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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Written by: Fred Rogers (I presume..)
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This episode was copyrighted in 1989.

Synopsis: Mr. Rogers meets Natasha, the oboist; he also talks about what a change it is for youngsters to learn to go to the potty; and a classic chat about how special we each are and about one way to tell if someone loves you. [trolley] Prince Tuesday is finding it hard to have fun without his parents around and people are trying to help him--and to get something ready in the neighborhood. (From 1989. To transcript of the previous episode.)

Directed by: Bob Muens

Braces {} enclose unclear speech.

Fred Rogers scores all the music on the show and the lyrics of songs. He also does all the voices of puppets in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segments. I assume he writes the episodes, but I could be wrong.

The Cast
Neighbor Real Life
Mister RogersFred Rogers
puppet voicesFred Rogers
Joe NegriJoe Negri
Lady AberlinBetty Aberlin
Princess ZeldaZelda Pulliam
HelenaHelena Routi
NatashaNatasha

Lenny Meledandri was also credited. He was probably a production assistant at that time, 1989 (see imdb, which also says he was Prince Tuesday's voice, but in 1999-2001).

When I printed this, it took 20 pages.

Notes:

Transcribed via VCR tape and microcassette.
[As always, during piano intro ("It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"), see the town miniature, back up from red building, pan right with the little trolley, and then zoom to his house's miniature. After the initial title is shown, a second title appears: "Mister Rogers Talks about WHEN PARENTS GO TO WORK."]
[Then, as the music continues, inside, looking at Mr. Rogers' empty house from the fish tank, past the traffic signal flashing amber, past Picture Picture (with painting of trees), past living room and up to the door, and Mr. Rogers enters, a welcoming smile and singing "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." He is carrying a thin book. He wears a dark grey jacket today and, while singing, goes to the closet, changing it for a red zip-up cardigan.]

MR. ROGERS
[singing] "It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine.
Could you be mine.
It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood,
A neighborly day for a beauty
Would you be mine.
Could you be mine.
I have always wanted to have a neighbor
Just like you.
I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood
With you, so
Let's make the most of this beautiful day
Since we're together,
We might as well say,
"Would you be mine, could you be mine,
Won't you be, my neighbor?"
Won't you please?
Won't you please?
Please won't you be
My neighbor?"

[He sat down on the bench and changed a shoe for one of the clean thin sneakers he keeps on the bench. The song is done, he stops, speaks to us.]

ROGERS
Welcome, neighbor, to this, neighborhood. You know how I like to read. I like to read books. I brought us a book, today. Hmm-mm. I'd like to read this book to you. We usually read over there on the couch, so let's just go there. [gets up, sits over on the couch] Our special reading place. This book is called "Potty." An' it's about learning to go to the potty.

[The book has a plain yellow cover, with the word "Potty" in the center. It looks sort of homemade, not a published book.]

ROGERS
[reading as we see first picture: two parents with a baby]
"When babies are little, there are many things they can't do by themselves."

[picture of toddler being dressed by man]
"They can't get dressed by themselves."

[picture of mother and father eating with baby, mother spoon feeding baby]
"They can't even eat by themselves. There are lots of things their moms and dads need to do for them."

[picture of a little boy eating a sandwich]
"But when babies grow older, they begin to do things by themselves."

[picture of a small girl putting on her socks]
"They learn how to get dressed."

[picture of a toddler doing finger painting at a small table]
"They learn new ways to play, too. Sometimes they like to make pictures with crayons, or with their hands."

[picture of a little kid in a sandbox outside, with assorted little containers and water to pour]
"Sometimes they like to play in special places with water, or sand."

[picture of an empty bathroom, moving back from the tub to show the whole room]
"Something else children learn as they grow, is how to Urinate and make Bowel Movements--B.M.s--in the toilet, instead of their diapers. Urine and B.M.s come out of our bodies. They're things our bodies don't need.. It can take a long time for children to feel ready to use a toilet.. just the way older children and grown-ups do."

[picture of father and little girl with seat to put on the toilet]
"That's why moms and dads might, like to give them a special kind of chair to begin with."

"It could be a seat, that fits on a toilet."

[picture of a mother with separate potty on floor, boy looking on, leaning on the closed toilet]
"Or, it could be a potty chair that sits on the floor, and has a little pot underneath."

[picture of that little boy sitting on the potty, looks like he's pondering]
"Some children like to sit right on the toilet seat.. But, others feel better sitting on something that lets their feet touch the floor."

