01x11 & 01x12 - Mystery of Matlock’s Millions/Egg-Citing Adventure

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- Mystery of Matlock's Millions.

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- Do you guys know who Lafayette Matlock is?

- You know Lafayette Matlock was the

person who founded our town.

- Well, did you know he was rich?

- It says here, he loved this place so much,

he hid a treasure somewhere for future citizens to find.

- Treasure? Where'd he hide it?

- He left behind a series of clues

to solve to find the treasure.

- Lafayette left a map with those riddles.

Lafayette Matlock came here and

loved the natural beauty and,

and the, the lovely spring weather.

So he decided to bury his treasure here.

But this being Arkansas,

that nice weather didn't last.

And before long, Lafayette found

himself in a rain storm.

- Now hold on Lester. Now that's not the story.

Lafayette founded his town in the most beautiful part

of the state, but he didn't bet on the wildlife.

Oh, Lafayette was plagued by razorbacks. Yeah.

Scared him almost to death.

And in his fear, he just misplaced his beloved map.

Now that's how Lafayette lost his map.

And riddles is all we have left

and nobody has ever solved them.

- You know, for the sake of our town's history,

just finding the map would be almost

as valuable as the treasure.

- What does a treasure map have to do with history?

Doesn't it just show us where the treasure is buried?

- Oh, maps do a whole lot more than just lead us to things.

Lafayette's old map would be able to show us

what the town looked like way back when

and how it's changed.

- You know a lot about maps.

- Well, I do love maps. They can teach you so much.

Oh, hold this. I'm actually working

with the folks over at City Hall helping them

to better understand old maps.

- Well, why do you need more than

one map for just one town?

- Well, you could make a hundred maps of the same place

showing new changes

and new details, like where the best places to eat are

or where the record store is.

Or, or, or the landfill. Yeah, the landfill.

- We need to solve these riddles

to track down the treasure.

Number one, find all the points of the cornerstones three,

and you'll know where my greatest riches will be.

- Riddle number two, this cornerstone for the learned,

to find something I, in turn, hid.

- Riddle number three, a place built for the

civic-minded is another clue for treasure finded.

- The last one, the final stone is one

of grist, with all three stones

you get the gist.

- If we solve these riddles, we could recreate

Matlock's map and maybe uncover some town history.

- Hey Uncle Chuck, I'm going treasure hunting.

- Alright, Mike, always check for trip wires.

Can't be too careful.

- Find all the points of the cornerstones three

and you'll know where my greatest riches be.

What is a cornerstone?

- I've read about these.

It was the first stone put down when the building was built.

- So we're looking for three buildings?

- Three old buildings, if they've

been around for long enough

for the town founder to put them on the map.

- This cornerstone for the learned. What's that?

- Well, it has the word learn in it.

So maybe a building where people learn?

- The school.

- Wait. When we dug up the time capsule, we found out

that the school was built in the s.

The town was founded in .

Lafayette wouldn't have been alive

when the school was built.

We'll need much older buildings than that.

- Maybe there's a good book about buildings at the library.

- Marta. That's it. The library.

- So you think that the library is a building

for learning old enough to be on Matlock's map?

- What does a cornerstone look like?

- I bet they're usually pretty big

and have writing on them, like names and dates. Just like

this. - Established

Lafayette Matlock. This is it.

This is the first building. - Now we can start our map.

This is the town.

And I'll put the library here.

- Don't maps usually have more stuff than that?

Like pictures?

- Last year, Terrell had a pirate birthday party

and we had to hunt for treasure in our backyard.

And this was the treasure map.

- And look, that's the compass rose.

North, east, south, and west.

They use little images to show where different things are.

Like your dad's flower beds.

- Right. And we made something called a map key.

See it here? It shows you what each symbol stands for.

We should do that here.

- Now that looks like a map. What's the next clue?

- A place built for the civic-minded is

another clue for treasure finded.

- I think I know. Let's go.

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No cornerstone.

I thought for sure this was the building

for the civic-minded.

- If someone's civic-minded,

they want to work for the government?

- Sure, but you don't have to work for the government

to be civic-minded.

- It just means you're the kind of person who wants

to help the community and help the people who live there.

- That sounds a lot like someone I know.

Come on.

Morning, Ms. Tilly.

Do you know how long City Hall's been here?

- Oh, don't know. A long time.

- Do you ever remember seeing a cornerstone?

It's a really old stone on the side of a building.

Maybe it had some writing on it?

- Oh, you mean the foundation stone? Follow me.

When they extended city hall, they put the stone here

to protect it.

- Wait, so city hall is older than the library?

- You bet. There aren't many things in town

older than city hall. Maybe that big tree in the park.

