21x07 - Episode 7

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC]

-[SINGING] It's a beautiful
day in this neighborhood,

a beautiful day for a neighbor.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

It's a neighborly
day in this beauty

wood, a neighborly
day for a beauty.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have
a neighbor just like you.

I've always wanted to live
in a neighborhood with you.

So let's make the most
of this beautiful day,

since we're together we might
as well say-- would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

Won't you be my neighbor?

Won't you please?

Won't you please?

Please won't you be my neighbor?

I'm just thinking about
you there, watching.

I like to think about
you, growing, sure.

Talk about growing.

This is something I'm going to
use for growing this bean seed.

Mhm.

I want to grow a
bean plant, so I'm

going to plant this
bean seed in here.

Yeah.

Mr. McFeely said that he
would bring some potting soil,

and I told him I'd
probably be in the kitchen.

So let's just go there now.

If we're gonna do that, better
put the newspaper on here.

Yup.

Don't want to make a mess
on this kitchen table.

So I'll just put some
newspaper down there.

This is a trowel.

We can use that when we
dig out the potting soil.

Now I'm all set with
the pot, and the seed,

and I'm all set to
do some potting.

That sounds a little
like "potty," doesn't it?

Well, this is a
little pot, and I'm

going to put some earth
in it to plant this seed.

So it's called potting.

Yup.

MR. MCFEELY: Mr.
Rogers, speedy delivery!

-I'm in the kitchen,
Mr. McFeely.

-How'd you do?

-I'm glad you came.

-Speedy delivery.

I have the potting soil.

-Good, won't you sit down?

-All righty.

-And I have the pot
and the bean seed.

-And the trowel, right?

-Yeah, the trowel.

-Well, the first thing
we need to do-- I

have some stones here.

-Wow, what--

-They go right in here.

-Oh.

-I sometimes put them in before
I put this potting soil in.

-What's that help?

-Well, sometimes
the dirt will come

out the hole in the bottom.

And this stone is
preventing that.

-I see.

-That's what I use it for.

Now here's the potting soil.

-All right.

-Put the trowel in.

Fill up the pot.

-The trowel is like a
big spoon, isn't it?

-A big spoon.

Just keep putting it in.

There's one.

-This really looks
like very good earth.

-It is.

I got it at the conservatory.

I have a friend who works there.

-Uh huh.

Let's see.

A few more will do.

-OK.

That's-- I think maybe--
I think I'd do one more.

-All right.

Is that enough?

-Just a little more.

-OK.

-This should do it.

There we go.

-OK.

-Now break up some of the
bigger pieces on top there.

Push them aside.

That's it.

-OK.

-Now-- now it's ready
to plant the seed in.

And here's what you do.

Take a finger like
that, and you just

push it down into the soil.

-Oh, you make a hole--

-A hole for the--

-Bean seed.

-Bean seed now.

Put it in.

-It's hard to make--
it keeps going down.

-There's I think
that should be--

-Is that good enough?

-Now cover it over.

There we go.

And now we need some water.

-Oh, well I'll get some
water right over here.

-And I'll watch the bean.

-OK.

Here's my can.

[WATER RUNNING]

Water for the bean.

Do you want to do the water?

-Sure.

Let some soak in.

-Uh huh.

-Get some more on this side.

-You think it's growing already?

-Probably, it's just
that we can't see it.

-Uh huh.

Well, I'll keep
taking care of it

so someday we will be
able to see it, I hope.

-Now the best place to put
it in here, I-- let me see.

Oh, you know you could
put it right by the sink.

-All right.

-It'd get some
sunlight that way.

-All right, bean seed.

Here you go.

-And I'll help
you clean up here.

Oh.

I have to take the
rest of the potting

soil back to the conservatory.

Would you like to go with me?

-I would.

-I think you'll find it
very interesting over there.

I'll help you with
the paper here.

We can recycle these papers.

-I might just leave
this out here.

-And where should we put this?

Is that all right to
put it right here?

-Sure, we'll use
them again sometime.

-OK.

I have the soil.

-Which way?

-I think out the front
door is the quicker way.

Speedier way, I should say.

-All right.

-Right this way.

On to the conservatory
to meet my friend Dale.

-Oh, good.

Come along.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MR. MCFEELY: See over there?

MR. ROGERS: Mighty
beautiful flowers.

