1. Hey!Copy !req
2. Hey, D.W.!Copy !req
3. Hey!Copy !req
4. Whoa!
(loud thud)Copy !req
5. Charge!Copy !req
6. There are some momentsCopy !req
7. I wish I could repeat
again and again.Copy !req
8. This is one of them.Copy !req
9. Another one is when I pulled
that sword from the stoneCopy !req
10. at the Medieval Faire
and became the new king.Copy !req
11. For Buster, it might be
that Father's DayCopy !req
12. when his dad bought him
a balloon ride.Copy !req
13. I bet I know the momentCopy !req
14. Mr. Ratburn would like
to repeat again.Copy !req
15. What better way to start off
our first day togetherCopy !req
16. than with a pop quiz!Copy !req
17. I will cherish
this moment forever.Copy !req
18. For D.W., it's probably when
she saved that snowball and...Copy !req
19. No, it isn't!Copy !req
20. It's the time I got the Tibbles
back for teasing me.Copy !req
21. Nothing tastes as sweet
as revenge.Copy !req
22. Charge!Copy !req
23. Okay!Copy !req
24. Now the bunny, he's going to
come and take a little nibbleCopy !req
25. off your head.Copy !req
26. I don't want the bunny
to nibble off my head.Copy !req
27. And if you're a clown, what are
you doing in a barbershop?Copy !req
28. D.W., that's not polite.Copy !req
29. I'm sorry, Mr. Pelato.Copy !req
30. She's usually not this bad.Copy !req
31. Please!Copy !req
32. Last week I had
the Tibbles.Copy !req
33. Lucky for me they don't have
a lot of hair.Copy !req
34. Just close the eyes, don't move,Copy !req
35. and you can have a sugarless
lollipop when we finish.Copy !req
36. This is so unfair!Copy !req
37. Why does my hair have
to be cut, anyway?Copy !req
38. It never hurt anyone.Copy !req
39. Don't worry,
it'll grow back.Copy !req
40. I just got mine cut
an hour ago.Copy !req
41. Nadine?Copy !req
42. Ooh, I like it!Copy !req
43. Um... I think I better go.Copy !req
44. Ciao!Copy !req
45. What a mess!Copy !req
46. What? Is it over?Copy !req
47. Do I get my lollipop now?Copy !req
48. Here— take the whole bucket.Copy !req
49. Oh, come on.Copy !req
50. You can show me.Copy !req
51. I promise I won't laugh.Copy !req
52. You promised
you wouldn't laugh.Copy !req
53. That was a cough.Copy !req
54. I swear.Copy !req
55. You're a terrible liar.Copy !req
56. We have to work on thatCopy !req
57. if the Tibbles are going
to believe I have hairotosis.Copy !req
58. What's that?Copy !req
59. The disease I made up,Copy !req
60. to explain why I have
to wear this hat all the...Copy !req
61. Busted.Copy !req
62. Hey, nice haircut.Copy !req
63. Really? You think so?Copy !req
64. Wow! Thanks.Copy !req
65. You must be D.W.'s brother.Copy !req
66. Can we call you David?Copy !req
67. Actually,Copy !req
68. he looks more like a Dennis.Copy !req
69. You're right.Copy !req
70. Welcome to preschool, Dennis.Copy !req
71. I should have known better.Copy !req
72. Well, my hair might be short,
but you two look like...Copy !req
73. Oh... (groans)Copy !req
74. Okay.Copy !req
75. Well, see you
around, Dennis.Copy !req
76. What about hairless
mole rats?Copy !req
77. That could have been
a good comeback.Copy !req
78. You're a little late.Copy !req
79. D.W.:
It was awful!Copy !req
80. I had nothing.Copy !req
81. I just stood there with
my mouth hanging open.Copy !req
82. This is all
your fault.Copy !req
83. My fault?Copy !req
84. How is this my fault?Copy !req
85. You never taught me
any good comebacks.Copy !req
86. What do you say when you get
teased for being boring?Copy !req
87. I'm not boring.Copy !req
88. Arthur, this isn't
about you.Copy !req
89. I'm the one with helmet head.Copy !req
90. Now are you going
to help me or not?Copy !req
91. Okay, okay.Copy !req
92. Well, when someone says
