01x01 - Hiding in Plain Sight/Owl Girl

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♪ELINOR: Wherever I go,

♪I see things that I want to know. ♪

♪Wherever I am, ♪

♪I find things that I want to understand. ♪

♪Go and explore, listen and see, ♪

♪just follow your curiosity. ♪

♪ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪

♪ELINOR: Why do birds sing and how do they fly? ♪

♪ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪

♪ELINOR: Why do ants march and where do they hide? ♪

♪There's so much to learn, ♪

♪ wherever you turn, ♪

♪just listen and see, ♪

♪and follow your curiosity. ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪

♪ELINOR: Ask a question, what will you find? ♪

♪ALL: Elinor Wonders Why! ♪

♪ELINOR: Just listen and see, come and wonder with me. ♪

[♪♪♪]

ELINOR: "Hiding in Plain Sight"

ALL: [giggle]

OLIVE: What should we play today at recess?

ARI: I know! Let's play tag.

I'm really good at playing tag.

OLIVE: [giggle] That's because...

nobody can ever catch you Ari.

You always fly off.

ARI: I can't help it if I have wings.

ELINOR: [giggle] OLIVE: [giggle]

ELINOR: I know! Let's play hide and seek.

That way we can all play together.

MARY / LIZZIE: We'll be it.

MARY / LIZZIE: You hide and we'll seek.

ELINOR: Okay.

TITO: [giggles]

KIDS: [laughter]

MARY: One...

LIZZIE: Two...

MARY:Three...

LIZZIE:Four...

ELINOR: We need to find somewhere to hide!

OLIVE: Hurry!

Mary and Lizzie are almost done counting.

ARI: Less talking, more hiding, C'mon!

[giggle]

ELINOR: [giggle]

[♪♪♪]

ELINOR: Oops, sorry! I didn't see you there.

[giggle]

ELINOR:Hmmm...

ELINOR: [gasp]

Oops. Oh, hi Sally.

I guess this spot is taken too!

LIZZIE:Six...

ELINOR: Aha! MARY:Seven...

ELINOR: There's no way Mary and Lizzie...

will find me here!

LIZZIE:Nine...

MARY:Ten!

MARY / LIZZIE: Ready or not, here we come!

MARY: [giggles] LIZZIE: [giggles]

[♪♪♪]

ARI: Shh! I'm trying to hide from...

MARY: Found you! LIZZIE: Found you!

ARI: Awww.

LIZZIE: Nice try Olive, we found you!

OLIVE: Awww...

OLIVE: At least my trunk was hidden.

MARY / LIZZIE: Found you Elinor! ELINOR: Aaaah!

ELINOR: Already?

That was fast.

OLIVE: How did you find us all so quickly?

ARI: Especially me!

I thought my hiding spot was pretty good.

Uh, wasn't it?

MARY: [giggle] LIZZIE: [giggle]

MARY: Well, we goats have really good eyesight.

LIZZIE: That means we see really well.

MARY: And that's why we're so good at...

LIZZIE: Hide and Seek!

Tito! Come out from behind that tree!

MARY: And Koa! I see you behind Mz. Mole!

MS. MOLE: Op!

ELINOR: Whoa! ARI: Mary and Lizzie...

are way too good at Hide-and-Seek.

We don't stand a chance!

LIZZIE:Found you too, Sally!

ELINOR: Hmm, we need to figure out how to make ourselves...

harder to find!

OLIVE: Well, we'd better figure it out quickly.

Mary and Lizzie have found everyone but...

MARY:Found you, Camilla! LIZZIE:Found you, Camilla!

CAMILLA: Awww.

ARI: Now they've found everyone!

That must be a new Hide-and-Seek record!

LIZZIE: All done.

ELINOR: You two are so good at this game!

LIZZIE: Thank you! MARY: Thank you!

ARI: Let's play again!

MARY: Sure! We're happy to keep counting.

LIZZIE: If you want to keep hiding!

MARY: Ready? LIZZIE: Ready?

MARY: One... LIZZIE: Two...

OLIVE: Let's go hide over there.

LIZZIE:Three... MARY:Four...

LIZZIE:Five.... OLIVE: [gasp]

MARY:Six...

LIZZIE:Seven... MARY:Eight...

ELINOR: [gasp] LIZZIE:Nine...

MARY:Ten.

LIZZIE / MARY:Ready or not here we come!

[bird chirping]

ARI: Huh?

[bird chirping]

MARY:Found you Tito.

