04x02 - Cracks a Yolk

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Seat belts, everyone!

Please let this be a normal field trip.

With the frizz?

All: no way! Oh!

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Dorothy ann: please hurry.

You have to hatch before mr. Rule comes back.

My life depends on it.

Take it easy, d.a.

You don't want the egg to crack under the pressure.

But our principal asked me to take care

Of his one and only pet chicken,

And what did I do? I lost it!

As you can see, giblets is

A very fine breed of chicken--

A rhode island red.

He was a gold medalist

In the drumstick olympics

And this year's grand marshal

In the poultry parade.

While I'm away, I expect you

To take excellent care of him.

You can do that, can't you?

Yes, sir, we can, sir. I promise, sir.

Good. I knew I could count on you, dorothy ann.

Now, be a good boy, gibby.

[Clucking]

Bye, mr. Rule!

And don't worry.

Arnold: so long!

Have a good time!

D.a., Are you crazy?!

What were you thinking?

Can we really c*ck-a-doodle-doo this?

Of course we can. Giblets is sweet.

Come on, gibs, let's be friends.

[Clucking]

Ms. Frizzle: or as we say in the barnyard,

"Where there's a hen, there's a rooster."

All: ms. Frizzle!

[Squawking]

Giblets!

Giblets, come down from there!

Well, I'm glad somebody likes my hat.

Liz, get him down.

Easy. Don't scare him.

Oh, my.

Oh, no!

[Horn honks]

[Squawking]

[Horns honking]

Oh, no!

He's getting away!

Dorothy ann: how will I ever explain

That giblets got scared and ran away?

What's mr. Rule going to say?

Well, at least we'll have a little chick to give him.

It may not be giblets, but it's better than nothing.

It may be nothing if it never hatches.

Come on, little egg. Grow into a chick...

Now!

Chill out, d.a. We've got plenty of time.

Yeah. Mr. Rule's not due back until tomorrow.

Mr. Rule: attention, ms. Frizzle's class.

Mr. Rule!

Please report to the principal's office immediately.

What are we going to do? What are we going to do? What are we going to do?

There's really only one thing we can do...

[Gulp]

Tell the truth.

Dorothy ann: and then ms. Frizzle showed up

In a hat covered with feathers.

Tim: giblets thought the frizz was a chicken.

When liz tried to get him, he flew away.

Whoa! Hold it. One at a time, please.

Now, giblets thought ms. Frizzle was a chicken?

Of course.

Good yolk, dorothy ann.

It's the truth, mr. Rule.

But we're getting you a new bird.

It's just not here yet.

Ok. I'll play along with your little game.

Ha ha ha!

So giblets flew the coop, eh,

And you're replacing him?

Where, may I ask, are you getting

This other chicken?

We're hatching one from an egg.

Oh, of course you are.

Now, why didn't I think of that?

So...

Where did you get

A rhode island red egg?

Well, ms. Frizzle took us

To the one farm in all of walkerville

That has rhode island red chickens.

Mmm. Ha ha ha! Proceed.

And, um, well, the farmer said

That if we could find an egg, we could take it,

Just as long as we didn't let the chickens out.

All: here, chick, chick. Here, chick, chick, chick.

[Chickens clucking]

What's the matter, ralphie? Are you chicken?

Ms. Frizzle: actually, class,

They're all chickens.

The males are roosters, and the females are hens.

This way, class.

The last one in is a rotten egg.

[Chickens cackling]

Yeow!

Get off!

Hey, peck on someone your own size.

Whew!

Now I know what it's like to be henpecked.

Eggs-cept look who's doing all the pecking.

Phoebe: yeah. We were being rooster-pecked.

Dorothy ann: hey, guys!

This pen only has hens in it!

Maybe we can get our egg from in here.

It looks a lot safer.

An egg!

Hey, guys, I got one!

I found an egg for mister--

Yikes! Someone catch it!

Don't worry. We have a plan.

Wanda: bull's-eye!

Whoops. I said "plan," liz,

Not "pan."

Is the egg ruined?

Depends on how you like them.

Still looks good enough to eat.

Ms. Frizzle, that egg was going to be

Mr. Rule's new chick.

Was it? Anyone see any signs of a chick in here?

Nope. I just see breakfast. Mmm.

A big, yummy, yellow yolk!

And that clear goopy stuff

That turns white when you cook it.

Eggs-cellent observation, tim.

