
Elinor Wonders Why
A Change of Art/The Litterbug
Season 1 Episode 28 | 24m 55sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Nature is full of colors you can use to paint! / The kids help pick up litter in the park.
Elinor and her class are painting outdoors with the town's art teacher, Mr. Lion, when they run out of paint. The kids begin to experiment and discover nature is full of colors you can use to paint! / Elinor, Ari and Olive see Mrs. Hippo picking up litter in the park to keep Animal Town clean. The kids decide to help her, but when they finish, they realize that the park is full of litter again!
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Elinor Wonders Why
A Change of Art/The Litterbug
Season 1 Episode 28 | 24m 55sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Elinor and her class are painting outdoors with the town's art teacher, Mr. Lion, when they run out of paint. The kids begin to experiment and discover nature is full of colors you can use to paint! / Elinor, Ari and Olive see Mrs. Hippo picking up litter in the park to keep Animal Town clean. The kids decide to help her, but when they finish, they realize that the park is full of litter again!
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[♪♪♪] ♪ ELINOR: Wherever I go, ♪ I see things that I want to know.
♪ ♪ Wherever I am, ♪ ♪ I find things that I want to understand.
♪ ♪ Go and explore, listen and see, ♪ ♪ just follow your curiosity.
♪ ♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why!
♪ ♪ ELINOR: Why do birds sing and how do they fly?
♪ ♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why!
♪ ♪ ELINOR: Why do ants march and where do they hide?
♪ ♪ There's so much to learn, ♪ ♪ wherever you turn, ♪ just listen and see, ♪ ♪ and follow your curiosity.
♪ [♪♪♪] ♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why!
♪ ♪ ELINOR: Ask a question, what will you find?
♪ ♪ ALL: Elinor Wonders Why!
♪ ♪ ELINOR: Just listen and see, come and wonder with me.
[♪♪♪] ELINOR: "A Change of Art" MR.
LION: Hmmm... ELINOR: Oh!
KIDS: Oooooh!
ARI: Wow!
OLIVE: Yeah!
ELINOR: Ooohh... [giggles] SALLY: Amazing!
MR.
LION: Hmmm... Ta-da!
KIDS: Coool!
Oooooh!
Wow!
MR.
LION: And that's the joy of painting!
ELINOR: That's great, Mr.
Lion!
OLIVE: Yeah, your painting looks just like the bowl of fruit!
ARI: Mmm.
It looks so real, it's making me hungry!
KIDS: [laugh] ARI: What?
I'm a fruit bat.
MR.
LION: [chuckle] Thanks, kids.
And now, it's your turn to paint!
KIDS: [cheer] ELINOR: Are we going to paint the bowl of fruit, Mr.
Lion?
MR.
LION: You can.
Or you can paint whatever you want!
Art isn't about rules, it's a way to show your feelings... about what you want to paint.
ELINOR: But I don't know what I want to paint.
MR.
LION: You will!
Just think about something you love, and let your heart tell your brain, then let your brain tell your fingers, then let your fingers pick up a paintbrush and create something wonderful!
MR.
LION: But before you start!
The most important thing of all, something you cannot forget!
Paint!
Everyone come take some from the table over there.
KIDS: Awesome!
[giggle] Yay!
Yay!
Yay!
[♪♪♪] OLIVE: Oh!
That's a lot of green paint, Elinor.
ELINOR: Yup!
Mr.
Lion said to paint something we love, so I'm going to paint nature.
ELINOR: I'm going to paint the trees, and the bushes, and the leaves, and the grass... ARI: Yup, you're definitely going to need a lot of green.
OLIVE: What about you, Ari?
ARI: Hmmm... Well, I love fruit, so that's what I want to paint.
But... Mr.
Lion already painted that bowl of fruit.
ELINOR: I think that's okay, Ari.
You can paint something even if someone else already did.
OLIVE: [sigh] I'm glad you said that, Elinor.
Because I love nature, too, and I also want to paint the forest.
ELINOR: That's great!
We can both be nature painters!
OLIVE: Yay!
ARI: It's time... to make art!
KIDS: [giggle] [♪♪♪] MR.
LION: Wow, Sally, look at that sunrise!
...Javier, I love those melting clocks, how unusual!
Beautiful work, Ari!
That apple looks tasty enough to eat, but I'm not going to, because it's a painting.
ARI: [chuckle] ELINOR: I'm painting a scene.
