1 00:00:11,178 --> 00:00:15,182 - Friendly: Once upon a time, not long ago, and not far away, 2 00:00:15,249 --> 00:00:16,917 there was a barn. 3 00:00:18,051 --> 00:00:22,022 And beside the barn, there was a windmill. 4 00:00:24,758 --> 00:00:29,162 And beside the windmill, there was a house. 5 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:32,900 And beyond the house, there were hills. 6 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,637 And in the hills, there was an echo. 7 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:39,039 Can you see the echo? 8 00:00:39,506 --> 00:00:41,074 No. 9 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:43,477 No, you can't see an echo. 10 00:00:44,077 --> 00:00:48,282 Now, look back across the farm and find the boot. 11 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:52,586 You can see the boot, but you can't see an echo. 12 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,790 Because an echo is a sound that bounces. 13 00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:00,594 Now, look up, look way up. 14 00:01:04,364 --> 00:01:07,701 Yes, an echo is a sound that bounces. 15 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:12,940 Would you like to hear an echo? 16 00:01:13,006 --> 00:01:16,577 Listen, I'll shout loudly to the hills 17 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:19,847 and see if the echo comes back. 18 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:23,150 Hello-oh! 19 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:27,988 [echoes] Hello-oh 20 00:01:29,356 --> 00:01:30,691 Did you hear it? 21 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:34,494 That was an echo coming from the hills. 22 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:36,897 Now, listen, once again. 23 00:01:37,364 --> 00:01:39,032 Who are you? 24 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:44,571 [echoes] Who are you? 25 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,241 That's an echo. 26 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:53,380 There's a story about an echo and a small boy named Peter. 27 00:01:54,081 --> 00:01:55,449 Shall we go to the castle? 28 00:01:55,516 --> 00:01:58,185 I'll hurry over first and go in the back door 29 00:01:58,252 --> 00:02:00,354 so that I can let the drawbridge down 30 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:02,890 and open the big front doors for you. 31 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:04,558 Are you ready? 32 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:06,426 Here's my castle. 33 00:02:09,263 --> 00:02:11,064 [whimsical music] 34 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:38,692 Here we are, inside. 35 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:41,128 And here's one little chair for one of you, 36 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:45,065 and a bigger chair for two more to curl up in, 37 00:02:45,132 --> 00:02:49,837 and a rocking chair for someone who likes to rock. 38 00:02:49,903 --> 00:02:53,040 Now, look up, and I'll call Jerome 39 00:02:53,941 --> 00:02:58,278 because Jerome is going to help tell the story. 40 00:02:58,345 --> 00:03:01,949 He doesn't know what the story is, but he can do it, I think. 41 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:03,517 He has to be the echo. 42 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:05,586 I'll whistle for him. 43 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:08,288 [whistles] 44 00:03:09,957 --> 00:03:11,992 [answering whistle] 45 00:03:12,059 --> 00:03:15,495 Is that an echo, or is it Jerome whistling back? 46 00:03:15,562 --> 00:03:17,231 What do you think? 47 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:20,033 [whistles] It was Jerome. 48 00:03:20,634 --> 00:03:22,836 - Hello, Friendly. - Hello, Jerome. 49 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:26,874 I wasn't sure that that was you or an echo. 50 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:29,276 - Oh, I see. - We were talking about echoes. 51 00:03:29,343 --> 00:03:31,712 - Mm-hmm. - There's an echo in the hills 52 00:03:31,778 --> 00:03:33,580 behind the farm. - Oh. 53 00:03:33,647 --> 00:03:35,716 - We heard it. - Mm-hmm. 54 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:38,018 - And the story is about an echo too. 55 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:40,420 - Oh, a story about an echo. 56 00:03:40,487 --> 00:03:42,789 - You know what an echo is. 57 00:03:44,191 --> 00:03:45,993 - Well, no, I don't. 58 00:03:46,927 --> 00:03:49,129 - Oh, you don't know what an echo is? 59 00:03:49,196 --> 00:03:51,865 - No. - Well, an echo is a sound 60 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:56,937 like your voice or a loud sound of any kind. 61 00:03:57,804 --> 00:03:59,806 A sound that bounces. 