03x07 - Shari Lewis, Paul Rodriguez & Cloris Leachman

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what's the story amigos

this is keno with some cool stories for

today's story time

sherry lewis and lamb chop joined kino

for a knock in good time

is going to be i want to see quinoa

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reading is fun no matter when you do it

you have obviously never tried

reading when the lights are out

you're right hey where's keno what

you saikino is going to be onisi kidoki

no

i don't know what's so funny

i don't know what's so funny kino said

he was going to be here i don't

understand surprise

you know i almost caught apoplexy

hello kino he knows there's some people

here want to meet you

oh yeah yup yup this is hannah and this

is the uh

oh hi hannah hi theo this is yeah so i

didn't like chopped lamb

i'm very sorry kino this is like lamb

chop

yeah oh gosh i've always wanted to meet

you

gee this is really pretty exciting for

me do you like stories too lamb chop

do i like stories do cats have

whiskers

and the story that we have here today is

a very interesting one it's about

a family from the appalachian mountains

and when i read it you're going to hear

how they speak well how do they speak

they speak with their mouths right

well no they speak a little differently

they say dogs are scratching

and tomcat is a lickin that means like

this lickin

and all of this happens until knock

knock knock

no what knock knock who's there

ken ken who can you please read the

story

yes i can read the story but there's a

part for all of you in the story

whenever i say possum come a knocking at

the door you say it too

did you write this story no it was

written by

nancy van laan did you do it to pictures

no

pictures by george booth you didn't

write it no you didn't draw it nope

so what do you do i read and she did

okay now it starts with your sentence

are you ready yeah

possum comma knocking at the door at the

door

again knocking

cooking in the kitchen making taters

when a possum cover knocking out

door this was tossing baby while pappy

was a whitland when

a possum come a knocking at the door

brother

was untangling all the tiny lines

for fishing while sis was tossing baby

and pappy was a woodland

and paul was busy fixing and ma was busy

cooking

and granny was a knitting when a possum

come a knocking at the door

dog was a twitching and a

scratching in the corner when

a possum

knocking at the door what's that

sis said don't know brother said watch

that

paul said don't know granny said but

that cat

she said that cat ought to go then the

dog started sniffing in a porn and a

growling

while the cat tail of twitching was a

hissing

and a howl in making granny stop a

knitting and pappy stop a whitland and

babies start

fussing sister and brother start cussing

cause a little old possum was a knocking

at the door

what's that granny said don't know papi

said

what's that ma said don't know pa said

then i quickly crossed the floor

and i peeked under the door

it's a possum come on knocking on the

door i said

it's a possum come on knocking on the

door

then brother came a leaping and sis came

a running and baby came a crawling

and dogs started howling and poppy was a

chuckling

and granny's eyes was twinkling as ma

followed tar to the door

now hush passing now hush

ma said and slowly pop

up the door now you all stop you're

hollering and you're fussing in your

cousin

cause there's nothing that's a knocking

at the door no

possum puppy said no possum

paw said no possum granny said

no person ma said and then we all

started doing like before

granny was a sit and while pappy was a

wittling ma was a cooking while paw was

a fixin

brother was untangling while sis was

tossing baby

dog was a scratchin while tomcat

was a licking

and i was just a sitting and a looking

out the window when i saw

what i saw scoot up the old oak tree

a possum was a scootin and a scramblin

and a danglin that possum that was

knockin

made a fool out of me

oh boy that was cool huh thanks sherry

oh thank you kino

gee i can't wait to tell my little

sister mariana

that i meant lamb chops

and i can't wait to tell charlie that

i'm heading

aha oh gosh thanks and thank you

sherry i'm late for morris bye hannah

bye theo

and goodbye lamb chop

bye keno

i can't wait until we come back i'm

knocking

out his door

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good idea later at the story place

this time it's not a possum it's a paul

hey everybody how are you kino invited

me to

come over and read you guys some stories

oh paul come join the story fiesta

all right all right i'll be right there

oh i

am so excited you'll love this

paul did you bring a favorite book i

brought two two of my favorite books

one of them is about uh this elephant

who's uh

red green purple orange pink

i got it i like it pink yellow white

all the colors red orange all right

this the name of the elephant is elmer

and he was colored and pictured and the

words were by a guy named david mckee

and i think it's a wonderful story okay

here it goes

there once was a herd of elephants

elephants young elephants old elephants

short

elephants tall elephants thin

they were all different

all were happy and almost all were the

same color

almost i say because elmer

was not elephant color he was patchwork

he was yellow and red and pink and

purple

and blue and orange and white

it was elmer who kept the other

elephants happy

their games and jokes were always his

idea

if an elephant was laughing the cause

was usually elder but elmer himself

wasn't happy

whoever heard of a patchwork

elephant he thought no wonder they

laughed at me

one morning just as the others were

waking up

elmer slipped away as he walked through

the jungle

elmer met other animals the other animal

said

good morning elmer that's hot that's how

the animals thought

after a long walk elmer found what he

was looking for

a large bush covered with elephant

colored berries

elmer caught a hold of the bush and he

shook it until the berries all fell

on the ground then elmer laid down

and rolled all over on the berries he

rubbed this way

and he rubbed that way

right he picked up bunches of berries

and rubbed himself

all over until he was covered with berry

juice

when he had finished there wasn't a sign

of any yellow or orange

or red or pink or purple or blue or

green or black or

white elmer looked like

any other elephant

on his way back through the jungle elmer

passed the other animals

good morning elephant they said

when elmer rejoined the herd none of the

other

elephants noticed him see i can't tell

which one it is right there

nope but he's in there as he stood there

elmer felt that

something was wrong but what what was

wrong

he looked around the same old jungle

it was the same old blue sky same old

rain clouds same old elephants

the other elephants were standing

absolutely still

they were quiet they were very serious

elmer had never seen them so serious

before you know

it made him want to laugh finally he

couldn't bear it any longer

he lifted his trunk at the top of his

voice

and he went

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the other elephants jumped and surprised

elmer

was helpless with the laughter the

others

began to laugh too they were all

laughing they're going

ha too bad

elver isn't here to share the fun they

said laughing harder and

and harder and then the rain cloud

bursted when the rain fell

on elmer his patchwork started to show

again

you see it you see what's happening do

you see you see the water what it's

doing

oh elmer gasp an old elephant

elmer was washed back to normal you know

you played some good

jokes but this has been the biggest

laugh of all what would we do without

you

you know what we must celebrate this day

every year

said another elephant yeah the day of

elmer's best

joke all of us elephants will decorate

ourselves in honor

of him said a third elephant then elmer

will

decorate himself elephant color

and one day each year the elephants

colored themselves

yellow and orange and red

and pink and white and white and green

and blue

and what else red orange red orange

yellow yellow anybody over here

okay we'll take out all those colors and

they would have a parade

so if you happen to see an elephant on

elmer's day parade who is just an

ordinary elephant color

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you will know it has to be

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and that's my story oh i like that story

hey how about another story paul hey

keno i just happen to have

a great story a story that i could

relate with

because it's called the abuela can we

all say it

now that means grandma in spanish and

this story was written

by a gentleman named arthur dorros and

all the beautiful pictures that you're

gonna see

were by elisa clavin okay are we

ready yeah yeah all right

abuela takes me on the bus we go

all around the city you see them hopping

on the bus there okay

and try to picture what city they're in

abuela is my

grandma she's my mother's mother abuela

you see abuela means grandma in spanish

see

abuela speaks spanish because well

that's what people spoke where she grew

up

before she came to this country abuela

and i

are always going to places today we're

going to the park

el parque es muy lindo

says abuela i know what she means

i think the park is beautiful too pantos

pajaros abuela says

as a flock of bird surrounds us so many

birds

they're picking up the bread we brought

what if they pick me up says a little

girl and carried me

high above the park what if i could fly

i will i would wonder where i was

swooping like a bird i called to her

then she'd see me flying rosalba the

bird

rosanba el pajaro pena abuela

come abuela i'd say

awena would reply as she leaped into the

sky

with her skirt flapping in the wind

we would fly all over the city midah

meet a well i would say pointing and i

looked as if we

soared over parks and streets

dogs and people we waved to the people

waiting for the bus buenos dias

we'd say buenos dias good morning

they'd call up to us we fly over

factories

and trains and glide close to the sea

we'd say we'd almost touch the tops of

the waves

abuela's skirt would be a sail she would

race with the sailboats

i'll bet she'd win too we'd fly to where

the ships are docked

and watch people unload fruits from

lands where abuela grew up

mangoes bananas papayas

you see those are all spanish words and

so

are rodeo patio

amburo but the way i pronounce them is

rodeo

patio iburu and maybe

we'd see a cousin of abuelas hooking

boxes of fruit

to the crane we saw her cousin daniel

once

unloading and loading ships

out past the boats in the harbor we'd

see the statue of liberty

me gusta abuela would say abuela really

likes her

i do too we would circle around

liberty's head and

wave to the people visiting her that

would remind abuela when she first came

to this country

vamos alero puerto she say she

take me to the airport where the planes

at first brother landed

abuela would tell me we'd have to be

very careful

as we went for a short ride

then we could fly to theo pablos

and tia elisa store si pablo is my

uncle my tio and elisa is my aunt

my tia they'd be surprised when we flew

in

but they'd offer us a cool limonada you

see flying

is hard work

abuela would say she wants to fly more

i want to fly more too we could fly to

las nubis

the clouds one looks like a cat

agato one looks like a bear unoso

one looks like a chair una sia

abuela would say she wants to rest a

moment

we would rest in our chairs and abuela

would hold me in her arms

with the whole sky as our house

nuestra casa our house imagine the whole

sky

we'd be as high as airplanes balloons

and birds

and higher than the tall buildings

downtown but we'd fly there too

to look around we could find a building

where my father works

hola papa i'd say as i wait

and abuela would do a flip just for fun

as we pass by the windows

mira i hear abuela say look she's

telling me

i do look and we are back in the park

we are walking by the lake abuela

probably wants to go for a boat ride

she says she wants us to go for another

adventure

that's just one of the things i love

about my abuela

she likes adventures abuela takes my

hand

vamanos she says let's go

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that's the abuela let me ask you

