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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! ♪

  • AND YOU'LL FIND HEATH THE THESAURUS

  • IN OUR REFERENCE SECTION.

  • UH... BOOK DELIVERY.

  • YES! THANK YOU!

  • WHOA...

  • YOU'RE WELCOME.

  • UH... SIGN HERE, PLEASE.

  • SURELY.

  • ( growling playfully )

  • LINE FIVE...

  • THANK YOU.

  • WHOA...

  • UH... TH-THANK YOU.

  • OH, NO, NO, NO, THANK YOU.

  • OKAY, THANK ME-- WHATEVER YOU SAY.

  • ( roaring excitedly )

  • ( squealing )

  • IS IT HERE? IS IT HERE, DAD?

  • I DON'T KNOW, LIONEL.

  • LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

  • WHOA.

  • WHOA.

  • THE SELFISH GIANT BY TRISH TISHMAN.

  • ( laughs )

  • SILLY DADDY, THAT'S NOT IT.

  • ALL RIGHTY, WELL, LET'S SEE...

  • WHOO.

  • WHOA!

  • A VERY SQUISHY FISH BY KISHMA FISHBURN.

  • OH, NO.

  • NO?

  • ALL RIGHTY, THEN, LET'S SEE...

  • ( gasps )

  • OH, LIONEL.

  • MISS GISH'S WISHES BY MISHA FISHER.

  • ( sighs )

  • OH, THAT'S NOT IT EITHER.

  • OH, IT SHOULD HAVE COME TODAY.

  • OH, MOM.

  • OH, PATIENCE, LIONEL.

  • ( gasps )... AHA!

  • AHA!

  • AHA!

  • COULD THIS BE THE BOOK

  • YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, LIONEL?

  • AS IF I DIDN'T KNOW.

  • THAT'S IT.

  • AH... OOH... AH...

  • YES, THAT'S IT!

  • THAT IS THE BOOK I WAS WAITING FOR.

  • YEAH, HERE YOU GO, SON.

  • OH, YOU RULE, DAD!

  • HEY, LIONEL.

  • OH, HI, LEONA.

  • WHAT'S THE BOOK? WHAT'S THE BOOK?

  • NOTHING, NOTHING, UH...

  • YOU WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED IN IT.

  • YES, I WOULD.

  • I'D BE VERY INTERESTED.

  • ( both chuckle )

  • Lionel: LEONA, THIS BOOK...

  • OH, HIYA, TYLER.

  • THIS BOOK IS

  • THE BRAND-NEW CLIFF HANGER ADVENTURE.

  • SEE?

  • CLIFF HANGER AND THE FISH AND THE EAGLE

  • BY LIVINGSTON DANGEROUSLY.

  • OH, READ IT TO ME, PLEASE.

  • BUT YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE CLIFF HANGER BOOKS.

  • YEAH, I KNOW, THEY'RE SO SILLY.

  • THEY BEGIN AND END THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME.

  • CLIFF HANGER IS HANGING FROM THE CLIFF AT THE BEGINNING

  • AND HE'S HANGING FROM THE CLIFF AT THE END.

  • SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO READ THIS ONE?

  • BECAUSE I LOVE EAGLES!

  • OH, THEY FLY WAY UP HIGH IN THE SKY.

  • OH, I JUST WANT TO FLY LIKE AN EAGLE...

  • I JUST WANT TO READ THIS BOOK.

  • OH, UH... SORRY.

  • I'LL FLY LATER.

  • READ.

  • THANK YOU.

  • OKAY.

  • ( sighs )

  • Lionel: "CLIFF HANGER AND THE FISH AND THE EAGLE

  • BY LIVINGSTON DANGEROUSLY."

  • Chorus ( singing ):

  • Lionel: "WE FIND CLIFF HANGER WHERE WE LEFT HIM LAST

  • HANGING FROM A CLIFF."

