02x33 - The Good Seed

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WOMAN: ♪ Hey, now... ♪

♪ Hey, wow... ♪

♪ Here's how ♪

♪ Come and read ♪

♪ Between the lions ♪

CHORUS: ♪ Come on ♪

♪ Come in ♪

♪ Begin ♪

♪ The world awaits ♪

WOMAN: ♪ Between the lions ♪

♪ Between the covers of a book ♪

♪ It's time to look between the lions ♪

♪ Behold the tales beyond the tails ♪

CHORUS: ♪ Behind the door ♪

♪ Become, explore ♪

♪ Come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪

Leona should love this.

Hey there, bud.

Hey.

LIONEL: Hey, Dad, what's so important?

What did you want to see me about?

Well, son, I think you're ready

to take on more responsibility.

And, after all, someday you and your sister

will be running this library.

Oh, that will be so cool--

me, a librarian, yes.

So, what do you want me to do first, Dad?

Ah, today I am leaving you in charge of...

the returns desk.

Oh... the returns desk?

Me?

I'm going to help people return books?

Me?!

Oh, that's terrific!

That's right, son!

Well, you did such a good job last week

taking care of the file cabinet

that I felt that you were ready for

more of a challenge.

Aw...

( chuckles )

Thanks, Dad.

Oh, you're welcome, Lionel.

Now, Click is here to help you.

Yes, Mouse here to assist you

as you try to live up to this great responsibility.

Congratulations, Lionel.

Thanks, Click.

Oh...

Oh, Lionel, my boy

will you be all right?

Well, of course I will, Dad.

It will be a piece of steak.

Excellent!

Well, I have an important nap--

uh, uh, an important piece of, uh

library business to attend to.

So, if you need me

I'll be at the front desk

Okay, Dad.

Okay.

Oh, I know

he'll make me proud.

Excuse me, I have some books to return.

( laughs )

LEONA: And dirt over here?

Oh, I think you need

just a little more dirt, Leona.

Oh, okay, a little more dirt over here.

That looks good.

( gasps )

Look, Mommy, look, a butterfly.

Oh...

The butterflies really like our flowers

don't they, Momma?

Yes, they do, Leona.

You know, this book is about flowers, too.

Really?

Mm-hmm.

It is called The Empty Pot

and it's written and illustrated by Demi.

Shall we read it?

Yeah, yeah!

All right.

( Cleo reading )

LEONA: "Ping."

( both chuckle )

Wow...

A cessor to the frone?

What's that?

( laughs )

"A successor to the throne."

"Successor, someone who takes over from someone else"--

is next in line, see?

Not the kind of line you stand in, of course

but in line for a job.

Uh, is that clear?

Um... uh...

not exactly.

( chomping )

Oh, not exactly, eh?

Uh, let's see...

Oh, how about this?

The person who will become emperor

after this emperor, uh, stops being emperor.

Oh!

I get it.

Thanks, Heath.

My pleasure, Leona.

( both chuckling )

Whoever can show me their best in a year's time

will succeed me to the throne.

What kind of flower do you think

is going to grow in Ping's pot, Mommy?

Hmm, I don't know, Leona.

What do you think?

Well, I don't know.

Could it be a...

Well, it could be, um...

oh, a daffodil...

Yes.

Or a tulip...

Oh, yes.

Or a violet or a hibiscus.

And now...

( chewing )

BOTH: Seeds!

( chewing resumes )

That's it?

Where's the joke?

There's no joke?!

"Seeds."

( making double-e sound )

MAN: And I actually lost that role to Bob Denver.

Oh, and now, Martha Reader and the Vowelles

will sweep you away with the sweet double-e

"E" sound in the word "feet."

( repeating double-e sound )

ALL: Feet!

MAN: ♪ Watch me now. ♪

♪ Hey, ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants ♪

♪ Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants ♪

♪ Ooh, aah... dance in smarty pants. ♪

One more time.

♪ Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants... ♪

"Feet."

"Fee."

( making double-e sound )

"See."

"Seep."