LIZZIE: Elinor, you're behind the grey rock.

ELINOR: Aww...

MARY: Ari, we see you in those flowers.

ARI: What? But how?

LIZZIE: And Olive, you're hiding next to that tree!

OLIVE: Impossible!

ELINOR: How did you find us?

LIZZIE: It was easy to see your white ears...

behind that grey rock, Elinor.

MARY: You too, Olive.

We can see you really well next to that brown tree.

ARI: How do you keep finding me?

My hiding spots are amazing!

Aren't they?

LIZZIE: And it was easy to see you...

in those white flowers, Ari.

ARI: Oooooh.

LIZZIE: [laugh] MARY: [laugh]

OLIVE: Huh, I thought our hiding spots...

were much better this time.

But Mary and Lizzie still found us right away.

[sigh]

There must be something we can do to hide better.

ELINOR: Whoa! ARI: Whoa!

ELINOR: Did you see that?

OLIVE: What?

ARI: I think that leaf just hopped!

ELINOR: Those are the leaves I saw move before!

ELINOR: Wait... That's amazing!

It's not a leaf at all!

When you look closer...

you can see it has little antennae and legs!

OLIVE: It's an insect!

Look, its body is the same shape and color as the leaf!

ARI: Cool! ELINOR: Woah!

OLIVE: Awesome!

ARI: That's unbe-leaf-able!

ALL: [laughs]

ELINOR: We almost didn't see you there, little friend!

He's so cute.

OLIVE: I've read about this in my nature book.

Some animals hide by looking like the things around them.

It's called "camouflage."

ARI: Hmmm...

I wonder if anything else around here is camouflaged?

ELINOR: There's only one way to find out!

We need more observations!

OLIVE: [gasp]

OLIVE:Hmmm....

First hopping leaves and now moving twigs?

OLIVE: Ok, that time I know I saw something move.

OLIVE: [trumpet]

ARI: Whoa.

ELINOR: Hmmm, what is that?

ARI:Something brown and...

ARI:Whoa! Jumpy!

OLIVE: Look, it's a toad!

It was hidden in that pile of sticks.

ELINOR:Cool!

Those spots on his back...

look just like the sticks on the ground!

OLIVE:Even when I was looking right at him,

I couldn't see him!

ELINOR:It's the same pattern.

ARI: That is so cool!

ELINOR: Nature is so good at hiding!

[bird chirping]

ARI: Hey, it's the bird I heard earlier but I couldn't see it.

ELINOR: Maybe it's also camouflaged,

like the bug and the toad.

Ari, can you fly up there and take a look?

ARI: Alright.

[bird chirping]

Where's that sound coming from?

[bird chirping]

ARI: [gasp].

[bird chirping]

ARI: Oh! There you are.

[bird chirping]

Have you been hiding here this whole time?

ELINOR: Wow!

Look at your beautiful brown and grey feathers.

They're the same colour as the tree.

OLIVE: It's the perfect match,

you couldn't see him at all down here.

ARI: I couldn't even see him from up there.

ALL: [giggle]

ELINOR: Nature is so good at hiding.

The katydid was hidden because it had...

the same shape and color as the leaf it was next to.

OLIVE: And I didn't see that tricky toad...

because the spots and colors on his skin...

look just like twigs he was sitting on.

ARI: And my little buddy up here looked just like the tree,

I didn't see him at all.

ELINOR: That is so interesting!

MARY / LIZZIE: [giggles ] ELINOR: [gasp]

MARY: [giggle] We've found everyone!

LIZZIE: Want to play another round?

ELINOR: Yup!

We'll be right there!

ELINOR: Ari! Olive!

I have an idea of how we can hide better...

from Mary and Lizzie!

ELINOR: If we hide near things that we look like,

we can camouflage too!

ARI: Awesome!

OLIVE: That's a great idea!

[♪♪♪]

ALL: ♪Hide and Seek, ♪

♪ Let's play hide and seek, ♪

♪ Count to ten,♪

♪ and don't you take a peek! ♪

♪ Nature shows me how to hide, ♪

♪ Use my color, shape or size. ♪

ELINOR: ♪My two ears are long and white, ♪

♪ How can I hide them both from sight? ♪

ARI: ♪My fur is brown, my shirt is green ♪

♪ Where can I hide and ♪ not be seen? ♪

OLIVE: ♪My skin is grey, where can I hide, ♪

♪ What makes my color hard to find? ♪

ALL: ♪A hiding spot that looks like me, ♪

♪Will make me really hard to see! ♪

♪Hide and Seek, ♪

♪Let's play hide and seek, ♪

♪Count to ten ♪

♪and don't you take a peek! ♪

ELINOR: Those spots are perfect!

