♫Every day when you're walking down the street♫ ♫Every day when you're walking down the street♫ ♫Everybody that you meet has an original point of view.♫ ♫Everybody that you meet has an original point of view.♫ ( laughs ) ( laughs ) ♫And I say hey!♫ ♫And I say hey!♫ Hey!

Hey!

♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫And get along with each other♫ ♫And get along with each other♫ ♫You got to listen to your heart♫ ♫You got to listen to your heart♫ ♫Listen to the beat♫ ♫Listen to the beat♫ ♫Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street♫ ♫Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street♫ ♫Open up your eyes, open up your ears♫ ♫Open up your eyes, open up your ears♫ ♫Get together and make things better by working together♫ ♫Get together and make things better by working together♫ ♫It's a simple message and it comes from the heart♫ ♫It's a simple message and it comes from the heart♫ ♫Believe in yourself♫ ♫Believe in yourself♫ ♫For that's the place to start♫ ♫For that's the place to start♫ ♫And I say hey!♫ ♫And I say hey!♫ Hey!

Hey!

♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫And get along with each other.♫ ♫And get along with each other.♫ Hey!

Hey!

♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫Hey!

What a wonderful kind of day.♫ ♫Hey!

What a wonderful kind of day.♫ Hey!

Hey!

ARTHUR: Hey, D.W. ARTHUR: Hey, D.W. Hey!

Hey!

Whoa!

Whoa!

( crash ) ( crash ) FRANCINE: I just overheard-- FRANCINE: There was no fire.

it's a false alarm!

A false alarm?!

So I'm still the only one who hasn't seen a fire?

I never saw a fire.

I want to see a fire.

What rotten luck!

FRANCINE: There was no fire.

Buster, that's good luck!

Not for whoever pulled the alarm.

FRANCINE: Someone pulled the fire alarm.

Someone pulled the fire alarm?

Who would do that?

Who did it?

Did you see those Mighty Mountain dweebs run?

BINKY: Those kids were scared of the fire!

What a bunch of scaredy-cats!

( laughing ): Ha-ha-ha!

But I was impressed with the fire fighters.

The fire fighters came very fast.

It only took them... three minutes and 29 seconds to get here.

I am glad they are so fast.

It's nice to know they're so fast.

BINKY: You think I pulled the alarm?

What?

You don't think I... ( woman clears throat ) Is this your knapsack?

Is this your bag?

I found it under the fire alarm.

It was found beneath the fire alarm.

BINKY: "What I did was dumb and dangerous.

BINKY: "I pulled the fire alarm.

"It was also mean to all the Mighty Mountain kids, "It was not safe.

"who have been really nice to me.

"I am sorry.

I will never pull the fire alarm when there is no fire."

"I'm sorry and I'll never pull the fire alarm when there isn't a fire."

HANEY: You know that was very bad.

HANEY: I'm glad you understand the seriousness of this offense, Binky, but I have to admit I'm still baffled.

Why did you pull the fire alarm?

Why did you do it?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Maybe you should talk You were not thinking.

to the school counselor.

But I said I was sorry!

I am sorry.

Will you punish me now?

Can't you just punish me now?

Normally, you'd be suspended for this, I want you to do some work.

but, because of the circumstances, I have something else in mind.

MR. FRENSKY: Bottles and cans go in the blue bags MR. FRENSKY: You will help me pick up garbage.

and everything else goes in the green bags.

Any change you find is yours.

MAN:Frensky!

MAN: Hi, Mr. Frensky!

You missed a spot!

Do you want to help us?

So, which one of you is going to help us pick this stuff up?

FIRE FIGHTERS: No, thanks.

( truck horn honks ) How do you know the fire fighters?

Fire fighters... How do you know those guys?

I was a volunteer fire fighter.

I was a fire fighter.

Did you ever see a fire?

Really?

So, did you ever actually see a fire?

Oh, yeah.

Yes.

Let me tell you, being close to flames is scary.

Fires are scary.

But you know all about that, right?

You know that.

No, I don't!

No, I don't!

I mean... yeah, I guess Well... yes, I saw a fire.

I was pretty close, but I wasn't afraid.

But I was not scared.

Okay... We're supposed to put the cans into the bag, Binky, Put the cans into the bag, Binky.

Do not take them out.

not take them out.

Oh... ha-ha-ha.

Oh.

( laughs nervously ) MR. MORRIS: I'll never forget that day.

MR. MORRIS: I remember a strange day.

I was grooming Cookie, a temperamental shih tzu MR. MORRIS: My dog was in a dog contest.

with a shot at gold in the toy category, MR. MORRIS: Then all the dogs ran outside.

when all of a sudden it happened.

( many dogs barking ) ( many dogs barking ) ( tires screech ) ( tires screech ) What in tarnation... What happened?

There were 13 perfect circles in that cornfield, MR. MORRIS: There were big circles outside.

