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Our episode on Tools of the Craft is almost over,
but I still have one more thing to share with you.
It’s a very short video I made a while back called
“Stop it! Don’t Drop It!”
and it has sketches of Rupert in it that I that I made,
along with dragonflies that Rupert’s artist, Tonia, made.
Only this is a song, not a story.
Do you know that you can also use a song as a tool?
Sure you can!
Songs can help you to celebrate, or to raise energy,
or to even remember things.
And that’s what THIS song is for,
to help you, and everyone who hears it,
to remember to pick up the litter and trash you find laying on the ground
EVEN if you’re not the one who put it there.
And I’ll share a short story with you about why I wrote this.
Because I live in Florida,
I go to Walt Disney World pretty often.
And I am so very glad that I can,
because I LIKE to be happy.
But there was this one day,
when I was waiting for the “Jammin’ in the Jungle” parade
to start in Animal Kingdom,
when I saw a woman kick a water bottle.
She’s NOT the one who dropped it,
but I saw her look down at it, after she kicked it.
And then she just walked away from it!
Well I didn’t like that one little bit,
so I walked over to pick it up,
but before I could get there,
two OTHER people had kicked it,
looked at it,
and walked away from it.
Now, I don’t know about you,
but this is the only planet I’m probably going to live on in this lifetime
and I want to keep it as clean and healthy as I can.
It has to last a very long time, you know!
And when I see people just kicking garbage around,
or pretending like they didn’t see it,
then I don’t feel so very good about that.
Because I want EVERYONE to feel the same way
that I do and to help keep our planet clean.
So now you know why I wrote this song.
It’s called “Stop It! Don’t Drop It!
And here it is.
(Clapping)
Reduce, reuse ...
Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
We each must do our part.
There's a better ... a smarter...
A better place to start.
Stop it! Don't drop it!
Think and be smart!
Stop it! Don't drop it!
You gotta do your part!
You've got it in your hand,
so now what will you do?
Each of us must understand,
It matters what you do!
So stop it! Don't drop it!
Think and be smart!
Stop it! Don't drop it!
You gotta do your part!
It's on the ground, it's garbage,
you didn't put it there!
Hop on over , pick it up,
don't leave it laying there!
Stop it! Don't drop it!
Think and be smart!
Stop it! Don't drop it!
You gotta do your part!
Pick it up! Clean it up!
Throw it away!
Think about it! Talk about it!
Find a better way!
Pick it up! Clean it up!
Throw it away!
In the can! Yes we Can!
Now you know the way!
So stop it! Don't drop it!
Think and be smart!
Stop it! Don't drop it!
You gotta do your part!
This is YOUR planet.
It’s up to YOU to keep it clean.
Remember to do YOUR part.
Thanks for being a Friend of Rupert.