The Skeksis' neighborghorhood

SkekSil: Hi, neighbor!

I'm so excited!

Today is my turn to take something to school for Show and Tell!

That means I get to bring something in to school and show my friends.

Come on!

The Ritual Master and I made a book to show to the class for Show and Tell!

But I have to wait for The Ornamentalist to go to school.

(humming)

(sighing)

SkekEkt: Chamberlain!

Ready to go to school, Chamberlain?

SkekSil: Uh-huh!

Today is my Show and Tell!

I can't wait!

Waiting is hard.

SkekEkt: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekSil: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

Like what?

SkekEkt: Well...

Trolley: (dinging)

SkekEkt: We can sing on Trolley to make waiting to get to school a little easier.

SkekSil: Okay!

Trolley!

Please take us to school.

I have Show and Tell today!

Both: We're off to school today.

SkekSil: I have Show and Tell!

Both: Won't you ride along with me?

SkekSil: Ride along.

Both: Won't you ride along with me?

SkekSil: Badda-dada-bump!

(gasps)

We're at school already!

Hmm, singing made waiting easier!

Don't you think?

Thanks, Trolley!

SkekEkt: Here we are!

SkekSil: So excited!

SkekEkt: Ugga-Mugga, Chamberlain!

See you after school!

SkekSil: Bye!

Hi, Slave Master!

SkekNa: Hiya, toots!

SkekUng: Good morning, Chamberlain.

SkekSil: Hi!

Both: (giggling)

SkekUng: There you go, Slave Master!

SkekNa: Thanks, Emperor!

SkekSil: Emperor!

SkekUng: Ooh!

Is it a book?

Did you make it yourself?

SkekSil: The Ritual Master helped me.

Do I really have to wait for Show and Tell?

SkekUng: Yes, you need to wait until Show and Tell.

SkekSil: Oh.

Okay.

It's very, very hard to wait.

SkekUng, When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekSil: That's what the ornamentalist says!

When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

But what can we do?

SkekUng: You know, playing at science time will make the waiting easier.

Okay, class!

Let's go to the science corner.

Remember when we went to the Neighborhood farm?

SkekShod: Meow meow, we went to the farm and learned all about ducks!

SkekSil: And we brought home a duck egg.

SkekUng: That's right, this is it.

SkekSil: But we've been waiting a long time for a baby duck to come out of the egg.

SkekUng: Do you notice anything different about the duck egg today?

SkekNa: (gasps)

Who broke our egg?

SkekOk: Wait, Slave Master!

The crack means that the baby duck is trying to get out of the egg!

SkekUng: That's right, Scroll Keeper.

The duck is trying to get out of the egg.

And it's called 'hatching'.

All: Oh!

SkekSil: The baby duck is hatching out of the egg?

SkekUng: That's right.

So now, we have to wait.

SkekSil: Oh no... more waiting?

SkekUng: Yes, but if we wait long enough, we will get to see a baby duck hatch out of the egg!

SkekSil: Seeing a baby duck hatch would be grr-ific!

Ha, ha!

(sighing)

SkekOk: It's hard to wait.

Hoo hoo.

SkekShod: Very hard to wait, meow meow.

Prince Wednesday: Royally hard to wait!

SkekNa: What can we do while we wait?

SkekUng: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekUng: How about we play a quacking game while we wait?

All: (cheering)

SkekSil: Okay!

1...

All: Quack!

SkekSil: You quack, too!

Okay?

2...

All: Quack! Quack!

SkekSil: 3...

All: Quack! Quack! Quack!

SkekSil: 4...

All: Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!

SkekSil: 5!

All: Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!

SkekSil: Okay!

Let's look at the egg!

Hmm...

Still nothing.

More waiting.

SkekOk: Look, look, look!

Look at the egg!

SkekSil: Wow!

The egg stopped moving.

More waiting.

I have an idea!

Now let's try singing to make the waiting go faster!

SkekSil had a farm.

All: EIEIO.

Prince Wednesday: And on his farm he had some baby ducks!

All: EIEIO.

With a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there.

Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack.

SkekSil: SkekSil had a farm.

All: EIEIO.

Prince Wednesday: EIEIO.

All: (laughing)

(gasping)

SkekSil: Look!

Still nothing.

More waiting.

Quack!

I mean, look!

Both: Wow!

SkekOk: The baby duck is hatching out of its egg!

Prince Wednesday: The baby duck is hatching!

SkekOk: Shh!

The baby duck needs quiet!

Prince Wednesday: It's hatching!

It's hatching!

SkekSil: Wow!

SkekOk: Hoo hoo!

Hello, little ducky!

SkekNa: How fluffy!

Prince Wednesday: Look at her little beak!

