The Selfish Giant transcript

(The scene goes over to the Library. The camera pans over to a bookshelf and Whyatt appears from behind a blue book.)

Whyatt: "Hi, so glad you're here. It's me Whyatt."

(A secret door appears behind Whyatt. Whyatt enters the door and arrives in Storybook Village.)

Whyatt: "Welcome to Storybook Village where all our fairy-tale friends live."

(Whyatt's super duper computer begins beeping and he looks at it.)

Whyatt: "Oh look, Pig's brothers are building a fort. Let's go see."

(Whyatt runs right over to Pig's house. Along the way, he notices Jill.)

Whyatt: "Hi there, Jill."

(Jill waves back at him. He then arrives at Pig's house.)

Pig: "Hey, Whyatt, look what my brothers are building."

Middle Pig: "We call it the Super Fort! Papa helped us build it." (shows Whyatt and Pig the fort)

Big Pig: "Yeah! It has a platform held 13 feet off the ground. The only way in is through a wooden door at the bottom."

Middle Pig: "It also has a rope ladder we can climb to get inside. And we can pull it up." (He and Big Pig climb up and withdraw rope ladder)

Big Pig: - "To keep out unwanted guests..."

Big and Middle Pig: - "Like YOU!!!"

Whyatt: "Hey, that's not fair!"

Pig: "Yeah, can you please let us come in and play with you?"

Big Pig: "Sorry, bro, this is our fort."

Middle Pig: "Yeah, and nobody is gonna play in it but us!"(slams door)

Pig: "Aww! My brothers won't let me play in their fort! What should I do?"

Whyatt: "This sounds like a super big problem, and a super big problem needs us; the Super Readers."

(Whyatt takes out his super duper computer.)

Whyatt: "Call them with me, say  'Calling all Super Readers'."

Young Kids Echo: "Calling all Super Readers."

Whyatt: "To the book club."

Young Kids Echo: "To the book club."

(Whyatt runs over to the book club.)

Whyatt: "Come on, to the book club."

(Whyatt arrives at the book club.)

Whyatt: "Whyatt here."

(Pig enters.)

Pig: "P is for Pig."

(Red enters.)

Red: "Red Riding Hood rolling in."

(Princess Pea enters.)

Princess Pea: "Princess Pea at your service.

Whyatt: "And you; say your name."

(Pause for the answer.)

Whyatt: "Good, we're all here; together, we will solve Pig's problem."

(Everybody enters the book club and heads to their personal chairs. Whyatt enters his super duper computer into the database and information is uploaded into it. Then Pig takes the stand.)

Whyatt: "Okay, Pig, state your problem."

Pig: "My two older brothers built this really cool fort."

Red: "Wow, Pig, that's incredibly amazing."

Pig: "But they won't let me play in it, what should I do about it?"

Whyatt: "Good Question, Pig."

Red: "When we have a question, we look …...."

All 4: "In a book."

Pig: "But which book should we look in?"

Princess Pea: Peas and carrots

carrots and peas

book come out

please, please, please.

(A book with the title The Selfish Giant flies out of the bookshelf.)

Whyatt: "Let's read the title of this book......"

Whyatt: (reading the title of the book) The Selfish Giant.......

Whyatt: "We know what to do, we need to jump into this book and find the answer to Pig's question."

Whyatt: "1st, we look for super letters, then we put them in our super duper computer."

Whyatt: "Super duper computer, how many super letters do we need?"

(A screen with the message _ _ _ _ _ _ appears on the computer screen.)

Whyatt: "In this story, we need 6 super letters."

Whyatt: "It's time to transform."

Whyatt: "Ready?"

All 4: "Ready."

Whyatt: "Arm's in: put your arm in."

(Everybody puts their arms out.)

Whyatt: "Super Readers …"

All 4: "To the Rescue!"

(Pig transforms into Alpha Pig.)

Alpha Pig: "Alpha Pig, with alphabet power!"

(Red transforms into Wonder Red.)

