Jenna's Bedtime Blues Arthur

# Every day you walk 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 of the street

# 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...

Muffy, let me get that tray.

And I found a lovely table here.

Muffy, I made you a study guide for tomorrow's test.

-Everyone's being nice to Muffy.

-It must be time for her slumber party.

Eugh! She's probably planning all sorts of girlie things.

Last year, they dressed up in costumes and jewellery.

Grr!

The Ancient Egyptians. Let's get them!

Like I said, girls' stuff.

Her parents arranged for acrobats from the Peking Circus to perform.

Uh...that's kind of girlie.

-ROARING

-And they imported the newest video arcade games.

-There was an ice cream machine, fireworks and a laser show.

-OK.

-How can I get my invitation?

-It's girls only.

What if I paint my nails? I'll do anything. I want to go.

I can't believe I'm invited to Muffy's slumber party.

This is a disaster.

Why was I invited to the slumber party?

-I didn't think Muffy liked me that much.

-I pulled a few strings.

But what if I can't go?

-I've got a badminton tournament that day.

-The party's at night.

Maybe I didn't want to go to her stupid party in the first place.

I don't think she's ever been to a slumber party.

Yeah, she always has other plans.

-Maybe she gets really homesick.

-GIRLS GIGGLE

I heard she walks in her sleep.

One night, she tried to strangle a cat.

She's bald and has to take off her wig at night.

These rumours would upset Jenna.

-I know why she won't go to Muffy's party. It takes place at night.

-So?

So, when do masked crime-fighters from other planets do their work?

I'd like to be at Muffy's slumber party, but my city needs me.

And no-one can know my true identity - Radioactive Squid Woman.

And there's Dr Doomsday, if I'm not mistaken.

I blame YOU for my pickle factory accident. I shall be avenged!

Agh! The ink!

The ink! I can't see.

Hey, guys. We weren't talking about you.

What's that on your hands? My pen broke and I got ink on me.

Sure, Jenna(!) WE understand.

Don't worry about strangling my cats, we don't have any.

-Whatever you've heard about me, it's not true.

-You can come to the party?

Sure. I can't...wait.

I'm doomed! If I wear this to the party, I'll be laughed at for ever.

It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's a medical problem millions have.

If there's really millions, why haven't I met any?

You probably have, but like you they're worried they'll be teased.

I can't believe it. I help coach soccer, I won Athlete of the Year,

-and I still wet the bed.

-Only from time to time.

-And wearing that alarm is helping you.

-If I leave it at home...

I'll have to bring this old diaper and they'll laugh at me even more.

-Jenna, it's a pull-up.

-You just don't know how hard this all is.

Believe me, I do. And I never believed my dad either.

-But I did grow out of it. And you will too.

-But when?

And Jenna Morgan has won the gold medal in downhill skiing.

-A heart-warming story.

-Indeed.

Afflicted with nocturnal enuresis - sounds like a horrible disease -

yet she heroically... Does anyone know what nocturnal enuresis means?

Nocturnal enuresis... Nocturnal means at night.

Enuresis means involuntary urination.

Francine, Jenna Morgan's a bed-wetter.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Career of skier now all downhill.

Morgan wakes up wet.

BUZZING

-You can always call me and I'll come and pick you up.

-I can't.

But maybe if I hide this pull-up in my pillowcase,

-I can put it on when everyone's asleep.

-You must be Miss Morgan.

The girls are expecting you in the game room.

Great party. I'm so glad I came. Too bad it's almost bedtime.

Are you kidding? We drink so much cola so we can stay up all night.

Three more drinks, please.

Help! We're all going to drown.

Captain, you said the Titanic was unsinkable.

This is rough on a full stomach.

How many colas have you had? Seven.

If I drank that much, I'd pee all night.

What do you mean? Caffeine's a diuretic.

It's low calorie? Not dietetic. Diuretic.

Drink a lot of caffeine and your bladder...

Captain, you're abandoning ship.

Friends we are, and friends we trust

Our deepest secrets now tell we must

Now all that's said is understood

We'll keep inside the sisterhood.

She who reveals the darkest secret wins a special sisterhood prize.

-Francine, you first.

-Well, near the end of the soccer championship...

'Here's your chance. We're friends, and it's nothing be ashamed of.'

OK, Prunella, your turn.

Well, last month when my sister hypnotised me,

I discovered that in a previous life...

'I'll say it and they'll all understand.'

Jenna, your turn. Um, well...

I... I...

I have a crush on George. ALL: George?!

It's true. How I dream of George and me together!

And maybe one day he...or his dummy will notice me.

Wow! That IS a deep and dark secret. You must really trust us.

You definitely win the sisterhood prize. And the prize is...

to sleep on the bed with me, instead of the floor.

Did I mention it's a water bed?

You deserve it, Jenna. You've been a really trusting friend.

-My pillow.

-There's 20 pillows on the bed.

Look, a private television. And ten different wave functions.

This one's called Choppy Waters Off Nantucket.

I have to use the bathroom. I'll be right back.

SNORING

'Five more hours till morning. I mustn't fall asleep.

'Hey, maybe TV will help.'

Our new quilted diapers stop leaks.

This is the bagpipe's bladder.

And the wee hole is making a wee leak,

so we'll put on a wee patch.

Can you say P?

All together now! P!

It's dry! I made it through the night.

Come on, Jenna, time for breakfast. Climb up!

Watch the wee stream, my wee lassie.

Watch out, lassies, the river is rising.

This is way too strange.

It's a dream. Oh, no!

Hey, these sheets are wet.

I'm so sorry. It's all my fault. Look, it's my brooch.

I think there's some tape in here. Where are you going?

To the bathroom. (It's nearly morning. I know I can make it now.)

Hey, Jenna, wake up!

Wake up, yourself!

Oh! A diaper?!

Is there a baby here?

If she confesses, maybe we'll give her a bottle.

-Isn't that a bit harsh? It's just a pull-up.

-I used to wear them.

My cousin wears them.

Come on, guys, it's time for breakfast. Chocolate chip pancakes.

-What got into you? You might have hurt someone's feelings.

-I didn't.

-How do you know?

-Because...well...it's MY pull-up.

My actual deep, dark secret is that sometimes I wet the bed.

-You're not really in love with George?

-Of course not.

-I was afraid you'd all think I was a baby.

-A baby?

You're the only one who can beat me in sports. And I wore one of these.

George has been acting strange. You don't think word got out, do you?

-Of course not. The lips of the sisterhood are sealed.

-Hi, Jenna.

Wally wanted to give you this flower.

To think I was worried about my real secret getting out!

Subtitles by Audrey Flynn BBC Broadcast - 2003

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