29x12 - Episode 12

[bunniefuu]

THEME SONG: It's a beautiful
day in the neighborhood,

a beautiful day for a neighbor.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

It's a neighborly day
in this beautywood,

a neighborly day for a beauty.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have
a neighbor just like you.

I've always wanted to live
in a neighborhood with you.

So let's make the most
of this beautiful day.

Since we're together, we might
as well say, would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

Won't you be my neighbor?

Won't you please,
won't you please,

please won't you be my neighbor?

Hi, neighbor.

How are you?

Oh, I'm glad to be with you.

A few of my neighbors
handed me these drawings

as I was coming
here to be with you.

And I'd like you to see them.

See that?

A mouse with a hula hoop.

You know, last time,
we were wondering what

the Royal Hula Mouse
would look like.

And these are some drawings
that my neighbors--

look at that big circle.

My neighbors thought the Hula
Mouse might look like this.

Such good ideas.

You know, in
Make-Believe, they're

calling the Hula Mouse HM.

Mhm.

There's more.

Look at the sun smiling.

And there's another one of HM.

What do you think
HM might look like?

We'll pretend more about
that a little later.

But right now, I want to
read this book with you.

It's called, "When
the TV Broke."

So let's just go over
to the couch to read it.

"When the TV Broke."

"When the TV Broke,"
by Harriet Ziefert.

Pictures by Mavis Smith.

"Jeffrey watched television
every day of the week."

There's Jeffrey with his
dad holding the popcorn,

and his dog.

They're watching television.

"Jeffrey watched on Monday,
on Tuesday, on Wednesday,

on Thursday, on Friday,
and on Saturday.

On Sunday, right in the
middle of a gorilla movie,

the TV made a loud buzz.

The picture faded and--"
Let's see what happened.

"The screen went blank.

Jeffrey's mom turned all the
dials, but nothing happened.

On Monday, Jeffrey's
dad--" There he is.

"--put the TV in the car."

You see how sad
Jeffrey's looking?

He's looking out
the window, watching

his dad put the
television in the car.

"Jeffrey sat on the sofa."

There's his dog
right beside him.

There's the empty table
where the television set was.

"Now he had nothing to do.

On Tuesday, Jeffrey
asked, 'Is the TV fixed

yet?' 'Not yet,'
Jeffrey's mom said.

'Maybe tomorrow.' On Wednesday,
Jeffrey said, 'It's tomorrow.

Is the TV fixed yet?'
'Not yet,' she said.

'Maybe tomorrow.' On Thursday,
Jeffrey said, 'It's tomorrow.

Is the TV fixed yet?' "
Look what he's doing though.

He's busy making
something here with eggs.

" 'Not yet,' mom said.

'Maybe tomorrow.'

'What are you doing,"
asked Jeffrey's sister.

'Nothing much,' he said."

And here he is reading a book.

" 'Will you read
to me?' she asked.

'OK,' said Jeffrey.

Then it was Friday.

Jeffrey found some boxes.

He found paint, and scissors,
crayons, and glue too.

'What are you doing,'
asked Jeffrey's sister.

'Nothing much,' he said."

Do you see the scissors here?

There they are.

And the glue.

Do you see what he's
painting on the boxes?

" 'What are you doing now,'
asked Jeffrey's sister.

'Nothing much,' he said."

Look at all the
things that he's made.

There are the scissors,
crayons, paste.

"On Saturday, dad
called, 'I'm home.

Come and watch TV.

It's all fixed.' "
And look at all these

buildings that Jeffrey has made.

" 'Not now, dad,' said Jeffrey.

'I'm busy.

Maybe tomorrow.' " Hm.

What a great thing
he has built there.

Jeffrey thought of
things to do while he

was waiting for his
TV to get fixed.

In fact, he liked
those things so much

that when the TV
did get fixed, he

didn't feel he needed
to watch it right away.

What kinds of things
do you do when

you're waiting for something?

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, there's the phone.

Hello?

Hi.

Y-- yes, we've already read it.

Oh sure, I'd be glad to.

All right.

See you in a little while.

Thanks, Joyce.

