[Music]
it had been a
search-and-find kind of day
katie discovered that even if you put
two socks into the washing machine
sometimes only one comes out
orbee was surprised to find that if
crayons roll across the floor
it's really hard to find them all again
and they both learned that
if you want to know where your favorite
book is you need to put it away
in the right place next time
in the backyard on this sunny day mrs
perette mom dad katie and orbee
were all sitting sipping lemonade
dad's special lemonade with oranges in
it
katie and orbee were telling mrs peret
about how they spent the day hunting for
things and
mrs correct looked a little sad
orbee tooted that it was all right
they'd found everything again but mrs
perez said
it wasn't about that mum
asked what it was and mrs perette looked
at the ground it made her
very sad to talk about it
[Music]
katie slipped out of her chair and
hugged mrs perette
she never liked to see anyone feel sad
mrs perez explained that she had lost
something she had been given a long long
time ago
a beautiful gold colored necklace
katie was very impressed she told katie
that while it wasn't worth a lot of
money
to her it was very valuable
katie didn't exactly understand and
neither did orbee but
mom seemed to know what she meant
as they were all preparing to leave
katie told mrs perez she was confused
about
what was more valuable than money and
mrs peret leaned over to explain
she told katie that when she was 21 she
was given the necklace because it
belonged to her great-great-grandmother
orbee thought that was a lot of greats
and
mrs perette said yes it was
and now it was her turn to pass the
necklace onto her granddaughter
mrs perez stood up very proudly and told
katie that
her granddaughter was going to turn 21
in two weeks and she was heart sick at
not having the heirloom to pass on to
her
[Music]
katie didn't know that necklaces were
called heirlooms
mrs peretz said that an heirloom was
something special
that was passed down through the family
it was a gift from someone
who was alive a long time ago
mom asked what happened to it and mrs
peret just shrugged her shoulders and
shook her head she had been wearing it
and perhaps
it wasn't done up properly but whatever
it had slipped off and she'd never seen
it since
that made everybody sad
dad asked when it happened mrs perez
said
it was about a week ago well dad jumped
right out of his chair and told mr peret
that he had a really good feeling about
finding it
[Music]
then he made a very serious face and
added that he also had
two of the best hunters on the street
mrs barrett told him she had looked
everywhere yes dad agreed that probably
she had
but there was nothing like another set
of eyes to help find things
and he happened to have three pairs that
were happy to help
i think mrs peret thought it was kind of
hopeless but
you know how silly dad can be and
finally he did get her to agree that
a little hunt through things couldn't
hurt
mrs peret headed home to get ready for
them and when they rang the doorbell
she opened the door to see three
characters
one tall too short each holding great
big magnifying glasses up to their eyes
mrs spirit laughed
and invited them all in in a moment they
were
on the job orbee crawled all the way
around the couch and found nothing
katie looked under all the chairs and
there was nothing there either
dad shook out all the coats in the hall
closet and found nothing
katie crawled along the kitchen floor
and orbee looked
everywhere he could think of in the
bathroom
dad took the vacuum bag outside and cut
it open
he looked through all the dust in there
but there was no necklace
katie wanted to find it so badly
she hated to see mrs perette just
sitting and looking at her
granddaughter's picture
all sad she had a really strong feeling
that it was in the living room so she
sat on the floor and looked at
everything in the room
orbee asked what katie was doing katie
looked at him she said she was trying
to think like a necklace
at that moment an idea came to her and
she leapt
up and pulled the pillows off the couch
orbee was a little worried that mrs
parrett wouldn't want her living
room messed up however katie was looking
so disappointed at not finding it there
he didn't say anything he just
stared at the couch orbee could tell she
was
thinking like a necklace again and
didn't say anything
suddenly she leapt under the couch and
stuck her hand down the little crack
where the back meets the front
she dragged her hand along finding two
coins and the candy
and then she felt something different
orbee could tell
something was up because her eyes popped
open
she slowly and carefully pulled on the
