(children) ♪ Carolina... ♪ ♪ Carolina.

♪ ♪ ["Sherlock Bonz" theme music] ♪ ♪ ♪ [dogs barking] (narrator) And now the mystery continues with Chapter Five.

♪ <Ms.

Marie> Please come in.

Sherlock Bonz is in his office.

He's expecting you.

♪ [sniffing sounds] [munching sounds] ♪ <Det.

Bonz> Helloooo.

It's been several days since I've seen you in the old snoop shop.

I just assumed you were busy with your schoolwork.

Let me catch you up on things at Sandlapper Elementary.

It's been an eventful few days, oh, my!

Read along as I make notes about yesterday's events.

♪ I decided to investigate who could have possibly stolen the books and... who dropped this box of food wrap.

The most logical place to start was the school cafeteria.

I found this food wrap on the school grounds.

I wanted to know whether this is a wrap you use.

>> No, no.

Look, this.... <Det.

Bonz> This was not the brand they use.

It must have been brought from someone's home.

Brianna told Jing about the time-travel adventures.

<Jing> I can't believe you felt you couldn't tell me.

You always trusted me.

I'm your best friend.

<Brianna> Well, I could tell you knew something was going on.

Promise not to tell?

>> I promise.

Zip lip, no slip.

<Det.

Bonz> Meanwhile, Mr. Gaston, the science teacher, called our four friends into the science lab yesterday at lunchtime to discuss his suspicions about their time travels.

[loud footfalls] ♪ <Mr.

Gatson> Let me get this straight.

This contraption can take you other places?

<Amy> Yeah...at first, we didn't understand it.

<Jeremy> We finally figured out Levart Emit spelled... "time travel."

The button got pushed accidentally when we entered a topic for research.

For instance: Ms. Matthews says our next topic will be "South Carolina Regions, Farming and Industry," so... <Mr.

Gatson> Whoa... Don't push that button!

As much as I'd love to see this in action, we just can't!

I am an inventor, and I love gadgets.

I'd deerly like to see how this baby works, But I think it would be against school policy to time travel.

<Brianna> There's a school policy prohibiting time travel?

<Mr.

Gatson> Not exactly, but we need permission to go on a field trip, much less zipping back 200 years.

Use should only use the Paw Pilot after school hours.

<Jing> Mr. Gatson, you wanted to see me?

<Mr.

Gatson> Yes, Jing, please have a seat.

<Brianna> Jing, come sit by me.

[stool scraping the floor] <Kevin> Mr. Gaston, I've had a question.

When we go back in time, how come people are kids when they're supposed to be adults?

<Mr.

Gatson> Whoever made this program must have known about retrospective time regeneration.

Here, let me explain.

The Paw Pilot creates a chronometric sphere around the users to allow biophasic generators to save energy when using shifting time periods.

It takes a chronometric scan of life-forms.

♪ <Jeremy> So it performs chronometric scans.

>> Exactly.

<Kevin> Wait a minute.

I watch "Star Trek," but you're losing me.

For those that are not science brainiacs, a simple explanation, please?

>> Basically, the Paw Pilot creates a picture of those closest to it, like you Brianna and re-creates those people from history according to that image.

It helps keep a small device from using too much energy.

It can stay compact, easy to carry.

<Jeremy> Ingenious!

<Kevin> Whoa, cool!

>> So, since time travel has to wait until school's out at 3:30, we have to study the old way... books, encyclopedias, and websites.

Jeremy, can you come to the library with me?

<Jeremy> Magic fingers, find many websites!

<Kevin> We'll check out a South Carolina map.

and make some notes.

See you later.

<Kevin> Mr. Gaston, most kids think maps are boring.

We must make this map interesting.

<Mr.

Gaston> Geography was one of my favorite subjects, next to science, of course.

Let's see... South Carolina has six regions.

There's the Coastal Zone, the Outer Coastal Plain, the Inner Coastal Plain, the Sandhills, the Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge.

That is really a puzzle... how to make a map something interesting.