Wonder Red: "Wonder Red, with word power!"

(Princess Pea transforms into Princess Presto.)

Princess Presto: "Princess Presto, with spelling power!"

(Whyatt transforms into Super Why.)

Super Why: "Super Why, with the power to read!"

(The Super Readers are standing in the book club.)

Super Why: "Together we are …"

All 4: "The Super Readers!"

Super Why: "Why fliers........"

(The why fliers appear and the team hops into them.)

Super Why: "We're ready to fly into this book."

(The Super Readers fly into The Selfish Giant book.)

Musical Narrator: Super Readers to the rescue

 it's time to fly with the Super Readers

 'cause we've got a problem to solve

 Super Readers to the rescue

 Super Readers: working together

 With the power to read

 Into books we fly

 To find the super story answer

 In Super Why

 Super Readers to the rescue

(The whyfliers land and the team hops off of them.)

Princess Presto: "Presto! We're in the book, The Selfish Giant!."

Super Why: "Let's read."

Super Why: "Why-writer, highlight."

(The why-writer shines a light on the story sentence.)

Super Why: "Read with me."

Super Why: (reading the sentence) " Some village children loved to play in the garden near a giant's castle."

(The scene goes over to kids playing in the garden.)

Kid Number 1:"This is the best garden we've ever played in!"

Super Why: "The giant did not like seeing the kids in his garden."

(The scene goes over to an angry and upset giant shouting at the 6 young kids.)

Giant: "Fee fi fo facket, stop making that noisy racket, it's my garden, my privacy!"

Super Why: "The giant chased away the kids and built a high wall around the garden."

Giant: "This is my garden! I won't have any kids in it!"

Pig: "Just like my brothers won't let me in their fort."

Super Why: "And that, Super Readers, is why we are in this book."

Super Why: "Both the two older pigs and the giant want their special places all to themselves."

Princess Presto: "Let's go see what the giant does about those young kids."

Wonder Red: "To the giant, let's roll."

(The Super Readers go over to the kids staring at the high wall around the garden.)

Super Why: "Hi kids, we're the Super Readers, and we wanna help you."

Kid Number 1: "Hi Super Readers. We really miss that garden."

Kid Number 2: "Yeah. We were so happy there. But we can't get in"

Princess Presto: "Why not?"

Kid Number 2: "That wall is so tall we can't climb over it."

Kid Number 3: "How are we going to get into the garden?"

Alpha Pig: "Alpha Pig to the rescue!"

Alpha Pig: "With my Amazing Alphabet Tools, I can build a ladder so we can climb over the wall."

(Alpha Pig stands in front of the wall with his Alphabet Tools)

Alpha Pig: "ABC! Sing with me!"

(Pig builds the letters for the alphabet, which float to the top right corner off-screen as he sings.)

A B C D E F G, H I J K L M N O P, Q R S, AND T U V, W X Y AND Z. Sing with me

(The alphabet is complete)

Alpha Pig: "Amazing Alphabet singing! Now, let's find all the letters in the word "ladder." Do you see the letter L"

Young Kid's Answer: "There."

Alpha Pig: Lucky you! There's the L!

Alpha Pig: "Now we need the letter A. Where is the A?"

Young Kid's Answer: "It's right there!."

Wonder Red: "Awesome! You found it!"

(The A floats down in front of the L, and the ladder grows extra rungs.)

Alpha Pig: Now we need a letter that makes the sound "duh duh duh". What makes the "duh" sound"?

Young Kid's Answer: "D"!

Alpha Pig: "That's right! Can you find the D?"

Young Kid's Answer: "There!"

Alpha Pig: "There's the D! But "ladder" has two Ds, so let's add another D."

(An extra D appears and floats down with the original D in front of L and A, extending the ladder even more.)

Alpha Pig: "Let's find the E. Where is the E?

Young Kid's Answer: "Right there!"

Alpha Pig: "There's the E!"

(The E floats down to the rest of the word.)

Alpha Pig: "We just need the letter R, and we're finished! Where's that R?"