something mean to me,Copy !req
93. here's what I say back.Copy !req
94. I know you are,
but what am I? Ha!Copy !req
95. You're Dennis Read,
D.W.'s twin brother.Copy !req
96. Do you feel all right, Dennis?Copy !req
97. I feel fi... Hey!Copy !req
98. I'm not Dennis!Copy !req
99. Okay, it was a good try,
but they were on to you.Copy !req
100. Use the other one
Arthur gave you.Copy !req
101. All right. Come on.Copy !req
102. Say something.Copy !req
103. You're so smart and funny.Copy !req
104. I'm rubber, you're glue.Copy !req
105. Whatever you say bounces off me
and sticks to you.Copy !req
106. Ha!Copy !req
107. Okay.Copy !req
108. Thanks for the
compliment, Dennis.Copy !req
109. Wait.Copy !req
110. That wasn't...Copy !req
111. Why don't you just ignore
the Tibbles?Copy !req
112. Ignore them?
That's it?Copy !req
113. You guys are supposed to have
great comebacks.Copy !req
114. You're bullies.Copy !req
115. We're not bullies.Copy !req
116. We're kids who have a hard time
expressing our emotionsCopy !req
117. in a constructive manner.Copy !req
118. I know what you should
call them.Copy !req
119. Bibliophiles.Copy !req
120. A bibliophile is
someone who loves books.Copy !req
121. Why would
she call them that?Copy !req
122. I don't know.Copy !req
123. I just like
the way it sounds.Copy !req
124. Bibliophile!Copy !req
125. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
126. Well, you're a...
an... an autodidact!Copy !req
127. Oh, forget it.Copy !req
128. The Tough Customers are even
worse at comebacks than you.Copy !req
129. Philanthropist!Copy !req
130. Humanitarian!Copy !req
131. MRS.
Indian foodCopy !req
132. was one of the things
I really missedCopy !req
133. when I was sick.Copy !req
134. Now I get a new
recipe every dayCopy !req
135. from my sister
who's traveling there.Copy !req
136. It smells divine, Leah!Copy !req
137. Doesn't it, D.W.?Copy !req
138. I'm not hungry.Copy !req
139. I wish Killer could talk.Copy !req
140. I bet she knows
some good comebacks.Copy !req
141. How about this one?Copy !req
142. "You're as friendly as a cactus
and have the brains of a fly.Copy !req
143. "And when you smile,
you look so vileCopy !req
144. you could make
an onion cry."Copy !req
145. Why,
Leah MacGrady!Copy !req
146. It's perfect!Copy !req
147. You're a genius!Copy !req
148. Say it again.Copy !req
149. I have to memorize it so I can
use it against the Tibbles.Copy !req
150. Whoa, there!Copy !req
151. I didn't know I was stepping
into the middle of a feud.Copy !req
152. Why don't you just try
ignoring them, D.W.?Copy !req
153. Everyone says that.Copy !req
154. Why should I?Copy !req
155. They started it.Copy !req
156. I'm just defending myself.Copy !req
157. You do have a point.Copy !req
158. But before you decide
what to do,Copy !req
159. I'd like you to listen
to a story.Copy !req
160. It comes from the Panchatantra,
a collection of Indian talesCopy !req
161. that's literally thousands
of years old.Copy !req
162. "Once there was a tortoiseCopy !req
163. "who lived in a lake
with two geese friends.Copy !req
164. "There were plenty of fish
to eat and room to swim aboutCopy !req
165. "and they were all
as happy as could be.Copy !req
166. Then the lake dried up."Copy !req
167. "This was bad for the geese.Copy !req
168. "They would have to find
a new lake.Copy !req
169. "But for the tortoise,
it was much worse.Copy !req
170. "He moved so slowly, it would
take him months, maybe yearsCopy !req
171. "to find another home.Copy !req
172. He might not make it."Copy !req
173. "The geese decided
to help their friend out.Copy !req
174. "If the tortoise held
a stick in his mouth,Copy !req
