01x02 - Backyard Soup/Colorful and Tasty

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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, ♪

[span]♪ wherever you turn, ♪

♪just listen and see, ♪

♪and follow your curiosity. ♪

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♪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.

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ELINOR: "Backyard Soup"

ELINOR: Okay , we need to find all of the vegetables...

on this list.

ARI: Mmmm.

I love having dinner at your house, Elinor.

ELINOR: And tonight is a special treat.

ELINOR: We're having my favorite.

"Backyard Soup!"

ARI: Yay!

Wait a minute...

is that soup made from your backyard?

ARI: ...like leaves and mud?

Arrgh!

ELINOR: [giggle]

No, silly. It's vegetable soup,

but we call it backyard soup because we use vegetables

that grow in our backyard garden.

ARI: Whew!

That sounds better.

ELINOR: I think we got everything.

Peas, potatoes, cauliflower, carrots and radishes.

ARI: That's a lot of different veggies.

ELINOR: Mmm-hmmm.

My mom says these plants need a lot of water

to help them grow,

so it's good that it's been raining a lot.

ARI: And rain makes the ground so squishy.

Don't plants need sunshine too?

ELINOR: Yep, water and sun help plants grow big

and strong to make all these veggies.

ARI: ...that turn into our dinner!

BOTH: [giggle]

MR. RABBIT: Thanks for picking the veggies...

and helping to make the soup, kids!

[sigh]

ARI: Mmmmmmmm...

It's sooo good.

Can I have another bowl?

MR. RABBIT: A third bowl of soup?

Oh!

Of course!

ARI: Thank you!

Mmmm hmmm!

Can I come over for dinner again tomorrow?

RANGER RABBIT: [chuckles] You're always welcome, Ari.

But, tomorrow we are taking the train..

to visit Elinor's grandparents.

ELINOR: Yay! I love riding the train.

And I can't wait to see Baba and Bibi again!

ARI: Who are Baba and Bibi?

ELINOR: That's what I call my grandparents!

What do you call your grandpa and grandma?

ARI: Oh.

I call mine Grandpa and Grandma.

ALL: [giggle]

ELINOR: We have to take the train because they live...

far away, in a place called Desert Town.

ARI: Oh...

ELINOR: I haven't been there since I was a baby bunny,

so I don't really remember what it's like.

ARI: What are you going to do there?

ELINOR: Hmm...

I know!

I can show Baba and Bibi how to make Backyard Soup...

at their house.

ELINOR: If you loved it,

BaBa and BiBi are going to love it, too!

ARI: Great idea!

Can I have a fourth bowl? Please?

ALL: [giggle]

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ELINOR: [gasp]

ELINOR: I'm sooo excited to see Baba and Bibi!

RANGER RABBIT: Oh, I'm sure they are excited...

to see you too, Elinor.

[train whistle]

ELINOR: [gasp] Here we go!

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ELINOR: Yay! We're here!

ELINOR: [gasp] Baba! Bibi!

GRANDMA: Come here and get a hug,

my sweet little Elinor.

GRANDPA: Me too! [giggle]

ELINOR: I'm not so little anymore!

ALL: [giggle]

RANGER RABBIT: And don't forget about me!

GRANDPA: [laugh]

MR. RABBIT: Great to see ya Dad.

GRANDPA: Oh, come here.

RANGER RABBIT: [giggle]

GRANDPA: How was your trip?

ELINOR: It was so fun!

I looked out the window the whole time.

GRANDMA: Well, I love riding trains...

and looking out the window, too.

You see so many interesting things!

ELINOR: Wiggle giggle.

GRANDPA: [giggle] Ah dear.

ELINOR: [giggle] Yeah!

I saw lots of big trees and bushes...

and then later I saw smaller plants.

GRANDPA: Well, what do you think of Desert Town so far?

ELINOR: I like it!

It's so different here.

GRANDMA: How so, Elinor?

ELINOR: Well, first of all, it's a lot hotter here.

[phew].

ELINOR: And I also noticed...

that the ground looks different.

ELINOR: There's almost no grass and the dirt...

doesn't look like the dirt back home.

It's so dusty!

At home the ground is wet and squishy.

GRANDMA: That's a great observation, Elinor.

GRANDPA: Welcome to the desert! [chuckle]

It's dry and hot here.

ELINOR: Hmm...

RANGER RABBIT: That means there's less...

water around, Elinor.

It doesn't rain as much in the desert,

so the ground looks and feels dry.

ELINOR: That is so interesting!

Well, dry or wet, I'm just happy to see you,

Baba and Bibi!

GRANDMA: Oh you're too much little buddy.

ELINOR: Ahhh!

Wow, I was thirsty!

GRANDPA: What would you like to do first, Elinor?

ELINOR: [gasp] I know just the thing.