OLIVE: Yeah! There's no way Mary and Lizzie...

will find us there.

ARI: Do I have to say this every time?

Less talking, more hiding...

c'mon!

MARY: Eight... LIZZIE: Nine...

MARY: Ten!

MARY / LIZZIE: Ready or not, here we come!

[♪♪♪]

MARY: Found you! LIZZIE: Found you!

MARY: Found you! LIZZIE: Found you!

MARY: There you are! LIZZIE: There you are!

TITO: [giggle]

MARY: I can't see Elinor, Ari, or Olive anywhere.

Where are they?

LIZZIE: I don't know!

We've usually found them by now.

They're hiding much better this time.

MARY: Do you think we should split up to look?

MARY / LIZZIE: Nah, don't be ridiculous.

[giggles]

ELINOR: [whispering] It's working!

They can't see us.

ARI: [whispering] Shhh! Flowers can't talk!

OLIVE: [whispering] Neither can trees!

MARY: We've looked everywhere!

LIZZIE: And they're nowhere!

MARY: If we can't find them...

LIZZIE: Then no-one can.

MARY: Come out come out, wherever you are!

LIZZIE: We give up you win.

ELINOR: Here we are!

MARY / LIZZIE: Baaaaaa!!!

ELINOR: Right in front of you!

MARY: But... how?

We looked here!

LIZZIE: We looked there!

MARY / LIZZIE: We looked everywhere!

ELINOR: [laughs] We used camouflage...

to hide in plain sight!

OLIVE: We found hiding spots that looked just like us!

Lots of things in nature use camouflage.

That's where I got the idea.

See!

LIZZIE: [gasp]

ARI: So you couldn't see us!

MARY: That...

LIZZIE: Is...

MARY: Amazing!!! LIZZIE: Amazing!!!

MARY: Can we try?

We want to camouflage!

LIZZIE: Yeah, we want to hide now!

ELINOR: [giggles] Of course!

I'll count!

ELINOR: One...

Two... Three...

LIZZIE: Psst...

ELINOR: Four...

LIZZIE: what around here looks the most like twin goats?

ELINOR:Seven...

MARY: Let's go!

ELINOR:Eight...

Nine...

Ten!

Ready or not, here I come!

[♪♪♪]

MZ. MOLE: Ok, kids!

Who likes to play hide and seek?

ELINOR: I do. OLIVE: Me! MARY: It's my favorite!

MZ. MOLE: Well, today we are going to learn about an animal

that plays hide and seek...

Wait for it... [giggles]

Under the water!

ELINOR: Wow! MARY: That's amazing. LIZZIE: That's amazing.

MZ. MOLE: An octopus is very good at hiding.

ELINOR: Why does the octopus hide, Mz. Mole?

MZ. MOLE: Ooh, good question, Elinor.

Sometimes the octopus needs to hide to stay safe.

MZ. MOLE: The octopus can change the color of its skin...

to look like the things around it.

ALL: Whooooaa!

MZ. MOLE: It can change into lots...

of different colors and patterns.

MZ. MOLE: It can also change its shape!

ARI: Wow!

Can it look like a rock?

ELINOR:Can it look like sand?

OLIVE:Can it look like a banana?

ELINOR: Huh?

OLIVE: [giggle] I just like bananas!

ALL: [giggle]

MZ. MOLE: Remember kids, the best way to hide in Nature...

is to look like the things around you.

We call that 'camouflage'.

It makes you harder to see!

MARY: Where did Mz. Mole go?

LIZZIE: She was just here!

ARI: Huh?

MZ. MOLE: Ah-Ha! Here I am!

ELINOR: Wow! ARI: Yay!

OLIVE: Nice one!

MZ. MOLE: [laughs]

[♪♪♪]

Elinor: "Owl Girl"

[♪♪♪]

OLIVE: I can't wait for school tomorrow.

ARI: Me too Olive.

ELINOR: [giggle]

ARI: Wait, why?

OLIVE: [laughing] It's Costume Day, Ari!

ARI: Yes! Costume Day!

We get to wear a costume to school tomorrow!

Remember last year?

ARI: I was a baseball and bat!

Get it?

Because I am a bat?

OLIVE: [lauhing] I remember.