♪ Double-e, double-e, double-e ♪

♪ How I love double-e. ♪

♪ When other letters go walking down the street ♪

♪ Double-e, you always make them green. ♪

♪ Double-e. ♪

♪ 'Cause you're the letters that they all want to meet ♪

♪ For making "bees," "knees" and peachy "keen." ♪

♪ Double-e... ♪

♪ Double-e! ♪

♪ You make a sound so sweet. ♪

♪ Double-e... ♪

♪ E, E ♪

♪ You make the birdies tweet ♪

♪ Ain't a mountain too steep ♪

♪ Or a sea too deep ♪

♪ To keep me from double-e. ♪

♪ See, double-e, it can be nice and meek ♪

♪ and soft fleece or as strong as steel. ♪

♪ Double-e! ♪

♪ Gee, double-e... ♪

♪ E, E ♪

♪ You're just the vowels I seek ♪

♪ You grow my weed ♪

♪ Yeah, you spin my wheel. ♪

♪ Yeah, double-e, you're what I need ♪

♪ Yeah, double-e, you're just my speed. ♪

♪ Yeah, double-e makes me feel like a queen ♪

♪ Have you seen double-e, have you seen... ♪

♪ Double-e... ♪

♪ Double-e ♪

♪ You sweep me off my feet ♪

♪ Double-e... ♪

♪ E, E ♪

♪ You make the birdies tweet ♪

♪ Ain't a mountain too steep ♪

♪ Or a sea too deep ♪

♪ To keep me from double-e. ♪

♪ Double-e! ♪

( shouts double-e sound )

( imitating music )

( whistles )

( makes "b" sound )

( makes double-e sound )

( makes "p" sound )

B... ee... p.

Beep, beep.

( imitates car horn )

( imitates truck's backup beeping )

( crash )

Beep.

And now The Word Doctor With Dr. Ruth Wordheimer.

Hello.

Here's Dr. Ruth.

( knocking and crying )

Something tells me

it's time for another long-word freak-out.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Dr. Ruth, you got to help me!

You see, I was invited to a costume party.

That's nice!

Yeah, but the invitation

said I am supposed to dress up as a...

As a what?

Oh, this!

I can't read it, Dr. Ruth.

It's much too long.

Yes, it is long, but you can read it.

Take a deep breath...

( inhales )

Start on the left...

Uh-huh.

And read one part of the word at a time.

Okay, start on the left:

Uh, pa... ra... keet.

Good! Now put them together.

Oh, "parakeet..."

( gasps )

"Parakeet!"

"Parakeet," you read it-- very good.

( chuckling ): Thanks.

Oh, but, uh, what is a parakeet?

It's a little bird.

A bird?!

Oh! I'm going to dress up like a parakeet!

Tweet, tweet.

Thank you, Dr. Ruth, thank you.

You are welcome.

Tweet, tweet, tweet.

That was very "tweet."

( Theo snoring )

MONKEY: So, where do they keep

the Monkey Pop-up Theater books anyways?

I checked, they're all out.

LIONEL: Monkey Pop-up Theater, volume 2038...

Loved it!

Monkey Pop-up Theater, volume 2039...

Monkey Pop-up Theater, volume 2040!

Woo, is that it?

Yup.

I just love Monkey Pop-up Theater books!

Thank you for turning your books in on time.

Oh, thank you for doing such a good job

helping me return them.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

( music begins playing )

♪ I'm going to be a librarian someday, someday ♪

♪ Lionel the librarian, hooray! hooray! ♪

♪ I'll help you when you bring back or check out a book ♪

♪ Want some information, I will tell you where to look ♪

♪ And when you need some help with reading ♪

♪ I'll be your tutor ♪

♪ Connect you to the Internet, use my computer ♪

♪ I'm going to be a librarian someday, someday ♪

♪ Lionel the librarian, hooray! hooray! ♪

Applause icon!

Hey, Click!

There's some e-mail coming in.

"Freebee, freebee."

What's a freebee?

I believe it is something that is free.

Cool!

Let's open it.

Lionel...

That may not be a good idea.

Some e-mails can contain viruses

that interfere with my central processing unit's operation.

Oh, I'm sure it's okay.

Request denied.

Going into manual.

Uh-oh.

Big mistake!

BEE: Congratulations!

You have just received a free bee

and you have been stung.

( laughing evilly )

Told you so.

We've just been stung!

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...

( laughing evilly )

You have opened an e-mail that contained a computer virus

and it is making me sick and all the other computers sick.

( laughs echoing over and over )

( static crackling )

( bee buzzing )

Get away, get away!

Get away from me!

Oh, no! What do we do now?

Leave them alone, they'll come home...

I see a wolf!

What?

Howdy, partner!

( electricity zapping )

Banana...

Click, what are you doing?

( buzzing crazily )

The name's "Spud."

Click!

Cli...ck!!

Oh, no!

( Click's voice slows to a stop )

Oh, man!

( sadly ): ♪ I'm not going to be a librarian ♪

♪ Someday, someday ♪

♪ Lionel, the librarian ♪

♪ No way, no way. ♪

( commotion continues inside )

Or maybe Ping's seed will grow up to be

a "chrysamthemumumum"

or a "delphinum"

or a "gerananum"...

Well, Leona, Leona...

why don't we read the book

and see what happens?

Yeah, yeah!

Wowee, zowee! Good!

All right.

Ping!

You're not really going to the Emperor

with an empty pot, are you?

Couldn't you grow a great, big flower like mine?

I've grown lots of flowers better than yours.

It's just this seed that won't grow.

You did your best

and your best is good enough

to present to the Emperor.

