03x03 - Amanda Plummer

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what's the story amigos

this is kino with some cool stories for

today's story time

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first we're rhyming and rolling to the

abc's

top of the coconut tree

then follow the adventures of three

friends who get into trouble for

something they didn't do

bigger boys

and in our last story meet a boy who

wants a dog

major funding for story time is made

possible by a grant from helen and peter

bing

so that families everywhere can share

the joy of reading with their children

additional funding is provided by the

corporation for public broadcasting

by the annual financial support from

viewers like you

and by the national endowment for

children's educational television

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boom boom

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well you all dance divinely no problem

well are you all ready for our first

story

oh yes yes story story

all right and does everybody know what

it's called

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here we go is why bill martin jr and

john archambault

illustrated by lois alert okay

a total b and b code c i'll meet you at

the top of the coconut tree

we say d to e f g

i'll beat you to the top of the coconut

tree

still more w and x y z the whole

alphabet of the

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oh

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everybody running to the coconut tree

moms and papas and uncles and aunts

hug

help us up cried abc next from the pile

up scan your deep

and stub toe e and patched up f then

comes g

oh h is tangled up with i

yeah i love the cry l is lighted like a

time

m is looped and stooped always twisted

alley you skip sketch code

look who's coming it's my guy pay qrs

and lose to k then u v w

wiggle jiggle free last to come x y z

and the sun goes down onto the coconut

tree

but chicka chicka boom boom look there's

a full moon

hey he's out of bed and this is what he

said dare double

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a is for awesome that was an awesome abc

book

and b is for book and c is for can't get

enough of them

that's very good kino you know what i

especially liked about chicka chicka

boom boom

the collages the the kohu

the collages collages are pictures

made up of bits and pieces of things

like paper or cloth

you can really use anything but lois

ellert the artist for chicka chicka boom

boom

used colorful paper cutouts for the

letters and for different parts of the

coconut tree see

now you know what keta i think my hat's

kind of like a

collage isn't it oh it is hey that is a

cool hat amanda

do you always wear it you know i always

wear mine

no i only wear this on special occasions

it's sort of a lucky hat for me

well i wear my hat on almost all

occasions

except sleeping and taking a bath my dad

calls it my lid

your lips yeah you know if i took it off

now

it'd be sort of embarrassing because it

makes a funny looking ring in my hair

all the way around my head i know it's

just what you mean

it's called hat head yup

yup hat head well hat head or not

i wore this hat in honor of this book

it's about a very special woman

and a hat would you like to hear me read

it

yes yes come over here sit near me

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it's called chicken sundae

and it's written and illustrated by

patricia polacco

stuart and winston were my neighbors

they were my brothers by a solemn

ceremony we had performed in their

backyard

one summer they weren't the same

religion

as i was they were baptists

their grandma eula mae walker

was my grandma now my

babushka had died two summers before

sometimes my mother let me go to church

on sunday with them

how we loved to hear miss eula sing

she had a voice like slow

thunder and sweet rain

we'd walk to church back and forth

she'd take my hand as we crossed college

avenue

even though we've been churning up like

decent folk art too

she'd say i don't want you to step in

front of one of those

two fast cars you'll be as flat as a

hen's tongue she squeezed my hand

when we passed mr kandinsky's hat shot

miss eula would always stop and

look in the window at the wonderful

hats then she'd sigh

oh and we'd walk on

we called those sundays chicken

sundaes because miss yula almost

always fried chicken for dinner

there'd be colored greens with bacon a

big pot of hop and john corn on the cob

and fried

spoon bread one sunday

at the table we watched a paper fan

flutter back and forth pulling chicken

fried

air along with it she took a deep breath

her skin glowed as she smiled

then she told us something we already

knew

that easter bonnet

in mr kandinsky's window is the most

beautiful i ever did see she said

thoughtfully the three of us exchanged

looks we wanted to get her that hat

more than anything in the world

stuart reached into the hole

in the trunk of our wish tree

in the backyard he pulled out a rusty

band-aid

tin the three of us held our breath as

we counted the money inside that we had

been saving for weeks

if we are going to get that hat for miss

eula in time for easter

we are going to need a lot more than

this

i announced well maybe we should ask mr

kandinsky if we could sweep up or

something to earn the rest of the money

stewart said i don't know

when he said fearfully he's such a

strange

man he never smiles at anyone

he always looks so mean

well we all agreed that it was worth a

try

anyway the next day

we took a shortcut down the alley and

back

of the hat shop bigger boys

were there they were yelling

eggs flew past us and pelted mr

condensate's

just as the boys ran away the door flew

open

mr gondinski glared straight at us

you there he yelled why do you kids do

things like this it wasn't

us it wasn't

us stuart tried to say

but mr kandinsky wouldn't listen

all i want to do is live my life

in peace i'm calling your grandmother

he shouted as he wagged his finger in

stewart's face

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miss euler was waiting in her living

