[♪♪♪] ♪<i> ELINOR: Wherever I go,</i> ♪<i> I see things that
I want to know.</i> ♪ ♪<i> Wherever I am,</i> ♪ ♪<i> I find things that
I want to understand.</i> ♪ ♪<i> Go and explore,
listen and see,</i> ♪ ♪<i> just follow your
curiosity.</i> ♪ ♪<i> ALL: Elinor wonders why!</i> ♪ ♪<i> ELINOR: Why do birds sing
and how do they fly?</i> ♪ ♪<i> ALL: Elinor wonders why!</i> ♪ ♪<i> ELINOR: Why do ants march
and where do they hide?</i> ♪ ♪<i> There's so much
to learn,</i> ♪ <i> ♪ wherever you turn, </i> ♪<i> just listen and see,</i> ♪ ♪<i> and follow your
curiosity.</i> ♪ [♪♪♪] ♪<i> ALL: Elinor wonders why!</i> ♪ ♪<i> ELINOR: Ask a question,
what will you find?</i> ♪ ♪<i> ALL: Elinor Wonders Why!</i> ♪ ♪<i> ELINOR: Just listen and see,
come and wonder with me. </i> [♪♪♪] ELINOR: "Butterfly Babies" MR. BAT: What a beautiful
day for a walk in the park! OLIVE: It's more of a
roll in the park for Miri. KIDS: [giggle] ARI: Are you having
fun, little Miri? Who's the cutest little
sister in the world? You are!
Yes, you are! MIRI: [giggle] ARI: Awww.... MIRI: [cooing] ELINOR: Miri
is so cute. ARI: [giggle]
MIRI: [giggle] She looks like a tiny version
of you and your dad, Ari. OLIVE: Yeah, babies
are so adorable. MR. BAT: Hey,
I'm adorable too! KIDS: [laugh] MR. BAT: You know,
kids, I love visiting the
park with Miri... because the whole
world is new to her. Look around and pretend
you're new to the world. What do you notice? ARI: I see a butterfly! KIDS: [gasp] MIRI: [giggle] ARI: It looks like Miri
thinks butterflies... are pretty cool. MIRI: [giggle] MR. BAT: So kids
have you decided... what you want to
do in the park? ARI: I know! Let's do some
butterfly-watching today. OLIVE: Oh!
ELINOR: Yeah! ARI: I like butterflies. They have wings,
just like like me. KIDS: [giggle] ELINOR: It's
really pretty! OLIVE: [gasp]
Wait, look. There's a caterpillar
on this plant, too. Caterpillars are
my favorite. Maybe we should watch
caterpillars instead. ELINOR: Hmm. Butterflies and caterpillars
are both pretty interesting. ARI: Yeah, but
butterflies can fly. Flying just adds a little
extra coolness, you know? KIDS: [giggle] OLIVE: Well, a
caterpillar can't fly, but look how
many legs it has. ELINOR: If I had
that many legs... I would never
fall down. Ooah.. ARI: [giggle]
OLIVE: [giggle] OLIVE: [giggle] Elinor,
you are so funny! ELINOR: What else is
interesting about butterflies and caterpillars? ARI: Well, butterflies have
awesome patterns on their wings. They're so colorful! I wish I had a
shirt like that. OLIVE: True. But just look at the
caterpillar's cool stripes. I wish I had a pair of pants
with stripes like that! ELINOR: They're
both pretty fancy! ARI: Well, a
butterfly... Oh! ARI: Hey, come
back here! I was trying to tell my
friends how cool you are. Quickly follow me! KIDS: [giggle] OLIVE: [gasp] It landed
on Miri's nose! MIRI: [sneeze] KIDS: [giggle] OLIVE: Butterflies
are great, but baby bats are
pretty amazing, too. ELINOR: You know, I don't think I've ever
seen a baby butterfly. ELINOR: I've seen bat
babies, bird babies, bunny babies... but no butterfly babies! OLIVE: You're right,
Elinor. I don't think I've ever
seen a baby butterfly either. ARI: I wonder what baby
butterflies look like? ELINOR: Hmm. Well, Miri looks a lot
like you and your dad, only smaller. Maybe baby
butterflies look just like grown-up
butterflies, but tinier. ELINOR: I know what
we should do today. Let's look for
baby butterflies. Olive, is that okay? I know you wanted
to see caterpillars. OLIVE: Hmmm... That's true,
but now I'm really curious. about baby butterflies. Let's do it! ELINOR: Yeah!
