01x07 - Newton's Big Adventure / Peep Crosses the Road

[bunniefuu]

MAN: ♪ Well, it's a sunny day

♪ I feel brand new

♪ There's about a million things that I could do ♪

♪ Whoa, would you like to...

♪ Do them, too?

♪ Yeah

♪ Well, it's a big wide world

♪ And it's waiting for me and you. ♪

[clapping to music]

♪ Let's look around

♪ What will we see?

♪ Round every corner, a discovery ♪

♪ Whoa, there's no place I'd... ♪

♪ Rather be

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ Well, it's a big wide world

♪ And it's waiting

♪ For me and you.

NARRATOR: It was another one of those days

when Newton the Turtle spent all morning sleeping-- more or less.

Ooh.

Ooh!

Ooh!

[grunts]

PEEP: Newton!

Newton!

NARRATOR: Peep and Quack ran to the crabapple tree

with important news.

Newton, you won't believe

the adventures we just had!

I went down the rabbit hole!

Oh...

And Quack...

I got stuck in the hollow log.

Ah...

What have you been doing today?

Well...

first, an apple fell on me.

Then... an apple fell on me.

And then, an...

Yeah, yeah, yeah-- an apple fell on you.

Well... yes!

How did you know?

Why don't you come have adventures with us?

[Quack grumbling]

I don't know.

I don't move as fast as you.

That's right, you don't.

Well, we've got things to do.

So long!

PEEP: You're still invited!

We'll be at the pond!

NARRATOR: Watching Peep and Quack,

Newton began to think he might be missing something.

You know, it's time I had some adventures of my own.

Yes.

Here I go!

NARRATOR: And so began Newton the Turtle's adventures.

Newton thought of all the things that he had never seen before.

How do you think about something you've never seen?

NARRATOR: Newton would never see anything new if he didn't keepmoving.

Right.

Onward!

[gasps]

Oh, my first discovery!

What are you?

NARRATOR: Newton had found dandelions growing.

[sniffing]

Hmm.

[sneezing]

Oh... oh...

Wow!

[gasps]

[splashing]

NARRATOR: Suddenly, Newton found himself

in the middle of a tremendous puddle.

But Newton didn't panic.

I think... I'm panicking!

NARRATOR: Like a turtle, he took it slow and thought of a solution.

[water sloshing]

Hmm?

[water splashing]

[gasps]

I caught one!

I got you!

Oh...

[wind blowing]

NARRATOR: Before going in, Newton made sure he could get out again.

Okay, here I go.

Kind of crummy in here.

[crumbs crunching]

[gasps]

Got it!

Ha-ha!

Nobody thinks I'm fast, but I caught... a... a thing!

A flying thing!

[wind whistling]

Kind of... spooky in here.

Uh-oh.

NARRATOR: Newton saw where he wanted to be.

Hmm.

NARRATOR: But he wasn't sure how to get there.

[grunting]

[straining]

[straining]

Whoa...!

[grunts]

[voices approaching]

[metallic drumming]

No, not food.

[crunches pebble]

Oh, this isn't food, either.

We'll never find any food ever again!

NEWTON: Are you looking for food?

[gasps]

Who said that?

Was that you?

Hey, over here!

Talking pebble!

Incredible.

I'll be famous.

[laughing]

Hmm.

Hello!

It wasn't the pebble.

It was I, Newton.

Oh! Whoa! Whoa!

Big face!

It's a big face coming out of a...

Hmm.

Hmm.

Huh.

A bigger thing!

It's a big thing with a big face stuck on it.

[sighs]

NEWTON: What are you?

Oh! Whoa! Whoa!

I'm a turtle.

If you need food...

would crumbs like this help?

Yes!

Hey, guys!

Food!

ANTS: Hooray!

[ants talking and chomping]

Thank you for bringing us food, giant... thing.

I'm a turtle.

There's a whole box of crumbs right up there.

[ants cheering]

You are so much wiser than we are.

Do you travel the world

helping everyone with your knowledge?

You must have amazing adventures.

Well, I'm having some pretty amazing adventures today.

Thanks again, giant... helpful thing!

I'm a turtle!

NARRATOR: As he watched them, Newton realized the day was ending.

If I don't get home before dark,

I may never find my way back.

NARRATOR: But he didn't know which way led home.

[straining]

[gasps]

There it is!

NARRATOR: Newton went just as fast as he could.

I'm home.

[sighs]

[Newton yawning]

QUACK: Well, look at that.

Sleeping again.

He didn't move all day.

I don't want to wake him up.

I'll say good night to him tomorrow.

NARRATOR: Newton was already dreaming about his day--

about all he'd done

and how far he'd gone on his great adventure.

BOY: It's Sarah, Tessa and me.

We made a small square.

BOY: We got our little spot.

BOY: We're looking for things in this small area.

GIRL: I found something!

BOY: We're looking very closely in our square.

GIRL: Might be a seed.

I don't know what it is.

It kind of looks like a flower.

BOY: And we're finding things that are kind of small.

GIRL: I think it's a regular leaf,

but it's kind of curled.

GIRL: I think I found something.

BOY: I think that's a leaf.

GIRL: Do you think you know what happened to it?

GIRL: Maybe the skin falled off.

GIRL: I don't think leaves have skin.

GIRL: I found a different shaped leaf.

GIRL: I know, the leaves can be different shapes.

BOY: They could be from different trees.

GIRL: I found a ant.

But it keeps crawling.

BOY: I found some grass.

BOY: Feels kind of soft... and skinny.

There's thousands of grass, see?

Look around you.

GIRL: I found a stick.

