0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:24# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:27# Listen to the rhythm of the street
0:00:27 > 0:00:30# Open up your eyes, open up your ears
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together, make things better By working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 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- # We can learn to work and play And get along with each other.- Hey!
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey, DW!- Hey...
0:01:07 > 0:01:10TURKISH MUSIC
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Adil! HE CONTINUES IN TURKISH
0:01:21 > 0:01:24ADIL SPEAKS IN TURKISH
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Oh, hello. You might not understand Turkish, so I'll speak in English.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- That's my father. And that's our store behind him.- Hello.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Welcome. Have a good day.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Please, come in.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Hi, I'm Unver - Adil's best friend.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46But not for long.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Unver didn't do his maths homework.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53He thinks our teacher, Mr Yuksal, will throw into the Sea of Marmara.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55And I can't even swim!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Adil! - SHE SHOUTS IN TURKISH
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Pay no attention to her. She's not supposed to be here.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Look! Adil's little lambie!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- He-he-he-he!- Ayse!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11OK. I admit it - she's my little sister.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14But I'm not talking about the stuffed lamb!
0:02:14 > 0:02:20Whenever Ayse drive me crazy, there's only one person I talk to.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Adil! Ask him if his friend, The Head, knows the answers to
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- numbers five, seven and nine. - Unver, The Head's not his name!
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Woof!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Hey!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Any sign of my olive depitter yet?
0:02:42 > 0:02:47- No!- Great(!) This tapenade will take me hours to make!
0:02:47 > 0:02:50..But I did find these letters. Cool stamps!
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Who are they from? Arthur's REAL parents?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58They're from Tatsuo Matsumoto.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01He was a pen pal from Japan I wrote to during the 7th Grade.
0:03:02 > 0:03:08I remember this one! Tatsuo got lost in Kyoto at the O-bon Festival.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Ha-ha! I forgot how much I enjoyed corresponding with Tatsuo.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Can I read them?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Uh-oh!
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I found it!
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- Mr Ratburn... - ARTHUR COUGHS
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- Do you know how I can get a pen pal?- Pen pal? Yes, of course.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43I just recently earmarked a web spot that facilitates such things.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Now, where's the switch?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49PRINTER WHIRRS
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Adil Akyuz. Eight-years-old, from Turkey.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Buster, do you know anything about Turkey?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Sure, there's honey-glazed turkey and smoked turkey.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03And my favourite...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Roast turkey!
0:04:05 > 0:04:10Oh, this is from my very first Thanksgiving. You wanna hold it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13No. Ah! I'm talking about the country.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Oh. Hey, I know a lot about that too!
0:04:17 > 0:04:21That's where Illinois Jack And The Caravan Of Horrors takes place.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Illinois Jack has a cool Turkish friend in it called Mustafa.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31This is when Mustafa and Illy get chased through the covered bazaar.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37- Just a bit longer, buddy.- Illy, the Caliph's iron camel's gaining on us!
0:04:37 > 0:04:42..And then, Mustafa saves him from a pit of man-eating newts.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I will not let you die, Illy! AH!
0:04:46 > 0:04:51..And then... Ho-ho! This is my favourite part... The banquet!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Lamb's eyes, Illy?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Write to that Turkish kid, Arthur. I bet he's exciting.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07'..And then I had pepperoni pizza with my friend Buster at the Mall.'
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- What's...pepperoni?- I don't know. What's a mall?
0:05:13 > 0:05:18'That was my day. Please tell me about your day, and life in Turkey.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21'Sincerely, Arthur Read.'
0:05:24 > 0:05:28..On weekends, Adil works in his father's grocery store.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32They sell all sorts of cool things like spices and lamb's eyes...!
0:05:32 > 0:05:36They sell lamb's eyes in the grocery store?
0:05:36 > 0:05:41He didn't say that, but in The Caravan Of Horrors they eat them!
0:05:41 > 0:05:45You've left out the best part - he has a little sister.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Arthur's going to ask her to get me a Mary Moocow CD in Turkish.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52DW, they don't have Mary Moocow in Turkey.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- How do you know? - Did Adil like your letter?
0:05:55 > 0:06:00- Well, he said he liked it, but... - But what?- I don't know...
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Maybe he was being polite. My letter was dull compared to his.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- I'm sure that isn't the case, Arthur.- Yes, it is!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Arthur read me part of it and I fell asleep.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14That letter was like warm milk.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Dear Adil. Thank you for your interesting letter.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23These are some exciting things that happened this week...
0:06:23 > 0:06:28"I got an A-minus for math and I went to the Sugar Bowl with...
0:06:29 > 0:06:31"..Buster and..."
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Can't...stay...awake...
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Zzzzzzz.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Adil!
0:06:37 > 0:06:39What is wrong?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43"..And Francine told a really funny joke...