ARI: Okay! MIRI: [baby talk] ELINOR: Let's follow
that butterfly... to see if it
has any babies. ARI: Can we follow
the butterfly Dad? MR. BAT: Okay,
don't go too far. ELINOR: It's
getting away! C'mon! We need more
observations! MR. BAT: Happy
exploring, kids! [♪♪♪] ARI: [gasp]
ELINOR: Wow! OLIVE: Ooohh! ELINOR: [gasp] ARI: It's like a
butterfly party! ELINOR: Let's see if we can
find any baby butterflies. [♪] OLIVE: Hmm... These all look
the same size. They must be
grown-ups. No butterfly
babies here. ELINOR: Any
babies here? Nope. ARI: Just more grown-up
butterflies over here. They sure are cool,
though. ELINOR: Did anyone find
any baby butterflies? OLIVE: I just saw a bunch
of those orange butterflies, and they all look like
grown-up butterflies. ARI: Same here. ELINOR: I wonder where all
the baby butterflies are? ARI: Maybe baby butterflies
are too tiny to see? OLIVE: Well, if they're
really small, we'll need our magnifying
glass to see them. OLIVE: Do you want
to look, Elinor? ELINOR: Sure! Thanks, Olive. ELINOR: I see a
baby spider... standing next to a
grown-up spider. Awww cute, but it's
not a baby butterfly. OLIVE: And here
are some snails. There's a big grown-up
snail and two baby snails. They're very
interesting... But not baby
butterflies. OLIVE: Hmmm... What if we can't
see the baby butterflies, because they're all
inside their houses? ARI: I don't see any
little houses around. OLIVE: Me neither. ELINOR: I don't think
butterflies live in houses. I think they
live outside. ARI: Yeah. How would they
even build a house? They'd need a
really tiny hammer. Ting ting ting... KIDS: [laugh] ELINOR: We can't seem to
find any baby butterflies. I wonder why not. That is so
interesting! OLIVE: Hey, look. It's a caterpillar! ARI: It's got those fancy
stripes like we saw before. ELINOR: Hmmm? OLIVE: Wait, what's
the caterpillar doing? ELINOR: I don't know. ARI: Huh... [gasp] Whoa,
what's happening? ELINOR: It looks like
it's turning green. OLIVE: It turned
into something new. It looks a little
like a green pea pod. ELINOR: And now it's
just hanging there. ARI: This is so awesome! OLIVE: Oh! I see
another one of those... green pod-things
over here. OLIVE: And there's
one over here, but it's darker. [gasps]
OLIVE: Wait. This one is moving. ARI: What? ELINOR: [gasp] It's
breaking open! ARI: What is that? Is it an alien? I think it's
an alien! OLIVE: It can't
be an alien... Can it? ELINOR: Wait. I don't think
that's an alien. ARI: Whoa! ELINOR: I think that's a... a... KIDS: Butterfly! [gasp] ELINOR: Wow! ARI: What just
happened? OLIVE: Huh... Let's think about
what we saw. OLIVE: First, we
saw a caterpillar. ELINOR: And then we saw it
turn into a kind of pod. ARI: But then we saw one
of those pods break open, and an alien... I mean, a butterfly,
came out. OLIVE: But what
does this all mean? ELINOR: Hmmm...