Oh... poor Ping.

He's going to see the Emperor

and he has an empty pot.

Mmm.

I don't think the Emperor's going to like that.

( crowd roaring )

GAWAIN: Excellent!

Gawain here once again at Blending Fields

where two brave knights in armor

will charge together at high speed and make a word.

Competing today we have Sir W...

( cheering )

and Sir "Eep."

( horse whinnies )

Blend on, dudes.

( crash )

( cheering )

( weeping, armor creaking )

Weep.

Excellent!

That's Gawain's word for today

and this is Gawain saying, from deep in my armor...

I'll see you next time on...

( laughs )

And now a little poem in which letters change

and make something very interesting happen.

MAN: ♪ You've all heard of Little Bo Peep ♪

♪ Who stayed up all night counting sheep ♪

♪ Well, I've good news to tell ♪

♪ She replaced "H" with "L" ♪

♪ Now she's finally getting some sleep. ♪

Shh!

♪ Dance in smarty pants, ooh, aah... ♪

♪ Dance in smarty pants ♪

♪ Again! ♪

( patrons talking, laughing, muttering, shouting )

( electronic crackling )

LEON: Snap out of it!

You've got to help me fix this!

CLICK: Load...

Load what?

An-ti vi-rus soft-ware.

Oh... anti-virus software.

Yes!

A program to knock out that virus.

Ah!

Oh, this had better work!

Come on, load, already!

Load!

Scanning for virus...

Scan! Scan!

Virus found!

Yes, yes!

Ooh, virus deleted.

Yeah, yeah!

Restoring library database.

Restoring personal correspondence files.

Restoring New Year's Eve pictures

of Theo with a lampshade on his...

The... whoa!

Come on, come on!

Come on, Mommy.

Let's read the book

and find out what's happening to Ping.

All right, Leona.

Finally he came to Ping.

The Emperor asked him

"Why did you bring an empty pot?"

Ping started to cry and replied...

I planted the seed you gave me and I watered it every day

but it didn't sprout.

I put it in a better pot with better soil

but still it didn't sprout.

I tended it all year long, but nothing grew

so today I had to bring an empty pot without a flower.

It was the best I could do.

Then he exclaimed to one and all...

I have found the one person worthy of being Emperor.

EMPEROR: Where you got your seeds from I do not know

for the seeds I gave you had all been cooked

so it was impossible for any of them to grow.

I admire Ping's great courage

to appear before me with the empty truth.

And now I reward him

and make him Emperor of all the land.

So, I guess the moral

of that story is

it really pays to tell the truth.

And that as long as you've done your best

you've done enough.

Moral-- what you learn from a story.

The important lesson you take away.

Would you like to hear it again?

Good.

( speaking backwards as tape rewinds )

So, I guess the moral of that story is

it really pays to tell the truth.

And that as long as you've done your best

you've done enough.

You know, I could have sworn I said that before.

Hmm...

Lionel?

Dad!

Dad-- hee hee.

I mean, hi... hi!

So, how'd it go?

Any, uh, trouble with any of the returns?

Uh, uh... no!

No trouble with any of the, uh... returns.

Good, good, good.

Anything else to tell me?

I, uh, uh...

Well, yeah, the truth is

something did happen.

Yes?

It all started with this e-mail.

I know I probably shouldn't have opened it.

Oh, I see, yeah, yeah.

That would probably explain this.

Oh, great, that's great!

Now I'll never be a librarian.

( chuckling )

Oh, son, look.

You had the courage to tell me the truth.

Lionel, I think you'll make a great librarian.

Yeah?

Absolutely.

Uh... so, uh...

what exactly happened here?

Hmm?

( laughing )

I'm glad you asked, Dad.

You see, it's a really long story...

And now...

Hey, Clay, look.

We're out of uh, uh...

Uh, seeds!

Yeah.

Hey, let's go

and get some...

more!

Yeah.

( Walter groaning, Clay giggling )

That's it?

They just leave to get more seeds?

Couldn't the writer think of a more clever way

to end the show?

Apparently not.

MAN: ♪ Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants. ♪

Announcer:

♪ Dance in smarty pants, ooh, aah... ♪

Is it over yet?

CHORUS: ♪ Dance in smarty pants. ♪

♪ Come on, everyone, let's show 'em how it's done ♪

Watch me!

Mr. Leon Redbone!

Ms. Jasmine Guy!

♪ You can do it! ♪

Hi, Mr. Roker.

Hi, Leona.

Mr. Roker, could you be

my designated reader today?

I'd be happy to.

Oh, wow! Thank you!

You ready?

Yeah.

All right.

"It was a dark and stormy night

not fit out for man nor beast."

♪ ♪ ♪



CHORUS: ♪ Between the lions... ♪

♪ Between the lions... ♪

WOMAN: ♪ Come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