[Music]
it had been a pretty lazy morning
katie discovered that an earthworm takes
a very long time to cross the garden
orbee learned that for a butterfly to
explore one of his pink spots
he had to sit very still indeed
and they both found out that sitting in
the sun made you snoozy
then the car horn honked his dad drove
up the driveway
katie and orbee both left to their feet
they ran over to the car
dad opened the trunk with a flourish of
his hands and
a ta-da so loud it brought
mom out of the house
dad took something out of the trunk and
swirled around to face them all
he was holding up a brand new pink
bicycle and it was a real bicycle
a two-wheeler not a tricycle
dad told katie that she was growing so
fast
that he knew she needed a new bike
orbee still fit his bike he didn't need
a new one yet
or be tilted that he loved his old bike
katie raced over and hugged dad because
she loved her new bicycle she was very
excited because it was a bicycle just
like the ones
that they seen the other kids riding in
the park
it had a bell streamers and a light it
was
amazing katie couldn't wait to try
mom said all they had to do now was
learn how to ride
it katie told her mom she knew how to
ride a bike
or be burbled he did too dad pointed out
that they could ride a tricycle
but this only had two wheels that
explained that
two wheels made the whole process of
riding a bike different
katie and orbee wondered how they both
were very anxious to find out right away
they wanted to get started on a bike
ride so mom slipped into the house and
returned with katie's helmet
[Music]
dad asked katie to climb up on the seat
but the bike needed her to hold it up if
she put her feet on the pedal
it wanted to tip over katie felt a bit
nervous
and orbee got down on his hands and
knees to see if he could find out what
was wrong with it
dad smiled at katie and told her there
was nothing wrong with it
the new bike needed katie to balance it
that assured her that she just had to
get the hang of it
when no cars were coming down the street
dad helped katie get settled
and balanced on the seat he held the
bike
while katie put her feet on the pedal
as she pedaled he ran alongside of her
holding the bike up
at first it seemed simple but after a
few tries
dab let go for a minute katie tried to
keep going but she wasn't too sure how
to balance
her bike bumped into a stone and with
that the front wheel
turned and off she fell dad actually
caught her on the way down but the fall
scared kitty she wasn't so sure that she
liked her new bike anymore
when they got back to mom and orbee
mom touched dad's arm and dad nodded
he told katie that he and mom had
thought it might be tricky to get the
hang of the new bike right away
so they had bought some training wheels
more wheels was all that katie could
think
after dad attached them katie tried the
bike again
[Music]
it was still tricky and wobbly but when
it started to lean over
the wheels kept her up katie loved her
new bike again
this was perfect
in about four minutes the whole family
helmets and all
was at the park ready to go for a bike
ride
they were just about to start when two
older children went by on their bikes
katie noticed that they didn't have
training wheels
[Music]
and then some other children pedaled by
without training wheels
and kitty began to feel really silly
having them on it was at that moment
that tom wrote up to them on his bike
and he told katie and orbee that
this was the best biking day ever
and orbee tooted that he agreed but
katie
looked at the ground tom noticed her new
bike
and left off his he got down and
examined katie's bike
he loved the color and the light
the bell the streamer didn't even notice
the training wheel
he told katie that she was pretty cool
to have such a mean machine
mom and dad giggled katie look down at
the training wheels
tom looked at her and what he asked
katie told him that she wasn't good
enough at riding to go without a
training wheel
and that made her feel silly well tom
was astonished
and he looked katie right in the eyes he
told katie that
training wheels are only to begin with
as a group of kids rode by he told her
that they
all had them at one time too but after a
few days when she could balance the bike
off those wheels would come katie looked
at dad who nodded
tom was right then tom raised his hand
high on the air and he told her there
was only one way to get them off quickly
katie wondered what that was practice he
smiled
then he bent over and asked her to
follow a professional
a game of follow the leader would help
and soon
she'd be asking dad to raise them and
then to take them right off
well i don't have to tell you that katie
giggled with excitement as tom got on
his bike again
he told katie and orbee that they were
going to go on a wild
lose those training wheels tour of the
park mom and dad left
and with a shriek and a holler and a
burble that sounded all the way down the
path
they were off they did turns and went up
little hills and
down little hills they whooped and
hollered all the way back to mom and dad
katie and orbee were laughing at tom who
was always so silly
[Music]
katie didn't even realize that she was
already better on her new bike than when
she started
i should tell you that katie practiced
every day
and not long after that her training
wheels did come off
orbee who was always faster now had to
work hard to keep up with her
that day kitty learned a very important
thing
she learned that even though some days
you can't do things exactly the way you
want to
if you keep working at it soon enough
you will
and i know that if you work hard at
tricky things
soon you'll be good at them
too
did you know did you know did you know
did you know
[Music]
computers can help us to do all kinds of
things
[Music]
writing letters grown-up work stuff
[Music]
and they can even store all of mom's
recipes
[Music]
just remember not to get cookie dough on
the keyboard
[Music]
[Music]
it had been a slow day
orbee discovered that if you roll out
all the wool and mom's knitting ball