<Amy> Yeah, a real... puzzle.

>> Mr. Gaston, Mr. Gaston.

Hello, Ms. Crabapple.

You all know Ms. Crabapple.

These are the kids I need for the music performance.

♪ >> Music performance... that gives me a great idea!

[whispering] >> That is a good idea... okay!

<Mr.

Gaston> Let's do it!

Pardon me, Mr. Bonz.

Woop!

♪ (suspenseful music) <Mr.

Gaston> May I borrow your hat?

[high-pitched voice] Certainly!

♪ <Kevin> Whoa, cool!

♪ ♪ Caribbean keyboard music ♪ ♪ ♪ South Carolina, ♪ it has six regions.

♪ ♪ Come visit them ♪ and have some fun.

♪ ♪ Start ♪ at the beach ♪ ♪ and go ♪ to the mountains.

♪ ♪ We're going to learn ♪ each and every one.

♪ ♪ ♪ The Coastal Zone... ♪ ♪ beside the Atlantic Ocean ♪ makes its home.

♪ ♪ Find a seashell ♪ or a little fish bone... ♪ ♪ in the Coastal Zone.

♪ ♪ ♪ The Outer Coastal Plain... ♪ ♪ some big, old swamps ♪ and flat terrain.

♪ ♪ Many rivers ♪ from the ocean drain ♪ ♪ through the Outer ♪ Coastal Plain.

♪ ♪ ♪ The Inner Coastal Plain... ♪ oh, it's very clear.

♪ ♪ lots of sandy soil ♪ and farming here.

♪ ♪ Millions of years ago, ♪ the ocean was near ♪ ♪ the Inner Coastal ♪ Plain, my dear.

♪ Everybody!

♪ South Carolina, ♪ it has six regions.

♪ ♪ Come visit them ♪ and have some fun.

♪ ♪ Start at the beach, ♪ go to the mountains.

♪ ♪ We're going to learn ♪ each and every one.

♪ ♪ ♪ The Sandhills... ♪ a great place to be.

♪ ♪ Columbia, the capital ♪ and USC.

♪ ♪ Aiken, Camden, ♪ lots of horses you see.

♪ ♪ In the Sandhills, ♪ yes, sirree.

♪ ♪ ♪ The Piedmont, ♪ where big hills begin.

♪ ♪ Rock Hill, ♪ so close to Carowinds.

♪ Woooo!

♪ Spartanburg, Greenville... ♪ lots of factories, friend.

♪ ♪ In the Piedmont, ♪ where big hills begin.

♪ ♪ ♪ Blue Ridge ♪ is the last region.

♪ ♪ Appalachian Mountains ♪ are so much fun.

♪ ♪ Sassafras Mountain ♪ is the tallest one, ♪ ♪ in the Blue Ridge ♪ region.

♪ ♪ ♪ South Carolina, ♪ it has six regions.

♪ ♪ Come visit them ♪ and have some fun.

♪ ♪ Start at the beach, ♪ go to the mountains.

♪ ♪ We're going to learn ♪ each and every one.

♪ ♪ (Mr. Gaston, spoken) The Coastal Zone.

The Outer Coastal Plain.

The Inner Coastal Plain.

The Sandhills.

And the Piedmont.

And Blue Ridge.

♪ The enddddd!

♪ Great job... very impressive!

(speaker on intercom) Mr. Gaston?

<Mr.

Gaston> Yes?

<Ms.

Peach> This is the front office.

Is Ms. Crabapple in your classroom?

>> Yes.

<Ms.

Peach> She has a visitor.

>> Thank you.

[beeping noise] <Jing> Is that the Paw Pilot?

<Amy> I'll get the Paw Pilot.

[beeping noise] <Mr.

Gaston> Thank you, Amy.

<Amy> I've never heard it do that before.

[beeping and ringing sounds] <Amy> Here Mr. Gaston.

[Paw Pilot beeping] <Kevin> Let me see.

[Paw Pilot beeping then alarm sounding] >> Oh, no!

Yikes!