  • ( branch breaking )

  • Lionel: "SUDDENLY, CLIFF SEES AN EAGLE FLYING HIGH ABOVE THE CLIFF."

  • I'M AN EAGLE! I'M AN EAGLE!

  • ( clears throat )

  • SORRY.

  • THANK YOU.

  • Lionel: "EAGERLY, CLIFF REACHES INTO HIS BACKPACK

  • "AND EXTRACTS HIS TRUSTY SURVIVAL MANUAL.

  • USING HIS EXPERT DECODING SKILLS, CLIFF BEGINS TO READ."

  • "IF YOU WISH TO GET OFF THE CLIFF

  • DRESS YOURSELF AS A BIG FISH."

  • DISGUISE HIMSELF AS A FISH?

  • THAT'S CRAZY-- WHY A FISH?

  • BECAUSE.

  • BECAUSE WHY?

  • BECAUSE THEN THE EAGLE WILL FLY DOWN

  • AND PICK HIM OFF THE CLIFF.

  • YEAH?

  • BECAUSE EAGLES EAT FISH.

  • YEAH, THAT'S IT.

  • OH, EAGLES DON'T EAT FISH.

  • THEY WOULDN'T PUT IT IN A CLIFF HANGER BOOK

  • IF IT WASN'T TRUE.

  • NO, NO, NO, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IN MY BRAIN.

  • OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

  • YOU WANT PROOF THAT EAGLES EAT FISH?

  • I'LL SHOW YOU PROOF.

  • COME ON.

  • OKAY, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

  • AND NOW...

  • THAT IS INCORRECT.

  • EVERYBODY'S, UH...

  • YEAH, TICKLISH!

  • I AM ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOT...

  • LET'S...

  • TICKLE HIM!

  • YEAH.

  • TICKLE, TICKLE.

  • TICKLE, TICKLE, TICKLE.

  • YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME WITH THAT FOOLISH GIBBERISH.

  • TICKLE, TICKLE.

  • TICKLE, TICKLE.

  • OH, I GUESS HE ISN'T, UH...

  • TICKLISH.

  • LET'S GO.

  • AH... ACCURACY IN THE MEDIA.

  • YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST.

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

  • AND SOMETIMES "Y"

  • MARTHA READER AND THE VOWELLES ARE IN THE HOUSE

  • SINGING THE SHORT "I" SOUND IN THEIR ZIPPY BIG HIT, "DISH."

  • ( background vocals sing repeated short "i" sound )

  • ( Martha singing short "i" sound in sync to soul beat )

  • ( song ends; cheering and applause )

  • AND NOW 30 NAMES

  • WITH THE SHORT "I" ( makes short "i" sound ) IN THEM.

  • ( rapping ): ♪ MEET GINNY, GILDA, VIN AND SIG ♪

  • ♪ BRUNHILDA, VIN AND GINNY'S PIG ♪

  • ♪ TIMMY, TWISTER, PECOS BILL ♪

  • ♪ AND KIM AND HER TWIN SISTER, JILL ♪

  • ♪ BILLIE ON HER FILLY, MISTY ♪

  • ♪ LILY, MILLIE, WILL AND CHRISTIE ♪

  • ♪ TRISH, MATILDA, TRIP AND DICK ♪

  • ♪ AND KISHMA, HILDA, CHIP AND CLICK. ♪

  • Chorus: ♪ 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 WHITNEY, BRITNEY, CHRIS AND BIFF ♪

  • ♪ AND CLIFF! ♪

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

  • ♪ IT SOUNDS LIKE ( makes short "i" sound ) ♪

  • ♪ THAT'S IT, GOOD-BYE. ♪

  • ( makes short "i" sound )

  • ( makes gurgling sound )

  • F... F... F...

  • ISH... ISH.

  • F... ISH.

  • FISH.

