Elinor Wonders Why (2020-…): Season 1, Episode 20 - Zig Zag Plant/Butterfly Drinks - full transcript
Elinor, Ari, and Olive are surprised that one of the plants in pots at school is crooked instead of straight. Elinor decides to dress as a butterfly as part of a school project.
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[♪♪♪]
♪ ELINOR: Wherever I go,
♪ I see things that
♪
♪ ♪
♪ I find things that
♪
♪ Go and explore,
♪
♪ just follow your
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do birds sing
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do ants march
♪
♪ There's so much
♪
♪ wherever you turn, ♪
♪ ♪
♪ and follow your
♪
[♪♪♪]
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Ask a question,
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Just listen and see,
come and wonder with me.
[♪♪♪]
ELINOR: "Butterfly Babies"
MR. BAT: What a beautiful
day for a walk in the park!
OLIVE: It's more of a
roll in the park for Miri.
KIDS: [giggle]
ARI: Are you having
fun, little Miri?
Who's the cutest little
sister in the world?
You are!
Yes, you are!
MIRI: [giggle]
ARI: Awww....
MIRI: [cooing]
ELINOR: Miri
is so cute.
ARI: [giggle]
MIRI: [giggle]
She looks like a tiny version
of you and your dad, Ari.
OLIVE: Yeah, babies
are so adorable.
MR. BAT: Hey,
I'm adorable too!
KIDS: [laugh]
MR. BAT: You know,
kids,
I love visiting the
park with Miri...
because the whole
world is new to her.
Look around and pretend
you're new to the world.
What do you notice?
ARI: I see a butterfly!
KIDS: [gasp]
MIRI: [giggle]
ARI: It looks like Miri
thinks butterflies...
are pretty cool.
MIRI: [giggle]
MR. BAT: So kids
have you decided...
what you want to
do in the park?
ARI: I know!
Let's do some
butterfly-watching today.
OLIVE: Oh!
ELINOR: Yeah!
ARI: I like butterflies.
They have wings,
just like like me.
KIDS: [giggle]
ELINOR: It's
really pretty!
OLIVE: [gasp]
Wait, look.
There's a caterpillar
on this plant, too.
Caterpillars are
my favorite.
Maybe we should watch
caterpillars instead.
ELINOR: Hmm.
Butterflies and caterpillars
are both pretty interesting.
ARI: Yeah, but
butterflies can fly.
Flying just adds a little
extra coolness,
you know?
KIDS: [giggle]
OLIVE: Well, a
caterpillar can't fly,
but look how
many legs it has.
ELINOR: If I had
that many legs...
I would never
fall down.
Ooah..
ARI: [giggle]
OLIVE: [giggle]
OLIVE: [giggle] Elinor,
you are so funny!
ELINOR: What else is
interesting about butterflies
and caterpillars?
ARI: Well, butterflies have
awesome patterns on their wings.
They're so colorful!
I wish I had a
shirt like that.
OLIVE: True.
But just look at the
caterpillar's cool stripes.
I wish I had a pair of pants
with stripes like that!
ELINOR: They're
both pretty fancy!
ARI: Well, a
butterfly...
Oh!
ARI: Hey, come
back here!
I was trying to tell my
friends how cool you are.
Quickly follow me!
KIDS: [giggle]
OLIVE: [gasp] It landed
on Miri's nose!
MIRI: [sneeze]
KIDS: [giggle]
OLIVE: Butterflies
are great,
but baby bats are
pretty amazing, too.
ELINOR: You know,
I don't think I've ever
seen a baby butterfly.
ELINOR: I've seen bat
babies, bird babies,
bunny babies...
but no butterfly babies!
OLIVE: You're right,
Elinor.
I don't think I've ever
seen a baby butterfly either.
ARI: I wonder what baby
butterflies look like?
ELINOR: Hmm.
Well, Miri looks a lot
like you and your dad,
only smaller.
Maybe baby
butterflies look
just like grown-up
butterflies, but tinier.
ELINOR: I know what
we should do today.
Let's look for
baby butterflies.
Olive, is that okay?
I know you wanted
to see caterpillars.
OLIVE: Hmmm... That's true,
but now I'm really curious.
about baby butterflies.
Let's do it!
ELINOR: Yeah!
ARI: Okay!
MIRI: [baby talk]
ELINOR: Let's follow
that butterfly...
to see if it
has any babies.
ARI: Can we follow
the butterfly Dad?
MR. BAT: Okay,
don't go too far.
ELINOR: It's
getting away!
C'mon!
We need more
observations!
MR. BAT: Happy
exploring, kids!
[♪♪♪]
ARI: [gasp]
ELINOR: Wow!
OLIVE: Ooohh!
ELINOR: [gasp]
ARI: It's like a
butterfly party!
ELINOR: Let's see if we can
find any baby butterflies.
[♪]
OLIVE: Hmm...
These all look
the same size.
They must be
grown-ups.
No butterfly
babies here.
ELINOR: Any
babies here?
Nope.
ARI: Just more grown-up
butterflies over here.
They sure are cool,
though.