"When children feel ready, they may be able to urinate and make B.M.s in the pot under the potty chair, or right in the toilet. Children need to take their time about things like that.."

[picture from the back, of a little kid heading into the bathroom]
"When children first start trying to go to the potty, they may find it hard to get there on time."

[picture of a father putting new pants on a little boy]
"Some children wet or mess in their pants now and then before they reeeally get used to going to the potty."

[picture of a little girl, proud, looking up at her parents]
"But learning to stay clean, and dry, is one way to please."

[picture of that little girl in a restaurant being shown the door to the women's rest room]
"If children ever need to go to the potty when they're away from home, they can always ask the adults with them, to help them find a bathroom they can use."

[picture of a happy little boy with mother, he's only in his underpants]
"It's a good feeling to know that moms and dads like helping their children to grow. There's so much to learn while we're growing."

"And everyone needs help from time to time. After a while, children can wear underpants, and stay dry all day, and all night, too."

[picture of the little girl with her parents, happy]
"What's more, they will have learned to do something new: allll by themselves."

[picture of the little boy with his parents, happy]
"And they, and the people who love them best, can be reeeally proud of the way they're growing."

ROGERS
[pointing at book] Learning to go to the potty. It's important talk.
In fact, I'd like to show you a real potty. Right over in my bathroom here.

[goes back behind the kitchen]


[ROGERS comes into a plain, big, green and beige bathroom.]

ROGERS
I want you to see something important here.
[lifts the lids on the toilet seat, crouching next to it, points down inside]
Just take a look at that very small drain.. That small hole, where the water an' the urine an' the B.M.s go down. No person could ever go down there.. Could never go down that drain. I'm goin' to flush it an' just show you. [close-up of the flush during it]
See the water rushes around..
And goes down..
But no person, could ever go down the drain of a toilet, or a tub, or a sink. No. [phone's ringing in distance]
Hmm--there's the telephone. [gets up] Go in an' get it. [leaves]


[ROGERS comes in the living room and gets the phone, sits on the couch.]

ROGERS
Hello.
Joe!
Ah-ha..
Yes. Well, I've wanted to hear her play for a long time.
All right. Yes, we can come right away.. Okay, see you in a little bit. Bye-bye. [hangs up] That's Joe Negri. He says that Natasha, the famous oboist, is at his shop. So, he has invited us to come to hear her play. I love to hear the oboe.
[gets up] An' she will play it well I'm sure. [leaving with us] To Negri's music shop.


[View of the town miniature: starts at Mr. Rogers' house, goes to a small shop.]
[ROGERS comes up to the counter in Joe Negri's music shop. HELENA is behind the counter, they are friends.]

ROGERS
Hello..

HELENA
Hello, Fred!

ROGERS
How's Matthew doing?

HELENA
Oh, he's much better today, thank you--an' thank you for your help the other day, when I had to go home.

ROGERS
Well, you're a very caring mother..

HELENA
[regretting] Well it's hard when you, need to be in two places at one time.

ROGERS
You probably think about him where ever you are, don't you.

HELENA
I think about him more times than I could count. An' after all, I go to work because I want to be able to take care of him..

ROGERS
That's hard for children to understand.

HELENA
Oh I know it, but it's true. After all, when I work, I earn money that we use to buy food an' clothes and other things that we need.

ROGERS
You're a fine mother..

HELENA
Natasha's a fine mother, too.

ROGERS
Oh, well--she's a mother?

HELENA
Oh yes! And a fabulous oboist. She and Joe have been working on some beautiful music.

ROGERS
I'm anxious to hear them. May I just go back--to the back room?

HELENA
Oh yes, they're expecting you.

ROGERS
Thank you. See you later.

HELENA
Bye-bye..

ROGERS
[to customer in passing] Hello.

[ROGERS enters the big back room, where JOE NEGRI and NATASHA are sitting on chairs in front of music stands playing (the guitar and oboe, respectively). There is an empty chair between them. JOE is lightly accompanying her playing. ROGERS hangs back, not wanting to interrupt, until they are finished. Once they start talking, it's clear Natasha is a sincere fan of Rogers'--appreciates his work.]

JOE
Very nice. I li--

ROGERS
--Oh is that beautiful?-- [sitting ddown]

JOE
Oh! Hi! Ju--Oh, I'm--glad you're here. I'd like you to meet, Natasha. Mr. Rogers.