I think... ...that the caterpillars
turn into butterflies. KIDS: [gasp] ELINOR: First the caterpillar
turns into this pod like thing, and then after a while,
it turns into a butterfly. ARI: Ohhhh... ELINOR: But that
would mean... OLIVE: The butterfly
babies weren't missing. They were right in front
of us this whole time. ELINOR: Caterpillars
are baby butterflies! That is so
interesting! ARI: I can't
believe it! Baby butterflies
are caterpillars!? OLIVE: And caterpillars
turn into butterflies? ARI: Wait! Olive,
I just realized something. If caterpillars
turn into butterflies, then that means... OLIVE: That the
animal I like... ARI: And the
animal I like... OLIVE / ARI: Are
the same animal. ELINOR: You both sure know how
to pick cool animals to watch. [♪♪♪] ALL: ♪<i> Caterpillars
change. ♪</i> ♪<i> As they grow, they turn
into butterflies.</i> ♪ <i> ♪ Now we know. </i> OLIVE: ♪<i> He's a caterpillar,
watch it climb up. ♪</i> <i> ♪ It wiggles and wiggles
and turns into a pod. ♪</i> ALL: ♪<i> Caterpillars
change. ♪</i> <i> ♪ As they grow, they
turn into butterflies. ♪</i> <i> ♪ Now we know. </i> ARI: ♪<i> The pod
sits still. ♪</i> ♪<i> Then it opens wide.</i> ♪ ♪<i> What comes out?</i> ♪ ♪<i> A grown-up butterfly!</i> ♪ ALL: ♪<i> Caterpillars
change. ♪</i> ♪<i> As they grow, they turn
into butterflies.</i> ♪ ♪<i> Now we know.</i> ♪ ♪<i> And now we know! </i> ♪ ARI: Dad! Dad! Dad! Guess what? We went looking for
baby butterflies, but we couldn't
find any! OLIVE: Yeah, that's because we were
looking for tiny butterflies. But then we found out... ELINOR: Caterpillars
are the baby butterflies! ARI: They change
into a pod, and then a butterfly
comes out! MR. BAT: Wow, you figured
that out by yourselves? ARI: Yeah, we did it
by making observations! MR. BAT: What smart
scientists you are! KIDS: [cheer] ELINOR: Mr. Bat, it's
amazing that baby bats like Miri look a lot
like grown up bats. But caterpillars look really
different from butterflies! MR. BAT: Yes, Elinor! Some animals have babies that
look just like their parents, and some animals have babies
that go through a big change. When an animal
makes a big change, it's called a
metamorphosis. OLIVE: Me-ta-morph-o-sis. I like that word. MIRI: [giggles] ELINOR: Aww... ARI: You know, with Miri all
snuggled up in her blanket, she kiiinda looks like
a caterpillar. I wonder what
would happen... if she turned into
a butterfly... MR. BAT: Well, if she did,
she'd still be adorable, just like her brother... and their Dad. KIDS: [laugh] ARI: Look at the
butterflies! OLIVE: And they're all flying
in the same direction! ELINOR: Where are
they all going? SENOR TAPIR: Good question,
Elinor. I have a song about two
scientists who figured that out. SENOR TAPIR: ♪<i> Fred
and Norah Urquhart ♪</i> <i> ♪ were husband and wife, </i> ♪<i> who both really
loved being outside.</i> ♪ ♪<i> They lived up north
in Canada, ♪</i> <i> ♪ where bright
summer skies, ♪</i> <i> ♪ were filled with
monarch butterflies. ♪</i> <i> ♪ But every year before
it would freeze. ♪</i> ♪<i> The butterflies all flew
away in the breeze.</i> ♪ <i> ♪ So, Fred and Norah decided
to find where butterflies,</i> <i> ♪ spent their
wintertime. ♪</i> ♪<i> They tagged lots of
butterflies</i> ♪ ♪<i> and told lots of folks,</i> ♪ ♪<i> If you see where
they went,</i> ♪ ♪<i> please let us know!</i> ♪ ♪<i> Fluttering butterflies,</i> ♪ ♪<i> where are you flying?</i> ♪ ♪<i> Where are going?</i> ♪ ♪<i> Where could you be?</i> ♪ ♪<i> Fred and Nora never
stopped trying to solve</i> ♪ ♪<i> the butterfly mystery.</i> ♪ ♪<i> After most of
their lives,</i> ♪ ♪<i> they finally
found them!</i> ♪ ♪<i> Millions of monarchs on
the side of a mountain!</i> ♪ ♪<i> Way down in Mexico!</i> ♪ ♪<i> So far away!</i> ♪ ♪<i> They finally figured
it out, hooray!</i> ♪ SENOR TAPIR: Adios
butterfly amigos! [♪♪♪] ELINOR: "Elinor's Circus" ELINOR: Ladies and
Gentle-animals! Friends of alllll ages! Welcome to the
Animal Town Circus! ELINOR: Featuring... The Amazing Ari! AUDIENCE: [cheers] ELINOR: Olive the
Awesome! AUDIENCE: [cheers] ELINOR: And... Me! The Extraordinary... Elinor! OLIVE: Elinor? Elinor! ELINOR: Huh? OLIVE: [giggle] You
were daydreaming. What do you think
of our circus tent? ELINOR: Wow, that
looks great! Our circus show is
going to be amazing. OLIVE: I know. I hope everyone
loves it. ARI: Of course,
they'll love it. After all, we have
a real circus tent... and a real circus
unicycle... ARI: And a super-fancy
circus helmet. What more could
you want? ELINOR: A unicycle rider? KIDS: [laugh] ARI: I'll be riding
it by show time. I'm sure I can
learn how to use it. OLIVE: Oh! I have to
work on my part too. My Mom made me these stilts, and I haven't
tried them yet. ELINOR: Okay. And I'll work on my
tight-rope walking! ELINOR: Hmmm,
let's see. That log should
do the trick. ELINOR: Make way for
The Extraordinary Elinor! The brave tight-rope
walker. ELINOR: Whoa!