ELINOR: Did anyone find
any baby butterflies?
OLIVE: I just saw a bunch
of those orange butterflies,
and they all look like
grown-up butterflies.
ARI: Same here.
ELINOR: I wonder where all
the baby butterflies are?
ARI: Maybe baby butterflies
are too tiny to see?
OLIVE: Well, if they're
really small,
we'll need our magnifying
glass to see them.
OLIVE: Do you want
to look, Elinor?
ELINOR: Sure!
Thanks, Olive.
ELINOR: I see a
baby spider...
standing next to a
grown-up spider.
Awww cute, but it's
not a baby butterfly.
OLIVE: And here
are some snails.
There's a big grown-up
snail and two baby snails.
They're very
interesting...
But not baby
butterflies.
OLIVE: Hmmm...
What if we can't
see the baby butterflies,
because they're all
inside their houses?
ARI: I don't see any
little houses around.
OLIVE: Me neither.
ELINOR: I don't think
butterflies live in houses.
I think they
live outside.
ARI: Yeah.
How would they
even build a house?
They'd need a
really tiny hammer.
Ting ting ting...
KIDS: [laugh]
ELINOR: We can't seem to
find any baby butterflies.
I wonder why not.
That is so
interesting!
OLIVE: Hey, look.
It's a caterpillar!
ARI: It's got those fancy
stripes like we saw before.
ELINOR: Hmmm?
OLIVE: Wait, what's
the caterpillar doing?
ELINOR: I don't know.
ARI: Huh...
[gasp] Whoa,
what's happening?
ELINOR: It looks like
it's turning green.
OLIVE: It turned
into something new.
It looks a little
like a green pea pod.
ELINOR: And now it's
just hanging there.
ARI: This is so awesome!
OLIVE: Oh! I see
another one of those...
green pod-things
over here.
OLIVE: And there's
one over here,
but it's darker.
[gasps]
OLIVE: Wait.
This one is moving.
ARI: What?
ELINOR: [gasp] It's
breaking open!
ARI: What is that?
Is it an alien?
I think it's
an alien!
OLIVE: It can't
be an alien...
Can it?
ELINOR: Wait.
I don't think
that's an alien.
ARI: Whoa!
ELINOR: I think that's a...
a...
KIDS: Butterfly!
[gasp]
ELINOR: Wow!
ARI: What just
happened?
OLIVE: Huh...
Let's think about
what we saw.
OLIVE: First, we
saw a caterpillar.
ELINOR: And then we saw it
turn into a kind of pod.
ARI: But then we saw one
of those pods break open,
and an alien...
I mean, a butterfly,
came out.
OLIVE: But what
does this all mean?
ELINOR: Hmmm...
I think...
...that the caterpillars
turn into butterflies.
KIDS: [gasp]
ELINOR: First the caterpillar
turns into this pod like thing,
and then after a while,
it turns into a butterfly.
ARI: Ohhhh...
ELINOR: But that
would mean...
OLIVE: The butterfly
babies weren't missing.
They were right in front
of us this whole time.
ELINOR: Caterpillars
are baby butterflies!
That is so
interesting!
ARI: I can't
believe it!
Baby butterflies
are caterpillars!?
OLIVE: And caterpillars
turn into butterflies?
ARI: Wait! Olive,
I just realized something.
If caterpillars
turn into butterflies,
then that means...
OLIVE: That the
animal I like...
ARI: And the
animal I like...
OLIVE / ARI: Are
the same animal.
ELINOR: You both sure know how
to pick cool animals to watch.
[♪♪♪]
ALL: ♪ Caterpillars
change. ♪
♪ As they grow, they turn
♪
♪ Now we know. ♪
OLIVE: ♪ He's a caterpillar,
watch it climb up. ♪
♪ It wiggles and wiggles
and turns into a pod. ♪
ALL: ♪ Caterpillars
change. ♪
♪ As they grow, they
turn into butterflies. ♪
♪ Now we know. ♪
ARI: ♪ The pod
sits still. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
ALL: ♪ Caterpillars
change. ♪
♪ As they grow, they turn
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
ARI: Dad! Dad! Dad!
Guess what?
We went looking for
baby butterflies,
but we couldn't
find any!
OLIVE: Yeah,
that's because we were
looking for tiny butterflies.
But then we found out...
ELINOR: Caterpillars
are the baby butterflies!
ARI: They change
into a pod,
and then a butterfly
comes out!
MR. BAT: Wow, you figured
that out by yourselves?
ARI: Yeah, we did it
by making observations!
MR. BAT: What smart
scientists you are!
KIDS: [cheer]
ELINOR: Mr. Bat, it's
amazing that baby bats
like Miri look a lot
like grown up bats.
But caterpillars look really
different from butterflies!
MR. BAT: Yes, Elinor!
Some animals have babies that
look just like their parents,
and some animals have babies
that go through a big change.
When an animal
makes a big change,
it's called a
metamorphosis.
OLIVE: Me-ta-morph-o-sis.
I like that word.
MIRI: [giggles]
ELINOR: Aww...
ARI: You know, with Miri all
snuggled up in her blanket,
she kiiinda looks like
a caterpillar.
