[Music]
it had been a week of getting ready
katie learned that when the visitor
comes to stay it's nice to have what
they really like to eat in the house
orbee found out that visitors need their
own sets of towels
and they both discovered that sometimes
one visitor feels like a party
[Music]
katie and orbee tiptoed down the stairs
because grandma was sleeping in the
guest room she had arrived very late the
night before
as katie and orbee silently stepped off
the bottom stair
they were surprised to hear grandma say
good morning
and there she was sitting in the living
room well i'm sure you can imagine the
kisses and hugs that followed
grandma told him that she'd been looking
for the old photo albums
katie and orbee hadn't looked at the
family albums in a very long time
especially not the old ones with all the
baby pictures
so they climbed up beside her to look
too as they turned the pages
they chuckled at how funny mom and dad
looked when they were little
even when they were holding baby katie
they looked a little different than they
did now
orbeez katie looked funny with the bald
head
everybody giggled grandma mentioned that
katie looked a little like mom in that
photo
and then there was one of katie on her
first birthday
all covered in chocolate cake and
sitting in a high chair
grandpa pointed out that katie's face
was
almost the same shape as dad's katie
beamed
as the pages turned orbee looked at each
picture with great interest
the one of katie learning to walk and
looking very wobbly
was a lot of fun but i have to tell you
that it wasn't long before something an
orbeez little pink heart
began to sink it began to sink because
he noticed that there were absolutely no
pictures of him
anywhere grandma and katie didn't notice
it
orbee wasn't looking at the pictures
anymore
orbee was busy trying to remember if he
had done things like that when he was
little
he wasn't even sure what he looked like
when he was a baby
i guess you can imagine he was a little
sad
gently he slid off the couch and went
out to the back door stoop
he plucked himself down and thought
about his eyes they didn't look like
mugs
his chin wasn't like dad's either as a
matter of fact
he wasn't like them at
[Music]
or he sat up straight he would go and
find something
that mom and dad had that was the same
as him
in the kitchen bad unshaven and sleeky
was making coffee
he scratched his head and he yawned as
he waited for it to be ready
orbee immediately did the very same
thing
and dad with a huge sigh dropped into a
kitchen chair
too tired to stand orbee mimicked him
almost exactly from the sigh right down
to sinking into the chair
when dad looked at orbee across the
table he told him that he was really
tired and
needed his coffee or be burbled the same
back to death
who chuckled he knew orbee didn't drink
coffee
later when dad was shaving in the
bathroom mirror he noticed
orbee was copying his every move
dad smiled and asked orbee to give him a
little time to wake up
he'd had a long day yesterday and had to
drive
all the way to the airport and back late
at night orbee
tiptoed away feeling a little bad when
he noticed mama in the bedroom
she was humming and hanging clothes up
in the hangar
orbee decided that he was much more like
her
right away he picked up his photo of
dads and hooked a hanger through it
in the closet he left up and hung it on
the rack
when mom went to brush her hair he
pretended to brush his hair too
mom giggled at orbeez and he giggled
just like her right back
as she headed down the stairs he
imitated her walk completely
on the last step mom realized she forgot
something
and turned her head back up she bumped
right into orbee
she apologized and told him that maybe
they should play
shadow a little later in the day she
wanted to spend time with grandma
orbee smiled weakly as mom hurried off
with a huge sign orbee went off to the
back porch again
katie called to him but he didn't stop
it was obvious
orbee wasn't very happy orbee slumped
down
this really wasn't his family he knew
they loved him and
all and that was good but the bare truth
was that
he didn't belong a hundred percent a
little tear
rolled down orbeez cheek just as the
screen door
slapped shut and grandma came up
she had a photo album under her arm and
sat right down beside him
orbee burbled that he was sad because he
didn't really belong in the family he
didn't have dad's face
or mom's smile and grandma said that he
had never
been so wrong in his whole life
he opened the photo album he told him it
was all about
one of the very most important days in
this family's life
it was the day or became to stay
glanced over there weren't actual baby
pictures in the album but there were
pictures of
katie and orbeez first hug and dad
holding orbee in the whole family
looking at him with utter joy and orbeez
smile
it was an album about him becoming a
part of the family
he felt very important but he didn't
have any
family traits that made him a real part
of the family
grandma threw back her head and laughed
as she hugged orbee and told him that he
was wrong it was clear that he and dad
had the best senses of humor in the
entire neighborhood
and she reminded him that he was packed
full of mom's creativity
and he and katie were both blessed with
wonderful imaginations
he was an essential part of the family
essential meant a very important part
and that was what he was the family
wouldn't be the same without him with
each word or be filled with joy
when grandma told him that he belonged
to this family
one hundred percent orbeez up and did a
mid-air cartwheel
many smoked grandma on the cheek
about that time sleepy dad energetic
mommy and a little worried katie came
out to see if orbee was okay
orbee jumped up and kissed each one of
them too he was
delirious this was his family
and he absolutely did belong 100
and you know whether you are born into
or chosen by a family you are a very
important part of it too and you belong
to your family
100 just like orbeez
[Music]
icebergs are huge chunks of ice floating
in the coldest waters on earth
some are incredibly tall others are
short and flat
sometimes they move around and break
apart
