DW's Imaginary Friend/Arthur's Lost Library Books Arthur

# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

# Listen to the rhythm of the street

# Get together and make things better By working together

# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

-What a wonderful kind of day

# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other

# What a wonderful kind of day - hey! What a wonderful kind of day - HEY! #

-Hey, DW!

-Hey...

Oh...!

-Door! >

-DW, sit.

Nadine's hungry too.

Here, Nadine.

-Trays?

-Closet.

-Smoke?

-Rolls!

Here, Nadine, have some cauliflower.

-Mom, Nadine wants her bisgetti cut up too.

-Coming through.

-Dad! You're on her tail!

-Wooaah!

If you don't have a little sister, you probably think it's really cool,

but DW is a different story.

It's bad enough when she gives her friends tours of my room.

Here's Stanley. He doesn't want you to know he still sleeps with him!

Now for the really good stuff.

Up here's the secrets box he thinks nobody knows about.

But now that she has a friend no-one can see, it's even worse!

Oh, Nadine! Look what you did to Arthur.

Wait! Come back!

Nadine says she's sorry, Daddy.

That's all right. Just finish your dinner and no more monkey business.

I can't come here any more, DW.

Your brother hates me. I know it.

He does not, Nadine. Arthur really, really likes you.

-I gave him a picture of you to hang up.

-Really?!

-PHONE RINGS

-I got it!

-Hello!

-..Channel 4, quick!

'Coming to Wonder World on Saturday. You'll twirl, whirl, and hurl!

'The all-new Hurl-A-Whirl. Sick bags provided.'

Barf bags!

Can I go to the opening of the Hurl-A-Whirl on Saturday? Please!

Arthur, you have bisgetti on your ear.

So, can I go? Can I, Dad?

I'll think about it, Arthur, but right now... Aha!

-But, Dad, barf bags are provided!

-I want a barf bag!

I want a barf bag too! Let me go!

OK, OK, sure.

-All right!

-Nadine too?

-Nadine too.

BUSTER: 'Nadine?! She'll wreck everything!'

Having DW hanging around is bad enough.

-Say, do you want that cherry cobbler? I'll trade half my tuna sandwich.

-OK.

Thanks!

If her invisible friend's there, it's going to be a gazillion times worse.

Hmm!

Arthur, Nadine's scared! Stop the ride!

Stop the ride!

Aggh!

Nadine, see what you did?

Who's she talking to?

Pretend friend. What babies!

Arthur's a baby!

THEY CHANT Baby! Baby! Baby!

We gotta stop her!

Prunella, you like reading, right?

Trade my library card for some cake.

Don't worry. I'll work something out.

Have some of my chocolate swirls.

Swirls?!

Wait a minute - that's it!

DW, if you can't take this, you'll never take the Hurl-A-Whirl.

Do your worst!

-I think it's working!

-Yeah!

How many's that, Nadine?

60.

Only 40 left.

I'll do some headfirst - it's harder.

-Feeling any better now?

-Yeah...I think.

-How long's it been?

-This is nothing. If you're feeling sick now...

I'm not sick. It's getting late. You know how Buster's mother worries.

Ooops! Oh, no! Gotta go. Call you tomorrow!

It's good to test me. I may not have been ready for the Twirly-Whirl.

It's the Hurl-A-Whirl, DW.

How can you go on it if you can't say the name?

I AM going on the Hurly-Whirl!

I proved I'm brave enough, didn't I?

-OK, OK.

-Nadine will probably scream like crazy.

Might have to stop the ride for her.

Hope there's bisgetti tonight. Nadine's hungry.

Hey, who knows? Maybe she'll forget about it.

-It's not like she's camped out all morning, waiting for us.

-Actually...

If she left Nadine behind, it might not be so bad.

'There's only one thing left.

-'Pretend to be sick.'

-Hey, that's it!

-Everybody will think you're just scared of the Hurl-A-Whirl.

-Not me!

Can I stop spinning now, DW?

If you can't take this, you'll never be able to take the Hurly-Whirl.

Keep spinning.

-Hey, DW!