Nothing but food in this one.

Maybe there wasn't a chick in that egg,

But it was our only chance.

Don't worry, d.a. We'll find another egg,

And one with a chick in it.

Won't we, ms. Frizzle?

Oh, I do love to be egged on. Oh, bus!

Do your stuff!

[Chicken squawks]

[Children screaming]

[Squawk] dorothy ann: who turned out the lights?

Carlos: where are we?

We're inside a chicken!

Mr. Rule: now, let's get this straight, dorothy ann.

You're telling me

You went inside a chicken

To find me an egg?

Yes, sir, we did.

But going inside a chicken is not

A state-approved field trip.

Well, it should be, because we found out

All about eggs and how they get made.

Really? Tell me about it.

We started right about here, in the ovary.

Phoebe: at my old school,

We always stayed outside the chickens.

Ms. Frizzle: well, at walker elementary,

We go in for eggs-trasensory eggs-periences!

Yeah, but--but what part of the hen are we in?

Aah!

Is it just me,

Or are these big, squishy yellow ba*ls egg yolks?

If they are, maybe hens make the yolk

Before they make the rest of the egg.

Wanda: then this must be the place

Where eggs get their start.

You got it, wanda. Welcome to the ovary--

The place in the chicken

Where the eggs start ticking.

So let's grab one for mr. Rule,

Take it home, and hatch it.

Don't pick this one.

It's got a big white spot on it.

Carlos: the yolk's on us, guys.

They've all got big white spots.

Is that bad?

Not at all. Under the right circumstances,

That white spot is the most important part of the egg.

But where's the rest of the egg--

You know, the clear, goopy stuff in the shell?

How do they get made?

An eggs-citing question, tim.

Children: aah!

Ms. Frizzle: woo-hoo!

All: whoa!

Where are we going?

Wherever yolks go when they eggs-it the ovary.

All: carlos!

Why, oh, why do we always end up

In long, dark, slippery tubes?

Ms. Frizzle: oh, just lucky, I guess, arnold.

This particular tube is called the oviduct.

Oh, look!

Here comes the yolk.

All: aah!

Ms. Frizzle: ah, yes. An egg yolk--

Up close and personal.

Hey, tim, look! Here comes your clear, goopy stuff.

All: eww!

Ralphie: yuck!

All: whoa!

Tim: what are these stringy things?

I don't know,

But they're holding the yolk

In the middle of all this goopy stuff.

You mean you actually saw the walls of the oviduct

Secrete albumen and generate strings of chalazae?

Well, we saw the yolk

Get covered up with layers of goop

And get twisted up with stringy stuff.

Does that count?

Good enough. Then what happened?

Then a bag formed around the yolk,

The goop, and us.

Phoebe: the bag filled with watery stuff

And swelled up into the shape of an egg.

Why, that's exactly what happens

When an egg is formed.

What about the shell?

Did you see it? Did you actually see it?

Ha ha ha! What am I saying?

Of course you didn't see it.

Oh, but we did see it.

Dorothy ann, voice-over: solid stuff grew all around us

In bits and pieces,

Until it covered everything in a hard shell.

Excellent, class.

I officially declare this grade "a," extra-large egg

Fully developed.

Um, does anybody see a chick in here?

Dorothy ann: not even the start of one.

The only thing I see

Is a big yolk inside an eggshell.

Don't be so sure, dorothy ann.

Remember that white spot on the yolk?

It's called an ovum,

And it's half of what it takes to start a chick.

Only half? You mean this egg will never hatch

Into mr. Rule's chick, either?

Nope. This egg will stay an egg,

And it's got egg salad sandwich written all over it.

That means we need to find another egg now!

Tim: but how do we get out of here?

Ms. Frizzle: just leave that to the chicken.

Phoebe: hey, I think we're moving.

All: whoa!

[Squawk]

[Children cheering]

Do you really expect me to believe

That the chicken laid an egg

With all of you inside it?

You bet it did, mr. Rule,

And we'd still be in there if it weren't for liz.

Ms. Frizzle: as you can see, liz,

We're on the horns of a dilemma--

Or rather, that's where we'd like to be.

Ms. Frizzle: so take chances,

Take aim, and get messy!

Hey, liz, you've got egg on your face...

And us!

Ms. Frizzle: hold your tongue, liz.

Now what are we going to do?

We still need an egg with a chicken in it.

The egg we were in came from the pen with no roosters.