MR. MCFEELY: One
my favorite places

in the neighborhood to visit.

-Oh my.

Look at that huge-- and
look at that big tree.

-That is a traveler's tree.

-Traveler's tree?

-Yes, and it grows in
hot, tropical climates.

And if you're a traveler,
and if you're thirsty,

you can put a stick in where
the stems come together there.

MR. ROGERS: Uh huh.

MR. MCFEELY: And out
will come some water.

MR. ROGERS: Oh.

Isn't that great?

Like a fountain.

MR. MCFEELY: Like a fountain.

You'd get a drink.

They say it tastes
like sugar water.

MR. ROGERS: But you couldn't
do that with just any tree?

MR. MCFEELY: No, you shouldn't,
just a traveler's tree.

MR. ROGERS: I see.

MR. MCFEELY: Now over this
way, Dale is in the workroom,

so just follow me.

MR. ROGERS: Very good.

It's beautiful here.

MR. MCFEELY: Oh, I
knew you'd like it.

See the fans up there?

MR. ROGERS: Oh yeah.

MR. MCFEELY: It helps
keep the air in motion.

MR. ROGERS: Uh huh.

MR. MCFEELY: It keeps--

MR. ROGERS: Look at all
these beautiful plants.

MR. MCFEELY: The
fans keep the air

comfortable for people
and for the flowers.

Hello, Dale.

-Hi, Mr. McFeely, how are you?

-Here's the potting soil.

We didn't use all of it, so I
thought I'd return it to you.

-Well, thank you very much.

Dale Lignoski, I'd like
you to meet Fred Rogers.

-Hi, it's a pleasure
to meet you.

-Glad to meet you, Dale.

Thank you.

What are you doing here?

-Well, we just planted some news
seeds for our next flower show.

And I'm keeping them very moist
so that they can start to grow.

-Ah ha.

-And although you can't
see the plants in here,

they're underneath the soil
starting to grow roots.

And pretty soon we'll
have some leaves showing.

And in this flat right here
and the one next to it,

the plants are a
little bit older.

So they do have some leaves up.

But they need to
be kept very moist.

And way down on
the end here, you

can see a few that are a little
bit bigger that are even older.

MR. ROGERS: These do
look a little taller.

-And it's very important for
us to keep them moist and wet

so they can continue to grow.

-We came through a
room when we entered

that had a great, huge traveler
tree, Mr. McFeely told me.

-Yeah, that's one of our
favorite plants here.

It's a beautiful plant.

-Oh, it is.

Well, you have so
many wonderful things.

-Do you have a moment to
show us around the rest

of the conservatory?
-Oh, sure.

I'd be glad to.

In fact, there's some plants
upstairs I could show you

that like to be in
water all the time.

-All the time.

-So let me lead the way.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

-We'll follow you.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-This is the room where
we grow our water lilies.

And all of the plants
in here, and you

can see several
different colors.

We have a cream,
and a purple, pink,

and I believe there's
a yellow in back.

They all like to grow with
their roots submerged entirely

underwater, which some plants
can't take that at all.

But these-- that's the
way they prefer to grow.

-They all grow in the water.

But it looks as if there's
some soil under there.

DALE LIGNOSKI: Yes,
yeah, these are

grown in a soil mix in a
pot and then set in water.

In nature, lilies will
grow in very shallow pools,

and their roots will be
anchored in the soil.

But the leaves and the
blooms, the blossoms,

will all be above
the water level.

-Well, this one looks as if
it's just about to bloom,

and then the one next to
it sort of half bloomed,

then the next one looks
as if it's full bloom.

-Right, water lilies will
set bud in progression.

So there's constantly
a series of buds,

halfway open flowers,
and full open flowers.

-Dale, you know
so much about it.

Were you always interested,
even as a child, in plants?

-I think I got interested
as a little girl.

My grandfather was
an avid gardener.

And he loved to work in
his vegetable garden.

He had flowers in
front of the house.

And he worked with
some more fruit trees.

So I think I got the
interest from him.

It was always a hobby.

-Oh, he must have been
very proud of you.

-I'd like to think
that he would be.

-I really like
looking around here.

-Oh, yes.

There's something
different in every room.

And here we have all our
cactus and succulents.

-Oh, it's a mighty
dry room in here.

-Yes, it is.

In comparison to the
last room we were in,

it certainly is dry.