BOY:Cool.

I wonder where it's from.

I found a grub.

BOY: There's that grub I found.

GIRL: I know one thing

about grubs.

They eat grass, I think.

The grub looks kind of like

it has a couple of hairs on it.

BOY: Try looking very closely in a small area

and see what you can find.

NARRATOR: It was a perfect spring morning.

Peep, Chirp and Quack were marching to... somewhere

when Quack decided to liven things up a bit.

I know something you don't know.

CHIRP: Yeah? What?

Ow! [grunts]

It's a joke.

And you don't know the answer.

Here it is.

[clears throat]

Why did the...

You're not listening, Peep.

Oh, sorry.

Okay, here it is:

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Well?

Well what?

Don't you know how a joke works?

I ask a question, and you guess the answer.

Oh, okay. Oh, okay.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Hmm... why did the chicken cross the road?

Do you know this joke?

Do you know?

Okay.

We have no idea.

Ha! See, I told you I knew something you didn't.

[yells]

Tripping ducks like that!

You should be more careful.

Okay, then.

Well, what is it?

What is what?

The answer.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Oh, right, uh, he crossed the road

because he wanted, uh... because, uh...

well, he wanted to...

Oh!

[groans]

That stick made me forget.

Quack!Quack!

NARRATOR: All that morning,

Quack tried to remember the punch line to his joke.

No, that's not it.

Hmm...

[laughs]

Uh, no, that's not it, either.

Hmm...

Who told you the joke?

Why don't you just go ask them?

[laughing]

Hmm...

Hmm!

I don't remember that, either.

Oh, brother.

I know.

I'm a chicken, right?

So why don't I cross a road

and... and find out why I crossed it?

That's a great idea, Peep!

You're incredible.

Let's go!

NARRATOR: Now, everyone knows

that kids shouldn't cross the road without a grown-up,

but most chickens have never heard of this rule.

Hmm...

What do they use these things for, anyway?

Are you ready?

Here I go.

I'm crossing it.

Be careful, Peep.

There.

I crossed it!

Aah!

NARRATOR: What Quack didn't know, what none of them knew,

is that roads are used by things that move very, very fast.

Peep, stay where you are!

Don't move.

NARRATOR: Things like bicycles, skateboards, cars and trucks.

Things that don't go well with chickens.

And so, until the traffic cleared, Peep was stuck.

[bike bell rings]

Hi!

[bell rings]

I'm still here!

Well, I'm okay!

NARRATOR: But just when Peep thought things couldn't get any worse...

Whoa!

[groans]

Whoa!

Help!

Whoa!

Oh, no!

Water!

Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold.

Hello?

Anybody here?

[gulps]

NARRATOR: Peep had landed in a storm drain,

which ran underneath the road from one side to the other.

To get home, all he needed to do was...

Ride a leaf!

I could ride a leaf!

I did it!

Hooray!

Whoa... whoa... whoa!

Whoa!

[gasping]

I guess I need something bigger than a leaf...

and not as wobbly.

[gasps]

A rock.

A rock doesn't wobble.

If only I could get to it.

One... two... go!

Yay, I made it!

Okay, rock, let's go!

Yes, go that way.

NARRATOR: Unlike the leaf, the rock was not in any danger of sinking.

It couldn't sink because most of it was already on the bottom.

[sighs]

I guess I need something that floats.

Too pointy.

Too bouncy.

Too...

What is that?

[debris smashes against rock]

This might work.

NARRATOR: The bark made a perfect raft.

It was flat, big enough for Peep to stand on, and not too wobbly.

In no time at all it brought him to...

the brink of disaster.

[screams]

[groans]

Poor Peep.

[bike bell rings]

Quack, haven't I told you never to cross a road?

Roads are dangerous.

Well, it wasn't my idea.

It was, um...

Hmm...

Uh, somebody else's idea.

Yeah, that's it.

I'll go see if I can find him.

Hi, everybody.

THREESOME: Peep!

[group cheering, giggling]

You won't do that ever again,

will you, Peep?

No, I like itmuchbetter on this side.

What made you do such a silly thing, anyway?

Cross the road?

Just to get to the other side, I guess, and to see if...

That's it!

That's the answer.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To get to the other side!

That's it!

I remembered!

See, I told you I'd remember.

♪ Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta! [quacks]

♪ Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta! [quacks]

♪ Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta! [quacks]

I know another joke.

No!

No more jokes.

Oh, but it's a good one, Chirp.

QUACK: And I remember the punch line, too-- cuckoo cluck.

Get it? A cuckoo cluck.

I do know how to tell a joke.

Ducks are excellent joke-tellers.

Ducks are excellent at everything.

GIRL: Eric, Grace, Grace's mom and I are going into the woods.

We found a stream.

Grace is trying to put a leaf in the water.

Let's see if it goes down.

It's going really fast.

It's still going.

See, it's over there.

GIRL: See, it got stuck

on a branch.

I have a piece of bark and a piece of leaf.

Maybe that could be a sail or something.

GIRL: It sunk.

A piece of bark.

I think it might get stuck, actually.

GIRL: Get stuck,

and then sink.

It's down here, can you see?

It's under the water.

Turn on the water.

GIRL: We went home, and Grace's mother turned on the hose.

GIRL: Hey, Caroline, Eric,

I made a stream.

I'll try this.

CAROLINE: We were putting leaves

and flowers into the stream.

Flowers.

CAROLINE: The flower is going down really fast.

GRACE: I think it went down fast

maybe because the petals went out,

and the water kind of caught the petals and pushed it down.

CAROLINE: Try putting things in a stream to see how they move.