[pants, barks]
KID:
Word World!
KIDS:
Word World!
♪ Welcome to the place
where words come alive ♪
KID:
Let's build a word.
KIDS:
Word World.
KID:
Word World.
KIDS:
♪ Jump to the b*at
♪ Clap your hands
in the air ♪
KIDS:
Let's build a word!
Word World!
KID:
Word World.
♪ We've got friends
of every size ♪
♪ Building words
before our eyes ♪
♪ Nothing's better
than a letter ♪
♪ They hold our world
together ♪
♪ With Dog
♪ And Sheep
♪ And Duck
♪ And Pig
♪ There's always
a surprise! ♪
[barks]
KIDS:
Word World!
[croaks]
[whimpers]
[giggles]
♪ Welcome to our world
KIDS:
Word World!
♪ Word World♪
KIDS:
Word World!
♪ It's a beautiful world
♪ Word World.♪
KIDS:
Yay!
Radio Read-a-Thon.
NARRATOR:
As evening fell on Word World,
Ant was winding down the day
at his radio station.
Good evening, Word World.
Here's a bedtime tune
everyone loves.
[record crackles]
[slow lullaby playing]
♪
ANT [over radio]:
And don't forget, tomorrow is
the big Word World Radio
Read-a-Thon,
so bring your favorite book
down to my anthill
and read it live on the radio.
Oh, the Radio Read-a-Thon
is tomorrow.
I'd better get ready.
I have to do
my tongue exercises.
Okay, here I go.
One.
[croaks]
Two.
[croaks]
Three.
[croaks][sing-songy]:
Oh, Frog.
Are you ready
to read to me?
[gasps]
Duck, I'm in the middle
of my tongue exercises.
Oh, come on.
Please.
Okay, Duck,
let's put it together.
[chuckling]:
Oh, goody.
Here.
B-O...
O-K.
♪
KIDS:
Book!
[croaks]
This book again?
Yep, it's my
favorite.
Duck Saves
The Day.
[laughs]
Come on.
NARRATOR:
Now this was
Duck's favorite book.
He asked Frog to read it
to him nearly every night.
"A mighty"...
"Yellow duck"...
[laughs, quacks]
Go on.
"Saw his
friend Frog"...
"...was stuck down in the deep
blue pond one sunny day."
Very good, Duck.
NARRATOR:
Of course,
as it was Duck's favorite book,
Frog didn't actually have
to do much reading.
Duck knew it all by heart.
Oh, I just love
this book, Frog.
I sure wish somebody
could read it tomorrow
on the Radio Read-a-Thon.
Well... why don't
you do it, Duck?
'Cause I can't read yet.
[cries]
But you...
[gasping]:
Hold on a second, Frog.
I'm getting an idea.
Ooh, and it's a doozy.
Listen, quack, quack,
seeing as you're so good
at reading Duck
Saves The Day...
Uh...
And it would
be such a shame
if everyone didn't get to hear
the best book in Word World...
Uh...
[gasping]:
Will you read my book
on the radio tomorrow?
Please, Frog.
Quack, quack, please, please,
oh, please, oh, please.
Oh... all right,
if you really want me to.
Oh, thank you, Frog!
[laughs] Thank you!
♪ Gonna hear my book
on the radio ♪
♪ It's gonna rock, ooh-hoo-hoo
♪ Gonna hear my
book on the radio ♪
♪ It's gonna
rock, ooh-hoo-hoo. ♪
All right, Frog,
if you're going to read
Duck Saves The Day
on the radio tomorrow,
we're going to have
to practice reading it
all night long.
You got that?[sighs]
Okay, Duck.
[clears throat]
Duck Saves The Day.
"A mighty yellow duck"...
NARRATOR:
So Frog and Duck practiced
all night long.
The next day,
all of Word World was tuned in
to Ant's radio station
for the big Radio Read-a-Thon.
ANT:
Ant here on radio station WOID.
Welcome...
to the Word World
Radio Read-a-Thon.
Today, all our WordFriends are
reading their favorite books.
First up is Sheep.
Take it away, Sheep.
[clearing throat]:
Grazie.
Am I on?
Check, check, check.
"Little Bo Peep has lost her,"
uh, well, "sheep
and can't tell
where to find them."
Now...
"Can't tell where to find them"?
Can't... oh, oh, that's bad.
[stammering]:
I'm right here.
Here I am.