SkekSil: The baby duck is saying hello!

Hi, baby duck!

Prince Wednesday: Welcome to the Neighborhood of Make Believe!

SkekShod: Quack quack!

SkekNa: Quack quack quackers!

SkekOk: Quackers!

SkekShod: Meow meow.

Look!

The baby duck is going to sleep!

SkekOk: That was a lot of work to hatch out of your shell!

Night night!

SkekSil: Aw, night night!

Shh.

Hey!

Do you want to make believe with me?

Let's make believe that we can play with the baby duck on the farm!

Come along and play with us.

Let's all waddle like a duck does.

Here we go!

If we flap our wings, we can all splash like a duck does!

Let's go!

It's fun to laugh and play with the ducklings.

If we march while we play, we can all join in the duck parade.

It's fun to laugh and play with the ducklings.

Wasn't that grr-ific?

SkekNa: Quack, quack!

Quack!

All: (laughing)

SkekUng: Okay, class.

Time for Show and Tell!

SkekSil: Quack!

I mean yeah!

Woohoo!

I waited, and waited, and now it's Show and Tell time, yeah!

Playing and imagining made waiting easier!

SkekUng: Today, The Chamberlain is going to be our Show and Tell leader.

What do you have for us, Chamberlain?

SkekSil: I'm going to show you... a book I made with my dad!

It's called "My Birthday".

It was my.. birthday!

I went to Baker Aker's bakery and picked out a tiger birthday cake.

Katerina and O helped me make stripes on the tiger cake.

I carried the birthday cake all the way home... by myself!

When I got home, the cake was smushed.

But... the cake still tasted good!

Yeah!

Happy birthday to me!

The End!

SkekNa: Wow!

SkekNa: Yeah!

Prince Wednesday: I remember that!

The cakes was so royally smushy yummy!

SkekShod: I like how you made the book, meow meow!

SkekUng: You did a lot of great work on that book.

Nice job, Chamberlain.

I know it was hard to wait for Sharing Time, but you did it!

SkekSil: It was very, very hard to wait.

SkekUng: Good job!

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekNa: You can sing a silly song, get your friends to sing along.

Prince Wednesday: Play with your toys, something you enjoy!

SkekSil: Play a card game or a guessing game!

So many ways to make the waiting go away!

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekNa: Use your imagination and you'll see!

Pretend to be anyone you want to be!

SkekSil: Pretend you are a fish swimming in the sea!

Prince Wednesday: Or a dinosaur peeking over the trees!

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekEkt: There's my Chamberlain!

So, how was Show and Tell today?

SkekSil: I waited, and played, and imagined, and sang, and then it was Show and Tell time!

Yes!

Come and see what else we waited for.

Look!

Our baby duck hatched!

And she hatched right out of the egg!

SkekEkt: Oh!

Hee, hee!

Ooh, you are too cute, yes you are!

SkekSil: Quack!

(laughing)

Is it hard for you to wait sometimes?

Do you play, sing or imagine anything while you wait?

I'm glad you waited and saw my Show and Tell!

Quack!

Ugga-Mugga!

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekEkt: Hi, neighbor!

This is our friend Molly.

Molly: Mamma, it's hard to wait!

I want to go to the park.

Molly's Mother: I know, and I promise you after we run this errand we're going to go to the park.

But there are so many fun things that we can imagine while we wait.

What are you imagining?

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekEkt: Molly is imagining that she's at the park.

What a great thing to imagine.

Woman: Next, please.

Molly's Mother: Okay, Molly, let's go.

Remember, when you wait, you can imagine anything.

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekEkt: All done at the bank.

It didn't feel long when Molly used her imagination.

Now it's time to go the park!

All: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekEkt: See you next time, little tigers.

SkekSil: Hi, neighbor!

It's me, SkekSil!

We're having dinner at the Neighborhood Restaurant tonight, and you're coming with us.

Okay?

SkekEkt: Okay, Skeksis family.

The treasurer and his mom are meeting us at the Neighborhood Restaurant.

So let's get going!

SkekSil: Yay!

SkekZok: Okay!

SkekSil: So excited!

Trolley!

Hey!

Where's Trolley?

SkekEkt: Hm.

I guess we'll have to wait for Trolley.

SkekSil: Wait for Trolley?

SkekEkt: Yup, we're going to have to wait.

SkekSil: Hmm.

I have to wait.

Waiting...

Waiting...

Is Trolley here yet?

SkekEkt: No, not yet.

Now, I know it can be hard to wait, especially when you're excited!

But...

When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

It'll make the waiting feel easier.

SkekSil: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

Hmm.

So what can we do while we wait?

SkekZok: Maybe we could... play a game.