I wonder what
would happen...
if she turned into
a butterfly...
MR. BAT: Well, if she did,
she'd still be adorable,
just like her brother...
and their Dad.
KIDS: [laugh]
ARI: Look at the
butterflies!
OLIVE: And they're all flying
in the same direction!
ELINOR: Where are
they all going?
SENOR TAPIR: Good question,
Elinor.
I have a song about two
scientists who figured that out.
SENOR TAPIR: ♪ Fred
and Norah Urquhart ♪
♪ were husband and wife, ♪
♪ who both really
♪
♪ They lived up north
in Canada, ♪
♪ where bright
summer skies, ♪
♪ were filled with
monarch butterflies. ♪
♪ But every year before
it would freeze. ♪
♪ The butterflies all flew
♪
♪ So, Fred and Norah decided
to find where butterflies,
♪ spent their
wintertime. ♪
♪ They tagged lots of
♪
♪ ♪
♪ If you see where
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Fred and Nora never
♪
♪ ♪
♪ After most of
♪
♪ they finally
♪
♪ Millions of monarchs on
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ They finally figured
♪
SENOR TAPIR: Adios
butterfly amigos!
[♪♪♪]
ELINOR: "Elinor's Circus"
ELINOR: Ladies and
Gentle-animals!
Friends of alllll ages!
Welcome to the
Animal Town Circus!
ELINOR: Featuring...
The Amazing Ari!
AUDIENCE: [cheers]
ELINOR: Olive the
Awesome!
AUDIENCE: [cheers]
ELINOR: And...
Me!
The Extraordinary...
Elinor!
OLIVE: Elinor?
Elinor!
ELINOR: Huh?
OLIVE: [giggle] You
were daydreaming.
What do you think
of our circus tent?
ELINOR: Wow, that
looks great!
Our circus show is
going to be amazing.
OLIVE: I know.
I hope everyone
loves it.
ARI: Of course,
they'll love it.
After all, we have
a real circus tent...
and a real circus
unicycle...
ARI: And a super-fancy
circus helmet.
What more could
you want?
ELINOR: A unicycle rider?
KIDS: [laugh]
ARI: I'll be riding
it by show time.
I'm sure I can
learn how to use it.
OLIVE: Oh! I have to
work on my part too.
My Mom made me these stilts,
and I haven't
tried them yet.
ELINOR: Okay.
And I'll work on my
tight-rope walking!
ELINOR: Hmmm,
let's see.
That log should
do the trick.
ELINOR: Make way for
The Extraordinary Elinor!
The brave tight-rope
walker.
ELINOR: Whoa!
[grunt]
Whoa!!
This is trickier
than I thought.
ARI: Tell me about it.
ARI: I can get on my
unicycle and push off,
but then look
what happens.
Wh... Whoa... Whoa!
Whaaaa... I tip over.
Ahhhh! Ah!
Whooooaaa!
Oof!
OLIVE: I'm having
the same problem.
Watch...
When I get
up on my stilts,
I can take a step...
whoa!
[effort]
and another ste...
[grunt]
Whoa!
Whoooa!
[sigh] I can't stay up.
ELINOR: I know they
ride a unicycle,
walk a tight rope and use
stilts in a real circus,
so there has to
be a way to do them.
How do we stay up
without falling over?
SIGGY: Hi!
ELNOR: Huh?
Oh. Hi!
SIGGY: I'm Siggy!
It's short for
Sigmund.
I just moved here!
ELINOR: I'm Elinor.
This is Ari,
and Olive.
OLIVE: Nice to meet you!
ARI: Hi!
SIGGY: What'cha doin'?
OLIVE: We're
putting on a circus!
SIGGY: Hmm...
OLIVE: It's like a show
where we do fun tricks.
Want to join us?
SIGGY: Yeah!
Can I watch?
I looove clapping and
cheering,
so I'd be reeally
good at watching.
ELINOR: That would
be awesome.
Buuut our show's
not quite ready yet.
SIGGY: That's okay.
It'll take me a while to
find the perfect seat, y'know?
ELINOR: Sit anywhere
you like!
We'll get back
to practicing.
OLIVE: Whoaaa...
SIGGY: [effort]
SIGGY: Go, Elinor!
Hehe...
I'm... uh...
practicing my cheering!
Yaaay!
SIGGY: Hm....
I'm gonna try
another seat.
ELINOR: [sigh]
[effort]
Whoa!
[effort]
Whoa!
Oof!
[sigh]
Why do I keep
falling off?
OLIVE: Wait! I have
something that can help.
OLIVE: Costumes!
Maybe if we look like
we're part of a circus,
we'll be able to do
the tricks better.
ARI: Awesome!
SIGGY: Niiice!
That makes you guys
look really um...
really umm...
circus-y!
[gasp]
OLIVE: I feel circusy.
ELINOR: Ok, now we look like
we're part of a circus.
Maybe this will
help us.
ARI: Only one way
to find out!
[drum roll sounds]
ARI: [sigh]
Okay.
Here it goes!
You can do this Ari!
ARI: Wooohooo!!