object and as it came into view
she squealed with the light orbee tooted
for everyone to come running
there in katie's hand was a
beautiful gold-colored necklace
well mrs perette cried but they were
happy tears
dad shook all his partner's hands and
then they tied it up a bit
mrs perette hugged katie and told her
that she appreciated her finding it so
much
she hugged dad and orbee2 telling them
she so appreciated them taking the time
to hunt
well katie thought all this was
wonderful
and that night she asked mom if one day
she would get something
as an heirloom mom explained that they
didn't have anything quite as old as mrs
peret's necklace
but she did have a ring that had
belonged to her great-grandmother
mom pulled it out of the jewelry box and
katie put it on her finger
she loved the idea that her finger was
in the same
place her great-great-grandmothers had
been
kitty asked if it would be hers when she
was 21 and mom smiled
it's already waiting for you
you might have something special in your
house that belonged to a member of your
family who lived a long time ago
and if you don't then maybe you'll want
to choose something as an heirloom so
that
your child's child's child's charge are
well
well you know what i mean they will have
something
to remember you by because believe me
you are really worth remembering
did you know
did you know that a pen pal
is a friend you write letters to you can
tell
them all about yourself and draw
pictures and write stories for each
other
a pen pal can be a friend who is far
away
or a special friend who's always nearby
[Music]
it had been a breezy kind of day
katie discovered that it takes a lot of
raking to make a pile of leaves
or be found out that it was a busy time
for squirrels
who were racing around collecting nuts
and they both learned that if you cover
yourself up with leaves
you can really surprise them when you
jump
up after dinner they decided that the
time was right for a game of hide and
seek
katie sat on the steps with her eyes
covered and started counting
or be shot off hunting everywhere for a
terrific place to hide
he crouched down as small as he could
behind a little bush
katie called to orbee that she spotted
him when she saw a little pink glow
behind the small bush
they both raced for the step orbee ran
fast but katie ran faster and beat him
this time orbee was hit and katie hid
katie told orbee he would take
12 years to find her because she had
such a good place
they both giggled she told him
he'd better hunt fast because they only
had a few minutes before bed and raced
off well orbee did his best hunting
he looked in the sandbox under the steps
behind the tree
what he did find was very surprising it
was at the back of the garden
where tall plants grew something orange
peeked out from behind the plants orbee
was really curious about it
but just then he heard a giggle and
turned and ran toward it
he hunted for katie but there was still
no sign of her
and he'd quite forgotten about this
strange orange thing in the backyard
when mom called he asked for two more
minutes to
find katie and to tell you the truth i
think he'd still be looking now except
that all of a sudden a big achoo came
out of the pile of leaves
it was followed by a giggle and he
shouted
katie jumped up looking like a a leaf
monster
and they both raced for the back step
they got there at the same time
orbee just had to tell his best friend
that she really was the best hider
in the world as he was going back in he
glanced back
and saw the last glimmer of sunset
shining on the orange thing
in the garden it wasn't until all the
lights were off and katie was sound
asleep that orbee
started to think about what that orange
thing in the garden could actually be
and i should tell you right here as the
moon shone in through the window
orbee was beginning to think it was
something a little scary
he slipped out of the closet and tiptoed
over to the window
slowly he rose up and two orbee eyes
peeked out over the backyard at the very
moment he looked
the moon moved out from behind a cloud
and made the garden
sparkle with a strange orange light
orbee gasped and slid out of sight
pressed against the wall of kitty's
bedroom orbee tried hard to think of
what to do to save his family
this was something spooky maybe
even a monster orbee quickly zipped
downstairs and made sure dad had locked
all the doors
he had but as orbee was tiptoeing up the
stairs
he began to think how big the monster
was
if its head was that size
he sat down on the stairs and thought if
the monster was very big
a little luck wouldn't help much
orbee came up with what he thought was
an excellent idea
he would put a whole bunch of things
