm.

( Moans )

Theo: it did not stop...

( Sighs, satisfied )

That was deliciously cheesy and surprisingly easy.

If you want to hang on to your cheese, don't sing.

Theo ( laughs ): no, beware of flatterers...

You know, people who say nice things about you as a trick

Just to get something from you.

Oh, yeah, that too.

The end.

( Animals chattering )

( Chanting ): the fox and crow has got to go!

The fox and crow has got to go!

The fox and crow has got to go!

Hmph! I told you they wouldn't like it.

Ha!

Uh...

Out, o-u-t, out!

( Birds agree )

I take it you find something offensive

About the story.

Duh!

I know how you feel.

You do?

Well, I don't-- what's wrong with the story?

Yeah, I liked it

When the tiny piece of cheese went "kerplop!"

Leona, it went "kerplop"

In the fox's mouth, not on her nose!

Look, here's what's wrong with the story:

It makes birds look like birdbrains.

Birds are not birdbrains.

Of course you're not.

And we don't like books

That make birds out to be birdbrains.

Am I right?

( Birds exclaim )

Of course you don't.

So...

Birds: the fox and crow has got to go!

The fox and crow has got to go!

( Roars )

Wait, I've got a better idea.

Oh, yeah? What?

( Birds exclaim )

Write a different story about a fox, a crow

And a piece of cheese

A story that ends with the crow

Getting the better of the fox.

Oh, yeah, good idea, cleo, my dear:

Make the bird the hero.

Yeah, we write a story

Where the crow is the hero.

How?

I don't have a clue.

Me, neither.

( Birds exclaim )

Lionel and leona will help you.

Oh, cool.

The cheese goes kerplop! The cheese...

Stop it.

Theo: go write.

Yes, sir.

( Birds exclaim )

( Clicking and popping )

( Whispers ): "op."

( Makes "pop" sound )

( Makes "gl" sound )

( Makes "op" sound )

Gl... Op

Gl... Op.

Gl... Op.

Glop!

( Clicking and popping ): "op."

♪ Gloppy-gloppy-gloppy, gloppy-gloppy-glop ♪

♪ Glop-slop-a-doo-wop a-slop-boo-bop! ♪

Now with their big hit, here's... Sloppy pop!

( Sings to rock 'n' roll b*at ): ♪ I love the letter "o" ♪

♪ When it's in "o-p," "op" ♪

♪ The "o" in "gloppy slop" ♪

♪ The "o" in "sloppy glop" ♪

♪ I love the "o" in "mop" ♪

♪ I really flip for "flop" ♪

♪ And nothing else can top the "o-p," "op" ♪

♪ In "sloppy, sloppy pop" ♪

♪ I'm sloppy, sloppy pop ♪

♪ No, don't accept a sloppy copy ♪

♪ Cream of the "o-p" crop, I'm sloppy pop ♪

♪ Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy poppy! ♪

♪ I love the letter "o" ♪

♪ When it's in "o-p," "op" ♪

♪ The "o" in "clippy clop" ♪

♪ The "o" in "drippy drop" ♪

♪ I love the "o" in "hop" ♪

♪ Ain't never gonna stop ♪

♪ And nothing else can top the "o-p," "op" ♪

♪ In "sloppy, sloppy pop" ♪

♪ I'm sloppy, sloppy pop ♪

♪ No, don't accept a sloppy copy ♪

♪ Cream of the "o-p" crop, I'm sloppy pop ♪

♪ Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy poppy ♪

♪ Sloppy, sloppy pop! ♪

♪ But don't accept a sloppy copy! ♪

♪ Cream of the "o-p" crop, I'm sloppy pop ♪

♪ Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy, sloppy, sloppy poppies. ♪

♪ Sloppy, sloppy pop, sloppy, sloppy pop ♪

♪ Don't accept a sloppy copy-- that's right! ♪

♪ Cream of the "o-p" crop, I'm sloppy pop ♪

♪ Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy poppy! ♪

( Music ends abruptly )

( 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 "h"...

( Crowd cheering )

And on your right, sir "op."

( Crowd cheering )

Blend on, dudes.

( Crowd cheering )

Gawain: "hop"!

Excellent!

That's gawain's word for today!

And this is gawain saying hop on back

And we'll see you next time on...

Chorus: ♪ what's cooking with theo and cleo ♪

♪ Check out what's cooking! ♪

Are you ready, theo

My shoulder of wild boar?

What?

Oh, yes, yes, ready, cleo

My beautiful little lamb shank.

Okay!

Today's recipe...

( Cleo reading aloud )

( Chuckles hungrily )

Yummy!

Cleo: one...

Aha! Top!

Off pot.

( Top clatters loudly on floor )

Two...

Aha!

One very, very, very, very, very, very big piece of cheese

Drop in the pot with no top.

Chop!

( Laughing goofily )

( Groaning )

Drop...

Chop...

In the pot!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

What?!

Three hours?

Nah!

Nah!

( Both growling hungrily )

And now, once again, it's time for the adventures of sam spud

Parboiled potato detective.

( Spud typing )

Spud: the neon sign outside my window was blinking--

On, off, on, off.

It was about to drive me crazy...

"Knuck"? That's not right.

"K-n-u-c-k"?

That shouldn't be a "u," that should be an "o."

K-n-o-c-k-- "knock."

Come in.

She had stems that went from here to there

And kept on growing.

She looked like a real tomato.

As a matter of fact, she was a real tomato.

