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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! ♪
BOTH: One, two, one, two...
What are you doing?
Oh, we're exercising our, um...
Uh... wings?
Yeah-- song cue.
( music begins playing )
♪ When mother said "Be still" to me ♪
♪ I guess I went too far, I haven't moved since 1892 ♪
♪ They picked me up and brought me here ♪
♪ and here, my friends, we are ♪
♪ I'm stuck here like a paperweight with you. ♪
♪ Must I just be a bust? ♪
♪ It hurts me that they're taking me for granted. ♪
BOTH: No, we're taking you for granite.
♪ I simply gather dust, my plaque has gone to rust ♪
♪ I trust I'll live my life here where I'm planted. ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ Oh, must I just be a bust? ♪
♪ If I had wings, my heart and soul would both be soaring ♪
♪ Oh, yes, I have a lust to fly like leaves upon a gust ♪
♪ My good sense out the window and my hair a little mussed ♪
♪ To see if being free is really worthy of the fuss! ♪
♪ Oh, must I just be a bust? ♪
( song ends )
Hey!
The answer is, um...
Uh... yes!
Yeah.
Come on, Clay, let's, um, uh...
Fly!
Yeah.
( both chuckling )
Leona, Leona, I see a red bird.
Where? I can't see...
Oh, I see it, I see it!
Wow, look how high it's flying.
Wow...
Hey, you know what I'd really like to see?
Uh-uh.
A UFO.
You know what that is?
Unidentified flying object--
alien spaceships, flying saucers, stuff like that.
Wow, how'd you know that?
Every day I'm getting smarter and smarter.
Worried?
Maybe.
( gasps )
Look, look!
Are those UFOs?
Whoa, they must be.
The way they're flying makes no earthly sense.
( yelling )
( crash )
Whoa!
Wow!
Wow, that was the best flying we've done all week!
Yeah, flying's great;
it's those landings I can do without.
CLEO: Hello, Clay and Walter.
Hello, Lionel and Leona.
Say, you know what?
Pigeons sure are lucky.
I wish I had wings.
Leona, did I just hear you wish for wings?
Oh, yeah!
Is that weird?
Not at all, people have wished they had wings
since the beginning of time.
Really?
In fact, I think I have
a story about it in this box somewhere.
Oh, good, a story!
Hmm... meat, meat, meat saw...
meat, meat, meat...
Ahh... aha, book with flying story.
Here we go.
It's about a flying lion?
Actually, Lionel...
It is about a boy named Icarus.
Wow...
Mm-hmm.
It is a Greek myth called Icarus's Wings
retold by Bing Dingling
and illustrated by Tim Lagasse and Nappy's Puppets.
LEONA: Sounds good, don't you think?
( Cleo reading )
"Daedalus had a son named Icarus.
Icarus was not as brilliant as his father."
Hey, Pop, what ya doin', inventin' somethin'?
Whoa... what's this thing?
Icarus, my son, I've been working on that for weeks.
Be careful...
Oops.
Oy...
"He was very angry."
Get Daedalus and Icarus and bring them to the labyrinth--
from which there is no escape-- and fling them in!
( soldiers chattering )
CLEO: "In the labyrinth lived the fierce Minotaur.
The Minotaur was a scary thing."
Go!
Oh, yes, just as I remember.
Scary.
Hmm, what's this?
Let's see-- "No talking! No escaping! No reading!"
Oh, no, I read that-- I broke the rules already!
Guards!
CLEO: "But they couldn't get out by walking
for the king's guards were everywhere."
Whoa.
That was close.
CLEO: "How could they escape?"
If only we had wings
we could escape by flying.
Icarus, my son, now you're thinking.
What am I thinking?
We'll build wings.
Ooh... sticky.
( yells )
Get it off, get it off!
( yelling )
Icarus, my son, cut it out.
Whoo, Daddy, look, I'm flying, I'm flying!
Icarus, my son, be careful with your wings.
If you fly too close to the water
the dampness will make them heavy
and if you fly too close to the sun
the heat will melt your wings.
Are you listening to me?
What's that?
Oh, yeah, low, high, gotcha.
Whee!
Flying-- oh, it's so exciting!
Walter, Clay, can you tell me
what it's like to fly?
It's like, uh...
( crashing )
Hey, come on, everybody.
It's time to get ready for "ing."
( others agreeing )
Yeah, right?
Here we go.
Watch your head.
LEONA: Hey, wait for me.
CLEO: Coming, Theo.
Hey, Clay.
Yeah?
I have a, uh...
A headache?
No, an idea.
Whoo, an idea!
Yeah, hey, come on--
let's go get some, uh...
Wax?
Yeah, how'd you know that?
I don't know.
No, it's my real hair.
Hey, sing along with Martha Reader and the Vowelles
as they bring you the short "i"-- "ih"-- sound
in the word "ring"!
( singing short "i" sound )
ALL: Ring!
( 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 S...
( cheering )
And Sir Ing!