NATASHA
--So nice to meet you, Mr. Rogers.---

ROGERS
Oh.. I've wanted to meet you for a long time.

NATASHA
Well thank you!

ROGERS
Oh.. That sounds beautiful!

JOE
Yeah, we were just, we were just, working on the phrasing.

ROGERS
It sounds like, the, song "It's You I Like"..

JOE
That's what it is--

NATASHA
[at same time as JOE] --That's exactly what it was.--

ROGERS
Is there, is there any way I could hear the whole thing?

NATASHA
Oh well sure. [nicely chuckling]

JOE
[amiably chuckling] Sure. [starts strumming his guitar]

ROGERS
I like the ending, but I'd like to hear it all.

NATASHA
[amiable] Ohh-kay!

[She plays "It's you I like" on her oboe, JOE accompanying on his guitar. It's gentle, meandering, and quite beautiful.]

ROGERS
Oh.. That is, beautiful..

JOE
[appreciative] --Such a--Mmm.

NATASHA
Thank you. Sometimes I, I play that song for my children, 'cause I like it, so much.

ROGERS
Oh, Helena told me that you were a mother..

NATASHA
Yes, I am. And, [gets two photos] I have two sons. I have their pictures, right here.

ROGERS
Oh.. [we and JOE see the photos, too]

NATASHA
This is Justin. An' he's six, and that's Sean, an' he's four.

ROGERS
[pause, looking] Justin and Sean.

NATASHA
Yeah.

ROGERS
What handsome.. sons.

JOE
Yes they are.

ROGERS
Oh an' they are fortunate to have a Musical Mother like you.

NATASHA
Oh. They like music, too. They like to play.

ROGERS
Did they.. Did you play when you were a little girl? I mean, this oboe, it look--it looks, uh, so difficult to play--

NATASHA
It is. The oboe is a very difficult instrument. I didn't play this as a child, because, you have to make a double reed in order to play it. And, if you're too little it might be a little bit hard, so when I was, eight years old, I played the clarinet. Which is a single reed instrument. I played that for a number of years. I was a teenager before I started with the double reeds. [smiles]

ROGERS
Ah.. But now you, play, professionally.. [N: "Yes."] as an oboist.. in uh, in orchestras, and, in groups, and--but by yourself as well? I mean, do you play things, in concert by yourself?

NATASHA
Oh, certainly, there's.. I could play something for you by myself.

ROGERS
I'd like to hear that.

[She gets the music to the right page but her pictures fall off the stand. ROGERS picks them up, putting them back.]

ROGERS
Justin, Justin an', Sean can just, be watchin' then, while you play that.

[NATASHA chuckles. Then she plays a sprightly, mellow tune with no accompaniment, very neat. When she's done, they appreciatively comment while quietly clapping.]

JOE
Lovely, Natasha, really lovely--

NATASHA
--Oh, thank you.--

ROGERS
--That's beautiful.--

JOE
[appreciative] Very nice.

ROGERS
Now who wrote that?

NATASHA
That's a piece by Telemann.

ROGERS
And he's--

NATASHA
Who was a Baroque composer, and he composed--oh most people know about Bach, and they think that he's the most, prolific composer. [R: "Hmm-mm."] But Telemann wrote mu--a lot, a lot of stuff.

JOE
Yes he did. [N: "--A lot of stuff. Ha ha--"] He really did.

ROGERS
You know, you feel like dancing, "dum dum da-da la, da-da la."

NATASHA
Oh, yes! Ha ha!

ROGERS
Is it a kind of dance? "Bup ba bu-bu-ba, bu-da bom."--

NATASHA
[during his imitation] Uh, yeah, you could probably do a dance to it! Ha ha ha!

ROGERS
I guess so..
Well. What do your children, think, a--about your profession? I mean, you must have to go off to work at times, don't you?

NATASHA
[serious] Yes, sometimes. Like, when you're a musician, sometimes, as Joe I'm sure knows, you have to play at, at night. And sometimes I have to be out very late at night. An' I have to be sure that my children are with somebody that I trust very deeply.
Course, they're the most precious things to me.

ROGERS and JOE
[agreeing] Mmm-mmm.

ROGERS
Do you ever use your instrument just--by yourself. I mean, uhhh, to uh, to express your feelings..

NATASHA
[expressive] Oh, of course. I uh--when I get, angry, I like to, just, blow, loud notes. Like: [blows into the oboe--a dissonant sound comes out] just blow as hard as I can an' make awful sounds! Just so I can get rid of the anger. An' then I can go, back an' play something really pretty, like.. Oh! There's another, "neighborhood" song that's a very pretty song, that I like to play.