hey put ice cubes in a bowl of water
and imagine it's an ocean full of
icebergs
[Music]
[Music]
it had been a day of finding things
katie learned that if you lose a sock in
the dryer you might actually find it
stuck inside your pants
or we found out that if you pour a whole
bag of marbles onto the floor
they will roll everywhere and it'll take
a long time to find them all
and they both discovered that the back
corner of the closet
is a great place to find lost pennies
and toy car wheels
during the night a great white blanket
of snow
fell on the neighborhood the next
morning as katie and orbee were pulling
on their snow clothes to
get out in the deep new snow the
doorbell rang
when they threw open the door they were
surprised to find a delivery man
with a huge parcel standing there he
looked down at the two friends and
asked them their names when they told
him he smiled and
placed the parcel in their hands mom
signed a special
piece of paper after she'd finished and
closed the door
mom discovered the wintry dressed
friends at the kitchen table
jackets unzipped waiting for her they
just positively
had to find out what was in the package
mom cut through the string and in a
second
the paper was torn away
exposing a big box with a note on it
said that these costumes were for katie
and orbeez
they were from auntie nintee actually
her name was auntie jenny but when katie
was a very little girl
she said minty instead of ginny aunt
jenny loved her special katy name and
always used it the note also said
she had made an extra costume for a
friend to use
[Music]
orbee ripped off the tape that was
holding the box clothed
katie pulled up the lid and inside was a
beautiful
princess card dress was long
trimmed with white fluffy stuff when
katie pulled it out she found a
gorgeous glittery crown and put it right
on over her hair
next orbee lifted out a shining knight's
costume
it had a chest plate pretend armor and a
helmet
with a perfect plume that meant the
feather
orbee put the breastplate on and pulled
the helmet over his head
katie giggled but i should tell you
orbee felt magnificent
they pulled the next costume out
together it was all green
and it wasn't until the tail part
slipped out of the box and the headpiece
was exposed
that katie and orbee shouted dragon at
the very same time
they both wanted to be the dragon too
but as it happened
at that very moment the doorbell rang
again
miguel stood at the door with a snow
shovel in his hand
kitty and orbee shouted dragon miguel
turned around quickly to make sure that
there wasn't one behind him
giggling his friends grabbed him and
pulled him into the house
but it was as they were looking at the
costumes that they realized
that they had a problem they wanted to
dress up but they also
wanted to play in the white fluffy snow
before it melted away
mom looked at the three friends and told
them that she had a solution to their
problem
they could wear the headpieces outside
and when they came in again
they could play with the full costume
the three fans
hugged mum she was good at finding
solutions
and with a zip and a zap her friends
were outside
ready for their game
as they dug down in the snow with their
shovels
katie announced that she was going to be
a princess who was looking for her
long-lost dragon miguel who had on the
dragon hood
felt very important as he put his shovel
down and ran to hide
chris says katie commanded knight orbee
to go out and find the dragon and bring
him home
safely sir orbee was very excited
and raced for his sword the princess
stopped him and declared that
he couldn't take a sword on this journey
well as you can imagine sir orbee was
astonished
the princess expected him to go and find
a fire
breathing dragon and bring it home
without his sword
the knights stomped around in the snow
pretending to be angry with the princess
the princess gently scolded him he must
find another
more peaceful way to bring the dragon
back to her
[Music]
orbee who knew exactly where miguel was
hiding trudged around in the deep snow
in the opposite direction pretending to
look for the dragon
then he looped back to miguel miguel
roared and raised his hands over his
head trying to be
terrified fearful sir aubry
backflipped in the snow and shook his
knees
katie and miguel couldn't help laughing
crippling and quaking so orbee told the
dragon
that he just wanted to take him to the
beautiful princess
the dragon growled and stabbed his feet
because
he didn't understand so orbee flipped
and spun in midair
and raced over the snow following his
loop around
path to the princess's castle gasping
for air
or be tooted to the princess the dragon
was mean
and very frightening he couldn't
possibly
even though he was really a brave knight
bring him home without his sword the
princess
kissed sir orbeez cheek and scooped up
some stone
she made it into a snowball and gave it
to the night
sir orbee didn't know what he was
supposed to do with it
katie giggled and told him that it was a
snow apple
a gift for the dragon she added
it was his favorite kind so
the night set up again on his winding
path
when he showed the dragon the apple he
eyed it suspiciously
he sniffed it and then took it with glee
and when the dragon raised his arms up
in the air and roared
sir orbee shrank down waiting to be
eaten up
but instead the dragon patted her orbee
on the head with that the knight led the
dragon home
at the castle where the dragon pretended
to much on his snow apple
sir orbee asked if the apple was magic
the princess told him it was the magic
of doing a friendly thing
then the princess announced that they
had saved her long-lost dragon
and now they must celebrate and enjoy a
hot chocolate together later in the
kitchen
as they put on the full costumes the
friends babbled happily to mom about
their
game mom said when she was little she
loved to play imagination games
just like the three friends she told
them that
imagination was a very wonderful thing
to have
and with it you could always make your
own fun
no matter where you were and i hope you
remember
to make believe and pretend just like
katie
and orbee
[Music]
people make all kinds of neat things out
of clay