-Don't bother trying anything funny, Arthur.

-I'm coming and that's that.

-I know, I know.

Say, does Nadine look funny to you?

-That's a chair. Nadine's over there, spinning.

-Oh, sure.

I meant, did you notice those spots on her face?

Spots?! What spots?

Didn't the Tibble twins have chicken pox?

-Maybe you brought the germs home from preschool?

-Chicken pox?!

Oh, no, poor Nadine!

You'll have to stay home. I'll go get the thermometer.

I'll understand if you want to stay.

Nice try!

It's just for a few hours.

-Nadine will be fine.

-We have to go and get her.

-She's lonely.

-We can't go back now.

We're already here. Everyone's here. Anyway, Nadine's just pretend!

-How come you said you could see her?

-I lied!

Then she's not sick. Let's get her.

-Only babies have invisible friends.

-Hear that?

Everyone's waiting for me. She wants to ruin everything.

Wait a minute. Do you hear something?

-It's coming from in here.

-What is it?

It's Nadine!

You came, Nadine! You came!

Oh, aren't we lucky(?)

-Tickets, everybody.

-Can I go in?

Remember - you only have a few orange tickets. Use them carefully.

-Are you ready?

-Let's go!

Two orange tickets, please. Hands and arms inside all the time. And here.

-What are these?

-Sickness bags.

Barf bags!

-Oh, we're gonna die.

-Let's pick our speed.

Whirl, twirl, blend, whip, liquify!

Liquify!

THEY SCREAM

Oh, I wish I could keep this thing, but I think my mom would freak.

-What's next?

-I know!

I could ride that thing forever.

There you are! Wanna go on the Hurl-A-Whirl?

We used our last tickets. I only have green left.

They're just for the merry-go-round.

-Arthur! Arthur!

-Well, see you around, Arthur.

We were looking everywhere for you. Nadine has something to show you.

-Let's go on the merry-go-round.

-Who's Nadine?

-Race you. ..See you later.

-But I don't want to!

Arthur, wait, it's important.

-Francine and I are busy.

-What's the matter with you?

I... Oh, well, you'll see in a second.

Arthur, Nadine found these.

They're tickets for the Hurly-Whirl.

We found them. Nadine said, "Give them to Arthur."

She wants to be your friend.

She did? ..She does?

-Well, what are you waiting for? Let's get in line.

-See you later.

Just a sec. I'll be right back.

There's an extra ticket, DW. Wanna ride with us?

You know you're tough enough.

Oh, I know I'm tough enough, only...

(Nadine thinks she might get scared.)

We'll go when she's more grown up.

It's good she has a friend like you.

Plus, if we keep looking, we might find tickets for the merry-go-round,

since you love it so much!

< Arthur, hurry up!

Coming! ..Here, take my green tickets.

-When I get back, I'll go on any ride you and Nadine want.

-Any ride?

Me and my big mouth!

Arthur sure is lucky to have YOU for a little sister, DW.

You're so right, Nadine.

Because you've been a good girl, I'll give you a tour of his room.

Hang on, Nadine.

Huh?

The library's great.

It's got all kinds of music to listen to...

..story time for kids.

Aggh!

Whoa! I'm not eating that. It's spoiled!

And books for everybody.

Chalk is derived from fossilised seashells.

I'm reading sports rules to see how much better I am than everybody else.

-Like to challenge me?

-Sorry, Francine, Buster just called me.

No, I didn't.

-What are you reading?

-A joke book.

What do you call two banana peels?

I don't know.

A pair of slippers!

I love it here. Last week I never thought they'd let me in again.

< Sshh!

Chapter 1.

Arthur Goes To The Library.

I'll get this one and...

Wow! I'll have to read that!

-This too.

-Why not just take one?

One? I wanna read them all.

And this one too.

-You're one under the limit.

-I can take one more?

The new Scare Your Pants Off is in.

Wow! The Mysterious Hand.

Brand new! No-one has ever opened it!

You have enough books already.

You can't read them all in two weeks.

Give it to me!

I wanna read it first, then you can.

Don't be a pig! That's too many!

