WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 You 00:30.000 --> 00:45.240 No, it's not. No, you. I'm too old for this sort of thing. I must travel the galaxies to 00:45.240 --> 00:53.160 find an apprentice, one who believes and will carry on my work. Ex-leaborate! 00:53.160 --> 01:12.720 He's escaped! Oh, never mind. Soon all the readers will be gone, and eyes for a 01:13.040 --> 01:16.960 soul will rule! 01:27.660 --> 01:28.780 Good 01:36.140 --> 01:38.040 Is that right Rosario? 01:38.040 --> 01:40.040 Anybody else? 01:40.040 --> 01:41.040 Jason. 01:41.040 --> 01:42.040 They're like sugar cubes. 01:42.040 --> 01:43.040 Yes. 01:43.040 --> 01:45.040 They do, don't they? 01:45.040 --> 01:56.040 I'm thinking of something red and shiny that ponies like to eat. 01:56.040 --> 01:57.040 Tanya? 01:57.040 --> 01:58.040 Apple? 01:58.040 --> 01:59.040 Yes. 01:59.040 --> 02:00.040 No. 02:00.040 --> 02:07.040 What sorts of ponies do you like to do? 02:07.040 --> 02:08.040 Norbert? 02:08.040 --> 02:09.040 Norbert? 02:09.040 --> 02:10.040 Norbert? 02:10.040 --> 02:11.040 Norbert? 02:11.040 --> 02:12.040 Norbert? 02:12.040 --> 02:13.040 Uh... 02:13.040 --> 02:14.040 Uh... 02:14.040 --> 02:15.040 Uh... 02:15.040 --> 02:21.040 They were silver gloves? 02:21.040 --> 02:26.040 Norbert, we could use your help in getting ready for our story. 02:26.040 --> 02:29.040 We're thinking about what we know about ponies. 02:29.040 --> 02:30.040 What can you tell us? 02:30.040 --> 02:33.040 They give rides at fairs? 02:34.040 --> 02:35.040 Good. 02:40.040 --> 02:41.040 Really? 02:41.040 --> 02:43.040 I want to roll with everything. 02:43.040 --> 02:45.040 Two stories up in the air? 02:45.040 --> 02:46.040 Give me a break. 02:46.040 --> 02:48.040 Scott's honor. 02:48.040 --> 02:49.040 Marby. 02:52.040 --> 02:53.040 Hey, look. 02:53.040 --> 02:55.040 The ring's on my padlock. 02:55.040 --> 02:57.040 I thought it's magic or something. 02:57.040 --> 02:59.040 Come on, Moby. 02:59.040 --> 03:02.040 Maybe the guy in the window left her. 03:03.040 --> 03:06.040 Maybe it's a sign. 03:06.040 --> 03:09.040 Norbert, you're two months. 03:09.040 --> 03:11.040 I've got to go. 03:11.040 --> 03:12.040 See you after dinner. 03:12.040 --> 03:14.040 Yeah, see you later. 03:14.040 --> 03:15.040 Bye. 03:33.040 --> 03:35.040 I'm in my own bad yard. 04:04.040 --> 04:09.040 It's... 04:09.040 --> 04:10.040 The street, Yes? 04:19.040 --> 04:20.040 Holy. 04:20.040 --> 04:22.040 Who are you? 04:22.040 --> 04:24.040 I am Lexo. 04:24.040 --> 04:26.040 Story Solomon of maths. 04:26.040 --> 04:27.040 And you? 04:27.040 --> 04:29.040 Uh... 04:29.040 --> 04:32.200 Lord of most used, and you? 04:32.200 --> 04:36.400 Uh, I'm Norbert, boy of Wisconsin. 04:36.400 --> 04:42.720 Norbert, there is no time to lose. 04:42.720 --> 04:49.120 The wicked story Lord, Thor Zul, seeks to conquer my planet, then he will attack yours. 04:49.120 --> 04:51.800 See, I'm old. 04:51.800 --> 04:54.920 My time in this body is short. 04:54.920 --> 05:02.160 I need an apprentice story, Lord, to help defeat Thor Zul and save both our planets. 05:02.160 --> 05:04.560 Will you accept the challenge? 05:04.560 --> 05:07.480 Uh, why me? 05:07.480 --> 05:11.440 Because you believe your friend did not. 05:11.440 --> 05:15.840 Well, what do I have to do? 05:15.840 --> 05:22.880 When this ring glows, come here as fast as you can. 05:22.880 --> 05:31.000 Get on yon by catron, in tone the magic incantation there on, stare into this picture, 05:31.000 --> 05:34.600 and pedal as fast as you can. 05:34.600 --> 05:38.920 You will reach the land of Mujuz. 05:38.920 --> 05:41.480 How do I get home? 05:41.480 --> 05:49.680 Simply place your hands upon your heart and say, home. 05:49.680 --> 05:53.320 My time draws to a close. 05:53.320 --> 05:55.720 Will you accept my child? 05:55.720 --> 06:00.320 Well, sure, I guess, but I have to be home by dinner time. 06:00.320 --> 06:05.120 Brave land, the planet will be saved. 