It was so funny.

[frog croak]

ARI: This year, I'm going to be something super cool...

and mysterious.

ARI: [giggles] Whooops, careful Elinor!!

ELINOR: Sorry, Ari.

Hmm...

Maybe I'll dress up as a frog.

ARI: So what are you going to dress up as, Olive?

OLIVE: I've been working on my costume for days!

ARI: Let me guess: is it a.... a banana?

OLIVE: A banana??? [laughs] No...

although I do love bananas.

You'll just have to wait and see!

ARI: Okay.

Hey, Elinor, what are you going to be for Costume Day?

ELINOR: I want it to be something reeeeaaally...

interesting.

But, I haven't found the right idea for my costume yet,

and Costume Day is tomorrow!

OLIVE: We'll help you look for ideas, Elinor.

ARI: Just call me Ari the idea-finder!

ARI: [gasp] what's that?

Whoa!

OLIVE: It's an owl!

ARI: I've never seen an Owl this close before.

ELINOR: What's it doing?

OLIVE: It's not moving.

ARI: [sigh]

I'll go take a closer look!

ARI: [whispers] Its eyes... are... closed!

I think it's sleeping!

ELINOR: Sleeping?

In the middle of the day?

OLIVE: Maybe it's taking a nap.

ARI: Phew! I could use nap.

[stomach growl]

...and a snack.

ALL: [laughter]

ELINOR: Let's wait for the Owl to wake up!

I want to see it fly!

Whoosh!

OLIVE: Ok, let's wait.

[♪♪♪]

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ELINOR: [gasp]

ELINOR: [sigh] Is the owl going to sleep all day?

OLIVE: It can't sleep all day.

Can it?

ARI: Sounds pretty good to me.

Some of my cousins sleep all day.

OLIVE:I wonder when it eats.

ARI: Speaking of eating...

It's almost dinner time!

OLIVE: You're right.

We'd better go.

C'mon Elinor.

ELINOR: Oh, please wake up!

[sigh]

[owl hooting]

ELINOR: [snoring]

[sleep talking] Owl, wake up, please wake up.

[owl hooting]

ELINOR: [gasp]

[owl hooting]

ELINOR: Who's out there?

[owl hoots]

ELINOR: Who what?

[owl hoots]

ELINOR: Who, me?

[owl hoots]

ELINOR: [yelling] Yes, I heard you!

Do you mean me?

I'm Elinor, that's who.

[owl hoots]

ELINOR: Mom! Wake up!

Mom!

Mom, wake up!

RANGER RABBIT: Huh? What?

Elinor?

Is something wrong?

ELINOR: I can't sleep.

RANGER RABBIT: Honey, What's keeping you awake?

ELINOR: I can't sleep because of a question.

RANGER RABBIT: Right.

Tell me, what is your middle-of-the-night question?

ELINOR: It's not my question.

Someone's outside my window asking me questions!

They keep saying "Who!", and won't stop.

RANGER RABBIT: I see.

ELINOR: I want to go outside and see who it is.

Can you come with me?

RANGER RABBIT: [sigh] Yes I can.

Let's get our night-time observation kit!

ELINOR: Yay!

RANGER RABBIT: [yawns]

ELINOR: I'm ready! Are you?

RANGER RABBIT: It's the middle of the night.

Of course I'm ready!

[owl hooting]

RANGER RABBIT: [gasp] ELINOR: There it is again!

Come on, Mom!

We need more observations!

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ELINOR: Wow, it's so dark!

I can't see anything!

Thanks Mom!

ELINOR:Is there anything awake out here?

RANGER RABBIT:[yawns] Other than two sleepy rabbits?

[yawns]

Let's have a look!

ELINOR: Wow!

That was such a cool lizard!

I've never seen one like that before.

RANGER RABBIT: That's because you usually go...

into the forest during the day.

Some animals only come out at night.

Like this lizard, it's called a gecko!

ELINOR: [gasp] Look at this!

These worms and bugs are awake!

That is so interesting!

ELINOR: I wonder what all these animals are doing up so late?

RANGER RABBIT: Maybe their children woke them up...

to go exploring?

ELINOR: [laughs]

MR. RACCOON:[humming]

Oh, Oooh! Hmm!

Oh! Hello, Ranger Rabbit!

Hello, Elinor!

ELINOR: Hello, Mr. Raccoon!

Are you out looking for the mysterious "who" too?

MR. RACCOON: Mysterious who?

ELINOR: Yes, who!