Young Kid's Answer: "Over there!."

Alpha Pig: "You found it?."

(The R floats down to the end of the word)

Alpha Pig: "L, A, D, D, E, R. Ladder!"

(The ladder is complete)

Kid Number 3: ". You did it, Alpha Pig!"

Kid Number 1: "You built a ladder!"

Kid Number 4: "Now we can get inside the garden!"

Alpha Pig: "Everybody up."

(Everyone starts climbing the ladder to the top of the wall.)

Kid Number 2: "Wow! We're so high up!"

Kid Number 5: "I can see my house from up here?"

Kid Number 3: "Me too!"

Princess Presto: "Look! There's the giant's garden!" (Points to the castle)

(The kids look down at the ground on the other side of the wall.)

Kid Number 4: "But, how we we get down?"

Alpha Pig: "I can help with that again. Alphabet, rise!"

(All the letters of the alphabet rise into the sky)

Alpha Pig: "We can use a slide to get down on the other side safely. What does "slide" begin with?"

Young Kid's Answer: "S!"

Alpha Pig: "Right! So we need the letter S. Where's the S?"

Young Kids Answer: "There!"

Alpha Pig: "There's the S."

(The S floats to the right, and a slide starts to form beneath it.)

Alpha Pig: "Let's find the L. Can you find it?"

Young Kid's Answer: "Over there."

Alpha Pig: "There's the L"

(The L drifts down next to S, and more of the slide appears.)

Alpha Pig: "Now we need the letter I. Do you see the I?"

Young Kids Answer:"Over there."

Alpha Pig: "There's the I."

(I drifts in front of S and L. The slide starts to touch the ground.)

Alpha Pig: Now we just need to find D and E. Where are they?"

Young Kids Answer: "There"

Alpha Pig: "There's the D. And it's right next to the E! In slide, the silent E makes the other vowel say its name and makes no sound at all. Slide!"

(D and E drift down to the end of the word, and the slide is complete. Everyone slides down it and onto the other side of the wall.)

Alpha Pig: "Lickety Letters! We build a ladder and a slide, and now we're in the giant's garden."

Alpha Pig: "Let's give ourselves a big thumbs up!."

Kid Number 2: "We're in the garden! Let's play!"

(2 super letters, I and E, go down the slide built by Alpha Pig.)

Super Why: "You see super letters? which letters do you see?"

Young Kid's Answer: "I, E."

Super Why: "I and E."

Super Why: "Let's put them in our Super Duper Computer."

(Super Why puts the I and E in the computer.)

(A screen saying I _ _  _  _ E appears.)

Super Why: " 4 more super letters and we'll get our super story answer."

(The kids and the Super Readers enter a snow covered garden.)

Kid Number 4: "Hey, I can't see any flowers!."

Kid Number 2: "Yeah, where are all the birds? And why aren't there any fruits on the trees?"

Super Why: "I think I know why. This is an enchanted garden! When the giant kicked you out, you haven't played here for so long that everything is covered in snow."

Kid Number 1: "Did the garden miss us?"

Super Why: "I think so."

Kid Number 3: "That's terrible. It must be so sad."

Alpha Pig: "Come on. Let's get to that giant and make it spring again!

( They continue)

Alpha Pig: "There's the giant's castle!"

Wonder Red: "But the snow is too deep! We can barely cross it!"

Princess Presto: "A princess is always prepared." (Gives out snowshoes to everyone)

Super Why: "Come on, everyone. Let's march to the castle."

(Everyone marches across the snow bank to the castle) Alpha Pig: "We made it!"

Super Why: "You kids go and hide. We don't want the giant to get angry again."

Kid Number 4: Okay. (He and the other kids run to hide in the garden)

(The Super Readers enter the castle, climb up the stairs and find the giant)

Super Why: "Hello, Giant We're the Super Readers and we want to talk with you. Why don't you want the kids to play in your garden?"

Giant: "Because they make to much noise and they ruin my flowers!"