Cactus and succulents
have a wonderful capacity

to store water.

-What's this, Dale?

-That's a century plant.

It's a type of agave.

-Looks like it's all--

-It looks like a big octopus.

-It does.

Yeah.

And it looks as if it's growing
right out of these stones.

-Yes, it does.

It can be planted very shallow.

-Look at all these
different kinds of cacti.

-If you'll notice too, on
most of the types of cacti,

they do have spines
which protect

them in the desert regions.

But there's a lot of
competition for water.

They have these
spines that animals

can't chew on them to get the
water so that they're protected

and can grow.

-When you say spines, you
mean those prickly things--

-All those prickly things, yes.

-Well, I know the
name of this one.

It's a barrel cactus, right?

-That's our Golden
Barrel cactus.

-Look, that's a
huge one back there.

-Right, we can estimate the
age of that one in the back

at about 50 years.

-And so you mustn't tough that.

-No, they're very, very sharp.

-And look at this tiny one.

How old would you say that is?

DALE LIGNOSKI: Oh, probably
about two or three years old.

-This one, two or three.

DALE LIGNOSKI: Right.

They're also very heavy, because
they do have this water storage

ability, that these can
weigh up to 100 pounds.

MR. ROGERS: This one
could be 100 pounds.

DALE LIGNOSKI: At least.

-Do any of these cacti or
succulents have flowers?

-Yeah, they do
bloom periodically.

But we have some
beautiful plants

in another room in
the conservatory

that have just
beautiful flowers.

I'd like to show you.

-Oh, good.

Let's go there.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-This is our orchid
room, where we

can see a lot of beautiful
varieties of orchids.

The colors are just magnificent.

-Oh.

It feels like crawling through
some place [INAUDIBLE].

Oh, look at this one.

-That's a dendrobium orchid.

-Dendrobium?

-Mhm.

-Aren't that lovely?

MR. MCFEELY: Are
orchids hard to grow?

-No, actually, they're not.

They're very easy to grow.

And they do very well
on either a bathroom

or a kitchen windowsill.

You can feel the
humidity in here.

They like a lot of humidity.

They take a lot of moisture out
of the air into their roots.

So they like a very
moist environment.

This one down here is
a lady slipper orchid.

You can see how the
flower forms like the toe

on a little slipper.

MR. ROGERS: Isn't that wonderful
to think that things like this

just grow out in the wild?

DALE LIGNOSKI:
They are beautiful.

MR. ROGERS: There's
somebody taking picture.

Maggie?

Maggie Stork?

-Why yes, it is.

How are you, Fred?

-Oh, fine.

Do you know Dale?

-Of course.

Hi, Dale.

-David McFeely.

-Hi.

-McFeely, how are you?

-Doing fine, thank you.

-This part of your work?

-Yes, it is.

I love to come to
this orchid room.

I document the growth
of these flowers.

They go from very small
ones to quite beautiful,

big, brilliant colors and all
different shapes and sizes.

I like to keep track of that.

-Mm, that's great work.

Well, Dale was showing us
some on this side of the room.

They're beautiful.

-They're quite lovely.

And there's some even more
lovely ones around this way.

-Oh, thanks for telling us.

Could we go there?

-Sure, let's go.

-Wish you well, Maggie.

-Thank you very much.

MR. MCFEELY: See you later.

-Bye for now.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MR. ROGERS: What
kind are these, Dale?

DALE LIGNOSKI: This is a
yellow phalaenopsis orchid.

And here we have a
beautiful blue vanda.

MR. ROGERS: You grow
much fancier things

here than I grow at my place.

But I think I better get back.

-Well, before you go, there's
something I'd like you to have,

help you grow your
plants a little bit.

-Oh, thank you.

-OK, I'll be right back.

-In the meantime, take a closer
look at some of these orchids.

They're magnificent.

MR. ROGERS: They surely are.

Nice to be able to have some
time to look at them closely.

What do they remind you of?

MR. MCFEELY: Just
going to ask you that.

MR. ROGERS: Really?

MR. MCFEELY: Yes.

MR. ROGERS: They remind
me of butterflies.

Because that's what
they look like.

MR. MCFEELY: You know,
that's what they're called,

butterfly orchids
or moth orchids.

MR. ROGERS: This
one's different.

MR. MCFEELY: Yes, that's
called a prom orchid.

