announcer bunny
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the lions
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broadcasting i love how you said that
cleo
you know theo i never get tired of
telling people about our funders
me either i could do it at least once
every day
we do oh yeah right we do
why are cows everywhere such strong
supporters of chick-fil-a
perhaps it's because chick-fil-a
supports quality family programming
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hey now hey wow
here's how come and
read between the lions
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between the covers
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step by step
right this way folks bye-bye
scanning i am sorry about all these
books cleo i'm sure you want to close up
for the evening
no problem dr webster i'm almost
finished stunning
theo could you please turn out the
lights and lock up after dr webster
leaves
roger that cleo look lovey dr webster's
got a
teddy a titty but oh yes
i'm doing serious research on the
history of cute toy animals
and debbie is helping me yes you are
yes debbie teddy hmm
as you can see from the print on screen
yes
what's that timmy you want to give lovey
a hug
oh yeah she says yes
that is ten books checked out to one dr
webster
due back in the library in two weeks
mouse exiting two wild applause for a
hard driving day of computing thanks
flick
oh thank you come on debbie we've got a
lot of
reading to do dr webster are you sure
you're going to be able to carry all
these
yes yes no problem yeah mama
he's got debbie teddy helping him
well thanks again and goodbye hold on
debbie
goodbye dr webster i'm dr webster bye
debbie
come on dr webster oh goodbye theo
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ah bedtime um theo
hmm
long day this king of the jungle is
going to bed oh but we don't sleep
in beds dad we sleep in hammocks
it's right leona honey but uh going a
hammock
just doesn't sound right
good night sleep tight love mom mom mom
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look what i found look what i found i
found a treasure map i found a treasure
map
i'd be just as excited as lionel if i
knew what a treasure map
was oh leona it's a picture that leads
you to a place where someone hit a
treasure
uh something really special oh
a treasure map a treasure map
see look at it mom it fell out of a book
i found called
treasure island
that's my treasure map
and it leads to my treasure it belongs
to me
barnaby b busterfield iii and i don't
want them to find the treasure
this map looks like it was drawn by
barnaby b busterfield iii
oh the guy who started this library like
a million years ago well the guy whose
statue
is in the dome at the top of this
library
yes those are his initials down there it
was about a hundred years ago
it looks a little like the library see
the stairs
that's because this building was
barnaby's boyhood home
leona do you know what this
means no and
and neither does lovey it means the
treasure's right here
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oh look look there's a red x on a desk
all we have to do is find
the desk you're right lionel but which
desk
they'll never find the desk oh
relax barnaby it's that desk oh it looks
just like the picture
well maybe they won't find the secret
drawer with the x on it
yes the
secret drawer with the x on it
i suppose it's too much to hope that
they don't find the step-by-step
directions
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oh oh is the treasure inside is it is it
is it is it
no no ah no
just these step-by-step directions
their directions to the treasure
their actions get a treasure directions
to the treasure
they do they found the directions i've
got to stop them
walter pigeon clay pigeon come quick
those lions have some step-by-step
directions that belong to me
i need you to stop them before they go
any further
why should we stop uh them
yeah yeah why should we never mind why
go all right
step on it step one uh what
yeah what step on it it
means go fast oh that means
okay here it goes here it goes here it
goes okay
step by step directions step one
face the
all desk all right step two step
left ten steps one step two two
three steps
okay step three turn left
okay okay okay
step four turn left
okay okay step five ready
ready okay okay
turn left um oh okay
step six turn left yet again
okay step seven get ready
get set take 27
steps to the left 27 that's what why
don't you wrote
okay all right
rest yeah rest
no this is no time to rest
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zesty short e s
in the word best
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hey
rest
if you can read p-e-pet then you
can read pet and pen
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it's a great big clue and as long as you
check out the ending too
you can read lots of words that start
with
pepe
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lots of words that start with pepe
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something hmm oh
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um
wrench wrench job well done
and now singer songwriter and recording
artist mr brian mcknight
and the incomparable miss cleo lion
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i've read this book
it's red come look
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two words that sound the same
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i know
you're right let's write these
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that's words we always need
not that kind of meat
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two words that sound the same
but they're not spelled the same
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step eight take out the seventh book
from the left on the second shelf and
you'll find a chest
a chest oh this is it lovey this is
it okay one two three four
five six seven oh well i guess you meant
this book
cleo um uh uh uh stop
yeah stop why um
we don't uh we don't know uh
uh why yeah we don't
know why well if you don't know
then
oh that chest um
step mine take out the chest
and open it all right
easy there it is easy
oh it's another map
another map yes and this one looks like
a map of the rooftop
can i have the chest i can put my
collection of pebbles in it