  • ( makes gurgling sound )

  • Chorus: ♪ WHAT'S COOKING WITH THEO AND CLEO ♪

  • ♪ CHECK OUT WHAT'S COOKING! ♪

  • HELLO, MR. FISH.

  • ( changes voice ): HELLO, MR. THEO.

  • ( both giggle )

  • AHH.

  • AHH.

  • AH! THEO...

  • WHOA!

  • HOWDY.

  • AH, WHAT'S COOKING TODAY

  • THEO, MY BIG WATER BUFFALO CHOP...

  • OH... OH, BOY, YEAH.

  • IS...

  • ( cracks pointer )

  • "SQUISHED FISH ON A DISH."

  • DE-LISH!

  • ONE-- ( cracks pointer )

  • "SQUISH THE FISH."

  • SQUISH THE FISH.

  • ♪ SQUISH, SQUISH, SQUISH THE FISH ♪

  • ♪ SQUISH THE FISH, SQUISH THE FISH ♪

  • ♪ SQUISH THE FISH, SQUISH THE FISH... ♪

  • THEO, THEO...

  • I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.

  • WE DON'T WANT IT OVERSQUISHED, DO WE?

  • WHOA! NO, WE DON'T.

  • HATE OVERSQUISHED FISH.

  • BLECH!

  • TWO-- ( cracks pointer )

  • "PUT THE SQUISHED FISH ON THE DISH."

  • MMM... SQUISHED FISH ON THE DISH.

  • ( blows kiss )

  • THREE-- ( cracks pointer )

  • "COOK THE SQUISHED FISH ON A DISH

  • FOR ONE HOUR, UNTIL IT IS BROWNISH."

  • ONE HOUR?

  • NAH.

  • NAH.

  • ( grunting, chomping, roaring )

  • REAL EAGLES.

  • OKAY, NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT EAGLES EAT FISH.

  • OR YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY DON'T.

  • HMM.

  • "THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF EAGLES.

  • "THE LARGEST EAGLE IN THE WORLD

  • IS THE SOUTH AMERICAN HARPY EAGLE."

  • HA! WHAT DO THEY EAT?

  • "IT EATS MONKEYS."

  • ( squeals )

  • MONKEYS ARE NOT FISH.

  • WELL, THE HARPY ISN'T THE EAGLE

  • THAT WE SAW IN THE CLIFF HANGER BOOK EITHER.

  • OH.

  • ( clears throat )

  • "GOLDEN EAGLES SOAR OVER MOUNTAIN PEAKS

  • AND HUNT"-- OH-- "RABBITS."

  • HA! NOT FISH, NOT FISH.

  • EAGLES DO NOT EAT FISH.

  • OKAY, OKAY.

  • "BALD EAGLES HAVE WHITE FEATHERS ON THEIR HEADS.

  • "THEY ARE SOMETIMES CALLED SEA EAGLES

  • BECAUSE THEY EAT... FISH."

  • THEY EAT FISH.

  • YOU'RE MAKING THAT UP.

  • NO, NO, I'M NOT.

  • COME HERE, SEE FOR YOURSELF.

  • SEE? SEE, FISH?

  • F-I-S-H.

  • AND... AND...

  • THAT IS THE SAME KIND OF EAGLE

  • THAT WAS IN THE CLIFF HANGER BOOK.

  • WHAT DO YOU SEE THERE NEAR ITS FEET?

  • Leona: A FISH.

  • Lionel: MM-HMM.

  • OH, EAGLES DO EAT FISH.

  • CLIFF HANGER DISGUISING HIMSELF

  • AS A FISH WASN'T SO CRAZY AFTER ALL.

  • TOLD YOU SO.

  • LIONEL!

  • ( kissing )

  • LIONEL, YOU MAY HAVE JUST HELPED MAKE

  • YOUR LITTLE SISTER'S GREATEST WISH COME TRUE.

  • WELL, I... I...

  • HMM?