Alpha Pig: "But Giant, the kids love to play in the garden."

Princess Presto: "Yeah, and everything in the garden loves to hear the kids' playful joy and laughter."

Wonder Red: "And if you keep the garden all for yourself, spring will never come."

Giant: "Well, it's okay. I can still keep the garden all to myself! And if spring does come, this garden is mine, and mine alone!"

Super Why: Giant, that's so selfish. The garden belongs to all the beautiful things in it.

Princess Presto: "Plus, aren't you feeling a bit lonely and cold?"

Giant: "I guess I feel... very alone... And bored. I miss smelling the flowers. I miss the fruit on the trees. And I miss the bird's singing. I want spring to come to my garden!"

Princess Presto: "Cue the sparkles. Cue the music. Princess Presto to the rescue!"

Alpha Pig: "With my Magic Spelling Wand, I can spell the word "spring" and make the garden spring again. Wands up! (Twirls her wand) Spell with me! What letter makes the "sss" sound?"

Kids: "S!"

Princess Presto: "Right! Write an S with me!."

(Writes an S which drifts to the top right corner off-screen)

Princess Presto: "Now we need the letters P and R. Write down and curve on the top (writes the letter P)"

Princess Presto: "Now let's write the R! Write down and curve on the top again, and slash at the bottom right." (Writes the letter R)

Princess Presto: "What letter makes the"iii" sound?

Kids: "I."

Princess Presto: "I! Let's write it!"

(Writes the I and it floats in front of S, P and R)

Alpha Pig: "Let's write the letter N! Go up, and down to the right, and up again."

(Writes the N and it drift to the rest of the word)

Princess Presto: "What letter makes the sound,"guh, guh, guh"?"

Kids: "G."

Princess Presto: "Correct! Let's write the G!"

(Princess Presto writes the letter G, and it floats to the end of the word)

Princess Presto: "S, P, R, I, N, G. Spring!"

Princess Presto: "Presto!"

Princess Presto: "Spectacular spelling! We spelled the word " spring" and the garden is spring again. Let's take a bow."

Giant: "Fe, fi, to, fast! Spring has come at last!"

(Giant runs out of his castle and into the garden.)

(As the door opens, the letters, I and T fly out)

Super Why: You found more super letters? which letters do you see?"

Young Kid's Answer: "I and T."

Super Why: "I and T, let's put them in our Super Duper Computer."

(Super Why puts the I and T in the computer. A screen saying I_ _ I T E appears.)

Kid Number 3: "It's spring! Let's play!"

(He and the other kids come out of their hiding places to play in the garden)

Giant: "You, kids, AGAIN?!"

Kid Number 4: "Oh, no! It's the giant! Run!"

(Most of the kids run away)

Giant: "That's right! Get out!"

Super Why: "What are you gonna do?"

Giant: "Whatever I want, that will keep those young kids outta my garden."

(The giant begins shooing the young kids out of the garden.)

Princess Presto: Oh my peas, that giant is so mean and selfish! Now all the kids are gone!"

(The Super Readers turn to hear a little boy crying)

Wonder Red: "Not all of them. Look."

(They go over to the boy)

Alpha Pig:" What's the matter, boy"

Kid Number 6:"I really want to climb this tree, but I'm too small to reach!"(crying)

Giant: "I can help."

(Kid Number 6 gets scared and runs to hide)

Giant:"Come on, little boy, I won't hurt you."

Kid Number 6: "But you're scaring me!"

Giant: "But, it's in my story....."

(The words 'The giant scares the boy' appear on the screen.)

Giant: The giant scares the boy.

Giant: "How can I help the boy if he's scared of me?"

Super Why: "Super Why to the rescue!"

Super Why: "With the power to read, I can change this story and save the day!"

(Super Why flies over to the sentence.)

Super Why: Let's change the word 'scares' in this sentence."

Super Why: "Let's zap it."

Super Why: "Ready, set, zap!"

(Super Why uses the Whywriter to zap the word 'scares'.)

