pbs kit
hey now
hey wow
here's how
come and read
between the lions
come on
begin
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is
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between the
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the popcorn popping
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no this one no
this one
no
this one no
uh this one no way
uh this one
i don't think so
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yes i will
the owner just doesn't want to read the
books that i like oh
have you tried looking for a book that
you both like
that's a good idea
wait a second what
i don't like anything that she likes
oh well now let's see what we've got
here
oh
how about the popcorn
yummy the popcorn popper yeah that's a
good one let's read that one i like that
one mom you're like a genius or
something yeah the popcorn popper by
pops papadopoulos i'm sure he's a very
popular author
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once upon a time there was a young girl
who really loved popcorn mmm do i love
popcorn
one day she was digging in her garden
when suddenly a popcorn popper popped
out of the ground a popcorn popper
i wonder how it works
luckily
the popcorn popper came with
instructions but unluckily i do not know
how to read
i know i'll ask someone to read to me
hey can anyone here read to me
but alas no one in the town knew how to
read either oh
if only someone could read to me
then i could make popcorn
suddenly a woman popped out from behind
a poplar tree are you my fairy godmother
even better dear i'm your designated
reader i read to people who don't have
anyone to read to them
i'm very popular
cool can you read these instructions
positively
instructions to start the popcorn popper
say popcorn popper pop pop pop popcorn
popper do not stop
suddenly the popcorn popper started
popping
yummy
well that'll be all designated reader
all right
i'm off to read a bedtime story in
ottawa
she popped back behind the poplar tree
and was gone
soon the popcorn popper popped popcorn
all over the town
before long the population was pooped
from all the popping hey enough already
stop that popper
stop the popper i can't i don't know how
oh if only my designated reader were
here suddenly the designated reader
popped up out of the pop card
i mean you called
oh designated reader could you please
stop the popcorn popper
hey i'm a reader not a magician
but you can read the instructions
positively
to stop the popcorn popper say poppity
boppity pop pop pop hoppity poppity hop
hop hop stop better loppity lap and
adoptee pop and a bobbity stop pop stop
instantly the poppers stopped popping
the townspeople put all the popcorn into
little bags and went to the movies
after that the designated reader taught
everyone in the town how to read
they read mary poppins
the end yummy
oh that story always makes me hungry
i sure wish we had some popcorn yeah me
too
i wish we had a popcorn popper yeah well
we could if we could ask to take
the popper out of the book
click the mouse and drink with style
hey click could you please drag and drop
that popcorn popper out of this book
yeah yeah of course
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what do you say we make some popcorn
huh
yeah all right
i
um
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how you start this thing again oh i i
remember the instructions to get it
started so do i
popcorn popper pop pop pop popcorn papa
do not stop
huh get ready
here it
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that is enough
popcorn no it's not enough
yes it is
leona what do we say to stop the popper
stop no stop stopping if you stop the
popper it'd be
i think it's a property property
no no no no that's not it it's a
puppy bobby stop it he stop
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neither can i
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theo do you smell
popcorn
in the library oh don't be silly
you're right
popcorn
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with the short o sound from their boppin
hit word
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and now it's time for great work great
work
duane here once again at blending fields
where two brave knights and armor will
charge together at high speed and make a
word competing today we have sir
and on your right sir up
land on div
up
up
up
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excellent
that's the wayne's word for today and
this is gawain saying hop on back and
we'll see you next time on
great word great word
lol
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lollipop
lollipop
lollipop
now twist your tongue around this one
choppers shopper shop shoppers chop
shopper shop shopper shop shopper shop
choppers shop shoppers shop traffic shop
shop and shop choppers chop shop or shop
jumper chop chop or shop chopper shop
shop or shop
give me one more
shop
slop
stop
top
pop
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up
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popcorn
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click
let's get click to put the popper back
in the book
that'll work
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there she is
click
click
please put the popper back in the book
fast executing drag and drop power into
book command
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and
there
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great good good job why thanks
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[Applause]
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excuse me
pardon
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say
poppity boppity pop pop pop poppity
poppity hop hop hop duff been a loppity
lop and a doppity pop and a bobbity stop
pop stop
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so now all we have to figure out is how
to get rid of all this popcorn before
mom and dad get back this looks like a
job four
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whoa
i can't believe they ate all that
popcorn
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is everything okay here uh
fine we're fine
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you know what i can really go for right
now
a room full of
water
exactly
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i hope you're still hungry for stories
cause there's a tasty one coming right
up yummy
hey
did you know you can tell a story
without a book
yeah you can
i remember one time a storyteller came
to my library and she told us a great
story
there's one part i remember really well
cause we got to say it a lot it goes
it can it can oh yes it can
it can it can oh yes it can
that was my favorite part
oh yes it can
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come in we have a special storyteller
today special storyteller
hi mom here take a flyer lionel please
put your baseball things away and get
ready for story time okay okay mom
thanks
here you go don't miss our special
storyteller
storytelling day today at the library
lady that means some special storyteller
is coming to tell us stories yes i know
you do oh hello karen welcome to our
library huh leona dear this is the
storyteller
yes
oh
hi miss gandalf please come right on in
won't you thank you for inviting me oh
thank you for coming we have a full
house today come on i'll show you where
the auditorium is
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now this last story
comes to us
from a people called the ashanti
ashanti
the ashanti people live here
on the west coast of africa
ashanti chiefs used to sit on stools
a lot like this one
wow it looks very comfortable
some of them
weave beautiful fabric
like this
some of them catch fish with
traps
like this well how clever
and some of them are country men
they grow food for the ashanti people to
eat
such as the big root vegetables called
yams yes
this is a yam
now our word yam is actually an african
word it means something like
yummy
yummy
i know that word yes you do
well once an ashanti country man went
out to gather some yams and as he was
digging
he heard a voice
hey man
you never looked after me
you never weeded me now you think you
can come to take me up
leave me alone
the man looked around
who's doing that yapping
he asked
i am
said his yam
the man gasped
this can't be happening
but the yam said
it can
it can
oh
yes it can
the man
dropped the yam
and ran away
as fast as his legs could carry him
he ran until he met a fisherman
who was standing on the path with a fish
trap on his head
nah are you uh uh running after an
antelope the fisherman asked
no said the countryman
my yam commanded me to leave him alone
the fisherman laughed
that can't happen
but then a voice said
it can
it can
oh yes it can
uh uh uh uh who's doing that uh uh or
chattering the fisherman asked
i am
said his fishtrap
the fisherman gasped
this can't be happening
but his fist trap said
it can
it can
oh
yes it can
the man dropped the fishtrap and both he
and the countryman ran away
as fast as their legs could carry them
they ran until they met a weaver
who was holding a basket of fabric
are you two
running after a gazelle
the weaver asked
no
said the countryman my yamm commanded me
to leave him alone
and uh uh my uh fish trap said uh he
should have paid attention to his yam
that's right added the fishermen
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the weaver left
that can't happen
but then a voice said
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who's doing that uh blabbering the
weaver asked i am
said her fabric
the weaver gasped
this can't be happening said the weaver
but her fabric said
it can
it can
oh
yes it can
the weaver dropped the fabric and the
three of them ran away
they ran away as fast as their legs
could carry them until they arrived at
the head man's house
the head man was grasping his staff and
sitting on his stool
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tell me what's happening here
he demanded
my yamm commanded me to leave him alone
said the countryman and uh uh uh my fist
trap said he should have paid attention
to his yam
said the fisherman
and my fabric said it was glad
at that
the head man got very angry
you people are imagining
things yams can't talk
fish traps can't talk
fabric can't talk
no
go back to your work before i clock you
in jail
oh so the three of them went sadly away
that's absurd
fantastic
said the head man to himself
i agree said a voice
imagine that
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who's that
yammering
he asked uh uh i am
said his stool um
can't be happening
he said
but his stool said
it can
it can
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coming up next on between the lions give
a hand to the short a sound
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hey i'm hanging here anyway i might as
well watch
and so should you
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here's some words that begin with the
letter a
ah
alligator
apricot
abacus
alphabet
avocado
ant
you gotta get your mouth moving hear
that scat you gotta get your mouth
groovin just like that you gotta get
your mouth get your mouth get your mouth
get your mouth get your mouth moving
it's where it's at
and now it's time for blaine's word
great word
excellent green here once again at
blending fields where two brave knights
and armor will charge together at high
speed and make a word
competing today we have sir
and
sir anne
and
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today and this is gwen saying it'll be
fantastic
to see you next time on
queen's word gwen's word
capital a
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a sound in them meet annie annie's
granny tammy danny danny's nanny pamy
sandy sandy's basset dash and this is
brandi
meet nancy alexandra cabot clancy
alexandra's rabbit shaq and mac and matt
and hannah zack and jack and pat and
banner
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what's your name what's your name what's
your name
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orlando jan
fernando fran and mia ham and all these
names you'll find short a it sounds like
ad that's that good day
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if you can
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and you can read back
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hey leona what's cooking well i know
guess what what i'm gonna take care of
her things
wow that's a big responsibility well i'm
gonna play baseball see you later okay
see you later
wow
that was such a great story
hey i wonder what that yam would say if
he could really talk
okay little yammy come here oh i dropped
it
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okay
next time be more careful oh i'm sorry
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[Applause]
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09x117 - The Popcorn Popper; Oh, Yes, It Can!
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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.