175. "the geese could grab the ends
and fly him to a new lake.Copy !req
176. "There was only one catch.Copy !req
177. "The tortoise wouldn't be able
to talk during the flight.Copy !req
178. And he was
a very chatty tortoise."Copy !req
179. You think this'll
hurt my beak?Copy !req
180. When will we stop
for a bathroom break?Copy !req
181. Will the new lake have frogs?Copy !req
182. They keep me up at night.Copy !req
183. Don't fly too fast.Copy !req
184. If it's worth getting there,Copy !req
185. it's worth getting there
in one piece.Copy !req
186. Who's got the map?Copy !req
187. Will we bring fish?Copy !req
188. If I don't eat,
I get cranky.Copy !req
189. What kind of wood is this?Copy !req
190. Oak would have been better.Copy !req
191. You couldn't get oak?Copy !req
192. You should have asked me.Copy !req
193. I know a beaver—
gets me great oak.Copy !req
194. MRS.
"Everything was going fine
until a duck flew along.Copy !req
195. "She thought the flying
tortoise was the silliest thingCopy !req
196. she'd ever seen."Copy !req
197. Hey, look!Copy !req
198. It's Air Tortoise!Copy !req
199. Do the peanuts on that flight
come with or without shells?Copy !req
200. Ha!Copy !req
201. You look like a flying saucer
that's being towed.Copy !req
202. MRS.
"It was getting harder
and harderCopy !req
203. for the tortoise to keep
his mouth closed."Copy !req
204. Are you driving an automatic
or a "stick" shift?Copy !req
205. Hey, hey— what's the
difference between youCopy !req
206. and every other tortoise?Copy !req
207. About a thousand feet!Copy !req
208. MRS.
"Finally, the tortoise had had
all he could take."Copy !req
209. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
210. Well, you are quackers!Copy !req
211. "And the poor tortoise fell
and fell until..."Copy !req
212. That's my sister calling
from India.Copy !req
213. You two set the table.Copy !req
214. I'll just be a minute.Copy !req
215. Martha!Copy !req
216. Where are you now?Copy !req
217. In a town called Bodhgaya
with the most amazing tree.Copy !req
218. So what was the moral
of the story?Copy !req
219. Keep the stick in your mouth
when you're flying with geese?Copy !req
220. I'm not sure.Copy !req
221. I forgot to ask.Copy !req
222. But I did remember part
of Mrs. MacGrady's comeback.Copy !req
223. If the Tibbles call me Dennis
again, they're going to get it.Copy !req
224. Good night, Nadine.Copy !req
225. Good night, D.W.Copy !req
226. Quackers?Copy !req
227. Of course I'm quackers!Copy !req
228. I'd have to be
to hang out with you.Copy !req
229. No one's forcing you.Copy !req
230. Why don't you make
like a tree and leave!Copy !req
231. Ha! You wouldn't last
a day without me.Copy !req
232. Maybe not, but at least
it'd be a happy day.Copy !req
233. Hey, you guys are
from that Indian story.Copy !req
234. So, did you eventually
become friends?Copy !req
235. Friends? Are you kidding me?Copy !req
236. I'd rather be friends
with a snake.Copy !req
237. A snake wouldn't be your
friend if you paid him.Copy !req
238. Crumpet?Copy !req
239. No, thanks.Copy !req
240. I don't like to eat
while I'm dreaming.Copy !req
241. So, why are you two together
if you don't like each other?Copy !req
242. Every time Featherbrain
teases me,Copy !req
243. I have to tease her back.Copy !req
244. Then I have to tease
Slowpoke back.Copy !req
245. But if you constantly have
to get each other back,Copy !req
246. then you'll be at it forever.Copy !req
247. It's only been
2,000 years so far.Copy !req
248. Oh, we're also
chained together.Copy !req
249. It was his fault.Copy !req
250. He put the cuffs on.Copy !req
251. Yeah, but she lost the key.Copy !req
252. (clunk)
