Scenes with Shadow 65
[segment opens on a jungle]
SShadow
♪ The little mouse, she ran into a lion ♪
♪ The little mouse, she really started crying ♪
MMouse
[to lion] Oh please, please, please let me go. And I will promise to, if ever, should ever you need my help, I will come straight to you
SShadow
♪ The lion laughed, and laughed and laughed ♪
♪ It was the saddest thing he had heard ♪
♪ Yet the lion he let her go for he took at her word ♪
SShadow
♪ Later that day, the lion fell under a hunter's net ♪
LLion
[a net trap falls on him] Oh, no! The hunter's net!
SShadow
♪ He roared and cried, and cried and roared ♪
SShadow
♪ And the promise she didn't forget ♪
♪ She raced to the place where he was in a lot of trouble ♪
♪ She knew what to do, she started to chew ♪
♪ Quickly on the double ♪ [the mouse bites the part of the net]
♪ A hole was made, the lion was free much to his surprise ♪
LLion
Wow, how did you do that? I was wrong to judge you; Ms. Mouse. Just because of your size.
[segment opens in the old Western era]
SShadow
♪ Cowboy Flounder was his name ♪
FFlounder
Yep. That's me!
SShadow
♪ Herding cattle was his game ♪ [cattle cows moo]
♪ How did a fish ride with the best of them ♪
♪ It's the call he didn't want his own ♪
SShadow
♪ Some folks laugh, but only a few ♪
OMOld Man
[chuckles] It's that fish cowboy! [Cowboy Flounder faces his foes to him with his seahorse] Sorry, Flounder. I didn't mean it's bad. Bye.
SShadow
♪ The rest knew it took guts ♪
CCowboy
He sure has a lot of guts!
SShadow
♪ To be like you that's true ♪
FFlounder
Yep, a fish has gotta do what a fish has got to do.
SShadow
♪ As crazy as the story may seem ♪ [cattle cows moo again]
♪ He was the best cowboy ♪
♪ When it came to crossing the stream ♪
FFlounder
What's the matter, y'all afraid of getting your feet wet? [chuckles] Just be yourself, little partner. That's real courage!
[segment opens on a flower with little blades of grass, a turtle enters the scene; carrying a purse]
SShadow
♪ There once was a turtle ♪
TTurtle
Hi! I'm a turtle! Like my purse?
SShadow
♪ Who saved a penny a day ♪
TTurtle
Here it is! One penny.
SShadow
♪ Each week, she went to the bank ♪
TTurtle
Oh, what a nice bank building.
SShadow
♪ To put the money away ♪
CCostumer
Penny saved is a penny earned! [turtle nods]
SShadow
♪ She went to the bank for 100 years ♪
♪ Finally, she went out to the friendly cashier ♪
TTurtle
Please, I'd take my money now!
SShadow
♪ She said lady like and went off and brought a fast motorbike ♪
[a turtle rides on her motorbike with an unwanted animal]
[segment opens on a forest with two animals]
SShadow
♪ A duck and a ladybug who's eating a cake ♪
LLadybug
That's some good cake.
SShadow
♪ Went to the woods to visit the lake ♪
♪ Lost, they got lost on the home ♪
♪ When this duck decided he wanted to roam ♪
DDuck
[quacks] I knew a shortcut.
SShadow
♪ They wandered through the woods ♪
♪ Until their legs did ache ♪
♪ When the ladybug saw some crumbs from the cake ♪
LLadybug
Look, my friend! We can follow the crumbs back!
SShadow
♪ The duck squinted hard, he said with a quack ♪
DDuck
I just can't see anything at all!
LLadybug
Here, follow me. It's a good thing that I'm small.
SShadow
♪ They came to a place where she had started to eat ♪
LLadybug
[shocked] Yikes! There were cake crumbs!
SShadow
♪ She whined in defeat ♪
♪ And then and there she started to cry ♪
♪ When the duck thought perhaps ♪
♪ Perhaps we should fly ♪
DDuck
Perhaps I should fly, yeah. [flies through where his house lives] Now I see where we are. The truth is we're not very far! [quacks]
SShadow
♪ Home at last, they were out of the tangle ♪
♪ He faced to look from a different angle ♪
[segment opens on two children]
SShadow
♪ When's life a bore ♪ [Boy: I'm bored.]
