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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! ♪

  • Kids: THE LONG GOOD CRY...

  • ( patrons crying quietly )

  • THE MOST UNHAPPY FELLOW...

  • WEEPING IN SEATTLE...

  • I'LL CRY TOMORROW... AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW...

  • GLOOM AT THE TOP...

  • Cleo: THAT WILL BE DUE BACK ON THE 23rd.

  • ( weeping )

  • HMM, CRY THE BELOVED MONKEY--

  • A SAD, POWERFUL BOOK

  • ENJOY!

  • I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, THANKS.

  • OH, JUST THAT, THANKS.

  • AH... OH, YES...

  • CRY FOWL...

  • SAD, STRONG STUFF, MMM.

  • HAVE FUN!

  • ( patrons whimpering )

  • OH... THE POOR FISH.

  • ( sobbing noisily )

  • HMM... IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING DAY.

  • OH, YEAH, OH...

  • ( sighing contentedly )

  • WHAT YOU DOING, LIONEL?

  • READING.

  • WHAT YOU READING, LIONEL?

  • A BOOK, SEE?

  • COVER, PAGES-- COVER, PAGES.

  • I KNOW WHAT A BOOK IS.

  • JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T READ YET

  • DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT A BOOK IS.

  • I WAS JOKING, LEONA!

  • IT'S A JOKE.

  • OH.

  • READ TO ME, LIONEL.

  • OKAY, SURE.

  • A KING AND HIS HAWK BY INGRID RINGLING SINGER.

  • OH, I LIKE KINGS, I LIKE HAWKS--

  • SO FAR, SO GOOD.

  • Lionel:

  • "WITH ONE SWIFT BLOW

  • HE KILLED HIS FRIEND, THE HAWK."

  • OH...

  • NO, NO, NO, HE... HE DIDN'T KILL HIS FRIEND.

  • HANG ON, HANG ON, LET ME FINISH.

  • HANG ON.

  • ( sobbing )

  • ( sighs )

  • LIONEL, THAT... THAT WAS SO SAD.

  • YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY SAD, WASN'T IT?

  • ( yells )

  • LIONEL, HOW COULD YOU READ A STORY LIKE THAT

  • TO YOUR LITTLE SISTER?!

  • LEONA, YOU ASKED ME TO READ IT TO YOU.

  • I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE A SAD STORY.

  • I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T!

  • ( yells )

  • LEONA... WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

  • I'M GOING TO HIDE THIS BOOK

  • SO NO ONE ELSE CAN READ IT AND BE SAD.

  • AW, LEONA...

  • IT WAS SAD FOR A REASON.

  • WHAT REASON?

  • TO, UH... TO SHOW YOU SHOULD NEVER GET, UH, SO ANGRY

  • THAT YOU'LL MAKE A MISTAKE YOU CAN'T TAKE BACK.

  • OH, THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON.

  • SURE IT IS.

  • NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT.

  • I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO FEEL SAD.

  • I'M GOING TO HIDE THIS BOOK SO NO ONE CAN FIND IT!

  • AW... LEONA...

  • AH, THAT WAS, INDEED, A VERY SAD STORY.

  • BUT IT WAS JUST A STORY AND I AM NOT GOING TO CRY.

  • OH, WHO AM I KIDDING?!

  • ( sobbing )

  • 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, "SING"!

  • ( fast music playing )

  • ( repeating short "i" sound while snapping fingers )

  • ( Martha begins repeating short "i" sound )

  • ( song ends; cheering and applause )

  • AND NOW, A WORD FROM FAMED BROADWAY ACTOR-DIRECTOR

  • MR. WALTER BOBBIE.

  • IT.

  • ( cheering and applause )

  • ( footsteps echoing )

  • ( gasps )

  • GREETINGS!

  • SALUTATIONS!

  • HOLA!

  • HELLO!

  • HI!

  • ( chuckles )

  • HEATH THE THESAURUS HERE

  • WITH TEN DIMINUTIVE, SMALL, SHORT, ITTY-BITTY

  • LITTLE, TINY WORDS THAT POP UP

  • IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO READ OR WRITE.

  • ( laughs )

  • ( music featuring saxophone playing )

  • ( singing )

  • TEN SMALL WORDS GOT TO LEARN BY SIGHT. ♪

  • THEY'RE TEN SMALL WORDS FOR TO READ AND WRITE

  • GOLLY, GEE, HERE'S "THE" AND "TO" ♪

  • MERCY, ME, HERE'S "A" AND "YOU" ♪

  • ♪ "IN" IS A WINNER ANYONE COULD LOVE

  • HEY!