ROGERS
[(he and JOE were relating and amused with her about anger)] Whi--which is it?

NATASHA
"Did You Know?"

ROGERS
"Did You Know That It's All Right to Wonder?" Ooo, I like that song, too--

NATASHA
Ha! Or to feel angry? Ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha!

ROGERS
Or to feel angry: exactly! Or to feel any way.

JOE
I'll start you off. [leads with some strumming]

[NATASHA soon plays along. This is more of a fun spirit and faster than when they did "It's You I Like." At the end, she adds a couple note dash.]

ROGERS
[imitating] Bup bup.
Ohhh! So much fun to be in your presence.. Both of you.. Thank you very much for playing for me--I know I mustn't interrupt either o' your practice for the concert but, thank you very much for p--

NATASHA
Thank you, I'm so happy to see you.

ROGERS
[shaking her hand as he gets up] An', please give a hug to your boys for me, will you?

NATASHA
I sure will.

ROGERS
Thank you, Natasha.

JOE
[one hand clasping ROGERS' hand] Okay, Fred.

ROGERS
Thank you, Joe.

JOE
I'm glad you enjoyed it.

ROGERS
Boy, the treats that you give our neighborhood.

JOE
[appreciative] Ha ha! Thank you! Ho-ho!

ROGERS
Buh-bye! [leaving]

NATASHA
Buh-bye!

[As ROGERS leaves, JOE and NATASHA return to their music.]

JOE
You wanna work on the ending again?

NATASHA
Sure.

JOE
Again, huh? Where shall we go from?

[She starts on it. Meanwhile, we're in the shop as MR. ROGERS comes by the counter. HELENA is helping some customers, so he keeps his good-bye quick and quiet.]

ROGERS
[whispers] Please give Matthew a hug for me. [leaves]


[View on the miniature town, from the little shop, backing up the street, then down Mr. Rogers' street, to his house.]
[Inside his house, ROGERS comes in.]

ROGERS
[while closing door and coming downstairs] Natasha seems to have such a good time with her work.. Her oboe playing is her work.. What a fine player she is.. I was glad to hear that Helena's little child's feeling better..
[sitting by trolley's corner] She certainly seemed happier today, didn't she?

[Trolley's music has come up and Trolley arrives, tooting along, and stops.]

I think it's time for some make-believe. Last time we pretended that Henrietta Pussycat had offered to start a Caring Center for the children of the workers at Corny's factory. Let's think more about that now. In the neighborhood of make-believe.


[Trolley's theme music resumes as Trolley toots and and goes away. The view becomes a small circle in the center of the screen, then the screen's all black, then the circle opens up again to full screen as Trolley comes out of the tunnel by the castle. PRINCE TUESDAY and PRINCESS ZELDA are by the castle. ZELDA is in a cat costume, mellowly grooming her paws. Trolley is tooting along while passing. TUESDAY is feeling sad, and almost resentful, today.]


TUESDAY
[sad] Hi Trolley.
[to ZELDA] Why are you dressed up in that cat costume, Princess Zelda?

ZELDA
Well, I found this costume in the C room and I thought it might be fun to wear for a little while.

TUESDAY
You're always doin' fun stuff.

ZELDA
You can do it to.

TUESDAY
Mmm. I don't wanna put on a costume.

ZELDA
[amused] Uh, you don't have to put on a costume to have fun.

TUESDAY
I think I'll Just Get Sick..

ZELDA
[that got her attention] What did you say?

TUESDAY
I said, "I think I'll, Just get Sick."

ZELDA
Why would you get sick.

TUESDAY
Maybe my parents wouldn't go to work if I got sick.

ZELDA
Oh, Tuesday, I know you're angry about your parents going to work all the time, but you don't have to get sick to make your point.

TUESDAY
That's what you say..

ZELDA
[singing] "You're much more than your Anger..
An' you're much more than your Fist.
A closet's more,
Than a hanger.
And a Fist,
Has an arm..
And a wrist.
You're much more than your Sadness.
An' you're much more than your Frown.
You're day's more glad than madness!
See, a frown, is a smile, upside down.
More than a Yell
Or a Tap
Or a Pout.
More than a Bellow
Or a Slap
Or a Doubt.
You're more than a moment
Of feeling, apart.
You're more than an Outside
You're Inside your heart.
You see, you're much much more, than your Anger.
Much much more than your Mind.
When they put you all, together,
You're a beautiful!
Marvelous! Spirited! Lovely!
Wonderful!
One of a Kind.."