you ready how did they go around to all

these places

no imagination imagination

where where does imagination take place

boys and girls

people from your head in our heads right

in here

oh oh i get it so so if i

use my imagination when i see a boat on

the water

all i have to do is say what if what if

i could float for hours

and then i just pretend that's right

that's right boys and girls

all you need is your imagination huh

gee that sounds like uh a game we could

play right now

watch what if we went on a picture book

visit

huh yeah yeah are you all ready

yeah hey it's cloris reading

the hungry thing to her grandkids

they look like they're in the kitchen

one

morning a hungry thing came to town

he sat on his tail he pointed to a sign

around his neck

that said feed me

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the town's people gathered around to see

the hungry thing

what would you like to eat ask the

town's townspeople

man cakes answered the hungry thing

man cakes ask the townspeople how do you

eat them what can they

be why dear me

said a wise man schmann cakes that's

plain or a small kind of

chicken that falls with the rain

of course said a cook schmann cakes i've

read are better to eat when you stand on

your head

i think said a little boy you're all

very silly man cakes sound like

fan cakes sound like

pancakes to me

so the towns people gave the hungry

things some

pancakes the hungry thing ate them all

up the hungry thing pointed to a sign

that said

feed me what would you like to eat

ask the town's people tickles answered

the hungry thing

tickles cried the town's people how do

you eat them what can they be

why dear me said the wise man tickles

you know

are curly tailed hot dogs that grow in a

row

of course said the cook tickles taste

yummy and you giggle and laugh with ten

in your tummy

i think so the little boy it's all very

clear

tickle sounds like sickle sounds like

pickles to me and they gave the hungry

thing some

people the hungry thing ate them all

up he's under fed

have some bread said a lady dressed in

red

it seems to me he'd like some tea said a

fellow up a tree

a bit of rice might be nice said a baby

sucking ice

the hungry thing just shook his head and

pointed to his sign that said

feed me the townspeople tried again what

would you like to eat

ask the town's people fried loaf

answered the hungry thick feet loaf

cried the townspeople how do you eat it

what can it be

the wise man feet loaf let's see um

it's a kind of um shoe pudding that

grows in a tree

of course said the cook feet loaf tastes

sweet

and it's eaten by kings when they dine

in bare feet

i think said the little boy you ought to

know feet loaf

sounds like beet loaf sounds

like meatloaf to me

that's right so the townspeople gave the

hungry thing some meatloaf

the hungry thing ate it all up he again

pointed to his sign that said

feed me what would you like to eat this

time at the town's people

cookies cried the hungry hookies

said the townspeople how do you eat them

what can they be

hookies said the wise men are known in

far lands

as a special spaghetti to eat

holding hands cookie said the cook are a

party dish to serve to a guest

if he isn't a fish i think said the

little boy

it's all very simple hookies sound like

lookies sound like cookies

to me that's right the townspeople gave

the hungry thing some and he ate them

all up then he got to his feet he smiled

he patted his mouth on a line of laundry

he turned around three times

is it true he's all through asked a lady

dressed in blue

let's all try to say goodbye said a man

with a can

come again said some men but the hungry

thing just sat

down again and he pointed to his sign

that said

feed me what do you want to eat that's

the town's people

golly pops said the hungry golly pops

cried the townspeople

how do you eat them what can they be

oh dear me said the wise man golly pops

are new they are cereal shaped like

toys and sugar coated too children

said the cook buy them by the dozens and

trade off the box tops with classmates

and cousins

i think said the boy you all ought to

hear gollipops sound like

dolly pops sound like

lollipops to me

so the townspeople gave the hungry thing

some lollipops

the hungry thing ate them all up and he

pointed to his sign again

oh please said the townspeople

we've been here all day isn't there a

quicker way i think said the boy that

there is

have some noodles the little boy asked

the hungry thing

the hungry thing shook his head oh

excuse me are you

i meant to say foodles the hungry thing

smiled and ate them all up

just look said the cook let's all

try was the cry so they all got dizzy

have some smello they gave him

jello have some bread they gave him some

bread

have a banana they gave a banana the

hungry thing

eight and eight he looked very full

is there anything more we can give you

the townspeople wanted to know

the hungry thing politely covered a

hiccup he thought for a while then

broof with a smacker he said

boop with us macro boop with a smacker

what is that the townspeople ask

the boy whispered to the wise man the

wise man whispered took a cook

and the cook gave the hungry thing

soup with a cr*cker

the hungry thing ate them all up he

smiled

he got to his feet he wiped his mouth on

the cook's hat

just as he left he turned the sign

around

in big letters it said

thank you

well thank you all for coming today

please come again for some more stories

until then keep with the story in your

heart

sayonara everybody

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today's story time books are possum come

unknocking

elmer

abuela

and the hungry thing

you can find these and other books at

your local library

major funding for story time is made

possible by a grant from helen and peter

bing

so that families everywhere can share

the joy of reading with their children

additional funding is provided by the

corporation for public broadcasting

by the annual financial support from

viewers like you

[Music]

and by the national endowment for

children's educational television

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story time is production of kcut los

angeles