I'm doing it, I'm doing it!
Whoaa whoaaa
ah... ah...
Oof.
ARI: Nope, still
not doing it.
SIGGY: Good try!
Good try, Ari!
ARI: Thanks, Siggy.
OLIVE: Let me try.
Ok...
[effort] Whoa whoa
whoa... oof!
SIGGY: [clapping]
Thanks Siggy.
ELINOR: [effort]
[grunt]
Whoa!
ELINOR: Hmm, the costumes
didn't really help us stay up.
ARI: We look really
cool, though.
OLIVE: What else
can we try?
ARI: Whoops!
A streamer
came untied.
SIGGY: I'll do it!
I can put it back.
[♪♪♪]
Woooo!
Wahoo...
Yeah! Woo-hoo!
ELINOR: Wait a second!
Siggy, how'd
you do that?
SIGGY: Do what?
Tie a knot?
Easy!
I was a squirrel
scout.
ELINOR: No, I mean how
did you skip over...
and walk across the
branch like that,
without tipping over?
SIGGY: Oh, that?
It's just something
that us squirrels do.
To keep from
falling over.
My Mom calls
it balancing.
OLIVE: Balancing!
I've heard that word.
ELINOR: How do
you do it?
SIGGY: Well, I just try to
make sure I don't lean
my body over too
far to one side.
And if I start to feel
myself tipping over...
I try to move part of
my body to the other side
to keep me up.
SIGGY: See?
If my top goes
one way,
I just stick my big tail
out the other way.
Or if my tail goes
this way,
I just stick my body or my
arms out the other way.
To balance!
OLIVE: Wow, Siggy,
that is so cool.
ELINOR: It is cool!
Maybe it's something we can
try for our circus tricks!
ARI: But...
I don't have a tail
like Siggy does.
SIGGY: No, but you
have your wings.
You could use them
to help you balance.
ARI: Okay.
[exhale]
Here goes!
Whoaa... Whaaa...
ELINOR: Ari! Put your wing
out to the other side!
ARI: Whoa! Whoa!
Whooaaaaaa....oooh!
[giggle]
ARI: Whew!
It worked!
KIDS: [cheer]
ARI: I thought I
was going to fall.
OLIVE: But you didn't!
ELINOR: Yeah, you
were tipping one way,
but then you put your
wing out the other way...
and you stayed up.
That's so interesting!
OLIVE: I want to
try it now.
Maybe I can use my
trunk to balance?
OLIVE: Okay.
Whoo... Whoooaaa...
Whooaa.
Whoooaaa!
ELINOR: Olive, move your
trunk in front of you!
OLIVE: Whoa!
[effort] Oh...
Oh... Oh...
Oh...
[gasp] I didn't fall.
ELINOR: It worked!
OLIVE: I just reached out
the other way with my trunk,
and I stayed up.
ARI: That was so cool!
OLIVE: Maybe this stilt-walking
thing isn't so hard after all.
Thanks, Siggy!
SIGGY: Aw, it's as easy
as fallin' off a log.
I mean, not falling
off a log.
ELINOR: Hmmm... Well,
I don't have wings.
And I don't
have a trunk.
But I am The
Extraordinary Elinor.
ARI: You can
do it Elinor!
We know you can.
OLIVE: We'll cheer you
on from over here.
ELINOR: Hmm, I do
have my arms...
and ears...
I'll try that!
ELINOR: It's working!
Whoa...
Ah!
ELINOR: Well it helps,
anyway.
I wish my arms and
ears were longer.
I bet that would
help me balance more.
OLIVE: [giggle] It
would be funnier.
ELINOR: [giggle]
Yeah.
I wonder how I can
get longer arms.
Hmm...
ELINOR: [gasp]
[♪]
Like this!
Maybe this'll help?
ELINOR: Drum roll, please!
ARI: [immitating drum roll]
ELINOR: [sigh]
Whoa!
[effort] Mmm...
Yes! I did it!
I really did it!
I felt I was
falling one way,
so I moved the stick the other
way, and I didn't fall.
OLIVE: You balanced!
ELINOR: We all balanced!
All thanks to Siggy.
SIGGY: [whispering]
ARI: [giggle]
Yup.
Now we can cheer.
KIDS: [cheer]
ELINOR: Ladieees and
Gentle-animals!
Let the Greatest Show
in Animal Town begin!
[♪♪♪]
KIDS: ♪ To not fall
down when you ride. ♪
♪ Just stay even
♪
♪ It's easier if you
♪
♪ You can balance
♪
KIDS: ♪ A big long tail
will help a lot ♪
♪ to keep you
♪
♪ Just put it over
♪
♪ You can balance
♪
♪ A good long stick
♪
OLIVE: ♪ I like to use my
nice, long snout ♪
ALL: ♪ Staying up is
what it's all about. ♪
♪ You can balance
♪
♪ Just practice hard,
♪
♪ You can balance
♪
AUDIENCE: [cheer]
ELINOR: Siggy, we couldn't
have done it without you!
SIGGY: Uh....
ELINOR: Come take a bow!
SIGGY: Okay!
