Buster's Garden of Grief Arthur

# Every day when you're walkin' 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 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, TW!

-Hey!

-Whoa!

Have thought about how much it takes to make something

amazing like this from this tiny seed?

How much time and care you have to...

Buster!

Oh, yeah, sorry.

..How much time and care you have to give to it?

Planting and watering and...

Buster! I thought you said you wanted to direct this scene?

I do!

Then keep the camera on me!

OK, OK!

Just let me finish this one game.

Oh!

Where was I?

Oh, yeah.

How much care you have to give to them.

-Planting and watering...

-I won! I won!

-Whoo-hoo!

-Buster!

You just knocked the camera over!

I knew I shouldn't have let you do this.

Sorry, it's just that I've never won this game before.

Hmm-hmm.

ICE-CREAM VAN TINKLES

Ice cream!

Sorry about that, our director seems to be a little distracted today.

Let's just start the show.

Reporting for duties, sir. What happened?

At ease, Baxter... and hand me that towel!

You wanted to see me "on the double"?

That's right, son.

It's an emergency.

And you're the only one I know who's up to the task.

Yes, sir!

DOOR OPENS

I mean, I am?

-Fritz wants me to take care of the community garden.

-I thought you

were taking care of it.

Yeah, ever since Fritz went into the retirement home.

I was just helping to take care of it. Fritz was still in charge.

-So, why can't he continue to do it?

-He broke his ankle and there's

no-one else who likes the garden, so now I'll be in charge.

What?

You?!

In charge?!

-Of the whole garden?

-Why not? I've learned lots about gardening since

I started helping out. I'll just have a little more responsibility.

Oh, yeah...responsibility!

Argh!

Ice cream!

Mmm.

Mmm!

GIGGLES

OK, weeds...

HE BURPS

..here I come.

Aah!

Argh!

Help!

I'm sorry. It was just one ice pop.

COUGHS

It was SIX ice pops!

OK, OK, six. But I ate them really fast.

Fritz would've never let this happen!

Yeah, he was responsible.

Aaah!

Aah! Aah!

Fritz, you can't put me in charge of the garden!

I'll just mess it all up!

No, too frantic.

Fritz, it's a great honour,

and I'm really grateful, but...

Hi, Mr Sloane.

Morning, Buster!

..but I'm just not responsible enough.

You should get someone...

-STRIMMER WHIRS

-Aah!

What are you doing?

Getting rid of these awful plants.

Awful plants? But those are zucchini.

It was OK when Fritz was taking care of this place.

Now it'll become an eyesore.

Some folks in the neighbourhood thought it would look better

if we just paved it over with concrete.

You want to turn the garden into that?

I suppose we could paint it green if you like?

STRIMMER WHIRS

How did you get him to stop?

I called Fritz, and he convinced Mr Sloane to give me a chance.

So now you're really in charge?

Uh-huh. The garden can stay as long as I keep it in good shape.

Wow.

I know. It'll be a lot of work, but I have to at least try.

-So you'll come to baseball practice when you're done, right?

-OK.

When's he coming?

He knows there's not enough of us for a game without him.

He said he was coming after he finished in the garden.

Just like Buster! So irresponsible.

I give him a week.

Two days!

Aah!

Hmm-hmm!

Phew!

HE YAWNS

I'll be back in a bit.

I've got some weeding to do.

I give him a month.

Yeah. A month, tops.

If he makes it all the way to summer, I'll eat my party dress.

Ah-ha!

Dead leaf!

Oh, honey, that garden is looking so terrific now.

I'm so proud of you.

Thanks, Mom.

So tonight, could you just pull out the clothes

-you want to take on vacation?

-OK.

What?! Vacation!

-We're going camping, remember?

-Oh. Yeah. Right.

-What's wrong? You love camping.

-Yeah, but what about the garden?

Well, someone can certainly water it for two weeks, don't you think?

You want US to water it?

Every single day?

We don't even live there!

I know. But I have no-one else to turn to. Please?

I promise I'll return the favour.

Like by showing up for a game once in a while?

Yeah, and being responsible to your friends?

Come on, guys, give him a break.

Of course we'll do it.

-OK, if you promise to come to the next game after you get back.

-Yeah!

Just don't let us down.

Oh! Thanks, guys.

Well I'll be...

It was only two weeks!

I DID water it.

So did I.

I NEVER renege on a promise!

Then why are all the plants dead?

OK, so maybe I didn't water it every SINGLE day.

Yeah. I had a conflict last week so I asked Muffy,

and she said she'd watered for me Tuesday.

Yeah. So I asked Arthur to do it, and he said "OK."

I thought that was Wednesday.

No. You called and asked ME to do it on Wednesday, remember?

I thought you went to Animal World with your cousins on Wednesday.

Well, yeah. But I thought if we missed one day of watering,

it wouldn't be that big a deal.

HE SIGHS

Did any of you water it? Ever?

Buster? Have you done your homework yet?

VIDEO GAME BLEEPS

Well, you know the rules about video games. Homework first!

I don't understand. You were so good about doing your homework

when you were taking care of the garden. But now?

What's the point?

The point?

I'm irresponsible.

No, you're not. Look what you did for that garden.

Yeah, and look at it now.

That wasn't YOUR fault!

Yes, it was. Fritz put ME in charge of the garden,

and my friends didn't water it.

So I'm the one who's irresponsible.

I always have been, and I always will be.

VIDEO GAME BLEEPS

Woo. I won.

STRIMMER WHIRS

That must be Mr Sloane mowing it all down now. Ah!

I can't take it any more!

Stop! Don't touch those plants!

Please! Give me another chance!

I promise I'll...

-Mr Read?

-Hey, Buster.

Wha...?

You guys? What are you doing?

We're just taking out the dead stuff so we can start replanting.

We realised if you could change and become responsible for something,

then we should too.

'"Private Baxter, just writing a note

'"to find out how the garden's doing.

'"I've been out of town with my family this month,

'"but figured you were responsible enough

'"to keep that garden in shape without me.

'"Was I right?'"

Yep, you were right, Fritz. You were right.

Ahem!

Thanks.

# Every day when you're walkin' 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! #