[grunt] Whoa!! This is trickier
than I thought. ARI:<i> Tell me about it.</i> ARI: I can get on my
unicycle and push off, but then look
what happens. Wh... Whoa... Whoa! Whaaaa... I tip over. Ahhhh! Ah! Whooooaaa! Oof! OLIVE: I'm having
the same problem. Watch... When I get
up on my stilts, I can take a step... whoa!
[effort] and another ste...
[grunt] Whoa! Whoooa! [sigh] I can't stay up. ELINOR: I know they
ride a unicycle, walk a tight rope and use
stilts in a real circus, so there has to
be a way to do them. How do we stay up
without falling over? SIGGY:<i> Hi!</i> ELNOR: Huh?
Oh. Hi! SIGGY: I'm Siggy! It's short for
Sigmund. I just moved here! ELINOR: I'm Elinor. This is Ari,
and Olive. OLIVE: Nice to meet you!
ARI: Hi! SIGGY: What'cha doin'? OLIVE: We're
putting on a circus! SIGGY: Hmm... OLIVE: It's like a show
where we do fun tricks. Want to join us? SIGGY: Yeah! Can I watch? I looove clapping and
cheering, so I'd be reeally
good at watching. ELINOR: That would
be awesome. Buuut our show's
not quite ready yet. SIGGY: That's okay. It'll take me a while to
find the perfect seat, y'know? ELINOR: Sit anywhere
you like! We'll get back
to practicing. OLIVE: Whoaaa... SIGGY: [effort] SIGGY: Go, Elinor!
Hehe... I'm... uh...
practicing my cheering! Yaaay! SIGGY: Hm.... I'm gonna try
another seat. ELINOR: [sigh] [effort] Whoa! [effort]
Whoa! Oof! [sigh] Why do I keep
falling off? OLIVE: Wait! I have
something that can help. OLIVE: Costumes! Maybe if we look like
we're part of a circus, we'll be able to do
the tricks better. ARI: Awesome! SIGGY: Niiice! That makes you guys
look really um... really umm...
circus-y! [gasp] OLIVE: I feel circusy. ELINOR: Ok, now we look like
we're part of a circus. Maybe this will
help us. ARI: Only one way
to find out! [drum roll sounds] ARI: [sigh]
Okay. Here it goes! You can do this Ari! ARI: Wooohooo!! I'm doing it, I'm doing it! Whoaa whoaaa
ah... ah... Oof. ARI: Nope, still
not doing it. SIGGY: Good try!
Good try, Ari! ARI: Thanks, Siggy. OLIVE: Let me try. Ok... [effort] Whoa whoa
whoa... oof! SIGGY: [clapping] Thanks Siggy. ELINOR: [effort] [grunt] Whoa! ELINOR: Hmm, the costumes
didn't really help us stay up. ARI: We look really
cool, though. OLIVE: What else
can we try? ARI: Whoops! A streamer
came untied. SIGGY: I'll do it! I can put it back. [♪♪♪] Woooo! Wahoo... Yeah! Woo-hoo! ELINOR: Wait a second! Siggy, how'd
you do that? SIGGY: Do what?