I'm, I'm he-here!
NARRATOR [chuckling]:
And so the Radio Read-a-Thon
got off to a running start.
Next up was Pig.
"So instead of blowing
the house down,
"the Big Bad Wolf
was invited inside
"to join the Three Little Pigs
for a delicious dinner
cooked by none other
than Chef Pig himself."
[giggling]:
That's me.
NARRATOR:
Meanwhile...
Duck was getting Frog ready
to read Duck Saves The Day
at the Radio Read-a-Thon.
Let's read it again,
Frog.
[wearily]:
"A mighty yellow duck"...
Not like
that, Frog.
Like this, like this.
[clears throat]
[seriously]:
"A mighty yellow duck."
I'm tired, Duck.
Can I stop now?
Oh, but...
[gasps]
I know
what you need.
You need
some tongue exercises
to get you just right,
quack, quack.
I don't know, Duck.
Oh, yes, yes, you do.
You do, you do.
Come on,
let's give it a stretch.
Let's see it,
come on.
Oh, you can do better
than that, Frog, quack.
[groans]
PIG:
Aah! Oink.
Aah!
Oh!
[snoring]
[gasps]
[muffled grunting]
[strained grunting]
Huh?
[grunts]
[Frog slurping]
Hey!
[whimpers]
[groans]
[barking,
panting]
Oh, uh,
good idea, Dog.
Go get Bear,
and quick.
Oh, the Radio Read-a-Thon
will be over soon
and Frog has
to read my book.
NARRATOR:
So Dog went to get Bear, who
came as quickly as she could.
[Dog panting, barking]
Is Frog going to be able
to read my book, Bear?
Uh, I don't know,
he's pretty tangled.
This could
take hours.
[gasping]:
Hours?
Well... then who's going
to read my book?
Quack, quack,
quack, quack, quack.
[muffled croaking]
Oh, great
idea, Frog.
Uh, Frog says you
should read it, Duck.
Baah! B-But you know
I can't read, Frog.
[mumbling]
What'd he say?
What did he say?
Frog says you know
the story by heart.
[chuckling]:
Well, yes, that's true, I do.
But... so?
[croaking]
You can follow the pictures in
the book and tell the story.
Uh... I don't know.
I'm too nervous.
[mumbling]
He said it would
be such a shame
if everyone didn't get to hear
the best book in Word World.
[gasps]
I can't argue with that.
I'll do it!
That's
the spirit, Duck.
Yeah, all right. Okay.
Who's gonna tell that story on
the radio?
Who's gonna tell that story on
the radio? I am.
I am! Quack, quack! I'm gonna
tell that story on the radio.
Here we go, gonna tell it,
on the radio.
Uh... good luck, Duck!
♪
NARRATOR:
Duck was ready to tell his story
by following the pictures
in his book.
[clears throat]
Ant, you are gonna
love this book.
[sighs]
Here we go.
Here we...
Huh? Oh!
[gasps, whimpers]
Oh, Ant... Ant!
My book.
Oh! What am I gonna do?
Huh, what...?
It's right there, Duck.
That's not my book.
Those are just letters.
No, they're not.
They're the letters B-O-O-K.
Those are the letters
in the word "book."
Oh, yeah.
Now I remember.
Just like when Frog
and I did it.
That's right, Duck.
All we need to do is...♪
ANT AND DUCK:
...build a word!
♪ It's time to build a word
♪ Let's build it,
let's build it now. ♪
B...
O...
O...
K...
KIDS:
Book!
♪ Yeah, we just built a word
♪ We built it,
we built it. ♪
Listen up, Word World.
Joining us
for the first time
on the Radio Read-a-Thon
is Duck!
Here to share with us his
favorite story.
Duck Saves the Day.
NARRATOR:
So Duck followed the pictures
in his book
and told the story.
[clears throat]
"A mighty yellow duck saw his
friend Frog was stuck
"down in the deep blue pond
one sunny day.
"Duck said,
'Frog, you're in luck.
'I'll help you get unstuck
from in the deep blue pond
so we can play.'[snoring]
"So with his great big truck,
Duck pulled Frog from the muck
"there in the deep blue pond.
Duck saved the day."
NARRATOR:
And everyone loved Duck's story,
especially Frog.
The End.
KIDS:
Sheep.
Oh, hello.
You're just in time
for our song.
Come on.