MR. ROGERS: Prom?

MR. MCFEELY: Mhm.

MR. ROGERS: Isn't it wonderful
to think that these things just

grow and sometimes
out in the wild.

MR. MCFEELY: Mhm.

And Dale says they're
very easy to take care of.

-Yeah.

-Oh, here she is.

-Here we go.

I have a mister for you.

-Oh, thank you very much.

-And you can mist the
air around your plants

and help them grow a little bit.

You can give them a little shot
every day-- just like that.

-Thank you very much.

And thanks for showing
us around here.

-Oh, it was a pleasure.

-Are you coming, Mr. McFeely?

-Well, not right now.

I have a delivery
for Dale to do.

So I'll do that.

Now you go straight through
that doorway and turn right in.

That'll take you back out.

-Very good.
All right.

Thanks again.

-Bye bye.

-Bye.

-Bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Beautiful things, huh?

Let's take a look at the plant.

Give it a little
spray with the mister.

Now underneath this soil,
something's happening.

Something's beginning
to grow and change

even if we can't see it here.

OK, plant.

We'll keep taking care of you.

Let's have some make believe.

Some make believe about growing.

On trolley.

Last time we
pretended that there

appeared in Westwood
a big thing.

Nobody knew what it was.

Near the end of our
visit, we found out

that it was rolling
ever so slowly

toward the Neighborhood
of Make Believe.

Let's pretend now that not
everybody knows about it yet,

and King Friday's trying to keep
everybody calm, as the trolley

goes to the Neighborhood
of Make Believe.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Trolley.

-Oh, yes, trolley, yes.

Yes. [INAUDIBLE]

-Now, what was it you
were saying, King Friday?

-I always saying that what
I'm dealing with at the moment

is a state secret.

And I have an assignment
for you, Handyman.

-Oh, good.

What is it?

-Your assignment is to go
around to all of the neighbors

and tell them not to be afraid.

-Tell them not to be afraid?

-That's correct.

It could help
greatly if everyone

could stay away from fear.

-But-- but King Friday.

You can't just tell
people not to be afraid.

-Then you could sing it do them.

-Sing it?

But what is it we're
not to be afraid of?

-You're not to be
afraid of anything.

-Not anything?

-No, not anything.

Now you may sing about that.

-[SINGING] We're not to
be afraid of anything.

-That's right.

-[SINGING] Of anything at all.

-Anything at all.

-[SINGING] We're not
going to be afraid.

We're not to be afraid.

The king says fear
nothing at all.

-Very good.

That should do it.

-Oh, oh, oh-- but--
what if people should

ask why Mayor Maggie
is coming to have

an emergency meeting with you?

-Simply tell them it's
nothing to be afraid of.

-[SINGING] The king says
fear nothing at all.

-Exactly.

-Well, I'll do the
best I can, sire.

-I have every confidence in
your installation of confidence.

-Thank-- thank you, I think.

-Carry on.

-Confidence in my
installation of--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BELL RINGING]

-Meow, Handyman.

-Hi, Henrietta.

How are you?

-Meow fine, meow you?

-Now a little confused,
to tell you the truth.

-Meow your trouble.

-It's something that King
Friday wants me to do.

-Oh, hello there.

How in the world
are you two today?

-Meow meow man meow confused.

-Oh, you are, Handy?

What's happening?

-It's just that
King Friday wants

me to sing a song for everybody.

-Meow song?

Meow meow wonderful.

-Yeah, what's so
confusing about that?

-Wait till you hear it.

-Meow be glad meow meow it.

-OK, here it goes.

[SINGING] We're not to be
afraid of anything, of anything

at all.

We're not to be afraid.

We're not to be afraid.

The king says fear
nothing at all.

-Meow meow nice song.

Meow--

-It's a nice song,
but I'm wondering

why you would sing it
right at this moment.

-Meow.

Meow meow something
meow be afraid of?

-Well, the king just
says, fear nothing at all.

-That sure sounds funny to me.

-Meow too.

-I wonder if
something bad is going

on the king isn't telling us.

-Meow.

-Well, I sang the song.

That's all I'm supposed to do.

-But if you hear of something
we're supposed to be afraid of,

you'll let us know, won't you?

-Oh, sure.

-Meow.

-Come on over, Henrietta.

And we'll talk about this.

-Meow K.

-See you later.

-Meow meow.

