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one step at a time who could suppose
what together we'll find with every pair
of shoes that we try we'll have a new
adventure you and
I where will my feet take me today
nobody knows for
sure but come for a walk I lead the way
places never
seen
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before oh where oh where is it h
not
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here and not here either Franny what are
you doing I'm looking for my skipping
rope grandpa I can't find it anywhere
don't worry Franny I'll help you look
for
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it a
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customer welcome to f tootsies how can I
help you today my poor ballet slippers
they're brand new but I just found a
tear in the satin a little satin then a
little sewing and you'll be pting again
in not time will you put these in the
fix it box please Franny okie dokie into
the fix it box they
go where are my feet take me
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today
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wo how pretty
wee oh my name's lla are you a
fairy no I'm not a fairy I'm just a
regular little girl and my name's Franny
see no
wings I didn't mean a real fairy Franny
I'm talking about B B fairies ballet
fairies sure I'm a ballerina and I'm
dancing in the Nutcracker The Nutcracker
is a very famous ballet performed all
over the world at Christmas time it was
written by chaikovsky
kazte I'm not sneezing Franny that's the
composer's name chaikovsky oh very nice
very dancing Lyla thanks only I'm not a
fairy costumes everyone
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I'm a gingerbread girl Ginger rfic what
a great costume it's okay but every year
I play a gingerbread girl and every year
I wish it was a fairy like the Sugar
Plum Fairy the most beautiful ballerina
ever
wow what's she doing she's warming up
before the performance stretching her
muscles ballet is very very hard work
you have to to be super strong and super
flexible to be able to dance so
gracefully who is he that's the dancer
who plays the prince look at his muscles
and his legs he must be so strong he is
you should see how high he can
jump zoe zoodle that's so beautiful
that's nothing really they're saving
their best jumps for their
performance
look
little fairies just our
age it must be so wonderful to be a
fairy 15 minutes to Performance come
with
me this is my favorite place to watch as
they set up the stage for the ballet you
can see everything from here oh leaping
lollipops look at these candies those
are the props for the land of sweets
they roll on wheels
see I use this candy cane for my
gingerbread dance sweet it must be so
much fun to dance with a candy
cane it sure is and over here are the
Giant toys for under the Christmas tree
if this is the size of the presents
imagine how big the tree would have to
be you're
right watch
this
wa that is absolutely the most ginormous
Christmas tree I've ever seen places
please 5 minutes uh-oh I have to get
ready the show is about to
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begin this is so exciting I'm starting
to get very nervous you get nervous but
you said you've been a gingerbread girl
lots of times I know but it's the same
every show I get butterflies in my
stomach
and I love it I love everything about
the ballet I even love being a
gingerbread girl and you're very good at
it
too what's that noise that's the
orchestra getting their instruments in
tune Orchestra what
Orchestra they're down there look
Heavens to xylophones there are
musicians down
there it's called the the orchestra pit
they put the musicians down there so
they don't block the audience's view of
the dancers 2 minutes to Showtime places
please I have to get into place Franny
I'll see you after the what uh-oh what's
the matter lla I was having so much fun
with you I forgot to change into my
ballet
slippers well you better hurry the show
is about to start you're right only I
don't know where they are they we have
to be around here somewhere but where we
visited so many places the orchestra pit
the Giant toys the dancing candy canes
the growing Christmas tree and by the
mirror where the Sugar Plum Fairy was
dancing are you thinking what I'm
thinking all we have to do is go back
and look in all the places we visited
I'm sure we'll find your slippers that
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way oh Franny we've looked everywhere
where can my ballet slippers be
H let me think what were we doing before
we watched the Sugar Plum Fairy warm up
before we watch the Sugar Plum Fairy I
was showing you my gingerbread
costume here's one ballet slipper and
here's the other yay we found them just
in time ladies and gentlemen Welcome to
our holiday production of The Nutcracker
the show is starting I have to run good
luck Lyla break a
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[Applause]
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leg
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wow oh Lyla you are
fantabulous thanks Franny but I never
would have made it on stage without you
and guess what the Sugar Plum Fairy told
me that I'd done such a good job as a
gingerbread girl that next performance I
get to be a
oh lla that's
fantastic it is wonderful as long as I
don't lose my ballet slippers again come
with me there's one more thing we have
to
do there lyla's shoes now you'll always
have a place to put them thanks again
Franny you're the best
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bye
that was ballet
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riic a ribbon from a ballet
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shoe another treasure for my shoe
box hm
now there's something I'm
forgetting my skipping rope I was
looking for it outside but it wasn't
there where should I look
next I know I'll try to remember what I
was doing before I went outside to play
h i remember I was having a
snack there it
is I found my skipping rope good for you
Franny this is just like when I was
visiting my friend Lyla and she lost her
ballet slippers so he looked behind the
giant candies and the expanding tree and
finally found them in the gingerbread
costumes giant candies gingerbread
costumes I don't know about any of that
but it sounds like you need to keep
better track of your toys