  • ( punk rock music playing )

  • ♪ FIVE LITTLE VOWELS ♪

  • ♪ "A," "E," "I," "O," "U" ♪

  • ♪ WHEN YOU GOT A COUPLE CONSONANTS ♪

  • ♪ NOTHING ELSE WILL DO ♪

  • ♪ H-A-T, "HAT" ♪

  • ♪ H-O-T, "HOT" ♪

  • ♪ L-E-T, "LET," L-I-T, "LIT" ♪

  • ♪ I LOVE THEM 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." ♪

  • ♪ FIVE LITTLE VOWELS ♪

  • ♪ "A," "E," "I," "O," "U" ♪

  • ♪ WHEN YOU WANT TO SPELL "PIT" OR "POT" OR "PET" ♪

  • ♪ THEY'RE A DREAM COME TRUE. ♪

  • ♪ YEAH, WHETHER YOU SPELL "CHAMP" ♪

  • ♪ OR WHETHER YOU SPELL "CHUMP" ♪

  • ♪ THE VOWELS ARE SO MUCH FUN ♪

  • ♪ F-U-N, "FUN" ♪

  • ♪ THEY MAKE ME WANT TO JUMP ♪

  • ♪ J-U-M-P, "JUMP" ♪

  • ♪ OH, AND SOMETIMES "Y" ♪

  • ♪ "Y," THOUGH YOU TRY ♪

  • ♪ YOU'RE NOT THE SAME AS THE REST ♪

  • ♪ BUT DON'T GET DEPRESSED ♪

  • ♪ MY LITTLE SOMETIMES "Y" ♪

  • ♪ "A," "E," "I," "O," "U" ♪

  • ♪ MY SOMETIMES "Y" ♪

  • ♪ "A," "E," "I," "O," "U" ♪

  • ♪ AND SOMETIMES "Y" ♪

  • ♪ "A," "E," "I," "O," "U" ♪

  • ♪ MY SOMETIMES "Y." ♪

  • ( song ends )

  • AND NOW A WORD FROM NEW JERSEY NETS SUPERSTAR

  • STEPHON MARBURY.

  • SPIN.

  • ( sounding out words in computer-generated voices )

  • IT'S MAGIC TIME WITH THE GREAT SMARTINI.

  • HEY, THANK YOU, LITTLE ANNOUNCER BUNNY.

  • HELLO, IT IS I, THE GREAT SMARTINI!

  • ( applause )

  • AND I'M HIS MARMY--

  • REMARKABLE SMARMY MARMY SMARTINI.

  • ( applause )

  • AND NOW I, THE GREAT SMARTINI

  • WILL DO HIS AMAZING TROUSER- DEFYING SHORT "I" TRICK.

  • MARMY, MAY I HAVE THREE WORDS

  • THAT CONTAIN THE SHORT "I" SOUND IN THEM PLEASE?

  • YES, YOU CAN.

  • "WIG."

  • "JIG."

  • "CHICKEN."

  • AH...

  • I WILL NOW PUT THESE WORDS INTO MY SMARTYPANTS.

  • I WILL SAY A MAGIC WORD AND DO A MAGIC DANCE.

  • "IBRICADIBRA"!

  • ♪ OOH, AH, DANCING SMARTYPANTS, OOH-AH! ♪

  • LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.

  • OH, LOOK!

  • IT'S A CHICKEN IN A WIG DOING A JIG.

  • ( applause )

  • OH, LET'S HEAR IT FOR MY SONNY BOY, ARTY.

  • HEY, EVERYONE DO A JIG.

  • COME ON.

  • Commentator: WE'RE HERE AT THE NATIONAL WORD CLUB MASTERS

  • WHERE THE WORD-WRITING PHENOM TIGER WORDS

  • IS APPROACHING THE "T."

  • HE'S GOT TO MAKE THE WORD "TRUCK."