Tie a knot? Easy! I was a squirrel
scout. ELINOR: No, I mean how
did you skip over... and walk across the
branch like that, without tipping over? SIGGY: Oh, that? It's just something
that us squirrels do. To keep from
falling over. My Mom calls
it balancing. OLIVE: Balancing! I've heard that word. ELINOR: How do
you do it? SIGGY: Well, I just try to
make sure I don't lean my body over too
far to one side. And if I start to feel
myself tipping over... I try to move part of
my body to the other side to keep me up. SIGGY: See? If my top goes
one way, I just stick my big tail
out the other way. Or if my tail goes
this way, I just stick my body or my
arms out the other way. To balance! OLIVE: Wow, Siggy,
that is so cool. ELINOR: It is cool! Maybe it's something we can
try for our circus tricks! ARI: But... I don't have a tail
like Siggy does. SIGGY: No, but you
have your wings. You could use them
to help you balance. ARI: Okay.
[exhale] Here goes! Whoaa...<i> Whaaa...</i> ELINOR: Ari! Put your wing
out to the other side! ARI: Whoa! Whoa! Whooaaaaaa....oooh! [giggle] ARI: Whew!
It worked! KIDS: [cheer] ARI: I thought I
was going to fall. OLIVE: But you didn't! ELINOR: Yeah, you
were tipping one way, but then you put your
wing out the other way... and you stayed up. That's so interesting! OLIVE: I want to
try it now. Maybe I can use my
trunk to balance? OLIVE: Okay. Whoo... Whoooaaa... Whooaa. Whoooaaa! ELINOR: Olive, move your
trunk in front of you! OLIVE: Whoa! [effort] Oh...
Oh... Oh... Oh... [gasp] I didn't fall. ELINOR: It worked! OLIVE: I just reached out
the other way with my trunk, and I stayed up. ARI: That was so cool! OLIVE: Maybe this stilt-walking
thing isn't so hard after all. Thanks, Siggy! SIGGY: Aw, it's as easy
as fallin' off a log. I mean, not falling
off a log. ELINOR: Hmmm... Well,
I don't have wings. And I don't
have a trunk. But I am The
Extraordinary Elinor. ARI: You can
do it Elinor! We know you can. OLIVE: We'll cheer you
on from over here. ELINOR: Hmm, I do
have my arms... and ears... I'll try that! ELINOR: It's working! Whoa... Ah! ELINOR: Well it helps,
anyway. I wish my arms and
ears were longer. I bet that would
help me balance more. OLIVE: [giggle] It
would be funnier. ELINOR: [giggle]
Yeah. I wonder how I can
get longer arms. Hmm... ELINOR: [gasp] [♪] Like this! Maybe this'll help? ELINOR: Drum roll, please! ARI: [immitating drum roll] ELINOR: [sigh] Whoa! [effort] Mmm... Yes! I did it! I really did it! I felt I was
falling one way, so I moved the stick the other
way, and I didn't fall. OLIVE: You balanced! ELINOR: We all balanced! All thanks to Siggy. SIGGY: [whispering] ARI: [giggle]
Yup. Now we can cheer. KIDS: [cheer] ELINOR: Ladieees and
Gentle-animals! Let the Greatest Show
in Animal Town begin! [♪♪♪] KIDS: ♪<i> To not fall
down when you ride. ♪</i> ♪<i> Just stay even
on every side.</i> ♪ ♪<i> It's easier if you
spread out wide.</i> ♪ ♪<i> You can balance
if you try</i> ♪ KIDS: ♪<i> A big long tail
will help a lot ♪</i> ♪<i> to keep you
balanced on a spot.</i> ♪ ♪<i> Just put it over
where you're not.</i> ♪ ♪<i> You can balance
if you try.</i> ♪ ♪<i> A good long stick
can help you out</i> ♪ OLIVE: ♪<i> I like to use my
nice, long snout ♪</i> ALL: ♪<i> Staying up is
what it's all about. ♪</i> ♪<i> You can balance
if you try.</i> ♪ ♪<i> Just practice hard,
and there's no doubt...</i> ♪ ♪<i> You can balance
if you try!</i> ♪ AUDIENCE: [cheer] ELINOR: Siggy, we couldn't
have done it without you! SIGGY: Uh....
ELINOR: Come take a bow! SIGGY: Okay! SIGGY: Thanks,
thanks everybody. AUDIENCE:
[cheer] KIDS: [laugh] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] nders Why is made possible in part by a Ready
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