SIGGY: Thanks,
thanks everybody.
AUDIENCE:
[cheer]
KIDS: [laugh]
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Thank you for supporting
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[♪♪♪]
♪ ELINOR: Wherever I go,
♪ I see things that
♪
♪ ♪
♪ I find things that
♪
♪ Go and explore,
♪
♪ just follow your
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do birds sing
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do ants march
♪
♪ There's so much
♪
♪ wherever you turn, ♪
♪ ♪
♪ and follow your
♪
[♪♪♪]
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Ask a question,
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ELINOR: Just listen and see,
come and wonder with me.
[♪♪♪]
ELINOR: "Butterfly Babies"
MR. BAT: What a beautiful
day for a walk in the park!
OLIVE: It's more of a
roll in the park for Miri.
KIDS: [giggle]
ARI: Are you having
fun, little Miri?
Who's the cutest little
sister in the world?
You are!
Yes, you are!
MIRI: [giggle]
ARI: Awww....
MIRI: [cooing]
ELINOR: Miri
is so cute.
ARI: [giggle]
MIRI: [giggle]
She looks like a tiny version
of you and your dad, Ari.
OLIVE: Yeah, babies
are so adorable.
MR. BAT: Hey,
I'm adorable too!
KIDS: [laugh]
MR. BAT: You know,
kids,
I love visiting the
park with Miri...
because the whole
world is new to her.
Look around and pretend
you're new to the world.
What do you notice?
ARI: I see a butterfly!
KIDS: [gasp]
MIRI: [giggle]
ARI: It looks like Miri
thinks butterflies...
are pretty cool.
MIRI: [giggle]
MR. BAT: So kids
have you decided...
what you want to
do in the park?
ARI: I know!
Let's do some
butterfly-watching today.
OLIVE: Oh!
ELINOR: Yeah!
ARI: I like butterflies.
They have wings,
just like like me.
KIDS: [giggle]
ELINOR: It's
really pretty!
OLIVE: [gasp]
Wait, look.
There's a caterpillar
on this plant, too.
Caterpillars are
my favorite.
Maybe we should watch
caterpillars instead.
ELINOR: Hmm.
Butterflies and caterpillars
are both pretty interesting.
ARI: Yeah, but
butterflies can fly.
Flying just adds a little
extra coolness,
you know?
KIDS: [giggle]
OLIVE: Well, a
caterpillar can't fly,
but look how
many legs it has.
ELINOR: If I had
that many legs...
I would never
fall down.
Ooah..
ARI: [giggle]
OLIVE: [giggle]
OLIVE: [giggle] Elinor,
you are so funny!
ELINOR: What else is
interesting about butterflies
and caterpillars?
ARI: Well, butterflies have
awesome patterns on their wings.
They're so colorful!
I wish I had a
shirt like that.
OLIVE: True.
But just look at the
caterpillar's cool stripes.
I wish I had a pair of pants
with stripes like that!
ELINOR: They're
both pretty fancy!
ARI: Well, a
butterfly...
Oh!
ARI: Hey, come
back here!
I was trying to tell my
friends how cool you are.
Quickly follow me!
KIDS: [giggle]
OLIVE: [gasp] It landed
on Miri's nose!
MIRI: [sneeze]
KIDS: [giggle]
OLIVE: Butterflies
are great,
but baby bats are
pretty amazing, too.
ELINOR: You know,
I don't think I've ever
seen a baby butterfly.
ELINOR: I've seen bat
babies, bird babies,
bunny babies...
but no butterfly babies!
OLIVE: You're right,
Elinor.
I don't think I've ever
seen a baby butterfly either.
ARI: I wonder what baby
butterflies look like?
ELINOR: Hmm.
Well, Miri looks a lot
like you and your dad,
only smaller.
Maybe baby
butterflies look
just like grown-up
butterflies, but tinier.
ELINOR: I know what
we should do today.
Let's look for
baby butterflies.
Olive, is that okay?
I know you wanted
to see caterpillars.
OLIVE: Hmmm... That's true,
but now I'm really curious.
about baby butterflies.
Let's do it!
ELINOR: Yeah!
ARI: Okay!
MIRI: [baby talk]
ELINOR: Let's follow
that butterfly...
to see if it
has any babies.
ARI: Can we follow
the butterfly Dad?
MR. BAT: Okay,
don't go too far.
ELINOR: It's
getting away!
C'mon!
We need more
observations!
MR. BAT: Happy
exploring, kids!
[♪♪♪]
ARI: [gasp]
ELINOR: Wow!
OLIVE: Ooohh!
ELINOR: [gasp]
ARI: It's like a
butterfly party!
ELINOR: Let's see if we can
find any baby butterflies.
[♪]
OLIVE: Hmm...
These all look
the same size.
They must be
grown-ups.
No butterfly
babies here.
ELINOR: Any
babies here?
Nope.
ARI: Just more grown-up
butterflies over here.
They sure are cool,
though.
ELINOR: Did anyone find
any baby butterflies?
OLIVE: I just saw a bunch
of those orange butterflies,
and they all look like
grown-up butterflies.