Yes.

Goodbye.

That was my neighbor,
Joyce Broadhus.

She's our neighborhood
librarian.

She knew we were going to
read "When the TV Broke."

And she just thought we might
like to come over and see some

of the many things they
do there at the library.

I'll just take the book
back since we're going.

Let's go to the
neighborhood library.

Come along.

-OK.

Thank you.

-Have a good day.

-You too.

-Hello, Miss Broadhus.

-Hello, Mr. Rogers.

-I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

-Hello.

-Miss Joyce Broadhus.

-Hello.

-Thanks for this.

I like that book.

-Oh, good.

I'm glad you did.

We'll just check it back in.

-All right.

-I have to read the little
bar code on the bottom.

-Now when you check that
in, now what happens to it?

-Well, I put it on one
of these book trucks.

And one of the staff puts it
back on the library shelves.

-I see.

-Yes.

But you know, I'm
glad you came now,

because there's a book
I think you'd like.

MR. ROGERS: What is it?

-It's called, "I
heard a Little Baa."

MR. ROGERS: A little what?

-Baa.

-Baa?

Oh, like a lamb.

-Yes.

Yes.

-Could I get it?

-Yes.

We just have to look in
the computer, and find it.

-You use a lot of computers
around here, don't you?

-Yes.

We look for a lot
of information,

but books, as you
know, are the best way.

-Books are the best thing.

-Yes.

I type in the title.

And there.

We can find it on our shelves.

-Would you show it to me?

-Yes, I would.

Come along.

You know, there are
so many great things

happening at the library.

You see, Lillian's putting
some return books back now.

Because, you know, they have to
be put back in the right spot.

-Well, sure.

-So we can find them
for the next person.

And then we have
people like Mr. Boyd

who teach chess here every week.

-What a game.

-It is a wonderful game.

-It looks like an
intense game, gentleman.

-Oh, it is.

-Lucky to have you as a coach.

-Thank you.

-Thank you, sir.

-So we have these
kinds of classes,

and we have people who
are doing their homework,

and people who come for
meetings, and we have concerts,

and we have lots of stuff.

-A great place.

-Yes, it is.

A library is a great place.

-Now we find baa?

-We'll go find baa.

-OK.

-Well, here we are in
the picture book room.

And we're going to go
right to the section

where the book should be.

-Oh, down--

-Down low--

- --for children to find them.

- --for children size.

Here it is.

-"I Heard a Little Baa."

-Baa.

-Have you always loved
books and reading?

-I've always loved them, ever
since I was a little girl.

My mother used to bring
me to this library.

MR. ROGERS: This very one?

-This very one.

And we would check out
lots and lots of books.

-No wonder you have warm
feelings about this place.

-I have great feeling
about this place.

-And here you are,
being able to give books

and other things to
lots of other children.

-That's right.

-What's going on in there?

-Well, how about we go
over and check it out?

-OK.

-This is one of our most
popular programs run

by our children's
librarian, Mr. Smith.

Mr. Smith, I'd like to
introduce you to Mr. Rogers.

-Oh, very nice to meet you.

MR. ROGERS: Glad to
meet you, Mr. Smith.

-Yeah, we have a
craft going today.

The kids are making different
places where people live.

-Oh, where they live.

-You should see some of these
nice houses they have here.

-Oh, I'd like to.

-This is not how
it really looks.

But this is just a sun
porch for that house.

-Oh, this is a sun
porch for that house?

Wow, is that a great idea.

[CHILDREN CHATTING]

So you have a house, and he's
making a sun porch for it.

Yeah.

And what about all
of this up here?

-That's-- some cotton is right
here where the chimney's at.

-I see.

The cotton that helps the
chimney stay there, huh?

What a great idea.

Could I-- could
I see your place?

-Yeah.

Clinton, look.

-Whoa.

-You put all of this together?

This-- this is a house
that people live in?

-Claire, this could
be Mr. Roger's house.

-It could be.

Thank you.

-Let's make it, um,
red, and orange,

and-- orange and purple.

-Orange and purple?

-Yeah, there's tape so
it could look p-- pretty.