( cheering )
Blend on, dudes!
( hooves pounding )
( crash )
BOTH: ♪ Sing! ♪
( cheering )
( singing "Sing" to music from Carmen )
"Sing"! Excellent!
That's Gawain's word for today.
And this is Gawain saying swing on by next time on...
( music begins playing )
♪ You can't sing a thing if you don't have "ing"-- ♪
♪ You need an "ing." ♪
♪ If you want the bells to go ding-a-ling ♪
♪ Get it an "ing"! ♪
♪ Bees could never sting ♪
♪ Flies could never cling ♪
ALL: ♪ What puts the zing in "zing"? ♪
♪ I-N-G, "ing," "ing," "ing." ♪
♪ Winter'd never end 'cause there'd be no spring ♪
♪ without an "ing"! ♪
♪ Couldn't crown a king or swing on a swing ♪
♪ without an "ing"! ♪
♪ Kites without a string ♪
♪ Birds without a wing ♪
♪ Think of the joy it brings, I-N-G, "ing"! ♪
( music stops )
( monkeys tap-dancing )
( music resumes )
♪ You'd have a pong but you wouldn't have a ping. ♪
♪ You'd have bells but you couldn't hear them ring. ♪
ALL: ♪ You'd have stuff but you wouldn't have a thing ♪
♪ without an "ing"! ♪
( song ends )
All right.
( making "z" sound )
"Ip," "ip."
Z... ip
"Zip."
Zip!
( making "z" sound )
Zip!
BUSTER: Wings?!
I don't want wings!
Oh, sure you do.
Why, you can't fly without, uh...
Wings.
Yeah.
Okay, Buster, you're all set.
You even have a propeller for, uh...
Lift?
BOTH: Yeah!
Oh, this contraption will never work.
Hey, everything works if you follow the, um...
uh...
Directions.
Yeah, directions.
Yeah.
Okay-- one: "Start flapping..." uh, uh...
Wings?
Yeah, wings, yeah!
Flap them, Buster, flap them.
Oh, all right.
( grunting )
Oh, look at that.
I'm flapping.
Okay.
Two: "Start propeller..." uh...
Spinning?
Spinning, yeah, spinning!
CLAY: Spin it, Buster, spin it!
( grunting )
WALTER: Oh, there he goes!
Okay.
Let's see, uh...
Three...
Both: "Start fl..." uh...
"Start..." uh...
( gasping )
Flying!
WALTER: Yeah, flying!
I'm flying!
CLAY: He's, uh... he's, uh...
Free! I'm free!
WALTER: He's free?!
CLAY: Oh, where's he, uh...
WALTER: Uh, going?
Whoa!
CLAY: Buster, come back!
WALTER: Yeah, come back!
Never!
Buster!
And don't call me Buster!
( chuckling )
BOTH: Oh, Buster!
( grunting )
What an exciting feeling!
I haven't moved since 1892.
But now I, Barnaby B. Busterfield III
can see the world!
( chuckling )
Maybe I'll go sit on some pigeons.
Good-bye!
Good-bye!
And don't call me Buster!
ANNOUNCER: And now Fun with Chicken Jane.
Today, "Chicken Jane and the Skipping Hippo."
( music plays )
WOMAN ( singing ):
( squawks )
( clucking wildly )
SCOT:
( clucking wildly )
( squawks )
( squawks sadly )
( audience applauds )
Once again, it's magic time
with the Great Smartini!
Hey, thank you, cute little announcer bunny!
And now, everyone, help me welcome
my...
incredible Marmy.
The remarkable Smarmy Marmy Smartini!
( applause )
Thank you, my sonny boy, Great Smartini!
You're a pip!
( laughs )
And now I, the Great Smartini, will perform
my amazing, trouser-defying short "i"-- "ih"-- trick!
( applause )
Marmy, may I have two words
that have the short "i"-- "ih"-- sound in them, please?
Here, sonny boy Arty:
the words "mittens" and "kitten"!
Thank you, Marmy!
You're welcome.
You're so cute.
And now, I will now put these words into my smarty pants.
And now I will say a magic word.
"Ibracadibra"!
And now I will do a magic dance.
( to hip-hop drumbeat ): Ooh! Ah!
Dancin' smarty pants, yeah.
Ooh! Ah!
Dancin' smarty pants. Ooh! Ah!
Well, let's see what we've got.
Yes! Let's see what sonny boy Arty's got!
( gasps )
Kitten mittens!
( meowing )
Can I have a "hip-hip-hooray" for the kitten mittens?
AUDIENCE AND MARMY: Hip-hip-hooray!
Can you say "kitten"?
( meowing )
Can you say "kitten"?
( meowing )
Oh, now you say "kitten."
Kitten.
( light music playing )
( children cheering )
( clearing throat )
( singing aria )
( grunting )
( resumes singing )
Oh, Clay, I think making wings for Buster
may have been a, um, uh...
A mistake?
Yeah.
Oh, Clay!
Oh, Walter!