SkekSil: Game?

Like what?

SkekZok: How about a pretending game?

You pretend to be something, and we'll guess what it is.

SkekSil: Okay!

Guess!

What am I pretending to be?

Ooh-ooh!

Aah-aah!

Ooh-ooh!

Aah-aah!

Ooh-ooh!

Aah-aah!

Ooh-ooh!

Aah-aah!

SkekEkt: Hmm...

You're a...

SkekZok: Oh, oh, oh!

I know!

Monkey!

SkekSil: Ooh-ooh!

Aah-aah!

I mean... right!

SkekEkt: Okay, The Ritual Master's turn!

SkekZok: (laughing)

Ribbit.

Ribbit.

SkekSil: What is the ritual master pretending to be?

SkekZok: Ribbit.

Ribbit.

Ribbit.

SkekSil: Um...

A frog!

SkekZok: I am a frog!

Your turn!

SkekEkt: Neigh!

What am I pretending to be?

Neigh!

SkekSil: You're a horse!

Giddy-up, horsey!

Trolley: (dinging)

SkekSil: Trolley's here!

The waiting time is done!

Yay!

SkekEkt: Do you think playing our game made the waiting feel easier?

SkekSil: It did!

It really did!

Don't you think?

SkekZok: Here we go!

SkekEkt: Buckle up!

SkekSil: Trolley, please take us to the Neighborhood Restaurant.

You're gonna love it!

Oh boy, I wish we were at the restaurant right now!

SkekEkt: We will be soon!

Here, while we ride, let's sing a little.

All: We're going to the restaurant.

What a special treat!

Won't you ride along with me?

SkekSil: Ride along.

All: Won't you ride along with me?

SkekZok: Here we are!

At the restaurant!

SkekSil: Whoa!

Singing on Trolley made waiting to get here easier!

Goodbye, Trolley!

SkekShod: Meow meow, hi, Skeksis!

SkekSil: Hi, Treasurer!

Both: Hello, Henrietta!

SkekAyuk: A royal hello!

Welcome to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe Restaurant!

Please take a seat right over here.

SkekEkt: Thank you, Gourmand.

Henrietta Pussycat: Meow meow.

SkekSil: Gourmand?

What are you doing here?

SkekAyuk: I work at the restaurant.

I'm a waiter.

SkekSil: A waiter?

Does that mean that you wait?

SkekAyuk: Ha, ha!

Good guess!

Being a waiter at a restaurant means: I will be helping you tonight!

Here are your menus.

SkekZok: Alright!

SkekEkt: Thank you.

SkekSil: Well, thank you, Gourmand.

SkekShod: Meow meow, thank you!

SkekEkt: Well, what nice manners.

SkekZok: Okay, skeksis.

Take a look at the menu, and see what you'd like to eat.

SkekShod: I always get the spaghetti and meatballs!

Meow meow, look!

They are yum-yum-yummy in my tum-tum-tummy.

SkekSil: Oh yeah!

The spaghetti and meatballs do look good.

SkekShod: They are yum-yum-yummy in my tum-tum-tummy.

Hee, hee!

SkekSil: Okay, and what kind of sandwich is that?

SkekShod: It's a cheese sandwich, meow meow.

SkekSil: Oh yeah!

And this is chicken and broccoli.

SkekShod: Meow meow, yes!

And don't forget the spaghetti and meatballs.

They are yum-yum-yummy.

SkekSil: In your tum-tum-tummy!

Both: (laughing)

SkekAyuk: Hi, so, do you know what you would like to eat tonight?

SkekShod: Spaghetti and meatballs, please and thank you, meow meow!

SkekAyuk: Royally good choice!

And you, Chamberlain?

SkekSil: Can I have the chicken and broccoli, please?

SkekAyuk: You got it!

And how about you, Ritual Master and Ornamentalist?

SkekEkt: Hm, well, we would both like the vegetable soup and salad.

Henrietta Pussycat: And I would like to have the grilled fish with spinach, please, meow meow.

SkekAyuk: Great!

I'll tell the cook, and your food will be ready in just a little while.

All: Thank you!

SkekSil: It will be a little while?

Now what do we do?

SkekZok: We have to wait for our food to be cooked, Chamberlain.

SkekSil: Oh, no.

More waiting.

(sighing)

SkekShod: Meow meow, waiting is hard.

SkekSil: It is!

It's very, very hard to wait.

SkekEkt: I know it's hard to wait, but...

When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekSil: We can play?

At a restaurant?

How?

SkekZok: Well, you can play at a restaurant if it's a quiet sit-down game.

SkekSil: Oh!

A quiet sit-down game.

SkekShod: Meow meow, we could play...

