0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:26# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Listen to the rhythm of the street
0:00:29 > 0:00:33# Get together and make things better By working together
0:00:33 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day - hey! What a wonderful kind of day - HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey, DW!- Hey...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Oh...
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Mmm, there's nothing to this writing business.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17I'm writing a story for class everybody will like.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Astounding! Stupendous! Tremendous!
0:01:21 > 0:01:27Arthur, this is the best thing I have ever read!
0:01:27 > 0:01:33Absolutely, positively, indisputably fantastic!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Mmm... Hm-mm...
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Mmm...
0:01:39 > 0:01:45Ratburn, the boy IS a born writer. I'll call my publisher friend.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53There's nothing written on that!
0:01:54 > 0:02:01- I thought you were writing a story. - How can I with YOU bothering me?!
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Once upon a time... No, no, that's no good.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09No, that wouldn't be right.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15Everybody's definitely going to like it, but first I have to write it.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20BARKING Wait! Come back!
0:02:20 > 0:02:22WOOF!
0:02:22 > 0:02:29For your homework, learn these 60 spelling words and 30 history dates.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33For tonight's homework, find two words that rhyme.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Tomorrow, you'll be quizzed on it.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Tomorrow, we'll put your rhymes together and make a fun song.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46What if we only find one word that rhymes?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Arthur, have you copied the problems already?
0:02:50 > 0:02:55For Friday, write a true story or one from your imagination.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01- Should we have it published? - Not necessary, Muffy.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Everyone will read it to the class.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08BELL RINGS
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- I can't decide what to write. - Me neither.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I like to be TOLD what to do.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Spring, thing - my homework's done.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22What rhymes with orange?
0:03:22 > 0:03:28My problem is I have so many story ideas, each better than the next.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33- Like what, Francine?- This princess has to give her baby to a troll.
0:03:33 > 0:03:40- That's one.- Isn't that a story already?- Not that I'm aware of.
0:03:40 > 0:03:47- Is the troll called Rumpelstiltskin? - No. Her name is Big Wilma.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52- What about you, Arthur?- I know exactly what I'll write about.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55It'll be the best story in class.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01DW, would you please stop reading over my shoulder?
0:04:01 > 0:04:07- I KNOW you can't read.- Why don't you draw pictures so I can follow along?
0:04:07 > 0:04:15- Mom! DW is bothering me while I do my homework.- I'm just interested.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- OK, I'm writing about how I got Pal. - WOOF!
0:04:19 > 0:04:26- But that was just a weird happening. - It'll be the best story in class.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32"I wanted a dog, but I had to prove I could handle the responsibility.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37"So I started Arthur's Pet Business. I nearly lost Mrs Wood's nasty dog."
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Hi, Mrs Wood. Guess what - Arthur lost your dog.
0:04:42 > 0:04:49Perky?! My poor helpless baby's out in the world alone and unprotected?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I feel sorry for the world.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Hey, everybody, come here!
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- Over here! Perky had puppies! - Aw-w-w-w-w!
0:05:02 > 0:05:07- "And I got to keep one." - That is SUCH a boring story.
0:05:07 > 0:05:13- You think so?- Does it have to be real life? Your life is SO dull.
0:05:13 > 0:05:20- I don't want to bore everyone.- If it was about how you got an elephant...
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Now, THAT would be a good story!
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Mrs Wood, Arthur lost your pet! Perky?!
0:05:30 > 0:05:37My poor helpless baby's out in the world alone and unprotected?!
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Look! She had puppies!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Elephant puppies!
0:05:46 > 0:05:53"I got to keep a baby elephant and named him Pal." What d'you think?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I guess it's OK.
0:05:55 > 0:06:01What can I do, Buster? I want everybody to like it.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07I'm writing science fiction. The best stories are in outer space.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Mmm...
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Moo!
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Mrs Wood, Arthur lost your pet.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24What? Perky?
0:06:24 > 0:06:29My poo-oor helpless ba-a-aby
0:06:29 > 0:06:33is out in the world a-alone and unprotected?
0:06:33 > 0:06:39There's Perky! And she had puppies! Elephant puppies!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42That's scientifically inaccurate.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48An elephant would weigh less, but wouldn't float up to the ceiling!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50So you don't like it?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52R-ROTTEN!
0:06:52 > 0:06:57What would make it interesting to you?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01It needs solid research, like mine.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07It's about the similarities between modern amphibians and dinosaurs.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12You can find out everything you need at the library.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Hi, Arthur!- Hi, Francine.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23- What are those science books for? - I'm researching for my story.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Ahem... "I love my pet five-toed mammal of the genera Loxodonia.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Your pet what?
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- Elephant!- Arthur, you can barely SAY those words.
0:07:36 > 0:07:42- Who's going to understand that story? - What should I do? It's for Friday.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Better work harder on it.- Oh!
