♪ Every day when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ Everybody that you meet has an original point of view.

♪ ( laughs ) ♪ And I say hey!

♪ Hey!

♪ 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 ♪ ♪ For that's the place to start ♪ ♪ And I say hey!

♪ Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ If we could 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!

Arthur: Hey, D.W. Hey!

Whoa!

( crash ) Arthur: Whoa, look at that monster!

I wonder if he's going to... ( gasps ): He did, he ate that kid-- bones and all.

That's so gross.

I bet you thought I was reading a Scare Your Pants Off book.

Well, I wasn't.

It's Fairy Tales.

These are some of the weirdest, scariest most exciting stories ever.

There are talking pigs... ( snorting ) And I was doing this hundreds of years before Babe.

Two-headed trolls...

I say we bake him in a pie.

I say we put him in a soup.

( chuckling ): I say we let him go.

I didn't always like fairy tales.

I used to think they were really babyish, until one day...

But I should begin at the beginning.

Comfy?

"Once upon a time, there was a boy named Arthur whose Dad was an amazing cook."

( croaks ) Wow, what kind of cake is that?

Chocolate fudge brownie with a vanilla custard filling topped with butterscotch icing and peanut butter toffees.

Could I try a teensy... No-- it's for a wedding Mom and I are catering tonight.

Maybe Grandma will make some of her chocolate chip cookies.

Ow, my teeth!

Terrific.

Film announcer: Many sea creatures live on or near the ocean floor... ( snoring ) Announcer: ...such as the sea cucumber the jellyfish and the wedding cake.

( dreamily ): Peanut butter toffees.

I thought it was a piece of cake.

You've got cake?

Can I have some?

I was talking about the history quiz.

I thought it was easy.

Oh, sorry, Buster-- my dad made this incredible cake.

I've been thinking about it all day.

Lucky you.

No, unlucky me.

I won't get any because it's for a wedding.

And my grandma's making dinner tonight.

Y-y-you mean... that cheesy tuna-noodle thing?

( sighs ): Probably.

Then you might want to stock up on some real food.

Arthur: Chocolate, nougat, caramel peanut brittle and gummy eels.

A balanced meal of all the food groups.

Mmm-mmm.

( gasps ) Where's the cheesy tuna-noodle thing you usually make?

Sorry to disappoint you, Arthur.

Your father left dinner for us.

He did?

Hooray!

I mean... um... how nice you don't have to do any work, Grandma.

Thank you, dear.

Now, if you both clean your plates I have a big surprise for you.

Whew!

Now, what's the surprise?

We get to watch scary movies until Mom and Dad come home?

D.W.: Are we going to a toy store and you're going to buy us any toys we want?

No.

Your father left us some of the wedding cake.

( stomach gurgling ) Arthur: I really shouldn't.

I'm going to burst.

Maybe just one tiny bite.

( groans ) Serves you right for eating two slices of cake.

Would you like me to read to you, Arthur?

That's what I used to do when you had an upset stomach.

Yes, read to us, Grandma.

Oh, not fairy tales, they're so boring.

Why don't you read the new Scare Your Pants Off book Bloodsucking Beavers of Bavaria?

No.

I bet these fairy tales are just as exciting and frightening as that book.

Maybe if you're a baby.

Grandma, I think Arthur wants to go to bed early.

All right, settle down, you two.

Now, let's see... Ah, here's a good one.

"Once upon a time "there lived a poor woodcutter who had two children: "a boy named Hansel and a girl named Gretel.

One year, a great famine fell upon the land."

Huh?

Where am I?

D.W.: Oh, dear brother we are stranded in the middle of a deep, dark forest with only a crust of bread.

You can have my half, I'm stuffed.

It's not for eating, silly.

It's for marking a trail so we can get back home, see?

( gasps ) But some animal has been eating the crumbs and now we're lost.

( burping ) Mmm, bread!

Let's walk further into the forest.

Maybe we'll find a nice stranger who'll help us.

( wind whistling ) Boy, I'm tired of these leather shorts.

They may be cute, but I'm freezing.

Me, too.

All I get is this dress with lace trim.

It's like wearing a tablecloth-- I'm freezing.

( animal howls ) D.W.: Great, now we're even more lost.

We'll probably be eaten by bloodsucking beavers.

Any more bright ideas?

D.W., I think we're in luck.

Look.

This is no ordinary house.

There are chocolate chips in the walls and the windows are made of... fruit rolls.

Hey, look what's in the mailbox.

Junk food mail.

Mmm, spicy nacho flavor.

Must be a letter from Mexico.

( in Ratburn's voice ): Well, well, well, what have we here?