62 00:04:00,941 --> 00:04:02,709 - Bounces? - Yes, like a ball 63 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:06,013 thrown against a wall bounces back. 64 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:07,514 - Really? - Well, in some places, 65 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:10,817 the sound will bounce back. - Well. 66 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:15,656 - And the story is about a shepherd boy named Peter. 67 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:17,958 - Mm-hmm. - And his echo. 68 00:04:19,493 --> 00:04:22,763 - Oh. - He played a shepherd's pipe. 69 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:25,265 And the echo sounded just like a shepherd's pipe. 70 00:04:25,332 --> 00:04:26,466 - Mm-hmm. 71 00:04:26,533 --> 00:04:28,302 - And you're going to help tell the story. 72 00:04:28,368 --> 00:04:31,371 - Oh, good. - You're going to be the echo. 73 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:32,906 - An echo. - Yes. 74 00:04:32,973 --> 00:04:36,310 So, to be an echo, you go outside, you see, 75 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:38,512 and get out of sight where no one can hear you, 76 00:04:38,579 --> 00:04:41,782 and the echo isn't quite as loud as the sound. 77 00:04:41,849 --> 00:04:42,983 - All right. - All right? 78 00:04:43,050 --> 00:04:45,953 Now, we'll just practice once. 79 00:04:47,054 --> 00:04:48,722 Hello, Jerome! 80 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:51,592 - Hello, Friendly. 81 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:53,393 I thought we were going to tell a story. 82 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:54,561 - Oh, no, Jerome. 83 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:57,698 The echo, you see, says the same thing. 84 00:04:57,764 --> 00:05:01,435 I was just making a sound to bounce, to make an echo. 85 00:05:01,502 --> 00:05:02,836 - Oh. - So, when I say, 86 00:05:02,903 --> 00:05:05,973 "Hello, Jerome," the echo would say, "Hello, Jerome." 87 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,375 - Oh, I see. - You want to try it just once? 88 00:05:08,442 --> 00:05:10,711 - All right. - All right. 89 00:05:10,777 --> 00:05:12,446 Hello, Jerome! 90 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:16,316 - Jerome: Hello, Jerome! 91 00:05:16,383 --> 00:05:17,918 - That's very good. - Was that better? 92 00:05:17,985 --> 00:05:19,920 - Yes, now, let me help you with that ear. 93 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:21,388 - Thank you. - Here. 94 00:05:21,455 --> 00:05:23,790 - Now, whenever you're an echo, you just get outside the window. 95 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:26,827 - All right. - And I need the giant's pipe, 96 00:05:26,894 --> 00:05:31,064 because this is like Peter's shepherd's pipe. 97 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:32,332 - Oh. - You see, 98 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:36,170 this shepherd took care of sheep up in the mountains. 99 00:05:36,236 --> 00:05:39,806 He was all alone, except for the sheep. 100 00:05:40,274 --> 00:05:43,210 And he had no one to play with. 101 00:05:43,277 --> 00:05:45,412 - That's too bad. - Just an echo. 102 00:05:45,479 --> 00:05:47,347 - Oh! - But that was fun, 103 00:05:47,414 --> 00:05:50,784 because whatever he played on his shepherd's pipe 104 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:54,087 came back from the mountains. - Oh! 105 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:59,393 - And he found that the echo and the shepherd's pipe 106 00:06:00,894 --> 00:06:02,229 sounded good together. 107 00:06:02,296 --> 00:06:04,097 - I see. - Like this. 108 00:06:04,631 --> 00:06:07,935 Now, you'll be the echo. - All right. 109 00:06:08,001 --> 00:06:10,003 - Jerome can whistle. 110 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:12,472 [bright recorder music] 111 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:14,274 [Jerome imitates recorder music] 112 00:06:14,341 --> 00:06:15,909 [bright recorder music] 113 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:17,811 [Jerome imitates recorder music] 114 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:19,479 [bright recorder music] [Jerome imitates recorder music] 115 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:22,850 [bright recorder music] [Jerome imitates recorder music] 116 00:06:22,916 --> 00:06:27,721 [Friendly playing and Jerome whistling together] 117 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:31,792 Come in. 118 00:06:31,859 --> 00:06:34,394 - Was that all right? - Very, very fine. 119 00:06:34,461 --> 00:06:35,562 Well, that was the tune 120 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:38,966 that Peter liked to play with his echo best. 121 00:06:39,032 --> 00:06:40,567 And he played it all day long too. 122 00:06:40,634 --> 00:06:42,536 [Friendly sings tune] 123 00:06:42,603 --> 00:06:44,338 [Jerome whistles tune] Like that. 124 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:45,706 All day long. 125 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:48,375 Until the end of the afternoon, 126 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:51,011 he was just getting a little bit sleepy. 