06:05.120 --> 06:10.600 Hey, the ring is going already. 06:10.600 --> 06:17.600 Farewell, my child. 06:40.600 --> 06:49.680 Oh yeah, thunder and lightning, trumpets and drums, readers rejoice, a story Lord comes. 06:49.680 --> 06:55.880 Now, staring to the picture, well, here goes nothing. 07:25.880 --> 07:33.400 Uh, excuse me, is this the land of Mujuz? 07:33.400 --> 07:37.640 No, it's the third moon of Gargalistan. 07:37.640 --> 07:38.640 It is? 07:38.640 --> 07:41.240 No, of course this is Mujuz. 07:41.240 --> 07:46.680 Oh, I'm doomed. 07:46.680 --> 07:47.680 Can I help? 07:47.680 --> 07:50.360 No, only a story Lord can help. 07:50.360 --> 07:53.480 I'm going to print a story, Lord, will that do? 07:53.480 --> 07:54.480 You are? 07:54.480 --> 07:57.080 Oh, I see you wear the gloves. 07:57.080 --> 08:00.040 Here, see if you can open that. 08:00.040 --> 08:02.440 Do the elephant dance. 08:02.440 --> 08:09.080 Isn't it a key or something? 08:09.080 --> 08:11.040 Thor Zul has the key. 08:11.040 --> 08:12.280 The wicked story Lord? 08:12.280 --> 08:13.280 The same. 08:13.280 --> 08:20.520 He gave me this book and told me to read how to do the elephant dance, but he locked it, 08:20.520 --> 08:22.720 and now I can't read it. 08:22.720 --> 08:28.240 Oh, how can I understand what a book is about if I can't open it? 08:28.240 --> 08:33.840 And if I can't do the dance, that's what he'll do. 08:33.840 --> 08:36.160 He didn't give you a chance. 08:36.160 --> 08:38.640 Oh, he gave me a chance. 08:38.640 --> 08:41.400 This clue. 08:41.400 --> 08:47.680 Plant the seed before you read. 08:47.680 --> 08:50.480 Then it will grow, and you will know. 08:50.480 --> 08:56.120 Tomorrow, I'll be stoned, not if I can help it. 08:56.120 --> 08:58.560 Don't worry, Millicent. 08:58.560 --> 09:08.160 Millicent, I think I know someone who can help. 09:08.160 --> 09:09.160 Home. 09:09.160 --> 09:21.800 Plant the seed before you read, then it will grow, and you will know. 09:21.800 --> 09:27.000 Plant the seed before you read, then it will grow, and you will know. 09:27.000 --> 09:28.000 That's right. 09:28.000 --> 09:31.480 That's an interesting way to say what I was talking about in class yesterday. 09:31.480 --> 09:32.480 It is? 09:32.480 --> 09:33.480 Yes. 09:33.480 --> 09:37.240 It tells you what to do before you read something new. 09:37.320 --> 09:40.360 Look, I'll show you. 09:40.360 --> 09:46.440 Here's your story, the big snow. 09:46.440 --> 09:49.920 Before you read it, think for a minute about the title. 09:49.920 --> 09:52.120 What do you think it's going to be about? 09:52.120 --> 09:53.120 Snow? 09:53.120 --> 09:56.720 That's probably a safe guess. 09:56.720 --> 10:00.240 Next, think about snow for a minute. 10:00.240 --> 10:01.640 How do you feel about it? 10:01.640 --> 10:02.960 I like it. 10:02.960 --> 10:03.960 Why? 10:03.960 --> 10:05.800 It's fun to play in. 10:05.800 --> 10:08.800 Take snowballs with, toboggan or skian. 10:08.800 --> 10:11.640 Is there anything you don't like about snow? 10:11.640 --> 10:12.640 Shoveling it. 10:12.640 --> 10:15.560 It can be so heavy. 10:15.560 --> 10:19.080 And slippery to walk on, a car gets stuck sometimes. 10:19.080 --> 10:24.680 So snow can be fun, or it can be a nuisance too, can't it? 10:24.680 --> 10:27.400 Let's look at your book. 10:27.400 --> 10:30.520 It's snowed and snowed and snowed and snowed. 10:30.520 --> 10:32.120 It's snowed on the houses. 10:32.120 --> 10:34.960 It's snowed on the road. 10:34.960 --> 10:37.800 This had to be shoveled, oh, what a load. 10:37.800 --> 10:39.520 You said you didn't like shoveling. 10:39.520 --> 10:41.120 How do you think that man feels? 10:41.120 --> 10:42.320 The same way. 10:42.320 --> 10:45.280 It's too heavy. 10:45.280 --> 10:48.480 While children toboggan, a stuck car got towed. 10:48.480 --> 10:52.720 I'll bet he doesn't like snow, but those kids are having fun. 10:52.720 --> 10:53.720 Fair. 10:53.720 --> 10:54.720 You see? 10:54.720 --> 10:59.120 What you already know about snow helps you understand the book better. 