JJuanita
Papi, my new bedroom is pink!
JSJuanita's Dad
Do you like it pink, Juanita?
JJuanita
Oh, yes. And guess what else?
JSJuanita's Dad
What else?
JJuanita
It echos in here. [echos] Hello!
[Juanita's Dad chuckles and went back to work. Juanita runs to the front yard and sees some colorful flowers]
JJuanita
Oh, what pretty flowers.
[Juanita's Dad and the mover --one of the movers-- put a dresser drawer down. Suddenly, Juanita's Dad hears a sound --someone saying "Mama!". It sounds like a dolly speaking. Juanita's Dad opens the drawer to see where the dolly sound has come from.]
DSDoll Speaking
[from inside the drawer] Mama!
[Juanita's Dad opens the drawer and finds Juanita's cat doll María inside. Now he fully knows it's a toy as he knows where the sound came from. That is, which is Juanita's cat doll. The cat doll, her name is Maria. Knowing it's a toy, he --Juanita's dad-- sees Maria laying there in drawer.]
MMaría (Cat Doll)
[camera faces the full doll Maria in the open drawer --and Maria says the same word] Mama!
JSJuanita's Dad
[to the cat doll] Well, hello, María.
[Juanita's Dad picks up Maria and mimics her. He waving her from side to side, as if Maria is speaking.]
JSJuanita's Dad
[impersonating the cat doll] "Juanita? Come and get me! I've fallen out of my box!"
[Before running up to get Maria, Juanita has not noticed that Maria --her cat doll or stuffed cat-- was missing. But she turns to her father and says he was tricking her.]
JJuanita
[giggles] Papi, you're funny.
[Juanita runs to her father and gets María.]
JJuanita
Come on, María. I'll show you our new house. [to her mother] These are for you, Mama. They were growing in our yard.
JSJuanita's Mom
[smells the flower] Thank you. If only I knew where we parked the bus.
[Henry's bus drives past Juanita's new house]
JSJuanita's Mom
[about Henry's bus] That's the bus that will take you to Hilltop School tomorrow.
JJuanita
Oh, but... I won't know anyone at my new school.
JSJuanita's Mom
Well, not at first. But soon you will make new friends. [pause] Would you like it if I take you to school tomorrow?
JJuanita
Yes, please come with me.
[opens the refrigerator and finding that she was all out of apple juice] Oh dear! I am out of apple juice.
[She is out of apple juice for snack time.]
[turns to Juanita's mother] Perhaps you can help me with that.
[Mrs. Jenkins goes over to Juanita and tells her about it.]
[to Juanita] Juanita? We are all out of apple juice for snack time. Can I ask your mother to buy us more juice?
JJuanita
How long may it take?
JSJuanita's Mom
Not very long.
[referring to Juanita's mom] She'll come back. Mothers always come back.
JJuanita
But what if I need her?
[Yoko then tells Juanita a story about when Yoko herself needed her mother on the first day of kindergarten.]
[tells her story to Juanita] I needed my mama on the first day of school too. But then, I was having so much fun. And I no longer needed to come with me (like I used to).
[That story --told by Yoko to Juanita-- it convinces Juanita to let her mother leave when she's at school.]
JSJuanita's Mom
Juanita, here's a cookie for your pocket, in case you get hungry.
[Juanita's Mom gives Juanita the almond cookie]
JJuanita
Thank you, Mama.
JSJuanita's Mom
I'm so proud of you going to school all by yourself today. [sees the bus coming] Oh, here comes your school bus.
JSJuanita's Mom
Yes, Juanita?
JJuanita
Where will I sit on the bus?
JSJuanita's Mom
You can sit beside one of your new friends.
JJuanita
But I don't have any new friends yet.
[after Juanita can't play with her friends]
Aren't you having fun, Juanita?
JJuanita
Well... not really, Mrs. Jenkins.
I see. Is there something the matter?
JJuanita
[sighs] It's just that... I don't know how to jump Double Dutch, or how to build a moon base and no one told me that Grace doesn't like almonds and I didn't know Captain Doris can steer the ship.
Making new friends can be hard sometimes. But I think I have an idea that might help.
[last lines of the series]
JSJuanita's Mom
I see you made lots of new friends today.
JJuanita
Yes I did. I like Hilltop School.
JSJuanita's Mom
Wonderful. I want to hear about everything you did today. Let's go inside. I made you snack.
JJuanita
I tried sushi today, Mama.
JSJuanita's Mom
Sushi? I do not think I had sushi.
JJuanita
It's really good. And Yoko likes (baby beans) burritos. She likes almond cookies too. Can you put an extra one in my lunch box tomorrow and some lettuce for Norman...
[The final episode ends when a butterfly flies over Juanita's house. Then the scene fades to black as the series ends itself]
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