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♪ Every day, when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ Everybody that you meet has an original point of view ♪ (laughing) ♪ And I say, hey ♪ Hey!
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♪ Every day, when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ Everybody that you meet has an original point of view ♪ (laughing) ♪ And I say, hey ♪ Hey!
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♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ If we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ And get along with each other ♪ ♪ You got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat ♪ ♪ Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street ♪ ♪ Open up your eyes, open up your ears ♪ ♪ Get together and make things better by working together ♪ ♪ It's a simple message, and it comes from the heart ♪ ♪ Believe in yourself ♪ ♪Believe in yourself♪ ♪ For that's the place to start ♪ ♪Place to start♪ ♪And I say, hey♪ Hey!
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Hey! ♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ If we can learn to work and play ♪ ♪ And get along with each other ♪ Hey! ♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ Hey! ♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ Hey!
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ARTHUR (over TV): Hey, D.W.!
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Hey! Whoa! (loud thud) (letters shattering) BUSTER: You ever think about all the things we take for granted?
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Like what? Like the little plastic tip of the shoelace.
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Without this little tip, it'd be really hard to get the lace through the hole.
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Come to think of it, I rarely think about the rest of the shoelace, either.
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Got it! Unless it's untied.
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How about the ant?
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Did you know ants can carry more than 20 times their weight?
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BUSTER: Ants are amazing.
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I know, and I never notice them.
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And what about the good ol' park bench?
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Always there when you need it.
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And yet we take it for granted.
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(both sigh) Hey, let's go notice some things at the Sugar Bowl.
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I'm starving.
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What about noticing me for a change?
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It's like I'm invisible.
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What about you guys?
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Do any of you see me?
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(knocks on glass) (groans) BINKY: Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten-- ready or not, here I come!
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Hey, take that!
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(laughs evilly) (both girls groan) (cackles) That's everyone.
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I win! (ice cream truck bell tinkles) ALL: Ice cream!
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GEORGE: Hello?
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Where'd everybody go?
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You forgot to find me.
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And you got ice cream?
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Um, no, I didn't.
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There, found you. I win.
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Here, I got you an ice cream.
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I wasn't hungry.
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George, wait.
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It was just a mistake.
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They forgot I was even there.
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I could have stayed behind that tree forever.
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Well, there are worse places to live.
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I come from an oak tree myself, and I'm proud of it.
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No one ever pays attention to me.
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It's like I don't even exist.
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You exist, George.
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You're just as real as I am.
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You're not real, Wally.
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(gasps) That's a terrible thing to say.
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If that's the way you feel then I'm never saying another word.
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Hey, that's a great idea.
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I'll just stop talking and see if anybody even notices.
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I hereby vow not to talk to anyone anymore.
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Except to you.
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SUE ELLEN (out of breath): George!
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There you are.
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I was looking all over.
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I just wanted to say...
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George? If you want to enter your project in the woodworking contest, please say yes when I call your name.
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Arthur? Want to enter your stool?
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Yes. How about you, Binky?
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Want to enter your...
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what is it again?
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It's either a coat rack or a doorstop.
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I haven't decided yet.
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But yes. Okay.
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George, I'm sure you want to enter your marble run, right?
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The winner gets a trip to the Elwood City Inventor's Museum.
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All right, it's your decision.
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Buster, how about your... cutting board?
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Of course. How could I lose?
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MRS. MACGRADY: Hi, George.
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What'll it be today?
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Lasagna? Or something new?
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I call it babagoulash.
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Beef strips and eggplant in a cream sauce, topped off with raisins and olives.
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(gasps) (in disgust): Mmm! Mmm!
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Yes, it does smell good, doesn't it?
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Babagoulash it is!
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You're the first one to ask for it.
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Guys, we have to do something about George.
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He was really upset after hide-n-seek.
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George was at hide-n-seek?
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Huh, I didn't notice.
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Exactly. And it's not the first time we've forgotten about him.
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We could throw him a party.