room for

us miss eula

we didn't throw those eggs i thought

some big boys did stuart sputtered

what were you doing at the back of this

shop

in the first place she asked we

knew that we couldn't tell her the truth

so we just stood there and cried

she looked at us for a long while

baby deals i want to believe

you heaven knows that i brought you

children up to always tell the truth

if you say you didn't do it then

i believe you it's too bad though

she went on to say that poor man

has suffered so much in his life he

deserves

more than aims thrown at him

you know he thinks you through the eggs

you'll have to show him that you are

good people

you'll have to change his mind somehow

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in my kitchen the next day

thought and thought

how can we win him over when he thinks

that we

threw those eggs stuart asked

he doesn't even like us winston

chirped eggs

i said quietly eggs

stuart asked eggs

i went to the kitchen drawer and took

out a lump of beeswax

a candle a small funnel and a wooden

handle

and some packets of yellow red and black

dye

mom helped me show the boys how to

decorate eggs the way my boobie had

taught us

the way they do it in the old country

we made designs on the egg shelves

with hot wax and dyed them and finally

melted the wax patterns off

we put the eggs in a basket even though

we were afraid marched into

mr kandinsky's shop and put them on the

counter he raised his eyebrows

glowered at us then his eyes dropped

to the basket spacey

he said softly that means

thank you in russian

pisanki eggs he said as he looked

closely

i haven't seen these since i left my

homeland

we didn't throw those eggs at your door

mr kandinsky

we told him he looked at us for a minute

well then you have great courage to come

here

what's by you have great hot spa

then his eyes glistened and his mouth

curled into a warm

smile come have some tea

with me

we spent the whole afternoon talking

together having puppy seed cakes and

strong tea he told us about his life

we told him about ours

when we finally got the courage to ask

about doing

odd jobs to earn some extra money he

apologized

and told us that there was no work

we didn't tell him what we wanted the

money for it didn't seem the right

thing to do our hearts

sank

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i tell you this he said thoughtfully

these eggs are as beautiful as

my hats stuart winnie and i looked at

each other

and it is almost easter he went on to

say

i'm sure that people would love these

eggs

set up a table and sell them right here

in my shop

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for the next few days we've worked very

hard we made almost a dozen

kazanki eggs when

people came in they picked them up

and said things like beautiful

splendid intricate

glorious we sold them all

in one single day

that afternoon when all the eggs were

gone we counted our money

we had more than enough for the hat

just as we were about to tell mr

kandinsky

that we wanted to buy the hat he came

out from the back room holding a

beautiful hat box gift wrapped

keep your money here children

he said softly i have seen

miss eula admire this it is for her

isn't it tell her that i know

you are very good children such

good children

when easter sunday arrived we thought

our hearts would burst

when we watched miss eula open the hat

box

she held us close as big

tears rolled down her cheeks

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our hearts sang along with a choir that

sunday

she looked so beautiful in that hat

when it was time for her solo we knew

that she was singing

just for us her

voice was like snow

thunder and sweet rain

later that day as miss eula sat

at the head of the table she said oh

baby tears i can die

happy now and after i'm dead

on chicken sundaes i wanted to

boil up some chicken bones

gravy and all and pour it over my grave

so late at night when i'm hungry i can

reach out and have me some

then she rolled her head back and

laughed from a deep and holy

place inside

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winston stewart and i are grown up now

our old neighborhood has changed some

yet it's still familiar too the freeway

rumbles over the spot where mr kandinsky

shop once stood i think of him

often and his glorious hats

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we lost msula sometime back

but every year we take some chicken soup

up to the mountain view cemetery

and do just as she asked

sometimes when we are especially quiet

inside we can hear singing

a voice that sounds like slow

thunder and sweet

rain

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oh wow i really like that story

