Once upon a time, not long ago and not far away, it was a farm.
And on the farm, it was a barn.
That's not the barn, that's the house.
Find the barn.
That's not the barn, that's the corn crib.
Find the barn.
That's the barn, a big red barn.
Now find the boot.
And now look up.
That's the big red barn.
Are all barns big and red, do you think?
We could ask Rusty.
Or we could ask your own.
Let's go to the castle.
I'll hurry over first and go in the back door so that I
can let the door bridge down and open the big
front door for you.
Are you ready?
Here is my castle.
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Here we are inside.
And here's one little chair for one of you, and a bigger
chair for two more to care of left in.
And for someone who likes to rock, a rocking chair.
Now look up.
I'll call Rusty.
We'll ask him about barns.
Rusty. Hi.
Hi, friendly.
How are you?
Oh fine, how are you?
Where have you been?
On the farm.
Oh, on the farm.
Fine. We were looking at the barn.
That's a big barn, is it?
Yes. You know what color it is.
Oh, I think it's red, isn't it?
Same color as your night.
Oh, is it a polka dot?
No. Oh, no.
Barns don't have polka dots.
No, I suppose not.
Are all barns red?
Well, all right, I don't know, friendly.
So we asked your own.
Maybe your own would know.
He's seen a lot of barns.
More barns than I have.
Because he hikes on his long legs.
Goes all over.
Giant giraffes can do that.
Hi, Jerome.
Hi, friendly.
Hi, Rusty.
Hi. Well, Jerome, we were
talking about barns.
Barns. How big they are and
what color they are.
Well, they're big and-- Well, are they all red?
Not all of them.
What color are some barns you think?
Well, I've seen white barns.
Yes, they're white barns.
And I've seen a few yellow barns.
Yellow barns.
Yellow barns?
Really? And I saw one light
green barn once.
A green barn?
Blue barns?
Well, there may be-- I don't remember any blue barns,
but there may be.
Well, all those colors?
Yes. Most barns are--
Most barns are red, I think.
I think that's why there's a book about--
Most I saw a red and white barn, too.
But most of them are red.
Well, they'll book about the red barns.
There's a book about a red barn.
There is.
Yes. Oh, a red barn.
Big red barns.
That's the name of a-- I'm here.
They didn't call it a big yellow barn or a big and white barns.
And it isn't a big blue barn.
No, I don't think it is.
It's-- Oh, it's a big book.
There. Big book and a big barn.
Here it is.
A big red barn.
Big red barn.
See? Well, I suppose they named it
that because most barns are red.
Let me put the book up where everyone can see it.
You really saw some yellow barns, though.
Yes. The yellow barns look very nice.
Oh, can you see the barn when the grass is all yellow?
Where is it kind of hidden?
Oh, no.
No, it's too big to-- There.
--the high barn.
Can you see the book?
Oh, yes.
There. That's a big red barn.
And that's a big red barn by Margaret Wise Brown.
And the pictures are by Rosela Hartman.
And it's a young Scott book from the William R.
Scott company.
And look at this.
Oh. A flying horse on
a weather vane.
I like to watch them.
By the big red barn in the great green field,
there was a pink pig who was learning to squeal.
There was a great big horse and a very little horse.
And on every barn, there is a weather vane, of course,
a golden flying horse to show which way the wind is blowing.
It's a nice horse.
There was a big pile of hay and a little pile of hay.
And that is where the children would play.
But in this story, the children are away.
All they are.
And only the animals are here today.
Oh. Mm-hmm.
The sheep and the docky and the geese and the goats
were making funny noises out of their throats.
Oh. And old scarecrow was
leaning on his hole.
And a field moss was born in the field of corn.
I can't see any field moss.
Too small to see.
Oh, too small to see.
Haka doodle-doo in the barn.
There was a rooster and a pigeon, too.
And a big, quite hen standing on one leg.
And under the hen was a quiet pig.
There was a bantam rooster and a little bantam hen
with a big clutch of eggs if you can count to 10th.
Haka doodle-doo.
Oh, the book roosters.
Yes. Oh, a big brown cow
and a little brown cow.
Both ate their dinner of hay from the mall.
There was an old black cat, meow, meow,
and a tiger tomcat, meow, and an old red dog bow out
with some little puppy dogs all around and warm.
Puppies are fun to play with.
And they all lived together in the big red barn.
And they played all day in the grass and in the hay.
I wonder what the farmer's name is.
I don't know.
Until the sun went down in the great green field.
There was the sun, a big sun, too.
The big cow load, the little pig squealed.
The horses stopped in the sweet warm hay.
And the little docky gave one last braid.
There it goes, the sun.
The little black bats flew away out of the barn at the end
of the day.
The hen were sleeping on their necks.
Even the roosters took a rest.
And the geese and the goats made no more noises
with their throats.
Everything's quieting, no.
And there they were all night long,
sound asleep in the big red barn.
And only the mice were left to play, rustling,
squeaking in the hay.
Oh, I see them all.
Right there.
The moon sailed high in the dark night sky.
Beyond the house where the children slept,
the tiger cat crept home to his kittens in the big red barn.
All but out in the field, the old scarecrow still leaned
on his hole.
There it goes, there it goes.
There he is.
And there beneath the moon is the big red barn.
There. Wow.
The big red barn.
The wise braw.
Are they all the guy in almost farm that was?
They all know what the man's name was.
You know who's farm it was?
I think so.
Who's farm?
Paul McDonald.
It might be because it had all the animals
that are in the song.
That's right, it did.
The old McDonald's song.
It had all those animals.
Let's sing that song, friendly.
Should we?
We could sing about one or two of the animals.
One or two.
All three of us?
That would be a good idea.
You sing the first part.
And I'll be the animal.
You'll be the animal.
All right.
And I'll sing the EI-EI-O.
All right.
Ready? Ready?
Old McDonald had a farm.
EI-E-I-O. And on this farm
he had a chicken.
EI-E-I-O with a--
[Cackling]
Here and there.
There, here and there.
Everywhere.
[Cackling]
Old McDonald had a farm.
EI-E-I-O. Old McDonald had a farm.
EI-E-I-O. And on this farm he had a lamb.
EI-E-I-O with a-- Baba.
Here and there.
There, here and there.
Everywhere. Baba.
Here and there.
There, here and there.
Everywhere. Old McDonald had a farm.
EI-E-I-O. That was good.
That was fun.
I don't know what we can do.
What? A rabbit.
A rabbit?
Oh, I know what you're going to do.
All right.
I know.
No. Want to try it?
Try it.
All right.
Old McDonald had a farm.
EI-E-I-O. And on this farm
he had a rabbit.
EI-E-I-O with a-- Here and a--
There, here and there.
Everywhere. I see.
Ah. He's like like a null.
Finish the sun.
Old McDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O. You didn't make a sound like
a rabbit, did you, Rhett?
No. He didn't, because the
rabbits make any sound at all.
I don't think so.
No. But the wiggle area--
The wiggle are noses.
Just the way you were there.
The wiggle area is too big.
My ears are too small to see when I wiggle them.
Mm-hmm. You ready?
Oh, I'm ready.
[BELL]
Hi, rabbit.
[BELL]
Good night.
We're good, you know?
Good night, friend.
Good night, Jerome.
Good night, friend.
It is late.
This little chair will be waiting for one of you.
And the rocking chair for another, who likes to rock,
and the big armchair for two more to curl up
when you come again to our castle.
Now I'll close the big front doors
and pull up the drawbridge after you're gone.
Good night.
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