Bats in the Belfry Arthur

# Every day when you walking down the street

# And 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 your eyes! Open 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

# 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!

-Whoa-oh...!

Is your hair too straight? Do you have warts?

Feel like you can't jump high enough?

Then you need Gizmo!

That's right, Gizmo solves all your problems and it's only 19.99!

Does it ever seem like some things are just too good to be true?

Like when your teacher tells you there's no homework.

Class, I've decided not to give you any written homework this weekend.

THEY CHEER

There'll just be a little light reading.

Ah! Be ready on Monday to discuss beluga whales, the Mesozoic era,

and the Yanomami tribe of the Amazon.

CHILDREN: Oh...!

Or the time when you finally get

the computer game you've been asking for all year.

What's wrong?

The fine print says you need operating system 21.5 or higher,

and it can only be used in Norway.

Yup. I've learned that if something seems too good to be true,

it's because it usually is.

Arthur! Come on! Mom's taking us to the amusement park!

-She is?

-Yeah!

And she said you have to take me on all the rides I want,

the teeny-tiny train, the pony carousel, Froggy's gentle joyride...

See what I mean?

Watch out! Coming through!

Thanks, Arthur.

I can take it from here.

Wow, I can't believe Grandma had so much stuff up here!

What is this, anyway?

I think it was called a lava lamp.

A lamp filled with lava?! Oh!

That sounds like a fire hazard!

Well, that just about does it!

Thank you so much for helping me clean out my attic.

So what are you gonna do with all this space?

You mean, what are YOU going to do with it? I don't need it!

-So I thought you two might want to use it as a clubhouse.

-No way!

My very own clubhouse?

I didn't put a window screen in yet so it's a bit buggy,

otherwise, it's all set to go!

With a few stuffed animals and a little glitter...

I could turn this into a princess palace!

With a Jacuzzi!

THEY LAUGH

You can't put a Jacuzzi up here, DW!

Why not?

Because there are no pipes for the water. And anyway,

we have to make sure there's enough room for my pirate stuff!

We could build a whole ship in here,

and act out scenes from that movie - Buccaneers Of The Bahamas!

Arr! Walk the planky, scurvy scampi!

PARROT SQUAWKS

THEY LAUGH

I don't want any pirates in MY space.

They'll scare the unicorns!

There aren't gonna be any unicorns!

Those are both great ideas, but there's only one attic here,

so you two are going to have to learn how to share it.

BOTH: OK.

I think the fairest thing would be to split the attic down the middle.

OK, but I get the side by the window.

Why do YOU get the side by the window?

Because you breathe too much. You'll take up all the air!

BRRING! BRRING!

Hi, you guys! Are you moving into a new house? Can I decorate it?

Grandma Thora gave us her attic to use as a clubhouse,

and we're trying to figure out how to divide it!

That's easy. Do a timeshare!

-But I can't tell time!

-You don't have to.

It just means Arthur gets the attic for a few days, then you do.

I can live with that.

Great. Take my card, give me a call if you're considering renting it.

First we could play No Guessing, then maybe tell ghost stories...

If you're gonna tell ghost stories, you better find another attic.

DW, what are you doing here?

-This is MY Saturday!

-Uh-uh.

It's mine. See?

-You probably got the month wrong.

-No, she's right, Arthur.

-It says September.

-I was going to have a sleepover with Emily,

but she cancelled. You're welcome to stay,

but no ghost stories.

-This is a disaster!

-Well, we're already here, we might as well stay.

We can play Mary Moo Cow's Merry Maypole! It's for ages four and up,

so that includes you!

I win!

Ah, I was really close!

DW, I think it's time for bed now.

Hey, you're not the boss of me!

OK, kids, time to get in your sleeping bags!

No, but SHE is!

Sleep tight.

Is she asleep yet?

Like a log. We don't need to whisper!

DW could sleep through a hurricane!

Hey, I heard the most amazing ghost story the other day.

Wanna hear it?

There's this guy who gets a mysterious package in the mail,

inside it is a doll who looks exactly like him,

-and...

-What was that?

What was what?

Anyway, the guy thinks it's just a practical joke,

so he throws the doll in the fireplace,

but later that night he sees the doll at the foot of his bed!

-FLUTTERING

-What was that?

I didn't hear anything.

If you're scared now, wait till I get to the scary part!

I think there's something over there!

OK, we'll check it out...

But you're ruining the flow of the story.

See, there's nothing...

Aaah! The doll!

Ha ha ha! Now who's the 'fraidy-cat? It's DW's toy.

FLUTTERING

BOTH: Aaaah!

-What was that?

-I think it was a bat!

-A vampire bat?

-I don't know, I've never seen one!

-Where's DW?!

-She wasn't behind you?

Oh! If the vampire bat bites her, she'll become one!

Just a second...

Oh, drat.

No garlic! It's the only thing that wards off vampires.

Ooh! But there is garlic salt! It'll have to do.

Arthur, look! It's a mouse with wings!

DW, it's a bat! We have to get out of here right now!

Oh, that's a bat? You mean like Starry Moony?

-Who?!

-(We might be too late...)

-BE GONE, EVIL VAMPIRE!

-Hey!

Cut it out! I'm not a pizza.

Starry Moony is a book Mom read to me.

It's about a cute little bat that lived with her bat sisters.

Then, one day, Starry Moony got lost.

Squeak!

But, lucky for her, a nice chipmunk came along and adopted her.

Squeak, squeak!

Starry Moony tried to be a good chipmunk,

but it wasn't easy, because she was a bat.

Finally, she ran into some other bats, and she found her mom,

and everyone lived happily ever after. The end.

But this is a real bat, DW.

So? I'm not afraid. You can sleep downstairs if you want.

Goodnight, Starry Moony.

Well... I'm not afraid either!

Are you, Buster?

Who, me? No way...

Good night...

SNORING

Ya-a-wwn...

So, how was last night?

Did you all have fun?

Yeah, until Arthur scared Starry Moony away!

I didn't scare the bat away. I saw it leave on its own this morning!

It probably changed back into its human form.

That's what vampires do.

Wait a minute. There was a bat in the attic?

Why didn't you tell me? It could've had rabies!

What's rabies?

A very serious disease you get from being bitten by a wild animal.

I could've gotten a disease?!

Why didn't you take me out of there? You're a terrible older brother!

The bat didn't bite any of us, and it was really interesting.

I saw it catch, like, 100 mosquitoes!

Well, yes, they are very helpful creatures,

but I don't want you two sharing an attic with one.

Ohh... There goes the clubhouse.

Not necessarily.

Now the bat has its own house, and I put a screen up in the window

so you don't have to worry about uninvited guests!

I still think we should've put in upside-down furniture,

she doesn't even have a chair in there!

Oh, I almost forgot!

Here's some fresh garlic. It's good to have some in the house...

just in case.

Look, there's two going in there!

-IN SQUEAKY VOICE:

-OK, you get that half,

and I get everything to the door!

But the door's the best part! Maybe we should do a timeshare.

-I get the weekends!

-I want the weekends!

-And I call Arbor Day!

-No fair!

# Every day when you walking down the street

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

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! #

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