Franny you're right grandpa and I know
how now I'll always know where my
skipping rope is where will my feet take
me
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tomorrow
piffle double
piffle double piffle that sounds serious
it
is I made the letter f for Franny
very good but now I'm trying to make a g
for Grandpa first I made it backwards
and then I made the circle part too big
it's
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hard a
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customer good day what can we do for you
I'd like to go skating in the winterlude
festivities but my skates are stiff and
uncomfortable and the blades are
dull no don't worry we'll sharpen those
blades and rub oil on the leather you'll
be out on the ice quick as a wink can
you please put these in the fix it box
Franny okie dokie Grandpa into the fix
it box they
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go wh my feet take me
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today
wa ah ooh Grant tabulous outfit where am
I you're at the community center ice
skating rink wao I've got you thanks the
ice sure is
slippery all the better to skate
on
Wow Meo I'm Sylvie nice to meet you hi
I'm wo oopsie hi Sylvie I'm Franny don't
move I'm going to get you a
cone a cone it's much too cold for ice
cream not an ice cream cone it's a
plastic cone to help you keep your
balance here hold on to it
wao
thanks you're welcome jeeper you sure
are a great skater thank you it's my
favorite thing to do in the whole
world I've been taking lessons for a
long time since I was very little why
are you still taking lessons you already
know how to skate really well I'm
learning more than just how to
skate I'm learning
jumps and
Twirls and other special
moves
wao it's called Figure Skating figure
skating show me more
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sure you look like a hopping bunny when
you do that one that's called the bunny
jump this is called an upright spin
because you st stay
upright and this is a Sit spin because
you
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sit
taada yay wao I know I can't do spins or
jums but I sure wish I could skate would
you like me to teach you would I
absolutely okay then follow me one foot
after the
other
good Franny now let go of the cone hold
your arms out to the side like this to
help you
balance
okay and bend your knees a
little now move forward one foot at a
time just like we did when we were
holding on to the cone
wo you're doing it great galopy I'm
skating
that was ice errific but skating is hard
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work hey they get to hold on to a hockey
stick to help them
balance let's take a rest would you like
some juice from the snack bar
sure these are skate
guards
now we can walk on our skates without
ruining the
blade it's not easy walking on skates
either I can't bend my
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feet look I am walking like a
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robot I'll have apple juice what will
you have Franny same please two apple
juice please here you go thank you
you're welcome
kids scrum didly
umptious look
Sylvie
zoi that was Sprint tabulous who are
they they're figure skaters they're
practicing for a figure skating
competition it's a contest where you're
given points for how well you skate your
special moves the winner is the one with
the most points will you be in the
competition too no not me why not you
can jump and twirl as well as they did
thanks Franny you're right I am good at
jumping and twirling but I can't do a
figure eight what's a figure eight it's
a figure skating move in competition the
figure8 is a basic one and I can't do it
what does it look like is it very fancy
Dancy not really I'll show
you
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this is a figure
eight oh it's the exact same shape as
the number eight if you can jump and
spin and do whirly twirlies I just know
you can learn to do a figure eight I've
tried but I get all mixed up I mean to
go one way but my feet go the other way
H what about looking at the drawing on a
napkin while you skate that way you'll
remember what to do I can
try can you see it
yep
W are you okay what happened I'm fine
but I took my eyes off the napkin and
saw the red hockey lines and got all
confused my feet started following the
lines on the ice following the lines on
the ice are you thinking what I'm
thinking we can draw a figure8 on the
ice and you can follow the shape that's
a great idea Franny I know just the
thing wait
here excuse me can I borrow your red
chalk I won't be a minute here you go
thank you you're
welcome there I drew the number eight
onto the ice it looks just like a figure
eight now you can follow the lines as
you skate and your feet will know EX
exactly where to go I think this might
work here
goes yay that's it
Sylvie I did it a figure eight you did
it thanks to you Franny a bit more
practice and I'll be able to enter a
competition would you like to skate some
more I can teach you to twirl around I'd
love to Sylvie but I need to scaddle
home there's something I have to do okay
Franny I hope to see you again soon bye
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Sylvie that was skat
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terrific a pom
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pom
another treasure for my shoe
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box Grandpa yes Franny can you write the
letter G for me
certainly how's that it's good but I
need more more I need lots and lots of
them I figured out a way to learn to
write the letter G I knew you you
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would I'm going to write over the G's
you make just like syby learned the
figure eight by skating over the one I
drew on the
ice Sylvie
skating I see at least I think I do well
here you go thanks
Grandpa wear my feet take me
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tomorrow
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03x08 - On Your Toes/It Figures
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A 5-year-old girl named Franny visits with Grandpa every day at his shoe repair shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
A 5-year-old girl named Franny visits with Grandpa every day at his shoe repair shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.