MR. RACCOON: I mean, who are you looking for?

ELINOR: We're looking for the who, that's who!

RANGER RABBIT: We are out exploring, Mr. Raccoon.

ELINOR: Why are you awake so late?

MR. RACCOON: Oh, I always get up around this time.

I have to wake up to work at the bakery!

ELINOR: You can't do that during the day?

MR. RACCOON: Oh, no. [giggles]

I have to start baking the tasty treats at night,

so they'll be ready in time for breakfast!

ELINOR: Ohhhh... I didn't know that.

Then... when do you sleep?

MR. RACCOON: Oh I sleep in the afternoon...

when everyone is awake.

ELINOR: Ohh.

MR. RACCOON: Well, love to chat more,

but I have to get going.

Time to make the muffins!

[humming]

RANGER RABBIT: Goodbye, Mr. Raccoon.

ELINOR: Bye!

Wow, mom.

There sure is a lot going on in the forest at night!

[♪♪♪]

[singing] ♪I thought that tthe forest was quiet at night.♪

♪ But now that I have my trusty flashlight, ♪

♪ I see worms and bugs and lizards, too! ♪

♪ But I still wonder who said... ♪

♪ Whooooo! ♪

[owl hoots]

ELINOR: There it is again!

ELINOR: [gasp!] Look!

[owl hooting]

ELINOR: Wooooow!

ELINOR: Mom, that's the owl Ari, Olive and I saw on our way home!

It's so quiet I almost didn't notice it fly by!

RANGER RABBIT: That's because owls are amazing birds.

They're silent flyers.

They have special feathers on their wings...

that don't make any sound.

ELINOR: Oooh...

[owl hoots]

ELINOR: Wait a minute.

That's who's been saying "whoo!"

It's the Owl!!

He's up late, just like Mr. Raccoon!

RANGER RABBIT: Yep, owls are nocturnal.

That means they stay awake at night.

[owl hoots]

ELINOR: But why?

Does the Owl work at a bakery too?

I didn't even know there were Owl bakeries.

RANGER RABBIT: [chuckle] I don't think so!

Owls are awake at night because they eat things like bugs...

and worms that come out at night.

RANGER RABBIT: They have super special eyes...

that are really good at seeing things in the dark.

ELINOR: Wow!

I didn't know that owls were so interesting!!

ELINOR: Mom!! I just had a great idea!

Come on!

RANGER RABBIT: Oh, good night owl.

[owl hoots]

[birds chirping]

KIDS: [laughs]

ARI: Wow, nice costume, Olive!

OLIVE: Thanks, Ari!

You know I love books, and I always wished I had one that

turned its own pages, so check this out.

ARI: Awesome!

ARI: Wait a second...

Is this a book about bananas?

OLIVE: [giggles] I really do love bananas!

So, what are you, Ari?

ARI: The Mysterious Mysterioso!

Super magician, at your service!

OLIVE: Cool!

Are you going to do some magic?

ARI: Yes, I'm going to make my lunch...

disappear!!

Later.

OLIVE: [giggling] Very impressive,

Mysterious Mysterioso.

ELINOR:Whoo! Whoo!! OLIVE: [gasp]

ELINOR: Hi Ari, hi Olive.

OLIVE: Elinor, you look just like the owl we saw yesterday!

ELINOR: That's right!

My mom and I stayed up all night making my costume.

Isn't it interesting?

ARI: Wow! But I thought owls slept all the time?

ELINOR: Nope, owls only sleep during the day,

but they're awake at night!

That's called being nocturnal!

OLIVE: Nocturnal!

I like that word!

ELINOR: They have super good eyes for seeing in the dark.

That's when they eat their food.

ARI: Oohh.

ELINOR : And they have special feathers...

that help them fly really quietly.

OLIVE: So that's why the Owl we saw wouldn't open its eyes!

It was sleeping so it could be awake at night!

ELINOR: That's riiiigghht... [yawning]

MZ. MOLE:Alright class,

time to find our places!

MZ. MOLE: Welcome to costume day!

Okay, now who wants to talk about...

the costume they're wearing?

MZ. MOLE: Wait, where's Elinor?

ARI: Mz. Mole?

MZ. MOLE: Yes, Ari?

ARI: Elinor's an owl and she was awake all night...

making her costume.

That means just like an owl...

OLIVE: She'll be sleeping all day!

MZ. MOLE: Oh, Elinor...

ELINOR: [snoring] Whoooo....