0:00:01 > 0:00:04# Every day when you're walking down the street
0:00:04 > 0:00:06# Everybody that you meet
0:00:06 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:15- # And I say hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:15 > 0:00:20# If we can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# You've got to listen to your heart
0:00:23 > 0:00:27# Listen to the beat Listen to the rhythm of the street
0:00:27 > 0:00:30# Open your eyes, open your ears
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together and make things better by working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:38# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say...- Hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- # If we can learn to work and play And get along with each other...- Hey!
0:00:53 > 0:00:59- # A wonderful kind of day...- Hey! - A wonderful kind of day...- Hey!- #
0:00:59 > 0:01:02'Hey! DW!'
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Hey!- Whoa!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11JAUNTY WHISTLING
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Hi.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18I'm Arthur. Duh!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And this is my doggie-woggie, Pal.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23He's so smart.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27He does amazing tricks. Watch.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Pal, sit! Lie down!
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- Good dog!- I found my glasses, Mom!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37DW took them.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42- I'm not DW. I'm Arthur. Duh! - Give me back my glasses.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Mom, I'm Arthur. Some tiny thing happened,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50so I'm calling for help! Whoa!
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- What were you doing? - Proving I can be Arthur.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02- I can do anything you can do. - Oh, yeah? I bet you can't do this.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05My math homework.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Hah! I win!
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Aw, I sat on my dog.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- BABY GURGLES - Throw it back. Like this, Kate.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28No!
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Try it again.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34I feel so alone sometimes.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Don't touch my nose!
0:02:37 > 0:02:44- Ugh!- Best book in the series is The General.- I like The Specific better.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47And The Random was so unpredictable.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- What was?- It wouldn't interest you,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- talking about books.- I like books.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- Vegemorph books make others look like kids' stuff.- Yes, the trilogy.
0:03:03 > 0:03:10- Part One, Part One, Part 2 and Part One, Part 3.- YOU can't read it, DW.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13No pictures.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17I've found something I can do
0:03:17 > 0:03:21that DW can't force me to include her in on.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25This is the greatest moment of my life.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I don't wanna read those dumb books.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- You can't read. - I don't need to read.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I can make up better stories.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Oh, yeah?- Yeah!- Oh, yeah?- Yeah!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41You can do better? Prove it.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Write a story.- OK, I will.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Oh, yeah?- Yeah!- I'm outta here.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52- This shows no sign of ending soon. - Oh, yeah?- Yeah!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54There you go. Write your story.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I'll show you.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05- I don't know how to write.- If you can't write, you're wrong, right?
0:04:07 > 0:04:13He laughed at me and said I didn't know how to write, which is true.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- Brothers are so mean. - I know what it's like.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I had three older brothers.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I bet one Arthur is as bad as any three brothers.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- Cookies, please.- DW, you don't have to be able to write
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- to tell stories.- Mphmph?
0:04:32 > 0:04:38- A long time ago, stories weren't written down.- They weren't?
0:04:38 > 0:04:42SPEAKING CAVEMAN LANGUAGE
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- 'Stories were told out loud. - Like television?
0:04:46 > 0:04:51'No, they excited your imagination and filled you with wonder.'
0:04:51 > 0:04:54CAVEMAN NARRATES
0:04:54 > 0:04:59'When you heard a good story, you'd pass it on.'
0:04:59 > 0:05:03CAVEBOY NARRATES DRAMATICALLY
0:05:03 > 0:05:06ALL GASP
0:05:06 > 0:05:09It was done without computers,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12and without even writing them down.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Hmm...
0:05:14 > 0:05:18I don't have to know how to write.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23- I can tell a story out loud. That's how they used to do it.- She's right.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28- You should tell the story of how... - Nobody cares.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30This is MY story.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35A long time ago, a brave warrior had travelled far away,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39and she really wanted to get home bad.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43'This warrior was a queen named O-DW-eus.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47'But the sea got made rough by Poseidon.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50'He was really mad at the queen.'