-I love seeing what you all do.

They have wonderful ideas.

-Very.

Smoke coming out of the
chimney and everything here.

-Yeah.

Did we have a falling house?

-But I think we saved it.

-Sorry, Wade.

-There.

-Working well together.

-Very sorry, Wade.

-And you have a house made out
of a-- an orange juice carton,

don't you?

-Yep.

-And putting twigs all around.

-Yep.

-And is this your chimney?

-Yep.

There's smoke coming out.

-Smoke coming out.

-And right now, I'm
working on my roof.

-You're working on the roof now.

-Mhm.

-Any wonder it's
a popular program.

Wow.

Thank you for
allowing us to visit.

Great to meet you.

-Thanks for coming by,
and very nice meeting you.

-Thank you.

I need to get back to my place.

But I need to check this out.

-How about we go
to the front desk?

-OK.

-OK.

-Bye, everybody.

They're so involved.

JOYCE: I know.

-I'll get you my card.

-All right, and
I'll take the book.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

There's your card.

-Mhm.

-And here's the book.

-"I Heard a Little Baa."

-Baa.

-Thanks, Miss Broadhus.

-You're welcome.

-You've got the best ideas.

-Thank you, and you
have fun with that book.

-Thanks.

See you later.

-Bye

-Bye.

Aren't libraries
wonderful places?

With wonderful people.

We'll read this
together after a while.

Right now, let's
go to the kitchen.

I have an idea.

Hi, fish.

The children at the
library gave me an idea.

You know, we could use that
for X and Henrietta's Tree.

And we could use that
for Daniel's Clock.

And we could use
that for the Castle.

And how about this
for the Factory?

Lady Elaine's Museum-Go-Round.

Take some paper.

We can just crumple that
up for the Platypus Mound.

Here's a little raisin box.

We could use that
for the Trolley.

You see, you can
make your own model,

your own Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

You could even use a little
box like this for your Trolley.

Course, you don't need
anything for pretending.

You can just make up your
own stories in your head.

But since we have these boxes,
we might as well just use them.

Let's pretend that
the Royal Mouse

is still visiting Lady Elaine.

They've been working
on a surprise party.

OK, Trolley.

Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

[BELL]

-Hi, Trolley.

-Oh, my.

This is rather amusing.

Don't you agree,
Miss Paulificate?

-Oh, I should say.

Reminds me of my
tap dancing days.

-Oh, treat me to a few
steps, won't you please?

-Oh, of course.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Is that how you do it?

Yes, lovely.

-You're very good at
that, Miss Paulificate.

-Oh, I've always loved dancing.

-Thank you both for
your clicking dance.

Neighbor Aber, I presume.

-Oh, correct as
usual, King Friday.

-These clickers remind me
of the Royal Hula Mouse.

-Uh-oh.

-Miss Paulificate.

-Yes, Sire?

-You may call every
person in the world,

and tell each one
that the Royal Mouse

must come back right away.

-Every person in the world?

-As many as you need to call.

-Right, Sire.

-Mhm.

Yes.

Absolutely.

And will you help,
Neighbor Aber?

-Oh, of course,
King Friday, but--

-No but's about it.

Hula Mouse has
been gone too long.

-I'll do my best, King Friday.

However--

-Do what you must, and farewell.

-Farewell.

I suppose the Mouse is
still at the Museum-Go-Round

with Lady Elaine.

Let's go check.

[SINGING] The Hula Mouse.

The Hula Mouse.

Let's go and find the
Royal Hula-- Hula Mouse.

The Hula Mouse.

Let's find the Royal
Hula-- oh, look.

-Oh, that'll be just right.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-Oh, it certainly is.

And Museum is round, and
we'll have round cookies,

and round-- oh, why
look who's here.

-Well, hello.

-Hello, Neighbor Aber.

Meet HM.

-Mucho gusto.

-How do you do, Hula Mouse?

-How do you do, Mr. Aber?

-Looks like you're
having a great time.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-HM's got the best ideas.

-Are you two planning
something together?

-Mm.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-And it's a big round surprise.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-You make me laugh too, HM.

I haven't had such fun in years.

