[Music]
it had been a day of rough and tumble
katie learned that even pillows can hurt
when someone hits you a little too hard
orbee found out that if you do three
somersaults in a row
you get really dizzy and they both
discovered
that sharing a friend can be a lot of
fun
miguel was visiting for the whole day
after lunch mom looked around at the
living room it was a bit
upside down she suggested playing
outside
the friends didn't need any convincing
and in flash they were gone
once they were outside they saw mrs
peret checking her mailbox
katie called her and asked if they could
play in her willow tree
miguel looked at his two friends he
couldn't figure out why on earth they
would want to do that
mrs peret told them that she and the
tree would be delighted
the kitty grabbed miguel's hand and in a
flash they were at the tree
miguel walked in through the branches
and was surprised to find on the other
side
it was hollow the branches made a little
shell around the tree and once inside
no one could see you
was a low branch just right for climbing
now miguel understood why katie and
orbee
wanted to play in the willow it was sort
of
magical katie immediately suggested they
play a game of wizards
they could pretend that this magic tree
was their forest home
everybody loved the idea and they began
to play
katie picked up three willow wands she
told her wizard friends to be careful
the magic
in the wands was really strong
everybody giggled orbee tooted to his
friends that he was a very
powerful wizard and he spun around to
prove it
miguel waved his wand as he told his
friends he was so
powerful he could actually with the wave
of his willow wand
make the bird sing
katy and orbee smiled at that he waved
his wand
furiously and then in a very magical way
he said
at first there was silence and then
one bird started to sing and another
sang back
and soon the yard was full of birds
singing their songs
katie and orbee were so impressed with
the extraordinary magic of miguel
they clapped then orbee stretched up
tall poking his wand way up high in the
sky
he made circles in the air and he
trumpeted he
wizard orbis katie and miguel chuckled
at the sound of it
well he said wizard orbis could actually
cause the flowers and mrs perez garden
to bloom with his
unbelievable magic the other wizards
nodded in agreement this would
definitely be
an amazing feat
ever so slowly they pulled the willow
branches apart
and peeked out at mrs peret's flowers
she was watering them and noticed the
three wizards looking at her
mrs perette waved but the wizards took
no notice
they looked in wonder at all the
beautiful flowers
and clapped for wizard orbis then they
all waved to mrs caret
and shot back under the willows
katie told her friends it was almost
unbelievable how magic they really were
the boys had to admit it was true
orbee burbled it was her turn kitty
thought for a minute
and then she crouched low and walked all
around the willow tree
and she told them she would make the
willow tree
whisper
well i have to tell you
just hearing such an impossible thing
made orbee and miguel
stop pretending for a moment mcgill
pointed out
birds sing they sing anyway so he knew
his magic could come true
or be softly verbal to katie he had done
the same thing
everybody knew the flowers were out but
trees never whispered they couldn't even
talk
orbee and miguel both looked at katie
and told her that she should
change it to something else katie smiled
at both of them
you have to believe in magic she pointed
out
the tree would whisper maybe not right
now but soon
with that she suggested a flying wizard
game
she climbed up on the low branch and
said she was flying as she jumped down
arms outstretched miguel climbed up next
to him he did the same thing
only he whooped when he jumped on
orbee climbed up a little higher and did
a somersault
in the air the other two wizards
applauded they were very impressed
orbee pointed out that the tree hadn't
whispered yet
he nurbled katie could easily change her
mind and do something like
make the grass green if she wanted
katie kissed orbee in the end of his
long notion she told him that right now
the tree had nothing to say
orbee and miguel looked at each other
they really weren't sure that katie
understood the game
miguel scratched his head with his wand
and then he raised it up and told them
it was now time for the wild wizard
dance
orbee made a tooting beeping sound that
was perfect for
wild wizard dancing and all the wizards
began to boogie him i have to tell you
it was wild bobby ran up the tree and
flipped over onto his feet again katie
wiggled and waved her arms and miguel
