The Pride of Lakewood Arthur

# Every day, when you're walking down the street. Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# 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 your eyes! Open your ears!

# Get together and make things better

# By working together

# It's a simple message

# And it comes from the heart

# Oh, 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! Oh!

Each one is 10 cents, but you can have them all for a dollar.

-"I like pike."

-I got that free with an order of fish and chips.

"Get your laws off my paws."

That's from a protest my mum and I went to,

they wanted to ban pets from our building.

Is that you?

Ha! I thought I'd thrown all those out.

Oh, well, it's yours for 10 cents.

"If you're proud like me,

"join the LPC!"

What's the LPC?

Ah, now, that's a long story.

No, it isn't! I could tell it in ten minutes. It all started when...

Hey! It's my button - let me tell it.

Once, there was a race between two mighty teams.

CHEERING

Two, four, six, eight, Mighty Mountain is so great. Woo!

Go!

-Two, four, six, eight...

-How could we loose that track meet?

-We're much faster than they are.

-It was these uniforms.

Look, this elastic is broken,

-there are holes in my shirt.

-But whenever we ask for new ones,

-Principle Haney says we can't afford them.

-Well, I need to talk to him.

You go, girl! And ask for something in coral or soft pink.

Well? What did he say?

He said...

Yes! We're getting new uniforms.

-How did you convince him?

-I said we felt embarrassed in our old ones

-and I wanted to take more pride in this school.

-Ooh, that's good!

-You played the guilt card.

-No, I didn't. I meant it.

Lakewood Elementary's a great school, we should take more pride in it.

You're right, we don't even have a school song.

Or a pep squad. I'd be such a good captain.

We should have both of those things.

Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby declare this

-the first meeting of the Lakewood Pride Committee!

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

Show a little school spirit - sign up for the Lakewood Pride Committee.

Join the LPC, it's fun and it's free.

How many names do we have so far?

Including our own? Three.

I don't get it, why aren't people joining?

Hmm, maybe we need to work on our image.

President, huh? What do I have to do?

Ah! First, wipe your chin.

-You're drooling sauce!

-All you have to do is tell kids

why you love Lakewood Elementary.

We need more members, our school's great, but could be even better.

That's true. It doesn't even have a water slide.

ALL: Eurgh!

Why me?

Because you're average.

Average?

Yeah, in a good way.

-Everyone likes you, you'd be a great president.

-Hmmm.

I hereby decree Baxter Day to be an official holiday.

Now, about this oval office, can we make it triangular?

I WOULD be a great president.

Can I have my own plane?

No, but you can wear this hat.

I'll do it!

The room's full. It's time.

Oh, what do I say?

-Just be yourself.

-But better.

Hi, everyone.

I'm Buster Baxter and I'm president of the LPC.

What is the LPC? You might be wondering.

-The Loser Patrol Crowd?!

-THEY LAUGH

No. It stands for the Lakewood Pride Committee.

But you're right, Binky, I HAVE lost something.

School pride - and I want to get it back.

Because I love Lakewood Elementary.

I love...

this potato!

It's the most potato-ey potato I've ever tasted.

And I love this chair. In fact,

I love this whole room and everyone in it.

Does anyone else think this is the best school in Elwood City?

-Yeah, I guess.

-It's pretty good.

Then don't be afraid to say it out loud - I love Lakewood!

FEEBLY: I love Lakewood.

LOUDER!

I LOVE LAKEWOOD!

I love Lakewood!

I love Lakewood! I love Lakewood!

# This school's a great school

# This school's a cool school

# From our gymnasium

# To the library foot stools

# From our beautiful art room

-# To the Lakewood parking lot

-BELL RINGS

# This school is great for you and me

# Three cheers for your school

# Three cheers for my school

# From our gymnasium

# To the library foot stools

-# From our beautiful art room

-To the Lakewood Parking lot

# This school is great for you and me

# Meeeeeeee! #

That was great! Give yourselves a pat on the back.

Now, LPC member Arthur Read has an announcement.

There's a new salute. Just make an L with your thumb and forefinger

and say, "I-L-L." That stands for...

"I Love Lakewood." Let's try it.

I...L...L!

ALL: I-L-L!

ALL: I-L-L!

ALL: I-L-L!

ALL: I-L-L! I...

Excuse me, can I get by, please?

-I'm trying to get to class.

-Hey, you're not wearing your button!

That's because I don't have one. I'm not a member.

At least there's one other kid not wearing one of those things.

It's just a meaningless fad. I'm sure it'll be over soon.

Hi, guys, want a free watch? It's yours if you sign up for

-a lifetime membership with the LPC.

-Yeah, they tell perfect time.

Oh, look at that, mine's saying it's time for you two to join up!

You know what? I'm not hungry any more.

Me, neither.

Ah! "Doesn't Love Lakewood?!"

I got one too. So did George.

I thought he was a member.

He is, but he didn't cheer loudly enough at the pep rally.

That's it, we have to put a stop to this right...

Shh! Get down!

This has gotten way out of hand.

What are we going to do?

There's only one person who can stop this - the President.

"And tomorrow, we will crush the opposition?!"

-I don't wanna read this, it sounds mean.

-Buster, it's our re-match race,

-we want the crowd pumped up.

-PHONE RINGS

The President is busy right now,

and if this is a reporter, no comment!

I hope that wasn't my mom.

No, I can't get past Buster's Press Secretary.

And Binky's been guarding him round the clock.

We'll have to resort to Plan B. Do you have the letter?

The rabbit is moving. Repeat, the rabbit is moving.

Ow!

-Hey, what's...?

-I'll protect you, sir!

Oof!

Aah... Aah...

Aah...

Would you get off me?!

It's just a piece of paper.

Is it a threat?

No, it's...just a fan letter.

Hmm...

Who are we? ALL: The LPC!

And what do we want?

ALL: Victory!

All right! And now, a few words from our president.

APPLAUSE

I added in about how you grew up in a small town

and your dad was a shoemaker. Just a little colour.

THEY GASP

"No-one has the right to tell us we're not proud of our school,

"just because we don't join the right group."

That was written by Sue Ellen and Brain. And I agree with them.

YOU can be President. Those are my friends,

whether they wear a button or not.

APPLAUSE

What do we do now?

WHISTLE BLOWS

'Just then, we were all called to the race.'

And guess what?

We won that race!

The LPC broke up after that. Francine, Muffy and I decided

-we had plenty of team spirit without it.

-So, want to buy the button?

I think I'll take the fish instead.

# Fish is great for you and me! #

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