I want to show you how to make my favorite soup!

GRANDPA: You are going to show us how to make soup?

[giggle] This I gotta see.

ELINOR: Well, you'll have to help me with the cooking part.

But I'm going to get all the ingredients from your garden!

GRANDPA: Wonderful.

What's it called?

ELINOR: It's called Backyard Soup!

GRANDMA: Well, that is soooo interesting!

ELINOR: And delicious!

You'll see!

Which way is your garden?

GRANDPA: The backyard is through that door.

ELINOR: Ok, I'll be right back!

ELINOR: Wow!

ELINOR: Let's see, I need peas, potatoes, cauliflower,

carrots and radishes.

ELINOR: Ok, first: peas.

ELINOR: Hmmm...

oooohhhh...

Hmm, where are the peas?

ELINOR: I'll try the next vegetable.

Potatoes.

They have to have potatoes!

ELINOR: [sigh] No potatoes either?

[sigh]

ELINOR: [sigh]

GRANDMA: What's wrong, Elinor?

ELINOR: Your backyard garden doesn't have peas or potatoes...

or any of the veggies we need for Backyard Soup!

GRANDPA: Really?

None of them?

ELINOR: Not one!

All the plants are different.

I didn't recognize any of them.

ELINOR: Why don't the same veggies that grow...

in my garden at home grow in this garden?

GRANDMA: Well, I wonder...

what do you think is different about this garden...

and the one you have at home?

ELINOR: Hmmm, that's a good question!

ELINOR: Let's go find out.

We need more observations!

ELINOR: OK.

What's different here?

ELINOR: It's much hotter and sunnier.

ELINOR: And the ground is really dry.

That means there's a lot less water here.

ELINOR: Hmmm...

Maybe that's why the plants are different.

A plant that likes to drink lots of water,

and doesn't like a lot of sun,

might not grow very well here.

ELINOR: That's it!

Baba, Bibi, I think I figured it out!

ELINOR: The plants we have at home...

probably wouldn't like it here...

because it's really sunny and there isn't much water.

But I bet the plants here do!

GRANDMA: That's right, Elinor!

The desert gets more sun and less water.

GRANDPA: So the plants that grow here...

don't need as much water,

and they like having a lot of heat and sun!

ELINOR: [gasp] That's so interesting!

GRANDMA: Here, let us show you what we do grow...

in our desert garden.

GRANDMA: These are peppers...

ELINOR: Oh!

GRANDMA: and here are some beans...

and oh, this one is called squash.

ELINOR: Cool...

[sigh]

GRANDMA: What's wrong, Elinor?

ELINOR: Well, I'm happy that these plants like to grow here,

but that means I can't show you how to make...

my favorite soup.

None of the veggies in the recipe grow here.

GRANDPA: Well, Elinor, I think that the vegetables we have here

are different, but how you make the soup can be just the same.

ELINOR: Really?

You can make soup out of these vegetables?

GRANDMA: Why, yes!

And it's delicious!

ELINOR: [gasp]

Even those plants?

GRANDPA: Yes!

They're called cactuses, and they taste great in a soup!

Ow!

Er, just be careful when you touch it.

ELINOR: Ooooh, oh!

GRANDMA: [chuckle] Oh!

And don't forget the most important...

ingredient in any family dish, Elinor.

ELINOR: What's that, Bibi?

GRANDMA: Lots and lots of love.

[giggle]

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ELINOR: ♪Plants need water. ♪

♪ Plants need sun. ♪

[span]♪ Some like a little. ♪

♪ Some like a ton!. ♪

[span]♪ Back at home. ♪

[span]♪ It's very wet. ♪

[span]♪ But here the water. ♪

[span]♪ Is hard to get! ♪

♪Soup at home. ♪

♪Has carrots and peas. ♪

♪But here the soup. ♪

♪Has cactus and beans. ♪

♪Plants need water. ♪

♪Plants need sun. ♪

♪Some like a little. ♪

♪Some like a ton! ♪

[span]Woo-hoo!

[giggle]

RANGER RABBIT: Mmm! Wow, this is so tasty, Elinor.

GRANDPA: [chuckle] I told you cactus was delicious.

ELINOR: It sure is.

Oooh!

GRANDMA: What are you writing, Elinor?

ELINOR: I'm making a new recipe.

It's called Desert Soup!

GRANDMA: Great idea!

ELINOR: And, I want to take some desert veggies home.

I think Ari is going to love Desert Soup!

MR. RABBIT: We're making soup for Ari?

Yeah, we're gonna need a bigger basket!

ALL: [giggle]

ARI: Hi, Elinor!

ELINOR: Hi.... whoops!

ELINOR: I've never seen this kind of tree before!

How interesting!

I wonder what it is?

SENOR TAPIR: You remind me of another curious explorer...

who loved plants more than anything.

