For the Birds Arthur

# Every day when you're walking down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view... # SHE LAUGHS

-# And I say, hey! #

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day If you 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, rhythm of the street

# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!

# Get together, 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

# If you can learn to work and play

-# And get along with each other...#

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day... # Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day. # HEY!

Hey! DW!

-Hey!

-Whoa!

-THUMP!

-Oh!

Oh, I didn't expect to see you out here.

I'm looking for something very rare.

In fact, it's so rare, I shouldn't even be talking about it.

HE GRUNTS

I plan on being the first person ever to get it on film.

What's the rarest thing you've ever seen?

This doughnut. See? It has no hole!

I found it years ago in a diner in Tuscaloosa.

-Buster, that's just a roll.

-It is?

MUNCHING

Hey, you're right!

Mmm...and the butter's still good!

I'll tell you what's rare.

Slip Bunfield of Elwood City Grebes getting a hit.

-He's the worst player ever!

-CROWD BOOS

You know what's not rare? This steak au poivre. Waiter!

It's the last time we come to the Chateau Marmoset.

Muffy, that's a completely different meaning of rare.

-I'm talking about...

-BIRDS CHEEP

-HE GASPS

-Er, I have to go!

Bye, enjoy the show! Don't follow me!

THEY GASP

MUFFY SCREAMS

RADIO: 'Welcome to Nature News.

'I'm your host, Dale Drowsman.

'We'll be talking about the green-tailed grebe,

'long thought to be extinct.

-'It may have been sighted in the woods around Elwood City.'

-What?!

'Here's Professor Conrad Twitter on the subject.

'It was him, no doubt about it.

'I didn't have my camera so I can't prove it.

'But I did get a recording of his call.'

CHIRPING

RADIO CHANNEL CHANGES

'..Whoever takes a picture of the green-tailed grebe

'will no doubt go down in history.

'Next, we'll be exploring...'

For your contributions to the field of ornithology.

-APPLAUSE

-Wow, my third Nobel Prize.

RECORDING OF CHIRPING PLAYS

Alan. What a surprise.

Mr Ratburn.

-What are you doing here?

-Bird-watching.

It's been a pastime since I was a child.

-Me too!

-You know, I once saw a bald eagle on this very spot!

September 22nd, 1998.

It's here on my life list.

What's a life list?

A record of every species of bird I've ever seen.

RATBURN GASPS

I believe that's a Bohemian waxwing. Very odd for this time of year.

-Where you looking for a particular bird?

-Actually...

I was looking for...

I would have liked to share this with my student, Alan Powers.

Without him, I wouldn't have looked for the grebe.

But since they can't cut it in half...

I guess I'll have to keep the whole thing myself! Woo-hoo!

APPLAUSE

Yes, Alan? You were saying?

Oh, yes, I was looking for a... goldfinch.

Ah, Carduelis tristis.

Not rare in these parts - beautiful nonetheless.

Goldfinches tend to thrive around weeds. Follow me.

Ha-ha! A bird-watching club? Who'd wanna join that?

I don't know, it could be fun! Don't you hunt for butterflies?

Butterflies are different. It's OK to like them - they're bugs.

It says there'll be trips into the forest.

Oh! That's where Skunkamunka is supposed to live.

The giant orange ape-man with the terrible odour?

He was in that episode of Monster Mysteries.

He's only ever been caught on tape once.

TV: 'It's Skunkamunka! And the smell is unbearable. Oh!'

Some people think he's the missing link!

The missing link between a bad show and people who'll believe anything.

Say what you want, Brain, I think he's real.

-A bird-watching club? And you're both in it?

-Uh-huh.

Mr Ratburn just posted it.

I always thought I'd win for finding Skunkamunka.

Instead, it was for the green-tailed grub.

Grebe! It's called the green-tailed grebe, you simpleton!

Er...what he said.

APPLAUSE

-Are you going to join too?

-Of course.

But...I really don't think you guys should.

There's snakes and bugs and wild animals in those woods.

There are? I'm there!

BRAIN SIGHS

These guides will help identify the birds.

You're not just looking, you're listening.

Every bird has a distinctive call.

Since when are YOU interested in bird-watching?

Oh, I'm not. I just wanted an excuse to try out my new camera.

-The imp. It has 6,000 megapixels, the biggest zoom lense ever.

-Ah!

