[fairy dust opens on a cupboard]
♪ She went to the cupboard ♪
HHubbard
That's my cupboard!
♪ To fetch her poor doggy a bone ♪ [a dog pants]
♪ But when she got there, the cupboard was bare ♪ [Hubbard: Uh-oh.]
♪ And so the poor doggy had none! ♪ [This made the dog very sad.]
♪ She went to the bakers to buy him some bread ♪
HHubbard
Got anything made out of a bone meal?
♪ And when she came back, the dog stood on his head ♪
HHubbard
[seeing the dog upside down, the book reads "Yoga" written] Oh, that's really good for a dog!
♪ She went to the grocers to buy him some fruit ♪
HHubbard
Oh, what lovely fruit! Oh!
♪ But when she came back, he was playing the flute ♪
♪ She went to the barbers to buy him a wig ♪
HHubbard
Ha, that red wig would look just stunning on my little dog! How much is it?
♪ And when she came back, he was dancing a jig ♪
♪ The dame made a curtsy, the dog made a bow ♪
♪ The dame said ♪
[they dance together]
[segment opens on a woman and a dog doing laundry in front of a circus tent]
♪ This is the way we wash our clothes ♪
♪ Wash our clothes, wash our clothes ♪
♪ This is the way we wash our clothes so early in the morning ♪
DDog
Whew! This is no fun! Let's take these clothes out to the laundromat! [woman nods]
[the two watch the washing machine that shakes]
DDog
Now we've got time to learn something else! Hmmm...circus? Oh!
♪ This is the way we tame the lion ♪ [lion roars]
♪ Tame the lion, tame the lion ♪ [lion roars again]
♪ This is the way we tame the lion so early in the morning ♪
LLion
You're doing a good job!
♪ This is the way we swing a trapeze ♪
♪ Swing a trapeze, swing a trapeze ♪
♪ This is the way we swing a trapeze so early in the morning ♪ [dog makes monkey sounds]
♪ This is the way we get a pie in the face ♪
♪ Pie in the face, pie in the face ♪
♪ This is the way we get a pie in the face so early in the morning ♪
RRingmaster
Okay, you two. Now back to work.
[they sigh and they hum the first verse they sung earlier]
[segment opens on a blank background, a dog walks by]
♪ There was a little girl ♪
DDog
I'm not a little girl! I'm a dog! [a grown woman appears]
GGGrown Girl
No. I'm the little girl.
♪ Who had a little curl ♪ [a curl springs]
♪ Right in the middle of her forehead ♪ [a curl springs again]
♪ When she was good ♪ [the camera pans backwards, revealing to be she's holding the guitar]
GGGrown Girl
I'm practicing my guitar lessons.
♪ She was very, very good ♪
GGGrown Girl
When I'm good, I'm good. [a curl springs once again]
♪ But when she was mad... ♪ [stops singing] she was horrid!
GGGrown Girl
But I'm good at rock and roll!
[reveals to be a rock and roll concert]
GGGrown Girl
No, I like my curl. It makes me look cool.
[segment opens on a silhouette-shaped tree]
♪ A day in the life of a dog ♪
DDog
[barks] It's the dog days!
♪ Up with the Sun ♪ [The sun appears with a face] ♪ The dog doth run ♪ [dog runs past the tree] ♪ Fast asleep at seven ♪ [dog takes a nap with a flower and blades of grass] ♪ Then out to play ♪ [dog plays catch with the ball] ♪ And a place to lay ♪ [dog takes another nap] ♪ And at noon/meal time, he's in heaven ♪
MMan
Here, boy! [the dog feeds dog food, then the dog burps and continues eating]
♪ And sleep the afternoon ♪
DDog
[sleep talk] Dog bones.
♪ All night howl at the moon ♪ [the dog pretends to be a wolf] ♪ Oh a day in the life of a dog ♪
Quiet. I'm trying to get my beauty sleep. [the dog howls]
[fairy dust opens on two silhouette-shaped trees in a sepia-toned background]
[yawns] Boy, is it morning already? [harmonica music]
♪ A birdie cheeps ♪ [the bird appears from a bird's nest]
BBirdie
Who's cheep? Oh, cheep. Cheep cheep!
[cues silhouette mountaintops and hills in a red background]
♪ Sunlight over the hill creeps ♪ [the background changes to yellow, a red circle appears; peeking over the mountains]
♪ A lift in the mist ♪
RRabbit
Oh, there you are!
♪ A newspaper the dog fetches ♪
DDog
Whoa, this newspaper tastes pretty good. Must be good news. [chuckles] Hey, open the door! Hello! [knocks the door]
[cues on a creature with wings next to a cattail and the lily pads]
♪ A first bug the fish catches ♪ [a fish jumps up and swallows it]
♪ And the cows sweetly mooed... ♪
CCows
♪ Good morning, good morning ♪
♪ Good morning to you! ♪
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