LADY ABERLIN
[coming up] Greetings, neighbors.

[TUESDAY and ZELDA say, "Hi/Hello Lady Aberlin." ABERLIN is holding three miniature toilets on a little wood platform. She is wearing big heart dangle earrings. Her hair is in a bun, and she's wearing a denim dress.]

ABERLIN
What a great cat costume!

ZELDA
Ha ha ha! I thought I'd be Zelda the Princess Cat today.

ABERLIN
Well I'm, a plumber today. I'm helping with the new Caring Center. These are the toilets. Henrietta, Pussycat said she'd meet me over here by the castle, an' then we'd go over to the factory together. How are you, Tuesday?

TUESDAY
[sad] Okay..

HENRIETTA
Meow-meow-body.

[Everyone says hello.]

HENRIETTA
Meow meow-meow Big, Cat, meow-meow.

ZELDA
Ah, did you ever see such a Big Cat as this.

HENRIETTA
Meow-meow-meow-meow costume.

ZELDA
You're right. Ooonly in a costume would there ever be such a big cat.

HENRIETTA
Meow-meow really excited meow-meow-meow Caring meow-meow. Heh.

ABERLIN
Me too. These are the toilets for the children's bathroom.

HENRIETTA
Meow wonderful!

TUESDAY
[dismayed] Everybody seems to be excited about something.

HENRIETTA
Meow about meow, Tuesday?

TUESDAY
Everybody but me.

HENRIETTA
Meow thought meow'd help meow-meow Caring Center.

TUESDAY
What could I do to help?

HENRIETTA
Meow-meow help meow-meow pretending meow-meow Kings meow Queens, heh..

TUESDAY
I'm not going to help anybody to pretend to be a King or Queen.

HENRIETTA
Meow not?

TUESDAY
Just because.

ABERLIN
[tentative] Mmm, what about helping the children with their block building, Tuesday?

TUESDAY
[interested] Block buildings?

ABERLIN
Sure. We're gonna have a place where there'll be room to build lots of different things..

ZELDA
If you help someone else, you may find that it helps you, too.

TUESDAY
I'll think about it.

ZELDA
Let's think about it together. We could go to the B room an' see what kinds of different blocks there are.

TUESDAY
[tentative] Well, we could take a look, just to see.

ZELDA
[leaving] We'll see you later, Meooow..

HENRIETTA
Meow-meow fine {piat} princess. Heh heh.

ABERLIN
She's a fine person.. So is Tuesday..

HENRIETTA
Meow..

ABERLIN
Let's go to the factory.

[ABERLIN ducks under the trolley tracks to get to the factory. HENRIETTA heads there via the castle. They shortly arrive at the factory.]

HENRIETTA
[calling] Meow-meow!

ABERLIN
[calling] Cornflake S. Pecially!

HENRIETTA
[calling] Meow-meow-meow Pecially!

CORNY
[arriving] Hello there, ladies! Heh.

ABERLIN
Hi Corny, we have some things for the caring center.

CORNY
Boy, that's quick service! Yeah.

HENRIETTA
Meow-meow-meow workers, meow-meow caring center.

CORNY
They surely do want it! Heh..

ABERLIN
Let's get working on it, then.

CORNY
All right, come on inside!

ABERLIN
All righty. [heading for the back]

LADY ELAINE FAIRCHILD
Hey there Aberlin.

ABERLIN
[stopping] Who's calling me?

ELAINE
Over here. Museum-Go-Round.

[ABERLIN puts the toilets on the factory entrance and comes over to ELAINE by the Museum-Go-Round. ELAINE is now playing a little oboe which sounds like a creaky electronic organ.]

ABERLIN
Lady Elaine, I didn't know you played the oboe..

ELAINE
Never too late to try anything, toots. Hmm-hmm! [plays some more notes]

ABERLIN
Oh..

ELAINE
What about that? Hmm-hmm!

ABERLIN
What a great, sound that instrument has.

ELAINE
I like to learn new things, heh.

ABERLIN
I know you do.

ELAINE
Eh, what have you got those toilets over there for.

ABERLIN
Oh: we're starting a Caring Center at the factory. For the children of Corny's workers.

ELAINE
Oh! Well you could always bring those children on a field trip to this museum if you want. Hmm-nn.