See? A perfect shot of your nose hairs.

Mr Ratburn?

We should split into two groups.

It could improve our chances of seeing birds.

Good idea. Binky and Muffy, come with me.

There may be some herons by the marsh.

OK.

The most important thing is that you're both really quiet. And...

-HE SNIFFS

-What's that smell?

I brought some French cheese. It's called Vieux-Boulogne.

-The odour might attract Skunkamunka.

-Eugh! Put that away!

There are flies around it.

This is going to be a very long day.

See? It's attracting things already.

Hey, check out that pine tree. I think there's a woodpecker.

It's really big! Hey, Brain, what do you think? Is it a woodpecker?

-Is it pecking at the wood?

-Yeah.

Then it's a woodpecker. Now keep it down.

-Why are you so grumpy?

-Yeah!

And we've found five birds already. You haven't found one.

I thought you were good at this.

I don't want you to ruin my chance of seeing the green-tailed...

Green-tailed what?

The green-tailed...mouse. No, I mean grouse. Ohh.

Oh, forget it, I'm looking for the green-tailed grebe.

It's a really rare bird that no-one's ever photographed before.

Don't worry, Brain, my lips are sealed.

"Have you seen this bird? Join the bird-watching club and you might!"

Help find the green-tailed grebe right here in Elwo...

Oh, morning, Brain.

You're looking...big today.

You said your lips were sealed!

They were. But then they got unsealed.

I think it was around breakfast.

You've ruined my chances of making a scientific discovery.

I was trying to help.

If more people look for it, we'll have a better chance.

There! Now there's room for one more person. I quit!

WALRUS ROARS

ALL CHATTER AT ONCE

Hey! There's a green-tailed lizard.

WHISTLE BLOWS

Settle down, everyone.

We're here to see all birds, not just green-tailed grebes.

Can we split into teams?

Winners will get a bigger cut of prize money.

Once and for all, there's no prize money, Muffy.

But, yes, splitting into teams might be a good idea.

Goody. You two can carry lunch.

Hey, where's Buster? Didn't he start this grebe thing?

He said he wasn't feeling well. Whoa!

-Check out that cool caterpillar!

-That's a woolly bear - dime-a-dozen.

BINKY GASPS

But look what it's in!

What animal could have made that?

-MUFFY SNIFFS

-Euch.

One of you needs to invest in some deodorant.

BINKY SNIFFS

LOW GROWLING

Er...er...um...

RUSTLING

ALL: Aaaaargh!

-It's Skunkamunka!

-THEY SCREAM

LOW GROWLING

ALL SCREAM

GROWLING STOPS

Alan. If you decide to join us again,

the bird-watching club will be meeting at the Lands' End park,

-not the forest.

-Why?

Apparently, someone thought they saw a monster -

the stinky monkey or something. Now they're all afraid to go back.

-RUSTLING Hi.

-Buster?

What you doing here?

Oh, wait, you must be trying to get footage of the Skunkamunka.

Actually, no. I...er... heard he left this area.

I guess you're still looking for the grebe.

Mind if I tag along?

Well, if it's just you, sure. I could use the company.

-RUSTLING

-I've been using a recording

of the grebe's call to attract it.

RECORDING OF CHIRPING PLAYS

-So, if another green-tailed grebe hears it, it'll respond?

-Exactly!

CHIRPING

It's him! It's him!

-I don't believe it! It's really him!

-Play the tape! Play the tape!

Maybe he'll come closer.

-RECORDED VOICE PLAYS

-No, stop! Argh!

-I forgot to rewind!

-Relax.

I got it all on tape.

Or rather, it would have been on tape if there'd been a tape in the camera.

Sorry.

You know what? It doesn't matter. We saw him!

We saw the green-tailed grebe.

-This is a great day!

-And if a green-tailed grebe is out there,

-then...

-No. Skunkamunka does not exist.

Even if kids thought they saw him.

Er...that was just me.

I pretended to be him because I felt bad about telling your secret.

-Buster...

-I know, I know,

it was wrong of me to dress up like a monster and scare my friends.

No, I was just going to say... thank you!

SNIFFING

-Are you still carrying around that cheese?

-Oh, yeah, it's in my pocket.

Ha, I didn't even notice. Want some?

GREBE CHIRPS

# Every day when you're walking down the street

# And everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view... #

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