MR. MORRIS: I think I know what made them.

every one the exact same size.

I reckon there was only thing that could have made them.

( Mr. Morris stops imagining ) Aliens?

Aliens?

Yep, either that or a farmer Yes.

I think that aliens made the circles.

with a tractor that only made right turns.

But I think it was the aliens.

Wow... Wow... Ready for another cream soda?

Do you want another soda?

Okay.

Okay.

Ow.

( groans ) I can get the soda.

I can get it.

Why don't you sit?

You sit.

No, I have to get used to these crutches.

No, I must learn to walk like this.

I'll be on them for quite a while.

I knew a kid with a broken leg; his cast was off in three weeks.

MR. MORRIS: My leg will hurt for a long time.

That's because he was young.

But breaking something at my age is pretty serious.

In fact, I don't think this leg is ever going to be the same.

MR. MORRIS: My leg was hurt badly.

( babbling ) ( babbling ) ARTHUR: Whoo-hoo, I got the prize!

ARTHUR: Yay, I got the prize!

You took twice as much cereal than me.

D.W.: I want the prize.

Half of that prize should be mine.

Arthur, share the prize with your sister.

Arthur, share the prize with D.W.

I can't, it's a sticker.

I can't, it is a sticker.

It's April 16?

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

DAD: I must work at the aquarium today!

The aquarium luncheon is today!

Sure, we can share it.

D.W.: Here is your half.

Here's your half.

ARTHUR: Dad, I don't feel well.

ARTHUR: Dad, I feel sick.

( coughing ) ( coughing ) I don't think I can go to school.

I cannot go to school.

DAD: I don't think you are sick.

Hmm... you're not that hot.

Yeah, but my throat is killing me; I can barely talk.

My throat hurts.

Please make me some soup now.

I need some of your chicken soup, now.

I can't do it now, I cannot.

but I will as soon as I get home.

I will make it later.

Maybe you will get hurt at the aquarium.

What if you don't come home?

What if something happens to you... at the aquarium?

Nothing's going to happen I will be okay.

to me at the aquarium.

Oh, you are worried Why on earth would you think... Oh... Are you worried because of the fire?

because of the fire.

When I was a boy, Grandma Thora was in a car accident.

When I was your age Grandma Thora was in a car accident.

She was not hurt.

She wasn't hurt.

But for weeks afterwards I was worried But then I always worried about her.

whenever she set foot in a car.

Even when she just went to the store, ( Dad is remembering ) DAD: I worried she would be in another car accident.

I was afraid she'd be in another car accident.

While I waited for her to return, I'd shoot balls of paper into the wastebasket, DAD: When she went out, I played a game.

and I told myself that if I made more baskets than I missed, DAD: Playing the game helped me.

she would come home safely.

DAD: I stopped worrying.

It seemed to work.

( Dad stops imagining ) Of course, I was a pretty good shot.

DAD: Then one day, I forgot to play.

Then one day, I forgot to do it.

She was gone three hours.

DAD: Grandma Thora came home fine.

I didn't shoot once, and what happened?

What?

I did not need to worry.

She came home just fine.

It's my job to worry about you, Arthur, Do not worry about me.

not the other way around.

Help me carry these?

SUE ELLEN: Today is April 18.

SUE ELLEN: "April 18..." "I have nothing to say."

"I have nothing to say."

( sighs ) Oh.

BUSTER: Mr. Morris is feeling better.

BUSTER: Tell your readers to keep the bathrooms extra clean.

Mr. Morris's leg isn't fully healed; I don't want him to work too hard.

Sue Ellen, are you glad school is open again?

How about you, Sue Ellen?

What does it feel like to be back?

Great!

Look what I found in the gutter!

Yes!

And look!

I found a picture from my old journal.

See?

It's a llama.

It's part of a postcard that was in my old journal.

"Diary doomed, but llama lives..." I will write a story about that.

Binky, are you glad school is open again?

Hey, Binky, I'm writing a piece on what it's like to be back.

I have nothing to say.

No comment.

Can I take your picture?

Can take your picture?

No pictures either!

I'm having a bad hair day.

Do not take my picture!

HANEY: I like this new couch!

HANEY: I like this new couch!

So springy!

( Binky panting anxiously ) ( Binky is imagining ) ( Binky yelling ) ( Binky stops imagining ) ( Binky begins yelling ) Binky, are you okay?

Binky, are you okay?

( crying ) ( Binky crying ) MR. FRENSKY: Binky, why are you not in school?

( man clears throat ) MR. FRENSKY: Well done, Binky, but shouldn't you be in school?

I can't go back there, I just can't!

I am scared to go to school!

I keep on seeing flames and smoke and...

I remember fire and smoke!

It's okay, Binky.

( crying ) Binky, I know how you feel.

Believe me, I know how you feel.

When I first saw a fire, I could not sleep.

You do?

Sure I do.