  • TIP YOUR HAT TO "THAT" AND "AND" ♪

  • ♪ "IT" IS A HIT AND "IS" IS GRAND

  • AND THERE'S NO WORD I'M FONDER OF THAN "OF" ♪

  • LET ME TELL YOU NOW... ♪

  • READ THESE WORDS EVERY CHANCE YOU CAN, OH... ♪

  • TEN SMALL WORDS, AND I'M THEIR BIGGEST FAN

  • TEN SMALL WORDS, AND I'M THEIR BIGGEST FAN. ♪

  • ( song ends )

  • YEAH!

  • ( chuckling )

  • Commentator: WELCOME BACK TO THE NATIONAL WORD CLUB MASTERS.

  • WE'RE WATCHING WORD-WRITING ACE TIGER WORDS

  • AS HE APPROACHES THE FINAL "T" OF THE TOURNAMENT.

  • HE'S GOT TO WRITE THE WORD "TRIP."

  • THERE'S THE TRICKY "TR" AT THE BEGINNING

  • THEN THE ( makes short "i" sound ) IN THE MIDDLE

  • AND THE "P" SOUND AT THE END.

  • TR... I... P.

  • IF HE MAKES IT, HE WILL WIN A TRIP TO TRIPOLI.

  • HE'S CHOOSING A WRITING IMPLEMENT FROM HIS PENCIL CASE

  • AND IT'S A PURPLE MARKER--

  • A BOLD MOVE FOR THIS WRITING WONDER KID.

  • TIGER STEPS UP TO THE "T" AND BEGINS THAT FAMOUS STROKE.

  • HE MAKES THE LETTER "R" A CONSONANT THAT SOUNDS

  • LIKE ( makes "r" sound )-- PURE POETRY.

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

  • THE FIRST SOUND OF THE WORD "TRIP."

  • TIGER NOW RAISES HIS PURPLE MARKER, LINES UP HIS STROKE

  • AND, YES, IT'S A PERFECT LETTER "P"

  • WHICH SOUNDS LIKE ( makes "p" sound )

  • THE LAST SOUND IN THE WORD "TRIP."

  • BUT HE STILL HAS TO ADD A VOWEL

  • TO MAKE THE ( makes short "i" sound ) IN THE MIDDLE.

  • LET'S WATCH.

  • ( crowd gasps )

  • OH, TOO BAD.

  • HE WROTE THE LETTER "A," WHICH MAKES THE "AAH" SOUND.

  • HE'S WRITTEN THE WORD "TRAP."

  • WHAT A SETBACK FOR TIGER.

  • AND THE WORD IS IN MARKER-- HE CAN'T ERASE IT.

  • WAIT-- THIS KID IS NEVER OUT OF IDEAS.

  • HE'S USING A LAWNMOWER TO ERASE THE LETTER "A."

  • AND... HE'S DONE IT!

  • YES, HE'S WRITTEN THE LETTER "I."

  • HE'S WRITTEN THE WORD "TRIP."

  • WHAT A TRIUMPH FOR TIGER WORDS!

  • HE WINS THAT TRIP TO TRIPOLI.

  • ( crowd cheering )

  • ( patrons weeping )

  • OH... THE POOR, POOR FISH!

  • ( sobs )

  • ( blows nose, roaring )

  • THANKS, CLEO.

  • ARE YOU OKAY, THEO, DEAR?

  • OH, I'M FINE... FINE.

  • ( music begins playing as patrons continue sobbing )

  • WELL, SOMETIMES I GET TEARY WHEN I READ THE HERO DIES

  • SOMETIMES I CRY A RIVER WHEN I READ THE PRINCESS CRIES

  • WHEN KITTENS LOSE THEIR MITTENS

  • OR AWAY THE BIRDIE FLIES... ♪

  • ( weeping )

  • OH, YES, I LOVE A GOOD, SAD BOOK. ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • ♪ I LAUGH WHEN I READ COMICS AND I THINK WHEN I READ FACTS

  • BUT GIVE ME SOMETHING TRAGIC WHEN I'M LOOKING TO RELAX

  • WHEN KNIGHTS FALL OFF THEIR HORSES

  • OR WHEN HUMPTY DUMPTY CRACKS

  • ♪ I'M CRAZY FOR A GOOD, SAD BOOK. ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • YES, SOME FOLKS LOVE HISTORY OR MAYBE A MYSTERY

  • OR POETRY OR SOMETHING REALLY GORY... ♪

  • ( yells )

  • ♪ I SWEAR I'M NOT LYIN' ♪

  • ♪ I SIMPLY LOVE CRYIN' ♪

  • WHEN IT'S ONLY A SAD, SAD STORY. ♪

  • YES, IF A BOOK'S DEPRESSIN', IT MAKES ME TICKLED PINK

  • SOMEONE'S IN THE DESERT SUN WITHOUT A DROP TO DRINK

  • OR SOMEBODY GETS SHIPWRECKED OR THE DINO GOES EXTINCT... ♪

  • OH... YES!