pretended his wand was making him dance
and
it was very very funny pretty soon it
was time to
head home for some juice the wizards hid
their wands in the branches of the tree
orbee asked katie again if she wanted to
do another
wand wish kitty smiled the tree would
whisper
orbee shook his head he couldn't
understand why
katie kept saying that the three friends
parted the branches and headed over to
the sidewalk
mrs peret waved goodbye to them and they
weighed back and as they turned toward
katie's
a very surprising thing occurred
the trees branches rustled in the wind
and katie beamed
orbee and miguel stood stock still
orbee burbled in the softest voice
that the tree was whispering
miguel who was listening very hard
turned to his two friends and told them
he knew what the tree was saying
katie giggled with the light miguel
smiled
it had invited him to come back and play
another day well orbee just stood
and looked from katie to mcgill and then
he threw his arms around katie and told
her
she was the most magical wizard of all
time and do you know
i think at that very moment maybe she
was
and i hope the next time you're out of
nature you'll listen for the whisper
of the trees i just happen to know that
the trees would love it if you came back
to play with them
too
[Music]
did you know in china
there's a huge wall that was built many
many years ago
it's so big that it took over 1 000
years to build
in fact it's so big that you can even
see it from outer space
wow that's a pretty big wall
[Music]
it was a perfect autumn day
katie discovered that it mum puts a
bright red leaf between two sheets of
waxed paper
and irons it you can keep the leaf
almost forever
orb you learned that acorns seemed to
have little hats on them
and they both found out that making a
fall collage means that you have bright
fall
colors all over your page
well the doorbell had been ringing all
morning arthur
yee ping miguel brynn and phoebe had all
gathered at katie's house
they wanted to play outside on this
beautiful october day
[Music]
in the backyard friends were playing a
game of what am i
that meant you had to search the yard
for something that was a
similar color to your clothes and make
the shape of it with your body
then everybody had to guess what you
were
arthur and his bright red jacket easily
blended in with the
sumac bush but he spread his arms out
yi ping's yellow sweater looked almost
exactly like the yellow wheelbarrow
she stuck a leg out
katie and her t-shirt and jeans sat in a
funny position and looked a lot like the
lawn chairs
orbeez searched the yard for something
that was his color
pink but he found nothing not
even a pink flower was left as miguel
bryn and phoebe all stood in front of
the hanging sheets
trying to look like they were blowing in
the wind or be realized that
his pink didn't go with too many autumn
things
he made a funny shape like the birdbath
anyway
and everyone laughed
next they decided on a game of statues
brynn was the statue maker
she spun katie refinished spinning and
came to rest with one leg sticking up
and
her hands stretched out in front of her
as they played the statue got sillier
and sillier until finally it was
arthur's turn
brims spun arthur and he sort of tripped
and stuck one
foot in the air and his head and his
hands rested down on the ground
that orbee was next brim forgot how
light he was and
made him spin fast he bumped into arthur
and rolled up on his back when arthur
started laughing
on arthur's back orbee pointed two feet
out the back and one arm reached way up
into the sky
they made such a funny statue that
everybody clapped until arthur who was
laughing so hard
finally collapsed
orbee and arthur tumbled onto the ground
in the giggling heat
and the giggling heap looked like
absolutely so much fun
that the other friends all ran and piled
on
soon it was a huge pile of friends all
laughing
mom brought out a tray of juice and
cheese treats
as everybody enjoyed their snack they
tried to decide what to play next
katie looked out at the brightly colored
garden and said that it looked
perfect for hide and seek
as everyone got their last drop of juice
they all agreed
the game picked up pretty quickly miguel
was it
as he counted to 20 his friends all shot
out to find the best hiding places they
could
orbee climbed up a tree and hid in the
brightly colored leaves on the branch
as mcgill shouted out 20 and added ready
or not here i come
orbee ducked down holding himself very
still
in what seemed like one second miguel
called out one two three on orbee
and touched home base
now i should explain that orbee was
really surprised
he could barely see miguel through the
