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  • Woman: ♪ HEY, NOW... ♪

  • HEY, WOW... ♪

  • HERE'S HOW

  • COME AND READ

  • BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • Chorus: ♪ COME ON

  • COME IN

  • BEGIN

  • THE WORLD AWAITS

  • Woman: ♪ BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BETWEEN THE COVERS OF A BOOK

  • IT'S TIME TO LOOK BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BEHOLD THE TALES BEYOND THE TAILS

  • Chorus: ♪ BEHIND THE DOOR

  • BECOME, EXPLORE

  • COME IN BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BEGIN BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BE HERE BETWEEN THE LIONS! ♪

  • Lionel: ♪ GONNA READ A STORY BEFORE BED

  • DUP, BA-DUP, BUP, BUP, BUP

  • GONNA READ A STORY BEFORE BED

  • DOO, DOO, DOO... ♪

  • HOWDY, PARTNERS.

  • HOWDY, SON.

  • HOWDY, LIONEL.

  • ( squeals )

  • HERE'S YOUR BOOK, LEONA.

  • THANK YOU, LIONEL.

  • ENJOY.

  • OH, SWEET NURSERY RHYMES FOR SLEEPY CUBS.

  • SOUNDS NICE, DOESN'T IT, LEONA?

  • YEAH, YEAH.

  • AND THIS ONE'S FOR ME.

  • Theo: HOW PECOS BILL CLEANED UP THE WEST.

  • YEP.

  • WOW, CAN I LISTEN

  • TO THAT STORY INSTEAD, MOMMY?

  • OH, WELL...

  • LEONA, THIS STORY IS DEFINITELY NOT

  • FOR CUBS YOUR AGE.

  • IT'S NOT AGE-APPROPRIATE.

  • WHY NOT?

  • OH, LIONEL, I DON'T THINK

  • THAT JUST LISTENING TO THE STORY

  • WILL DO YOUR SISTER ANY LASTING HARM.

  • Leona: YIPPEE!

  • Cleo: I AGREE.

  • OKAY...

  • COMFY?

  • HOW PECOS BILL CLEANED UP THE WEST

  • A TALL TALE, WRITTEN BY BETH WESTERN.

  • ...HOMBRE TO WEAR A WELL-PRESSED VEST OF BUCKSKIN

  • ON HIS MANLY CHEST.

  • ( plays guitar )

  • PECOS BILL WAS THE BEST

  • THE BEST IN THE WEST.

  • ( western music begins playing )

  • ( singing )

  • ( wind howling )

  • BILL SAID TO TESS, "I MUST CONFESS

  • IF THERE'S ONE THING I DETEST, IT'S A MESS" ♪

  • TESS KNEW THAT MEANT BILL WOULDN'T REST

  • TILL HE'D PUT THAT TWISTER UNDER ARREST

  • OR TAMED THAT BLUSTERY GUSTY PEST

  • THAT WAS MESSING UP THE PRISTINE WEST. ♪

  • ( singing chorus )

  • ( wind howling )

  • TESS SPRANG WITH THE SPRINGIEST SPRING

  • THAT WAS EVER SPRUNG

  • BILL FLUNG HIS LASSO

  • WITH THE FLINGIEST FLING THAT WAS EVER FLUNG

  • AND BILL WHOOPED, "WHOA!" TO THAT WHIRLING WIND UNTIL... ♪

  • IT STOPPED LIKE A BULLDOGGED STEER, STOCK STILL. ♪

  • ( singing chorus )

  • I'VE GOT YOU NOW!

  • WELL, BUCKAROOS, YOU CAN GUESS THE REST OF IT

  • THAT TWISTER KNEW BILL HAD GOT THE BEST OF IT

  • AND SO AT PECOS BILL'S REQUEST... ♪

  • AND EASY AS YOU PLEASE

  • THAT TAME TWISTER STARTED DUMPING

  • EVERY LAST LITTLE BIT OF LITTER INTO TRASH CANS

  • NOT FORGETTING TO SEPARATE OUT ALL THE RECYCLABLES.

  • Theo and Cleo: AND NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE A REST.

  • I'M TIRED.

  • YEAH, I KNOW, SWEETHEART.

  • Cleo: GOOD NIGHT, LITTLE CUB.

  • Announcer: AND NOW, LOVERS OF THE VOWELS "A," "E," "I," "O," "U"

  • AND SOMETIMES "Y"

  • GIVE IT UP FOR MARTHA READER AND THE VOWELLES

  • SINGING THE SHORT "E" SOUND

  • FROM THEIR FESTIVE HIT WORD, "BEST."