She planted herself in front of my desk.

I felt like she was someone who could grow on me.

As a matter of fact...

Boy: mom!

There's a talking potato with a hat on and no mouth!

Mother: that's okay, dear.

It's educational television.

I'm sure it will help you in school, somehow.

Click: scanning and copying pictures

Of tiny piece of cheese

And crow and fox.

Boo fox, boo fox!

Boo, fox! Boo!

Good!

Now, click, load the pictures

Into the computer.

Executing command.

Task completed flawlessly...

Applause for mouse!

( Computer-generated applause )

Okay, now, let's think of a story we can write

Where the crow is the hero.

Yeah! A story

Where the crow beats the fox big-time!

Yeah, big-time!

Leona: and the tiny piece of cheese

Went "drop, kerplop!"

Hey!

Drop, kerplop!

Hey, cut it out!

No, wait! Leona!

I think you're on to something!

What?

Drop, kerplop!

That's the key!

Click--

Make that piece of cheese bigger!

What's he doing?

I have absolutely no idea!

Execute "enhance size of cheese" command.

( Disk drive chugging )

Bigger!

I want it to be humongous!

What is "humongous"?

Humongous means enormous, gigantic...

You mean...

Exactly.

Size of piece of cheese increased

To humongous proportions.

Okay, now...

"The crow had a humongous

Piece of cheese in her beak."

No! No, no, no, no, no!

I like...

Better than "humongous"!

I like "humongous"!

It says it all in one word!

That's not what I have in my head, lionel.

I like...

Better!

Okay, if it will make you happy leona!

Oh, thank you...

Oh, what difference does it make?

How is making the cheese humong...

Humong... Humong...

Going to make the bird the hero

And b*at the fox?

Yeah, how?

You'll see.

Okay, now, click, put that cheese

In the crow's beak.

Greetings!

Salutations!

Hola!

Hello!

Hi!

( Laughing )

Heath the thesaurus here

With ten diminutive, small, short, itty-bitty

Little tiny words that pop up

In just about anything you want to read or write.

( Laughs )

( Music featuring saxophone )

( Singing )

♪ Ten small words got to learn by sight. ♪

♪ They're ten small words fun to read and write ♪

♪ Golly, gee, here's "the" and "to" ♪

♪ Mercy, me, here's "a" and "you" ♪

♪ "In" is a winner anyone could love ♪

Hey!

♪ Tip your hat to "that" and "and" ♪

♪ "It" is a hit and "is" is grand ♪

♪ And there's no word I'm fonder of than "of" ♪

♪ Let me tell you now... ♪

♪ Read these words every chance you can, oh... ♪

♪ Ten small words, and I'm their biggest fan ♪

♪ Ten small words, and I'm their biggest fan. ♪

Yeah!

( Chuckling )

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

And sometimes "y"

The vowelles are rocking the house

Singing the short "o" sound from their hit word "ox"!

( Singing repeated short "o" sound )

( Audience cheering )

And now, fun with chicken jane.

Today...

Woman ( singing ):

( Squawks )

( Clucking )

( Squawks )

( Squawking excitedly )

( Hooves thundering )

( Bellowing )

( Squawking hysterically )

( Squawking )

( Squawking feebly )

( Squawks )

( Squawks )

Announcer: and now, world renowned mezzo-soprano ms. Denyce graves

Will sing the sound of the letter "o" in the word "box."

( Sings short "o" in ascending and descending scale )

( Wild cheering and applause )

And now 35 names

With the short "o"-- "aw"-- sound in them.

♪ Hi, I'm topsy, yo, I'm tom ♪

♪ Meet flopsy, mopsy, mopsy's mom ♪

♪ Ollie, holly, rob and scot ♪

♪ Dolly, molly, bob and dot ♪

♪ Veronica, levon, lionda ♪

♪ Monica, dionne and rhonda ♪

♪ Bonnie, lottie, lon, alonzo ♪

♪ Connie, scottie, ron and gonzo. ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's your name? ♪

♪ Enjoy your little moment of fame! ♪

♪ Donald, foxy, roz, yvonne ♪

♪ Ronald, roxie, ozzie, jon ♪

♪ In all our names, you'll find short "o" ♪

♪ It sounds like "aw" ♪

♪ We gotta go! ♪

Ahh...

Lionel: and now, "the new fox and crow"

Written by lionel the lion...

And leona the lion.

And leona the lion.

And dedicated to birds everywhere!

Can we get on with it?

Yeah, yeah!

Walter: absolutely!

Theo: yes, let's hear it, lionel!

"A fox was walking in the woods one day."

Look at that beautiful bird!

If she could sing, she would be the queen of all birds!

That's right, the queen of all birds!

Ouch!

Sometimes flatterers get flattened?

Lionel: no!

Oh, yeah, that too.

( Cheering )

Birds rule!

Birds rule!

Birds are cool!

Birds are cool!

Excellent work, cubs--

Love the "verys."

Oh, the "verys" were my idea!

Lionel wanted to say "humongous" but I liked the "verys."

"Humongous" would have been good, too.

Yes, yes, very clever, but not as good as the original.

No one will want to read it.

Excuse me, pardon me

But I would like to take out

That new book "the new fox and crow."

Chickens don't count!

Good!

( Cars speeding by )

Good!

( Cars speeding by )

Announcer: this is the very, very, very, very, very, very end.

Stop! Stop! I beg you!

Stop!

( Car tires screeching )