That tree would be

- right there in City Park.

- The final stone is one of grist, with all three

you get the gist.

- It says here that grist is grain

that has been ground up to make flour.

- So we're looking for a bakery.

- I don't think we have bakeries that old.

The other two stones were set in

and .

So the final stone was likely set around then.

- We got so close.

Who would know where some old bakery was?

- Where are you going?

- To ask the best memory I know. Come on.

- [softly] Velma. Velma.

[yells] Ms. Velma.

- Jumping gerbils. Well, where did you kids come from?

- Are you old enough to know what grist is?

- Well, of course I do,

but it's got nothing to do with how old I am.

Grist is flour.

- What's that got to do with a stone?

- How do you think them grains got ground up?

You see, every small town used to have

what they called a grist mill.

And all the farmers would bring their grain there

to get it ground up under this great big rock.

It was called a grist stone. Yeah. Oh.

The mill was one of the most important places in small

towns like ours.

- So it's not a bakery, it's a grist mill?

What happened to our grist mill?

- Oh Lordy.

It burnt down years ago, I don't even remember where it was.

- I guess nobody remembers.

- But I bet it was on an old map.

- Oh, young'uns. They're always up to something.

- Oh! Incredible, isn't it?

Well, now why are you looking for the mill?

- Well, the second and third riddles point

to the library and city hall.

- And we found both cornerstones.

- And the fourth riddle mentions a grist mill.

- Do you have a map that might show us

where the grist mill once was?

- Do I have a map? I'm really proud of you all.

You've created quite a map today.

- Look, this is drawn in .

- It has a compass rose and a map key, just like our map.

- And look, there's the library and city hall,

- And there is the gristmill.

- Where is that?

- Wait, we didn't need the actual stone.

We just needed this location to complete the map. So here,

- Hey, the points make a triangle.

- So now we get the gist.

- You know, Lafayette was very clever with his words.

Another word that's similar

to gist is core, so I wonder...

- Core, like the middle.

So the treasure is

there.

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To the community of Mulberry Springs.

The greatest treasure of all.

Mulberry Springs City Park founded .

- That's it? That's the treasure?

- Where?

I forgot my shovel.

It has to be here.

- Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hold on there, Mike. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

I, I actually think

that maybe Lafayette was being clever again.

Maybe his treasure wasn't gold at all.

Maybe it was the town itself.

He worked to build a community

that we still enjoy almost years later.

If you think about it, this tree was pretty

tiny when he planted it.

He never got to sit in its shade,

but he hoped that someday we could.

- All that?

Searching for a tree?

- Yeah.

- Something has to be here.

- Okay. Alright. Come on. Come on. You little gopher.

You're okay. Yeah, it's all right.

- Since we made our own map to find Matlock's millions,

could we preserve it into the town archives?

- I think that's a great idea. Come on. Come on.

It's alright.

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- [Narrator] A good detective knows

how to find their way using directions and maps.

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♪ Everywhere you go

♪ You'll need a direction

♪ You can go north, south, east, west, up, down ♪

♪ It's your selection

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♪ You can travel the world

♪ Whether near or far

♪ You can use a map to show you where to go ♪

♪ No matter where you are

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♪ A map is a drawing of different places ♪

♪ Like cities and countries and famous locations ♪

♪ A compass for direction and a legend for connection ♪

♪ Showing you what it means

♪ If you're riding on the roads or sailing the seas ♪

♪ You can use a map to get from point A to B ♪

♪ 'Cause a map is like a star

♪ And you're never too far

♪ To find out where you are

♪ You can travel the world

♪ Whether near or far

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♪ You can use a map to show you where to go ♪

♪ No matter where you are

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- [Narrator] The Egg-Citing Adventure.

[game beeping]

- Hey guys, what game are you playing, Terrell?

- Some video game we found at a yard sale.

It's super old.

The box said it came out in .

You play an archeologist.

- His name is Time Jumper.

He travels through time,

so then he can solve some puzzles to get back home.

- Where are you going?

- [sighs] I have first period social studies.

Ms. Cleghorn has a presentation.

- I can't do social studies this early.

Not without my coffee.

- Here.

Take Time Jumper, so then you don't get bored.

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- Lockesberg was your normal Arkansas town,

until something amazing happened in .

A local man named JB Friday

discovered dinosaur foot bones on his farm.

There had never been dinosaur bones discovered in Arkansas.

The dinosaur was named Arkansaurus Fridayi,

after the place where it was found

and the man who found them.

- Whoa, I bet he had a lot of followers online.

- Oh, there were no followers then.

Or online either for that matter.

But it was in all the newspapers.