♪ Just do a chore ♪
♪ Clean your room ♪
♪ Go get a broom ♪
♪ Take out the trash, you'll have a bash ♪ [Boy: Take out the trash!]
♪ Clear the table, now you're able ♪ [Girl: Yeah!]
♪ Dry a dish, make the dish towel swish ♪
♪ Put away that toy, it will give you joy ♪
SShadow
♪ Put away those books ♪
♪ You'll like the way it looks ♪ [Boy: Looking good!]
♪ And remember, if you're having fun ♪
♪ The sooner that the chores will be done! ♪
[segment opens on a wooden board with a nail planted onto it]
SShadow
♪ The little baby hammer could barely lift his head ♪
FHFather Hammer
Atta boy, son.
SShadow
♪ Try as he might missed the nail and fell down instead ♪
FHFather Hammer
Ah you almost nailed it, son!
SShadow
♪ As he grew older, he became much bolder ♪
♪ His aim had improved ♪
FHFather Hammer
That's it, son. Right on the head!
SShadow
♪ He soon found out he needed more "umph" to get that nail to move ♪
FHFather Hammer
Don't worry, son. Just keep trying.
SShadow
♪ Said the young hammer to be a good slammer ♪
♪ Drilled and drilled and drilled ♪
THTeenage Hammer
See the nail. Be the nail. Hit the nail.
SShadow
♪ Soon he gained enough weight to drive the nail straight ♪
♪ And he was really thrilled ♪
YHYoung Hammer
Yo, I did it! I did it!
FHFather Hammer
Son, I'm so proud of ya!
SShadow
♪ So now he's a father of children of his own ♪
♪ It gives him great joy, a girl and a boy ♪
♪ That they'll be hammers when they've grown ♪
AHAdult Hammer
Yo, that's it! That's using your heads, kids! Yeah, hit 'em on the head!
[segment opens with a black shape of a diamond]
SShadow
♪ The volunteer was sincere ♪
MMan
I love to volunteer!
SShadow
♪ When he saved the cat on the chandelier ♪
MMan
I'm always sincere about chandeliers! [cat meows] And cats. [cat meows]
SShadow
♪ The volunteer, a car did steer ♪
♪ To bring a hot lunch for the old musketeer ♪
MMusketeer
Ah, thank you! Oh, a hot lunch means "déjeuner chaud".
SShadow
♪ The volunteer received a cheer ♪ [a tourist cheers]
♪ When he fixed the hole ♪
MMan
[he blocks the hole with a hammer] Ha, I fixed it!
SShadow
♪ Of a gondolier ♪
GGondolier
♪ O sole mio ♪ Ah, grazie! Now my "bucchis" are not gonna sink!
SShadow
♪ The volunteer on the frontier dropped up some books ♪
MMan
[struggles with book pile] Oh, boy is it...I'm heavy!
SShadow
♪ From a pioneer ♪
OMOld Man
Oh, that's good. Now I'll catch up on my romance novels. [hands out a book with hearts in them] You ever read this one?
SShadow
♪ But the volunteer was Man of the Year ♪
MMayor
Here's your trophy, son.
SShadow
♪ When he went to the library ♪ [he walks inside the library]
♪ To puppeteer ♪
MMan
[mimics puppet voices] So listen now and listen clear if you want to do some good, just volunteer!
[segment opens on a village]
SShadow
♪ The milkman's horse clipped and clopped down the lane ♪
♪ The milkman's horse, she tosses a silvery mane ♪ [horse neighs]
♪ The gentle ol' mare stops at every door ♪
♪ Just like she has been a hundred times before ♪
♪ And every day starts the same away ♪
♪ Whether it's sun or rain ♪
♪ Cop on the corner pats her on the nose ♪
CCop
Who's a good horse, yes.
SShadow
♪ She gets a hug from the lady ♪
♪ Hanging out the clothes ♪
CClothes Lady
Such a nice horse!
SShadow
♪ School kids love to give her a treat 'cause she's always waiting for a bite to eat ♪
♪ The milkman's horse is a flowering source of happiness in their town ♪ [horse neighs]
Bear in the Big Blue House · 284 quotes
