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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! ♪

  • ( branches rustling )

  • Cleo: LIONEL!

  • HMM?

  • ARE YOU READY TO NOT GO TO BED TONIGHT?

  • YES, MOM.

  • GOOD-- BE SURE YOUR SISTER'S READY

  • TO NOT GO TO BED, TOO.

  • OKAY, MOM.

  • LEONA!

  • ( Leona yowls, Lionel squeals )

  • WHAT...

  • LEONA?

  • OH, BOY, I AM GETTING SO GOOD AT POUNCING.

  • AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

  • YOU'RE GETTING VERY GOOD AT BEING POUNCED ON.

  • WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.

  • WE HAVE TO GET READY NOT TO GO TO BED.

  • I KNOW, I KNOW.

  • I'M SO EXCITED.

  • I EVEN WROTE A POEM ABOUT IT.

  • HERE.

  • READ THIS.

  • "MEAT SHOWER" BY LEONA.

  • MEAT SHOWER?

  • IT'S NOT MEAT SHOWER.

  • ( laughing )

  • IT'S METEOR SHOWER.

  • WELL...

  • BUT... BUT MOMMY AND DADDY SAID IT WAS A MEAT SHOWER.

  • ( laughing hysterically )

  • THIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GET OVER.

  • OKAY, I'M OVER IT.

  • BUT... BUT... BUT THERE'S MEAT.

  • METEORS ARE MADE OF MEAT.

  • MM-MM, THEY'RE JUST LIKE STARS, YOU KNOW

  • ONLY THEY SHOOT ACROSS THE SKY LIKE FIREWORKS.

  • OH...

  • AND LATE TONIGHT

  • THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT OUT OF A LION IN THE SKY.

  • ( softly ): WOW.

  • HEY, CHECK THIS OUT.

  • THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS

  • BY ARLISS PARKNARK.

  • READ IT, LIONEL, READ IT.

  • OH, I WANT TO READ THIS.

  • Lionel ( reading ):

  • "LIKE DREAM AFTER DREAM AFTER SILVERY DREAM

  • THE STARRY-LIKE SHOWER FALLS BRIGHT."

  • PRETTY COOL, HUH?

  • YEAH, IT'S GREAT.

  • OKAY, CUBS, WHO'S READY NOT TO GO TO BED?

  • OH, I AM.

  • ME, TOO.

  • WELL, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE EASY.

  • LIONS NEED A GOOD SOLID 22 HOURS OF SLEEP A DAY.

  • DON'T WORRY, DAD.

  • WE CAN HANDLE IT, HUH?

  • YEP.

  • I KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE IT;

  • I'M WORRIED ABOUT US.

  • HA... THOSE LIONS WILL NEVER STAY UP

  • AND THAT LITTLE CUB WILL MISS THE METEOR SHOWER.

  • HE CARES.

  • I DO NOT CARE.

  • I WAS MERELY STATING A FACT.

  • OH, HE CARES.

  • OH, HE CARES.

  • NO, I DON'T.

  • ( soul music playing )

  • YOU KNOW, I JUST LOVE THAT "A-R" SOUND

  • HONEY, IT SOUNDS SO MARVELOUS

  • LISTEN TO ME WHILE I SING ABOUT IT.

  • HA!

  • WHENEVER I SEE AN "A" ♪

  • FOLLOWED BY "R" ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • LIKE "MARTHA" AND "MARK" ♪

  • AND "PARK" AND "GARGLE" AND "CAR" ♪

  • ♪ I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME AN "A-R" IS FOUND

  • ♪ "R" GIVES "A" A SPECIAL SOUND

  • WHEN IT'S AN "A-R" ♪

  • ♪ "A-R" ♪

  • THEY SPARKLE LIKE A STAR

  • JUST LIKE A STAR

  • AR, AR, AR, AR

  • ♪ "A-R" ♪

  • ♪ "A-R"-- THEY NEVER WANT TO PART. ♪

  • ♪ "A-R," "A-R" ♪

  • IT ISN'T SO HARD TO START

  • FINDING "A-R" ♪

  • ♪ "A-R" ♪

  • YOU'LL SEE IT IN "SMART" AND "CART" ♪

  • AND THEN YOU'LL GO FAR

  • THEN YOU'LL GO FAR

  • NO, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU IN THE DARK

  • ♪ "A-R" HAS GOT A SPECIAL SPARK

  • YEAH, IT'S AN "A-R" ♪

  • ♪ "A-R" ♪

  • THEY SPARKLE LIKE A STAR

  • JUST LIKE A STAR

  • AR, AR, AR, AR

  • AR... ♪

  • ♪ "A-R"-- THEY NEVER WANT TO PART. ♪

  • ♪ "A-R," "A-R" ♪

  • AR, AR, AR, AR

  • AR... ♪

  • ♪ "A-R"-- THEY NEVER WANT TO PART

  • ♪ "A-R," "A-R" ♪

  • ♪ A-R! ♪

  • "AR"!