When I saw my first fire up close, I had trouble sleeping for weeks.

But after some time passed, I wasn't so scared.

But then I was not so scared.

Why not?

I did what we're doing-- talking about it.

I talked about it.

That helped me.

Don't you feel a little better You talked about it with me.

now that you've told someone Do you feel better?

how you really feel?

( sniffles ) Yeah... Yeah... but I still don't want to go back to school.

But I don't want to go back to school.

I'll call Mr. Haney to let him know where you are, I will tell Mr. Haney you are here.

then you can do the rounds with me.

You can come with me today.

After that, we'll see how you feel, okay?

BINKY: Can I operate the crusher?

BINKY: Okay.

Only if you join the union.

ARTHUR: Cake in the middle of math?

ARTHUR: We get cake in class?

This has never happened before.

He didn't even give us a quiz We do not have a test.

on the ingredients!

May I have a piece for Mr. Morris?

Can I have two slices, please?

One's for Mr. Morris.

Mr. Morris isn't in today, Buster.

Mr. Morris is not coming back.

In fact, he's not coming back.

Not coming back?

Why not?

He will not work here anymore.

Yes, he's retiring.

You can have two slices anyway.

It'll save you the second trip.

MORRIS: Careful with that one!

MORRIS: Be careful!

My zydeco records are in it!

Hey, it's Buster!

Hey, Buster!

Come on in.

There's two cream sodas Come in and have a soda.

and some onion dip left in the fridge.

Are you going on a vacation?

Are you going on a trip?

You could say that, a long vacation.

I am going to live with my daughter.

I'm moving in with my daughter at a ranch in New Mexico.

Why?

Don't you like living here?

You don't want to live here?

MR. MORRIS: I want to go to a new place.

Sure, but it's time to move on.

I've always had itchy feet.

Isn't there a powder for that?

It's a figure of speech meaning you don't like to stay in one place for too long.

Oh... Oh...

I love living here, but now I need help.

Truthfully, I love living here.

But I'm going to need someone to look after me for a while.

I could do that; I'd look after you.

I can help you.

Thanks, but I think my daughter's better suited for the job.

Thanks, but my daughter will help me.

But there is something you can do for me.

You can help me with this.

This was my daughter's.

Her name's Beatrice.

My daughter never cared for the sound.

Will you take care of it?

I'd like to know she was in good hands.

This is beautiful!

Wow, this is beautiful!

I will take care of it.

I'll take really good care of her.

Thanks.

Bring it when you visit me.

Thanks.

Bring her along when you visit me in New Mexico.

Roswell's down there, amigo.

That's the capital of alien sightings.

( accordion hums ) BUSTER ( over walkie-talkie ): Do you read me?

BUSTER ( over radio ): Do you hear me?

Come in, Arthur.

Hey, Buster.

Hey, Buster.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

I am waiting for my dad to come home.

Waiting for my dad to come home from catering Mr. Crosswire's birthday.

But it's 9:30 already!

I am worried.

He'll be fine, Arthur.

He is fine.

And you, why are you still awake?

Why are you awake?

I was thinking about Mr. Morris; I really miss him.

I miss Mr. Morris.

You know, he'd still be here if it wasn't for that stupid fire.

He left because of the fire.

But you are friends because of the fire.

But you two might not be friends.

You only met because of the fire.

That is true.

That's true.

Hey, want to hear me play "Clementine"?

I will play a song for you.

ARTHUR: Good-- Dad is home.

Whew, he's home.

Oh, you probably want to say hi to him.

Oh, you want to see him.

Well, good night.

Good night.

Wait, Buster, why don't you play "Clementine" for me?

Buster, play a song for me.

( begins playing "Clementine" ) ( begins playing ) SUE ELLEN: "This Friday, it will be one month since April 9.

SUE ELLEN ( thinking ): "The fire was one month ago.

"So much has happened since then.

"I never want to go through another fire.

"I hope I never see another fire.

"But I also never want to lose this feeling "Each day is special.

"that each day is special, "that my friends are the best friends in the world "My friends are the best.

"and that if we stick together We always help each other."

we can make it through just about anything."

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Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org ♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫And get along with each other♫ ♫And get along with each other♫ ♫You got to listen to your heart♫ ♫You got to listen to your heart♫ ♫Listen to the beat♫ ♫Listen to the beat♫ ♫Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street♫ ♫Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street♫ ♫It's a simple message and it comes from the heart♫ ♫It's a simple message and it comes from the heart♫ ♫Believe in yourself♫ ♫Believe in yourself♫ ♫For that's the place to start♫ ♫For that's the place to start♫ ♫And I say hey!♫ ♫And I say hey!♫ Hey!

Hey!

♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫If we could learn to work and play♫ ♫And get along with each other.♫ ♫And get along with each other.♫ Hey!

Hey!

♫What a wonderful kind of day♫ Hey!

Hey!