you can have the chest lionel
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pet cat
you gotta get your mouth moving ready
set you gotta get your mouth groovin
don't forget you gotta get your mouth
get your mouth get your mouth get your
mouth get your mouth moving
and now it's time for great work queen's
word
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excellent queen here once again at
blending fields
where two brave knights and armor will
charge together
head high speed and make a word
competing today we have sir
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um
who will see you next time on
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red and now fun with
chicken j today chicken jane
and the red elephant
look dot look see the elephant
on the sled yes scott
yes the elephant on the sled is red
look scott look see chick and jane write
the letter
g e t g
n get it now see her write the letters
a w a y
a way get away get
look scott look chicken jane is wet
we are not what thank you chicken
jane
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look look cece going up the
and now here to sing about a word that
plays by its own rules is singer
songwriter and recording artist india
arie
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a word you've heard love is
and you can tell it
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and now the word doctor with dr ruth
werdheimer
hello here's dr roon
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something tells me it's time for another
long word freak
out oh oh
oh dr ruth dr ruth you
gotta help me with this word it's so
long i can't read it it's too
hard it's not too hard
i will help you take a deep breath
start on the left and read
one part of the word at a time
okay start on the left and
good now put them together
in
entertaining entertaining
entertaining you had it now that wasn't
so hard was it
no no it wasn't hard it was kind of
uh
oh i'm going to find some more long
words to read
oh thank you dr ruth you are welcome
that was painless oh i'm
good
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step
well looks like dad didn't make it to
the hammock
finals we should really try not to wake
your father
i'm sorry it's okay now come on let's
look at them
there's a red x on a rock yes
and it looks like it could be
that rock we have to wait
daddy
morning morning no it's still dark
sleep whoa hey hey hey it's all right
cubs i know how to do it
oh theo food
that was a very hard sleep huh oh
you get it rock hard
i always wondered what that x was doing
on that rock
oh it means sleep here
no no we've got to move the rock to see
what's under it
it's a treasure hunt
a treasure hunt yeah okay um
let's push oh wait for me wait for me
dad wait for me play with me
okay okay all right on three
oh look
the last set of step-by-step directions
step one get ready
get set and face the rock
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step two step two step to the left
of the rock left again mr busterfield
must have been a lefty
step three set the rock back where it
was
okay
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what what is it i can't see it can you
see it mama
no i can't leona it's too high up yeah
oh we're gonna need it
four get
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now listen to me carefully those lions
have
almost found my treasure treasure
that's uh uh great yeah
great no it's not great not great it's
terrible
terrible i don't want them to discover
my
childhood secret which is in that chest
now go and please please get it before
they do
please right get what's in the uh
chest yes get what's in the chest
yes what's in the chest right get what's
in there
chest i got it i got it theo be careful
just watch
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the treasure has to be inside his last
dude
okay here we go
um it looks like a pigeon feather
a pigeon feather but why would barnaby
go to all that trouble to hide a pigeon
feather
maybe it was a collector it could be a
very valuable
pigeon feather the inside's really
pretty and
soft what's that lovey
lovey says she thinks the shape looks
like a teddy bear
you know leona i think lovey's right
well he kept his teddy bear in there
why would barnaby b*at buster phil iii
go to all that trouble to hide his teddy
bear
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you found her my wetty betty teddy
i i mean uh i see you've accomplished
your mission
good work wait a minute are you saying
this is your wetty betty
um teddy yeah teddy
yes it is the very wetty bitty teddy i
played with as a young lad now you
understand of course why i had to hide
it
i couldn't let anyone know i played with
such a toy
it would be undignified
walter yeah i think
certainly not no way never
bring it up here where i can see closer
can i have this chest it's perfect for
lovey
of course you can leona i'm gonna go
find some pebbles to put in my chest
oh and i'm going to hammock hope i'll
make it this time
i'll help you love thanks
oh my wetty betty teddy oh i've missed
you all these years
it's good to see you now that we're
together again
we shall never be partied
did you make a wedding
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i'm leona and melissa etheridge is going
to be my designated reader today
if you get a child wild about reading
you get a child wild about learning
me getting wild about learning okay are
you ready
once upon a time
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between
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04x69 - Step by Step
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Follows a family of clumsy anthropomorphic lions operating and living in a large, busy library called "The Barnaby B. Busterfield III Memorial Public Library", starring alongside characters such as Click, an electronic, anthropomorphic computer mouse; the Information Hen, who answers library calls; and Heath, a dinosaur who serves as the library's thesaurus.
Follows a family of clumsy anthropomorphic lions operating and living in a large, busy library called "The Barnaby B. Busterfield III Memorial Public Library", starring alongside characters such as Click, an electronic, anthropomorphic computer mouse; the Information Hen, who answers library calls; and Heath, a dinosaur who serves as the library's thesaurus.