0:05:56 > 0:05:58What did I do?
0:06:00 > 0:06:06'The queen sort of forgot she took Poseidon's prettiest unicorn.'
0:06:06 > 0:06:11- NERVOUS LAUGH - How did that get there?
0:06:11 > 0:06:16Why don't I get to have a unicorn? I'm a queen, and everything.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18It's not fair.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Aieeeeeegh!
0:06:31 > 0:06:36We're doing it! Poseidon's wave can't hurt us!
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- But big rocks can.- Aaaaargh!
0:06:50 > 0:06:54We survived, but our queen is nutty.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Don't you hate getting water in your ear?
0:07:00 > 0:07:06- There's a good joke here about her being crabby.- But I'm not saying it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11'The queen ordered them to search the island to find a way home,
0:07:11 > 0:07:17'because nothing was more important to any of them than going home.'
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Man, am I hungry!- Here.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27- Try these.- 'Just as the queen was about to eat the strange flowers...'
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- What's the big deal about going home, anyway?- He's right.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38- Why did we want to go home? And who are you?- 'The weird plants they ate
0:07:38 > 0:07:43'gave them am...amnee...am... It made them forget everything.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48'The queen ran back to the beach, but she was too late.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54'They'd all eaten the weirdo plants and now they didn't wanna go home.'
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Oh, this is bad.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02'Then it got worse. The queen found out that this was...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05'Cyclops Island.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13'Cyclops brought them to his cave for lunch. I mean FOR lunch.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- 'He'd eat anything.' - We were going somewhere.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I wish I could remember where.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Is this where we were going?
0:08:28 > 0:08:33Must be. Well, I'm going to take a nap. Travel always makes me tired.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38'The queen had a plan to escape the Cyclops.'
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Hey, an eclipse!
0:08:50 > 0:08:55Hey, Cyclops! Everyone's squeezing out under the big boulder!
0:08:55 > 0:08:58ROAR They won't get away!
0:09:02 > 0:09:08'They got in Cyclops' row-boat, just the right size to be a ship.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14'Cyclops was too dumb to untie his ear.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20- 'He couldn't stop them.'- I'm bad with knots, so I don't wear sneakers.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30'The queen reminded the crew that they had to go home.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33'And they all said, "Oh, yeah."
0:09:33 > 0:09:37'But the way home was full of dangers.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42'The Sirens played music that "hippotises" you
0:09:42 > 0:09:48- 'so you'll crash your boat on their rocks.' - # Riding on that crazy bus! #
0:09:48 > 0:09:52That music! I must go to that music!
0:09:52 > 0:09:58- Don't go there, Queen! You'll crash the boat!- But it's so beautiful.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02'They had to tie the queen to the mast
0:10:02 > 0:10:05'until they passed the Sirens' song.'
0:10:05 > 0:10:10It's the most beautiful music I've ever heard.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13# Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy bus! #
0:10:15 > 0:10:17'But the worst danger was the last.
0:10:17 > 0:10:24'They sailed between a monster and a "swirlpool", Scylla and Charybdis.
0:10:24 > 0:10:30- 'You can't say "whirlpool", but you can say those big names?- Quiet!'
0:10:30 > 0:10:36Don't even THINK about coming onto my property! MOCKING LAUGH
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Somebody's old sock! How rude!
0:10:49 > 0:10:53ALL CHEER
0:10:53 > 0:10:59'They were happy. They got past the monsters and they were almost home.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05'But... Oh, yeah. They got hit by a thunderbolt before they got there.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09'After so many years,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12'the queen was finally home.'
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I made it!
0:11:16 > 0:11:22I'm home! 'She ran to tell all her friends about her adventures.'
0:11:22 > 0:11:28That's a good way to tell a story, by telling it like this. The end.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34- Good story, huh?- No. Nobody fought crime with mutant potato powers.