  • ♪ I LOVE A SAD, SAD BOOK

  • SUCH A SAD, SAD BOOK. ♪

  • OH, YES, I LOVE A GOOD, SAD BOOK... ♪

  • ( all weeping as music ends )

  • DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE NEED A TISSUE?

  • ( all sobbing loudly )

  • I GOT TO FIND A PLACE TO HIDE THIS BOOK.

  • GREETINGS, LEONA.

  • OH, HI, CLICK, HI.

  • WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

  • OH... A BOOK.

  • IT'S CALLED A KING AND HIS HAWK.

  • IT'S A VERY SAD STORY.

  • WHY?

  • WELL, YOU SEE

  • IN THE BEGINNING THERE'S A KING

  • AND HE'S VERY, VERY THIRSTY

  • AND IN THE MIDDLE, HIS BEST FRIEND, A HAWK

  • WON'T LET HIM DRINK WATER BECAUSE IT'S POISON.

  • AND IN THE END, WELL, THE KING DOESN'T KNOW

  • THAT WATER IS POISONED AND SO HE... HE...

  • KILLS HIS BEST FRIEND, THE HAWK.

  • HE KILLS HIS BEST FRIEND, THE HAWK?

  • WHAT A TRAGEDY!

  • OH, THAT IS EXTREMELY SAD.

  • ACTIVATING CRYING PROGRAM.

  • BOO-HOO, BOO-HOO

  • BOO-HOO...

  • YES, IT'S SAD, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH TOO SAD.

  • Click ( repeating ): BOO-HOO, BOO-HOO, BOO-HOO...

  • CLICK, HAVE YOU SEEN LEONA?

  • YES-- BOO-HOO, BOO-HOO...

  • AND SHE WOULD BE...?

  • THAT WAY, TOWARDS "EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES."

  • OH, THANKS.

  • BOO-HOO, BOO-HOO... SNIVEL-SNIVEL...

  • BOO-HOO, BOO-HOO...

  • ING.

  • ING.

  • ING... ING.

  • ING?

  • ( making "s" sound )

  • S... ING.

  • S... ING.

  • SING.

  • "SING"!

  • ( singing )

  • "SING."

  • ( 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 ):

  • ( waltz tempo begins playing )

  • ( singing in duet ):

  • ( audience cheering, whistling and applauding )

  • ( monkeys hooting excitedly )

  • ( laughs )

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

  • CHECK OUT WHAT'S COOKING. ♪

  • OH... ( slurps )

  • WHAT'S COOKING TODAY, THEO

  • MY BIG LEG OF ANTELOPE?

  • OH, HEH-HEH-HEH.

  • ( Cleo cracks pointer )

  • Cleo:

  • YUMMY!

  • SOUNDS LIP-LICKIN' GOOD.

  • Cleo: ONE-- ( cracks pointer ) "PUT ON BIB."

  • PUT ON... BIB.

  • BIB ON.

  • OH, YOU LOOK DASHING.

  • OH, THANK YOU, MY DEAR.

  • NOSY, NOSY, NOSY, NOSY.

  • TWO...

  • ( cracks pointer )

  • "PICK UP THE STICK."

  • AHA! STICK...

  • PICKED.

  • THREE-- ( cracks pointer )

  • "TICKLE THE RIBS WITH THE STICK."

  • AHA!

  • ( chuckling )

  • TICKLE, TICKLE...

  • OH, YES, OH, YES.

  • TICKLE, TICKLE, TICKLE...

  • ( laughing )

  • OH, YES!

  • ( panting )

  • ALL TICKLED.

  • ( chuckles )

  • ( sighs )

  • FOUR.

  • OH!

  • ( smacks board )

  • "PICKLE THE RIBS FOR 24 HOURS."

  • HMM... 24 HOURS?

  • NAH!

  • NAH!

  • ( both growling hungrily )

  • ( slurping and grunting eagerly )

  • Theo: OH, SO GOOD!

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

  • PARBOILED POTATO DETECTIVE.