I'm using the green.
And now some blue.
How 'bout you?
OLIVE: [chuckle] ELINOR: What do you think, Olive?
OLIVE: That's really nice, Elinor!
ELINOR: Mr.
Lion is right... it's so fun to paint what you love.
ELINOR: [gasp] Olive, that's beautiful!
OLIVE: Thanks!
I'm trying to paint all of the things I notice in nature.
ELINOR: [giggle] OLIVE: Hmm.
Needs more birds.
There!
ELINOR: Your painting is so good.
It looks ...real.
OLIVE: You think so?
Thanks, Elinor!
ELINOR: [sigh] I wish mine looked real, too.
ARI: It doesn't have to look real, Elinor!
ARI: See?
I've added some robots to my painting.
ARI: [with robot voice] Robots eating fruit.
Bee boop bee boop.
ELINOR: [giggle] [sigh] MR.
LION: Elinor, there isn't a "good" or "bad"... way to make art.
Art is just your own way of showing how you feel... about what you're painting.
ELINOR: Hmmmm...
Thanks, Mr.
Lion.
Okay, I'm going to make my painting really show... how much I love nature!
ELINOR: I'm painting a scene.
I'm using the green.
ELINOR: Uh-oh.
I'm out of green paint.
ELINOR: Hmm... ELINOR: I'm getting the green.
ELINOR: I'm getting more green... [efforts] Hmmm... we're out of green paint.
ARI: Elinor, can you please hand me the blue paint?
I think my fruit-and-robot picture needs a blue dragon.
ELINOR: It looks like we're out of blue paint, too.
ARI: We're out?
OLIVE: What about brown?
I need more brown paint for the tree trunks.
OLIVE: There's no more brown paint?
ARI: Mr.
Lion?
It looks like we're out of paint.
Do you have more?
MR.
LION: Hmm... MR.
LION: Oh no!
I thought I brought enough paint, but it looks like we ran out.
SALLY: But how am I going to finish... my painting of my favorite tree?
TITO: And how am I going to finish painting my mom?
ELINOR: Now what do we do?
ARI: It's an art-mergency!
MR.
LION: Ah!
I'm so sorry, kids.
We'll have to wait until next week... to finish your paintings.
I'll be sure to bring more paint then.
Oh... ELINOR: Aw, I really wanted to finish my nature painting.
OLIVE: Me too.
ARI: Yeah, now we'll have to wait a whole week.
ARI: [with robot voice] Cannot paint blue dragon.
Very sad.
Beep Boop beep boop... [gasp] [oooof] [giggle] I'm okay!
ELINOR: Huh.
Ari, your smock has green stains on it.
ARI: Sure.
That's what it's for... to keep my clothes from getting paint on them!
OLIVE: But these stains weren't here a minute ago.
ELINOR: I don't think these stains came from the paint.
I think they're from the grass.
OLIVE: You mean like the stains you get on your pants... sometimes when you're playing in the grass?
ELINOR: Yes.
That is so interesting.
ELINOR: I wonder... ELINOR: Wow, look!
The green from the grass gets on my canvas.
OLIVE: It's like you're painting with it.
ARI: Whoa, cool!
OLIVE: [gasp] Maybe we can use it to finish our paintings!
ELINOR: We can use grass to paint the grass!
ARI: Yeah, but that only gives us green.
How do we paint the other colors?
ELINOR: Hmm...
I wonder what else we can use to paint with around here.
We need more observations!
[♪♪♪] OLIVE: Maybe we can use the petals... from this flower to make yellow.
ELINOR: That works!
ARI: This dirt is brown... and this dirt is more like orange.
ELINOR: That works, too!
ELINOR: And this rock is like chalk... we could use this for white!
OLIVE: Looks like the rock works too.
ARI: We can paint with nature!
ELINOR: Let's go tell Mr.
Lion!
[♪♪♪] ELINOR: Mr.
Lion!
Mr.
Lion!
Guess what!
We can finish our paintings after all!
ARI: I had a grass stain on my smock, and Elinor thought that maybe we could paint... with colors from nature!
OLIVE: We found all kinds of colorful plants and nature things.
Some of them should work.
ELINOR: We can use nature to paint nature!
MR.
LION: What a great idea, kids!
You're right... there are no rules in art.
Not even that you have to use paint.
ARI: Wait.
I still need blue for my dragon.
[gasp] I'll be right back.
