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♪ Hey, it's Franklin ♪
♪ Coming over to play ♪
♪ Growing a little ♪
♪ Every day ♪
♪ Here he comes with all his
friends ♪
♪ They've got stories got time
to spend with you ♪
♪ Hey, it's Franklin ♪
♪ Coming to your house ♪
♪ Hey, it's Franklin ♪
♪ Coming to my house ♪
♪ Hey, it's Franklin ♪
>> NARRATOR: Franklin goes to
school.
Franklin could count by twos
and tie his shoes.
He could sharpen his pencil,
and draw a straight line with
his ruler.
And this was good, because
today Franklin was going to
school for the first time.
>> FRANKLIN: N, K, L, I, N,
Franklin.
"Frnklin?"
Oh no, I forgot the A.
Franklin.
Mom, Mom?
>> Franklin?
What is it?
>> I'm ready for the bus.
>> The bus?
(Gasping)
>> Oh my gosh, I'm sorry honey,
I didn't even hear the alarm.
>> What, what is it?
>> Did you have something to
eat, polished your shell?
What about your lunch?
>> It's only 10 after 6.
>> It is?
>> I don't want to be late for
school on my first day.
>> The bus doesn't come for two
and a half hours, Franklin.
>> Heh-heh, you're a real keener
aren't you?
>> What's a keener?
>> It means you're enthusiastic.
You're eager to get to school
and start learning.
I think a special day like this
should start with a special
breakfast.
>> Oh boy.
>> MRS. TURTLE: And to top it
off, ladybug sprinkles.
Come on, Franklin, you've got
lots of time, now eat up.
>> I thought I heard the bus.
(Engine running)
The bus!
It was just a truck.
Do you hear something?
>> You eat, and I'll watch for
the bus.
>> It's yellow.
>> Heh-heh, yellow is it?
Well, that should be easy for me
to spot then.
You finish up there, Franklin,
and we'll--
>> Done.
>> Franklin?
>> Come on, dear!
>> Hey, wait for me!
Oops, can't forget the camera.
Smile!
(Flashbulb popping)
>> First day is pretty exciting
huh?
>> Yeah, but I wish the bus
would hurry up.
>> You know, I had to walk to
school when I was your age.
>> Yes, we know dear, two and a
half miles.
>> And two and a half miles home
again, right Dad?
>> Yup.
>> ALL: Through rain or snow.
(Laughing)
(Honking)
>> It's coming!
>> Give me a hug, give me a hug!
>> Okay, okay, Mom, bye!
(Children giggling)
>> I want to go home.
>> What is it Franklin?
>> I've got a tummy ache.
>> I'm sure it will go away.
Your father and I will be right
here after school to hear about
all the things you've learned.
>> MR. TURTLE: Come along,
Franklin.
I bet you're going to have lots
of fun.
>> GOOSE: Hey, Beaver!
(Giggling)
Leave that alone!
That's mine!
Hey, look, there he is!
Hi, Franklin.
>> Good morning, Franklin.
You don't look so good.
>> Franklin, I saved you a seat
by the window.
>> Thanks Bear.
(Sighing)
♪
>> MR. TURTLE: Bye, Franklin.
>> Hey, did anybody bring an
extra snack?
>> Didn't you eat any breakfast?
>> Yeah, but, that was an hour
ago.
>> Here, Bear.
>> Oh, carrots.
Have you got anything else?
(Groaning)
A blueberry muffin?
Thanks Franklin!
Here, have a raisin.
It's stuck.
>> What are you reading, Beaver?
>> Amelia the Dragon, it's my
favourite book.
I can read it myself.
>> All of it?
>> Yup, and there are lots of
big words too.
>> Beaver sure is a good reader.
(Sighing)
>> I can't read a whole book by
myself.
>> Hey Beaver look at my
numbers!
It goes up to 61, then I ran out
of room.
>> Numbers are as easy as pie.
Can you do the alphabet?
>> Oh yeah, with my eyes closed.
>> Me too.
>> Hey, that's pretty good
Franklin.
Except for the 'A'.
(Sighing)
>> Franklin, do you think
there's a bathroom at school?
>> Why are you asking that?
>> Because Mom kept telling me
to go to the bathroom before I
left the house.
>> I hope the teacher doesn't
yell a lot.
>> Is that what teachers do?
>> My aunt teaches tuba lessons,
and she's always yelling.
(Sighing)
>> What's the matter Franklin?
>> I want to go home.
>> Just stick with me, I'll be
your buddy and you be my buddy.
♪
>> Yay, oh boy!
(Chattering)
♪
(Stomach gurgling)
>> Still got those carrot
sticks, Franklin?
Franklin?
How did he get ahead of me?
Franklin, wait up!
>> I-I can't go in there.
>> SNAIL: Me neither!
>> Snail?
What are you doing here?
>> I'm hiding 'cause I'm not
going to school.