it goes a long way and takes a long time
to roll up again
katie learned that when you drop your
beads on the floor picking them up can
be a slow job
and they both found out that if you want
to make a necklace that reaches down to
your belly button
you need a lot of time
the family was at the cottage mom was
digging in the garden and
katie and orbee went out to see if they
could dig the biggest hole in the world
mom giggled and explained that perhaps
the garden wasn't the best place for
that
and with that he pulled out a tall
flower
orbee gasped and asked why mum was
pulling the flower out
mom crinkled up her nose and told orbee
that in fact
this flower was a weed mom told him that
she didn't want weeds growing in the
garden because they k*lled the flowers
that were much prettier
katy noticed a butterfly and decided to
follow it
but orbee kept looking at the weed lying
on the ground and
asked mom if he could help well mom was
delighted
and right away showed orbee a patch of
weeds that were growing
quite happily in the middle of the
garden they had a yellow flower
mum taught orbee how to tiptoe among the
flowers
and crouch in the middle of the garden
without hurting any of the other plants
she also told him to pull out the roots
and gave him a little shovel
to dig with orbee loved weed pulling and
set right to work
soon he called mom over to have a look
at his weeding and mum was very
impressed
[Music]
orbee said he wanted to do some more
showed him another place to work in this
time
orbee knew how to tiptoe into the garden
and not step on any of the other little
plants
he set to work
by now the sun was getting hot and mum
decided to go for a quick cool swim
she asked orbee if he wanted to go but
orbeez said he'd rather pull weeds
mom showed him a few more places to find
weeds
and then pulled off her big sun hat and
headed for the dock
orbee looked at the garden there were a
whole lot of weeds he could pull
with a honk and a spin he sat right to
work
dad and katie were floating on rubber
rabbs
mom slipped into the water and quietly
swam over to them
mom shot out of the water and pushed
down on dad's raft
flipping him over dad yelled as he
splashed into the water
and then he swam underwater to mum and
grabbed her feet and flipped her
over and she shrieked as she fell
backwards
into the water katie giggled and mom
laughed
meanwhile orbee was having a wonderful
time he pulled one weed after another
it felt excellent to be such a good help
to mom
and soon he was finished pulling all the
weeds that mum had shown him
and he looked around for more mom was
going to be
very surprised looking at the yellow
weeds
orbee noticed some further into the
garden that looked almost the same
he thought mom would probably want them
pulled too there were a lot of them so
he yanked and dug
and pulled until every single one was
gone
then in the far corner of the garden
orbee found another bunch that was pink
and maybe a bit bigger but were surely
the same thing
on the dock mom dried herself off with a
towel
as soon as she put the towel down
dad picked her up and threw her in the
water again
and katie laughed as soon as she knew
mom was fine
mom got out of the lake while dad and
katie dried themselves off
dad and katie sat on the lawn chairs and
stretched out
mom quietly filled one of katie's
buckets with water from the lake and
tiptoed up the dock
[Music]
then mum lifted the bucket up
and threw it as she did she saw what
orbee had done
was just a quick peek out of the corner
of her eye
but there was no missing it
as the water sprayed through the air mom
let out a gas
and ran for the garden dad let out a
yelp when the water splashed across his
tummy and then he saw
the garden too
katie didn't know what was wrong but she
could see that there were a whole lot
less flowers in the garden
than had been there before
orbeez stood with pride in front of his
wonderful weeding job
but he could tell by the three faces in
front of him that
something was wrong very wrong
mom just whispered oh
orbee and dad couldn't even speak
katie just stared at the pile of flowers
mom pointed out that orbee had pulled
out more than weeds from the garden
he had pulled out her flowers too orbee
was shocked he looked and it did look
different
the garden was not as colorful as before
dad put his arm around mum and reminded
mom that orbee was
only trying to help mom smiled weakly
and
and seemed to sniff back a tear orbee
turned to the weed pile and pulled out a
flower
he dug a little hole and planted it
again
and then he burbled softly that he was
really sorry
he hugged mom and mum smiled she knew he
hadn't done it on purpose but
it was still hard for her to see her
garden like this
immediately everybody set to work to
make it right
katie and orbee dug holes while they had
replanted the flower that looked strong
enough
and and mom watered them then mom asked
orbee to get a vase
she cut off the flowers that wouldn't
grow again or orbee
looked at them he was sad
mom told him that when there's nothing
to be done about a problem
it's important to do what you can and
then let the
sad feeling go away that's night at the
dinner table
they had the biggest bouquet of flowers
on the table that anyone had ever seen
and just to bring orbeez smile back mom
made a
funny face with some edible flowers
orbee couldn't help but smile when he
looked at that
silly flower face and do you know
that if you do something wrong
you must do all you can to make it right
again
and then it's really important to let
the sadness go
everybody likes it best when you're
happy
i know i do
did you know did you know did you know
did you know screen doors and windows
help keep bugs out of your house
they're made of lots of tiny threads
all woven together so tight that even
the tedious bug can't get through
[Music]
but they only work when you keep them
closed
it had been a great day for visiting
orbee discovered his new friend michael
knew how to roll a ping-pong ball
all the way down the banister katie
learned that michael was very good at