  • ( singing repeated short "e" sound to soul tune )

  • ( song ends; cheering and applause )

  • OH!

  • ( sounds out short "e" )

  • ( sounds out "l" )

  • ELL... ELL.

  • ( makes "b" sound )

  • BELL... BELL...

  • BELL.

  • ( bell ringing )

  • BELL.

  • ( ship's horn blows )

  • ( crowd cheering )

  • Gawain: EXCELLENT!

  • GAWAIN HERE ONCE AGAIN AT BLENDING FIELDS

  • WHERE TWO BRAVE KNIGHTS IN ARMOR

  • WILL CHARGE TOGETHER AT HIGH SPEED AND MAKE A WORD.

  • COMPETING TODAY, WE HAVE SIR "W"...

  • AND ON YOUR RIGHT, SIR "ET."

  • BLEND ON, DUDES.

  • ( crowd cheering )

  • "WET"! EXCELLENT!

  • THAT'S GAWAIN'S WORD FOR TODAY

  • AND THIS IS GAWAIN SAYING, "YOU BET."

  • I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON...

  • AND NOW ARTY SMARTYPANTS WILL READ FOUR WORDS

  • WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER!

  • THANK YOU.

  • MAY I HAVE A "BUILD THE EXCITEMENT" DRUM ROLL PLEASE?

  • ( drum roll, applause )

  • THANK YOU.

  • "NEST"...

  • "REST"...

  • "RESTING"...

  • "RESTAURANT."

  • "NEST," "REST," "RESTING," "RESTAURANT."

  • THANK YOU.

  • ( thud )

  • Audience: OOH!

  • OH... OH, BOY, MY SMARTYPANTS

  • SURE ARE GOING TO SMART IN THE MORNING.

  • OH, BOY.

  • FLYING OFF THE SHELF ONCE AGAIN

  • IT'S THE CONTINUING

  • DARING AND DANGLING ADVENTURES OF CLIFF HANGER!

  • TODAY'S EPISODE-- "CLIFF HANGER AND THE BED."

  • Chorus ( singing ):

  • WE FIND CLIFF HANGER WHERE WE LEFT HIM LAST

  • HANGING FROM A CLIFF.

  • ( branch breaking )

  • SUDDENLY BELOW HIM

  • CLIFF SEES TWO MOVERS CARRYING A LARGE "ED."

  • DEFTLY, CLIFF DELVES INTO HIS BACKPACK

  • AND EXTRACTS HIS TRUSTY SURVIVAL MANUAL.

  • USING HIS EXPERT DECODING SKILLS

  • CLIFF BEGINS TO READ.

  • "EARACHE," "EASEL"...

  • HERE IT IS: "ED."

  • "WHEN YOU SEE AN 'ED,' FIND THE LETTER 'B.'

  • THEN DROP IT."

  • "ED"... "BED."

  • HAS INTREPID CLIFF HANGER MADE HIS ESCAPE AT LAST?

  • ( boing )

  • UH-OH!

  • Chorus: ♪ AND THAT'S WHY HE'S CALLED CLIFF HANGER! ♪

  • Both: ♪ PECOS BILL WAS THE BEST

  • THE BEST IN THE WEST. ♪

  • ( hawks, spits )

  • ( spittoon clangs )

  • EWW!

  • PARTNER, LOOK AT THAT TWISTER OVER THERE.

  • ( whispers ): IT'S REALLY A COMPUTER.

  • YOU BETTER LASSO IT.

  • WELL, OKAY, PARTNER.

  • YOU BETTER STAND BACK THERE, MISSY.

  • OH, OKAY.

  • ( squeals )

  • YOU MISSED.

  • THANKS.

  • SORRY.

  • YOUR LASSO, LIONEL.

  • NO, PECOS BILL WOULD NEVER HAVE MISSED.

  • NOPE, HE NEVER DID MISS--

  • NEVER, NEVER.

  • LEONA, PECOS BILL NEVER MISSES BECAUSE HE ISN'T REAL.

  • HE'S IMAGINARY.

  • SO?

  • SO PECOS BILL'S A FICTIONAL CHARACTER.

  • THE STORY'S MADE UP-- YOU KNOW

  • JUST FOR FUN.

  • IT'S NOT TRUE, NEVER HAPPENED, NEVER COULD HAPPEN.

  • TALL TALE, HELLO?

  • HE IS SO REAL!

  • LOOK, HE'S EVEN IN THIS BOOK.

  • YEAH, YEAH, AND IF HE WERE HERE

  • IF HE WERE HERE

  • HE'D SHOW YOU HE WAS REALLY REAL.