you can mold clay with your hands into
figures
or use a potter's wheel which is like a
spinning plate
to make mugs bowls
don't be upset if it doesn't work right
away you can always try again
it was a hot summer's day
katie found out that when the house gets
really warm in the summer even if you
open all the windows
it doesn't always cool down orbee
learned that the higher up in the house
you go the hotter it gets
and they both discovered that ice melts
in your lemonade
really quickly when you're outside in
the sun
katie was stuffing her swim bag into the
trunk of the car when
arthur hurried up the driveway his mom
waved goodbye and wished them all a
great day
they knew it would be because today they
were going to the water slide
when they got there mom and dad set up a
place for their things where
everyone could meet if they got
separated at all
as mom and the friends climbed the
stairs to the slides
dad watched from below he would wait at
the bottom in case anyone needed help
when they came out
at the first slide landing katie looked
in and saw a huge
cavern-like hole with water rushing down
it there were big bumps
and she couldn't see the bottom
katie sure didn't want to go first orbee
did
and arthur wanted to go right after him
mom agreed
the slide supervisor told orbee to wait
while the
teenage boys ahead of them went down it
was hard to wait but
soon enough it was his turn
the man held orbee's arm while he sat
down
he asked if he was ready or be tooted
yes and the man let go
orbee made a fun heat tooting sound as
the slide
and the water whisked him away
in the long tunnel section of the slide
orbee went over some great bumps that
made his stomach rise and fall
then the two spiraled around in a great
rush of water
he giggled all the way
[Music]
as he slid closer to the bottom dad was
right there ready for order
but orbee waved him away and with a
grand swoosh
he got off the end of the slide and
planted per splash and watering
his head popped right up and he swam to
death
when he got out of the water he couldn't
burble fast enough about
how much fun it had been dad nodded and
then turned around just in time
to see arthur come flying out
arthur was laughing all the way into the
water and came up
sputtering dad helped him out then moved
closer for katie
katie screamed all the way down but it
was her
joyful i'm having fun screaming she
blew right into dad's arms when he both
fell back in the water
for this flash mom came down next
[Applause]
on their way up again katie orby and
arthur were ahead of the same teenage
boy
they were talking about how that first
slide was really
just for little kids it didn't bother
katie at all but orbee looked at arthur
when kitty and mom stopped at the lowest
side orbee burbled that
he and arthur wanted to try the next one
up
mom nodded the boys did seem to be
totally fine with the whole adventure
kitty called after them that they were
very brave
they both felt hugely proud to be called
brave
katie and mum waited to make sure the
boys got to the next level safely
katie was helped onto her slide and in a
swish he was gone
mom went next above waiting at the next
slide
the two boys were very excited when they
looked down the ground
seemed far away and at that very moment
the teenagers walked by and pointed up
orbee and arthur both looked straight up
there was another slide it was much
higher than where they were
arthur tugged on orbeez arm
as they left the line they were in he
told orbee that
if the little slide was fun imagine
how much fun an even higher slide would
be
they raced up the stairs passing the
teenagers
at the next level the boys looked over
the railing and realized that
they were so high up they couldn't see
dad
the people on the ground seemed tiny
the two friends were both feeling a
little unsure
that's when one of the teenagers spoke
directly to them he told them
that to go down the even higher slide
you
had to be tough and not give into fear
both were afraid to go higher but slowly
they crept
up arthur pointed out that from where
they were now the slide looked
really winding wild
but he didn't say let's not go on it
or be wished he had
after a few more steps orbee pointed out
that they still had a way to go but he
didn't say
so let's not go any further which arthur
wished he had
they both wanted to be brave
but in fact neither of them were feeling
very brave at all
behind them the teenager said that these
two friends might be just the bravest
kids he'd ever met
with gulps they inched up
soon they reached the top as they inch
closer and closer to the slide or be
held onto arthur's hand and
arthur held him right back
the teenager laughingly asked them if
they were
chickening out neither one of them
responded
the slide operator noticed that the two
friends were frightened
she whispered to them that it was far
better to admit that you were afraid and
go back
than to do something you didn't really
want to do
arthur and orbee grins relieved they
turned to head down the stairs
and bumped right into dad he was out of
breath from running
all the way up when they hadn't come out
the bottom
he knew something was wrong
dad thanked the slide operator we all
walked down to the slide two platforms
below
where they formed a chain and bounced
through the winding tunnel
occasionally coming out into sunny parts
where they could see
far below when they shot out the bottom
one two three no one was happier to see
them
then katie kitty grabbed orbee and
hugged him plucked
that explained what had happened and mom
glowed with pride
he told them she was impressed beyond
words
that they hadn't let the teenager
pressure them into going
the two boys felt better about their
decision
so was dad who was delighted that he
didn't have to go down that wild ride
after them
and i hope if someone tries to make you
feel like
doing something you really don't want to
do
but you'll be as brave as orbian arthur
and say no
if you do i for one will be
enormously proud of you
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06x07 - 100% / The Snow Princess / Brave?
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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.