-You have enough.

-This isn't too many.

You're mad cos you were too slow.

Oh, man!

Chapter 2.

One Week Later.

-Arthur!

-What? What, Mom?

-I found this in the laundry.

-Be careful with library books.

-I AM careful.

-Aren't they due soon?

-Next week. I still have a couple left to read.

I'll give you two of these for one of those, and two more for that one.

Is that one of your library books?

Oh, yeah. How did it get out here?

Was The Mysterious Hand good?

Oh, wow! I forgot I had that one.

No-one else did. There's a list to take it out after you return it.

I'll start it tonight.

Hmm!

-What are you hiding from?

-I'm not. I'm looking for The Mysterious Hand.

-There it is.

-..Ow!

-Where is it?

-Over here!

-DW!

-Mom, Arthur's chasing me!

Where did I put it?

I looked at those books when you came home.

-You didn't have that one.

-I didn't?

Someone could have taken it when I was leaving the library.

This calls for detective work. I'll call Buster.

Wait! I can't call Buster. He's a suspect.

Everybody's a suspect.

No, not everybody.

There's one person who would never want to read that book, or any book.

You want me to help you find out who took some dopey book?

You're the only one who can help me. You don't even read comic strips.

If they were good, they'd be on TV.

-What do you want me to do?

-We have to cleverly narrow down the suspects.

-Do I get a badge?

-No.

Chapter 3.

The Investigation.

Aggh!

Hi, Brain.

I've narrowed it down to three -

Buster Baxter, Francine Franski and Sue Ellen Armstrong.

-How did you do?

-Everyone I talked to was afraid. Very suspicious.

Why don't I focus on my suspects and you focus on yours?

Right.

Do you like my drawing?

This looks like The Mysterious Hand.

-I just read it.

-I should've known it was you!

Just give me the book back and I won't tell anyone.

It's MY book. I had to buy it cos you had the library's only copy.

Hey!

-Arthur, I didn't take that book.

-What do you mean?

Muffy says you think I stole it. You lost it.

I told you you had too many books.

-Where is it?

-What?

-Come on, hand it over.

-Hey, Binky.

You have to tell them WHAT you want.

If they took it, they'll know. There's another suspect. ..Hey, you!

-Arthur, Francine says you think

-I

-stole The Mysterious Hand.

-It's gone. You wanted it.

-You probably lost it.

I've looked absolutely everywhere.

-Maybe giant mutant mole people took it!

-Oh, right(!)

I don't have it. You got it? No.

All I can say is, you'd better find it because we all wanna read it.

Chapter 4.

It's Lost.

OK? Face it. You lost it.

ECHOEY VOICES

'We know you're in there.

'We know you're in there.'

Throw out the book gently, son, and no-one will get hurt.

You can't escape the long arm of the law.

ARTHUR SCREAMS

-Oh, no!

-We have special rules for little boys who lose library books.

Huh?!

-Arthur, what's this?

-It's how I have to check out library books now.

HE SCREAMS

Next time, don't make me use the crank.

You're not gonna find the book in your cereal.

You'll have to pay for the book.

Fifteen dollars?! That's three action figures!

Oh-h!

Did you enjoy all the books?

All except the one I lost - The Mysterious Hand.

-I'll have to pay for it.

-It's not lost.

That boy just returned it.

Huh?

Binky, you found it! You found it!

-Who had it?

-..A boy from school.

-Which boy?

Me.

Very funny! No, who really had it?

Me!

I found it on the sidewalk.

I started reading it. It's really good.

I never thought it was yours. You'd never throw a library book down.

-As nobody had it, I figured it might be your one.

-Why didn't you tell me?

-I thought you'd laugh at me.

-I wouldn't laugh at you.

-You just did.

-Oh, yeah. Sorry.

-Don't blab it around that I'm reading books...

or else!

Since I didn't read that book, can I check it out again?

Sorry, you can't renew it. There's a waiting list.

Oh-h!

The End!

Scared you, didn't I?

Wooaah!

Subtitles by Sarah Aitken BBC Scotland 2001

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