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Yeah! It'll be a "George, We Know You're There" party.
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I like it. But let's not call it that.
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We could have a big cake that George pops out of.
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We can't do that.
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Then George would have to know about it and it should be a surprise, right?
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Definitely.
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So, nobody say anything to him.
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Okay, here's what we'll do: we'll meet after school...
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This not talking thing is hard.
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I haven't been this quiet since that time my jaw fell off.
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And the worst thing is no one's noticed.
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Well, I'm just going to keep it up until someone does.
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(phone rings) Aren't you going to answer that?
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I can't talk to anyone, remember?
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ANSWERING MACHINE: You've reached the Lundgrens.
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Leave a message.
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SUE ELLEN: Hi, it's Sue Ellen calling for George.
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Sue Ellen? Hey!
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This counts as someone talking to you.
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You're right.
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SUE ELLEN: I need a favor...
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Um, some help with my woodworking project.
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Could you meet me at the treehouse tomorrow after school?
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Thanks. What's the matter?
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She called you, didn't she?
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Oh, sure, they call me when they need something.
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Otherwise it's like I don't exist.
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WIZARD WALLY: George?
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Oh, George, wake up.
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Huh? Wally?
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I'm not Wally.
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I'm Wizard Wally. I'm magical.
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(picture frame shatters) Oops!
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Oh, well, I never liked that picture.
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Now come with me.
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I'm going to show you what life would be like if you never existed.
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Cool! GEORGE: I remember a movie just like this.
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This man is shown what life would be like if he never existed.
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And everyone's sad, and poor, and a bad guy runs everything.
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It's terrible.
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Exactly. Hey, Arthur, Buster!
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They can't hear you, George.
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And then the banana says, "Sorry, but I've got to split!" (laughing) They don't seem so sad.
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And Muffy certainly doesn't seem poor.
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Hmm, you're right.
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Oh, that's because we're in the wrong fantasy.
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This is what the world would be like if I didn't exist.
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My bad. Here we go.
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This is the one where you don't exist.
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It's the woodworking room.
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Where are all the tools?
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There is no woodworking class, George.
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No one was interested enough to sign up.
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If only I had one student who was really into it and could get the others interested.
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Hey, I know this spot.
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This is where Buster, Arthur and I play three-way catch sometimes.
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BUSTER: What did you do that for?
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I just had a weird feeling that someone should have been there.
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I know what you mean.
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It's like someone's missing.
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Whoever he is, I miss him.
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GEORGE: What's the matter with them?
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They're cold, George.
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The house that you and your dad built for them isn't here because...
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Because I never existed.
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And now I'll show you the worst thing of all.
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And do you know what that is, George?
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A log? It's me!
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That's the log I came from.
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If you never existed, then I would never have existed.
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Oh! It's too horrible!
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I do matter!
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Hello, Elwood City! It's me, George.
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I'm here and I'm going to talk again!
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(birds chirping) SUE ELLEN: Look at the cake I baked for George's surprise party.
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GEORGE: Arthur! Sue Ellen! Hi!
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Quick, he can't see the cake.
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It'll ruin the surprise.
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BUSTER: Moose Punch-- George's favorite.
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I'm going to play a song for George on my clarinet.
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It's called "A Song for George." Buster, Binky, wait up.
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It's him! Ix-nay on the ong-say.
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GEORGE: I was right after all.
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Whether I talk or not, I just don't matter.
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GEORGE: Who needs friends, anyway?
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What am I, chopped liver?
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No, I guess I still have you.
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I'm not feeling the love, George.
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Can we just not talk for a while?
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I feel like being quiet.
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George! Sue Ellen?
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GEORGE: Wally!
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Got him! Is he okay?
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(coughs) Oh, that was a close one.
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Good thing I float.
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That answers my question.
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Where were you?
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We've been waiting at the treehouse for ages.
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"We"? Your message just said...
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Come on. I'm not saying another word until we're there.
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(Binky plays song on clarinet) That was great.