0:11:34 > 0:11:40- You can't make up a good story. - YOU don't know what's a good story.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Grandma told me that story. The Odyssey,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47from long ago. People still read it.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I changed it a little to test you.
0:11:50 > 0:11:56When you tell me I'm no good, you are as wrong as you were about this.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- Oh, what does she know? Buster?- Hey, DW!
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I liked that story. Tell it again.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Tell the part about Charybdis.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Not that I...really care.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- OK, a long time ago, there was a warrior.- Start with the Cyclops.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20- He's the best. He eats everything. - The Cyclops had only one eye,
0:12:20 > 0:12:25- right in the middle of his face. He lived in a cave.- And he ate stuff.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28He ate everything.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Even when it's hard work,
0:12:39 > 0:12:44it's fun to give birthday presents to thine friends,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48when thou knowest they're going to love it.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- My foot!- Your Highness.- My foot!
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- Much better. - This gift is something precious.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06It hasn't even been invented yet.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11- Wonderful. We love it. Which of thee is this from?- Both of thus.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Two peasants - one present? We are displeased.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Aaaaaaargh!
0:13:18 > 0:13:23My Queen, me hope'st thou wilst like this
0:13:23 > 0:13:27better than whatever yonder losers gavest.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37The queen don't likest anything.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47And I predict that you will shortly see...
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- Hold still.- Mom, it's the most beautiful birthday present ever!
0:13:54 > 0:13:56And it fits!
0:13:56 > 0:14:00From me. Happy birthday, Prunella.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03A Polly Locket doll! I wanted one.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- Thanks.- Get ready for the party.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The best thing is the surprise.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I'm gonna get so many surprises.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- TOOT - I can't wait any more!
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I'm opening presents.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Oh. Another Polly Locket. I've already got one.
0:14:24 > 0:14:30'Two Polly Lockets? What if everybody gives me the same thing?
0:14:30 > 0:14:37'Open another one!' The astrology T-shirt maker set! What a surprise!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- SIGH - 'Oh, OK.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43'This is gonna be a great party.'
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Have a good birthday?
0:14:47 > 0:14:52It would have been perfect if it wasn't for that Francine.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54'She refused to dance,
0:14:54 > 0:14:59'wrecked the egg game and she didn't sing Happy Birthday to me.'
0:14:59 > 0:15:04# On your birthday You're so special, holy cow
0:15:04 > 0:15:10# Now you're older, here's a present Where's the ice cream? Feed us now! #
0:15:10 > 0:15:15- Why?- She can't stand it when she's not the centre of attention.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21- YAWN - Other than Francine, everything was great.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29SPOOKY WAIL
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- Who are you? - The Ghost of Presents Past.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Present past? As in present, past and future?
0:15:37 > 0:15:41No, PRESENTS past. Presents...past.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46Nah, I'm just not getting it. I'm going back to sleep now.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51Presents! Gifts! I'm the Ghost of Birthday Presents Yesterday!
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Oh, now I get it. And who's that?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57The Ghost of Lunch Tomorrow.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Cold pizza.
0:15:59 > 0:16:05- What do you want?- Duh! To show you stuff about your birthday presents.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08It's not a new concept. Come on, up!
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- I don't believe in ghosts. - Well, tough.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Huh? Whoa!
0:16:18 > 0:16:23- Your grades.- This isn't my class. There's Francine.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26We're supposed to haunt Francine?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29I don't make mistakes. Watch.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Francine Frensky, good job.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Yeah! Oh, mama, I did it! Woo-hoo!
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- Ahem! - I'm just happy.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43With good reason. Just turn it down.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49- Is that the test I helped her study for?- Just keep watching, OK?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53SIGH
0:16:53 > 0:16:58Prunella, I got an A in History, thanks to you helping me study.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- I'll repay you somehow.- No problem.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06I'm good with history. I was a queen in a former life.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- What are you looking at? - Polly Locket. Cool!
0:17:10 > 0:17:14# Polly Locket has style and grace
0:17:14 > 0:17:19# She keeps your belongings in her face! Polly Locket! #
0:17:19 > 0:17:22What could be more perfect?