Two scrumptious little children.

Oh, sorry, sir.

We were just admiring your house.

It's, um, very tastefully decorated.

This?

This is nothing.

Wait till I take you to... the mall!

Woman: Semi-sweet chocolate cookware!

It's a cinch to clean.

Arthur: The sight of all this candy is making me sick.

Can we go home now?

Right after I buy a new oven.

Let's see, you look like you're a medium.

Arthur and D.W.: Let us out!

Let us out!

Oh, I will... as soon as the oven heats up.

Now, where did I put those cloves?

Arthur.

The bars on the cell are candy canes.

We can lick our way out.

( Arthur's stomach gurgling ) I can't.

I'm too full.

We're ready.

( giggling ) ( Mr. Ratburn screaming ) Mr. Ratburn: I'm melting...

I'm melting!

Tommy and Timmy, you saved us!

I'm not Tommy, I'm Pesky.

And these are my brothers: Whiny, Grouchy, Angry, Noisy, Creepy and Stinky.

Brothers: And you're our princess, Doe White.

I'm not Doe White.

I'm D.W.

It stands for Dora Winifred.

Brothers: You must come with us, Princess, it's nap time.

D.W.: No!

Put me down!

Arthur, go to Grandma's!

Get help!

( panting ) ( laughing ) Nice pants, Arthur-- where's the flood?

I've got to find something else to wear.

A cape.

This'll do.

( Binky laughing ) That's even better.

Who are you?

Superdoofus?

( laughing ) ( doorbell rings ) Grandma Thora: Come in.

You'll have to excuse my appearance.

I've been a little under the weather.

Grandma, what creamy skin you have.

It's my new moisturizer.

And what frosty hair you have.

And what dark, chocolaty eyes.

The better to be eaten by you!

( gulps ) ( groans ) Arthur Read!

Did you eat Grandma?

It wasn't Grandma.

It was that wedding cake.

I've heard that one before.

Sheesh, I spent my day cleaning and cooking for the Tibbles and this is what I find.

I'm telling Mom and Dad.

Don't worry, little girl.

It is I, Buster the Woodcutter.

I'll have your grandma out of him in a jiffy.

It's me, Arthur.

No, it isn't.

You're a grandma-eating wolf disguised as Arthur.

Or maybe you're a grandma-eating alien disguised as a wolf disguised as Arthur.

Either way... ( gasps ) No!

Are you all right, Arthur?

Did you have a nightmare?

It's probably from all those fairy tales you were reading.

See?

They are scary.

My stomach really hurts.

Grandma Thora: Chew these and in a little while, you'll feel better.

D.W.: You get us lost in the woods, then you eat Grandma and now you've sold my Mary Moo Cow for some beans!

But... but... they're magic beans.

That's what I think of your magic beans.

Whoa!

( loud rumbling ) You better hope there's another toy for me at the top of that thing.

( grunting ) Why couldn't I have dreamed an elevator for this thing?

( gasps ) Wow!

Boy, this place is bigger than Home Hardware Heaven.

( goose squawks ) Watch it, you silly goose.

Hey, D.W. will love this.

( bellowing ): Fee, fi, fo, fum!

( screams ) Who are you?

I am everything you've ever eaten-- 8½ years of food.

And that's my goose.

( footsteps thundering ) I hope this is a dream where I can fly.

( screaming ) ( goose squawks ) ( gasps ): What a cute little goose!

D.W., we've got to get out of here!

The giant's coming.

Buster: Stand back.

I'm also a beanstalk cutter.

( growls ) Timber!

( loud thud ) ( burps loudly ) I feel much better.

I guess that last fairy tale really did the trick.

Arthur: And from then on, Arthur never ate too much candy and he lived happily ever after.

The end.

Well... maybe the "happily ever after" part will come true.

Kids: And now... Hi, I'm Mathume.

This is my second-grade class.

Today, we're going to have healthy snacks.

This is good for you.

Boy: No fat.

Girl: No sugar.

No salt, no oil.

Now, this is a pineapple and this is some watermelon.

They are nutritious foods.

Boy: So, Johnny... how's that watermelon tasting?

Juicy.

This is a grape.

This is a rice cake.

And this is apple juice, I gave her seven carrots and she owes me seven junk food.

( gasps ) This is healthy food.

This is junk food.

Healthy foods are good for your body and junk foods are not.

Girl: Potato chips, cookies... And candy.

They're not good, maybe... sometimes.

My favorite food is all the stuff on this chart: apples, watermelon and peaches.

( crunching ) Mmm, that's good.

Healthy food is good for your body.

This is "broccioli," orange...