We're at South Carolina State Farmers Market.

<Jing> Wow!

[footfalls] <farmer #1> Mr. , can we interest you in South Carolina peaches?

<Mr.

Gaston> They look delicious Yes, please.

My students would like to learn about farming in South Carolina.

I bet you could tell us a lot.

<farmer #1> I'd be glad to tell you what I know.

There aren't as many small family farms, but farming is still important in South Carolina.

<farmer #2> Soybeans and tobacco are two of our largest crops.

The whole country loves our peaches.

We're the second largest peach-producing state.

<farmer #1> Farming has changed In the old days, rice, indigo, and cotton were the only main crops.

Now we grow corn, wheat, tomatoes... all kinds of things.

<farmer #2> We still grow cotton.

You take a boll, remove the seeds, then make thread out of the fluff.

Factories make cloth out of the thread.

That's how we get cotton shirts and dresses.

Making cloth is a moneymaker for our state!

<farmer #1> Have you seen a big, long chicken house?

<Kevin> Yes, sir.

My uncle and aunt in Gaston have two chicken houses and they're huge.

<farmer #1> We're selling eggs.

Raising chickens turkeys, beef cattle, and hogs is another kind of farming.

[boy singing] <Jing> That music... it's so cool!

<farmer #1> That's Gullah folk from the Sea Islands.

They've got cool stuff... check it out.

Let's go see!

<Mr.

Gaston> All right, but after that, we've got to get back to school.

Ms. Holman would be upset if she knew we were on a field trip.

<Gullah boy> ♪ Oonuh nanna gramaw, yessama'am ♪ ♪ Sweet bread be good ♪ yessama'am.

♪ ♪ G ood, ole sweetbread, ♪ shakem, shakem.

♪ ♪ Good, ole sweetbread, ♪ shakem, shakem.

♪ [applause] <Jing> Wow!

I love that song!

I take piano lessons, but I'd love to learn how you do that.

<Gullah boy> In the Sea Islands, of South Carolina there's a way of speaking... called Gullah, a combination of African and English languages, developed when slaves came to this area.

<Mr.

Gaston> What does Gullah mean?

<Gullah boy> Probably "Angola," a country in West Africa.

where many slaves are from.

Can you hand me the picture album, please?

[pages rustling] <Gullah girl> The land of the beautiful Sea Islands.

A long time ago, you had to come to the mainland by boat.

Out into the marsh water, we catch shrimp with nets we make.

<Gullah boy> Here's my auntie, making baskets of pine straw and sweetgrass.

Africans and Gullahs have been making baskets for hundreds of years.

<Gullah girl> We called our churches praise houses.

Nowadays, most of us go to bigger churches.

We use hand clapping, foot rhythm, jumps, and singing in churches.

Delicious foods from Gullah tradition.

Hopping John, which is black-eyed peas on rice.

Frogmore stew and gumbo, which is okra and tomatoes.

>> What are you selling at the farmer's market, today?

<Gullah boy> We're selling crops our ancestors grew in Africa.

Yams... and peanuts.

<Kevin> Can you teach us something in Gullah?

<Jing> Yeah, and to do that music thing?

<Gullah boy> Why, sure.

Us gwine crack teet' 'til fus' daa'k... That means, we're gonna talk until sundown."

Gwine is "going."

Crack teet' is "to talk."

Fus' daa'k is "sundown."

<Kevin> Us gwine crack teet' 'til fus' daa'k.

<Gullah girl> Oonuh hab sweet toot'?

Oonuh means "you"... hab.... <Kevin> I do have a sweet tooth.

Thank you... <girls> thank you.

<Kevin> Jeremy's going to be mad he missed this.

<Mr.

Gaston> Look at the time... we've got to get back now !

[whooshing sound] <Amy> This is what's been happening.

The Paw Pilot takes us to related areas.

<Kevin> Look!

Isn't that a textile mill?

<Jing> Wow!

<Mr.

Gaston> In the late 1800s, there was so much cotton, textile mills opened.