  • IT'S A DIFFICULT WORD

  • WITH THE ( makes "t" and "r" sounds ) AT THE BEGINNING

  • THE ( makes short "u" sound ) IN THE MIDDLE

  • AND THE ( sounds out "ck" ) SOUND AT THE END.

  • TR... U... CK.

  • IF HE MAKES IT, HE WILL WIN A TRUCK.

  • HE'S SELECTING HIS WRITING IMPLEMENT FROM HIS PENCIL CASE

  • IT'S A PEN!

  • ( applause )

  • TIGER STEPS UP TO THE "T" AND HE MAKES THE LETTER "R."

  • WITH THE LETTER "T," THAT MAKES THE SOUND "T"-"R"-- "TR."

  • SO FAR, SO GOOD.

  • TIGER NOW RAISES HIS PEN

  • AND WRITES THE LETTERS "C" AND "K."

  • HE'S GOT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD "TRUCK"

  • ( makes "tr" sound )

  • AND THE LAST SOUND IN THE WORD TRUCK, ( makes "ck" sound ).

  • HE'S GOT TO ADD A VOWEL TO MAKE THE ( makes short "u" sound )

  • IN THE MIDDLE.

  • AND HE WRITES THE LETTER "I" FOR ( makes short "i" sound ).

  • OOH, THAT'S THE WORD "TRICK," NOT "TRUCK."

  • THIS KID NEVER LETS A MISTAKE GET HIM DOWN

  • BUT HE WROTE THAT WORD IN INK.

  • IT CAN'T BE ERASED.

  • WHAT WILL HE DO?

  • ( crowd gasping )

  • HE'S REACHING INTO HIS PENCIL CASE

  • AND HE'S PULLING OUT A MAGIC WAND!

  • ( crowd gasping )

  • HE WAVES IT, AND THE LETTER "I" CHANGES INTO THE LETTER "U"

  • AND THAT CHANGES THE WORD "TRICK" INTO "TRUCK."

  • UNBELIEVABLE! ANOTHER INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF PENMANSHIP MAGIC

  • DISPLAYED BY THE FEARLESS TIGER WORDS!

  • ( crowd cheering )

  • AND NOW, DIRECT FROM THE PLUSH HUSHABY CLUB

  • THE LUSH SONG STYLINGS OF MS. CLEO LION.

  • ( jazz band begins playing )

  • ♪ S-H ♪

  • ♪ MAN, I LOVE THOSE TWO LETTERS ♪

  • ♪ S-H ♪

  • ♪ WHEN YOU SHOVE 'EM TOGETHER, I FOUND ♪

  • ♪ IT'S A WHOLE NEW SOUND ♪

  • ♪ THAT GOES SHH-SHH-SHH-SHH ♪

  • ♪ SHH-SHH-SHH-SHH ♪

  • ♪ SHHHHH... ♪

  • ♪ NOW, YOU SHOULD KINDLY JUST SHUSH ♪

  • ♪ SHH... SHH... ♪

  • HEY, WAITER!

  • ♪ I'LL START THE SHOW IF YOU'LL SHUSH... ♪

  • YES, I WILL BE YOUR WAITER.

  • ♪ I'M KIND OF SHY, BUT I'LL SHOW ♪

  • ♪ TWO LETTERS THAT GO ♪

  • ♪ SHH-SHH-SHH-SHH ♪

  • ♪ SHUSH! ♪

  • OH, SORRY.

  • LIKE I SAID, I'M A LITTLE DEAF.

  • ♪ S-H ♪

  • ♪ SHAME ON YOU IF YOU SHUN 'EM ♪

  • ♪ S-H ♪

  • ♪ SHUCKS, WE'VE ONLY BEGUN 'EM ♪

  • ♪ "SHELF," "SHOE," "SHIVER," "SHIMMY," "SHAKE," TOO ♪

  • ♪ ALL START WITH SHH-SHH-SHH-SHH ♪

  • ♪ SHH-SHH-SHH-SHH ♪

  • ♪ SHH, I'M GETTING CRABBY NOW ♪

  • ♪ SHUSH... ♪

  • ( patrons talking loudly )

  • ♪ DON'T TREAT ME SHABBY, NOW SHUSH... ♪

  • GAZPACHO!

