Once upon a time, not long ago, and not far away, it was a barn.
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 creek, find the barn.
That's the barn, a big red barn.
Now find the loop.
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 Jerome, let's go to the castle.
I'll hurry over first and go in the back door so that I can let the drawbridge down
and open the big front door is for you.
Are you ready?
Here's my castle.
Here we are inside, and here's one little chair for one of you,
and a bigger chair for two more to curl up in.
And for someone who likes to rock, a rocking chair, I'll look up.
I'll call Rusty, we'll ask him about barns.
Rusty, hi.
Hi, friendly.
How are you?
Oh, fine, how are you?
Fine.
Where have you been?
On the farm.
Oh, how's the farm?
Fine.
We were looking at the barn.
It's a big barn, isn't it?
Yes, you know what color it is.
Oh, I think it's red, isn't it?
Same color as your night owl.
Does it have polka dots?
No.
Barns don't have polka dots.
No, I suppose not.
Are all barns red?
Well, I don't know, friendly.
So we asked Jerome?
Maybe Jerome would know.
He's seen a lot of barns.
More barns than I have.
Because he hikes on his long legs.
Not at all.
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've seen?
Well, I've seen white barns.
Yes, there are white barns.
And I've seen a few yellow barns.
Yellow barn?
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.
They are.
I think that's why there's a book about red barn.
Most I saw are red and white barn, too.
Mm-hmm.
But most of them are red.
Well, a book about the red barn.
There's a book about a red barn.
There is.
Yes.
Or a red barn.
A big red barn.
That's the name of it, too.
Right down here.
It didn't call it a big yellow barn or a big white barn.
And it isn't a big blue barn.
No.
I don't think it is.
It's...
Oh.
It's a big book.
There.
A big book and a big barn.
Here it is.
A big red barn.
Mm-hmm.
See?
Well...
I suppose they named it that because most barns are red.
That may put the book up where everyone can see it.
You really saw some yellow barns, though?
Yes.
Yellow barns looked very nice.
Oh.
Can you see the barn when the grass is all yellow?
Or is it kind of hidden?
Oh, no.
No, it's too big to hide behind the grass.
Can you see the book?
Oh, yes.
Mm-hmm.
There.
That's a big red barn.
And that's a big red barn.
By Margaret Wise Brown.
And the pictures are by Rosella 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 van.
Mm-hmm.
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.
Oh!
There was a great big horse and a very little horse.
And on every barn there is a weather van, 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.
Oh, they are.
And only the animals are here today.
Oh!
Mm-hmm.
The sheep and the donkey and the geese and the goats
were making funny noises out of their throats.
Oh!
An old scarecrow was leaning on his hole.
And a field mouse was born in a field of corn.
I can't see any field mouse.
Too small to see.
Oh, too small.
Who was it?
Haka-doodle-doo!
In the barn there was a rooster and a pigeon too.
And a big white hen standing on one leg.
And under the hen was a quiet egg.
There was a baton rooster and a little baton hen
with a big clutch of eggs if you can count to ten.
Haka-doodle-doo!
Those are book roosters.
Yes.
Mm-hmm.
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 round 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 goes the sun.
The big cow loathed.
The little pig squealed.
The horses stopped in the sweet warm hay.
And the little donkey gave one last braid.
There 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 net.
Even the roosters took a rest.
And the geese and the goats made no more noises with their throats.
Everything's quieting now.
And there they were all night long,
sound asleep in the big red barn.
And only the mice were left to play, rustling and squeaking in the hay.
Oh, I see them all.
There they are.
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.
Oh, but out in the field, the old scarecrow still leaned on his whole area.
Scarecrow stood there all night.
There he is.
Mm-hmm.
And there beneath the moon is the big red barn.
There.
Wow.
The big red barn.
Big red wise brom.
Are they all the guy who was brom that was?
The animal with the man's name was?
You know whose farm it was?
I think so.
Who's farm?
Old McDonald.
Oh.
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 E-I-E-I-O.
All right.
Ready?
Ready.
Old McDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on this farm he had a chicken.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack quack here and a quack.
There.
Here.
A quack.
Everywhere.
Old McDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
Old McDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on this farm he had a lamb.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack.
Here.
And a quack.
There.
Here.
There.
Everywhere.
Here.
And a quack.
There.
Everywhere.
Old McDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
That was good.
That was fun.
I don't know what we can do.
What?
A rabbit.
Oh, I know what you're going to do.
All right.
I know.
Want to try it?
Try it.
All right.
Old McDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on this farm he had a rabbit.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a.
Here.
And a.
There.
Here.
There.
Everywhere.
I see.
Ah.
He's quite like a gnaw.
Finish the song.
Old McDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
You didn't make a sound like a rabbit, did you?
No.
He didn't because they rabbits.
Do rabbits make any sound at all?
I don't think so.
No.
But they wiggle their noses.
They wiggle their ears too.
But my ears are too small to see when I wiggle them.
You ready?
Oh, I'm ready.
I rabbit.
Ah.
Ok.
Ah.
and 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. Good night.
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