  • HA! WOULD NOT.

  • WOULD SO.

  • WOULD NOT, AND I'LL PROVE IT.

  • CLICK, WOULD YOU PLEASE GET PECOS BILL FOR ME?

  • EXECUTING COMMAND.

  • ( electronic beeping )

  • ( loud rumbling )

  • ( tornado roaring, patrons yelling )

  • Pecos Bill: WHOA! WHOA!

  • ( roaring and yelling continue )

  • UH-OH.

  • All: WHOA!

  • Pecos Bill: YEE-HA!

  • ( grunts )

  • Pecos Bill: HOWDY, PARTNERS!

  • HOWDY, BILL.

  • HOWDY, BILL.

  • HMM, LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT

  • A WHOLE MESS OF TROUBLE HERE.

  • YEP, A REAL MESS.

  • YOU MIGHT SAY A WHOLE MESS OF MESS.

  • I SURE WISH I COULD HELP.

  • Man: LOOK OUT!

  • IT'S COMING BACK!

  • ( tornado roaring )

  • ( patrons screaming )

  • Knight: A HORSE! A HORSE! MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE!

  • ( wind whooshing )

  • Theo: LIONEL! LEONA!

  • I EXPECT AN EXPLANATION.

  • UH... ASK LIONEL.

  • HE DID IT.

  • OH, DON'T ASK ME.

  • IT WAS CLICK'S FAULT.

  • CORRECTION: I EXECUTED A GIVEN COMMAND.

  • CHECK MY OPERATING MANUAL!

  • EVERYONE, EVERYONE, PLEASE, PLEASE STAY CALM, STAY CALM.

  • WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL PROBLEM, A SLIGHT TORNADO.

  • NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT-- PERFECTLY HARMLESS.

  • Pecos Bill: YEE-HA!

  • ( chuckles )

  • MR. PECOS BILL?

  • THAT'S MY NAME.

  • MR. BILL...

  • WE NEED A HERO.

  • COULDN'T YOU JUMP ON THAT TWISTER'S BACK AND JUST TAME IT?

  • OH, SORRY, SEÑORITA, NO CAN DO.

  • YOU SEE, I'M IMAGINARY.

  • I'M JUST A FICTIONAL CHARACTER.

  • MY STORY'S MADE UP, JUST FOR FUN.

  • WHOA! GOTCHA!

  • NOPE, STORY'S NOT TRUE.

  • NEVER HAPPENED, NEVER COULD HAPPEN.

  • IT'S A TALL TALE.

  • I'M JUST A PAPER HERO.

  • I CAN'T DO THAT IN THE REAL WORLD.

  • WHOA!

  • Lionel: WHOA... I TOLD YOU SO.

  • WHOA...

  • WHOA...

  • OH, JUST THE COWBOY WE NEEDED TO TALK TO.

  • THERE.

  • MR. PECOS BILL, COULDN'T YOU TAME THIS TORNADO RIGHT NOW

  • IF WE WRITE YOU A NEW STORY?

  • WELL, YES, MA'AM.

  • I CAN DO ANYTHING... IN A TALL TALE.

  • WELL, HOW ABOUT A TALL TALE

  • CALLED HOW PECOS BILL CLEANED UP THE LIBRARY MESS...

  • HMM?

  • Pecos Bill: IT'S SO CRAZY, IT JUST MIGHT WORK.

  • BRILLIANT, CLEO, AS USUAL.

  • OH, LIONEL, FETCH DOWN MY OLD GUITAR.

  • Lionel: OKAY, DAD.

  • I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.

  • ( singing )

  • I AM NOT A COWBOY.

  • I AM BARNABY B. "DON'T CALL ME BUSTER" BUSTERFIELD III

  • FOUNDER OF THIS LIBRARY.

  • GET THIS HAT OFF MY HEAD THIS INSTANT!

  • ( tornado rumbling )

  • OH, MY.

  • WHOA!

  • THANK YOU.

  • THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

  • I'M FINALLY RID OF THOSE PESTS.

  • WHOA.

  • HEY, GET THIS OFF ME.

  • UH... IT'S A GOOD THING I CAN READ UP CLOSE.

  • AND NOW, LOVERS OF THE VOWELS "A," "E," "I," "O," "U"

  • AND SOMETIMES "Y"

  • THE VOWELLES SING THE SHORT "E" SOUND

  • FROM THEIR ZESTY HIT WORD, "MESS."