puzzle racing
and they both discovered that sometimes
it's really fun to play with a friend
who's
a bit older than you
michael was already six and a half years
old
when he invited them over to play they
were very happy
michael made them each a peanut butter
sandwich for lunch
and poured them a glass of milk all by
himself
of course his mom was there to make sure
he managed
katie couldn't wait to grow up and be as
old as michael
orbee was sure that he could feel
himself growing
at that very moment katie whispered to
him that it took a little longer than
that
it was when orbee was standing on one
hand kicking his feet that
katie noticed something about michael
when he opened his mouth and laughed
katie noticed that there was a hole in
his mouth
a hole where a tooth should be
katie asked michael what had happened
michael shot his tongue
right up into the hole to show that it
was really gone
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michael told her that his tooth had
become loose and wiggly and he wiggled
it out
in his spaghetti
orbeez but katie gave orbee a look and
said
maybe it wasn't funny michael continued
his mom told him that it was a very
exciting day it was the day of the tooth
fairy
katie and orbee looked at each other the
tooth fairy
had never heard of her michael explained
that he had to hide his tooth
underneath his pillow then the tooth
fairy would take it
and replace it with two quarters
michael held his hands up to the sky and
jumped it was so much fun
michael couldn't wait to lose another
tooth
katie was quiet for a moment and then
she asked if michael wasn't
a bit nervous about losing all his teeth
what would he chew with
michael looked at katie and orbee he
told the two friends that all kitty's
teeth were going to fall out too
and katie grabbed her mouth to hold him
in and michael
he laughed out loud
but he told her that it was okay it was
supposed to happen
and when you get to be six and seven
your baby teeth will fall right out
and your big teeth will grow right in
orbee was so glad that kitty didn't have
to worry that he snorkeled him
the other cartwheel katie giggle
at suppertime they asked mom and dad
about the tooth fairy
katie was a bit afraid of the tooth
fairy coming into her bedroom
dad told katie that tooth fairy was as
tiny
as a butterfly and she wouldn't even
wake katie up
all she would do is leave a little
present
and take the tooth away
[Music]
katie decided that something that tiny
in her bedroom at night
wouldn't be scary dad told her that it
would be a very special night
because on that night she'd know she
really and truly was growing up
clapped her hand she couldn't wait for
the tooth fairy
orbee was quiet when he got up from the
table and walked over to dad's chair
he asked if dad knew anything about
little aliens
dad looked at orbee and he tickled his
chin
we'll have to wait and see he said after
supper orbee thought about the tooth
fairy
a lot and finally he asked dad to
write a note for him dad was glad to do
it and orbee handed him
the pad and pencil he asked dad to tell
the tooth fairy
that he didn't have any teeth to lose
and if she wanted to trade anything else
well we would
really like her to come and visit
dad finished up the note and gave it to
orbeez
when orbee went to bed he placed the
note right under him on the floor
[Music]
the next morning orbee was up with the
sun
he looked down at his note and for a
moment he thought the fairy had not
answered
then he looked more carefully in the
corner
there was some tiny writing
orbee couldn't help he tooted
and katie set up in bed he asked her to
come with him to find out
what the fairy had said
[Music]
mom and dad were still asleep but orbee
snorkeled very gently and soon dad
opened an eye and saw them
the minute dad's eye was open orbee told
him about the note
dad sat up in bed and read it because it
was in
teeny tiny writing dad borrowed mom's
reading glasses
and looked a little silly as he read
katie and orbee could barely believe
their ear
it said dear orbee i don't write notes
very often because i'm so busy
collecting teeth
but when i saw your note i thought i'd
better answer you back
there aren't a lot of little pink aliens
on earth you know
orbeez sure did know that she said
i usually only collect teeth but you
have something very special that i would
like to collect
too i would love it if you would draw me
a big dot the same color as your spots
every time katie loses a tooth see
i'm very tiny and i will use the dots to
decorate my house
don't make them too big sleep tight
yours truly
the tooth fairy nobody spoke for a
minute
and then orbee bugled his excitement
mama who was snoozing a bit
shot right up out of bed
then she burst out laughing
katie and orbee danced around the room
then orbee asked if katie could feel
anything loose and wiggly in her mouth
katie checked and told him she couldn't
they'd have to wait until she was a
little older
they both cheered and jumped up and down
it was a long time before katie finally
did have a loose tooth fall out but when
it did the tooth fairy came
and collected one tooth and one polka
dot
and left katie and orbee two quarters
each
[Music]
and i know that when you're old enough
and your tooth gets wiggly
the tooth fairy will visit you too and
on that very day
you'll know you're growing up for sure
you
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04x01 - The New Bike / Sorry / Orbie and the Tooth Fairy
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Animated series is based on a series of four environment-themed children's books titled Katie and Orbie Save the Planet, illustrated by Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks and written by his daughter Susan Wicks, which were published in 1991.
Animated series is based on a series of four environment-themed children's books titled Katie and Orbie Save the Planet, illustrated by Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks and written by his daughter Susan Wicks, which were published in 1991.