Baby Steps Arthur

# Everyday when you're walking down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

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

# If you can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You've got to 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, 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!

DW is not the most patient person in the world.

To see what I mean, all you have to do is bake cookies with her.

Are they ready? Are they ready? Are they ready? Are they ready?

Are they ready? Are they ready? Are they ready?

Careful, they're still hot.

And to see how really impatient she is,

-all you have to do is go on a car ride with her.

-Are we there yet?

-No.

-How about now?

-No.

-Now?

-No.

-Now?

-DW!

And holidays are the worst.

Presents, presents, presents, presents, presents, presents!

DW, you have to wait until Mom and Dad get up.

Another time DW gets really impatient is when...

Is the show starting?

-Not yet.

-Why not? This opening is going on for ever.

-Make it start now!

-Just a few more grains.

-No, no, no!

Baby Steps.

THEY LAUGH

Alfred, I said wear a tie, not a pie!

I can never figure out why they find that picture box so amusing.

Neither can I. It's a completely meaningless display

of sounds and images. It can't be good for you.

I know, let's distract them with the noise box.

THEY LAUGH

-OK, it's my TV time.

-No it isn't.

Is too. And you're too old to watch Alfred.

THEY GRUNT

That was a re-run!

Hey, this is better than the show!

May Lynn can play the piano?

Just a few notes but that's not all.

-Say hello.

-Hello.

-And watch this.

Push the lever, May Lynn.

HE BURPS

She's a genius, just like her older brother.

Wow, that's amazing!

I wonder if Kate can do those things. Say hello, Kate.

Come on, say hello.

Blaga blaga, blaga blaga, bloo bloo.

What on earth is she doing?

I don't know, she seems to be having some sort of fit.

Ah!

-There, that snapped her out of it.

-Good thinking, Kate.

Come on, Kate, just one wave, like this.

SHE SIGHS

-Arthur, we have a problem. I think Kate's broken.

-What?

I spent half an hour doing this to her.

And do you know what she did? Nothing, she didn't even burp.

She'll do all that stuff when she's ready. Kate's just fine.

But what if she isn't, what if she turns out like you?

What's that supposed to mean?

-Oh, you wouldn't understand.

-I turned out pretty well.

Pretty well isn't good enough, it's only good enough for people like you.

Kate, something is definitely the matter with DW.

I was thinking the same thing.

She stood over me going like this for what seemed like for ever.

What do you think is wrong with her?

Let's see, it all started when May Lynn played the noise box.

Blaga blaga bloo bloo, blaga bloo bloo.

Mmm... curious.

If that's the case,

then perhaps a different set of sounds can make her better.

Capital idea, let's try it out.

Thanks for coming, Brain,

I just need to know if Kate is above average, below average

or just average average.

I'm happy to. Child development is fascinating.

I've always wondered what stopped my peers' brains

from developing as mine did.

This simple peg board is for measuring intelligence.

All you have to do is put the peg into the right hole, like so.

Kate, blaga blaga, blaga blaga bloo bloo.

I think she wants me to put this thing in the hole.

-What on earth for?

-I don't know. She must be having one of her fits.

Now is the time to try out our theory,

to see if a series of sounds cures her.

No, no that's all wrong.

You want to... Here, try this triangle one.

Huh?

She failed, didn't she?

Oh no, my poor little sister!

-Oh dear, that didn't work, did it?

-I'll say.

It's only one test, DW, hardly conclusive.

-Let's do some object permanence experiments.

-What's that?

Most babies think that if they can't see an object, it doesn't exist.

Advanced children tend to know it's still there.

Boo-boo, dinka boo, dinka ba ba boo. Hooba dinka ba boo.

Why did he put the ball behind his back?

Are you sure it's behind his back, could it be... right here?

Oh, pal, ha-ha, too true.

How can anyone say for sure where a thing really is?

Blaga blaga bloo bloo. Blaga bloo... ah!

-Poor child.

-Don't worry, Kate, we will get to the bottom of this.

We'll give her lessons, walks, peek-a-boo, easy words.

I want that girl talking one week from today.

-It might be hard, she is only one-year-old.

-So?

What do you think I was doing when I was one?

It beats me, you didn't invent me until you were three.

I'll tell you what I was doing,

studying, working and studying some more.

At least I think that's what I was doing.

I don't really remember but I turned out like this somehow.

Now Kate needs me.

DW needs me.

But it could be ages until we find the right combination of sounds.

-There must be something else that could cure her.

-But what?

I don't know, Pal, but I'll find it, she's my sister.

I can't see her suffer like this.

DOG MOANS

DOORBELL RINGS

Very good May Lynn, and how does a lion roar? ROAR!

ROAR!

ROAR!

Come on, Kate, roar with me.

ROAR!

No? How about the pig?

Oink oink oink.

Miaow!

ROAR!

DOG BARKS

It gets worse every day.

Can you help us, May Lynn?

Whenever Binky behaves oddly, I tend to copy him

and for some reason, that seems to calm him down.

SHE MAKES ANIMAL NOISES

I wouldn't know where to begin.

Oh, let's give the cat the pig legs.

Cats are very piggy after all.

-I like it!

-Oh, that's rich.

No, Kate, the pig bottom goes with the pig top.

Here, let me show you.

Would you just leave her alone already?

Don't listen to Arthur, Kate.

You know I'm just trying to help you, don't you?

Actually, Arthur's right.

Sometimes babies to the most amazing things when you just ignore them.

Kate, I'm just going to ignore you now

but it's not because I don't care, OK?

Oh! How old is your baby?

17, and she's my sister.

Ah!

Oh!

Blaga blaga, bloo, woof woof.

SHE MAKES ANIMAL NOISES

She's my older sister.

Down, DW, heel!

DW MAKES ANIMAL NOISES

I just want you to know, I'll always love you, Kate.

SHE BABBLES

DW...

-Oh! You just said my name. You said DW.

-DW.

You are a genius!

Hey everyone, Kate just said my name,

Kate just said my name, she said my name.

-What just happened?

-I think I just cured DW.

-How?

Did you bang the spoon against the highchair? Or hypnotise her?

No, I just copied the way her mouth moved.

You know, Kate, don't take this personally,

but people are the most illogical,

strange and frustrating creatures on the planet.

Still, they do know how to make a top notch ham bone!

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