0:07:48 > 0:07:53I was on the moon... No, a new galaxy - Tranflaz. Yeah.
0:07:53 > 0:08:00- Hi, Arthur.- On Tranflaz, elephants are blue and the corn is purple.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Ahem!
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I was thinking about blue elephants.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Why didn't I become a tree surgeon like Mother wanted?
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Maybe orange elephants are better. Or plaid.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21- Did you put your clean clothes away? - What? Oh, yeah, Mom.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Invisible elephants...? Too obvious!
0:08:26 > 0:08:32Do kids wear clothes chilled now? What is that boy thinking?
0:08:32 > 0:08:38This is the story of how I got my pet striped elephant from space.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41"The end." ..You didn't like it?
0:08:41 > 0:08:46Where was the love story? It needs a love story?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Yeah.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51BOTH: Yeah.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Kiss me, you fool!
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I can't do it!
0:08:58 > 0:09:02ALL: Shhhh!
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- EVERYBODY'S story will be better. - HIC!
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- That's probably not true. - What do you think?
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I think you need another soda.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- Last year, a kid wrote a country song and got an A+.- Really?
0:09:20 > 0:09:27That kid was ME. Mr Ratburn thought I should send it to a record company.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30You got an A+?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Mmm...
0:09:31 > 0:09:34HIC!
0:09:36 > 0:09:44# Now this little boy can go home And enjoy his own striped elephant
0:09:44 > 0:09:46# Yee-ha!
0:09:46 > 0:09:53# You will see how happy he will be Here on planet Shmelafin. #
0:09:53 > 0:09:56"..The end."
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Very good.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08It was originally planet Tranflaz, but that didn't rhyme with elephant.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14- Did you like it?- It was confusing, but YOU did it, so I loved it.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Confusing?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Well...just a little, tiny bit.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Don't worry what I think. Write it however you want it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32I don't know. I just want everybody to like it.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39All the kids at school like Bionic Bunny.
0:10:41 > 0:10:49# Now this little boy can go home And enjoy his own striped elephant
0:10:49 > 0:10:51# Yee-ha!
0:10:51 > 0:10:54# You'll see how happy he'll be... #
0:10:54 > 0:10:58# Here on planet Shmelafin. #
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Bad-um.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Did this really happen?
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Well, sort of. It started out as a story of how I got my dog.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13- It did?- I thought it might be too boring.- I'd like to hear it.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18Don't worry about what you think people WANT to hear.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Tell it the way means most to you.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Ahem...
0:11:26 > 0:11:29'Pretty soon I had too many pets.
0:11:31 > 0:11:39'The worst was Perky! The day she was to go home, she disappeared.'
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Anybody seen Perky? Perky?!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Come here, Perky!
0:11:47 > 0:11:49'But then...'
0:11:49 > 0:11:54I got to keep one of the puppies, and that's my dog, Pal.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57CHEERING
0:11:57 > 0:12:02Everyone thought that was a very good story.
0:12:02 > 0:12:09You deserve a sticker. I'll put it on YOU as the story isn't on paper.
0:12:09 > 0:12:16- But I do expect you to write it down and hand it in tomorrow.- Yes, sir.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Hey, did that really happen?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Yeah.- Cool!
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Look at his eyes. This is not a smart dog.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43- He does lots of tricks, so he is. - I don't think so.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Roll over. WOOF!
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Roll over, Pal. HE WHINES
0:12:50 > 0:12:55See? Your dog is dopey. He doesn't understand anything.
0:13:07 > 0:13:14I think he'd even starve if you had to be smart to get food.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Watch.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Pal, sit up!
0:13:19 > 0:13:22See? Nothing!
0:13:23 > 0:13:28I guess he's just not as smart as you, DW(!)
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I've been trying this for days!
0:13:32 > 0:13:35BURP!
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- WOOF!- Hi!
0:13:42 > 0:13:48Downtown Day, Ellwood City, is celebrated on the streets.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59Guess how many pickles! Win valuable cheese!
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- Free Ellwood City Day jokes! - I'll take a joke, sir.
0:14:06 > 0:14:12What do you get when you cross a jar of peanut butter and an elephant?
0:14:12 > 0:14:18An elephant that sticks to the roof of your mouth.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Free giveaways! Free giveaways!
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Sample pencils.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36BOOING
0:14:36 > 0:14:44What did you think? They have the name of the bank on them. Anybody?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Free balloons! Free balloons!
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Baboo... STARTS TO CRY
0:15:07 > 0:15:10You want your pacifier?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17No, she wants her bunny.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20No, she wants a bite of pizza.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23See?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- WOOF! - Pal, sit!
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Hey, I've got it. Let me have that, DW.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Kate, ever seen this?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56PH-WH-EE-EE-EE...