When World War I came, the textile industry got big.

The Army needed uniforms.

<Kevin> I could see myself in one of those uniforms.

♪ <soldier> Attention!

What is South Carolina's largest industry?

<Kevin> Textiles, sir.

<soldier> What are textiles?

<Kevin> Any industry related to making of cloth, sir.

<soldier> Does that include... making yarn and thread?

<Kevin> Yes, sir.

<soldier> Does that include... making chemicals to dye it different colors?

<Kevin> Yes, sir... it's South Carolina's largest manufacturing industry!

<soldier> Dismissed.

<Mr.

Gaston> Look...trees, an example of the lumber industry.

♪ <Amy> Is the lumber industry big in South Carolina?

<Kevin> Lumber.

You mean trees?

<Jing> My uncle works at a lumber company.

He told me, hardwood goes to make furniture.

Pulpwood goes to make paper.

Every year lumber companies plant new trees.

to keep a good supply in the state.

<Mr.

Gaston> Did you know that the king of England used to like South Carolina's trees too?

The town of Kingstree got its name because the tallest pine trees along the Black River grew there.

In the old days, the king reserved those trees for masts on his sailing ships.

<Jing> Masts?

<Kevin> I know what that is...

It's a pole that holds the sail.

<Mr.

Gaston> Impressive.

Oh no!

The Paw Pilot is changing again.

Hold on.

[whooshing sound] Now where are we?

<Kevin> I know where we are.

My family vacations here.

We're at Table Rock State Park.

<Jing> My family goes to Table Rock too.

There are parks, lakes, and special places for people.

<Mr.

Gaston> Tourism is important in South Carolina.

There are over $2 billion spent every year!

<Kevin> Table Rock State Park is a great place for hiking.

Look!

[footfalls] <tourist #1> I'm glad we came to Table Rock State Park.

I can't wait to go hiking.

Listen to what the brochure says, "Table Rock got its name "because Cherokees believed a giant Indian chief sat at this mountain to eat."

<tourist #2> Congaree National Park near Columbia... there's a boardwalk and some of the tallest trees on the East Coast.

<tourist #1> The brochure says people come from over the world to visit Charleston and Myrtle Beach.

Let's take a break.

<tourist #2> You can look at those.

[backpack rustling] Here's an apple.

[crunching noises] Mmm.

Yeah... those mountain folks sure do grow some delicious apples.

[crunching noises] <Mr.

Gaston> Hold on.

[whooshing sound] Is the ride always so...?

<Kevin> Bumpy?

Yeah.

You'd better get used to it, Mr. Gaston.

That's the way it seems to work around here.

<Mr.

Gaston> Wow, kids...that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

<Amy> It's getting to be part of our daily routine.

<Jing> I can't believe it.

<Mr.

Gaston> Well, I still stand by what I said you should only use the Paw Pilot after school hours since leaving school property is against regulations.

<Brianna> We've been knocking, but no one heard us You won't believe what happened!

<Mr.

Gaston> Right now, I'll believe anything.

Try me.

<Brianna> While we were in the library, Ms. Holman was telling us reading her magazine.

She was telling us what a great job we were doing and how interested the kids were in South Carolina history.

<Kevin> She said that?

<Jeremy> You haven't heard it all.

You know the district said it was a history competition?

Well, it's going to be a game show!

Ms. Holman said since we've been doing so well, She's going to let us compete in it.!

<Kevin> I'm ready to forgive her for taking away my water balloons.

<Amy> I've been in the district studio.

It's awesome... high-tech stuff.

<Jeremy> That's not where they're having it.

It's at...South Carolina ETV in Columbia!

A real live television studio.

They're going to show it all over the state!

<Jing> Wow!

<Mr.

Gaston> You all get to be contestants on a game show.

Not bad for beginning time travelers.

<Brianna> I have to tell Ms. Matthews and Detective Bonz.

They're going to be so excited.

Thanks, Mr. Gaston.

Come on, guys.