against the door and make it too hard
for the
orange-headed people-eating monster to
come in
and within seconds a stack of furniture
and pots and pans and books and
all kinds of things were against the
back door
[Music]
as he tiptoed up the stairs again orbeez
stopped midstep
what if the monster decided to come
in the front door well instantly
orbee piled all kinds of things against
the front door
that should keep a monster out and then
with a yawn
orbee went up the stairs soon he was
comfy in his closet again and feeling
safe and warm and
he drifted into a deep deep sleep
the next morning everybody but orbee was
awake and slowly they stumbled down to
the kitchen
mom who was in a sleepy haze didn't
notice too much until she went to sit in
the chair and the chair was gone
when dad went to the bookshelf he
couldn't help but notice that
all of the books were gone when katie
came down
she looked at the big pile of stuff that
was up against the door
and asked why it was there well the
whole family minus orbee
tried to figure out what in fact had
happened and it wasn't until
they noticed that orbee was the only
person not there that they realized it
must have something to do with him
katie raced up and asked orbee to hurry
down and see what had happened
orbee was sure it was something awful
and he was also sure
that it was the monster that had done it
when he walked into the kitchen to see
three people wondering what was up
he was so glad to tell them about the
monster he explained everything
and dad smiled he told orbee there was
no monster at all
orbee stood on one of the kitchen chairs
and peeked out
that was when he knew dad was absolutely
wrong
orbee wasn't sure but he thought the
monster was
actually growing right out of the ground
he pointed to it katie shrieked with joy
mom and dad left they didn't laugh at
orbee but they laughed at the situation
still in pajamas the whole family held
hands together
and went out to see what orbeez monster
really was
orbee was very frightened so dad picked
him up
katie was tugging everybody because she
was so excited
at the back of the garden glowing
orangely in the bright october sun
was a huge pumpkin
well i don't have to tell you how
relieved orbee was
and impressed he couldn't believe that
the biggest pumpkin
maybe in the whole world was growing
from the tiny seed that he himself
had planted last year he turned to his
family and started to giggle and
then the giggles turned to chuckles and
chuckles to laughter and
the whole family was laughing with orbee
when he realized how silly he'd been
to this very day it's still one of his
most
favorite stories to tell and i hope it
will be
one of your favorites too i know
that orbee would just love that
he really would
did you know did you know did you know
did you know there are lots of different
shoes that you can wear
you can wear running shoes outside to
play
nifty black shoes with metal taps to go
tap dancing
and soft little slippers for taking
ballet lessons
but i don't think it's a good idea to
wear your tap dancing shoes to ballet
class they're awfully noisy
[Music]
it had been a day of puddles and rain
and katie found out that if you open the
front door
and take a deep breath even the air has
water in it
or be discovered that a whole lot of
worms like to come out and dance in the
rain
and they both learned that after it
rains
the grass in the garden turns greener
and greener
it had rained all day and katie and
orbee had already
puddle jumped carried a whole bunch of
worms back to the garden
made a river where the water raced for
the drain
they had soup for lunch and played with
colored dough
and by this time it was starting to feel
a lot like
playing outside in the sun
[Music]
as they looked out the window katie's
side it didn't look like there was much
hope for the rest of the day
and she turned away from the window
trying to decide what to do next
orbee noticed something in the sky
at first it was just a tiny sliver
between the clouds
and then it began to broaden ever so
slowly
orbee tooted a toot of joy because the
clouds were separating
and letting the good old sun come
through
[Music]
in a flash katie and orbee with tuggy on
mom to get ready
it was soon going to be sunny enough to
go to the park
[Music]
it wasn't more than 15 minutes before
mom was sitting on the wet bench
protected by her raincoat and katie and
orbee were climbing and swinging and
turning on all of the
dripping playground equipment
katie and orbee were spinning on the
swings and giggling as they went around
when a familiar voice called to them
from the path
it was bryn and phoebe they had their
coats and puddle boots on and were
hurrying to the park to play