  • COME ON, BOY, COME ON.

  • ( imitates barking )

  • ( making "b" sound )

  • COME ON, COME ON.

  • ( imitates panting )

  • AR... AR.

  • B... AR... BAR.

  • COME ON.

  • ( making "k" sound )

  • B... AR... K.

  • BAR... K.

  • BARK.

  • ( barking )

  • ( imitates panting )

  • DOWN, BOY.

  • "BARK."

  • AND NOW ARTY SMARTYPANTS WILL READ FOUR WORDS

  • WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER!

  • ( applause )

  • OOPS!

  • THANK YOU!

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

  • ( drum roll, applause )

  • THANK YOU.

  • ( clears throat )

  • "ART"...

  • "SMART"...

  • "SMARTER"...

  • "SMARTEST."

  • "ART," "SMART," "SMARTER" AND "SMARTEST."

  • THANK YOU.

  • ( cheering and applause )

  • OH, NO.

  • WHOA!

  • ( crash )

  • OH, THAT SMARTS.

  • Announcer: FLYING OFF THE SHELF ONCE AGAIN

  • IT'S THE CONTINUING

  • DARING AND DANGLING ADVENTURES OF CLIFF HANGER!

  • TODAY'S ADVENTURE, NUMBER 2,612--

  • "CLIFF HANGER AND THE WISH UPON A STAR."

  • Chorus ( singing ):

  • WE FIND CLIFF HANGER WHERE WE LEFT HIM LAST

  • HANGING FROM A CLIFF.

  • ( branch breaking )

  • SUDDENLY, NIGHT FALLS.

  • FAR, FAR ABOVE, THE FIRST STAR APPEARS.

  • SHARP AS A TACK, CLIFF REACHES INTO HIS BACKPACK

  • AND EXTRACTS HIS TRUSTY SURVIVAL MANUAL.

  • USING HIS EXPERT DECODING SKILLS

  • CLIFF BEGINS TO READ.

  • "WHEN YOU SEE A STAR, MAKE A WISH."

  • Chorus: ♪ CLIFF HANGER

  • HANGING FROM A CLIFF... ♪

  • CAN ALL BE WELL THANKS TO CLIFF'S WISTFUL WISH?

  • ( snoring )

  • NO, IT IS ONLY A DREAM.

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

  • ( branch breaking )

  • ( Cleo and Theo snoring )

  • OH, NO, LIONEL, THEY'RE ASLEEP AGAIN...

  • STANDING UP.

  • OH, LIONEL...

  • LIONEL, COME ON.

  • WE GOT TO GET THEM UP.

  • LIONEL...

  • WHOA! HELLO!

  • WAKE THEM UP, WAKE THEM UP.

  • WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

  • WAKE THEM UP-- THEY'RE ASLEEP.

  • OH, HEY, WAKE UP, GUYS.

  • I'M AWAKE, I'M AWAKE.

  • ME, TOO.

  • I'M NOT AWAKE.

  • LIONEL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THEM AWAKE?

  • I DON'T KNOW.

  • I KNOW!

  • YOU COULD READ THEM THAT BOOK YOU WROTE.

  • YEAH, YEAH.

  • DAD, DAD, DAD...

  • WHAT? WHAT? MY LITTLE LEONA WROTE A BOOK?

  • YEAH, YEAH, SEE.

  • MEAT SHOWER BY LEONA.

  • Both: WHOA! MEAT SHOWER!

  • YUMMY!

  • YUMMY!

