- Friendly: Once upon a time, not long ago, and not far away,
there was a farm.
And on the farm, there 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 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 doors for you.
Are you ready?
Here's my castle.
[whimsical music]
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.
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?
Fine. - Hmm.
Where have you been? - On the farm.
- Oh, how's the farm?
- Fine. - Hmm.
- We were looking at the barn.
- It's a big barn, isn't it? - Yes.
- Mm-hmm. - You know what color it is.
- Oh, I think it's red, isn't it?
- Same color as your nightgown. - Oh!
Does it have polka dots?
- No. - Oh, oh, oh.
- Barns don't have polka dots. - Oh, I suppose not.
- Are all barns red?
- Well, I don't know, Friendly.
- Shall we ask Jerome? - Maybe Jerome would know.
- He's seen a lot of barns.
- More barns than I have, I think.
- Because he hikes on his long legs.
- Goes all over. [Friendly whistles]
- Giant giraffes can do that. [Jerome whistles]
- Hi, Jerome. - Hi, Friendly.
Hi, Rusty. - Hi.
- Well... - Jerome.
- Yes? - 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 'em.
- What color... - No.
- ...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.
- Friendly: Yellow barn? - Yellow barns?
- Friendly: Really? - Mm-hmm.
And... I saw one light green barn once.
- A green barn? - Mm-hmm.
- Blue barns?
- Well, there may be.
I don't remember any blue barns, but there may be.
- Well-- - Wow, all those colors?
- Yes. - Most barns are...
- Most barns are red, I think. - I think they are.
I think that's why there's a book about a red barn.
- Once I saw are red and white barn, too.
- Mm-hmm. - But most of 'em are red.
- Oh, the book about the red barn.
- There's a book about a red barn.
- There is? - Yes.
- Oh, 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.
Big red barn. - Rusty: Mm-hmm.
- See? - Well...
I suppose they named it that because most barns are red.
Let me put the book up where everyone can see it, Jerome.
- You really saw some yellow barns, though?
- Yes.
Yellow barns looked very nice. - Wow.
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.
- Friendly: Can you see the book?
Oh, yes. - Rusty: Mm-hmm.
- Friendly: 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.
- Rusty: Oh!
- Friendly: A flying horse on a weathervane.
- Jerome: 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.
- Rusty: Oh!
- Friendly: There was a great big horse.
and a very little horse.
And on every barn there is a weathervane, of course.
A golden flying horse.
To show which way the wind is blowing.
- Jerome: It's a nice horse.
- Friendly: 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.
- Jerome: Oh, they are?
- Friendly: And only the animals are here today.
- Rusty: Oh!
Mm-hmm.
- Friendly: The sheep and the donkey
and the geese and the goats
were making funny noises out of their throats.
- Jerome: Oh!
- Friendly: An old scarecrow was leaning on his hoe.
And a field mouse was born in a field of corn.
- Rusty: I can't see any field mouse.
- Friendly: Too small to see. - Rusty: Oh, too small, mm-hmm.
- Friendly: Cock-a-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 bantam rooster and a little bantam hen
with a big clutch of eggs if you can count to ten.
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
- Rusty: Those are book roosters.
- Friendly: Yes. - Rusty: Mm-hmm.
- Friendly: Moo, moo!
A big brown cow and a little brown cow.
Both ate their dinner of hay from the mow.
There was an old black cat, meow, meow,
and a tiger tomcat, meow!
And an old red dog, bow-wow. - Jerome: Oh.
- Friendly: With some little puppy dogs all round and warm.
- Jerome: Puppies are fun to play with.
- Friendly: Mm-hmm.
And they all lived together in the big red barn.
And they played all day in the grass and in the hay.
- Rusty: I wonder what the farmer's name is.
- Friendly: I don't know.
Until the sun went down in the great green field.
There goes the sun. - Jerome: Big sun too.
- Friendly: The big cow lowed.
The little pig squealed.
The horses stomped in the sweet warm hay.
And the little donkey gave one last bray.
- Jerome: There goes the sun.
- Friendly: The little black bats flew away out of the barn
at the end of the day.
The hens were sleeping on their nest.
Even the roosters took a rest.
And the geese and the goats made no more noises
with their throats.
- Rusty: Everything's quieting down.
- Friendly: 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.
- Rusty: Oh, I see 'em now. - Friendly: 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.
- Jerome: Oh!
- Friendly: But out in the field,
the old scarecrow still leaned on his hoe.
- Rusty: Scarecrow stood there all night.
- Friendly: There he is. - Rusty: Mm-hmm.
- Friendly: And there, beneath the moon, is the big red barn.
There. - Wow!
The Big Red Barn.
- By Margaret Wise Brown.
- I think I know whose barn that was.
I think I know what the man's name was.
- You know whose farm it was? - I think so.
- Whose farm? - Old MacDonald.
- Oh!
- It might be because it had all the animals
that are in the song. - That's right, it did.
- The Old MacDonald 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 MacDonald had a farm ?
? E-I-E-I-O ?
? And on this farm he had a chicken ?
? E-I-E-I-O ?
? With a ? ? Cluck-cluck ?
? Here and a ? ? Cluck-cluck ?
? There ?
? Here a ? ? Cluck ?
? There a ? ? Cluck ?
? Everywhere a ? ? Cluck-cluck ?
? Old MacDonald 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 ? ? Baa-baa ?
? Here and a ? ? Baa-baa ?
? There ?
? Here a ? ? Baa ?
? There a ? ? Baa ?
? Everywhere a ? ? Baa-baa ?
? Cluck-cluck ? ? Here ?
? And a ? ? Cluck-cluck ?
? There ?
? Here a ? ? Cluck ?
? There a ? ? Cluck ?
? Everywhere a ? ? Cluck-cluck ?
? Old McDonald had a farm ? ? E-I-E-I-O ?
That was good.
That was fun. - I know another one we can do.
- What? - A rabbit.
- A rabbit? - A rabbit?
- Oh, I know what you're gonna do.
All right. - I don't know.
- Wanna 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 ? [no audio]
? Here and a ? [no audio]
? There ?
? Here a ? [no audio]
? There a ? [no audio]
? Everywhere a ? [no audio]
I see. - Ahh.
He's right through his nose.
- Finish the song.
- ? Old McDonald had a farm ?
- ? E-I-E-I-O ?
You didn't make a sound like a rabbit, did you Rusty?
- No, he didn't because rabbits,
do rabbits make any sound at all?
- I don't think so.
- No.
- But they wiggle their noses. - They wiggle their noses.
- Just the way you wiggle your nose.
- They wiggle their ears too,
but my ears are too small to see when I wiggle them.
- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.
- You ready? - Oh, I'm ready.
[gentle recorder music]
Hi, rabbit. [Rusty laughs]
[yawns]
- Friendly: Good night, woodly nose.
- Good night, Friendly. [yawns]
- Friendly: Good night, Jerome. - Good night, Friendly.
- Friendly: 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 in
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. - Jerome: Good night.
[gentle music]