To Tibble the Truth 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...

COCK CROWS

I am Diogenes of Sinope, and I am looking for an honest man.

-Are YOU an honest man?

-I don't know.

-I think so.

-No, he isn't.

He took my snowball. He's lied about it for years.

-Delta Omega, I did not...

-Don't listen to him.

I know where you can find what you're looking for.

SHE WHISPERS

I am Diogenes of Sinope, and I am looking for an honest man.

-Any honest men in here?

-GRUNTING

-No, just honest Tibble.

-A lantern! Let me see!

No, it's mine! I saw it first!

Oh, why couldn't I have looked for the meaning of life instead?

Aargh!

Kevin was taken into the spaceship, and the alien took his ice cream.

-Kevin knew the alien wanted more ice cream.

-But he didn't have any.

-He tried to give the alien gum, candy...

-Little pieces of cheese.

-But it was no good.

-The alien took him. It was the last we saw of HIM.

-All that's left of Kevin now is...

-SNIFF!

-..this pencil!

-Argh!

Hey, wait a minute. If you never saw Kevin again, how do you know this?

A bird told me. The aliens can turn into animals.

If you listen closely, you can even understand what they're saying.

TWEETING

Can you hear them? They're saying,

-"Ice cream!"

-BOTH: "Ice cream! Ice cream!"

Aargh! Here, tell them they can have it.

-Mmm! Strawberry.

-Hey, how come you get the first bite?

-My stories were better than yours.

-Were not!

-Were too!

Look, a Bionic Bunny doll.

-I saw a commercial for it. Did you know it can fly?

-Watch this!

Hey, Vacita, how's your pony?

-I don't have a pony.

-You don't? We got two ponies for Christmas.

No, Timmy, it was THREE.

Mom sent one from, er, Las Vegas.

Yeah, you're right. We DO have three ponies.

I forget about Thumper. We never have time to ride and brush him.

I'll take him. Give Thumper to me.

I'll take good care of him. Please, please!

-Please, please!

-OK. Just give us the doll.

But that's Alberto's. I'm not even supposed to be playing with it.

-Uh! Oh, well, I guess we'll just have to give Thumper to DW.

-Wait!

TWINS: One, two, three! Fly-y-y!

Uh-oh!

We thought he could fly, like on the commercial.

Yeah. It's the TV's fault. The TV lied to us.

Like you lied to my sister, promising her a pony.

How do you propose to pay Alberto back for the toy?

It cost 17.95.

-You could have this cow. It moos if you squeeze it.

-It doesn't break

when you throw it out the window.

I'm 13. Do you think I want to play with a plastic cow?

How about this? If you promise never to lie again,

you don't have to pay me back right away.

BOTH: You can count on us!

Then he said Timmy and I were the most smartest kids ever.

He did?

-Maybe he didn't use THOSE words.

-But that's what he meant to say.

OK, we have enough rocks.

-What are we gonna do?

-Play rock ball. Hit it as hard as you can.

-Here.

-Are you SURE we're allowed to play this?

-Oh, Grandma doesn't mind.

She just doesn't want us to play baseball,

but this game is a whole different ball game.

Batter, on!

Ow! ..Uh!

Uh!

But it's not OUR fault.

-DW did it!

-Whose idea was it to play baseball with rocks?

You could really hurt someone.

-I wasn't playing baseball. Were you, Tommy?

-Nope.

-I'm not allowed to play.

-I don't even know how to play.

-Me neither.

Telling the truth is more than just changing words for things. I tried.

I wouldn't be surprised if you two ended up in jail.

-Wow! We didn't get punished at all.

-Yeah, and we didn't even lie...

kind of.

-Tommy, what's jail?

-It's where they put grown-ups who've been bad.

I saw it on TV.

You sit in a room with metal bars and you can't leave,

not even to see your grandma,

-and sometimes you have to stay there for ten years.

-Ten years!

I had a time-out for ten minutes once, but ten YEARS!

-I can play that louder than you!

-It's still my turn.

-Let go!

-Let go!

-Give it.

-It's mine!

-I had it first!

-Sh!

-Hey, Tibbles, you got a vistor.

Look, it's the two half-truths.

PRISONERS: Tell any good lies? Liar!

Hello, dears. How have you been? Is the food OK?

-No, it's terrible.

-We haven't been able to eat a thing.

I brought you this cherry pie.

But what if you're lying again? What if the food is quite good?

-How do I know you're telling the truth?

-We ARE, Grandma.

-We promise!

-SOBBING:

-I wish I could believe you.

Do YOU like cherry pie? It's home-made.

BOTH: No-o!

-I don't wanna go to jail.

-Me neither.

From now on, I'm telling the truth.

The whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me, Grandma.

-Ow!

-Ow!

-Ow!

-Ow!

BOTH: Cookies!

BOTH: Mmm! Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!

Did you eat all those free samples?

We cannot tell a lie. BOTH: WE did it!

They were THAT good? Have some more?

-I like telling the truth.

-Me too.

DOORBELL RINGS

Hi, Tommy and Timmy. I bet you want to borrow my Mary Moo Cow tapes.

No, we just came by to tell you you're too bossy.

And you sing Crazy Bus too much.

Hi, Mrs Read, your house smells like dog.

-< You've a funny name.

-You'll never get a pony. They cost too much.

SHE BAWLS

Your head is too big.

-You believe anything.

-I do?

Your nose is too small.

-ANGRY VOICE ON PHONE

-Uh-huh. ..Sorry you feel that way.

-'Goodbye.'

-Bye.

Emily never wants to see us again.

That's what DW said, and Vacita. Who are we supposed to play with now?

-I don't know. Er, how about Kevin?

-No. He's not real.

-We made him up, remember?

-Oh, yeah.

Your idea about always telling the truth wasn't such a good one.

-MY idea?! It was YOUR idea.

-No, it wasn't.

-Yes, it was.

-No, it wasn't.

-Yes, it WAS.

You make me so mad, sometimes I wish I didn't have a twin,

and that's the truth!

-Wait!

-TOMMY SOBS

Hey! What, no rock ball today? I wore my bike helmet for nothing.

Alberto, I'm never gonna play rock ball again.

-I'll probably never play anything with anyone ever again.

-Why?

Because everybody's mad at me for telling the truth.

-Timmy said he wished he didn't have a twin.

-I was angry.

-It was the truth.

-Look, just because you are being honest now,

you don't have to say everything

-that pops into your heads.

-BOTH: We don't?

No. Why not try telling the truth and being nice at the same time?

Most of the time, I like having a twin.

In fact, you're my best friend in the whole world.

-You're so nice.

-Yeah, and really, really generous.

When you have candy, you always share.

I want to be just like you when I grow up.

Really? Wow! I'm a role model.

You want some gummy eels? TWINS: Mmm! Yum! Mmm! Yum!

I like being nice AND honest.

Me, too. Is that what grown-ups call flattery?

I don't know, but it works like a charm.

Subtitles by Sally Davies BBC Broadcast 2003

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