brynn kept floating around in orbee's
eyes when his swing finally stopped
he was he was really dizzy
they decided to play a game of follow
the leader brynn was the first leader
and she
led them all through the playground
except through the wet sand
and each one of them had to slide down
the fireman's pole like brim
orbee helped phoebe and as benry stuffed
graffiti orbee reached down and he
noticed
a beautiful new bracelet on bryn's wrist
[Applause]
when they took a rest before the next
leader's turn orbee asked if he could
see a broom bracelet
brynn didn't like it much but she showed
it to him
orbee thought it was absolutely the very
best bracelet he had ever seen
on the front of it there was a snake
climbing up something and when orbee
asked if he could try it
bryn said that she wasn't allowed to
take it off
well to tell you the truth orbee was a
bit annoyed with bryn for not
sharing even for a moment as the others
played follow the leader behind katie
orbee went and sat on the bench with mom
he told mom about bryn's new bracelet
and that he didn't think it was very
nice of her to not even let him try it
on just once
and mom wondered why brynn wouldn't give
over your turn
but orbee didn't really know the answer
or we just sat there on the bench beside
mom
soon katie led them all over to mom
because she happened to know that
in one of mom's pockets there were some
really good
eggless cookies just waiting to be eaten
as mom gave out the cookies bryn stopped
and asked if they were made with eggs
inside
katie's mom assured her that they
weren't
she knew that bryn was coming with them
and made them special with her and mind
with that mom asked brynn if she could
see her new bracelet
again brynn didn't really feel like
showing her bracelet but
she did when mom saw it
she thought brynn was terribly clever to
wear a bracelet like that
and told orbee that she knew exactly why
orbee couldn't try it on
orbee turned to her and felt a little
sheepish as he looked at brynn
what was the good reason he burpled mom
explained that bryn's bracelet was on
her wrist to keep her safe
if by any chance brynn ate eggs and they
made her so sick that she couldn't even
talk
then the bracelet did the talking for
her
orbee looked at the bracelet again it
looked really cool with snakes and all
that
he couldn't see any talking buttons or
anything
and mom laughed and told him she meant
that seeing the bracelet on brynn
would tell people that didn't know her
that she was allergic to eggs
orbee was still confused how did it do
that
mom turned bryn's bracelet over on the
inside there were some words
the word said egg allergies
roby rubbed his pink head that was a
very important bracelet for brent to
have
[Music]
and even though orbee wanted one he knew
that he didn't have any allergies
then orbee had another thought
how would anybody in the whole world
know to look in the back of the bracelet
mom pointed to the snake and the sword
she told
orbee that it was a symbol of medicine
and if a bracelet has that symbol on it
that means the bracelet is doing a job
the job is protecting the person
wearing the bracelet it's called a
medical alert bracelet
brynn looked at orbee and told him she
didn't even want to wear the bracelet
because
it told everybody that something was
wrong with her but her mom said it might
save her life and
she just had to
[Music]
orbee touched bryn's arm and told her
that he thought that
the bracelet was telling everybody
something was right with brynn
[Music]
bren didn't know what he meant he told
her if it's keeping you safe so that you
can be our friend
forever and ever then it's doing
something right
orbee gave her a great big hug so did
katie because being brynn's friend
forever
meant a whole lot to both of them brian
looked at her shiny bracelet and smiled
he'd been so busy not wanting to wear it
and now she realized that
it was telling everybody a good thing
not a bad thing
she felt so much happier and with that
she swung around and told phoebe
it was her turn to be leader and all
four friends went off like a snake
through the whole playground
and from that day on whenever katie and
orbee saw someone with
a medical alert bracelet it made them
very happy
because they knew that person was
keeping themselves safe too and if you
need to wear a medical alert bracelet or
know someone else who does
i want you to know that you are making
me
happy at this very moment
you
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04x03 - Mrs. Parette's Necklace / Orbie and the Pumpkin Seed / Bryn's New Bracelet
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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.