The teacher might ask me to
count to a kazillion and forty
six or want me to spell
chrysantha-- chrystantha--
>> Chrysanthemum?
>> Yeah, or maybe I'll have to
say they whole alphabet
backwards and what if the
teacher wants me to do it with
my eyes closed?
What then?
>> Snail, nobody's going to ask
you to count to a kazillion, or
say the alphabet backwards.
>> No?
>> No.
But you might have to read a
whole book by yourself, or write
your numbers up to 61.
Maybe the teacher will yell and
maybe there's no bathroom.
(Giggling)
>> Is that all?
>> But what if there is no
bathroom?
>> There has to be a bathroom.
(Birds chirping)
>> Yeah, I guess so.
(Laughing)
>> SNAIL: So, you want to go in?
I'll go in if y-you go in?
>> Together.
(Bell chiming)
♪
(Gulping)
(Screaming)
(Gasping)
>> Hello, I'm Mr. Owl.
You must be Franklin and Snail.
>> Yes, that's right.
But how did you?
>> You have friends in the
classroom who've been wondering
where you were.
Would you like to come in and
join them?
>> Well, I can't count to a
kazillion and forty six.
(Laughing)
>> I don't believe I can either,
that's a very big number.
>> I don't know how to read a
whole book by myself.
And I can't write my numbers
very well either.
>> Well, then you've come to the
right place.
>> Hey Franklin, where'd you go?
Look what I made.
Want to make something too?
>> BOTH: Sure!
♪
(Laughing)
♪
(Chalk squeaking)
♪
(Laughing)
♪
(Horn honking)
>> Franklin's home!
♪
>> Bye, guys, see you tomorrow!
>> ALL: Bye, see you tomorrow
Franklin!
>> Hi, Mom, hi, Dad.
>> Hi, Franklin.
>> How's your tummy feeling?
>> Uh, my tummy?
It's okay.
Gee, did you wait here all day?
>> No dear.
>> We took a break for lunch.
So, what did you learn today?
>> Oh gee lots of things.
>> Do you like your teacher?
>> Mr. Owl?
He's really neat.
>> What have you got there?
Some artwork?
>> Oh yeah, I've got to show you
something!
>> Here it is, this is the one.
>> Well let's see what we have
here.
Terrific!
>> Great colours!
>> Keep going, there's more.
>> Wow, you did learn a lot
today.
Why don't you take this into the
kitchen and put it up on the
wall?
>> Okay.
>> How long before he notices?
>> FRANKLIN: Fly pie?
Thanks, Mom!
>> Hmm, about that long.
(Laughing)
>> NARRATOR: Franklin is lost.
Franklin could slide down a
river bank.
He could zip zippers and button
buttons.
He could even walk to Bear's
house all by himself.
But even so, Franklin was not
allowed to go into the woods
alone.
>> And then you tricked Beaver
into looking the other way and I
just walked in and grabbed their
flag.
>> Yeah Franklin, and Fox
thought he'd hidden that flag
so nobody would ever find it.
>> Fox is pretty clever, but he
can't outsmart us all the time.
(Wind whistling)
Did you hear that?
(Squishing)
>> Heh-heh, boy that sure scared
you.
>> Yeah, well those woods are
pretty spooky.
(Owl hooting)
Let's go Franklin.
>> Okay.
I'm starving.
>> SNAIL: Me too.
>> What's for lunch, Mom?
>> Your favourite, fly salad.
>> Mmm, thanks, Mom.
>> Flies?
>> No flies on yours, right,
Snail?
>> That's right, Mrs. Turtle,
thank you.
>> Ha-ha, you should have seen
your face, Snail.
>> Kind of like yours back at
the woods, Franklin?
>> MRS. TURTLE: The woods?
Now you both know you're not
supposed to go into the woods!
>> Yes, we know.
>> And don't worry, we won't.
(Chewing)
>> Bye, Mom, thanks for lunch.
>> Bye, Mrs. Turtle, thanks!
>> You're welcome.
And don't go--
>> Into the woods!
>> SNAIL: Okay.
♪
(Yawning)
(Giggling)
>> There, there, what took you
guys so long?
>> Hey, I'm a turtle you know.
So what do you wanna do guys?
>> We can't decide what to do.
What about swimming?
>> How about leapfrog?
>> We could always go pick
berries.
>> How about leap frog?
>> I know, hide and seek!
>> Nah, that's no fun.
>> Sure it is, Beaver, it's my
favourite game.
>> No, I mean Fox always wins.
>> Hey, I can't help it if I'm
the best hider.
>> You're not that good, Fox.
I can find you.
>> You're dreaming.
>> No way.
>> You'll never find him.
>> Want to bet?
>> Okay, we'll play, but you're
it.
>> Snail, um, you better help
Franklin, otherwise, he'd have
to count to a zillion to give
you enough time to hide.
>> Hmm.
>> Besides, it'll take two of
you to find me.
