[Music]
it had been a hot day
katie found out that even with your
bathing suit and sunscreen on
it can still feel really hot orbee found
out that even a cold drink doesn't cool
you down for long when it's really hot
and chance learned that there are just
some days when it's better to sit under
a bush
in the shade and snooze
the phone rang and dad answered it when
dad covered the mouthpiece and told him
that they were invited to
a pool party at toms katie and
orbee in a blur whizzed up the stairs
and down again dressed and ready for
swimming
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as they approached tom's house katie
could barely hold on to dad's hand there
was
laughing and shouting and a whole lot of
splashing sounds coming from the
backyard
a fence went all the way around tom's
pool as dad opened the gate he told
katie and orbee
the fence was keeping them all safe it
made sure that
young children who didn't know how to
swim or who could fall
into the pool didn't get into any danger
katie thought that was very smart of
tom's dad and mom to think of such a
thing
inside the party was already in full
swing
andy and miguel were already playing in
the pool and he had on
big goggles and was looking at miguel's
toes under the water
as miguel sat at the side of the pool
kicking his feet
orbee ran over to tom right away but tom
held up his hand for orbee to stop
orbee screeched to a stop but slipped a
bit
on the wet pool side cement he didn't
fall
but he could have and tom said that
water made everything slippery so when
you played at a pool
you always had to walk
orbeez showed tom how safely he could
walk
and tom was very impressed
katie dipped her toe in the water it
felt cool and refreshing on the hot hot
day
she went to jump in but as she was about
to lift off the side of the pool
andy swam right in front of her
katie waited for him to get out of the
way
tom told katie waiting and making sure
that the water was safe to jump into
showed that she was a very responsible
swimmer
as katie jumped in miguel shouted at
andy and
everybody turned it wasn't a play shout
it was an afraid shout out
tom hurried over to see what was up and
he found it and andy had been pulling on
miguel's feet to get him into the water
and he was only playing but miguel was
afraid of the water
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everybody felt bad especially andy
and he told miguel he was sorry and
miguel sniffed that it was okay
[Music]
tom said that it was very important to
let people do what they felt good and
safe about doing in the pool
no pushing or pulling
orbee and andy felt good about playing
water tag
and shot off after tom
katie sat beside miguel and told him
that she had been afraid when she first
started swimming
miguel who was feeling really silly for
being afraid
looked at katie and right away felt a
whole lot better
katie told miguel that the shallow end
was fun and not at all deep
she climbed in and showed him she told
him
he could sit on the big cement steps and
feel very safe
miguel wasn't sure that he wanted to try
so he sat down on the first step
carefully and looked at katie
the step was barely in the water and
katie was right he felt very safe
then katie showed him how
she'd learn to swim underwater miguel
slipped down to the next step now the
water came up to his armpits
katie was very surprised to see him
there when she came up from under the
water
miguel grinned proudly
tom announced that a terrible monster
had now entered the pool
and nobody's toes were safe
there was a shriek and a giggle
everybody
really wanted the toe monster to try to
get their toes
so they all swam around the pool
there was laughing and splashing and the
monster never seemed to really get
anyone's toes
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it was during this time that katie
looked over at miguel
he was now standing on the bottom of the
pool
he was noticing how his blow-up floaties
were holding him up
as the tow monster scram by to tickle
his toe
miguel lifted them up and was shocked to
find that his floaties
held him up in the water once
miguel figured that out he was up
he was the one that managed to tickle
the toe monster and he was the one who
rode the monster all the way to the end
of the pool
all his friends clapped their hands and
i think the most surprised person there
was miguel soon it was time for the
barbecue
orbee wondered if they could just eat in
the pool
tom told him that eating and swimming
were two different things and needed to
be done separately
when lunch was ready everybody wrapped
up in towns and sat themselves around
the picnic table
orbee had been on the water so long his
little pink spots
had turned blue while they were eating
lunch
miguel who finished early headed back to
perfect his swimming
tom asked miguel to wait a few minutes
for his food to go down into his body
then he explained another
very important swimming rule never swim
alone
miguel didn't really know why he was
going to stay in the shallow end
tom told him it didn't have anything to
do with how deep the water was
if no one was there to watch you and you
got into trouble
no one would know if someone was there
they could throw
a life preserver or give you a hand or
call someone else to help
well the pool party was a great success
and all the friends swam until their
fingers wrinkled and their lips turned
purple trauma invited them all back to
swim another day and
everybody said hooray it had been the
best hot day any of them could remember
[Music]
and i hope that if you're at a pool
but you'll remember some of tom's rules
they'll help keep you safe and that's
important
because you're very
very special to me
did you know
did you know many years ago
when television was a brand new
invention the pictures were only in
black and white
like this a few years later
colored television was invented imagine
only being able to see a rainbow in
black and white
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it had been a day of great imaginings
katie learned that if you dress up like
a queen and you use your imagination
you can really feel like one
orbee discovered that even a cardboard
box can become a rocket
if you can imagine and they both found
out that when you put two imaginations
together some really interesting things
happen
katie and orbee hunted down the sidewalk
for the great