0:06:43 > 0:06:46"What do you get when you cross a...?"
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Zzzzzz...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54SNORING GETS LOUDER
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Ah! This is even putting ME to sleep. Oh, well, maybe tomorrow
0:07:03 > 0:07:06something exciting will happen.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11..And number five dribbles down the field. He cuts left, he cuts right.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13The goal's open. He shoots...
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- Hey, you're not shooting. - Oh, sorry, Buster.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I'm wondering what to write to Adil.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- Even less happened today than yesterday!- Speak for yourself.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- I've eaten 27 cherries! That's my record.- Can I use that?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Sure. Didn't Adil ask you lots of questions in his letter?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36I answered them...
0:07:41 > 0:07:45They sound boring. Maybe I should leave them out.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- Pepperoni's NOT boring!- Oh...
0:07:49 > 0:07:52You should ask him more questions about Turkey.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56It's such an exciting place. Take Illinois Jack for inspiration.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02'Dear Adil. What is your school like? How do you get there?'
0:08:03 > 0:08:08I wonder if he rides a camel to school like Illy's friend, Mustafa.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22See you at recess, boy.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Wow! Wish I had a camel!
0:08:30 > 0:08:34"Does you camel have its own tent, or does it sleep in yours?"
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- I don't have a camel!- Neither do I!
0:08:36 > 0:08:41I don't even know anyone who has! Why does he think you have a camel?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44"What's your favourite food?"
0:08:44 > 0:08:48"Please describe the taste of... Lamb's eyes!"
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- YEUCH! You never told me you ate a lamb's eye!- I haven't.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Where does Arthur get these ideas? - What will you write back?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I don't know!
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Anything from...?- Sorry, Arthur.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Oh...!
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- SOMEONE WHISTLES - Hi, Mr Higgins. Anything for...?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Hey, is that an Illinois Jack comic?
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- Yes, I borrowed it from Buster. - Ha-ha! They're so funny.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Funny?- Yeah, they always get everything wrong.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36Like, when Illy went to Ecuador, he found a golden Mayan temple. Ha!
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- The Maya were from Mexico!- Oh! I thought the comic was accurate.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45No. It's like the American TV shows I watched as a kid, in Ecuador.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50I thought every kid in the US went surfing after school.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55And then home to their skyscrapers, and put ketchup on all their food.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Yup. You'd have a weird impression of a place
0:09:58 > 0:10:01if all you knew of it came from TV and comics.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07So that's why he hasn't written back for 3 weeks.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I offended him with my questions.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Maybe I should get an American pen pal.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Why don't you explain what happened?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Well, I'm kind of embarrassed.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Try again. It's not easy making friends in other cultures,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25but trust me - it's worth it!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30What a minute! Adil has an e-mail address...?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35"Dear Adil. Just wondering if you got my letters.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38"PS - I didn't know you had e-mail!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41"How do you plug your computer in?"
0:10:41 > 0:10:46Dear Arthur. I plug my computer into the wall of OUR apartment.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- "I don't live in a tent." - "Oh, sorry.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54"I read this comic and it gave me weird ideas about how you live.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57"Is that why you didn't write back?"
0:10:57 > 0:11:01"Yes. I was going to correct you, but it would take forever.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04"Then you didn't answer any of my questions."
0:11:04 > 0:11:07"That's because my answers sounded boring.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11"A mall's just a big store with little stores in it."
0:11:11 > 0:11:13So that's what it is!
0:11:13 > 0:11:18'We have lots of those. The biggest and oldest is the Capali Carsi -
0:11:18 > 0:11:20'The Covered Bazaar in English.'
0:11:20 > 0:11:25Really?! Hey, I sort of live near a covered bazaar.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30Are you playing Virtual Goose? The answer's D - Do the Hokey-Pokey.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32DW, go away!
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I'm writing to someone!
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Hokey-Pokey! Hokey-Pokey!
0:11:36 > 0:11:42- 'Are you still there?'- 'Sorry, my pesky sister interrupted me.'
0:11:44 > 0:11:48'Ayse does that, and always when I REALLY don't want disturbed.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54- 'How does she know?'- 'Adil, we have more in common than I imagined.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Well, did he reach The Head?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00School's in 20 minutes.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Arthur's friend's name is Brain, and no, he can't call him now,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- it's late at night in Elwood City. - Oh!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Well, what did you talk about?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- He was mad at me.- Why?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I found the Mary Moocow CD for DW.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19DW SINGS IN TURKISH
0:12:22 > 0:12:25DW, GO TO SLEEP!
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- AHH! - DW CONTINUES SINGING
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Subtitles by Shoma Mazumder BBC Broadcast 2003
0:12:33 > 0:12:36E-mail us at subtitling@bbc.co.uk