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- Friendly: Once upon a time,
not long ago, and not far away,

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there was a friendly farm.

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There's the house with the dog
on the front porch.

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Is there a pony on this farm?

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Not near the windmill.

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Not in the barn, anyplace,
just a big old cow.

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No pony.

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There's a big boot.

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Now look up, look way up.

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Higher.

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That was my boot.

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A giant wears giant boots,
friendly giants too.

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Do ponies wear boots?

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If we'd found a pony,
would he have boots?

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No, he'd have shoes,
like small horseshoes.

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Mm-hmm.

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Well, let's go to the castle.

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I'll hurry over first
and go in the back door

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so that I can let the drawbridge
down

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and open the big front doors
for you.

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You ready?

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Here's my castle.

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[whimsical music]

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Here we are inside.

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And here's one little chair
for one of you,

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and a bigger chair
for two more to curl up in,

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and a rocking chair for someone
who likes to rock.

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There.

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Now, look up, look way up,
and I'll whistle for Jerome.

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He always whistles back,
doesn't he?

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Mm-hmm.

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When I whistle this little tune.

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[whistles]

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[whistles]

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He didn't whistle back.

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Shall I whistle once more?

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Maybe he isn't coming.

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I'll whistle once again.
[whistles]

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Oh, oh!

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- There.

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- Jerome, that's why you didn't
whistle back.

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- I couldn't whistle, Friendly.

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- You had a...
- Horseshoe.

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...and you were carrying it
in your mouth.

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- Mm-hmm.

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- Well, it isn't one
of your shoes.

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- Oh, no.

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- It's not a...
- Giraffe shoe.

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- No, it's a horseshoe.
- Mm-hmm.

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- Where'd you get it?
- I found it.

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- Found a horseshoe?
- On the ground.

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- Well, let's hang it up here.
- Be careful.

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- Oh, I won't hurt you.

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- No, I meant that you shouldn't
drop it and maybe lose it.

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- Oh, well.
- It'd be bad luck to lose it.

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- Oh, Jerome.

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Bad luck to lose a horseshoe?
- Well, it could be bad luck.

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- I don't think so, really,
Jerome.

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That's something that you hear,
but it doesn't really mean

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that you'd have bad luck just
because you lose a horseshoe.

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- Well, it might be.

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It happened to a friend of mine.
- It did, really?

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- Yes.
- What happened?

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- Well, he was on a long hike,
and he lost a horseshoe.

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- Mm-hmm.

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- And he had trouble getting
back home.

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He had bad luck.
- Really?

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- Yes.
- Well, that's too bad.

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Anyone I know?
- I don't think so.

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He was a horse friend of mine.
- Oh, I see.

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He was a horse, and it was one
of his own shoes he lost.

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- Yes.
- Well, that would be different.

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It would be bad luck for a horse
to lose one of his own shoes.

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- It was for him.
- He'd have trouble getting back

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from that hike
because it would hurt his foot.

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- Yes.
- To go without a shoe.

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- One shoe gone.
- Excuse me, Jerome.

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There's a--

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It would be the same
if he were a pony.

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- Ponies are like horses,
a little smaller.

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- There's a book about a pony
who lost a shoe.

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See?
- Jerome: Oh.

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- That's it, <i>Shoe for My Pony.</i>

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Do you know who wrote it?
- No.

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- Margaret Friskey.
- Oh.

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- Mm-hmm.

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And there's a picture
of the pony right there.

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- Oh.

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- And the book
is by Margaret Friskey.

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And the pictures
are by Jean Edgerton.

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She drew that picture and all
the other pictures in the book.

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- Jerome: It's a nice picture.

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- Friendly: Do you know
who made the book?

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- Jerome: No.
- Friendly: Children's Press.

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- I see.

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- And it's about a pony
who lost a shoe.

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- Oh, like my friend?
- Yes.

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Let me get over here

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where everyone can see
all of the pictures.

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- I hope he found it again.

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- Friendly: We'll see,
we'll see.

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- Oh!

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- Friendly: It's about
a little boy who owned the pony.

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- Oh.

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There, I can see it now.

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- Friendly: Can you see it now?
- Mm-hmm.

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- Friendly: Mm-hmm.

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And the little boy says,
"Sometimes, I wear no shoes.

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I run through the grass
with no shoes."

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You see, he goes barefoot.

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"But I have shoes.

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"I have high shoes and low shoes

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"and walking through the town
shoes.

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And boots for walking
in the rain."

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Like giant boots, aren't they?

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"My pony has shoes too,
but he lost one.

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"I can't ride him.

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"He wants a new shoe, a bright
shoe, a nail-it-on-tight shoe.

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"So, I went to find a shoe
for my pony.

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"A little duck had no shoes.

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"His feet were webbed
for swimming.

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And a little lamb had no shoes."

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And what did the lamb say,
Jerome?

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Uh...
Baa, baa!