  • ♪ THIS IS MY MOMENT TO SHINE... ♪

  • ANYBODY ORDER GAZPACHO?

  • ♪ IF YOU WOULD JUST SHUSH! ♪

  • ( waiter trips, shouts, glass smashes )

  • ♪ S-H IS SUCH A PAIR ♪

  • ♪ SURE AIN'T SHODDY ♪

  • ♪ YOU'LL LOVE "SHIP," "SHORE," "SHINGLE" AND "SHELL" ♪

  • ♪ PLEASE SHUSH AND I'LL SHOW... ♪

  • ( vacuum humming loudly )

  • ♪ IF I HAVE TO SHOUT IT, I'LL SHOUT IT ♪

  • ♪ THOUGH I SURE HATE TO YELL! ♪

  • ( crash )

  • ♪ S-H ♪

  • ♪ YES, IT'S SHOCKINGLY QUIET ♪

  • ♪ S-H ♪

  • ♪ DON'T KNOCK IT TILL YOU TRY IT ♪

  • ♪ YOU SHOULD... ♪

  • ( noisemakers tooting, motorcycle revving )

  • ♪ IT WOULD SURE DO YOU GOOD ♪

  • ♪ TO PLEASE SHH-SHH-SHH-SHH ♪

  • ♪ SHH-SHH-SHH-SHH ♪

  • ♪ SHUSH! ♪

  • ( crash )

  • ( cheering and applause )

  • THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

  • THANK YOU ALL.

  • THANK YOU.

  • OKAY, TIME TO CHECK OUT CLIFF HANGER.

  • HI, LEONA.

  • LOOK, EAGLE, I'M A FISH, SEE?

  • ( giggles )

  • COME ON OUT OF THAT BOOK AND PICK ME UP.

  • I WANT TO FLY!

  • OH, LEONA, AN EAGLE'S NOT GOING TO PICK YOU UP.

  • WELL, WHY NOT?

  • YOU SAID THAT EAGLES EAT FISH

  • AND CLIFF HANGER DRESSED LIKE A FISH.

  • CLIFF HANGER'S JUST A MADE-UP STORY.

  • A REAL EAGLE'S NOT GOING TO THINK YOU'RE A REAL FISH.

  • YES, HE IS, YES, HE IS

  • AND HE'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS BOOK

  • AND PICK ME UP, AND I'M GOING TO FLY.

  • YOU'LL SEE.

  • ( laughs )

  • OH, NO, I WON'T SEE.

  • I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND FINISH THAT CLIFF HANGER BOOK.

  • ( laughs again )

  • A REAL FISH.

  • COME ON, EAGLE.

  • COME AND GET YOUR FISHY.

  • WIGGLE, WIGGLE, WIGGLE.

  • COME ON.

  • ( gasps )

  • DOWN HERE! DOWN HERE!

  • ( wings flapping )

  • BACK TO THE DARING AND DANGLING ADVENTURES OF...

  • ♪ CLIFF HANGER ♪

  • ♪ HANGING FROM A CLIFF ♪

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

  • "WHEN LAST WE LEFT CLIFF HANGER, HE WAS HANGING FROM A CLIFF

  • DISGUISED AS A FISH."

  • ( eagle calls )

  • Lionel: "IS THIS IT?

  • IS CLIFF HANGER FINALLY GOING TO GET OFF THAT CLIFF?"

  • UH-OH!

  • WHOA!

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

  • ( branch breaking )

  • WOW! THAT WAS COOL!

  • Leona: LIONEL!

  • LEONA?

  • WHERE ARE YOU?

  • HERE, LIONEL!

  • IN THE BOOK!