10:59.120 --> 11:04.440 As your riddle says, plant the seed before you read. 11:04.440 --> 11:06.480 How do you read anything new? 11:06.480 --> 11:10.400 Think about what you already know about the subject. 11:10.400 --> 11:11.400 I get it. 11:11.400 --> 11:13.520 Then it will grow and you will know. 11:13.520 --> 11:18.160 Means that if you think about what you already know, it'll help you understand the book better 11:18.160 --> 11:19.160 when you read it. 11:19.160 --> 11:21.160 Thanks, Mrs. Framish. 11:21.160 --> 11:22.400 You're welcome, Norbert. 11:22.400 --> 11:23.960 All right, class. 11:23.960 --> 11:28.320 It's about time for the bell, books away, Billy, don't forget your singing. 11:28.320 --> 11:31.800 So the real means you've got to look at the title and think about what you already know 11:31.800 --> 11:32.800 before you read. 11:32.800 --> 11:33.800 Let's try it. 11:34.240 --> 11:38.200 If I can prove I've sold the riddle, the spell will be broken. 11:38.200 --> 11:39.200 Hmm. 11:39.200 --> 11:41.120 What do I know about elephants? 11:41.120 --> 11:43.080 They walk like this. 11:43.080 --> 11:45.080 They go from their hind legs like this. 11:45.080 --> 11:46.080 They go, ugh. 11:46.080 --> 11:47.080 Yeah. 11:47.080 --> 11:48.080 Something like that. 11:48.080 --> 11:50.080 They go water with their trunks like this. 11:50.080 --> 11:51.080 They live in jungles. 11:51.080 --> 11:53.080 They eat peanuts like this. 11:53.080 --> 11:55.080 They never forget. 11:55.080 --> 11:56.080 Look. 11:56.080 --> 12:01.080 Guess what? 12:01.080 --> 12:03.080 You were right. 12:03.080 --> 12:13.080 What I already knew about elephants is helping me understand what's in this book. 12:13.080 --> 12:15.080 Don't tell. 12:15.080 --> 12:18.080 What do we get? 12:18.080 --> 12:22.080 We're all right. 12:42.080 --> 12:45.080 Well, milk breath. 12:45.080 --> 12:50.440 Is royal badness for soul? 12:50.440 --> 12:52.840 Well, my pretty. 12:52.840 --> 12:55.760 Are you ready to dance for me? 12:55.760 --> 12:59.520 Or will you join my little collection of statues here? 12:59.520 --> 13:07.400 Like all the others who couldn't read. 13:07.400 --> 13:13.280 And tell me, who is your little friend here in the story lord gloves? 13:13.280 --> 13:17.520 My name is Norbert Neasinden. 13:17.520 --> 13:18.800 What do you think, milk breath? 13:18.800 --> 13:27.480 Wouldn't he make a cute little stone doorstop? 13:27.480 --> 13:33.680 Enough frivolity, begin or be stoned? 13:33.680 --> 13:42.040 But, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, it's, it's important. 13:42.040 --> 13:43.840 You figured out my riddle. 13:43.840 --> 13:45.320 It was easy. 13:45.320 --> 13:50.320 All I had to do before reading was to think about what I knew about elephants. 13:50.320 --> 13:53.680 I found out that I already knew a lot about them. 13:53.680 --> 13:58.680 That helped me understand the book. 13:59.680 --> 14:02.680 You must have helped them. 14:02.680 --> 14:04.680 I'll get you. 14:04.680 --> 14:05.680 Michael! 14:05.680 --> 14:06.680 Oh. 14:06.680 --> 14:07.680 Oh. 14:07.680 --> 14:14.680 Well, what are you waiting for, Michael? 14:14.680 --> 14:17.680 You must have helped them. 14:17.680 --> 14:19.680 I'll get you. 14:19.680 --> 14:20.680 Michael! 14:20.680 --> 14:21.680 Oh. 14:21.680 --> 14:22.680 Oh. 14:22.680 --> 14:23.680 Oh. 14:23.680 --> 14:24.680 Oh. 14:24.680 --> 14:25.680 Oh. 14:25.680 --> 14:26.680 Oh. 14:26.680 --> 14:27.680 Oh. 14:27.680 --> 14:28.680 Oh. 14:28.680 --> 14:29.680 Oh. 14:29.680 --> 14:30.680 Oh. 14:30.680 --> 14:31.680 Oh. 14:31.680 --> 14:32.680 Oh. 14:32.680 --> 14:33.680 Oh. 14:33.680 --> 14:34.680 Oh. 14:34.680 --> 14:35.680 Oh. 14:35.680 --> 14:36.680 Oh. 14:36.680 --> 14:37.680 Oh. 14:37.680 --> 14:38.680 Well, what are you waiting for? 14:38.680 --> 14:39.680 Getting me out of here. 14:39.680 --> 14:40.680 Yes. 14:40.680 --> 14:41.680 Yes. 14:41.680 --> 14:48.680 Right away from your royal madness.