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- Friendly: That's what
the lamb said.

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"And the little kitten
had no shoes.

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"He had soft pads for tiptoeing.

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"He had claws
that he can push out

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"when he wants to climb a tree.

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And so do all the cats have paws
and claws."

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Tigers and lions.

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That's a big lion.

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He has paws and claws.

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"The rabbit had no shoes.

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"He could dig
with his front feet

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"and thump with his back feet
and jump right over the tulips.

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"The cow had no shoes.

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"She wasn't going anywhere.

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She just stood in the grass."

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And what did she say, Jerome?
- Mmmooo!

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- Friendly: Mm-hmm.

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"Well, my pony was limping
and I had to walk and lead him.

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"Some little bird will tell us,
Pony,

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"where we can find a shoe
for you.

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"'Whooo,' said the owl.

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"'Whooo.'

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"He clung to the tree
with his long, sharp claws.

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"The old hens clucked and
scratched for their dinner

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"and the rooster crowed
on the fence.

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"We saw squirrels with their
nimble feet,

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"and they could hold nuts
with their feet

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"or jump through the trees
and catch onto the branches.

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"Then we met a clown with shoes
as big as paddles.

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"'Oh,' he says,
'Your pony needs a shoe.

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"'Go across the bridge
and into the town

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"and turn to the right
and look for a chestnut tree.'

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"So, we did.

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"Went up the road,
across the bridge,

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"turned to the right,

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"and underneath the
spreading chestnut tree

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"was a blacksmith.

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"'Your pony needs a shoe,'
he said.

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"'Bring him in, bring him in.'

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"The blacksmith had a new shoe,
a bright shoe,

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a nail-it-on-tight shoe,
and he put it on my pony."

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You see, he held the pony's leg
between his legs

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and nailed it on, and away went
the little boy riding.

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"Clippity-clop, clippity-clop,
clippity-clop, clippity-clop,

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"clippity-clop, clippity-clop,
clippity-clop,

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clippity-clop, clippity-clop."

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Whoa, that's all.
- Oh, I was still riding.

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- Yes, that's the sound
the pony made

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when he had all four of his...

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- Horseshoes.
- Pony shoes.

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- Pony shoes, clippity-clop.
- Clippity-clop.

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[Jerome laughs]
What is this shoe made of?

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- Iron?
- Mm-hmm.

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Now, how is it put on the foot
of the horse or the pony?

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- Well, I think it's nailed on.

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- That's what the blacksmith
does.

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- Mm-hmm.
- Do you think that hurts?

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- No, Friendly, no.

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- Because a horse or a pony
has special feet.

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- Mm-hmm.
- Hard.

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- Something like my feet.

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- Yes, but do you have
horseshoes?

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- No.
- You don't have shoes.

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Well, you don't have to walk on
hard roads much, do you?

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- No, not much.
- You can walk where it's soft.

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- Grass and fields,
things like that.

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- Well, now we know that it's
bad luck to lose a horseshoe.

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- If you're a horse.

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- And it's bad luck
to lose a pony shoe.

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- If you're a pony.
- Mm-hmm.

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- Mm-hmm.

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Clippity-clop.
- Clippity-clop.

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- Who wrote the book?

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Do you remember?

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- Margaret Friskey.
- Yes.

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Do you know
who made the pictures?

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- Uh, Jean Edgerton.
- Jean Edgerton.

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- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

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And do you know
who made the book?

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- Uh, Children's Press.
- Mm-hmm.

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And it was about?
- A pony.

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- And not only a pony, but all
the other animals.

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- Oh, yes.
- Who don't have shoes.

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- That's right.
- Mm-hmm.

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Because they can do
special things with their feet.

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And if they had shoes,
they couldn't, like a duck.

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- That's right.

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They couldn't do all those
things, could they?

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- No, a duck couldn't swim
as well

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if the duck had shoes
to get full of water.

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- I never thought that.
- Or a squirrel.

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If a squirrel was wearing shoes,
he couldn't climb a tree.

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- That's right.
- Mm-hmm.

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But it's nice for some of us
to have shoes.

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Giants have to have big boots.
- Mm-hmm.

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- You ready?
- I'm tired.

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[gentle recorder music]

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[yawns]

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- Good night, Jerome.
- Good night, Friendly.

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- Friendly: It is late.

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This little chair will be
waiting for one of you.

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And the rocking chair
for another.

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And a big arm chair
for two more to curl up in

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when you come again
to our castle.

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Now, I'll close
the big front doors

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and pull up the drawbridge
after you've gone.

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Maybe the cowl will jump
over the moon.

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Maybe a horse.

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Good night.

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Good night.

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[gentle music]

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- Announcer: <i>The Friendly Giant</i>
is Bob Homme.

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Jerome, the giant giraffe,
is Ken Ohst.

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Ed Sprague is the director.

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<i>The Friendly Giant</i> is created
and produced

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for Wisconsin's educational
television station

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