Girl: It's not "broccioli."

It's broccoli.

Oh-- broccoli.

I think spinach is okay.

I fight for justice and fruits.

It's tasty.

Healthy foods make you very strong and healthy that you stay alive for a very long time.

All: We love healthy food!

And now...

I have the coolest grandpa in the whole world.

And he's finally coming to visit me.

Arthur!

My favorite grandson!

What do you want to do first?

Should we explore the forbidden caves or do you want to wrestle some alligators?

And say, do you think we could get out of here without D.W.?

D.W.: He's not coming to visit you.

He's coming to visit me!

( both laughing ) Grandpa: I could do this for hours, D.W.

Hours and hours!

Arthur: As I was saying Grandpa Dave hardly ever gets to visit us... because he lives so far away.

But now he's coming for a long, long time!

I'm talking!

And he's going to take me to Ponyland... No, he's not!

He's going to take me to Wonder World!

And he'll buy me presents!

( Arthur groans ) I just love Grandpa Dave.

( crying ) ( snoring ) D.W.: Mom, when is Grandpa Dave going home?

It's been a week already.

What's the matter?

All he wants to do is sleep and play checkers.

And he didn't bring any presents.

Kids!

I know Grandpa isn't as active as he was... You can say that again!

Mom: And I know you've had to give up a lot of TV because he can't manage the stairs.

But he's still the same Grandpa.

D.W.: No, he's not.

He's a different grandpa and I don't like it.

Hey, how are my favorite grandkids?

Fine.

Fine.

Any plans for the day?

Any great adventures brewing?

Uh-uh.

No.

Well, how's about we play checkers when you get home?

Kids?

Look at the time!

I'll be late for school!

Me, too!

I have to go... play!

See you later, alligators.

So, you want to come over to my house?

I can't-- I have to go home.

My Grandpa's visiting.

But I thought you liked him.

I used to, but he's so boring now.

All he ever wants to do is sleep and play checkers.

Checkers isn't bad.

You haven't played with Grandpa Dave.

Grandpa?

( snoring softly ) Grandpa!

( snorting ): Huh?

Wha...?

I moved.

It's your turn.

Oh, so you did.

Well, I move... here.

( snoring loudly ) Oh, brother.

Wow, sounds fun.

( sarcastically ): Yeah, it's a blast.

See you.

Quick!

Think of something!

Grandpa just woke up and he wants to play checkers.

We'll be bored for three hours.

Grandpa: Is that you, Arthur?

Ready for a game?

Sure!

But I have to, uh... do something first.

Can I help with your homework?

I'm in preschool.

I don't have homework.

Grandpa: I'm waiting!

There's nothing like a game of checkers.

Here you are!

Okay, how about if D.W. goes first and Arthur... you keep score.

King me.

Grandpa!

King me.

What did you say?

Hey, look at that, D.W.-- you won!

Anyone for another game?

We've played eight already.

Only eight?

Why, when I was your age I'd play 20, 30 games in a single afternoon.

One time... ( stifling a sneeze ) ( sneezes ) ( checkers rattle ) What's this?

Oh, just a little...

Nothing for little children to worry about.

I am not little.

I'm eight!

Well, that's true.

But this... this is big stuff.

For grown-ups, really.

I'm a grown-up in spirit.

Mom says so.

Hmm... Well, maybe it is time for you to hear the story of your great-great-great... great-great-great-great-- whew!-- Uncle Blacktooth.

Argghh!

The meanest pirate to roam the seven seas.

That's me!

Argghh!

Actually, there are 11 seas, sir and that doesn't include oceans: the Indian, the Arctic... ( coughing ) ( Arthur yelling ) Grandpa: Besides being mean, and never brushing his teeth Blacktooth was very, very rich.

He'd been robbing ships for a long time.

Blacktooth: Ten million and one... ten million and two diamonds and 6,000 pounds of candy!

Whoo-ee!

I'm rich!

Grandpa: In fact, he had so much treasure it was sinking his ship.

He had to find a place to hide it.

By sheerest coincidence, the nearest port was Elwood City.

Late at night, the treasure was unloaded and buried.

Blacktooth drew a map of where the treasure was buried but it was 20 years before he came back for it.

I know it's around here someplace.

Would you read the map, already?

Or ask somebody!

Hey!

Hey you!

Seen any treasure around here?

Poor old Blacktooth never found his treasure.

It's still buried... right here in Elwood City.

Wow... Where's the map?

For a long time, the map was lost.

But it was recently rediscovered and I tell you, I intend to go looking for that treasure just as soon as I feel better.

You interested in joining me?

Mom: You've been in here a long time.