Her name was Ynes Mexia.

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SENOR TAPIR: ♪Ynes Mexia, took every chance, ♪

[span]♪ To go and explore, and look for new plants, ♪

♪One day she heard of a really tall tree, ♪

♪She went to find it, out of curiosity, ♪

♪The tallest of palm trees, It likes mountain air, ♪

[span]♪ To find where it grows, ♪

[span]♪ She had to climb way up there. ♪

♪Hiking through storms, ♪

♪And wind and sun, She got a bit lost, ♪

♪But she still had fun, Ynes Mexia, ♪

♪Took every chance, to go and explore, ♪

[span]♪ And look for new plants! ♪

[span]♪ "At last" she said, when she first saw the tree, ♪

♪Two hundred feet high, as tall as she could see, ♪

♪She wanted to have, this tree back home, ♪

♪so she took some seeds to grow her own, ♪

♪Ynes Mexia, never missed a chance, ♪

♪She went and explored, and found new plants! ♪

ARI: Awesome!

ELINOR: Wow!

That is so interesting.

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ELINOR: "Colorful and Tasty"

MR. RABBIT: Mmmm...

Oh! That's the last batch, kids, they are aaaaaaall done!

KIDS: Woo-hoo!

[cheer] [giggle]

ELINOR: I can't wait to set up our carrot cupcake stand.

OLIVE: Me too, Elinor!

I bet everyone is going to love our cupcakes.

ARI: Yeah, they smell so good!

[sniff]

Ahhhhh...

OLIVE: I'm almost done with our sign.

What do you guys think?

ELINOR: It looks great, Olive!

ARI: Yeah, it's making me...

want to grab a cupcake...

[effort]

MR. RABBIT: [giggle] Now, now, Ari.

Remember they are for your cupcake stand,

to share with everyone in the park.

ARI: [sigh] Oohh...

But shouldn't we taste one?

You know, just to make sure they came out ok?

MR. RABBIT: Well, you already tasted the ingredients...

on their own,

then again when we mixed them to make the batter,

and then you tasted a cupcake from the first batch.

If you keep "tasting" so much, there won't be any left for

everyone else!

ARI: Yeah, but, what if something went wrong...

in the oven this time?

We have to make sure they taste good.

MR. RABBIT: Hmmm...

ARI: It's called "Double Checking."

MR. RABBIT: Oh, double checking,

double checking indeed.

Okay, we'll try one more.

Here ya go!

ELINOR: Wow, they are so good!

OLIVE: Mhmm

ARI: Mmmm.

MR. RABBIT: Not bad, if I do say so myself.

ARI: It's a good thing we double-checked.

ALL: [giggle]

KIDS: [playful giggling]

KOA: [giggle] Whoa!

ELINOR: This is going to be so fun!

ARI: These cupcakes are going to make everyone's day!

ARI: Whoaaa....

Whoa... Whoa!

ARI: Ahh!

Ah!

ARI: Phew!

OLIVE: Coming, Ari?

ARI: Yep.

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OLIVE: I can't wait for everyone to try our cupcakes.

I bet we'll run out!

ARI: OK!

Who wants some delicious cupcakes?

[cricket sounds]

KIDS: [playful laughter]

ELINOR: Ahem!

[calling out] We have some cupcakes here...

OLIVE: [calling out] Really tasty cupcakes!

ELINOR: Huh.

ARI: I said: Who wants some cupcakes?!

KIDS: [playful laughter]

ELINOR: Is anyone going to have a cupcake?

ELINOR: I didn't mean you, Ari.

ARI: Ugh...

ELINOR: [sigh] Doesn't anyone want our cupcakes?

KOA: Oh hey, guys.

I didn't notice you over here.

Whatcha doing?

OLIVE: Hi, Koa.

We made some really tasty cupcakes.

ARI: And set up this awesome cupcake stand.

ELINOR: But nobody has come by to have one.

[bee buzing]

ELINOR: [gasp]

KOA: Aww, that's a bummer. Nobody has stopped by?

[bee buzzing]

ELINOR: [gasp]

Whoa, did you guys see that?

OLIVE: What is it, Elinor?

ELINOR: First, I saw a bee fly and go that way...

And then I saw another bee do the same thing.

KOA: Oh, yeah, there goes another one.

ELINOR: Hmm...

ARI: Elinor, where are you going?

ELINOR: I'm following those bees!

ARI: [gasp] Oh, I want to come too.

OLIVE: Koa, will you keep an eye on our cupcake stand...

for a minute?

You can have a cupcake!

KOA: No sweat.

OLIVE: Where did they go?

[bee buzzing]

ELINOR: [gasp] ARI Huh?

ELINOR: There's another one!

Let's follow it!

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OLIVE: Mmm, do you smell that?