127 00:06:51,078 --> 00:06:54,314 So, he thought that a lullaby would be a good thing to play. 128 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:56,149 - Mm-hmm. - Now, go outside. 129 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:57,885 - All right. 130 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:02,089 - Jerome. - Jerome: Yes? 131 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,057 - Come here a minute. 132 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:07,427 [whispers] For this part... - Yes? 133 00:07:07,494 --> 00:07:10,063 - [whispers indistinctly] 134 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:12,399 - Oh, all right, Friendly. 135 00:07:12,466 --> 00:07:15,035 - That was part of the story. 136 00:07:16,136 --> 00:07:20,707 He played a lullaby. [plays "Rock-a-bye Baby"] 137 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:23,177 [Jerome whistles "Rock-a-Bye Baby"] 138 00:07:23,243 --> 00:07:26,947 And the echo played back. [plays "Rock-a-bye Baby"] 139 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:29,049 [Jerome whistles "Rock-a-Bye Baby"] 140 00:07:29,116 --> 00:07:31,785 [plays "Rock-a-bye Baby"] 141 00:07:31,852 --> 00:07:34,154 [Jerome whistles "Rock-a-Bye Baby"] 142 00:07:34,221 --> 00:07:36,456 [plays "Rock-a-bye Baby"] 143 00:07:36,523 --> 00:07:38,859 [Jerome whistles "Rock-a-Bye Baby"] 144 00:07:38,926 --> 00:07:41,495 [plays "Rock-a-bye Baby"] 145 00:07:44,698 --> 00:07:46,667 [plays "Rock-a-bye Baby"] 146 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:48,669 The echo didn't answer. 147 00:07:48,735 --> 00:07:50,804 [plays "Rock-a-bye Baby"] 148 00:07:50,871 --> 00:07:54,608 He played it over and over again and louder and louder. 149 00:07:54,675 --> 00:07:57,344 And the echo was sound asleep. 150 00:07:57,411 --> 00:08:00,881 The lullaby had put the echo to sleep. 151 00:08:01,748 --> 00:08:03,083 Come in, Jerome. 152 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:05,285 - All right. - This is the part of the story 153 00:08:05,352 --> 00:08:09,223 where the shepherd goes down the mountain back to his farm. 154 00:08:09,289 --> 00:08:10,924 And he was very unhappy 155 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:13,760 because he no longer had an echo to play with. 156 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:16,830 - This is fun. - The echo was sound asleep. 157 00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:21,335 Well, on the farm, sleeping in the door of the barn, 158 00:08:21,401 --> 00:08:23,070 was a kitten. - Oh! 159 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:25,539 - When Peter woke the kitten up 160 00:08:25,606 --> 00:08:28,809 and told the kitten what had happened, and the kitten said, 161 00:08:28,876 --> 00:08:31,879 "Maybe I can wake the echo." - Oh! 162 00:08:33,347 --> 00:08:35,682 - Now, this is where you get to be all the animals. 163 00:08:35,749 --> 00:08:36,884 But first, you'll be a kitten. 164 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:39,987 So, the kitten said very loudly... 165 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:41,722 - [meows] 166 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:46,793 - And Peter listened, 167 00:08:49,096 --> 00:08:52,099 but the echo didn't wake up. - No. 168 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,037 - Sleeping on the front porch of the farmhouse was a dog. 169 00:08:57,104 --> 00:09:00,107 And the dog said, "I am bigger than the kitten. 170 00:09:00,174 --> 00:09:02,075 I can wake the echo." 171 00:09:02,609 --> 00:09:04,545 So, the dog tried to wake the echo. 172 00:09:04,611 --> 00:09:05,913 Now, you can be a dog. 173 00:09:05,979 --> 00:09:08,315 Now. - [growls and barks] 174 00:09:09,783 --> 00:09:11,185 - Mm-hmm. 175 00:09:11,251 --> 00:09:13,153 And Peter listened. 