  • ( composing and typing )

  • THE NEON SIGN OUTSIDE MY WINDOW WAS ON THE FRITZ.

  • IT WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE ME CRAZY

  • WHEN THERE WAS A KNOCK AT MY DOOR.

  • COME IN.

  • JIM? THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

  • THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN "I."

  • THAT SHOULD BE AN "A."

  • J-A-M-- "JAM."

  • LOOKED LIKE RASPBERRY TO ME.

  • SHE LEANED IN CLOSE OVER MY DESK.

  • I COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY THINGS WERE GOING TO GET STICKY.

  • BUT I'D BEEN IN STICKY SITUATIONS BEFORE.

  • ( grunting nervously )

  • HERE, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.

  • OH... MMM.

  • AT LAST, IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS READY TO SPILL THE BEANS.

  • AS A MATTER OF FACT...

  • WHOA!

  • I'D BEEN WRONG ABOUT THE RASPBERRIES.

  • ( Sam Spud theme music plays )

  • Girl: MOM! THERE'S A TALKING POTATO WITH NO MOUTH

  • AND A TALKING JAM JAR.

  • WHAT'S GOING ON?

  • Mom: DON'T WORRY, SWEETIE.

  • IT'S EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.

  • IT MUST BE GOOD FOR YOU.

  • OH, LET'S SEE...

  • WHERE CAN I PUT THIS?

  • OH, RIGHT...

  • NO, NO, NOT THERE.

  • OH, LET'S SEE, UH...

  • OH, THERE'S NO ROOM BACK HERE.

  • OH, HOW ABOUT...

  • OH! THERE'S A SPACE, THERE'S A SPACE.

  • Lionel: LEONA.

  • ( yells )

  • OH, LIONEL, GO AWAY!

  • I'M HIDING THIS BOOK

  • AND IF YOU SEE ME HIDE IT

  • IT WON'T BE HIDED.

  • "HIDDEN."

  • WHATEVER.

  • LEONA, GIVE IT TO ME--

  • YOU CAN'T HIDE THE BOOK.

  • I CAN SO!

  • NO, YOU CAN'T.

  • COME ON, GIVE IT TO ME.

  • NO! I CAN SO HIDE IT.

  • LIONEL!

  • GET OUT OF MY WAY OR I'M GOING TO...

  • ( gasps )

  • OH, LIONEL... I'M GOING TO GO

  • AND PUT THIS BOOK BACK IN THE SHELVES

  • WHERE... WHERE OTHER PEOPLE CAN READ IT.

  • Leona: SO THEY WON'T GET SO ANGRY

  • THEY DO SOMETHING THEY CAN'T TAKE BACK, LIKE I ALMOST DID.

  • UH...

  • DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE?

  • LEONA?

  • HMM...

  • OH, IT'S VERY SAD.

  • MM-HMM.

  • YEAH.

  • OKAY, ENJOY IT.

  • THANK YOU.

  • ( sniffling )

  • ( blows nose noisily )

  • OH, YEAH...

  • HEY, YOU KNOW...

  • THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A SAD BOOK

  • TO GIVE YOU A GOOD CRY.

  • OH, YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

  • THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A SAD BOOK

  • TO GIVE YOU A GOOD CRY.

  • ( sighs with exasperation )

  • WHAT? WHAT?

  • ( patrons weeping )

  • Theo: "THE... END."

  • OH...

  • HOW WAS THE BOOK, THEO, MY LOVE?

  • OH, WONDERFUL, CLEO, MY DEAR.

  • ( chuckles )

  • WONDERFULLY SAD!

  • ( music begins )

  • ♪ I SWEAR I'M NOT LYIN' ♪

  • ♪ I SIMPLY LOVE CRYIN' ♪

  • WHEN IT'S ONLY A SAD, SAD STORY. ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • All: ♪ WELL, SOMETIMES I GET TEARY WHEN I READ THE HERO DIES

  • SOMETIMES I CRY A RIVER WHEN I READ THE PRINCESS CRIES

  • WHEN KITTENS LOSE THEIR MITTENS

  • OR AWAY THE BIRDIE FLIES... ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • OH, YES, I LOVE A GOOD, SAD BOOK. ♪

  • ♪ I LOVE A GOOD, SAD BOOK... ♪

  • OH, YES, I LOVE A GOOD, SAD BOOK. ♪

  • ( song ends )

  • AH, I FEEL BETTER NOW.

  • THE CRYING IS OVER.

  • THIS IS THE END.

  • OH! PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW!

  • ( sobbing )

  • 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!

  • ♪ ♪ ♪

  • [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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