  • ( music playing )

  • Leona: ♪ IT'S NOT THE KIND OF SHOWER THAT'LL GET YOU WET

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • INSTEAD YOU'LL GET A HOT DOG OR A VEAL CROQUETTE

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • LOOK, HERE COMES A MUTTON CHOP

  • WITH LOTS OF GRAVY SMEARED ON TOP

  • IT'S A MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • SCALLOPINI AND SALTED PORK

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • DITCH THAT RAINCOAT, GO AND GET YOUR FORK. ♪

  • IT'S NOT THE KIND OF SHOWER THAT'LL SOAK YOU THROUGH

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • INSTEAD YOU'LL GET A BRISKET OR SOME HASH OR STEW

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • MEAT LOAF AND LIVER AND BACON, TOO

  • RAINING DOWN ON ME AND YOU

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • SHANKS AND CUTLETS, JOINTS AND RIBS

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • LOSE THOSE PONCHOS, GO AND GET YOUR BIBS. ♪

  • MMM... BURGERS-- LOOK, HERE COMES A STACK

  • THERE'S THE BIGGEST STEAK I EVER SAW

  • LAMB CHOPS, WOW! HERE COMES A RACK

  • YOU CAN EAT THEM COOKED OR RAW

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVEREAT

  • MEAT SHOWER, MEAT SHOWER

  • NO, NOTHING ELSE CAN TOP A SHOWER OF MEAT. ♪

  • MEAT SHOWER! ♪

  • ( song ends )

  • Theo: BOY, THAT WAS A GREAT STORY, LEONA.

  • Cleo: IT WAS WONDERFUL.

  • Theo: YEAH, IT WAS YUMMY.

  • AND IT DID THE TRICK.

  • WE'RE ALL STILL AWAKE.

  • YEAH.

  • ( all three yawn )

  • NO SLEEPING.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE...

  • THE METEOR...

  • ( yawns )

  • METEOR SHOWER.

  • ( all snoring )

  • ( burbling )

  • SHH.

  • ( makes "sh" sound )

  • SH...

  • ( whispers ): AR...

  • SH... AR...

  • SH... AR...

  • SHAR...

  • ( imitating Jaws theme music )

  • ( makes "k" sound )

  • SH... AR.. K

  • SHARK...

  • SHARK?

  • SHARK!

  • ( imitating Jaws theme music )

  • ( crowd cheering )

  • Gawain: EXCELLENT!

  • GAWAIN HERE ONCE AGAIN AT BLENDING FIELD

  • WHERE TWO BRAVE KNIGHTS IN ARMOR

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

  • COMPETING TODAY WE HAVE SIR "SH"...

  • AND ON YOUR RIGHT, SIR "ARK."

  • BLEND ON, DUDES!

  • ( cheering )

  • Both: SHARK?!

  • ( screaming )

  • Gawain: "SHARK"-- EXCELLENT!

  • THAT'S GAWAIN'S WORD FOR TODAY.

  • AND THIS IS GAWAIN SAYING MARK MY WORDS--

  • I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON...

  • ( gasps )

  • THE MONKEY POP-UP THEATER!

  • ( audience murmuring )

  • Man: SHH! SHH!

  • ( audience hushes )

  • ( quavers ): OH! DWIGHT!

  • WHAT?

  • WHAT IS IT THAT HAS GIVEN YOU SUCH A FRIGHT?

  • ( piano plays )

  • ( singing ):

  • ( singing ):

  • ( tempo quickens )

  • ( singing in a round ):

  • ( singing together ):

  • ( audience cheering, whistling and applauding )

  • ( monkeys hooting excitedly )

  • ( laughs )

  • AND NOW FUN WITH CHICKEN JANE.

  • TODAY, "CHICKEN JANE AND THE FAT CAT."

  • Woman ( singing ):

  • ( squawks )

  • ( purring )

  • ( squawks )

  • ( squawking in alarm )

  • S-C-A-T.

  • S... CA... T, SCAT-- "SCAT."

  • ( squawks )

  • ( squawking )

  • Woman ( singing ):

  • ( squawks sadly )

  • ( snoring )

  • AND NOW THE SHARK BARKS.

  • ( snoring )

  • UH, WELL, IT'S A LIVING.

  • AND NOW, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S TIME FOR THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPUD

  • PARBOILED POTATO DETECTIVE.

  • Sam Spud: THE NAME IS SPUD, SAM SPUD.

  • I WAS WORKING LATE ONE NIGHT.

  • THE NEON SIGN OUTSIDE MY WINDOW

  • WAS BLINKING BRIGHT AND DARK, BRIGHT AND DARK.

  • IT WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE ME CRAZY

  • WHEN THERE WAS A KNOCK AT MY DOOR.

  • THE GUY WAS A MESS.

  • "HUMBARGER"? THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

  • NOT "HUMBARGER."