Could somebody help set the table?

But we're having fun!

Grandpa's telling us a story.

Go on, kids.

We can finish after supper.

That's more like it.

I think their favorite grandpa is back in business.

Arthur?

Are you awake?

I am now.

I can't go to sleep.

I keep thinking about that treasure.

Me, too.

What if we found it?

Arthur: Mine!

All mine!

( gasping ) ( Arthur coughing ) Female chorus: ♪ You know you've always dreamed it ♪ ♪ And with money dreams come true ♪ ♪ You've dreamed your plastic unicorn would grow ♪ ♪ Just as big as you.

♪ We have to find that treasure!

But we don't have the map.

At least not yet.

So, uh, Grandpa, we were just wondering what the treasure map looked like.

Well, it's old and yellow with lots of Xs and dotted lines-- just what a treasure map should look like.

You up for another round of checkers this afternoon?

Yeah, sure!

Anytime!

Arthur: It was a white shirt, right?

With red buttons?

With blue buttons!

It's not here.

( TV droning ) D.W.: How can anybody sleep that much?

Shh!

It's got to be here.

Maybe we should just ask him.

No!

He said he wanted to wait until he felt better and that could take forever.

I mean, it would be nice if we could find the treasure for him.

Hey, wait!

I've got it!

Huh?

Wha...?

( TV continues droning ) Let's go.

Arthur: "I, D.W., solemnly swear..." I, D.W., solemnly swear... "To never reveal the contents of this map..." To never reveal the contents of this map-- not even if someone tortures me or makes me eat worms and dead... "And to obey the commands of my brother, Arthur..." And to...

Forget it!

Open the map.

You know what?

No.

What?

Oh, wow!

What?!

What?!

I think the treasure's buried... right by the tree house.

( gasps ) Bye!

See you later!

Have fun at the doctor's!

Take your time!

Don't hurry back!

( whispering ): Quit it.

Now!

So, we need to go 20 paces towards the creek.

What's a pace?

It's... a... like that.

20 of those.

Both: One... two... three...

Both: Nineteen... Twenty.

Whoa!

And now we have to go 20 paces... east.

Stupid pirate!

This is it.

"X" marks the spot.

Hurry up.

Diamonds, rubies, candy here I come!

Arthur?

Where are you?

Arthur: Down here!

I don't get it.

We're right where the map said.

Grandpa: What in tarnation are you doing?

We've been looking for you.

We're finding the treasure, Grandpa-- Blacktooth's treasure!

We found the map and the diamonds and candy are supposed to be right here.

Only they're not.

Oh, gee.

You see, it was just a story.

I thought you knew that.

I didn't realize you kids would take it so seriously.

You mean, the map's not real?

It's not a pirate's map?

Well... no.

See, I drew it up myself.

I was going to hide some candy and then let you dig it up, but... well, you kids got ahead of me.

You lied, Grandpa.

You lied!

I don't care if this is Grandpa's room.

I'm watching Bionic Bunny.

Me, too, and I don't even like Bionic Bunny.

I know you kids are mad at me but there's something I've meant to give you and now is probably a good time.

What is it?

It's a real treasure, Arthur-- a gold compass that belonged to your great-great-great-uncle.

Sure... Blacktooth, right?

( chuckling ): No, Matthew was his name and he sailed all around the world.

I've treasured this compass my whole life and now I want you both to have it.

Is it worth a lot of money?

I don't really know about that.

But I do know that it saved Matthew's life.

He and his crew were caught in the storm of '88, the worst of the century and ended up drifting for days in a tiny lifeboat.

All they had was water and this compass and a checkerboard.

Is this for real?

Cross my heart and spit in your eye.

Matthew was a fiend for checkers, just like me and they played checkers to pass the time.

How small was the lifeboat?

Ooh, it was a tiny old thing.

Fit for a couple of mice, really.

Seven men had to cram aboard in the middle of the night and then watch as their ship was swallowed by the waves.

30 feet high, some of them were!

But with the compass, they were able to keep track of where they were drifting.

Hi, everyone, it's me, Buster.

If you love the great food we get to eat in Elwood City, you won't believe all the great food I'm trying on my trip with my dad.

Mmm... don't you just want to eat some?

I'm tasting everything and I'm sending it all back to my friends in Elwood City on my very own video postcards.

They're Postcards from Buster.

Captioned by The Caption Center WGBH Educational Foundation] ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ It's a simple message and it comes from the heart ♪ ♪ Believe in yourself ♪ ♪ For that's the place to start ♪ ♪ And I say hey!

♪ Hey!

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

♪ Hey!

Hey!