ARI: Same here.
ELINOR: I wonder where all
the baby butterflies are?
ARI: Maybe baby butterflies
are too tiny to see?
OLIVE: Well, if they're
really small,
we'll need our magnifying
glass to see them.
OLIVE: Do you want
to look, Elinor?
ELINOR: Sure!
Thanks, Olive.
ELINOR: I see a
baby spider...
standing next to a
grown-up spider.
Awww cute, but it's
not a baby butterfly.
OLIVE: And here
are some snails.
There's a big grown-up
snail and two baby snails.
They're very
interesting...
But not baby
butterflies.
OLIVE: Hmmm...
What if we can't
see the baby butterflies,
because they're all
inside their houses?
ARI: I don't see any
little houses around.
OLIVE: Me neither.
ELINOR: I don't think
butterflies live in houses.
I think they
live outside.
ARI: Yeah.
How would they
even build a house?
They'd need a
really tiny hammer.
Ting ting ting...
KIDS: [laugh]
ELINOR: We can't seem to
find any baby butterflies.
I wonder why not.
That is so
interesting!
OLIVE: Hey, look.
It's a caterpillar!
ARI: It's got those fancy
stripes like we saw before.
ELINOR: Hmmm?
OLIVE: Wait, what's
the caterpillar doing?
ELINOR: I don't know.
ARI: Huh...
[gasp] Whoa,
what's happening?
ELINOR: It looks like
it's turning green.
OLIVE: It turned
into something new.
It looks a little
like a green pea pod.
ELINOR: And now it's
just hanging there.
ARI: This is so awesome!
OLIVE: Oh! I see
another one of those...
green pod-things
over here.
OLIVE: And there's
one over here,
but it's darker.
[gasps]
OLIVE: Wait.
This one is moving.
ARI: What?
ELINOR: [gasp] It's
breaking open!
ARI: What is that?
Is it an alien?
I think it's
an alien!
OLIVE: It can't
be an alien...
Can it?
ELINOR: Wait.
I don't think
that's an alien.
ARI: Whoa!
ELINOR: I think that's a...
a...
KIDS: Butterfly!
[gasp]
ELINOR: Wow!
ARI: What just
happened?
OLIVE: Huh...
Let's think about
what we saw.
OLIVE: First, we
saw a caterpillar.
ELINOR: And then we saw it
turn into a kind of pod.
ARI: But then we saw one
of those pods break open,
and an alien...
I mean, a butterfly,
came out.
OLIVE: But what
does this all mean?
ELINOR: Hmmm...
I think...
...that the caterpillars
turn into butterflies.
KIDS: [gasp]
ELINOR: First the caterpillar
turns into this pod like thing,
and then after a while,
it turns into a butterfly.
ARI: Ohhhh...
ELINOR: But that
would mean...
OLIVE: The butterfly
babies weren't missing.
They were right in front
of us this whole time.
ELINOR: Caterpillars
are baby butterflies!
That is so
interesting!
ARI: I can't
believe it!
Baby butterflies
are caterpillars!?
OLIVE: And caterpillars
turn into butterflies?
ARI: Wait! Olive,
I just realized something.
If caterpillars
turn into butterflies,
then that means...
OLIVE: That the
animal I like...
ARI: And the
animal I like...
OLIVE / ARI: Are
the same animal.
ELINOR: You both sure know how
to pick cool animals to watch.
[♪♪♪]
ALL: ♪ Caterpillars
change. ♪
♪ As they grow, they turn
♪
♪ Now we know. ♪
OLIVE: ♪ He's a caterpillar,
watch it climb up. ♪
♪ It wiggles and wiggles
and turns into a pod. ♪
ALL: ♪ Caterpillars
change. ♪
♪ As they grow, they
turn into butterflies. ♪
♪ Now we know. ♪
ARI: ♪ The pod
sits still. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
ALL: ♪ Caterpillars
change. ♪
♪ As they grow, they turn
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
ARI: Dad! Dad! Dad!
Guess what?
We went looking for
baby butterflies,
but we couldn't
find any!
OLIVE: Yeah,
that's because we were
looking for tiny butterflies.
But then we found out...
ELINOR: Caterpillars
are the baby butterflies!
ARI: They change
into a pod,
and then a butterfly
comes out!
MR. BAT: Wow, you figured
that out by yourselves?
ARI: Yeah, we did it
by making observations!
MR. BAT: What smart
scientists you are!
KIDS: [cheer]
ELINOR: Mr. Bat, it's
amazing that baby bats
like Miri look a lot
like grown up bats.
But caterpillars look really
different from butterflies!
MR. BAT: Yes, Elinor!
Some animals have babies that
look just like their parents,
and some animals have babies
that go through a big change.
When an animal
makes a big change,
it's called a
metamorphosis.
OLIVE: Me-ta-morph-o-sis.
I like that word.
MIRI: [giggles]
ELINOR: Aww...
ARI: You know, with Miri all
snuggled up in her blanket,
she kiiinda looks like
a caterpillar.
I wonder what
would happen...
if she turned into
a butterfly...