leaves and he certainly couldn't see the
ground
but he climbed down eager to play the
next round
when everyone had been caught orbee
asked miguel
how he had seen him in such a grand
hiding place miguel patted his shoulder
and told him that
leaves are all kinds of colors but they
aren't pink
or beside the next round orbee was it
and he found everyone in time he found
phoebe first
so she was it next
orbee scanned the yard as phoebe county
and he saw a perfect place behind a
tipped up wheelbarrow
orbee stood underneath and was perfectly
hidden
but after phoebe counted to 20 she
looked around and called
out one two three on orbee now
you can imagine orbee was very bothered
by this
why was he so easy to find
when he asked phoebe she explained that
she knew the wheelbarrow didn't have
pink toes
and he did this pink thing was started
to get to orbee
pink was a terrific color for everything
else after all it made people happy it
was so bright and cheerful
but it wasn't great for hide and seek
he didn't play the next round he watched
as he searched around the backyard he
noticed that katie was hard to see
because
only her shoes showed behind the bush
and black shoes fit in with nature
and just as he realized that arthur's
red hair fit in with the leaves
orbee had a brilliant idea
he scrambled up the stairs in katie's
room he threw open the costume box
and found black leotards a black hat and
a long black coat
as he looked in the mirror he grinned
now he had a chance
when he came out yi ping was counting
the others were nowhere to be seen
he called to her that he was playing
again as he ran to the back of the yard
during that round of hide and seek when
orbee hid nobody found him
he'd crouched down behind the back
garden plants and actually after a few
minutes
all the friends joined yi ping in the
hut
when miguel literally tripped on him
orbee jumped up
and raced to home base he surprised
everybody because he wasn't pink like
orbeez should be
and for a minute nobody knew exactly who
he was
as he ran his coat which was too long
tripped him
he flipped in midair and pushed off a
tree trunk into a cartwheel
the friends all looked at each other now
there was no question as to
who this person in the black coat was
yi ping with the shriek yelled out that
it was orbee and she scrambled for home
base but this time
orbee beat her and got home free
everybody cheered for even yeeping
barbie told his friends that being pink
was the greatest but
not for hiding everyone agreed that when
they looked for him
they looked for pink it was certainly
going to be more difficult now that he
had black on
[Music]
and i have to tell you that all the
friends remembered that game of hide and
seek
they even do to this day
and you know that if you had been there
you'd have remembered it too
it was great fun
[Music]
the very best animal to travel with in
the desert
is a cattle camels are much more at home
in the desert
than a horse or a goat or even an
elephant
that's because a camel can go up to 10
days without water isn't that incredible
[Music]
[Music]
it had been a day of imagining
katie learned that you can pretend to
fly but it's not safe to jump off
anything higher than the bed
orbee found out that even if you think
you're strong enough to lift the whole
house
you're not really that strong and they
both discovered
that if you really try to imagine it
you can turn your whole bedroom into an
enchanted forest
katie and orbee had been playing king
and queen and orbee was still in his big
purple cape
and katie was in her long black dress
katie had to step over the cape to give
orbee his grape juice
they were sitting on the back of the
steps looking out of the garden
when they thought they saw something
move
it was something small but big enough to
see from where they were
on the steps at first they thought
they had imagined it but then the two
friends put down the grape juice glasses
and tiptoed cape dress and all
across the yard where it was moving
again
when it jumped a third time they quickly
realized
their mystery visitor was a frog
katie told orbee that dad had once read
her a story
about a prince who had been turned into
a little frog by a witch
orbee looked at the frog curiously it
did look a little different he thought
maybe
this frog was once a prince
or be immediately bowed deeply with
a great flourish which was what he
thought you would do in front of a
prince
giggles burst out of katie as she told
him that it was only a story
a fairy tale orbee examined the frog
more carefully
there's a chance he burbled that it
wasn't just a fairy tale there was a
chance
it was true maybe this very frog