Maybe we'll have better luck in this one.

What's the difference?

The difference is, these hens

Have roosters in their pen.

That's it-- the other half!

Hens plus roosters!

Roosters are male. Hens are female.

So just like with any animal,

You need a mother and a father

To create a new life--

A hen and a rooster.

The egg needs something from each parent.

And the ovum is the hen's part

In starting a new life.

So the hen makes an egg with her part in it...

And the rooster has to add his part

Before it can grow into a chick.

Eggs-actly.

Ms. Frizzle: hens lay eggs every day,

But only eggs with both parts grow into chicks.

So all we need is one of these.

Ms. Frizzle: ♪ with a chick, chick here, and a chick, chick there ♪

♪ Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick, chick... ♪

D.a., Are you sure a chick is growing inside that egg?

Well, if a hen and a rooster--

But what if no rooster came along in time?

What if it's only got the hen's half inside?

You're right. Stop the bus!

[Tires squeal]

Ms. Frizzle, I have to go inside this egg!

Okey-dokey, yolky.

Do you really want to go in there?

It's the only way to know for sure, arnold.

Think what mr. Rule's going to say

If we don't show up with a chick.

Yeah, well, I'd rather go inside an egg

Than face mr. Rule.

Why, arnold, how nice of you to offer.

D.a.!

[Gasp]

Arnold!

Dorothy ann: arnold, do you see anything?

Is there a chick in there or not?

Arnold, can you hear me?

Arnold: I hear you!

I'm not sure if there's a chick here,

But there's something in the white spot

That looks alive.

So you see, mr. Rule,

We think your new chick is on its way.

And arnold will let us know for sure.

Well, I think I've had enough of this game.

I want my old chicken or my new one right now.

All: now?

No problem, mr. Rule. We're on to it.

How long can it take for a chick to grow, anyway--

A few hours?

With all your knowledge about eggs,

I'm surprised you don't know this, ralphie,

But it takes a few weeks for a chick to grow--





We're doomed!

Ms. Frizzle: ♪ la la la, la la la ♪

Comfy, arnold?

Ms. Frizzle, we're in trouble-- big trouble.

Mr. Rule wants his chick right now.

But it's just gotten started. It's not ready yet.

Isn't there something we can do

To make it grow faster, ms. Frizzle?

Your every peep is my command, dorothy ann.

[Whistle]

[Clucking]

Yes!

A magic hen bus to speed up time

And count the days.

Arnold: whoa! You won't believe what's happening.

Arnold, is it ready yet?

Not yet, but I'm beginning to see lots of parts,

Like a head and eyes.

Ms. Frizzle: that new chick is called an embryo, arnold.

Want to come out now?

After all we've been through? No way!

Hi there, embryo.

I'm your egg-sitter.

Hey! Its heart is beating...

And blood is flowing to the yolk

And back again.

Ms. Frizzle: to us, a yolk is a yolk.

To an embryo, it's a yolk--

Food.

Wow! Food to grow on!

Mr. Rule wants to know what's going on with his egg!

He says if arnold's inside,

He should be able to tell you

Exactly what's happening.

Actually, I don't think mr. Rule really believes

Arnold's inside the egg.

Well, you'll just have to prove that he is

By telling mr. Rule everything arnold says

About how the chick is growing.

Me? But--but if I'm in mr. Rule's office,

How will I know what arnold's saying?

Ms. Frizzle: as my great-aunt birdie used to say,

A little information can go a long way.

What's arnold saying now?

He, uh--uh, he says

He can see its eye, and, um...

And what?

Arnold's singing.

Arnold: ♪ rock-a-bye, baby, inside this egg ♪

Arnold, quit singing,

And tell us what's going on.

♪ Look how you grow

♪ You've got wings and got legs ♪

Ok, phoeb, listen up.

The embryo's grown wings and legs and...

And feet, and except for having a huge head,

Arnold says it's starting to look like a bird.

Hmm.

That sounds like the chick

Is about day 10 in its growth.

Dorothy ann: what's going on now, arnold?

Arnold: it's getting kind of weird.

Getting weird?

Yeah. I never baby-sat for anyone

Who grew bigger than me before.

Hey!

Dorothy ann: arnold, what's happening?

It moved. The chick pushed me

Down the big end of the egg

Near something that looks like an air pocket.

And more than half of the yolk is used up.

That would be-- let's see.