(gasps)

"What's Missing?"!

SkekSil: Okay!

SkekShod: Okay, see all these things?

SkekSil: Uh-huh!

Fork, napkin, ketchup, salt.

SkekShod: Now remember all of these things and cover your eyes.

SkekSil: You cover your eyes, too!

SkekShod: Okay, now you can look!

Now...

What's missing?

SkekSil: What's missing?

The ketchup!

The ketchup is missing!

SkekShod: Yes!

You got it!

The ketchup was missing!

Your turn!

SkekSil: Okay.

Remember everything on the table, and now... cover your eyes.

Okay, now you can look!

What's missing?

SkekShod: Meow meow...

Oh!

The salt!

SkekSil: You got it!

The salt is missing!

SkekShod: Hello, I'm Mrs. Salt.

How are you, Mr. Ketchup?

SkekSil: I'm fine, I'm just waiting to pour me on some food!

SkekShod: Me too.

Waiting, waiting, to go on some food.

SkekSil: Excuse me, Ritual Master?

Is it time for the food?

SkekZok: Not quite yet, Chamberlain.

We have a little more waiting to do.

SkekSil: More waiting.

(humming)

What if the salt and ketchup could really play with us?

Hey... that gives me an idea!

Maybe if we imagine, the waiting will feel easier!

Do you want to make believe with me?

Let's make believe that the stuff on the table could play with us!

All: Let's begin the dinner show.

Fork: I'm the fork and I am great!

I pick the food up off your plate!

Knife: I'm the knife and I cut your food.

Into small bits so you can chew.

Napkins: We can wipe your face!

Spoon: I'm the spoon, I can help you scoop.

You can use me to eat your soup.

All: We're the things that help you eat!

Let's have a dinner show at the table.

Come and take your seat!

SkekSil: Wasn't that grr-ific?

SkekAyuk: Presenting your food!

SkekSil: Hey!

Imagining did make waiting easier!

SkekAyuk: Vegetable soup for The Ritual Master and Ornamentalist.

SkekZok: Mm, thanks!

SkekEkt: Thank you, Gourmand!

SkekAyuk: And fish and spinach for Ms. Pussycat.

Henrietta Pussycat: Thank you, meow meow.

SkekAyuk: Chicken and broccoli for The Chamberlain.

SkekSil: Thank you, Gourmand!

SkekAyuk: Yum-yum-yummy in your tum-tum-tummy!

Spaghetti and meatballs for The Treasurer!

SkekShod: Meow meow, thank you!

SkekSil: Mmm.

This smells delicious.

Both: Delicious.

SkekSil: Ha, ha!

All: Mmm!

SkekSil: You know what, Ornamentalist and Ritual Master?

Playing a game and using my imagination did make waiting for my food easier!

Don't you think?

When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekSil: What can we do when we're waiting?

Get together and start playing!

SkekShod: Something to pass the time.

While we wait in line.

SkekSil: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekEkt: When we wait...

SkekSil: We can dance!

SkekEkt: When we wait...

SkekSil: We can jump!

SkekEkt: When we wait...

SkekShod: We can sing until it's time!

SkekZok: When we wait...

SkekSil: We can play!

SkekZok: When we wait...

SkekSil: We can think!

SkekZok: When we wait...

SkekShod: Until it's time to go.

SkekZok: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekEkt: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

SkekSil: When the Trolley makes us wait, we can think of something fun and great!

SkekShod: Like singing our favorite waiting song!

So come and sing along.

SkekSil: When you wait, you can play, sing, or imagine anything.

Okay, guess what's missing now!

SkekShod: Broccoli!

Both: (laughing)

SkekSil: I liked going to the restaurant, even though we had to wait.

What makes it easier when you have to wait?

You can play, sing, or imagine anything!

Ugga-Mugga!

Man: It's such a good feeling to play with family and friends.

It's such a happy feeling when they lend you a hand.

You wake up ready to say.

I think I'll make a snappy new day!

It's such a good feeling.

A very good feeling, a feeling you know.

SkekSil: That I'll be back when the day is new.

And I'll have more ideas for you.

And you'll have things you'll want to talk about.

I will too.

Because it's you I like.

SkekEkt: Hi, neighbor!

Our friend Felix and his family are eating at a restaurant today.

Felix: What does she do?

Felix's Mother: The waitress asks everyone in the restaurant what they'd like to eat, and then she goes back to the kitchen and tells the chef so that they can prepare our lunch.

Why don't you use your imagination while you wait?

SkekEkt: Felix colors with his crayons while he waits.

Coloring is a great way to spend time waiting.

Now the food is ready to eat.

That didn't take so long.

Thanks for waiting with us, Felix!