Never, Never, Never 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 Open up your eyes, open up your ears

# 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!

Now presenting a play about...love.

There are all kinds of love, like this kind...

Icky, I know!

Luckily, it's just for grown-ups.

Then, there's this kind of love.

"Hi, DW. You're my best friend!

"I love you."

I love you too, Emily. That's a pretty good kind.

Then there's family love.

"I love you, DW."

"I love you, DW."

"Goo-ga, goo-ga, love you."

"Woof!"

Arthur? Arthur!

"I love you, DW."

Thanks. I love you all too. Even you, Arthur.

Then there's the best kind of love,

Grandparents' love.

"I love you, DW.

"And because I love you so very, very much, here's a present."

Oh, thank you, Grandma. I love you too.

"Wait! Here's another present.

"And another, and another.

"And another."

I have to say, Grandmas really know how to love you.

< DW? Grandma Thora's here!

Oh, boy! The end! See ya later!

Thanks, Grandma! Goodbye!

Now, where will I put you?

No.

No.

Wasn't that nice of Grandma?

Even though a half-birthday isn't really a present giving occasion.

He can go right in here.

-Aaahhh!

-Oh! DW, are you OK?

Uh-huh.

Oh, DW. This has gotten out of hand.

I wanna pack up the toys you don't use and give them to charity.

-SHE GASPS

-I'll go get some empty boxes.

What?

Why can't Dad just build me another closet?

Sorry, honey. Arthur had to do this when he was your age too.

I'll help you search through them.

You don't need these boxes. Everything fits now.

Hmm.

-DW, you haven't played with this since you were two.

-No, Mom!

Not Mr Floppy!

Oh, all right. How about this one?

SHE GASPS

Are you gonna make it easy or hard? We've talked about this before.

Not Barney!

I'll give you till next weekend to go through your toys,

but I expect you to fill at least two boxes.

You never, never, never, never, never let me have what I want!

You never, never, never, never, love me as much as Grandma does!

OK, I'll give my toys away. I'll give them all away.

But to someone who really loves me.

Listen up, everyone. I have an announcement to make.

I'm giving away ALL of my toys.

All you have to do to get them is tell me how much you love me.

-Who's first?

-I love you so much! >

More than I love Timmy, more than I love Grandma,

more than I love my Powerbots video game!

I love you even more than Tommy does.

When you play in the sandbox,

I take the sand you touch and keep it in a little jar beside my bed.

Hmm, weird.

But pretty good.

Emily? (Don't worry, you're a shoe-in!)

I don't wanna play this game.

Huh? But you're my best friend!

I know, but this is silly.

SHE GASPS You're just like my mom!

She doesn't love me either!

-Shame on you, Emily!

-DW is the most loveable person on Earth!

Urgh! Wait, Emily!

I'm not going to play this.

OK, guys. Enough!

Just come to my house on Saturday.

DOORBELL RINGS

Is DW home?

We love you, DW!

Wow, DW! You've done some strange things, but this?

Aren't you worried what Mom and Dad are gonna say?

Oh, DW! I was so wrong! Can you ever forgive me?

Please let me buy you lots of new toys to prove I love you!

Don't worry about me, Arthur. I'll be just fine.

I can't tell you who I gave them to, but it's people who really love me.

-Tibbles.

-Arthur!

If that's what you want, but I never asked you to give them all away.

Huh? Huh?

Can't sleep without your stuffed animals, huh?

I don't wanna talk about it.

Hey, I know. Knock, knock.

-Who's there?

-Orange.

-Orange who?

Orange you glad you found out who your real friends are?

SHE LAUGHS Good one, Nadine.

Hey! I know. Since the Tibbles love me so much,

I'm sure they'll let me play with my old toys.

SHE YAWNS

Now I can sleep.

Sure, you can play with your toys, DW.

We've got a really good game planned with them today.

-SHE GASPS

-Weeyah!

Peeyow!

-What are you doing?

-Playing Ambush!

Today it's Trolls versus Unicorns! Weeyah!

-SPLAT!

-Weeyah!

-Peeyow!

That's not how you play with them!

-You comb their hair and...

-Comb their hair?!

THEY LAUGH

No! I don't like this! I thought you said you loved me.

-We do love you, DW.

-But we love battles too.

Stop it right now or you can't play with my toys any more!

-They're not YOUR toys, DW.

-You gave them to US, remember?

SHE LAUGHS

DW, what happened?

Like you care!

Why don't you just tell Mom and Dad?

Mom will say it's all my fault.

She doesn't care about me. No-one does!

-But maybe you could...

-No. I have a really big homework project.

Of course! If nobody else loves me, why would you?

-Knock knock.

-Who's there?

-Uri.

-Uri who?

U-really on your own now.

DOOR OPENS

Erm... OK, I know they're your toys now,

-I just wondered if you could give me back one or two of them.

-Oh, sure.

-Really?

-Yeah. Come on in. The toys are all out back.

-SHE GASPS

-Just take your pick.

-What have you done?

-You want this one? Go ahead, take it.

SQUEAKS Stop it!

Stop it!

Huh? Pink unicorn?

Dr Wiggles, Princess Romiani? You're all OK!

These! I want these back!

Oh no, DW. Not these. These are still ours.

You can have any of those other ones.

No! You lied! You don't love me at all!

Give these...back...right now! WIND AND THUNDER

THEY LAUGH

Oh, go ahead and blow, wind! Rain on me all you want!

I know I did a bad thing and I just don't care...

Mom and Dad sent me to come get you. Are you OK?

-SOBS:Oh, Arthur!

-What happened?

The Tibbles are wrecking all my toys!

I know it's my fault. I guess I deserve it.

Here.

Hey, Tibbles! Open up!

Guys? We need to have a talk.

ARGUING INSIDE HOUSE

-Knock knock.

-Not now, Nadine.

No. I mean knock on the door. I think Arthur might need your help.

But you saw how they treated me.

I know, but looks to me like Arthur loves you a lot.

Maybe you should show how much you love him.

I guess that's what love is, huh?

It goes both ways.

Hey, Tibbles! Let me in!

Don't worry. I got them, DW.

What happened to your glasses?

Don't ask!

I'm so sorry, Arthur. You're the best brother ever!

I'm gonna save up every allowance until I buy you new ones.

That'll take years.

Then I'll figure out something else.

Buy a used toy to help the Arthur Read Glasses Fund!

And if I make enough, I wanna buy you a present too, Mom.

-That's sweet of you, honey.

-But I want to prove that I really love you.

You don't have to prove it.

I'm really sorry what I said to you last week.

You're my best friend and I really, really care about you.

-So I wanna give you this.

-Oh! Thanks, DW!

Do I have to say something for it?

No. I'm never, never, never, never, never, never, NEVER gonna ask you

to do anything like that again.

-That's a lot of "nevers"!

-That's love!

# Every day when you're walking down the street

# And everybody that you meet has an original point of view

# And I say, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #