WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 Not so long ago, and just on the edge of town, there was a wonderful farm. 00:06.000 --> 00:13.000 And on the farm was a friendly white house with two trees that looked like they'd be good for climbing in. 00:13.000 --> 00:17.000 And there were lots of animals, chickens and pigs. 00:17.000 --> 00:24.000 And there was a big barn with a tall silo and a lot more animals, horses and cows. 00:24.000 --> 00:28.000 And there was a big boot, you know, a boot. 00:28.000 --> 00:31.000 Now, what would a boot be doing in a farm yard? 00:31.000 --> 00:33.000 And such a big boot. 00:33.000 --> 00:35.000 That's a giant sized boot. 00:35.000 --> 00:38.000 And it looked like there's a giant wearing it. 00:38.000 --> 00:42.000 Look up. Who is this giant? 00:42.000 --> 00:44.000 Well, it's me. 00:44.000 --> 00:48.000 And that's a good thing because I'm a friendly giant. 00:48.000 --> 00:52.000 I wouldn't hurt a fly. 00:52.000 --> 00:54.000 Oh, hello there. 00:54.000 --> 00:59.000 Now, why are you perched on my nose? 00:59.000 --> 01:04.000 Well, just resting. 01:04.000 --> 01:06.000 Off you go. 01:06.000 --> 01:09.000 And come back again sometime. 01:09.000 --> 01:14.000 This is the first time you've been to my farm, isn't it? 01:14.000 --> 01:23.000 Did you know that I can reach way down, way down over my farm? 01:23.000 --> 01:30.000 And play with the horses and cows, just the way you play with puppies and kittens. 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 See, I can pet this horse. 01:33.000 --> 01:37.000 I just like toys to me because I'm a giant. 01:37.000 --> 01:42.000 And the animals like me because I'm a friendly giant. 01:42.000 --> 01:44.000 You like my farm. 01:44.000 --> 01:47.000 And you like my castle too. 01:47.000 --> 01:49.000 You haven't seen my castle, have you? 01:49.000 --> 01:51.000 That's a good place. 01:51.000 --> 01:58.000 I have lots of books and records and lots of pictures and some friends. 01:58.000 --> 02:00.000 Shall we go to my castle? 02:00.000 --> 02:01.000 All right. 02:01.000 --> 02:10.000 Now, I'll hurry over and go in the back door so that I can open the front doors and let down the drawbridge for you. 02:10.000 --> 02:11.000 You ready? 02:11.000 --> 02:14.000 Here is my castle. 02:21.000 --> 02:46.000 Here we are, and this is my castle. 02:46.000 --> 02:48.000 But this isn't my furniture. 02:48.000 --> 02:50.000 This is too small for me. 02:50.000 --> 02:52.000 It's for you. 02:52.000 --> 02:59.000 There's a little chair for one of you and a bigger chair for two more to curl up in. 02:59.000 --> 03:01.000 Pull them right up by the fire. 03:01.000 --> 03:04.000 I don't think we need a fire today though, do we? 03:04.000 --> 03:05.000 No. 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 And here's the book. 03:07.000 --> 03:09.000 Here's the book we're going to read. 03:09.000 --> 03:13.000 It's called Timothy about a kitten. 03:13.000 --> 03:15.000 Would you like to look at it? 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 Well, look up. 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 Look way up. 03:19.000 --> 03:21.000 Remember, I'm a giant. 03:21.000 --> 03:24.000 A friendly one, but a big one. 03:24.000 --> 03:26.000 And this is the book. 03:26.000 --> 03:30.000 But it's too small for us, isn't it? 03:30.000 --> 03:34.000 Hardly make out the pictures and can't read the writing at all. 03:34.000 --> 03:35.000 Look, see? 03:35.000 --> 03:38.000 We need one that's a giant size. 03:38.000 --> 03:40.000 And we have one that's giant size. 03:40.000 --> 03:44.000 The same book, Timothy, giant size. 03:44.000 --> 03:46.000 And I keep those books in my book bag. 03:46.000 --> 03:50.000 Of course, I keep a lot of other things in my book bag too. 03:50.000 --> 03:56.000 There's any number of things in here in my telescope. 03:56.000 --> 03:59.000 Hello, friendly. 03:59.000 --> 04:01.000 Oh, hello, Rusty. 04:01.000 --> 04:02.000 Did I wake you up? 04:02.000 --> 04:03.000 Well, yes. 04:03.000 --> 04:06.000 Oh, excuse me, just a minute. 04:06.000 --> 04:08.000 Rusty, these visitors haven't met you. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 This is Rusty. 04:09.000 --> 04:13.000 And he's the little rooster who wakes us up every morning. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 And he lives in the book bag. 04:15.000 --> 04:19.000 He sleeps there every night because it's quiet and dark. 04:19.000 --> 04:21.000 And that's a good place to sleep. 04:21.000 --> 04:25.000 And because he has to get up early every morning, he needs his sleep. 04:25.000 --> 04:26.000 Don't you, Rusty? 04:26.000 --> 04:27.000 Well, yes, I do. 04:27.000 --> 04:29.000 And that is a good place to sleep, isn't it? 04:29.000 --> 04:31.000 Oh, it's a very good place to sleep. 04:31.000 --> 04:34.000 But, well, sometimes there's a lot of things down here. 04:34.000 --> 04:35.000 Well, I know. 04:35.000 --> 04:40.000 I keep lots of things in the book bag because when I go on a long trip around the world, 04:40.000 --> 04:42.000 there's no telling what I'll need. 04:42.000 --> 04:49.000 Well, there are so many books and so many different things like roller skates. 04:49.000 --> 04:50.000 Oh, there. 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 And there's milk. 04:51.000 --> 04:54.000 There is a glass of milk down there, I remember. 04:54.000 --> 04:56.000 Yeah, peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches. 04:56.000 --> 04:59.000 That's why I had the glass of milk for that peanut butter sandwich. 04:59.000 --> 05:01.000 Well, I know you have to have those. 05:01.000 --> 05:02.000 Sure. 05:02.000 --> 05:03.000 And the fish pools. 05:03.000 --> 05:04.000 Yes. 05:04.000 --> 05:05.000 Well, it's crowded. 05:05.000 --> 05:08.000 You're so crowded that you don't sleep? 05:08.000 --> 05:11.000 Well, high sleep, but not too well sometimes. 05:11.000 --> 05:15.000 Well, what would you like me to take out of the book bag? 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 Well, you mean what bothers me more? 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 What bothers you the most? 05:18.000 --> 05:19.000 Most. 05:19.000 --> 05:20.000 Mm-hmm. 05:20.000 --> 05:21.000 Well, I think the fish pool. 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 The fish pool? 05:22.000 --> 05:23.000 Yes. 05:23.000 --> 05:25.000 Well, that's a slim little pool. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 It isn't very big fits in the book bag. 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 Well, it's the hook. 05:28.000 --> 05:29.000 Oh, the hook bothers you. 05:29.000 --> 05:30.000 Yes. 05:30.000 --> 05:31.000 Mm-hmm. 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 Well, I have it stuck in a piece of cork, don't I? 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Well, I think I lost the cork. 05:34.000 --> 05:36.000 Oh, well, then let's get that fish pool out of there. 05:36.000 --> 05:37.000 All right. 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 I certainly wouldn't want you to get caught on the hook. 05:40.000 --> 05:42.000 This is my giant's pipe. 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 Here it comes. 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 Push it. 05:48.000 --> 05:49.000 Push it up. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 It's a long one, isn't it? 05:59.000 --> 06:00.000 Is the hook there? 06:00.000 --> 06:01.000 Careful. 06:01.000 --> 06:02.000 Careful, Rusty. 06:02.000 --> 06:03.000 I think so. 06:03.000 --> 06:04.000 Just a minute. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 Oh, I've got it. 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 I just got it caught in your night shirt there. 06:08.000 --> 06:09.000 There. 06:09.000 --> 06:10.000 There we are. 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 Well, that's my fish pool. 06:11.000 --> 06:13.000 Well, I'll sleep much better now. 06:13.000 --> 06:14.000 It's a little crooked. 06:14.000 --> 06:20.000 Maybe it's a good thing we took it out of the book bag, Rusty, because it was getting just a little bent in there. 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 Yes. 06:21.000 --> 06:23.000 Well, I hope you're comfortable now and can sleep. 06:23.000 --> 06:24.000 Well, I am now. 06:24.000 --> 06:25.000 I think I'll be all right. 06:25.000 --> 06:26.000 All right. 06:26.000 --> 06:32.000 Oh, Rusty, before you go down, what I wanted was a big copy of this book, Tim and Timothy. 06:32.000 --> 06:33.000 Oh, well, that's done. 06:33.000 --> 06:34.000 Yeah. 06:34.000 --> 06:35.000 Would you get it, please? 06:35.000 --> 06:36.000 Yes. 06:36.000 --> 06:37.000 Well, I'll find it. 06:37.000 --> 06:38.000 Good. 06:38.000 --> 06:39.000 Oh, I have to be careful, though. 06:39.000 --> 06:40.000 I don't get peanut butter on it. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 Yes, don't get peanut butter on it. 06:42.000 --> 06:45.000 We do keep lots of things down there. 06:45.000 --> 06:47.000 You find it, Rusty? 06:47.000 --> 06:49.000 Oh, that's it. 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 Okay. 06:50.000 --> 06:51.000 Tim and Timothy. 06:51.000 --> 06:52.000 There you are. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 Mm-hmm. 06:53.000 --> 06:54.000 Have you read it? 06:54.000 --> 06:55.000 Yes. 06:55.000 --> 06:56.000 Oh, you read it. 06:56.000 --> 06:58.000 Oh, I thought it was a very, very nice book. 06:58.000 --> 06:59.000 Have you read it lately? 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 Just today? 07:00.000 --> 07:01.000 Yes. 07:01.000 --> 07:04.000 Do you want to hear it again if we read it again? 07:04.000 --> 07:07.000 Well, I think I should take a nap. 07:07.000 --> 07:08.000 Oh. 07:08.000 --> 07:09.000 Well, all right. 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 Is that right with you? 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 Sure. 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 If you want to take a nap, you're just ducked down in the bag. 07:13.000 --> 07:15.000 Well, it'll be so comfortable now that the fish is gone. 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 What? 07:16.000 --> 07:17.000 It'll be so comfortable now that the fish is gone. 07:17.000 --> 07:18.000 He has. 07:18.000 --> 07:19.000 Well, I'm glad you're happy. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 I'll take a nap. 07:20.000 --> 07:21.000 All right. 07:21.000 --> 07:22.000 Night, Rusty. 07:22.000 --> 07:25.000 There goes a good rooster. 07:25.000 --> 07:28.000 And this is about a 10-year-old. 07:28.000 --> 07:31.000 And this is about a timid kitten. 07:31.000 --> 07:33.000 A very timid kitten. 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 Mm-hmm. 07:35.000 --> 07:39.000 And we're all alone here now, aren't we, in a big castle? 07:39.000 --> 07:43.000 And if giants were timid, I might be a little scared. 07:43.000 --> 07:48.000 But, of course, giants, even friendly ones, are never timid, are they? 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 No. 07:49.000 --> 07:54.000 Well, now, this book is about a little kitten named... 07:54.000 --> 07:57.000 Oh. 07:57.000 --> 07:59.000 Oh, hello there. 07:59.000 --> 08:03.000 You know, I was just telling everyone that I wasn't timid. 08:03.000 --> 08:07.000 And then you two little kittens popped up and almost scared me. 08:07.000 --> 08:09.000 What's your name? 08:09.000 --> 08:11.000 Mio. 08:11.000 --> 08:12.000 Mio. 08:12.000 --> 08:14.000 And what's your name? 08:14.000 --> 08:15.000 Mio. 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 Your name is Mio, too. 08:17.000 --> 08:18.000 Mm-hmm. 08:18.000 --> 08:20.000 Mio and Mio, too. 08:20.000 --> 08:23.000 Well, those are good names for two little kittens. 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 Did you come to hear the story? 08:25.000 --> 08:26.000 Good. 08:26.000 --> 08:27.000 It's about a kitten. 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 Did you know that? 08:29.000 --> 08:30.000 Well, you knew that. 08:30.000 --> 08:34.000 It's about a timid kitten named Timothy. 08:34.000 --> 08:36.000 Are you timid? 08:36.000 --> 08:38.000 No, you're not timid, are you? 08:38.000 --> 08:39.000 No. 08:39.000 --> 08:40.000 How about you, Mio, too? 08:40.000 --> 08:42.000 Are you timid? 08:42.000 --> 08:45.000 Oh, and you are timid a little bit. 08:45.000 --> 08:50.000 Well, let's read the book and see why Timothy was timid. 08:50.000 --> 08:52.000 You can look at the pictures. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 You can look at the pictures, too. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 All right. 08:56.000 --> 09:00.000 Once there was a little kitten named Timothy. 09:00.000 --> 09:06.000 He was black all over except for his four white paws and a little white bib under his chin. 09:06.000 --> 09:11.000 And he had two sets of black whiskers that stuck out fiercely from his face. 09:11.000 --> 09:14.000 He looked like a big, brave, bold kitten. 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 But he wasn't. 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 He was afraid of the rain on the roof. 09:18.000 --> 09:21.000 He was afraid of footsteps on the stairs. 09:21.000 --> 09:23.000 He was afraid of little mice. 09:23.000 --> 09:25.000 And he was afraid of dogs. 09:25.000 --> 09:30.000 So everyone called him Fradycat, except his mother. 09:30.000 --> 09:37.000 One day, his mother said, Timothy, you must learn to be a big, brave, bold kitten. 09:37.000 --> 09:39.000 And we shall go to the zoo. 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 Why? 09:40.000 --> 09:42.000 Ask Timothy, troubling. 09:42.000 --> 09:48.000 So I can teach you not to be afraid of other animals, said his mother, looking for the wrong way over his eye. 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 So they went to the zoo. 09:51.000 --> 09:54.000 Now look at the lion, said his mother. 09:54.000 --> 09:55.000 He won't hurt you. 09:55.000 --> 09:57.000 He's a cousin. 09:57.000 --> 10:01.000 But Timothy shook with fright when the lion roared. 10:01.000 --> 10:04.000 He's got big whiskers, he said. 10:04.000 --> 10:06.000 Bigger than mine. 10:06.000 --> 10:09.000 Look at the bear, said his mother. 10:09.000 --> 10:10.000 He's nice. 10:10.000 --> 10:12.000 He won't hurt you. 10:12.000 --> 10:16.000 But Timothy shook with fright when the bear stood up on his hind legs. 10:16.000 --> 10:19.000 He's got big claws, he said. 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 Bigger than mine. 10:21.000 --> 10:24.000 Well look at the elephant, said his mother. 10:24.000 --> 10:27.000 He's big, but he's afraid of kittens. 10:27.000 --> 10:31.000 But Timothy shook with fright when the elephant waved his trunk. 10:31.000 --> 10:34.000 He's got a big nose, he said. 10:34.000 --> 10:36.000 Bigger than mine. 10:36.000 --> 10:39.000 Well look at the rabbit, said his mother. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.000 He's just a little bunny. 10:41.000 --> 10:43.000 He can't hurt you. 10:43.000 --> 10:46.000 But Timothy shook with fright when the rabbit thumped his foot. 10:46.000 --> 10:49.000 He's got big ears, he said. 10:49.000 --> 10:51.000 Bigger than mine. 10:51.000 --> 10:56.000 And Timothy ran all the way home. 10:56.000 --> 11:00.000 Now would you have run all the way home, Miao? 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 No, of course not. 11:02.000 --> 11:05.000 Would you have run all the way home, Miao too? 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 Well you would. 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 That's because you're a Timothy. 11:09.000 --> 11:12.000 Well now, let's see what happened to Timothy. 11:12.000 --> 11:15.000 His mother was very sad. 11:15.000 --> 11:19.000 You must learn to be a big, brave, bold kitten, she said, 11:19.000 --> 11:22.000 linking her big, round eyes. 11:22.000 --> 11:24.000 And Timothy began to cry. 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 How, he asked. 11:26.000 --> 11:30.000 His mother said, when you're afraid of anything, 11:30.000 --> 11:33.000 shoot out your whiskers like this. 11:33.000 --> 11:38.000 Hump your back and make your fur stand up on end like this. 11:38.000 --> 11:42.000 And wave your tail like this. 11:42.000 --> 11:46.000 And say, loud as you can. 11:46.000 --> 11:48.000 Like that. 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 See? 11:50.000 --> 11:52.000 And Timothy stood up. 11:52.000 --> 11:54.000 He shot out his whiskers. 11:54.000 --> 11:58.000 He humped his back and made his fur stand up on end. 11:58.000 --> 12:02.000 He said as loud as he could. 12:02.000 --> 12:04.000 Well that's fine, said his mother, 12:04.000 --> 12:07.000 licking the fur the wrong way over his eye. 12:07.000 --> 12:10.000 Now go out and see how it works. 12:10.000 --> 12:13.000 And Timothy ran out of the house. 12:13.000 --> 12:17.000 Now, what are you supposed to be looking for, Miao? 12:17.000 --> 12:18.000 Do you know? 12:18.000 --> 12:19.000 You don't know? 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 Do you know Miao too? 12:21.000 --> 12:23.000 You don't know either. 12:23.000 --> 12:26.000 Well, I think he was looking for some animals. 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 And he was. 12:28.000 --> 12:31.000 But he didn't meet a lion and he didn't meet a bear. 12:31.000 --> 12:35.000 He didn't meet an elephant and he didn't even see a rabbit. 12:35.000 --> 12:39.000 But after a while he came to a toy shop. 12:39.000 --> 12:41.000 Perhaps he said to himself, 12:41.000 --> 12:46.000 perhaps I can find something to be afraid of in here. 12:46.000 --> 12:48.000 Well he walked right in. 12:48.000 --> 12:50.000 And the shop was full of toy animals. 12:50.000 --> 12:52.000 But Timothy thought they were real. 12:52.000 --> 12:55.000 So he shot out his whiskers and humped his back. 12:55.000 --> 13:00.000 He made his fur stand on end and he began to wave his tail. 13:00.000 --> 13:04.000 Trembling all over, he went up to a stuffed lion. 13:04.000 --> 13:08.000 He said in a whisper, 13:08.000 --> 13:10.000 he expected the lion to roar. 13:10.000 --> 13:13.000 But the lion didn't say anything. 13:13.000 --> 13:15.000 So Timothy, trembling just a little, 13:15.000 --> 13:21.000 went up to a toy teddy bear and said a little louder. 13:21.000 --> 13:25.000 He expected the teddy bear to stand up on his hind legs. 13:25.000 --> 13:28.000 But the bear sat still. 13:28.000 --> 13:31.000 So Timothy, hardly trembling at all, went up to a toy elephant 13:31.000 --> 13:34.000 and said much louder. 13:34.000 --> 13:37.000 He expected the elephant to wave his big trunk. 13:37.000 --> 13:40.000 But the elephant sat still. 13:40.000 --> 13:44.000 So Timothy, not scared one bit, 13:44.000 --> 13:47.000 caught him flannel bunny rabbit with pink ears 13:47.000 --> 13:50.000 and said as loud as he could. 13:50.000 --> 13:54.000 He expected the rabbit to thump his foot. 13:54.000 --> 13:57.000 But the rabbit sat still and didn't do anything. 13:57.000 --> 14:02.000 So Timothy strutted out of the toy shop and started to go home. 14:02.000 --> 14:06.000 I'm a big brave, bold kitten, he said to himself. 14:06.000 --> 14:12.000 And I'm not afraid of anything, anything, anything. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 There. 14:14.000 --> 14:16.000 Now, what do you think, Miao? 14:16.000 --> 14:19.000 Do you think he should have been so brave? 14:19.000 --> 14:20.000 You do? 14:20.000 --> 14:23.000 Do you think so, Miao, too? 14:23.000 --> 14:25.000 No, you're timid, and you. 14:25.000 --> 14:27.000 Just then he met a dog. 14:27.000 --> 14:29.000 A real live dog. 14:29.000 --> 14:31.000 It wasn't a big dog. 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 It wasn't even a middle-sized dog. 14:33.000 --> 14:36.000 It was just a little baby dog. 14:36.000 --> 14:39.000 But Timothy was frightened just the same. 14:39.000 --> 14:43.000 Said as loud as he could. 14:43.000 --> 14:46.000 But he was so frightened he couldn't move. 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 And the dog didn't run away. 14:48.000 --> 14:51.000 He walked right up to Timothy and sniffed at him. 14:51.000 --> 14:53.000 All over. 14:53.000 --> 14:56.000 His eyes got red and he began to growl. 14:56.000 --> 15:00.000 And Timothy's whiskers almost fell off. 15:00.000 --> 15:04.000 Timothy shut his eyes tight and called for his mother. 15:04.000 --> 15:06.000 Miao. 15:06.000 --> 15:08.000 And the dog suddenly stood still. 15:08.000 --> 15:10.000 He looked scared to death. 15:10.000 --> 15:11.000 His eyes stopped being red. 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 His tail went down between his legs. 15:13.000 --> 15:16.000 And then he turned and ran away as fast as he could. 15:16.000 --> 15:19.000 And Timothy was very surprised. 15:19.000 --> 15:22.000 I scared a dog, he said. 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 And he stuck out his chest. 15:24.000 --> 15:26.000 He waved his tail. 15:26.000 --> 15:30.000 And he strutted along home to tell his mother. 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 Miao. 15:32.000 --> 15:35.000 Do you think he's really brave? 15:35.000 --> 15:36.000 Do you? 15:36.000 --> 15:37.000 You do? 15:37.000 --> 15:39.000 Miao, too. 15:39.000 --> 15:43.000 Do you think that Timothy is a real brave kitten now? 15:43.000 --> 15:46.000 He seems to be, doesn't he? 15:46.000 --> 15:48.000 Well, he went home to see his mother. 15:48.000 --> 15:52.000 And he met her on the path by the next door neighbor's garden. 15:52.000 --> 15:56.000 I'm a big, brave, bold kitten, he told her. 15:56.000 --> 16:02.000 I scared a lion and a bear and an elephant and a rabbit and a dog. 16:02.000 --> 16:05.000 I'm not afraid of anything. 16:05.000 --> 16:08.000 Well, that's fine, said his mother. 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 And then she stood still. 16:10.000 --> 16:12.000 Very still. 16:12.000 --> 16:16.000 They heard a humming noise, like a pop. 16:16.000 --> 16:18.000 Or maybe a small lion. 16:18.000 --> 16:20.000 It was very near. 16:20.000 --> 16:23.000 Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... 16:23.000 --> 16:28.000 Timothy's mother picked him up by the scruff of his neck and ran home as fast as she could. 16:28.000 --> 16:32.000 And when she put Timothy down, he was very angry. 16:32.000 --> 16:34.000 Why did you run? 16:34.000 --> 16:37.000 He asked in a big voice. 16:37.000 --> 16:40.000 If it was a lion, I could have scared him. 16:40.000 --> 16:42.000 If it was a bear, I could have scared him. 16:42.000 --> 16:44.000 If it was an elephant, I could have scared him. 16:44.000 --> 16:47.640 Even if it was a dog, I could have scared him. 16:47.640 --> 16:52.760 But wasn't a lion, said his mother, and it wasn't a bear nor an elephant. 16:52.760 --> 16:55.680 No, indeed, or I would have let you scare them. 16:55.680 --> 16:59.040 It was bees, thousands of bees. 16:59.040 --> 17:03.320 Why didn't you let me scare them, said Timothy? 17:03.320 --> 17:08.520 Because, said his mother, licking the fur the wrong way over his eye. 17:08.520 --> 17:13.960 Even if you are my big, brave, bold Timothy, you must learn not to go around. 17:13.960 --> 17:17.960 Looking for trouble. 17:17.960 --> 17:24.960 And that's the story of Timothy, the kitten who learned to be brave. 17:24.960 --> 17:26.960 Did you like it, meow? 17:26.960 --> 17:28.960 Oh, you did, meow too? 17:28.960 --> 17:29.960 Oh, you both liked it. 17:29.960 --> 17:31.960 Well, good, good. 17:31.960 --> 17:33.960 Are you going to get down now? 17:33.960 --> 17:37.960 Oh. 17:37.960 --> 17:39.960 Good. 17:39.960 --> 17:40.960 There. 17:40.960 --> 17:44.960 You know, when you came, when you came tonight, 17:44.960 --> 17:48.960 you surprised me so that I didn't even ask you how you got here. 17:48.960 --> 17:50.960 How did, oh. 17:50.960 --> 17:53.960 Oh, you climbed. 17:53.960 --> 17:55.960 They climbed right up the Ivy leaves. 17:55.960 --> 17:57.960 I'm glad I planted that vine there. 17:57.960 --> 17:59.960 Mm-hmm. 17:59.960 --> 18:03.960 And did you come just to hear the book? 18:03.960 --> 18:04.960 Oh, you brought some music. 18:04.960 --> 18:05.960 Oh, good. 18:05.960 --> 18:06.960 Good. 18:06.960 --> 18:08.960 Are you going to sing? 18:08.960 --> 18:10.960 Not going to sing? 18:10.960 --> 18:11.960 No. 18:11.960 --> 18:16.960 Are you going to play a musical instrument? 18:16.960 --> 18:19.960 No, not going to play a musical instrument. 18:19.960 --> 18:23.960 Are you going to whistle? 18:23.960 --> 18:26.960 Well, what are you going to do? 18:26.960 --> 18:28.960 Oh, you're going to dance. 18:28.960 --> 18:29.960 Well, good. 18:29.960 --> 18:30.960 Fine. 18:30.960 --> 18:31.960 All right. 18:31.960 --> 18:32.960 Just a minute. 18:32.960 --> 18:34.960 I'm going to put the book back in the book bag, 18:34.960 --> 18:38.960 and I'll take the giant's pipe out. 18:38.960 --> 18:44.960 And, uh, you didn't bring a music rack along, did you? 18:44.960 --> 18:46.960 The music stand? 18:46.960 --> 18:49.960 No, well, then I'll just pin the music up here. 18:49.960 --> 18:52.960 All right. 18:52.960 --> 18:53.960 Oh, the rust- 18:53.960 --> 19:18.960 music 19:18.960 --> 19:20.960 Very, very good. 19:20.960 --> 19:21.960 Very good. 19:21.960 --> 19:23.960 And, uh, the second one. 19:23.960 --> 19:24.960 Yeah. 19:24.960 --> 19:26.960 And you know there's something I want you to see, 19:26.960 --> 19:28.960 and I want everyone else to see it, too, 19:28.960 --> 19:29.960 above the castle. 19:29.960 --> 19:30.960 What? 19:30.960 --> 19:31.960 Lincoln, Lincoln, and not. 19:31.960 --> 19:32.960 Oh. 19:32.960 --> 19:33.960 Sailing in a wooden tube. 19:33.960 --> 19:34.960 Have you ever seen them? 19:34.960 --> 19:35.960 No. 19:35.960 --> 19:36.960 You haven't? 19:36.960 --> 19:37.960 No. 19:37.960 --> 19:38.960 Right above the castle. 19:38.960 --> 19:39.960 Well... 19:39.960 --> 19:40.960 Would you like to see them? 19:40.960 --> 19:41.960 I can't see them from here. 19:41.960 --> 19:43.960 Oh, well, I'll take you over here and put you right outside. 19:43.960 --> 19:44.960 All right. 