11x07 - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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♪ Reading rainbow

♪ Butterfly in the sky

♪ I can go twice as high

♪ Take a look

♪ It's in a book

♪ A reading rainbow

♪ I can go anywhere

♪ Friends to know

♪ And ways to grow

♪ A reading rainbow

♪ I can be anything

♪ Take a look

♪ It's in a book

♪ A reading rainbow

♪ Reading rainbow

Ha ha ha!

Hi. I love bowling.
It's so much fun.

There's something about
the thunder of the rolling balls

And the crashing pins
that makes you want to play.

Everyone brings personality
to the action.

An important strategy
is choosing the right ball.

I already tried this one,

So I'm going to give
this one a try.

It's very important
to get the right fit.

Uh-oh. These holes
are a little small.

I'll either need a new ball
or some different fingers.

So that leaves me with--

Oh, boy. I like the feel
of this bowling ball.

Perfect fit.

Now comes
the best part of all.

Watch me devastate
the pins.

Yeah!

When you bowl,

One thing
leads to another.

You throw the ball.
It knocks down the pins.

The pins are reset.
The ball returns.

When one thing leads to another,
it's called a chain reaction.

Here, it starts
with the bowling ball.

This chain reaction begins
and ends with the bowling ball.

But a chain reaction
can start with anything,

And in this book, it all starts
with one little cookie.

It's called
if you give a mouse a cookie.

If you give a mouse a cookie,

He's going to ask
for a glass of milk.

When you give him
the milk,

He'll probably ask you
for a straw.

[Slurp slurp]

When he's finished,
he'll ask for a napkin.

[Smacking his lips]

Then he'll want
to look in a mirror

To make sure he doesn't have
a milk mustache.

When he looks
in the mirror,

He might notice
his hair needs a trim,

So he'll probably ask
for some nail scissors.

[Snip snip snip]

When he's finished
giving himself a trim,

He'll want a broom
to sweep up.

He'll start sweeping.

He might sweep
every room in the house.

He may even end up washing
the floors, as well.

When he's done...

[Yawn]

He'll probably
want to take a nap.

You'll have to fix up
a little box for him

With a blanket
and a pillow.

He'll crawl in...

[Fluffing pillow]

Make himself
comfortable...

And fluff the pillow
a few times.

He'll probably ask you
to read him a story,

So you'll read to him
from one of your books.

He'll ask
to see the pictures.

When he sees them,

He'll get so excited,
he'll want to draw.

He'll need
paper and crayons.

He'll draw a picture.

When the picture's finished,
he'll want to sign his name

With a pen.

[Squeak squeak]

Then he'll want
to hang his picture

On your refrigerator,

Which means
he'll need scotch tape.

He'll hang up his drawing
and stand back to look at it.

Looking at the refrigerator
will remind him

That he's thirsty.

[Squeak squeak]

So, he'll ask
for glass of milk,

And chances are, if he asks
for a glass of milk,

He's going to want a cookie
to go with it.

Oh, no!

Ha ha ha!

That's what happens
when you give a mouse a cookie.

What happens when you give
levar another try?

Oh!

I didn't want to do that.

Sometimes the ball
goes where it wants.

You never know
what's going to happen,

But bowling balls
are made to take a pounding.

And here's
how they're made.

This is the ebonite
bowling bowl factory

In hopkinsville, kentucky.

More balls are made here
than anywhere else in the world.

A bowling ball
has two parts--

A tough outer shell
and a heavy center, or core,

That gives the ball
its weight.

The core is made first.

Workers clip
plastic molds together

And send them one by one
down the line.

A gooey plastic cement
pours into each mold.

Fill her up.

Once the molds are dry,

They're cracked open
like giant eggs,

And the cores
pop right out.

The cores are round,

Except for that extra knob
on the end.

The deknobber machine
solves that problem.

Now the cores take a trip
through the factory.

It looks like a giant
pinball machine, doesn't it?

Then the cores are weighed
on a digital scale

And sorted into bins.

The next step is
to make the outer shell.

Each core is put

Into the center
of a larger mold.

A liquid plastic called
polyester is added to the mold.

It's the same polyester
in clothing,

Only in a different form.

Polyester
comes in bright colors,

So bowling balls
can be stylish like you.

After the plastic hardens,
each ball goes to the grinder.

This machine smoothes
the surface

And gives the ball
a bath.

Every ball is rubbed and buffed
to a perfect shine.

Time to test
for bumps or cracks.

Bowling balls have
to be perfectly round

To glide down the lane
for a strike.