0:15:56 > 0:16:00SHE WAILS Buster, don't. The noise bothers her.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09Well, it's not a diaper-related problem. ..What is it, Kate?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Oh, she wants Arthur to push her.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I can't. I'm holding onto Pal.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24Pal, sit! ..He's trying to get away from Kate's crying.
0:16:24 > 0:16:31- I can hold him.- I don't think so. - ..Mom, I'm old enough, aren't I?
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Arthur, let DW take Pal and you push Kate, please!
0:16:41 > 0:16:43She must be hungry. Let's have lunch.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48Maybe she's sitting on a bee. I'D cry at that.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51KATE KEEPS CRYING
0:17:15 > 0:17:18What did you do, DW?!
0:17:18 > 0:17:22I didn't do anything! Your goofy dog escaped.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27Pal! Pal! ..Come on, Buster, we have to find Pal.
0:17:27 > 0:17:33Let's get a table in the restaurant first so you know where to find us.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52Why not get a new dog? Look at THAT dog's eyes.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56He looks intelligent - HE'D never get lost.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Yeugh!
0:17:58 > 0:18:04- Arthur, we'll sit at THAT table while you search.- Come on, Buster!
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Pal!- Pal!
0:18:23 > 0:18:26'Attention! A dog has been found.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- 'Would its owner report to the Town Hall Lost and Found?'- Town Hall!
0:18:41 > 0:18:45WOOF! WOOF!
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Achoo! Go away. I'm allergic to dogs.
0:18:49 > 0:18:56ACHOO! ACHOO! ..Come this way, kids. I have to get away from the dog.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58ACHOO!
0:18:58 > 0:19:01WOOF!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Can you get him outta here?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06WOOF...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13GROWLS
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- You found a dog?- Yes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Here he is.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Yeugh! - YEUGH!
0:19:26 > 0:19:32Hey, do you think Pal ran away because he doesn't like me any more?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Let's start a full-scale search.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40You take this side of the street. I'll take that side.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45SCREAMING
0:19:49 > 0:19:54CRYING STARTS AGAIN Katy, what's wrong?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Hey, any of you seen this dog?
0:20:08 > 0:20:14- I told you I haven't seen any dog! - Can I look in your bag, ma'am?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Pal?
0:20:17 > 0:20:23- I brought that dog to Lost and Found in Town Hall ten minutes ago.- Thanks!
0:20:26 > 0:20:29That looks like Arthur's dog.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Is that you, Pal?
0:20:34 > 0:20:39BARKS What a rude little dog!
0:20:41 > 0:20:48- Arthur!- I can't talk.- I just saw your dog. He ran past the cinema.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53He was SO rude. He was totally out of control.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59How rude! It's easy to see where the dog gets it.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03We'll help find him. We will?
0:21:03 > 0:21:07KATY WAILS There's Arthur.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Arthur, we've got to get Kate home. She might be sick.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Dad, we haven't found Pal. We can't go now!
0:21:15 > 0:21:23Dad'll drive you back to search. And we can make lost dog signs.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28I knew you couldn't hold onto the leash!
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Pal!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39You found me!
0:21:40 > 0:21:42WOOF! WOOF!
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Pal...you ran away from me.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48What did I do wrong?
0:21:51 > 0:21:57- He hates me.- I told you I didn't let him go. He was escaping from you.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59DW!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Ah... Ah... Ah... Ah...
0:22:15 > 0:22:16ACHOO!
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Get away!
0:22:21 > 0:22:25ACHOO! ..My balloons!
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Get off me!
0:22:29 > 0:22:31ACHOO!
0:22:36 > 0:22:41You stupid dog! Come back with my balloons!
0:22:41 > 0:22:45It's Pal! Quick!
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Pal, let go!
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Why won't he let go?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I got him!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Huh?!
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I told you he was rude.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13Why make lost dog signs if he doesn't want to come home?
0:23:13 > 0:23:18If that's what he wants, I want him to be happy.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20SNIFFING >
0:23:20 > 0:23:26- Well, look who's here! Did the dog-catcher bring you home?- Pal!
0:23:26 > 0:23:32- KATY IS STILL CRYING - Come here, dog!
0:23:35 > 0:23:39SHE CHUCKLES Your dog almost jumped on the baby.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45- Take him out.- He likes me again! - How did you get Kate to stop?
0:23:45 > 0:23:51I don't know. I guess we'll never know what was bothering her.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56# And I say, hey!
0:23:56 > 0:24:01# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:24:01 > 0:24:04# And get along with each other
0:24:04 > 0:24:06# You gotta listen to your heart
0:24:06 > 0:24:12# Listen to the beat Listen to the rhythm of the street
0:24:12 > 0:24:17# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:24:17 > 0:24:22# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:24:22 > 0:24:28# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:24:28 > 0:24:32# What a wonderful kind of day! HEY! #
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Subtitles by Carolyn Donaldson BBC Scotland 2000