  • THAT "U" IN "HUM" SHOULD BE AN "A"-- H-A-M, "HAM."

  • AND THAT "A" IN "BARGER" SHOULD BE A "U"--

  • B-U-R-G-E-R, "BURGER."

  • IT WAS RAW HAMBURGER.

  • I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO GRILL HIM.

  • ( yelps )

  • ( chuckles nervously )

  • ( siren blares outside )

  • THE GUY THANKED ME, THREW SOME LETTUCE

  • AND TOLD ME THE REST WOULD BE GRAVY.

  • ( gravy splats )

  • BLECH!

  • ( Sam Spud theme music plays )

  • Girl: MOM!

  • THERE'S A TALKING POTATO ON A STICK

  • WITH A HAT ON AND NO MOUTH!

  • Mom: DON'T WORRY, SWEETIE.

  • IT'S EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.

  • IT MUST BE GOOD FOR YOU.

  • AND NOW A WORD

  • FROM WORLD-RENOWNED MEZZO- SOPRANO MS. DENYCE GRAVES.

  • ( orchestra tuning up, baton tapping music stand )

  • THE.

  • ( audience applauding, cheering, laughing with delight )

  • ( snoring )

  • ( groans )

  • IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WAKE THEM UP

  • THEY'RE GOING TO MISS THE METEOR SHOWER.

  • OH, SO YOU WANT US TO, UH...

  • UH, WAKE THEM UP?

  • I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

  • OH, OKAY, THEN WE WON'T.

  • YOU WON'T?

  • OKAY, WE'RE GOING.

  • ALL RIGHT.

  • ( moans )

  • PIGEONS! YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM A HUNDRED TIMES

  • BEFORE THEY'LL DO SOMETHING.

  • ( groans )

  • ( snoring )

  • ( bushes rustle )

  • ( cymbals crash )

  • OH! I'M AWAKE!

  • I'M AWAKE!

  • OH!

  • THE METEOR SHOWER!

  • THE METEOR SHOWER!

  • WOW!

  • LOOK! IT'S STARTING!

  • OH...!

  • ( music playing )

  • THE MIGHTY STAR LION WHO LIVES IN THE SKY

  • SENDS A METEOR STORM INTO FLIGHT

  • THE METEORS FLASH IN A FIERY DANCE

  • THAT PARTS THE DEEP DARKNESS OF NIGHT. ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • Cleo and Lionel: ♪ LIKE STAR AFTER STAR AFTER SPARKLING STAR

  • SHEDDING BEAUTIFUL SHOWERS OF LIGHT... ♪

  • Lionel: ♪ AND ONE LITTLE LION LOOKS UP AT THE SKY

  • AND WELCOMES THE MARVELOUS SIGHT. ♪

  • Cleo: ♪ LIKE DREAM AFTER DREAM

  • AFTER SILVERY DREAM

  • THE STARRY-LIKE SHOWER FALLS BRIGHT... ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • Lionel: ♪ AND ONE LITTLE LION LOOKS UP AT THE SKY

  • AS SHE SITS ALL ALONE IN THE NIGHT. ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • Both: ♪ THEN ONE AND THEN TWO AND THEN THREE LIONS MORE

  • SOFTLY STEAL IN FROM LEFT AND FROM RIGHT

  • AND FOUR SLEEPY LIONS ALL BATHE IN THE GLOW

  • OF THE MAGICAL METEORS' LIGHT. ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • ( song ends )

  • I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAD NOTHING TO DO

  • WITH THAT CUTE LITTLE CUB SEEING THE METEOR SHOWER.

  • I DO NOT TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT, IN SPITE OF THE FACT

  • THAT SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO GIVE ME CREDIT...

  • EVEN A SMALL AWARD...

  • MAYBE A COOKIE.

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

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

  • Theo: READING TO CHILDREN EVERY DAY CREATES WARM FAMILY MEMORIES

  • AND IT HELPS THEM BECOME BETTER READERS.

  • HELP A CHILD GET WILD ABOUT READING.

  • BE A DESIGNATED READER.

  • I'M READY TO GET WILD.

  • OKAY.

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • [Captioned by The Caption Center WGBH Educational Foundation]

  • Chorus: ♪ BETWEEN THE LIONS... ♪

  • BETWEEN THE LIONS... ♪

  • Woman: ♪ COME IN BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BEGIN BETWEEN THE LIONS

  • BE HERE BETWEEN THE LIONS! ♪

Woman: ♪ HEY, NOW... ♪

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