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But I believe it was Mozart.
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I said it was "A Song for George." I didn't say I wrote it.
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This is for you.
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I won first prize in the woodworking contest?
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But I didn't even enter.
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We entered you.
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That marble thing you made was way better than anything we could make.
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Hey, speak for yourself.
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I think this is a great paperweight.
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I... I don't know what to say.
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I'm speechless.
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Actually, you know what?
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I'm not speechless.
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You guys are the best.
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When I get home, I'm calling the Elwood City Inventors Museum and making sure you can all come with me.
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And now, we're going to play hide-n-seek, and I'm it.
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So hide! Ten, nine...
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You're not hiding.
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That's better.
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Six, five, four, three, two, one.
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Ready or not, here I come.
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And now: COLE: George thought Arthur and his friends had forgot about him.
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That was just a misunderstanding.
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My name is Cole.
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This is my third-grade class.
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We can tell you about some funny misunderstandings that we've had.
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When I was in first grade, it was my first time playing softball.
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My coach said, "Steal second base." I picked up the base and carried it to the bench.
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Everybody was laughing.
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(laughter) A few days ago, my dad got home from work.
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He said he would meet his goals at work.
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I said, "What type of meat did you get?" My dad said, "No, I don't mean that meat." I thought a forehead was a fivehead.
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When my brother was sick, my mom went to feel his forehead, but I said, "How about you check his fivehead?" I got confused.
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I thought it was the best place to check for a fever in the whole world.
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Once I was going to my cousin's birthday party.
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When I got there, no people were there.
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I said, "Where is everybody?" The cause was because my aunt wrote the wrong day.
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In gymnastics, they told me to do a hand stand and I did a front hand spring.
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The teacher was confused on why I did it.
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I told her I misunderstood her.
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I had a funny misunderstanding when I was playing soccer.
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When they said hit the goal, I thought they meant goalie, so I hit the goalie.
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Once I had some little mint candies and I put them on my table.
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Then my grandfather came over and he thought the little mint candies were pills.
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So then he started yelling at my mom for putting pills on the table.
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Then we told him that they were really little mint candies.
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One time I was at a restaurant and I wanted chicken nuggets, but the person gave me mac and cheese instead.
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(giggles) MR. WU and FERN: Go with the flow.
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To watch moreArthur <i>and play games with all of the Elwood City friends,</i> visit pbskidsgo.org.
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You can find Arthur books and lots of other books, too, at your local library.
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♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ Hey! What a wonderful kind of day ♪
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About This Lesson
This lesson is designed to enhance your English speaking skills through shadowing techniques. By listening to a clip from the engaging children’s show "Arthur," you will practice various elements of speech, including intonation, rhythm, and pronunciation. Throughout this lesson, you will learn how to express emotions and thoughts in a cohesive manner, as well as recognize the importance of active listening and communication between friends. This will be particularly beneficial for those preparing for IELTS speaking practice or anyone looking to improve their general English speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- original point of view
- take for granted
- notice
- invisible
- interesting things
- good ol’ park bench
- vow
- ice cream truck
Practice Tips
To make the most of this lesson, utilize the shadowing technique by mimicking the speakers as closely as possible. Given that the pace of the dialogue in this episode is relatively steady, you can repeat phrases immediately after hearing them, which allows for effective practice of rhythm and intonation. Focus on the emotional content behind the characters' dialogues—not just what they say, but how they say it. Pay special attention to the ups and downs of their voices, which will help you understand the emotional nuances of English.
While practicing, it might help to break the clip into smaller segments. First, listen to a short section attentively. Then, play it back and repeat the lines out loud, ensuring that you match the speed of the speakers. This approach of shadowspeak will deepen your understanding of conversational English and improve your ability to engage in discussions.
Finally, as you practice, try to incorporate these phrases into your daily conversations or written exercises to solidify your learning. Whether you're preparing for an exam or striving to enhance your everyday communication skills, this lesson will serve as a valuable resource in your English learning journey.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.