Arthur Goes to Camp/Buster Makes the Grade 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...

Oh, that's cold!

This water is f-f-freezing!

Hey, watch it!

You know why parents send their kids to camp? For punishment.

Sure, some of it's fun, but a lot of it isn't.

It looks like a regular hamburger, right?

Wrong - it's a worm burger.

And Monday, they serve macaroni and fleas.

BUZZING

How can you sleep with hungry mosquitos?

-SCREAMS

-It can get pretty scary at night.

But the scariest thing of all is...

EXCITED VOICES

..the girls.

-Woof!

-Hi.

We want to know everything you're doing, so write every day.

Oh, Dad, do I have to?

I made it easy - they're all stamped and addressed.

Just write a note and mail them off.

All right.

Let's get a tent together. Brain, too. (He brought his collection.)

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< Arthur! Arthur!

You almost forgot your Bionic Bunny underwear!

DW!

Gimme those!

FAREWELLS ARE EXCHANGED

(Hey, Arthur.)

So, what is it?

You can't talk to Francine. She's a girl.

Here, it's always boys against girls.

-Why?

-That's a baby question.

-No, it's not.

-Why is it always boys against girls?

-Because...

As far as the girls are concerned, we're the enemy.

But I'll get the jump on them.

Grade A, industrial-strength itching powder! Just watch!

Yeugh!

LAUGHTER

Is that our camp?

That's Camp Horse Water.

Those kids are really tough.

Looks like the new batch of Meadowcroak pipsqueaks.

Wait till they see what we've got in store for them!

THEY LAUGH

Welcome. I'm Becky, your counsellor.

Circle up and I'll tell you what's planned for the next week.

We have our annual scavenger hunt against Camp Horse Water.

The winning team gets the All-Camp Scavenger Hunt Grand Trophy.

-Hey!

-(Forget it. Camp Horse Water's won it three years straight.)

Hello, everyone. Sorry I'm late. I had a hair appointment.

-Muffy won't need her fur coat.

-What if there's a chilly evening?

Where can we connect our little Muffin's air conditioner?

Oh...

Let's see - sneezing powder, stink bombs, wind-up mice.

Binky, you shouldn't pull that stuff on the girls.

-Why not?

-How would you like it if someone did that to y...?

CLANGING

What's that?

Oh, no!

GIGGLING

Hmm...

I hope you know this means war?

"Day one. Dear Mom and Dad, it's WAR!

"We made a surprise attack on the enemy today...

"..but they were too tricky."

"Tomorrow, we go head to head in the canoe race.

"It doesn't look good for our side."

All right!

-Agh!

-Ow!

"I don't know how much longer we can hold out against the girls.

"It's a secret where I'm writing from, but just get me outta here."

-SNIFFS

-What is it?

SNIFFS

Oh, no!

SCREAMING

"I, mutant creature of the slime, swear revenge on all living things.

"Tremble, humans, everywhere."

EERIE WAILING

W-What was THAT?

Nothing. Keep reading. "Nothing can stop the hideous..."

GROANING AND MOANING

Relax. It's probably Francine trying to pull another one.

Yeah, you're right. Come on - we'll teach them a lesson.

All right, Francine, we know you're out there. You don't scare us.

ALL: Ah! What's that?

M-Midnight Ghoul!

SCREAMING

See, I told you they were trying to scare us with those noises.

It wasn't us. It was the Midnight Ghoul.

FRANCINE: Hey, these aren't ghoul tracks. These are BEAR tracks.

BOYS: Bears?

A SCREAM

It's Muffy and Prunella!

THEY WAIL EERILY

OK, guys, that's enough. Let's get back to Horse Water.

Those rotten rats! Let's get 'em.

-I've a better idea.

-What, like hide in your tent?

We can fix them tomorrow at the scavenger hunt IF we work together.

-We'll have to call a truce.

-ALL DISAGREE

Well, if that's how you feel. I had a real stupendous sure-fire plan.

ALL: Arthur, wait!

The last item to find to win the scavenger hunt is a spotted frog.

Everybody ready? Scavenger hunt starts in five seconds.

..Three...two...GO!

Be careful. I hear there's a hungry bear in the woods.

A bear? OH-H!

THEY CHUCKLE

-We had a ton of balloons at the lake party.

-..Got it!

Wrong!

-I

-got it, sucker.

-Hey, that's ours!

-Come back here!

"Blue sunglasses." This one will be easy. I've got some in the tent.

-Thanks, pal.

-Hey, get out!

Give up. No way YOU'RE going to win.

Ribbit!

Hey!

Gotta be faster than that!

The only thing we found on the list is your flashlight.

We've already lost.

They're going to win! When are you going to put your plan into action?

Well, I think it's finally dark enough. OK, everybody, let's go!

THEY CHANT: We're number one! Yeah! Yeah! We're number...

GROWLING Did you hear that?

< Help!

-A bear!

-He's after us!

-Where?

-Where's the bear?

THEY GASP

GROWLING

Quick, scare him away! Throw something at him.

Hey, that bear's an awfully good catch. Something fishy's going on.

Ribbit!

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

We've won.

Ribbit.

Counsellor Becky, you'll see that our team has secured every item.

Not quite. There's one more item.

-Huh? What is it?

-A postcard.

A postcard? A postcard. Where did I put it?

Ah-ha!

CHEERING

Three cheers for us! We're a team.

THEY CHEER

THEY CHANT: Meadowcroak! Meadowcroak! We're number one! Yeah!

With the quiz only 30 seconds away, you'd think Buster would be nervous.

Luckily, Buster always stays on top of his homework.