It smells nice.

ARI: What is it?

OLIVE: It smells like...

flowers!

[bees buzzing]

ARI: Whoa.

ELINOR: Wow, look at all the bees!

OLIVE: And the colorful flowers!

ELINOR: Look, the bees are all buzzing around them.

ARI: Why are they all here?

OLIVE: Hmm, I remember reading about this...

in my nature book.

OLIVE: Bees like to drink the juice...

that's inside of flowers.

It's called nectar.

ARI: Ohhh, so that's why they're here.

They're having a snack!

ELINOR: Well, there are lots of flowers here.

That must be why there are so many bees.

ELINOR: Hmm...

But I wonder...

how did the bees find these flowers?

ARI: What do you mean?

ELINOR: I mean, how did they know how to get here?

We followed the bees to get here.

But how did the bees find this place?

OLIVE: Huh, you're right.

This place is kind of hard to find.

ARI: Yeah, if we hadn't followed the bees,

I don't think we would have ever found these flowers.

ELINOR: Hmmm...

That's so interesting!

We need more observations.

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ELINOR: Ok, how did the bees find the flowers?

ARI: I know!

Maybe they have a map?

My parents use a map to find our way...

when we go hiking.

OLIVE: I don't think bees can carry maps.

But maybe they followed some signs?

ELINOR: But I didn't see any signs in the forest,

did you?

OLIVE: No.

Hmm...

ELINOR: I know!

Why don't we "think like bees" to figure it out?

OLIVE: Think like bees?

ELINOR: Yeah, let's imagine that we are bees.

If I were a bee,

how would I find where the flowers are?

ARI: I can do that!

Let me try.

ARI: Bzzzz...

Where are the flowers?

Any flowers over here?

Calling all flowers.

ELINOR: What did you notice, Ari?

ARI: Well, I noticed even from what up high...

I could still see the flowers.

That's because they're so bright and colorful.

ELINOR: Hmm, I never thought about that before.

The bright colors makes them easy to find.

OLIVE: So maybe that's how the bees find the flowers!

By their color!

ELINOR: Yeah but that only works...

when they're close enough to see the flowers.

How do they find the flowers from far away?

ARI: [sniff] Mmm...

I like how these flowers smell.

OLIVE: [sniff] Wait.

I remember I could smell the flowers...

before we even saw them.

ELINOR: That's it!

The bees must have followed the flower smell...

to get here!

OLIVE: I get it.

When they're far away,

the bees smell the flowers...

ELINOR: ...And once they are closer,

they can see their bright colors.

We figured it out!

KIDS: [cheer] Awesome!

ARI: Wow, the flowers look and smell good.

That's such a smart way for the flowers...

to get the bees to come over.

ELINOR: [gasp] Olive, Ari, I think I figured out...

how to get everyone to come try our cupcakes!

OLIVE: How?

ELINOR: We'll make our cupcake stand smelly and bright...

like the flowers, so everyone else can find us!

OLIVE: Great idea!

I'll go get some art supplies.

ELINOR: Okay, we'll meet you back at the cupcake stand.

ARI: Woo-hoo!

OLIVE: Okay Elinor, here are all the colored papers

and crayons from the house.

ELINOR: Great!

Let's make our cupcake stand easy to find.

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KIDS: ♪Bzzzz bzzz bzzzz. ♪

♪Think like a bee. ♪

♪Bees find flowers. ♪

♪So cleverly. ♪

♪Bzzzz bzzz bzzz. ♪

♪Think like a bee. ♪

♪Let's make our table. ♪

♪So bright to see. ♪

♪Bzzz bzz bzzz. ♪

♪We can tell. ♪

♪Bees find flowers. ♪

♪By following their smell. ♪

♪Bzzzz bzzz bzzzz. ♪

♪Think like a bee. ♪

♪Now our table. ♪

♪Is easy to see! ♪

KOA: Whoa, everyone will for sure be able...

to find your cupcake stand now!

OLIVE: Thank you, Koa!

I hope it works.

ARI: But what is the fan for?

ELINOR: I'll show you!

ARI: Oh, good idea, Elinor!

Spread that yummy smell around!

DEPUTY MOUSE: [gasp]

[sniff] Mmmmm...

something smells tasty.

It's coming from that stand over there!

[sniff]

[sniff]

[gasp]

DEPUTY MOUSE: [gasp] Cupcakes!

OLIVE: It's working!

Everyone is finding our stand!

ELINOR: Just like how the bees found the flowers!

ARI: Here ya go Ms. Giraffe.

ARI: Wow, I can't bee-lieve it!

Get it? Because of the bees?

KIDS: [giggle]

ELINOR: We ran out of cupcakes!

We're going to have to make more!

ARI: That's ok.

It just means...

more cupcake tasting!

KIDS: [giggle]

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