  • ( singing repeated short "e" sound to soul tune )

  • ( song ends; cheering and applause )

  • AND NOW THE WORD DOCTOR WITH DR. RUTH WORDHEIMER.

  • HELLO.

  • HERE'S DR. RUTH.

  • ( creature shrieking )

  • IT MUST BE TIME FOR ANOTHER "LONG WORD FREAK-OUT."

  • ( yelling )

  • DR. RUTH!

  • YOU GOT TO HELP ME!

  • I WAS READING A BOOK

  • AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE, AND THEN I CAME TO THIS WORD.

  • LOOK!

  • LOOK HOW LONG IT IS!

  • I CAN'T READ IT.

  • I CAN'T!

  • ( sobbing )

  • YES, YOU CAN.

  • NOW, TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

  • ( breathes in )

  • START ON THE LEFT

  • AND TAKE IT

  • ONE PART OF THE WORD AT A TIME.

  • OKAY.

  • FOR YOU, DOCTOR.

  • ( gulps )

  • IM...

  • PRESS...

  • IVE.

  • GOOD.

  • NOW, PUT THE PARTS TOGETHER.

  • OKAY.

  • IM... PRESS... IVE.

  • IMPRESS... IVE.

  • IMPRESSIVE!

  • "IMPRESSIVE"-- THAT'S RIGHT!

  • YOU GOT IT.

  • I GOT IT! I GOT IT!

  • OH, THANK YOU, DR. RUTH.

  • YOU'RE WELCOME.

  • I GOT IT, I GOT IT!

  • THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

  • OOH, I AM GOOD!

  • ( audience murmuring )

  • DR. BERTICE BERRY WITH THE "E" IN "YELL"!

  • ( audience applauding and cheering )

  • ( yelling short "e" sound )

  • ( stops yelling; audience applauding and cheering )

  • THANK YOU.

  • THANK YOU.

  • THANK YOU.

  • ( rap music begins playing )

  • AND NOW, 27 NAMES

  • WITH THE SHORT "E"-- "EH"-- SOUND IN THEM.

  • MEET WESLEY, LESLIE, NED AND DEREK

  • WESLEY'S BEST FRIENDS ED AND ERIC

  • BESSIE AND HER NEPHEW SETH

  • AND JESSIE, EPHRAIM AND BETH

  • PENNY, LENNY, KEN, CORETTA

  • PENNY'S PET HEN, HENRIETTA

  • TESS, HIDEKI, ANNABELLE

  • CHESSY, SHECKY AND FIDEL. ♪

  • YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ♪

  • WHAT'S YOUR NAME, WHAT'S YOUR NAME, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ♪

  • ENJOY YOUR LITTLE MOMENT OF FAME! ♪

  • HERE'S NELLIE, DELLA, KENT, ESTELLE

  • AND NELLIE'S ELEPHANT, ADELE

  • IN ALL THESE NAMES, YOU'LL FIND SHORT "E" ♪

  • AND KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE "EH" ♪

  • SEE YOU! ♪

  • ♪ "EH"... ♪

  • ( laughing )

  • IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR A PARADE HERE ON VAN NESS STREET

  • AND FOR YOUNG MONICA MAXWELL.

  • HER BAND HAS WON THE AWARD FOR BEST DRESSED.

  • ( gasps )

  • BUT WAIT A MINUTE.

  • WHAT'S THIS?

  • OH, NO!

  • IT'S THE EVIL "UN" PEOPLE.

  • HEAVENS TO BETSY!

  • THEY'RE PUTTING AN "UN" IN FRONT OF THE WORD "DRESSED."

  • MONICA'S IMPECCABLY DRESSED BAND

  • IS NOW ( gasps ) UNDRESSED!

  • BUT DESPAIR NOT, LITTLE MONICA.

  • THE HEROIC "RE" PEOPLE ARE HERE.

  • HOORAH!

  • MONICA AND HER BAND ARE REDRESSED.

  • BLESS YOU, "RE" PEOPLE.

  • ( gasps )

  • THE MONKEY POP-UP THEATER!