MR.
LION: Another inspiration!
ARI: Umm... Mr.
Lion, can I use this blueberry... to paint my blue dragon.
MR.
LION: Let's use all the colors of nature.
[♪♪♪] ♪ The world is full of colors that can all be found.
♪ ♪ Hanging from the trees or growing in the ground.
♪ ♪ Put down your pencil, 'cause here's the greatest part: ♪ ♪ Nature is a work of art!
♪ ELINOR: ♪ A berry's blue.
♪ OLIVE: ♪ The grass is green.
♪ ARI: ♪ The dirt is brown.
♪ MR.
LION: ♪ And hello!
Flowers ar e orange, pink, and yellow.
♪ ARI: ♪ You don't always need to buy things in stores.
♪ ELINOR: ♪ You might find them if you look outdoors.
♪ OLIVE: ♪ Put berries in your painting, ♪ ♪ instead of in a tart.
♪ ARI: ♪ The world is full of colors, ♪ ♪ so pick one up and start.
♪ KIDS: ♪ Nature is a work of art!
♪ ♪ Nature is a work of art!
♪ MR.
LION: ♪ You see it all around you; ♪ ♪ you feel it in your heaaaaaart!
♪ ALL: ♪ Nature is a work of aaarrrrrt!
♪ ELINOR: Hmm... Now how do I paint with this flower?
MR.
LION: Remember, Elinor, there are no rules in art.
Maybe what you need... is glue!
ELINOR: [gasp] Yes!
OLIVE: Wow.
A picture of nature, by nature, in nature, made with nature.
ARI: The dandelion is the sun... what a cool idea!
ELINOR: I love how my painting turned out.
Like you said, Mr.
Lion, it shows how much I love nature... because it's beautiful, and interesting, and full of surprises.
MR.
LION: See?
I told you not to worry, Elinor.
Art isn't about right or wrong, it's just a way to share your feelings and ideas with others.
ELINOR: Well, it's easy to share my feelings about Nature... it's so colorful!
ARI: Yup!
My dragon agrees.
Roar!
ALL: [giggle] SENOR TAPIR: Can I look yet?
ELINOR: [giggle] Almost... now!
SENOR TAPIR: [gasp] ELINOR: I used blueberry juice to paint your picture!
SENOR TAPIR: It looks just like me.
That reminds me of a song about a scientist who discovered lots of art painted on rocks... from thousands of years ago.
SENOR TAPIR: ♪ Doctor Sada Mire is an awesome scientist.
♪ ♪ She explored the ancient desert's ♪ ♪ rocky caves and cliffs.
♪ ♪ She found amazing paintings from a long time ago.
♪ ♪ Of snakes, giraffes, horses, sheep, ♪ ♪ goats and antelope!
SENOR TAPIR: ♪ Oh rockin' ancient rock art.
♪ ♪ Let's celebrate!
♪ The rockin' ancient rock art, ♪ ♪ Still colorful today!
♪ Folks painted wonderful colors on the rocks.
♪ ♪ Colors that didn't come from a store or a box.
♪ ♪ The colors came from nature, and things in the ground.
♪ ♪ Like dirt and clay and juice, ♪ ♪ and other things that they found.
♪ SENOR TAPIR: ♪ Oh rockin' ancient rock art.
♪ ♪ Let's celebrate!
♪ The rockin' ancient rock art, ♪ ♪ Still colorful today!
♪ Red and green and pink and brown and yellow, ♪ ♪ black and white.
♪ The colors from so long ago are still shining bright!
♪ ♪ Oh rockin' ancient rock art.
♪ ♪ Let's celebrate!
♪ The rockin' ancient rock art, still colorful today!
♪ ARI: Cool!
Elinor: Oh!
[♪♪♪] ELINOR: "Litterbug" ELINOR: Here it comes!
ARI: I got it...
I got it... Wahhhh!
OLIVE: [giggle] Looks like I got it.
OLIVE: [efforts] ARI: [gasp] ELINOR: This one is mine!
ARI: Oh, no!
Not this time!
ELINOR: Wow!
Amazing catch, Mrs. Hippo!
Want to play with us?
MRS. HIPPO: Oh, I'd love to, kiddos, but I'm cleaning up litter in the park today.
ELINOR: My Mom told me you'd be here... so we asked our parents if we could help you today.
MRS. HIPPO: Oh, the more the merrier [chuckle] ARI: But...