hugabuga monster it was rarely found in
these parts and it threatened to capture
the fairy princess
just then mrs herrera called to them
from her front steps
they were so deeply into their game that
katie leapt and grabbed orbee to save
him from the
hugaboo monster mrs peret told them that
she had just baked some cookies and made
some fresh lemonade and
wondered if they wanted to come to a
little tea party in her backyard
katie looked at orbee to see what he
wanted to do but orbeez was already
halfway up the steps and with a laugh
katie ran
after him they called mum to ask if they
could stay for a visit and she said yes
with a tray full of lemonade and cookies
mrs peret led them out to her backyard
the backyard was very magical
she had plants and vegetables growing
everywhere and on one side was
a huge old weeping willow tree
it was katie and orbee's favorite place
to hide or
tell secrets because the long willow
branches came
right down and touched the ground making
it feel like
a private world mrs barrett was telling
them that she was delighted to have them
over fatigue
as she was feeling a little lonely today
i have to say that made katie feel sad
and she wondered how she could feel
lonely when
all the children in the neighborhood
loved her so much
katie told her this and mrs perez smiled
it meant a lot to her orbee burbled
she was just like kitty's granny to them
because katie's real granny lives so far
away
mrs peret put her hand to her heart she
wasn't lonely anymore
kitty looked at the lush green garden
and told mrs peret
that she and orbee had been playing
magical things all morning
that made her smile she loved magic
katie beamed at her and added
that she thought that there must be a
whole lot of magic in her backyard
no other backyard in the whole
neighborhood felt like hers
mrs peret told katie that she had given
her a real compliment
and at that moment two things happen
the first thing was that the telephone
rang mrs perez asked orbee to get it for
her so that she wouldn't have to run
running wasn't easy when you're older
or be left over his chair and ran into
the kitchen to answer it
the second thing and you really had to
be listening to hear it
it was the tiniest tinkling sound katie
had ever heard
as mrs perette went into the kitchen to
take the call from her daughter
orbee popped out again and flopped back
into his comfy lawn chair
katie leaned forward and whispered to
orbee to be
very quiet and listen
orbee wondered what she could be
listening for
and at that very moment it happened
again
a teeny tiny tinkle
katie got up and tiptoed over to orbee
she whispered to him that she was pretty
sure
that that was a fairy bell and that the
fairies were getting ready to dance
at first orbee wondered why she thought
such a thing but then
the music happened again
and this time there were more musical
notes
katie whispered that she had never ever
seen a fairy dance
if they tiptoed over to where they heard
the tinkling chimes they might just spy
one orbee had never seen a fairy either
and so in the quietest flash
he was up the tinkling music was quiet
for a while
and then the two friends heard it again
orbee thought it was coming from the
flower garden
and so he tiptoed over for a peek
katie thought maybe it was near the bird
bath and so she tiptoed over
and stuck a peek no one saw a thing
they both looked at each other quietly
shook their heads
they stood as still as they could
listening
this time it seemed to be coming from
the garden walk
orbee tiptoed over to it looking
carefully for the little people
katie wondered if it wasn't coming from
the ground near the long willow branches
and this is where their search picked up
katie saw nothing but the tinkling sound
was definitely a little louder
katie quietly signaled to orbee that she
was definitely
getting closer or be snuck over
together without making the smallest
sound they slowly parted the branches
they couldn't see anything but the
tinkling sound was definitely in there
so in they crept nothing happened
for a moment and kitty felt an excited
giggle coming out
she tried not to let it out but you know
how it is with giggles
if they want to come out they just do
so she giggled and all of a sudden in a
very magical way the wind picked up the
branches of the trees and
and the tinkling sound was louder and
longer katie and orbee could tell it was
coming from above their heads
as they peeked up they expected to see a
tiny fairy
sitting on a branch playing a magical
instrument but instead
they saw a flashing silver thing
high up in the tree when the wind died
down
katy and orbee realized it was wind
chimes i i think that they were both a
little disappointed that there wasn't
a magical fairy ring dancing away in mrs
perez garden
but at the very same time they laughed
they
were so full of imagination today they
believed the fairies were here
katie gave orbee a big hug for imagining
it all with her
and she whispered a secret in his ear
she
asked him to pretend from this day on
until they were
900 years old which is really old
that they had really seen the fairies
dancing
or be agreed and as they sank back in
their lawns here then mrs peret came out
from the kitchen
they smiled at each other and told mrs
perette
her garden was even more magical than
she'd ever believed
and do you know that from that very day
on to katie and orbee
it was and you may have a special place
where all kinds of imaginary things can
happen
you never know maybe one day they really
will
[Music]
that's called the tide when it's in
it's called high tide and low tide when
it's out
but don't worry it comes back every time
you might not want to be sunbathing when
the tide comes back in
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04x11 - Tom's Pool Party / Dancing Fairies / Orbie and the Skunk
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Animated series is based on a series of four environment-themed children's books titled Katie and Orbie Save the Planet, illustrated by Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks and written by his daughter Susan Wicks, which were published in 1991.
Animated series is based on a series of four environment-themed children's books titled Katie and Orbie Save the Planet, illustrated by Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks and written by his daughter Susan Wicks, which were published in 1991.