You know, print newspapers.

- How did they like or share something on a piece of paper?

What'd they use smartphones for?

- Well, smartphones didn't exist then.

See, smartphones are just tiny personal computers.

And back in the early 's,

computers for personal use was a brand new idea.

And they couldn't do a fraction

of what you can do on your phones now.

Does anyone know what dinosaurs

have in common with modern birds?

- They taste like chicken?

[class laughing]

- They lay eggs.

- Finding the fossil of a dinosaur egg is very rare.

It's never been done in Arkansas.

Now, some have thought they found it only to find out

that it's just a rock, or a geode like this.

Does anyone know if dinosaurs were mammals?

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[scratchy radio chatter]

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- May I have a hall pass?

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[scientists chattering]

- This is classified. - I didn't know.

- [Scientist] This is property of the government, kid.

- [Mike] We didn't know it was so government owned.

- So you didn't know anything about this?

- No. - Millie, hey.

- Hi.

What are you wearing?

- My clothes.

What do you mean?

- What is all this?

What is going on?

- They're going nuts for that rock.

They found it by Mockingbird Creek, behind the school.

Once they found it, they cleared all the kids out

and called in all of these guys.

- What is it?

- I don't think they know, but they've got ideas.

They think it's a dinosaur egg.

- Who found it? - Mike did.

But we're pretty sure those two want to take the credit.

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- I bet if we figure out

what it is first they'll give us the credit.

- Let's do some research then.

Where are all the computers?

- Do you need a computer?

- Only the librarian uses the computer.

We can ask permission.

- Yeah, okay Marta, let's ask permission to use a computer.

- We only have one.

Children aren't permitted to use it independently.

- Since when?

Is Ms. Cleghorn done with her lecture?

She can help us.

- Millie says she knows how to use a computer.

Though, I'm not entirely sure

how that'll help with the discovery.

- Why say it like that?

We use a computer for research all the time.

- Come this way.

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- Is this a joke?

This is not a computer.

- Yes it is.

- Hey computer, look up dinosaur eggs.

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Where's Ms. Cleghorn?

She has much newer computers than this.

- I am Ms. Cleghorn,

and this computer just came out last year.

.

[intense music]

- So, you're from the future?

- Yes, .

There are computers, with screens and speakers.

You can read about history,

learn recipes, even watch movies.

The Ms. Cleghorn I know works at the city library.

- Can you imagine?

Being a librarian for the whole town?

Gives me butterflies just thinking about it.

- This game isn't even

supposed to exist for four more years.

In it, you play an archeologist who travels through time,

solving puzzles, trying to get home.

- Maybe that's it.

Maybe you need to help us solve our puzzle

to get back to your time.

- But how do you research without a computer?

- You could look it up in a book.

- But how do I find the book I need without a computer?

- [Both] The card catalog!

- The card catalog takes the contents of the entire library

and boils them down to these nice little cards.

Then it tells you where to find the book you need.

- Geodes and Other Geological Finds.

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[scientists chattering]

- Hey, look at this.

This picture was taken in .

- In the Gobi Desert.

That's in Asia.

- It says, "There could be no mistake.

The stones were so egg-like they couldn't be anything else."

They also found fossils of dinosaurs in the area.

- Those desert stones are long and thin.

Mine doesn't really look like that.

- And no dinosaurs have been found

where you made your discovery.

- We have to tell them.

- That it isn't an egg?

- They're scientists.

And just like detectives, they look for evidence

when trying to answer questions.

And we have some evidence to share.

I think there's another possibility to consider.

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- You're kidding.

- There's only one way to find out.

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I don't think it's a dinosaur egg.

- Hey, excuse me.

This is an official investigation.

- Okay, what makes you think it isn't?

- Get these kids out of here.

- Excuse me, these children are students.

This library belongs to them.

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- This is ridiculous!

- Okay, prove it.

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[bell ringing]

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- Oh, well I hope the presentation

was more interesting than it seemed.

- I dreamed we found a dinosaur egg.

You helped us.

You taught us how to use a card catalog.

- Oh, card catalog, huh?

You mean with actual cards in it?

Goodness, I haven't used one of those

since we uploaded the library catalog

to the computer system.

- It wasn't so bad.

I can't imagine what people did before the card catalog.

- What is...

- Do you need some help? - Yes.

Where did you learn that? - You.

- Oh!

You better get to class. - Okay.

- How was social studies?

- I had the strangest dream.

Both of you were there.

Mike thought he discovered a dinosaur egg.

- Weird.

- Yeah, it felt so real.

- Where's my Time Jumper?

- I think I left it.

- It's okay.

I was getting bored with time travel anyhow.

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