MR. BAT: Well, if she did,
she'd still be adorable,
just like her brother...
and their Dad.
KIDS: [laugh]
ARI: Look at the
butterflies!
OLIVE: And they're all flying
in the same direction!
ELINOR: Where are
they all going?
SENOR TAPIR: Good question,
Elinor.
I have a song about two
scientists who figured that out.
SENOR TAPIR: ♪ Fred
and Norah Urquhart ♪
♪ were husband and wife, ♪
♪ who both really
♪
♪ They lived up north
in Canada, ♪
♪ where bright
summer skies, ♪
♪ were filled with
monarch butterflies. ♪
♪ But every year before
it would freeze. ♪
♪ The butterflies all flew
♪
♪ So, Fred and Norah decided
to find where butterflies,
♪ spent their
wintertime. ♪
♪ They tagged lots of
♪
♪ ♪
♪ If you see where
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Fred and Nora never
♪
♪ ♪
♪ After most of
♪
♪ they finally
♪
♪ Millions of monarchs on
♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ They finally figured
♪
SENOR TAPIR: Adios
butterfly amigos!
[♪♪♪]
ELINOR: "Elinor's Circus"
ELINOR: Ladies and
Gentle-animals!
Friends of alllll ages!
Welcome to the
Animal Town Circus!
ELINOR: Featuring...
The Amazing Ari!
AUDIENCE: [cheers]
ELINOR: Olive the
Awesome!
AUDIENCE: [cheers]
ELINOR: And...
Me!
The Extraordinary...
Elinor!
OLIVE: Elinor?
Elinor!
ELINOR: Huh?
OLIVE: [giggle] You
were daydreaming.
What do you think
of our circus tent?
ELINOR: Wow, that
looks great!
Our circus show is
going to be amazing.
OLIVE: I know.
I hope everyone
loves it.
ARI: Of course,
they'll love it.
After all, we have
a real circus tent...
and a real circus
unicycle...
ARI: And a super-fancy
circus helmet.
What more could
you want?
ELINOR: A unicycle rider?
KIDS: [laugh]
ARI: I'll be riding
it by show time.
I'm sure I can
learn how to use it.
OLIVE: Oh! I have to
work on my part too.
My Mom made me these stilts,
and I haven't
tried them yet.
ELINOR: Okay.
And I'll work on my
tight-rope walking!
ELINOR: Hmmm,
let's see.
That log should
do the trick.
ELINOR: Make way for
The Extraordinary Elinor!
The brave tight-rope
walker.
ELINOR: Whoa!
[grunt]
Whoa!!
This is trickier
than I thought.
ARI: Tell me about it.
ARI: I can get on my
unicycle and push off,
but then look
what happens.
Wh... Whoa... Whoa!
Whaaaa... I tip over.
Ahhhh! Ah!
Whooooaaa!
Oof!
OLIVE: I'm having
the same problem.
Watch...
When I get
up on my stilts,
I can take a step...
whoa!
[effort]
and another ste...
[grunt]
Whoa!
Whoooa!
[sigh] I can't stay up.
ELINOR: I know they
ride a unicycle,
walk a tight rope and use
stilts in a real circus,
so there has to
be a way to do them.
How do we stay up
without falling over?
SIGGY: Hi!
ELNOR: Huh?
Oh. Hi!
SIGGY: I'm Siggy!
It's short for
Sigmund.
I just moved here!
ELINOR: I'm Elinor.
This is Ari,
and Olive.
OLIVE: Nice to meet you!
ARI: Hi!
SIGGY: What'cha doin'?
OLIVE: We're
putting on a circus!
SIGGY: Hmm...
OLIVE: It's like a show
where we do fun tricks.
Want to join us?
SIGGY: Yeah!
Can I watch?
I looove clapping and
cheering,
so I'd be reeally
good at watching.
ELINOR: That would
be awesome.
Buuut our show's
not quite ready yet.
SIGGY: That's okay.
It'll take me a while to
find the perfect seat, y'know?
ELINOR: Sit anywhere
you like!
We'll get back
to practicing.
OLIVE: Whoaaa...
SIGGY: [effort]
SIGGY: Go, Elinor!
Hehe...
I'm... uh...
practicing my cheering!
Yaaay!
SIGGY: Hm....
I'm gonna try
another seat.
ELINOR: [sigh]
[effort]
Whoa!
[effort]
Whoa!
Oof!
[sigh]
Why do I keep
falling off?
OLIVE: Wait! I have
something that can help.
OLIVE: Costumes!
Maybe if we look like
we're part of a circus,
we'll be able to do
the tricks better.
ARI: Awesome!
SIGGY: Niiice!
That makes you guys
look really um...
really umm...
circus-y!
[gasp]
OLIVE: I feel circusy.
ELINOR: Ok, now we look like
we're part of a circus.
Maybe this will
help us.
ARI: Only one way
to find out!
[drum roll sounds]
ARI: [sigh]
Okay.
Here it goes!
You can do this Ari!
ARI: Wooohooo!!
I'm doing it, I'm doing it!
Whoaa whoaaa
ah... ah...
Oof.