  • ( audience murmuring )

  • ( drum roll )

  • ( music begins playing )

  • ( monkeys singing )

  • LET'S START WITH OUR FAVORITE VOWEL

  • ♪ A PRETTY GOOD PLACE TO START

  • IT'S AN "E" LIKE WE SEE IN "BEN" AND "HEN" ♪

  • AND IT SOUNDS LIKE AN "EH" IN THE MIDDLE OF "TEN." ♪

  • SO, ALL RIGHT, THEN

  • LET'S GO, MEN! ♪

  • ( continues singing )

  • HEY! WITH THE "S" AND "V" AND "T" AND "E" AND "T" AND "T" ♪

  • HEY! WITH THE "T" AND "E" AND "S" AND "V" AND TEN CENTS! ♪

  • HEY! WITH THE "S" AND "V" AND "T" AND "E" AND "T" AND "T" ♪

  • HEY! WITH THE "T" AND "E" AND "S" AND "V" AND TEN TENTS! ♪

  • ( audience cheering )

  • ( monkeys hooting excitedly )

  • ( laughing )

  • ( wind blowing )

  • Theo: HOW PECOS BILL

  • CLEANED UP THE LIBRARY MESS.

  • NOW, EVERYONE KNOWS PECOS BILL IS THE BEST

  • THE, UH... ♪

  • UH...

  • HOW DOES IT GO?

  • Leona: THE NEATEST COWBOY IN ALL THE WEST.

  • IN ALL THE WEST.

  • Theo: RIGHT!

  • AND HIS HORSE NAMED... ♪

  • CORRECTION.

  • OH, HIS MOUSE, CLICK, UM... ♪

  • UH...

  • GOT IT!

  • A BETTER MOUSE THAN ALL THE REST.

  • YEAH!

  • CLIMB ON, PECOS BILL. ♪

  • ( Click neighs )

  • ( Pecos Bill whoops )

  • BUT ONE DAY THEY SAW A MOST UNWELCOME GUEST... UH...

  • BILL SAID TO CLICK

  • ♪ "I MUST CONFESS

  • IF THERE'S ONE THING I DETEST, IT'S A MESS." ♪

  • ( tornado rumbling )

  • WHOA!

  • ( Pecos Bill laughing )

  • Pecos Bill: TARNATION!

  • CLICK CLICKED WITH HER TRICKIEST, SLICKEST CLICK

  • AND DRAGGED AND DROPPED THAT TWISTER QUICK! ♪

  • ( clicking )

  • THEN WITH CLICK THE MOUSE HOLDING THAT TWISTER STEADY

  • BILL JUMPED UP ON ITS BACK

  • AND GOT HIMSELF READY...

  • Pecos Bill: I GOT YOU NOW!

  • TO PUT THAT TWISTER THROUGH ITS PACES...

  • WHOA! WHOA!

  • AND RIDE THROUGH THE WIDE-OPEN CYBER-SPACES!

  • Pecos Bill: COME ON, I GOT YOU NOW!

  • GIDDYUP, THERE!

  • ( whooping and hollering )

  • YEAH!

  • YOU BIG BLOWHARD!

  • ( chuckling )

  • ( whooping )

  • Theo: ♪ THE WHOLE THING

  • WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. ♪

  • THAT TWISTER, TAMED, CLEANED UP THAT MESS

  • AND THEN, BUCKAROOS, YOU CAN GUESS THE REST. ♪

  • Both: BILL RODE THAT TWISTER RIGHT BACK INTO THE BOOK

  • ENTITLED HOW PECOS BILL CLEANED UP THE WEST.

  • ( wind blowing )

  • ( Pecos Bill whooping )

  • ( wind stops blowing; all cheering )

  • OH, THANK GOODNESS, BOY!

  • EVERYBODY!

  • ( singing chorus )

  • Both: AND NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE A REST.

  • ( yawning )

  • GOOD NIGHT, MOM.

  • GOOD NIGHT, LIONEL, GOOD NIGHT, LEONA.

  • GOOD NIGHT, CLICK.

  • CLEO...

  • HMM?

  • THAT WAS ONE HECK OF A BEDTIME STORY.

  • YOU SAID IT, PARTNER.

  • ( slurping )

  • AW...

  • THERE ARE GAMES AND STORIES AT THE BETWEEN THE LIONS WEB SITE:

  • pbskids.org, OR AMERICA ONLINE KEYWORD: PBS Kids.

  • Cleo: HELP A CHILD GET WILD ABOUT READING.

  • BE A DESIGNATED READER.

  • OKAY, MOM!

  • ( both laughing )

  • DO YOUR "DESIGNATED READER" THING!

  • OKAY-- "THE ADVENTURES OF MISSISSIPPI SKIP AND HIS PIRATE SHIP."

  • WILD!

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • Chorus: ♪ BETWEEN THE LIONS... ♪

  • BETWEEN THE LIONS... ♪

  • Woman: ♪ COME IN BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BEGIN BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BE HERE BETWEEN THE LIONS! ♪

  • Cleo: BETWEEN THE LIONS IS FUNDED IN PART BY...

Woman: ♪ HEY, NOW... ♪

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