♪ S and T,
S and T ♪
♪ They're terrific friends,
you see ♪
♪ Put them together
and here's what you've found ♪
St-- a whole new sound.
♪ St... age
ALL:
Stage!
♪ S and T,
they're all the rage ♪
♪ Look, we've built
a stage... ♪
[music slows then stops]
[all gasping]
Oh, no.
What's
the matter?
I can't get up
onto the stage.
[grunting]
It's too high.
If we can't get up
on the stage,
we'll never be able to finish
our "S" and "T" song.
Oh, what are we going to do?
There has to be a way.
We need something to help us
get onto the stage,
so we don't have to take
such a big step.
Hmm...
[quacking]
Step... stage...
St... st...
I know.
All we have to do is...
ALL:
Build a word.
Another "st" word.
♪ It's time to build a word
♪ Let's build it,
let's build it now. ♪
St... airs.
KIDS:
Stairs!
♪ Yeah, we just built a word
♪ We built it, we built it.
Well, now that
we have these stairs,
it will be easy to get up
onto the stage.
Let's finish our song.
♪ S and T,
they're all the rage ♪
♪ Look, we built a stage
And stairs.
♪ S and T,
S and T ♪
♪ Make a perfect blend,
you see ♪
♪ Though I may stammer
♪ I'll stand tall and state
♪ S-T, st,
that sound is great... ♪
[holding note]
♪ St.
[pants, barks]
KID:
Word World!
KIDS:
Word World!
♪ Welcome to the place
where words come alive ♪
KID:
Let's build a word.
KIDS:
Word World.
KID:
Word World.
KIDS:
♪ Jump to the b*at
♪ Clap your hands
in the air ♪
KIDS:
Let's build a word!
Word World!
KID:
Word World.
♪ We've got friends
of every size ♪
♪ Building words
before our eyes ♪
♪ Nothing's better
than a letter ♪
♪ They hold our world
together ♪
♪ With Dog
♪ And Sheep
♪ And Duck
♪ And Pig
♪ There's always
a surprise! ♪
[barks]
KIDS:
Word World!
[croaks]
[whimpers]
[giggles]
♪ Welcome to our world
KIDS:
Word World!
♪ Word World♪
KIDS:
Word World!
♪ It's a beautiful world
♪ Word World.♪
KIDS:
Yay!
NARRATOR:
Early one morning in Word World,
Kangaroo was making
a very special delivery.
[Kangaroo humming]
[knocking "Shave and a Haircut"]
Hi.
Ah, well, g'day there!
I have a delivery
for... um,
F-R-O-G.
Frog.
Yes, that's me.
F-R-O-G, Frog!
All righty, then.
[grunts]
Well, there we go.
Have a "hoppy" day, Frog.
You, too!
[humming]
Thank you!
Ooh!
I know what this is.
It only took me
cereal box tops,
but it's finally here!
[excited gibbering]
Let's see.
Attach the R to the O...
to the B...
to the second O,
to the T.
Okay. R... O...
B-O-T.
KIDS:
Robot!
Yes, my very own robot.
Ooh! How I've longed
for this day.
Now, how do I turn
this robot on?
Oop! Here it is.
[clicks, whirrs]
[beeping]
Greetings, Frog.
Ooh! Greetings, Robot.
Welcome to my log.
I'm so excited.
[buzzes]
I, too, am excited.
I can be programmed
for any task.
Oh, how nice.
Well, let's see...
You might help clean up
this mess in my room.
[vacuum hissing]
[croaks]
Wow!
That's amazing!
With you here,
I'll never need to clean
my room again.
How else may I help you?
Ooh! Where have you been
all my life?
[sighs]
Until just recently,
I was in that box.
Oh! I can't wait
to show you to my friends.
First, we'll go
to Bear's cave.
[croaks]
Come on, Robot.
Ooh! This is magnificent.
Wa-hoo!
Bear's cave is thatta way,
Robot!
Let's go!
We-he-he-hee!
NARRATOR:
Frog and his robot zoomed toward
Bear's cave.
FROG:
Bear?!
In here!
Oh. Hey, Frog.
Who's your friend?
This is my new robot.
[whispers]:
He does anything I ask.
Watch.
Say "Hello," Robot.
Hello, Robot.
See what I mean?!
Oh-ho!
This is great!
Watch this.
Robot, two hot chocolates,
please.
[whirring]
[beeping]
[sizzling]
Here you are.