SNORING

Ow!

He likes to bounce ideas off his friends.

And Buster usually finds something interesting in what he's reading.

Shh!

There's just one thing he forgot to do for this quiz...

Begin.

..study.

TRUMPETS LIKE AN ELEPHANT

Ms Frensky...superb.

Ms Crosswire...not bad.

Mr Read... review those multiplication tables.

Buster...

Oh!

Next Friday we will have a test on everything we learned this year...

ALL: Aw...

-..so study this weekend. Dismissed.

-BELL RINGS

Oh, Mr Baxter. Would you please stop by Principal Hainey's office?

There's something we'd like to discuss with you.

-HE KNOCKS

-Come in.

Mom, Grandma! What are your guys doing here?

It's nothing to worry about, dear.

SHE WEEPS

Really, Mrs Baxter, it's not as bad as... Although, this IS serious,

but nothing a little elbow grease - a LOT of elbow grease -

can't fix...hopefully.

Sit down, Buster.

Then Mr Ratburn said I had to get a B on the test next week or else...

"You won't join your friends in the fourth grade."

-What?! That's terrible!

-How can we go to the fourth grade without you?

How am I going to get a B? I can barely name the 30 states of America!

Buster, there are 50 states.

See how dumb I am?

Oh, it's hopeless.

Hey, Buster, how's it going? Grab a stool.

Hiya, gang.

- He's not even worried. - He'll never get out of third grade.

Mr Baxter!

If a boy in third grade is eight years old, how old will he be

if he repeats it 33 times?

Er... I don't know.

SIGHS HEAVILY

Well, there's always next year.

What are we gonna do?

Wait! I know just the person to help us. Come on!

You want me to help Buster study? You're kidding, right?

We figured if anybody knew about being held back, it was you.

Hey...that's right! I'm an expert. And I know just what Buster needs.

What Buster needs is a tutor.

What's a tutor? A private teacher.

Mine's Mr Bagelman. He helps me study.

Binky, that's perfect! You're a genius.

Tutor, huh?

Sounds like a great idea. We're on our way to play kick ball. Come on.

It's NEVER going to work.

-Unless it's a tutor who plays ball.

-Hold it.

-Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

-We just pound him?

-No.

-Maybe Buster needs somebody his own age.

-ALL of us can be his tutors?

ALL: Yeah!

Buster, wake up!

Your English tutor is here.

Oh, it's just you, Arthur.

I'll leave you two to your work.

Hey, Arthur, good plan. You fooled her completely.

Hurry. We can get to the park before the game starts.

We're not going to the park today.

-What?

-Get your books. We're going to study.

Study?!

-SNORING

-Buster, wake up.

-What?!

You fell asleep again.

Oh, sorry.

HE HUMS

-Buster!

-What...?

Stay awake! This book's on the test and you've barely read a chapter.

Oh, it's this room - it makes me sleepy.

Maybe if we study outside...

You're out!

-Buster, you're not paying attention.

-Sure I am - he was safe!

-Paying attention to the BOOK.

-Oh, yeah.

It's just so hard to keep my eyes on the page.

Hey, I know. Why don't you read to me?

All right. "Chapter One. Alice was beginning to get very tired

"of sitting on the bank and of having nothing to do."

Just like you.

Buster?

What do you mean? He was safe!

He's out!

It's no use. Buster's just not interested in studying.

He's not worried about the big test.

'The only thing he worries about is if he's going to get seconds.'

We bought double-dip peanut fudge to help teach you division.

They weren't cheap, so you better get everything right.

There are 20 pieces.

If you and I were going to split them, how many would we each get?

Right. That's dividing by two. Now, divide by three - Muffy, you and me.

Wrong!

No, now you have more. It's not equal.

Oh.

Is it equal now?

Wrong. No, it's not.

Well, then...

..how about now?

F, Mr Baxter. I give you an F!

It's time to take drastic action.

He's hopeless. Leave it to me. I can make him pay attention.

"In 1776, Thomas Jefferson, who later became third President of the US,

"wrote the Declaration of Independence."

SNORING

Buster!

Thank you, thank you. It was nothing.

Whoops!

BOTH: Buster!

Colorado, Utah, Nevada and...

..California.

Buster!

I'm doomed.

-Well, you still have tonight.

-To learn EVERYTHING.

Don't worry, third grade's a lot easier the second time around...

or the third.

I'll be your friend, even when the other fourth graders pick on you.

Thanks.

We'll see each other in lunch line.

I guess.

I'm sure going to miss you. So long.

'Third grade's a lot easier the second time around...or the third.'

I'm...here to see the Principal.

Ah, Buster, I have good news.

I can move on to the fourth grade at last?

No, but where you'll be going, you can nap and play all day.

-Free school, Buster.

-Please, Arthur, don't do it!

I can do better. I know I can. I KNOW I can!

I KNOW I can.

"Hold these truths to be self...

"..evident."

Self-evident.

Agh!

Sorry, Steve. I wish I could play, but I gotta study.

9 x 9 is...81!

I have graded last week's tests. Most of them were very good,

-but some of you may be disappointed.

-You gave it your best shot, Buster.

-That's all you could do.

-The second graders have a great softball team.

Good... Not bad...

Illegible.

Well, Mr Baxter.

Congratulations. A miraculous but well-deserved...

B+.

-You did it, Buster!

-Yeah, but I did have some help. Thanks, guys.

Mr Read, you, on the other hand, need to work on your division.

Perhaps Buster could give you a few pointers.

# And I say, 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

# 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!

# What a wonderful kind of day

# What a wonderful kind of day HEY! #