what a wonderful book and what wonderful

drawing

do you know what keno we have another

book

that i think you'd find very very

interesting

oh yeah very very interesting

well what's it called it's called any

kind of

dog and it's by lynn riser

whoa amanda how did you know that i'd be

very very interested in a book about a

dog

well you know that i've been wishing and

wishing for my own dog for a for a long

long time

well i bumped into your mom the other

day and we were

talking and she just happened to mention

that you're always daydreaming about

having a dog for a pet yup yup that's

right but

but my mom always says it'll be a lot of

trouble she says

she says we'll see well we'll see

usually means no well

that can be the case but

we'll see

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oh i have to run off and do an errand

oh lucy could you read the story from me

oh i'd love to oh god

well are you coming back amanda oh yes

in just a minute

bye bye bye bye

okay well then let's read the story that

i'd be very very interested in

okay here we go any kind of

dog

richard wanted a dog any kind of dog

but his mother said a dog was too

much trouble so she gave him a

caterpillar

the caterpillar was very nice it looked

a little like a dog

but it was not a dog richard wanted a

dog

his mother said a dog was too

much trouble so she gave him a mouse

the mouse was very nice it it looked a

little like a dog

chihuahua but it was not a dog

richard wanted a dog his mother said

a dog was too much trouble so

she gave him a baby alligator

the baby alligator was very nice it

looked a little like a dog

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but it was not a dog richard wanted a

dog

his mother said a dog was too

much trouble so she gave him a lamb

the lamb was very nice it looked a

little like a dog

bedlington terrier but it was not a dog

richard wanted a dog his mother said a

dog

was too much trouble

so she gave him a pony

the pony was very nice it looked a

little like a dog

great day

but it was not a dog richard wanted a

dog

his mother said a dog was too much

trouble so she gave him a lion

the lion was very nice it looked like a

dog

chow chow but he was not a dog richard

wanted a dog

his mother said a dog was too much

trouble

so she gave him a bear

the bear was very nice it looked a

little like a dog

new funland but it was not a dog

all of the animals were very nice

but richard still wanted a dog

so his mother gave him a dog

the dog was very nice it looked exactly

like a dog

just a dog the dog

was a lot of trouble

but it was worth it

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oh that was great that was that was a

very

very interesting story to me it was

almost a story in my life in fact

not the parts about the lion and the

bear and the alligator because

i don't think i'd want any of those for

a pet but

what about the part about the pony well

i'd like to have a pony for a peck but

but forget about it

my mom wouldn't even say we'll see for

that one well we don't have room for a

pony

the part that was the story of my life

was the part about

a dog being too much trouble that's what

my mom keeps saying to me

well having a dog is a real

responsibility

there are a lot of things that you have

to do to keep him happy and healthy

well i know you have to make sure it

gets the right foods

and you have to keep its water dish

filled and do you have to take it out

for walks every day

and you have to give it baths and comb

its fur

and take him to the veterinarian the

animal doctor

and you also have to give it lots of

love i know

and i don't mind at all i've promised my

mom that i'll do

all those things the loving part will be

easy and the rest isn't really that hard

that's when she says we'll see hi

everybody i finished my errand

oh hi amanda you were right about any

kind of dog

it was very very interesting richard

finally got his very own pet dog

even though his mom said it was too much

trouble just like my mom

i only wish i could have a dog like

richard

well keno remember

when i told you that i met your mother

the other day

uh-huh and remember i told you she said

that you're always daydreaming about

having a dog

yup yup well your mother and i

had a nice little talk and guess what

what i paid a visit to the animal

shelter

and inside my hat there's a surprise for

you

a puppy for me

i can't believe it wow wowie

this is the happiest day of my life and

my mom said it was okay

she sure did oh thank you amanda

i'll love him and i'll take such good

care of him and and

oh is it a him well in point of fact he

is

him i'll feed him and i'll walk him and

brush him and play with him

i'm sure you will owen thank you mom

wherever you are

oh let's not forget about our story pics

now oh

i'd like to recommend a sad book but

with a happy

ending it's called whole dog

and it's about adopting a pet just like

keno has and i would like to recommend

eeny meeny miny mole

uh the author jane yolen uses wonderful

words

to help us feel and smell and see what's

the heroin

little eenie does and remember everybody

gave us a story in your heart bye-bye

everybody oh i want to feed them

i am so happy

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today's story time books are chika chika

boom boom

chicken sundae any kind of dog

pole dog and

eenie meenie miney mole

you can find these and other books at

your local library

major funding for story time is made

possible by a grant from helen and peter

being

so that families everywhere can share

the joy of reading with their children

additional funding is provided by the

corporation for public broadcasting

by the annual financial support from

viewers like you

and by the national endowment for

children's educational television

story time is production of kcut los

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