  • ( Lionel gasps )

  • THE EAGLE DID PICK ME UP.

  • I'M FLYING!

  • LEONA!

  • WOW! I'M FLYING!

  • ♪ I AM EAGLE, SEE ME FLY ♪

  • ♪ SEE THE CLOUDS I'M PASSING BY ♪

  • ♪ SEE THE SUN THAT'S SHINING GOLDEN ♪

  • ♪ ON MY WINGS ♪

  • ♪ WIND IS WHISTLING IN MY EARS ♪

  • ♪ ME, LEONA, WAY UP HERE ♪

  • ♪ I AM EAGLE, I AM FLYING ♪

  • ♪ LOOK AT ME... ♪

  • HEY, LOOK AT ME!

  • ♪ YES, I AM FLYING! ♪

  • YOU'RE NOT AN EAGLE; YOU'RE A FISH.

  • NO, I'M NOT A FISH.

  • I'M A LION CUB IN A FISH SUIT.

  • NOT A FISH?

  • WHOA!

  • LIONEL! LEONA!

  • TIME FOR DIN...

  • OH, TIME FOR DINNER, SON.

  • NO, NO, NO.

  • NO TIME FOR DINNER.

  • OH, IT'S ALWAYS TIME FOR DINNER.

  • WHERE'S YOUR SISTER?

  • HMM.

  • IN THERE!

  • LEONA'S IN THERE.

  • ( all gasp )

  • ( squealing )

  • OH, NO.

  • CLICK, WE NEED CLICK.

  • MOUSE ENTERING.

  • OH, CLICK, DRAG AND DROP LEONA OUT OF THIS BOOK.

  • IS THIS TASK A PRIORITY?

  • I HAVE LOTS OF...

  • IMMEDIATELY!

  • EXECUTING COMMAND.

  • ( beeping, clicking )

  • Leona: WHEE!

  • ( giggling )

  • WHOA... WHOA...

  • ( thud )

  • THERE SHE IS.

  • LEONA!

  • OH, MY LITTLE CUB.

  • WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

  • THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE SAFE.

  • DAD, DAD, DAD, LISTEN, LISTEN.

  • KNOW WHAT I LEARNED?

  • EAGLES EAT FISH

  • BUT THEY DON'T LIKE IT IF YOU DRESS UP LIKE ONE.

  • I TOLD YOU THAT FISH SUIT WAS A BAD IDEA.

  • WAS NOT A BAD IDEA.

  • I WAS FLYING!

  • YOU WERE FALLING!

  • YOU WEREN'T FLYING;

  • YOU WERE FALLING.

  • I WAS NOT FALLING.

  • ( both chuckle, then sigh )

  • WHY WAS SHE DRESSED UP LIKE A FISH?

  • BUSTER...

  • I WANT YOU TO KNOW

  • THAT WE WERE WRONG ABOUT, UH...

  • TICKLING YOU?

  • YEAH, TICKLING YOU.

  • WELL, I HOPE YOU ALSO REALIZE THAT RESPECTABLE STATUES

  • ALWAYS TRIUMPH OVER TINY-BRAINED PIGEONS.

  • NO.

  • WE JUST REALIZED THAT WE WERE DOING IT, UH...

  • WRONG?

  • YEAH, WRONG.

  • THIS IS THE WAY YOU TICKLE A STONE STATUE.

  • ( jackhammer rumbling )

  • ( laughing )

  • CUT IT OUT.

  • ( all laughing )

  • Woman: ♪ BE HERE BETWEEN THE LIONS. ♪

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

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

  • Cleo: READING TO CHILDREN EVERY DAY HELPS CREATE A LOVE OF READING.

  • READ ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.

  • HELP A CHILD GET WILD ABOUT READING.

  • BE A DESIGNATED READER.

  • OKAY, MOM!

  • ( both laughing )

  • DO YOUR "DESIGNATED READER" THING!

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • [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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