176 00:09:14,321 --> 00:09:16,723 But the echo didn't wake up. - No. 177 00:09:16,790 --> 00:09:19,426 - In the barnyard was a big cow. 178 00:09:19,493 --> 00:09:21,628 And the cow said, "I am bigger than the kitten, 179 00:09:21,695 --> 00:09:24,498 "and I am bigger than the dog. 180 00:09:24,565 --> 00:09:27,034 And I can wake up the echo." 181 00:09:27,501 --> 00:09:28,602 Now, be a cow. 182 00:09:28,669 --> 00:09:31,238 So, the cow said... - [moos] 183 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:36,743 - And everyone listened. 184 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:41,048 But the echo didn't wake up. - Oh. 185 00:09:41,114 --> 00:09:44,017 - Sitting on a fence post, there was a rooster. 186 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:46,286 And the rooster said, "I am no bigger than the kitten, 187 00:09:46,353 --> 00:09:48,188 "and I am smaller than the dog. 188 00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:51,758 "And I am not anywhere near as big as a cow. 189 00:09:51,825 --> 00:09:54,828 But I can wake up that echo." - Oh? 190 00:09:55,696 --> 00:10:00,901 - And so, the rooster stood straight up on the fence post. 191 00:10:00,968 --> 00:10:02,970 And said... - [crows] 192 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:10,878 [crowing echoes] 193 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:12,880 - And everyone listened, and they heard the echo. 194 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:16,617 And the rooster said again... - [crows] 195 00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:22,589 - And the echo said again... [crowing echoes] 196 00:10:22,656 --> 00:10:25,492 And the rooster had waked up the echo. 197 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:27,728 And so, Peter ran up the mountain, 198 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:29,396 playing his shepherd's pipe. 199 00:10:29,463 --> 00:10:32,266 [bright recorder music] [whistles] 200 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:35,035 [bright recorder music] [whistles] 201 00:10:35,102 --> 00:10:36,370 [bright recorder music] [whistles] 202 00:10:36,436 --> 00:10:37,771 [bright recorder music] [whistles] 203 00:10:37,838 --> 00:10:41,308 [bright recorder music] [whistles] 204 00:10:45,112 --> 00:10:47,614 And the echo was wide awake, 205 00:10:47,681 --> 00:10:51,451 and Peter was always careful after that, 206 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:55,255 late in the afternoon, to not play a lullaby. 207 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:56,557 - Oh! 208 00:10:56,623 --> 00:10:58,725 - He didn't want the echo to fall asleep again. 209 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:00,460 - I see. - Mm-hmm. 210 00:11:02,663 --> 00:11:04,998 Sometimes, it's nice to have a lullaby 211 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:06,834 if you want to fall asleep, isn't it? 212 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:10,470 - That's right. - Like the sleepy music. 213 00:11:10,537 --> 00:11:12,039 - [yawns] That puts me to sleep. 214 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:13,774 - Mm-hmm. 215 00:11:15,642 --> 00:11:17,978 [gentle recorder music] 216 00:11:23,784 --> 00:11:25,452 [Jerome yawns] 217 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:36,129 Thank you for helping tell the story, Jerome. 218 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,764 - It was fun, Friendly. 219 00:11:37,831 --> 00:11:40,167 - You were very good echo. 220 00:11:41,635 --> 00:11:43,770 It is late now, though. 221 00:11:44,471 --> 00:11:47,541 So, good night. - Jerome: Good night. 222 00:11:47,608 --> 00:11:50,210 - Friendly: This little chair will be waiting for one of you, 223 00:11:50,277 --> 00:11:53,714 and the rocking chair for another who likes to rock, 224 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:56,984 and the big armchair for two more to curl up in 225 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:59,019 when you come again to our castle. 226 00:11:59,086 --> 00:12:03,257 Now, I'll close the big front doors and pull up the drawbridge 227 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:04,958 after you're gone. 228 00:12:05,025 --> 00:12:06,693 Good night. 229 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,428 Good night. 230 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:15,903 [gentle music] 231 00:13:27,374 --> 00:13:30,344 - Announcer: The Friendly Giant is Bob Homme. 232 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:34,047 Jerome, the giant giraffe, is Ken Ohst. 233 00:13:34,114 --> 00:13:36,683 Ed Sprague is the director. 234 00:13:37,184 --> 00:13:39,253 The Friendly Giant is created and produced 235 00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:41,788 for Wisconsin's educational television station 236 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:43,757 WHA-TV by Bob Homme.