♪ 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! ♪

Kids:

( beeping )

Click: DATA SCANNED INTO SYSTEM.

DATA SCANNED INTO SYSTEM.

( Theo laughing )

DATA SCANNED

INTO SYSTEM.

( laughing uproariously )

WHAT'S SO FUNNY, DAD?

YEAH, WHAT ARE YOU READING?

( laughing )

OH...

THE UNIVERSAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FLY JOKES.

FLY JOKES?

OH, YES, LEONA.

THIS IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I ALWAYS SAY

YOU HAVE TO READ THE CLASSIC FLY JOKES.

DOES HE ALWAYS SAY THAT?

( buzzing )

Fly: HEY, GUYS... FLY JOKES!

( buzzing )

( beeping )

DATA SCANNED INTO SYSTEM.

OH, COME ON, CLICK.

LET'S STOP WORKING AND HAVE A LAUGH.

I DO NOT LAUGH.

OH, I'M SURE YOU'LL LAUGH AT THIS.

COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

"A GUY IN A RESTAURANT BUYS A BOWL OF SOUP.

HE NOTICES THAT THERE IS A FLY IN IT, AND SAYS..."

Customer:

Waiter:

Customer:

Waiter:

( spitting )

( Theo laughing uproariously )

YOU GET THAT, BOY?

Theo: OH, THAT'S RICH.

OH, CLICK

DIDN'T YOU GET IT?

CERTAINLY-- THE WAITER MISUNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION

AND GAVE AN INAPPROPRIATE ANSWER.

WELL, YES, BUT IT'S FUNNY.

YOU'RE NOT LAUGHING.

I TOLD YOU--

I DO NOT LAUGH.

OH, YOU'LL LAUGH AT THE NEXT ONE.

IT'S A RIOT.

"A GUY IN A RESTAURANT BUYS A BOWL OF SOUP.

HE NOTICES THAT THERE'S A FLY IN IT, AND SAYS..."

Customer:

Waiter:

Customer:

Waiter:

( customers murmuring )

( laughing heartily )

( buzzing )

Flies: THAT WAS SO FUNNY.

DID YOU GET IT, CLICK?

ANOTHER MISUNDERSTANDING, CORRECT?

WELL, YES

BUT DOESN'T IT MAKE YOU WANT

TO AT LEAST CHUCKLE?

I AM NOT PROGRAMMED FOR LAUGHTER OR CHUCKLING.

OH, LET ME READ ONE, DAD.

I COULD MAKE CLICK LAUGH.

YEAH, MAYBE IT'S IN MY DELIVERY.

"A GUY IN A RESTAURANT BUYS A BOWL OF SOUP.

HE NOTICES THAT THERE IS A FLY IN IT, AND SAYS..."

Customer:

Waiter:

Customer:

Waiter:

( flies tittering )

( all but Click laughing )

THAT WAS FUNNY, MOM.

"NO ROOM IN THE POTATO SALAD"!

WHO WRITES

THIS STUFF?

( Click still not laughing )

OH, I AM RUINING YOUR GOOD TIME.

PERHAPS I SHOULD EXIT.

HMM... MAYBE CLICK JUST DOESN'T LIKE FLY JOKES.

YES, OF COURSE.

WE ALL LAUGH AT DIFFERENT THINGS.

YES!

WHY, IF WE DIDN'T

WE'D ONLY NEED ONE JOKE.

WHICH ONE?

UH...

CLICK, WE HAVE ALL KINDS

OF OTHER FUNNY BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY.

I'M SURE WE CAN FIND ONE THAT TICKLES YOU.

YEAH, I KNOW SOME THAT ARE A RIOT.

COME ON.

YES...

Cleo: TO THE HUMOR SECTION.

ONWARD.

CLICK, DON'T YOU WORRY.

GET READY TO LAUGH, OKAY?

I CANNOT GET READY TO LAUGH.

I AM NOT PROGRAMMED FOR LAUGHTER.

( flies buzzing )

SHOO!

SHOO, FLIES, SHOO!

SHOO!

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

AND SOMETIMES "Y"

THE VOWELLES ARE IN THE HOUSE

TO SING THE "Y" SOUND

FROM THEIR HIT WORD, "MY."

( singing repeated long "y" vowel sound to soul tune )

( song ends; cheering and applause )

( whistling )

FR...

FR... FR... FR...

Y.

FR-Y.

FRY, FRY.

( imitating sizzling sound )

FRY!

( applause )

( applause )

( applause )

( applause )

AND NOW ARTY SMARTYPANTS WILL READ FOUR WORDS

WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER!

( applause )

( clearing throat )

THANK YOU.

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

( drum roll, applause )

THANK YOU.

"MY"...

"SHY"...

"FLY"...

"BUTTERFLY."

"MY," "SHY," "FLY" AND "BUTTERFLY."

THANK YOU.

( cheering and applause )

OH, NO.

( crash )

OH...

OH...

CRY.

( blowing nose )

AND NOW, WORLD-RENOWNED MEZZO SOPRANO MS. DENYCE GRAVES

WILL SING THE SOUND OF THE LETTER "Y"

IN THE WORD "BUTTERFLY."

( singing "Y" sound )

( applause, enthusiastic cheering )

♪ FIVE LITTLE VOWELS... ♪

♪ A, E, I, O, U. ♪

♪ WHEN YOU GOT A COUPLE OF CONSONANTS ♪

♪ NOTHING ELSE WILL DO. ♪

♪ H-A-T, HAT... ♪

♪ H-O-T, HOT... ♪

♪ L-E-T, LET... ♪

♪ L-I-T, LIT... ♪

♪ I LOVE 'EM ALL A REAL LOT ♪

♪ L-O-T, LOT... ♪

♪ OH, AND SOMETIMES "Y" ♪

♪ "Y," DON'T YOU CRY ♪

♪ YOU'RE NOT A FULL-TIME VOWEL, BUT DON'T THROW IN THE TOWEL ♪

♪ MY LITTLE SOMETIMES "Y." ♪