[blowing]
[slurping]
It's delicious!
It's just right!
Woo-hoo!
Oh!This robot is amazing!
Hooray for
Robot!
BEAR:
Woo-hoo!
Oops.
What was that?
Oh, just the letter S.
I'll get it.
NARRATOR:
Just the letter S?
Little did they know the letter
S was quite a powerful letter.
[grunting]Oh.
Bear, that letter S is stuck
to the end of your bed.
[creaking]
[gasps]
Oh.
Two beds?
Did the letter S make
one bed into two beds?
All I know is,
for bouncing,
two beds are twice
as much fun as one!
[cheering and laughing]
The letter S at the
end of a word
makes more than one.
I never knew the letter
S was so powerful!
[cheering]
Let's go show Pig!
Come on, Robot.
[creaking]
NARRATOR:
The letter S was a powerful
letter, indeed.
Frog wanted to show all of Word
World his latest discovery.
P-I-Z-Z-A!
KIDS:
Pizza!
Oh, yummy pizza.
Delicious pizza!
BEAR:
Oh, hey, Pig!
What are you doing?
Oh, hey, guys.
I was just about
to eat...
who's the tin man?
Oh, Pig, this is Robot.
Robot, Pig.
Oh, nice to meet you, Robot.
Too bad I didn't know you were
coming over.
I would have made more pizzas.
Oh, I can fix that.
Pig, may I have
that pizza, please?
But this is my only
pizza, Frog.
Trust me.
Robot, one letter S, please.
[whirring]
We just add the letter S
to the end of pizza
to make pizzas.
Sweet!
Mmm.
One pizza turned
into more pizzas.
With these wonderful S's
I could make more of anything.
Anything I want!
More books.
More trains.
More inventions!
More of everything!
Come on, Robot.
Punch it, Robot!
NARRATOR:
So, Frog used more S's
to make more flowers...
more trains...
more cars...
more of everything...
What Frog didn't realize was
that making more of everything
could actually make
more trouble.
PIG AND BEAR:
Help!
Frog!Help!
Help!
Someone please
help us.
Up here!Oh, my.
Pig and Bear are in trouble.
[gasps]
BEAR:
Help!
PIG: Oh, we're stuck on the
leaning tower of pizzas.
Oh, no!
Oh, oh, what have I done
with the letter S?
[gasps]
Hang on, Bear and Pig!
We'll save you.
Robot, help me clean up
these pizzas.
[vacuum whirring]
Oh, it's no use.
There are too many pizzas.
Oh, we would need
a bunch more robots
to ever get through this mess.
[croaks]
Wait, that's it!
We need more robots
to get Word World cleaned up.
Frog, hurry!
I'll need one more
letter S, Robot.
It's time to...
Build a word!
Build a word!
♪
♪ It's time to build a word
♪ Let's build it,
let's build it now. ♪
R-O-B-O-T-S!
KIDS:
Robots!
♪ Yeah, we just built a word
♪ We built it, we built it.
Woo-hoo!
Phew!
Hey.
Oh!
Robots, to the rescue!
ROBOTS:
How may we help you?
Clean up those pizzas!
[mechanical whirring]
[gasping]
[sighing]
Land!
Oh!
Thank you, thank
you, thank you.
Thank you, Frog!
Uh, thank you,
Robots!
Aha! There's that letter S
that's been causing all
the trouble.
Robot, remove the letter S.
[whirring]
Phew!
Um, Frog,
there's still a lot
more to clean up.
That's right!
Robots, let's clean up the rest
of Word World.
[mechanical whirring]
NARRATOR:
The robots cleaned up
all the letter S's
that had made more and more
of everything.
[giggling]
Phew!
You did it,
Robot!
You cleaned up
Word World!
Thank you, Robot!
How else may I help?
[all sighing]
Well, it's nice to
have everything back
to normal, Frog.
It sure is.
But I need just
one more thing.
[sighs]
What?
A nap.
NARRATOR:
With all of Frog's letter S
problems fixed,
he could finally relax.
The End.
[children laughing]
01x13 - Radio Read-a-Thon/Robots to the Rescue!
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Show characters have a cartoonish adventure, and ultimately must "build a word" using synthetic phonics to solve a problem, designed to help children learn English.
Show characters have a cartoonish adventure, and ultimately must "build a word" using synthetic phonics to solve a problem, designed to help children learn English.