ARI: Nope, still
not doing it.
SIGGY: Good try!
Good try, Ari!
ARI: Thanks, Siggy.
OLIVE: Let me try.
Ok...
[effort] Whoa whoa
whoa... oof!
SIGGY: [clapping]
Thanks Siggy.
ELINOR: [effort]
[grunt]
Whoa!
ELINOR: Hmm, the costumes
didn't really help us stay up.
ARI: We look really
cool, though.
OLIVE: What else
can we try?
ARI: Whoops!
A streamer
came untied.
SIGGY: I'll do it!
I can put it back.
[♪♪♪]
Woooo!
Wahoo...
Yeah! Woo-hoo!
ELINOR: Wait a second!
Siggy, how'd
you do that?
SIGGY: Do what?
Tie a knot?
Easy!
I was a squirrel
scout.
ELINOR: No, I mean how
did you skip over...
and walk across the
branch like that,
without tipping over?
SIGGY: Oh, that?
It's just something
that us squirrels do.
To keep from
falling over.
My Mom calls
it balancing.
OLIVE: Balancing!
I've heard that word.
ELINOR: How do
you do it?
SIGGY: Well, I just try to
make sure I don't lean
my body over too
far to one side.
And if I start to feel
myself tipping over...
I try to move part of
my body to the other side
to keep me up.
SIGGY: See?
If my top goes
one way,
I just stick my big tail
out the other way.
Or if my tail goes
this way,
I just stick my body or my
arms out the other way.
To balance!
OLIVE: Wow, Siggy,
that is so cool.
ELINOR: It is cool!
Maybe it's something we can
try for our circus tricks!
ARI: But...
I don't have a tail
like Siggy does.
SIGGY: No, but you
have your wings.
You could use them
to help you balance.
ARI: Okay.
[exhale]
Here goes!
Whoaa... Whaaa...
ELINOR: Ari! Put your wing
out to the other side!
ARI: Whoa! Whoa!
Whooaaaaaa....oooh!
[giggle]
ARI: Whew!
It worked!
KIDS: [cheer]
ARI: I thought I
was going to fall.
OLIVE: But you didn't!
ELINOR: Yeah, you
were tipping one way,
but then you put your
wing out the other way...
and you stayed up.
That's so interesting!
OLIVE: I want to
try it now.
Maybe I can use my
trunk to balance?
OLIVE: Okay.
Whoo... Whoooaaa...
Whooaa.
Whoooaaa!
ELINOR: Olive, move your
trunk in front of you!
OLIVE: Whoa!
[effort] Oh...
Oh... Oh...
Oh...
[gasp] I didn't fall.
ELINOR: It worked!
OLIVE: I just reached out
the other way with my trunk,
and I stayed up.
ARI: That was so cool!
OLIVE: Maybe this stilt-walking
thing isn't so hard after all.
Thanks, Siggy!
SIGGY: Aw, it's as easy
as fallin' off a log.
I mean, not falling
off a log.
ELINOR: Hmmm... Well,
I don't have wings.
And I don't
have a trunk.
But I am The
Extraordinary Elinor.
ARI: You can
do it Elinor!
We know you can.
OLIVE: We'll cheer you
on from over here.
ELINOR: Hmm, I do
have my arms...
and ears...
I'll try that!
ELINOR: It's working!
Whoa...
Ah!
ELINOR: Well it helps,
anyway.
I wish my arms and
ears were longer.
I bet that would
help me balance more.
OLIVE: [giggle] It
would be funnier.
ELINOR: [giggle]
Yeah.
I wonder how I can
get longer arms.
Hmm...
ELINOR: [gasp]
[♪]
Like this!
Maybe this'll help?
ELINOR: Drum roll, please!
ARI: [immitating drum roll]
ELINOR: [sigh]
Whoa!
[effort] Mmm...
Yes! I did it!
I really did it!
I felt I was
falling one way,
so I moved the stick the other
way, and I didn't fall.
OLIVE: You balanced!
ELINOR: We all balanced!
All thanks to Siggy.
SIGGY: [whispering]
ARI: [giggle]
Yup.
Now we can cheer.
KIDS: [cheer]
ELINOR: Ladieees and
Gentle-animals!
Let the Greatest Show
in Animal Town begin!
[♪♪♪]
KIDS: ♪ To not fall
down when you ride. ♪
♪ Just stay even
♪
♪ It's easier if you
♪
♪ You can balance
♪
KIDS: ♪ A big long tail
will help a lot ♪
♪ to keep you
♪
♪ Just put it over
♪
♪ You can balance
♪
♪ A good long stick
♪
OLIVE: ♪ I like to use my
nice, long snout ♪
ALL: ♪ Staying up is
what it's all about. ♪
♪ You can balance
♪
♪ Just practice hard,
♪
♪ You can balance
♪
AUDIENCE: [cheer]
ELINOR: Siggy, we couldn't
have done it without you!
SIGGY: Uh....
ELINOR: Come take a bow!
SIGGY: Okay!
SIGGY: Thanks,
thanks everybody.
AUDIENCE:
[cheer]
KIDS: [laugh]