was actually a prince suffering under
the spill
of a mighty witch katie looked at him
and decided to play along she told orbee
she couldn't remember how
dad's story went exactly but they could
make up their own
their witch was absolutely the nicest
witch in which world
and she cast the spell to help the frog
orbee scratched his head
and strutted like a prince how
could it help the frog or be burbled
katie told orbee the prince was entirely
too rude to prince to stay as a person
she had to change him into a frog
because
he never ever remembered to say thank
you
orbee looked at his friend this was
going to be fun
katie pretending to be the witch told
orbee the prince that until he could
learn to be
polite it would be frog's will for him
then katie picked up a stick and using
it as a wand
waved it in orbeez direction orbee
rolled over backwards with laughter
and ended up in a frog position
pretending he couldn't get up
he tried to talk but all that came out
was an orbeez
then he jumped around the backyard like
a frog cape flying out behind him even
the garden frog
looked at him in disbelief katie laughed
and told him
it would be no help if he begged her to
change back because
manners were very important
and he didn't seem to have any orbeez
hopped right up and circled around her
bubbling
in a froggy way to believe that the
police put the blaze
katie waved her wand and touched the top
of his head
she would only change her mind if he
showed what a polite frog he could be
with that orbee hopped over and
nodded his head this way and that
pretending to have a conversation with
the astonished frog
then katie told orbee that to break the
spell the frog and the story had to be
kissed
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that was the only way orbee looked at
the little frog
he bent down close to it the frog didn't
jump away
and i think it was because he couldn't
believe
that he was actually seeing such a huge
big pink frog
of course it might have been because he
wanted to know the end of the story
but nose to nose with the little
astonished frog
orbee didn't move then he suddenly
jumped up the frog wept away hiding
under a tall leafy flower for protection
orbee walked over to katie and tooted
but the frog was cute and all but
there was no way that he was going to
kiss it katie giggled
and she said it was in the fairy tale
but in their story the ending could be
different if they wanted orbee
crossed down again waiting to find out
what it would be
the little frog under the big leafy
flower peeked out
he wanted to know too i think katie
tapped her shoe with the wand and in a
flash
her face lit up she announced that the
frog
could have had the kiss that would turn
him back to a person
but he decided he didn't want it
orbee burbled the question didn't the
frog want to be a prince again
katie bean joyful of her great idea
she said that the frog loved to swim in
the pond
or be mimed some frog swimming while he
perched on a soccer ball
katie found it hysterical wiping away
laugh tears and she added that he loved
to hop from lily pad to lilly pat
orbee leap from the soccer ball to the
wheelbarrow to the sandbox
to the lawn chair into the ball again
katie
shrieked with laughter the little frog
under the leafy plant
popped out a tiny bit more to get a
better view
katie started in again she said that as
the frog hopped
he realized he had to have good manners
even if he was a tiny green
well in this case pink frog soon the
prince
orbi frog was hopping and swimming and
saying
please and thank you too then katie
finished her version of the story when
the
witch came back to grant the little frog
his princely body
she was surprised to find that he wanted
to stay a frog
but when she heard him say please which
was very polite
she agreed and soon the witch left the
happy frog in the pond
with his wish come true the end
pleased with their story katie and orbee
headed for what was left of their jews
katie told orbee that as the wits left
the prince in the frog state and walked
away
the happy frog croaked thank you so you
can imagine how startled they were to
hear a very real
rabbit come from little green frog in
the garden
they were so surprised they
they burst out laughing now i'm not sure
if the frog actually understood the
story
but it certainly seemed like it after
all
he did make a croaking sound
and if you had been there you would have
heard him too
you
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06x05 - Willow Whispers / Pink! / The Pond Prince
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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.