-Well, I hate to
break up the fun.

-What do you mean?

-King Friday says
he wants the Royal

Hula Mouse to come
back right away.

-Oh, he's an old spoil sport.

I need this Hula Mouse.

I need you, HM.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-But don't tell
him the surprise.

-Now you mentioned that
before, Lady Elaine.

What surprise is that?

-We're cooking up
something really special.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-Something with hoops?

-Oh, you might say so.

Have you got anything round?

-I beg your pardon?

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-Something round.

I-- I don't think-- oh, yes.

I have this round clicker.

-Perfect.

Keep it handy.

-All right, I will.

In the meantime,
I think we better

let King Friday know that
the Royal HM is found.

-OK, toots.

But come back as
soon as you can.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-Good.

-Hasta luego.

-Hasta la vista, toots.

-That's great.

I can see why King Friday
would miss you, HM.

[SINGING] The Hula Mouse.

The Hula Mouse.

We found the Royal Hula Mouse.

The Hula Mouse.

The Hula Mouse.

We found the Royal Hula Mouse.

-[SINGING] I'm glad
the Hula Mouse is here.

-Hello, Edgar.

-Hola, Edgar.

-[SINGING] Oh, King
Friday has been

looking everywhere for you.

-Where is he now, Edgar?

-[SINGING] He's flying around
the world on the purple jet.

-Around the world?

What a great idea.

-Yes, but someone must let
him know that you're found.

Oh, here is that someone now.

-I'm calling him now.

Welcome back, HM.

-Gracias.

-That's right.

Somewhere in the great
round world, Trolley.

[BELL]

-So King Friday got
impatient, and went

around the world looking for HM.

It is fun to see
that mouse, isn't it?

What do you suppose the surprise
is that he and Lady Elaine

are planning together?

We'll think more
about that next time.

I've gotta put these away.

Do you have some
things you could

use to make your own Clock?

Or Factory?

Or Tree?

You have such good ideas.

I bet you could construct
a whole Neighborhood

of Make-Believe, your own kind
of Make-Believe, to play with.

And after you construct
it, then you'd

put the toys back after
you've played with them.

That's what we do.

I'm proud of you.

I'm proud of you, fish.

You're good eaters.

Let's look at that
"Baa" book that Miss

Broadhus though we might like.

"I Heard a Little Baa,"
written by Elizabeth MacLeod.

Illustrated by Louise Phillips.

"I heard a little baa.

It woke me from my sleep.

First, I saw a woolly face.

And then I saw a sheep.

Baa.

I heard a little growl.

I peeked behind a chair.

First, I saw a shaggy paw.

And then I saw a bear.

Grr.

I heard a little purr.

I lifted up the mat.

First, I saw some silky fur.

And then I saw a cat.

Prr.

I heard a little squeak.

I searched around the house.

First, I saw two shiny eyes.

And then I saw a mouse."

It's not the Hula
Mouse, but it's a mouse.

"Eek.

I heard a little bark.

I peered inside a log.

First, I saw a floppy ear.

And then I saw a dog.

Woof woof.

I heard a little oink.

I pushed aside some twigs.

First, I saw some curly tails.

And then I saw some pigs.

Oink.

I heard a little giggle.

I looked.

What did I see?

First, I saw ten wiggling toes.

And then the rest of me.

Tee-hee."

I've enjoyed our
reading times today.

Books are so wonderful.

You can look at a book
as long as you want to.

When I was a little
boy, I'd sit and look

at the pictures in a book.

And I'd make up my own
stories about those pictures.

That was really fun.

Well, there's lots
that's fun to do,

and lots that's
fun to think about.

I like to think about
things with you.

[SINGING] It's such a good
feeling to know you're alive.

It's such a happy feeling,
you're growing inside.

And when you wake
up, ready to say,

I think I'll make
a snappy new day.

It's such a good feeling,
a very good feeling,

the feeling you know that I'll
be back when the day is new.

And I'll have more
ideas for you.

And you'll have things
you'll want to talk about.

I will too.

We'll have lots to talk about,
and lots to do next time.

I'll be back.

Bye.