A special machine stamps
each ball with the company name.

When you add a dash of color,
ebonite stands out.

These balls are sanded down
for a rough surface.

That's for bowlers who like
a ball that really curves.

Other balls
are left slick and shiny

So they'll roll
straight down the lane,

But not until a last spray
of polish for the perfect shine.

At last, the balls
are ready to roll.

They're shipped
to bowling centers and stores,

Where finger holes
will be drilled

And each ball custom-fit
just for you.

I love watching the ball
smash into the pins.

Sometimes they explode,

And sometimes
they barely topple over.

If you hit them just right,
they look like they're dancing.

In other games, falling pieces
can create a chain reaction,

Like in dominoes.

Once they start to go,
it's impossible to stop them.

This is bob speca.

When he goes to the gymnasium,
he's not thinking basketball.

He's thinking dominoes.

[Bob]
this is a domino,

A piece of wood
painted black with white dots.

I have dominoes
of many different colors.

I have red,

Blue, white,
green, yellow, orange,

And, of course, black,

And I spray-painted
them myself.

I use a ruler to lay out
the patterns.

I measure the distance,

And then I set up
the dominoes.

I just set them up
so many times

That I know
exactly how they'll fall--

Closer on turns, further away
on the straightaways.

This effect
is called the centipede

Because it looks like a bug
scurrying along the floor.

The legs branch out
from the center body.

You have to be careful
when setting them up

Because you might accidentally
topple them all.

Then you stop them
before they knock others over.

I like toppling dominoes
because it's my way

Of painting
or sculpting,

Except it's on a floor
instead of canvas.

It makes me feel good.

They create an art form,
and as they fall,

It's just a fun way
to express myself.

This design is called
the diamond effect.

The dominoes
fall in four diamonds.

The first is feet wide,

Then feet and
and smaller.

They look like they're falling
faster as they go.

My favorite trick
is the six days till sunday.

It has rainbow colors,
and they fall in patterns.

This black row
topples across the bottom.

It hits a domino here,
which spins this pinwheel

And sends this domino
flying all the way to the top.

On its way,
it triggers this red row,

Then the orange row,
then the green,

Then the yellow, blue,
and silver.

And at the end,
the last six dominoes

All fall off
at the same time.

Dominoes--an art form
in motion.

Dominoes, bowling,
or giving a mouse a cookie

Are some ways
one thing leads to another.

Here's a lead
on some good books

That are sure to bowl
you over.

Bright colors,
beautiful pictures,

And great rhymes
are in this book

Called
the house that jack built,

But that's not all.

It's a fun book
to read out loud.

It starts off
with one sentence--

"This is the house
that jack built."

The rhyme gets longer
with each page.

Listen.

"This is the rat,
that ate the malt

That lay in the house
that jack built."

The pictures
are really neat.

The colors look like they were
put on with sponges.

This is no ordinary book.

I'm kathrine david,

And I'm recommending
this book to my friends.

My friends will recommend
this book to your friends.

In other words,
this is a great book.

Hi. I'm serena.

Come to a place
no one's ever seen.

It's in this book called
this is the key to the kingdom.

This is a beautiful story.

The girl in the story
lives in the city.

Beyond that city
is the town.

That town has a lot
of people

And lots of things
you see every day, only better.

Everything
is clean and colorful,

And there's no pollution.

The key to this kingdom
is no ordinary key.

You can only get to the kingdom
with a magical flower.

I think this is a great story
for sharing.

Why not share it today?

I hope you're in the mood
for a crazy book.

This gets really crazy
as it goes along.

It's called smart dog.

The man in the story
sits on the porch

With his sleepy dog.

"If you were a smart dog,"
he says,

"You'd chase
that rabbit.

You'd dance on a drum."

Then he tells the dog
that he would juggle

While he conducted
a string quartet.

Would you look at this?
This dog is hysterical.

This book
is like a circle.

It ends up
where it began.

I'm tommy. Go get it--
smart dog.

O.k. I'm down
to my last sh*t.

I need one more strike
for my best game ever.

Cross your fingers.

Yes!

Oh, boy!

Did you see that?
My best score ever.

I started out a little slow,
but now I'm on a roll.

This calls
for another game--

A fresh set of pins,
a new scoreboard,

My favorite bowling ball,

And I'm right back
where I started.

See you next time.

Go over.

♪ Butterfly
in the sky ♪

♪ I can go
twice as high ♪

♪ Take a look

♪ It's in a book

♪ A reading rainbow

♪ A reading rainbow

♪ A reading rainbow

♪ A reading rainbow ♪