I don't see any litter?
MRS. HIPPO: That's because I already cleaned up... this part of the park.
But, I still have lots to do.
ELINOR: Keeping all of Animal Town clean... must be a big job, Mrs. Hippo.
MRS. HIPPO: Hop in!
Let's go clean up the park!
[♪♪♪] ELINOR: Where did all this litter come from?
MRS. HIPPO: Even towns as wonderful as Animal Town... can have litter.
Sometimes, people drop litter by accident... or it falls out of trash cans or it may get blown around by the wind... OLIVE: I see what you mean.
ELINOR: I don't see any more litter around here, Mrs. Hippo.
Where to next?
MRS. HIPPO: Actually, Elinor, we're all done... cleaning up the park.
ELINOR: Great!
MRS. HIPPO: You kids were such a huge help, we finished early.
ARI: Aww, I really liked helping clean up Animal Town.
MRS. HIPPO: Thanks a bunch, Ari.
Well, since we finished early, I thought I might take my helpers... on a cart ride around town!
KIDS: [cheer] [giggle] ELINOR: This is gonna be so much fun!!!
KIDS: [cheering] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] ARI: Wow, Mrs. Hippo.
My mom makes me clean up my room all the time, but it's never this much fun!
MRS. HIPPO: Oh, thanks a bunch, Ari.
You kids really made cleaning easy today.
I've never been done so fast.
OLIVE: [gasp] Uh...
I'm not so sure we're done.
ELINOR: uh-oh!
MRS. HIPPO: Oh my!
ELINOR: Oh, no!
What happened?
OLIVE: There's more litter in the park!
MRS. HIPPO: But we haven't been gone very long.
I wonder where it all came from.
ARI: There's only one explanation for how... all this litter got here so fast.
Animal Town has... a litterbug!
ELINOR: A litterbug?
ARI: Yeah!
Someone who leaves litter on the ground.
MRS. HIPPO: Maybe whoever left this litter... did it by accident and doesn't know they did it.
ELINOR: And if they don't know they're doing it... ARI: They could still be doing it!
OLIVE: We need to figure out where all this litter came from.
MRS. HIPPO: Great idea!
Let's work as a team.
I'll pick up the litter here and you kiddos look around town for clues about where the litter might be coming from.
ELINOR: You got it, Mrs. Hippo.
OLIVE: If you wanna find out where the litter is coming from, follow the litter trail.
Let's go!
[♪♪♪] ARI: Looks like the litterbug came this way.
ELINOR: Sure does.
[ whistling ] OLIVE: Look, there's Ms. Llama!
What is she doing?
ELINOR: She looks like she's putting her litter... on the ground!
ARI: [gasp] Could Ms. Llama be the litterbug?!
ELINOR: Hi, Ms. Llama.
MS. LLAMA: Oh!
Hello kids!
ELINOR: May we ask what you're doing?
ARI: Yeah, it looks like you're putting litter on the ground.
MS. LLAMA: Oh!
goodness gracious!
No Ari this isn't litter, it's scraps of food for composting.
ELINOR: Composting?
MS. LLAMA: Yes!
Whenever I have leftover fruits or vegetables... or bread from my restaurant, I dump it here instead of in the trash.
After a while, all this old food turns into nice soil for my garden.
ARI: Amazing.
MS. LLAMA: Would you kids like to help me spread it around?
ARI: Hmm... sounds messy.
I'm in!
OLIVE: Me too.
Every little bit helps.
[♪♪♪] ARI: [gasp] [♪♪♪] ELINOR: I can't believe all that food... can go right back into the soil like this.
[♪♪♪] OLIVE: Yeah, and it makes less trash... because we're re-using the old food.
ARI: Phew... And here I thought you might be the litterbug, Ms. Llama.
MS. LLAMA: Huh?
ELINOR: Someone has been leaving litter around Animal Town.
MS. LLAMA: I always reduce, reuse and recycle.
ARI: Uh... we still need to find the litterbug.
MS. LLAMA: You kids better get back to it.
[♪♪♪] ELINOR: Bye, Ms. Llama.
MS. LLAMA: Thanks for your help.
ELINOR: Look!
There's more litter on the ground.
[♪♪♪] ELINOR: Well, I think we got it all.
This is the last piece.
OLIVE: The litter ended near Mr. Raccoon's shop.
Maybe he saw something?