ABERLIN
Good idea!

ELAINE
I'm full of good ideas.

ABERLIN
I wish you had a good idea about cheering up my cousin.

ELAINE
Prince Tuesday?

ABERLIN
Yeah.

ELAINE
What's wrong with that kid.

ABERLIN
He's upset because his mom an' dad have to work so much.

ELAINE
I'll take care of 'im. Where is he?

ABERLIN
Well he's home with Princess Zelda.

ELAINE
Oh-kay, toots. Uh, where's my boomerang.

ABERLIN
Oh, here it is. [gets it from the top of the wall, putting it in ELAINE's hand]

ELAINE
You, oh good. Thank you. I'm gonna go see him.

ABERLIN
Thank you.

ELAINE
Yeah, bye then.

ABERLIN
Toot-toot.

ELAINE
Boomerang. Toomerang. Sumerang. Here I come.

[Bingo: ELAINE's at the castle!]

ELAINE
[calling] Tuesday! Where are ya: Tuesday!

[ZELDA is coming around the castle, grooming her costume's paws again.]

ELAINE
[dry wit] Ooo! Is that you, Henrietta. If it is, you've grown some.

ZELDA
It's Zelda, the Princess Cat, today, Lady Elaine.

ELAINE
Oh, you're somethin' else, Zelda. Where's Tuesday?

ZELDA
He's inside. Still bein' angry.

ELAINE
At his mom an' dad?

ZELDA
You've got it.

ELAINE
Because they go to work?

ZELDA
That's, it.

ELAINE
Well, I'm gonna have a talk with him. You know, he's much more than he thinks he is.

ZELDA
I think I know what you mean.

ELAINE
What I mean is, he's more than just his parents.

ZELDA
I see!

ELAINE
Agree?

ZELDA
I agree.

ELAINE
Okay, I'll go see him. [goes into the castle]

ZELDA
[sings] "A Prince is more than his Parents.
That's apparently so!"

[Trolley's theme music comes and Trolley comes by and stops by ZELDA and toots.]

ZELDA
And "meow" to you, Trolley.


[Trolley's theme music resumes and Trolley toots and heads on, ZELDA paws a wave, fingers curled under to keep her hand like a paw. The screen goes down to a little black circle, to all black, then opens up again on Trolley coming out into Mr. Rogers' house.]


ROGERS
You are more than your anger.. An' you're more than your Parents. Even though you may be like them, you're Special in Your Own Ways.. [stands] In fact, you're more than any One Thing about you.
There's lots an' lots of things about you, that make you Who You Are.. And a lot of it, is inside yourself.. [sits on coffee table]
[sings] "You are my friend, you are special.
You are my friend,
You're special to me.
You are the only one like you
Like you, my friend.
I like you.
In the daytime.
In the nighttime.
Any time that you feeeel's the Right Time
For a friendship with me,
You see:
F. R. I. E. N. D. special.
You are my friend.
You're special, to me.
There's only one
In this wonderful world.
You
Are
Special."

You are.
Could you tell me what it is that I usually feed, that lives in this television house of mine.
My fish.
[going to the fish tank] Do that now.
[amused, feeding the fish] You are my Friends. You are special fish. Huh!

[to us] Whatever there is about yourself that you don't like.. you can always talk about that with someone you love.. Someone who loves you.. You know one way to tell if somebody really loves you?.. That person will listen to what you have to tell them.. And you know what else? People who love you will tell you the Truth about how they feel about you, too.. Even if it isn't easy to talk about.. They'll tell you because they love you..

[heads for the bench] And that can be a good feeling.. For you.. And for them.
[singing] "It's such a good, feeling
To know you're alive
It's such a Happy feeling
You're growing inside!
And when you Wake Up, ready to say:
'I think I'll make a snappy new day'
It's such a good, feeling
A very good feeling
The feeling you know
That, I'll be back
When the day is new
An' I'll have more, Ideas
For you.
And you'll have things you'll want to talk about.
I
Will
Too."

[He has taken his sneakers off and put his loafers on, and took the sweater off and put his jacket on again. He also went to the couch for the "Potty" book.]

We talk about lots of things. You an' I. Mmm-mm.
Lots of important things..
An' I like being with you.. An' I'll be back next time. Bye. [waves, smiling, and leaves]


[During credits, we see the view of the town miniature starting on his house, then back up to a wide shot, following the little trolley left to a red building we zoom in on.]

[time: 27:56]


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