LEONA ( in distance ): Hurry up, Lionel.
Mom is going to finish reading Icarus.
Hey, come on!
It'll take our minds off of, um, uh...
Buster!
Who? Oh, yeah, Buster, right, yeah.
Let's go.
Okey-dokey, Mama, start reading.
Daedalus and Icarus were starting to fly.
Only Daedalus was telling Icarus
not to fly too close to the sun
because his wings would melt.
Yeah, whoa!
CLEO: "So, the next morning
Daedalus and Icarus began their flight to freedom."
DAEDALUS: Icarus, my son, follow my path.
CLEO: "Daedalus flew a safe path between the sea and the sun.
"Icarus was following his father closely
until he was overcome by happiness."
Whoa!
Whoo! Hey, look, I'm flying, I'm flying.
I'm so happy I could sing.
( singing off-key )
Icarus, my son, you're forgetting my warning.
( hooting )
Hey, look how high I can fly! Whoo! Hey!
CLEO: "Icarus climbed higher and higher.
"He didn't notice
that the sun was melting the wax on his wings."
Icarus, your wings-- they're melting!
ICARUS: Uh-oh!
They're melting!
CLEO: "Down Icarus plummeted
"into the sea.
"And because he didn't listen
"to his father's warnings
"that was the end of Icarus.
The end."
You mean the end?
Really? Really?
Mama, that's why whenever you tell me
to wear my bicycle helmet
I always do and I always will.
And when you say
we shouldn't open bottles with our teeth
we almost never do.
Almost never?
Never, never, never, never, never, never.
Hey, everybody, look at this.
"UFO spotted," huh?!
Well, what does the article say?
Okay, let me read it to you.
All right.
"A UFO, possibly a visitor from outer space..."
( gasping )
"...was spotted flying
above the Barnaby B. Busterfield III Memorial Public Library."
Aw, man! I knew we should keep watching the skies.
"It has wings and a propeller on top
and it was seen flying up towards the sun."
Nothing is as thrilling as flying with my wing thing.
Towards the sun?!
Propeller?!
Sun?!
BOTH: Buster!
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
( gasps )
There it is!
LEONA: Where?
LIONEL: There!
Where?
There!
Oh, I see it, I see it!
BUSTER: Flying with my wing thing!
Oh, look, it's so hot, my wings are sweating.
Hold on.
Wings don't sweat.
My wings!
What's happening?
( whimpering )
The UFO is coming down...
fast!
I want my mommy.
It's going to hit those trees!
( all gasp )
Let's go.
We'll be the first lions in history
to find a real UFO next to their library.
Yes, come on, let's go.
Oh, this way.
( clanking and clattering )
Oh, poor, um...
Buster.
Yeah, poor Buster.
( clanking and sputtering )
Whoa... Whoa!
Oh, Buster!
Hey, looks more like "busted."
You didn't tell me they were melting wings.
We're so, um, uh...
Happy.
Yeah, happy.
Oh, so am I.
Oh, oh, Walter, oh, Clay
flying is the greatest thing I've ever done
and I have you to thank
my dear, wonderful pigeon friends.
Buster, we're so, um...
Hungry?
Yeah, uh...
No, no, no, we're, um, uh...
Touched?
Yeah.
Oh, Buster.
( sobbing )
Oh, weep, weep, oh!
CLEO: Well, we didn't find a UFO...
THEO: Yeah, but we found
the actual wings of an actual UFO.
Wow!
Do UFOs have wings?
Well, this one obviously did.
( bell rings )
We'll take those, sir.
Top security.
We want you to forget
everything you've seen today.
Even if you take them
we all saw them.
We remember we saw a UFO.
( others agree )
No, you won't.
Theo?
Hmm?
What are those?
They're mine.
You were about to give them to me.
Oh, well, yes, sir.
Here you go.
You lions seen any UFOs lately?
No. I wish I could see one.
Oh, son
there's no such thing as UFOs.
Yeah, they're not real.
Works every time.
Oh, Buster!
While I was plummeting to earth
I realized that birds are wonderful.
Especially pigeons!
I'll never forget how wonderful you two are.
Oh, say it again, Buster.
Yeah, again.
I'll never forget how wonderful you two are.
( conversation continues )
Huh?
What?
What?
Well, uh, I...
( angrily ): Get off me!
I do not want these things with wings clinging to my face!
Boy, what a... a...
Grump?
Yeah! Sheesh!
He's just jealous that he's not a... uh...
Uh, pigeon?
Yeah!
That'll be the day.
( grunting )
I'd rather have my dignity.
Am I wearing a beanie?
There are games and stories at the Between the Lions Web site:
pbskids.org, or America Online keyword: PBS Kids.
Hi, Baja Men.
BAJA MEN: Hi, Leona.
Can you guys be my designated readers?
BAJA MEN: Sure, Leona.
I have a book about a dog.
So do I.
So do I.
Yo, who took the dog books out?
( all laughing )
♪ ♪ ♪
[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! ♪