Super Why: "Whywriter, highlight."

(The words throws, shakes, and lifts appear on the screen.)

Super Why: "Super readers, we need to get the giant to help the boy."

Super Why: "Which word can get the boy into the tree? Throws, shakes or lifts?"

Young Kids' Answer: "Throws"

Super Why: "Okay. Let's zap it into the sentence." (Selects throws and drags it)

Super Why: "Ready... set... zap! Read with me"

Super Why: "The giant throws the boy."

(The giant takes the boy in his hands and throws him into the air)

Super Why: "Did the word 'throws' help the boy?"

Young Kids Answer: "No."

Super Why: "No. Let's try another word."

Super Why: "What other word will make the giant help the boy?"

Young Kids' Answer: "Lifts."

Super Why: "Which word is lifts? it starts with the letter L."

Young Kid's Answer: "That one."

Super Why: "Yes, now let's zap it into the sentence."

Super Why; "Ready ... set ... zap."

(Super Why replaces the word 'scares' with lift.)

Super Why: "Let's read and see what happens."

Super Why: The giant lifts the boy.

Giant: "Okay, little boy. I'm going to lift you into the tree."

(The giant takes the boy in his hands and lifts him into the tree)

Kid Number 6: "Wow! I'm in the tree! Thank you so much, Giant!"

Super Why: "Super job, Super Readers! We changed the story; and the little boy isn't afraid of the giant anymore, and the giant isn't selfish anymore."

Giant: "Young kids, I'm terribly sorry for being selfish, I'm gonna let you play around in my garden."

(The giant grabs a mallet and knocks down the wall)

Young Kid Number 5: "Alright, we get to play again!"

Alpha Pig: "Wow, kindness really works around here."

(The giant removes the boulder and lets the young kids play around in his garden and the last 2 letters, V and N appear.

Super Why: "You found our last super letters? what letters did you find?"

Young Kid's Answer: "V and N."

Super Why: "V and N."

Super Why: "Let's put them in our Super Duper Computer."

(Super Why puts the V and the N into the computer.)

Super Why: "We found all of our super letters."

Super Why: "Now we can get our super story answer."

Super Readers: "Goodbye, everybody."

Giant: "Thanks Super Readers."

Young Kids: "Thank you, Super Readers! Bye!"

Super Why: "Why fliers."

(The why fliers fly over to the Super Readers.)

Super Why: "Back to the book club."

(The Super Readers hop into the why fliers and fly back to the book club.)

Musical Narrator: We found the super story answer with Super Why.

(Everybody changes back and returns to the book club. Then they head over to the super duper computer.)

Whyatt: "Super duper computer, give us our super story answer."

(The super duper computer processes the answer.)

Whyatt: Read with me."

Whyatt: "I... N... V... I... T... E invite."

Whyatt: "Our super story answer is invite!"

Whyatt: "But why?"

Red: "When the giant realized how lonely his garden is without the children, he invited them into the garden to keep him company."

Pig: "So my question is; what should I do about my brothers sharing their fort with me?"

Whyatt: "And the answer is..."

All 4: "Invite."

Pig: "Maybe I should convince my brothers to invite me into their fort, I'll go do that."

(Pig runs off to find his brothers still in their fort feeling a bit bored.)

Pig: "Hey, guys!"

Middle Pig: "Hey, Little bro."

Big Pig: "This fort is great and all, but it feels incomplete."

Middle Pig: "Would you like to come in?"

Cinderella: "You bet I would! Thanks a bunch!"

(The two older pigs cast down their ladder and Pig goes up it into the fort.)

Three pigs: This is the best fort ever!

Whyatt: "Hip hip hooray, the Super Readers saved the day!"

Musical Narrator: Hip hip hooray 

the Super Readers 

saved the day

we changed the story

we solved the problem

we worked together 

so 

hip hip hooray

hip hip hooray 

the Super Readers 

saved the day

hip hip hooray 

the Super Readers 

saved the day.