19:44.960 --> 19:45.960 All right. 19:45.960 --> 19:47.960 And I'll say... 19:47.960 --> 19:48.960 Easy there. 19:48.960 --> 19:49.960 Oh, you... 19:49.960 --> 19:50.960 Can you ruffle my feathers? 19:50.960 --> 19:52.960 Did I rub in the wrong way? 19:52.960 --> 19:53.960 All right. 19:53.960 --> 19:55.960 Now, you just sit right down there. 19:55.960 --> 19:56.960 Sit right on the edge. 19:56.960 --> 19:58.960 That's good. 19:58.960 --> 20:00.960 Okay. 20:00.960 --> 20:02.960 That's fine. 20:02.960 --> 20:03.960 No. 20:03.960 --> 20:04.960 Good night, not. 20:04.960 --> 20:05.960 Right up there. 20:05.960 --> 20:06.960 Right up there. 20:06.960 --> 20:08.960 Oh, you say good night to our friends, will you? 20:08.960 --> 20:09.960 Yeah, good night. 20:09.960 --> 20:10.960 Good night. 20:10.960 --> 20:11.960 Good night. 20:11.960 --> 20:14.960 And we'll just put this little book back down on the table. 20:14.960 --> 20:18.960 Because it is time to go outside the castle. 20:19.960 --> 20:22.960 This chair will be waiting for you the next time you come to my castle. 20:22.960 --> 20:24.960 A bigger one for two more. 20:24.960 --> 20:29.960 So now, you can go outside and through the double doors. 20:29.960 --> 20:32.960 And watch and listen. 20:48.960 --> 20:57.960 Lincoln, Lincoln, and not one night. 20:57.960 --> 20:59.960 Sailed off in a wooden shoe. 20:59.960 --> 21:05.960 Sailed on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew. 21:05.960 --> 21:08.960 Where are you going and what do you wish? 21:08.960 --> 21:11.960 The old moon asked the three. 21:11.960 --> 21:15.960 We've come to fish for the herring fish that live in this beautiful sea. 21:15.960 --> 21:18.960 Nets of silver and gold have we. 21:18.960 --> 21:23.960 Said, Lincoln, Lincoln, and not. 21:23.960 --> 21:27.960 The old moon laughed and sang a song as they rocked in the wooden shoe. 21:27.960 --> 21:32.960 And the wind that sped them all night long ruffled the wave of dew. 21:32.960 --> 21:37.960 The little stars were the herring fish that lived in that beautiful sea. 21:37.960 --> 21:42.960 Now cast your nets wherever you wish, but never a feared are we. 21:42.960 --> 21:45.960 So cried the stars to the fishermen three. 21:45.960 --> 21:50.960 Lincoln, Lincoln, and not. 21:50.960 --> 21:55.960 All night long their nets stay true to the stars in the twinkling foam. 21:55.960 --> 22:01.960 Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, bringing the fishermen home. 22:01.960 --> 22:05.960 It was also pretty a sail it seemed as if it could not be. 22:05.960 --> 22:11.960 And some folks thought it was a dream they dreamed of sailing that beautiful sea. 22:11.960 --> 22:15.960 But I shall name you the fishermen three. 22:15.960 --> 22:20.960 Lincoln, Lincoln, and not. 22:20.960 --> 22:23.960 Lincoln and Blinken are two little eyes. 22:23.960 --> 22:26.960 And not is a little head. 22:26.960 --> 22:31.960 And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies is a wee one trundle bet. 22:31.960 --> 22:36.960 So shut your eyes while mothers sing the wonderful sights with me. 22:36.960 --> 22:42.960 And you shall see the beautiful thingies as you rock on the misty sea, 22:42.960 --> 22:46.960 where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three. 22:46.960 --> 22:51.960 Lincoln, Lincoln, and not. 22:51.960 --> 22:54.960 And now good night. 22:54.960 --> 23:02.960 Big front doors are closed and we'll pull up the drawbridge until you come back to the castle again. 23:02.960 --> 23:05.960 Good night. 23:05.960 --> 23:08.960 Thank you. 23:35.960 --> 23:59.960 MUSIC 23:59.960 --> 24:04.960 This broadcast was planned and produced by the Wisconsin State Broadcasting Service. 24:04.960 --> 24:09.960 WHA-TV Channel 21, Madison, Wisconsin.