Ooh!Copy !req
253. D.W.:
Hey, Emily.Copy !req
254. Hi, Dennis!Copy !req
255. How's D.W.?Copy !req
256. We haven't seen herCopy !req
257. in a while.Copy !req
258. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
259. Well, you two have
the brains of a...Copy !req
260. You know what?Copy !req
261. It's not worth my time.Copy !req
262. Call me whatever you want.Copy !req
263. I really don't care.Copy !req
264. D.W.:
After a few more times,
they gave up.Copy !req
265. Then my hair grew back.Copy !req
266. But from then on,Copy !req
267. I had a new method
for dealing with the Tibbles.Copy !req
268. I call it "Keeping
the stick in the mouth."Copy !req
269. But I thought you said nothing
tasted as sweet as revenge.Copy !req
270. Oh, Mrs. Morgan saw
the whole thing,Copy !req
271. said I had behaved very maturely
and gave me a brownie.Copy !req
272. It was delicious.Copy !req
273. One more?Copy !req
274. Charge!Copy !req
275. And now...Copy !req
276. My name is Yumi.Copy !req
277. Today we're going to hear
a Japanese folktale.Copy !req
278. There was an old man and womanCopy !req
279. who lived in a small house
in the mountains.Copy !req
280. Yumi is a kamishibai
storyteller.Copy !req
281. Kamishibai?Copy !req
282. It's a Japanese word.Copy !req
283. Kami means "paper."Copy !req
284. Shibai means "theater."Copy !req
285. Paper theater.Copy !req
286. And each time as I tell you
a story,Copy !req
287. I reveal another picture.Copy !req
288. By the next morning, they had
made five beautiful hats.Copy !req
289. We are doing our own
kamishibai story.Copy !req
290. There's an Aesop's fable
called "The Golden Axe,"Copy !req
291. and we're changing it and we're
calling it "The Golden Shovel."Copy !req
292. One day an honest
construction worker...Copy !req
293. accidentally dropped
his shovel into the sewer.Copy !req
294. He cried.Copy !req
295. A magic alligator rose out and
asked, "Why are you crying?"Copy !req
296. "My only shovel fell
into the sewer."Copy !req
297. The alligator popped up
with the golden shovel.Copy !req
298. "Is this it?"Copy !req
299. "Wow, that's beautiful,
but it's not mine."Copy !req
300. "Is this silver shovel yours?"Copy !req
301. "Well, that is nice,
but it's not mine."Copy !req
302. "Is this rusty
steel shovel yours?"Copy !req
303. "Yes, that is my shovel.Copy !req
304. Thanks."Copy !req
305. The alligator was so pleased
with his honestyCopy !req
306. that he gave him
all three shovels.Copy !req
307. Another construction worker
wanted a golden shovel, too.Copy !req
308. He threw his shovel down the
sewer and tried to look sad.Copy !req
309. The alligator appeared and said,
"Why are you sad?"Copy !req
310. "Because my shovel fell
into the sewer."Copy !req
311. "Is this golden shovel yours?"Copy !req
312. The worker replied, "Yes, yes,
that is my shovel"Copy !req
313. and tried to grab it.Copy !req
314. When the alligator heard the
construction worker's answer,Copy !req
315. he disappeared with the golden
shovel and was never seen again.Copy !req
316. And now...Copy !req
317. Hi, I'm D.W.Copy !req
318. You probably know that already.Copy !req
319. But I bet you don't know
where we are.Copy !req
320. There are cars, shops, signs.Copy !req
321. Could be a city anywhere, right?Copy !req
322. But it happens to be...Copy !req
323. in Africa!Copy !req
324. We're in a city called Dakar,
in a country called Senegal.Copy !req
325. This is my friend Cheikh,
and this show is all about him.Copy !req
326. That's not entirely accurate.Copy !req
327. It's more about you
and my cousin Brain.Copy !req
328. Well, that's true.Copy !req
329. But you're in it.Copy !req
330. We should have a show
just about you and me.Copy !req
331. We would call it
"Cheikh and D.W."Copy !req
332. I like it!Copy !req
333. But how about
"D.W. and Cheikh"?Copy !req
334. Anyway, tell it to Arthur.Copy !req
335. He's the show hog.Copy !req
336. We'll work on it.Copy !req
337. In the meantime,
welcome to our story.Copy !req
338. Arthur!Copy !req
339. Shh!Copy !req
340. Here is my country, Senegal.Copy !req
341. And this is me
a few months ago,Copy !req
342. before I left
for Elwood City.Copy !req
343. You'll see,Copy !req
344. you'll make plenty
of new friends.Copy !req
345. Do you think they have
my favorite foods,Copy !req
346. like poulet yassa?Copy !req
347. And couscous?Copy !req
348. Do they eat couscous in America?Copy !req
349. And do they have movies?Copy !req
350. Do they celebrate birthdays?Copy !req
351. For my fifth birthday,
can we go to the circus?Copy !req
352. MRS.
Attention, boys and girls!Copy !req
353. Let's all give a big welcome
to Cheikh, our new student.Copy !req
354. He comes all the way from...Copy !req
355. D.W.:
I know, I know!Copy !req
356. He's from Africa,Copy !req
357. and he's Brain's cousin.Copy !req
358. Arthur told meCopy !req
359. all about you.Copy !req