>> It's okay, Snail, we'll show
them.
Let's play!
(Giggling)
>> 19.
>> SNAIL: 20.
>> Ready or not--
>> Here we come!
(Rustling)
>> 1, 2, 3, on Bear!
>> Aw, how did you know I was
here?
>> Oh, just a lucky guess.
>> Well you found me, but I'm
not so sure you'll find Fox.
>> I'll find him, you'll see.
(Quacking)
>> 1, 2, 3, on Beaver!
>> Okay, okay and I thought that
lily pad trick would work for
sure.
>> You can't fool Franklin.
He's way too clever.
>> Maybe you're clever enough to
find me, but you'll never find
Fox.
>> Just watch me.
♪
1, 2, 3, on Rabbit!
>> You always find me, Franklin,
but you're still not clever
enough to find Fox.
>> Oh no?
(Snoring)
♪
>> FRANKLIN: 1, 2, 3, on Otter!
>> Good one, Franklin, you found
me, but have you found Fox yet?
>> Not yet, but you will, won't
you Franklin?
>> You bet.
1, 2, 3, on Fox.
>> SNAIL: Not here.
>> Shh.
1, 2, 3, on Fox!
>> Not here either!
>> 1, 2--
He must be around here
somewhere.
>> SNAIL: But we've looked
everywhere.
>> Unless--
>> The woods?
>> We've looked everywhere else,
Snail, Fox has got to be in
there.
>> But Franklin, we're not
supposed to go in there,
remember?
>> I know, but I'm only going in
a little bit.
>> Forget it, count me out.
>> Okay, you stay here.
>> And don't worry, I'm just
going in a little bit.
(Crow cawing)
♪
(Woodpecker hammering)
>> Maybe this isn't such a good
idea.
(Twig cracking)
(Rustling)
1, 2, 3, on Fox!
Hey, I called you out.
Come on, Fox.
Fox!
(Rustling)
Hey, come back.
♪
Ah-ha!
(Squirrel chirping)
Hey, you're not Fox.
(Chattering)
>> Wait until I tell Snail!
Uh-oh.
Ah, that's the way back.
Hey, Snail guess--
Hmm.
That's right, it's back this
way.
(Snoring)
(Stomach growling)
>> Sounds like it's somebody's
supper time.
>> Yeah, I guess.
I wonder what happened to
Franklin and Fox?
>> I bet they're already at home
eating.
>> I'm going.
>> See ya.
>> Bye, Bear!
>> See ya tomorrow guys!
(Stomach growling)
♪
>> Any sign of him yet?
>> No, it's just not like
Franklin to be this late.
>> Which way did I come?
Which way is the right way out?
(Rustling)
(Screeching)
Ah!
Oof!
(Owl hooting)
(Frog croaking)
(Screaming)
(Panting)
♪
(Branch cracking)
♪
(Screaming)
>> Franklin?
>> Fox?
>> Boy you scared me, Franklin.
>> And you scared me, Fox.
So I was right, you were hiding
in the woods!
>> Yeah, pretty clever huh?
>> You think so?
(Crow cawing)
>> Yeah, maybe not so clever.
Come on Franklin, let's find the
way out.
>> No Fox.
I tried and now I'm even more
lost.
We should stay right here until
someone finds us.
>> What if nobody comes?
>> Fox, someone will come!
Fox?
>> Yes, I knew this was the way!
Franklin?
But, how did you get--
>> I didn't get anywhere, Fox,
you just got back to where you
started.
>> You know what, Franklin?
We should stay right here.
(Owl hooting)
You really think someone will
find us?
>> Yes, but we've got to help
them help us.
Dad!
>> Franklin!
>> If they're looking for us,
Fox, we have to help them know
where we are.
Mom!
>> I'm going to be in big
trouble Franklin.
My parents must have told me a
million times to stay out of the
woods.
>> We're already in big trouble,
Fox.
>> Mom!
>> Dad!
Mom!
(Wind gusting)
>> What is it?
Where's it coming from?
>> The wind!
(Twig cracking)
(Screaming)
>> MR. TURTLE: Franklin!
>> MRS. TURTLE: Fox!
>> Mom, Dad!
>> MRS. TURTLE: Oh, Franklin.
>> MR. TURTLE: And Fox.
Mr. and Mrs, Fox, they're over
here!
>> We thought we heard you
calling.
>> We were but--
Snail!
>> Just going into the woods a
little bit, huh!
>> Lucky for you two, Snail told
us where you were.
>> Thanks Snail.
>> Well, anyway, it's time to
get you two home.
>> FOX: And so I thought I'd be
really clever by hiding in the
woods where Franklin wouldn't
come looking for me.
>> And I thought I'd be really
clever by going in there to look
for him.
>> Well, at least you were
clever enough to stay in one
place.
>> At least we were clever
enough to do that, right
Franklin?
>> Right Fox.
(Laughing)
♪