ELINOR: There he is.
OLIVE: [gasp] He's got a bag of litter.
A big bag of litter!
ELINOR: And it looks like he's pouring water... all over the sidewalk.
ARI: [gasp] Could Mr. Raccoon be the litterbug?
ELINOR: Let's go ask him.
ARI: Mr. Raccooo... MR. RACCOON: Oh, I am so sorry, Ari!
I didn't even see you there!
Here you go!
ARI: Thanks, Mister Raccoon.
ELINOR: We're trying to figure out who is leaving litter... around Animal Town.
MR. RACCOON: Ah yes, I saw a lot of litter here... in front of my shop.
It took me a while to pick it all up.
That's what's in this bag.
OLIVE: Well, that explains why the litter ends... at Mr. Raccoon's shop.
ARI: Oh, I thought maybe... you were the litterbug, Mr. Raccoon.
MR. RACCOON: Oh, [cuckles] not me.
I always try to keep everything clean.
That's why I'm spraying down my sidewalk, to clean up where this litter used to be.
But don't worry, I'm using rain water from my rain barrel.
ELINOR: But it's not raining.
OLIVE: Yeah!
And what's a rain barrel?
MR. RACCOON: Here, take a look.
The rain barrel collects water every time it rains, and saves it for later.
That way, when I wash my sidewalk or water my grass, I'm not wasting new water.
I'm re-using rain water.
Saving water and re-using it... is one way we help keep our town clean.
ARI: Phew!
I'm glad you're not the litterbug, Mr. Raccoon.
OLIVE: Hey, there's new litter on the sidewalk!
ARI: But the sidewalk was clean a few minutes ago.
That means it must be the litterbug!
ELINOR: Whoever is leaving this litter must be nearby.
ARI: Let's go!
ELINOT: See you later, Mr. Raccoon!
MR. RACCOON: Goodbye!
ARI: Oh, we're so close!
Come on.
It looks like the litterbug is... ELINOR: Mrs. Hippo?
MRS. HIPPO: Oh, hey kiddos!
I've been looking all over for you, dontcha know.
Did you figure out where all that litter is coming from?
ELINOR: I think we did, Mrs. Hippo.
It's coming from us.
MRS. HIPPO: Us?
How can that be?
OLIVE: It looks like we didn't close the litter bags properly.
ELINOR: So when we drove around town, the litter fell out and went everywhere.
MRS. HIPPO: Oh my!
I didn't know we were spreading more litter around.
ARI: It's okay, Mrs. Hippo.
We just made a mistake.
Don't worry, I make 'em all the time.
Whoa whoa!
ARI: See?
ALL: [giggle] MRS. HIPPO: Well, it won't happen again.
From now on, these bags will be tied up tight!
ELINOR: Here, Mrs. Hippo, I'll help you.
After all, we can all help make our town cleaner.
MRS. HIPPO: You can sure say that again.
[♪♪♪] ELINOR:♪ To keep your world nice and green.
♪ ♪ You just have to keep it clean.
♪ ♪ Follow these steps and you will see.
♪ ♪ Helping is easy as can be?
♪ OLIVE: ♪ When you're done with fruit don't throw it away.
♪ ♪ Compost that all night and day.
♪ ♪ It makes less litter and that doesn't hurt.
♪ ♪ 'Cause compost really helps the dirt!
♪ ARI: ♪ When watering plants don't use a hose.
♪ ♪ There's a better way that everyone knows.
♪ ♪ Catch some rain as it falls from the sky.
♪ ♪ And use that water when your plants get dry!
♪ ELINOR: ♪ Here's one more thing that you can do.
♪ ♪ To keep the world looking good as new.
♪ ♪ When you see litter on the ground.
♪ ♪ Throw it in the cans that are all around!
♪ ALL: ♪ To keep your world nice and green.
♪ ♪ You just have to keep it clean.
♪ ♪ Follow these steps and you will see.
♪ ♪ Helping is easy as can be!
♪ MRS. HIPPO: Thanks again, kids.
You helped me clean up, and reminded me to keep my litter in the trash bag.
OLIVE: No problem, Mrs. Hippo.
We love to help keep Animal Town clean.
ELINOR: Yeah, because no matter how old you are, everyone can do their part to keep their town beautiful!
ARI: [eating] Whoops!
Sorry, I dropped some litter.
But don't worry...
I'm doing my part.
[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪]
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