360. Here. I drew this for you.Copy !req
361. Thank you very much.Copy !req
362. But what is it?Copy !req
363. That's you and a bunch of other
kids getting on the hippo busCopy !req
364. to swim to your school,
which is inside a volcano.Copy !req
365. And those are lions
hiding in the trees.Copy !req
366. Do you have special
crossing guardsCopy !req
367. that protect you from the lions?Copy !req
368. I've never seen a lion
in my life.Copy !req
369. Where did you learn
this nonsense?Copy !req
370. Um, movies and TV, I guess.Copy !req
371. Well, it's completely wrong.Copy !req
372. I live in a city, which is
bigger than this one.Copy !req
373. D.W., I'm sure
you meant well,Copy !req
374. but you should learn about a
place before you describe it.Copy !req
375. Ha! You don't know
anything about Africa!Copy !req
376. I guess not.Copy !req
377. But I'm going to learn.Copy !req
378. I'm going to learn
about the whole country.Copy !req
379. It's not a country.Copy !req
380. It's a continent.Copy !req
381. There are actually
54 countries in Africa.Copy !req
382. Wow. That's a lot to learn.Copy !req
383. But I'm going to do it.Copy !req
384. You just wait.Copy !req
385. Africa is over here, dear.Copy !req
386. This is going to take forever.Copy !req
387. All these books are
making my head spin,Copy !req
388. and I don't even
know how to read.Copy !req
389. It was hard for me to learn
about TurkeyCopy !req
390. when I was writing to Adil.Copy !req
391. And that was just one country.Copy !req
392. Maybe you...Copy !req
393. Don't say it.Copy !req
394. Don't say what?Copy !req
395. That it's too hard for me
and I should just give up.Copy !req
396. That's what you were
going to say, right?Copy !req
397. No.Copy !req
398. I was going to say,
you should get a little helpCopy !req
399. from someone who knows more
than we do.Copy !req
400. D.W.:
Oh.Copy !req
401. Sometimes you do have a few
good ideas, Arthur Read.Copy !req
402. Hello?Copy !req
403. Learning something
about all 54 countriesCopy !req
404. is a tremendous amount
of information.Copy !req
405. We could assemble it
in the form of a graph,Copy !req
406. perhaps using
a hierarchal approach.Copy !req
407. We'll need a cataloguing system
to inventory our documents.Copy !req
408. Then we'll create a templateCopy !req
409. upon which we can build
our research model.Copy !req
410. It'll be as simple
as learning your ABC's.Copy !req
411. Oh, so you mean
we'll make a song?Copy !req
412. That's how I learned
my ABC's.Copy !req
413. Um, no, that's not
what I meant.Copy !req
414. But that's a much better idea.Copy !req
415. Let's do it.Copy !req
416. Did you two just write
that song?Copy !req
417. It's amazing!Copy !req
418. D.W.:
I'll tell you what's amazing—Copy !req
419. the smell coming
from that basket.Copy !req
420. It's poulet yassa—
spicy lemon chicken.Copy !req
421. My mom thought
you might like to tryCopy !req
422. some Senagalese home cooking.Copy !req
423. Your mom was right.Copy !req
424. Let's eat!Copy !req
425. Hey, maybe we should have
a food section in our song.Copy !req
426. Oh, definitely.Copy !req
427. There are so many delicious
dishes to try from Africa.Copy !req
428. Poulet yassa is just
the tail of the iceberg.Copy !req
429. You mean the "tip"
of the iceberg.Copy !req
430. Tell me a few of them.Copy !req
431. Ha ha! All right!Copy !req
432. Nice work!
Good job!Copy !req
433. Do you think we're ready
to be pop stars?Copy !req
434. D.W.:
I don't know about that.Copy !req
435. But we could try singing it
for the class.Copy !req
436. Kids, we have
a special treat today.Copy !req
437. D.W. is going to sing a song
she wrote about Africa.Copy !req
438. (thinking):
Maybe this wasn't
such a good idea.Copy !req
439. I can't wait for the partCopy !req
440. about the hippo bus!Copy !req
441. Or the part where D.W. turns red
because she embarrasses herself.Copy !req
442. She's not going
to embarrass anyone.Copy !req
443. Not with me singing with her.Copy !req
444. Thanks for helping me.Copy !req
445. And I'm sorry I made
that silly drawing.Copy !req
446. I'm glad you made it.Copy !req
447. If you hadn't,
we'd never be pop stars.Copy !req
448. (quietly):
Cheikh, we're not pop stars.Copy !req
449. Not yet, D.W.Copy !req
450. A week agoCopy !req
451. you knew nothing about Africa.Copy !req
452. Now look at you.Copy !req
453. MRS.
That was wonderful, D.W.Copy !req
454. And now I'd like to introduce
our newest student.Copy !req
455. Kids, this is Keith,
from Kalamazoo.Copy !req
456. Does anybody here know
anything about Kalamazoo?Copy !req
457. No, but I'd love to learn.Copy !req
458. To watch more ArthurCopy !req
459. and play games with all
of the Elwood City friends,Copy !req
460. visit pbskidsgo.org.Copy !req
461. You can find Arthur booksCopy !req
462. and lots of other books, too,Copy !req
463. at your local library.Copy !req