-Yeah.

-Handy, he'll probably tell you.

-I don't know what
you're talking about.

-You'll see.

It's big news.

-Hi, Anna.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

-Hi.

-Oh your flowers
certainly look nice.

-Oh, thank you.

I try to mist them every day.

-I hope the big thing
doesn't get them.

-Stop talking about
that, Tuesday.

Do you know anything about
the big thing, Handy?

-I haven't heard
of such a thing.

-My daddy knows about it.

And Mayor Maggie knows about it.

And I know about it.

-All I know is what your
daddy told me, Tuesday.

-What was that?

-I'm supposed to sing, we're
not to be afraid of anything.

That's what I'm supposed
to tell everybody.

-You can sing and tell
whatever you want.

But some big thing
is somewhere, and I

think we should
warn Daniel, Anna.

-Oh, Tuesday.

You've got me scared.

I'm going to stay
with my mom and dad.

-Oh, boy.

I see my dad right now over
there with Mayor Maggie.

They're probably talking
about it this very second.

-I have to tell a few others
about not to be afraid.

But I'll be over at
the castle in a few.

-That's where the action is.

-Oh, Tuesday, you're too--

-This big thing
appeared, and you

noticed that it stayed awhile.

-That's right, and then
it started to roll.

-It must be quite round.

-It is sort of
round, but big round.

-I understand.

And so it's rolling, and--

-Yes, and so I thought--

-Oh, hi.

-Oh, hello.

What do you have for us?

-A neighbor
[INAUDIBLE], I presume?

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-You have further news
concerning the big thing?

-Yes, sir I do.

-Uh huh.

You may proceed.

-The upper two quadrants seem
to be superseding the lower

two in a circular configuration
at a rate of 3 for the former

to every 2.7 for the latter,
giving it, the big thing,

a constant velocity
of nearly 1.096.

-1.096.

At that rate, if it should
remain on its present course,

it should arrive here in
this neighborhood in 2.89.

-Well, that's exactly
correct, King Friday.

-Yes.

-So what do you think
you'll do about?

-I'm formulating a plan.

-Hey, what's going on here?

Why is Handy singing, don't
be afraid of anything?

That must mean there's
something to be afraid of.

-Easy does it, Lady Elaine.

-Easy does what?

-The news is there's a big
thing making its way very slowly

from Westwood to
the neighborhood.

Now it did no harm in Westwood,
and it may just pass by here.

-What's it look like?

-This is the best
picture we have of it.

LADY ELAINE: Well, it
doesn't look very big to me.

-This is just a picture of it.

MAYOR MAGGIE: You can see how
round it is though, can't you?

-I sure do.

It looks like a planet to me.

I'm an expert on planets.

I'm going to call Planet Purple
and see if they know anything.

Toot toot!

HANDY [SINGING]: The king
says, fear nothing at all.

-Hello, Handy.

-Hi, Handyman.

-Hi there, Maggie.

-Well, now can
somebody tell me what

it is we're not to be afraid of?

-I still say fear
nothing at all.

Trolley, pass that phrase.

Fear nothing at all.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-What do you think that
big thing might be?

Of course, whatever it
is, it's just pretend.

Because everything in
our Neighborhood of Make

Believe is pretend.

And what did you think
of King Friday's saying,

we weren't to be
afraid of anything?

[SINGING] The king says
fear nothing at all.

Well, even though the King
says he doesn't want anyone

to be afraid, it's
important for us

to know that it's all right
to talk about being afraid.

It's all right, and it even
helps us to grow inside.

It certainly does.

In fact, that's one way of
taking good care of yourself

so you can grow, talking
about your feelings.

[SINGING] I'm taking care of
you, taking good care of you.

For once I was very little too.

Now I take care of you.

Growing is learning to
take better and better care

of yourself and everyone
and everything around you.

And as you grow that way,
it can help to give you

such a good feeling
about yourself

and the people who
help you to grow.

[SINGING] It's such a good
feeling to know you're alive.

It's such a happy feeling
you're growing inside.

And when you wake
up ready to say,

I think I'll make
a snappy new day.

It's such a good feeling,
a very good feeling,

the feeling you know that I'll
be back when the day is new.

And I'll have more
ideas for you.

And you'll have things
you'll want to talk about.

I will too.

We'll have lots of things to
talk about and to do next time.

I'll be back.

Bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]