0:17:22 > 0:17:27You can dress her up and stick your stuff in her face. I'd buy one now.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31But they're SO expensive. Oh!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Prunella's birthday is next week.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38- She had a birthday six months ago. - That was her half-birthday.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I'll get her what she really wants.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46Francine, did you look at the price?
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Whoa! That's way too much. Forget it. I'll get her a pack of gum.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55- What a cheapskate!- Wait...
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Prunella deserves this. I'm going to get it.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05I can't wait to see the look on her face when I give her this doll.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12I just need enough to buy a Polly Locket. You can give me a loan.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Um...I guess. OK.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24You'll pay interest, right?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27What?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Sure. How much?
0:18:29 > 0:18:3228.9%, compounded daily.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Er...yeah, OK, fine. I don't know what that means, but why not?
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Muffy! Sorry, Francine. I can't do it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46It's just the way I am. I'll get money.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49So she began to do extra chores,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53including caring for her brother, Tiny Tim.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- Francine has a brother named Tiny Tim?- Well...
0:18:58 > 0:19:03- Could we please stick to the facts? - OK. Picky, picky.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Francine, aren't you gonna play?
0:19:38 > 0:19:42No, I have to wash my dad's car.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Huh?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Ow! Hey, I thought we were ghosts.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52The rules are complicated. Keep your mind on Francine, please.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Thanks, Frankie.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The hard work, the self-sacrifice.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Looks stinky.- The stinkiness.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22Spectacular job, Frankie. I'm gonna pay you double.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26I thought I had to wash your car.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Hey, you can do that, too.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44Oh, I've finally got enough money to buy a Polly Locket.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I wonder what's for lunch tomorrow?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Tuna noodle casserole.
0:20:49 > 0:20:56'For a few dollars more, they would personalise Polly's sweater.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59'But she doesn't have enough.'
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Oh, no! She's begging her sister!
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Don't do it!- She can't hear you.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14She can't hear me but I can get hit on the head?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17I don't make the news, I report it.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22Clean my side of the room for a month. OK.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25It's too horrible!
0:21:25 > 0:21:27I didn't know it said that.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I never even looked at it.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I can't wait to see her face when she gets this doll.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44I can't wait! I'm opening presents.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50I looked cute in that dress. A Polly Locket. I've got one.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53'Oh, no! She worked so hard!'
0:21:53 > 0:21:59You rotten, rude, ungrateful... What am I saying? It's me.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03- Bingo.- No wonder she was no fun at the party.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07It was all my fault. I stink.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Agh! I'm back.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Francine, clean my side of the room!
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- Yes, Katherine.- Francine!
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Hi.- See what I put in my Polly Locket's face.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Hey, isn't that the one I gave you?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Yes. I forgot to thank you for it.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48Inside, where you keep your most special thing...
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Me?- I got my other Polly a sweater, too.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00"#1 cool friend." That means you. I want you to have this one.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- I couldn't.- I want you to have it.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09- Then we can play with them together. - Wow, thanks. That's really nice.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14You deserve it, washing the garbage truck, begging your sister...
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Yeah. How did you know that?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Um... Er... Well...
0:23:20 > 0:23:22You know how Polly Locket works?
0:23:22 > 0:23:28That's where you keep your most special thing. You want this?
0:23:28 > 0:23:33- No, thanks. I'm gonna put in a picture of my cat.- Oh. Well, OK.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37WHISTLE Wanna come in and eat lunch?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Lunch?- Sure. What are you having?
0:23:40 > 0:23:45- Peanut butter and banana sandwiches. - Peanut butter and banana sandwiches?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Peanut butter... Hey, how did you know?
0:23:49 > 0:23:53FIENDISH LAUGHTER
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Subtitles by John Macdonald, Subtext for BBC Subtitling - 2001
0:23:58 > 0:24:03e-mail us at subtitling@bbc.co.uk