Day 15. That chick is growing fast!

What about down?

Um, mr. Rule, I think it's growing up,

Not down.

No, down-- as in feathers.

Does it have feathers yet?

Phoebe, arnold says it does.

Our chick is getting feathers.

[Arnold groaning]

Just don't get any bigger!

The chick has gotten so big in the shell

That arnold's running out of room.

And I'm running out of patience.

I want to see what's going on for myself

Before I crack. Now let's go.

How much longer is it going to take?

[Ding chirp]

It's done!

Wow! The chick broke into the air pocket.

It's breathing!

[Chick chirping]

Did you hear that?

My chick said, "peep peep."

We're going to get out of here!

[Chirping]

Come on! You can do it!

Ms. Frizzle: oh, don't rush it, class.

Hatching is-- ooh, hard work.

It usually takes 12 hours,

But that's when you don't have a magic bus around.

Whoa!

You've almost got it! Push!

[All sighing]

All: they're here!

[Chirp]

It's beautiful.

Keep trying.

You'll get it.

Ha ha ha!

Oh, welcome to ms. Frizzle's class.

Arnold: hello? Anybody remember me?

Whew!

Egg-sitting is eggs-hausting.

Dorothy ann: oh, arnold!

Arnold, you did it! Look!

[Gasp]

Wow!

Oh, thank you.

Phoebe: mr. Rule, wait!

All right, where is he?

Say hello to your new pet, mr. Rule.

You mean that crazy story was really...

[Chicken clucking]

Giblets!

All: giblets?

I guess he who flies the coop

Can always fly back again.

Ha ha ha!

Thought you could fool old rule, eh?

Well, no chance of that.

I knew you were hatching eggs

In your class the whole time,

And this was your way

Of showing off what you'd learned.

Uh, right.

Absolutely!

How'd you guess?

Imagine that. They said you were gone,

And they went inside an egg

To find me a new chicken. Ha ha!

But it wasn't just any egg.

No, sir, because only eggs

Made by roosters and hens

Can grow chicks in them.

Wanda: so we kept it warm and let it grow for 21 days.

[Chirp chirp]

And look what came out of it!

Your new pet chicken, dorothy ann...

And arnold's.

Both: we can keep it?

Certainly, class.

Let's name it "egghead."

"Yolkahontas!"

Will anyone consider "arnold, junior"?

As I always say, you can count your chickens

Before they hatch,

As long as you know what kind of egg they've been in.

Ha ha ha!

Is this the magic school bus?

Is this the magic school bus?

Is this the magic school bus?

Is this the magic school bus?

Magic school bus?

Magic school bus?

Magic school bus?

I want the magic school bus!

[Telephone rings]

Magic school bus. Producer speaking.

Girl: I have some questions about the egg show.

You're not too chicken to ask them, are you?

Please, we've all had enough egg and chicken jokes for 1 day.

Well, egg-scuse me. Ha ha!

Knock it off, ok? Here's my question.

In real life, how long does it take a hen to make an egg?



And in order to be fertilized,

An egg needs something from the hen and a rooster.

That's how it was on your show about salmon.

The salmon eggs needed something from each parent

Before they could grow into fish, right?

Right. And eggs you buy in the store have not been fertilized.

They're laid by hens that are kept away from the roosters.

Ever heard about candling eggs?

Of course I have.

It's a way of finding out if an egg is fertilized or not.

Now, the process used to be done with candles,

But today you can use a flashlight

As long as it's a really strong one.

I know.

If you hold an eating egg up to the light,

You won't see anything but a yolk inside it.

But in a week-old fertilized egg,

You can see the chick embryo already starting to grow

Inside the egg.

Neat, huh?

Neat? It's egg-straordinary!

Talk about bad egg jokes, huh?

You hungry, liz?

Hmm? How about an omelet?

Poached eggs on toast?

Eggs benedict?

How about a squashed fly sandwich?

Ha ha! I knew I'd find something you'd like.

So what do you say, liz?

Do you want that fly on egg bread?

Or how about some eggnog to wash it down?

Or how about some... [Muffled]

[Beep beep]

♪ Surfin' on a sound wave

♪ Swingin' through the stars

♪ Take a left at your intestine ♪

♪ Take your second right past mars ♪

♪ Come on in

♪ And don't be shy

♪ Step inside, it's a wilder ride! ♪

♪ Come on

♪ Ride on the magic school bus

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