[footfalls] [whistling sounds] [cuckoo clock sounds] <narrator> Will Detective Bonz's investigation lead to the thief?

Or will Detective Bonz be in the doghouse, howling for help in finding out who stole the history books?

Is there more to Mr. Tidwell and Mr. Gaston?

Could the principal be involved in the disappearing books?

Was Ms. Matthews faking her distress over the missing books?

So many suspects, so little time before the contest.

to discover who did it.

♪ The mystery continues next time as Detective Bonz searches for the thief.

♪ [dog barking] <Jeremy> For information about South Carolina history, read the following books.

♪ <Bette Jamison> Wow!

There's going to be a game show right here at South Carolina ETV, right here in these studios, where we are joined by Detective Bonz and Ms. Marie again today.

It sounds like the students will be playing a jeopardy type of of game show where we've covered so much South Carolina history in our other chapters of Detective Bonz and the South Carolina History Mystery.

I can only imagine what the questions will be for the game show.

But on the flip side, you know, D.B.

might still be in the doghouse.

Do you think you're going to be able to get out of the doghouse to solve the mystery, Detective Bonz?

Detective Bonz it does seem to me that at this point, you are still really pretty much still in that dog house.

But, I mean, the clues now are beginning to come together.

Are you trying to pinpoint really, the right person?

Is that in the near future?

Det.

Bonz> It's a process of elimination.

You know, you go through each clue that you have.

You go through all of your suspects.

You put the two together, and hopefully you can start throwing things out.

Okay.

Like, for instance, the young lady who was working in the cafeteria though she was a suspect at first, I had eliminated her.

I can't divulge my secret on that, but I knew she was not a suspect anymore.

So when you can narrow down the choices, it makes an opportunity to pinpoint the exact person that you're looking for.

Bette> So you're still hot on the trail Det.

Bonz> I'm still hot on the trail.

Basically.

That's it.

Bette> Now, speaking of hot, that little song that we had in this, this program I thought was really, really catchy.

Ms. Ms. Marie, that region song that the teacher wrote and it was performed with Mr. Gadson, has it really hit the charts yet.

And can you hum a little of it for us?

Ms. Marie> Oh, Bette.

Bette.

Yeah.

Before I, try that, I will tell you, our phone at the office has been ringing off the hook from students who know that we're involved in the case, and they want to know if we know the song.

Where can they buy the CD?

Also, I went to Pup Pups Playground to pick up my nephew some children there were singing it.

Bette> Whoa!

Ms. Marie> Yes.

So it has made the charts.

Ms. Marie> I think maybe it went.

Bette> And how does that go again?

It's something like, And I am in the choir in church.

Rah, rah, rah, rah, (barks the tune of song) Mr. Gadson> South Carolina.

It has six regions.

Come visit them and have some fun.

Start at the... (barks the tune of song) Ms. Marie> See, he loves the cheer.

We all love it.

Bette> You are really getting into that.

(laughing) Bette> Well, it seems that this competition that the students are going to not to change the subject from your beautiful voices, but, to get back on track, the competition that the student are going to at ETV, sounds really exciting.

Now, are you either one of you getting to participate?

Det.

Bonz> No, they didn't ask me to participate, but they did invite me to, come to the studio and watch the program.

Well, actually, I needed to come because I was, as you said earlier, hot on the trail of someone, and I knew they would be there.

And, I figured I would set a trap.

(chuckles) Bette> Oh, so you are planning to be there to work?

We have that to look forward to in the next episode.

I don't want to ask you anything else, because I don't want you to divulge any of your secrets, but that does sound exciting.

So while the students have learn about South Carolina from ancient South Carolina to the Revolutionary War, from plantation time to modern South Carolina, all the while you've been researching and observing and studying to find these clues.

We hope you do solve this myster in the last chapter that's coming up.

Det.

Bonz> Yes.

Well, I think you'll have to watch to find out.

You're not going to divulge anything.

I think he is keeping those lips sealed.

What do you think, Ms. Marie?

Ms. Marie> When I see him do that, I know I'm not getting any more information Oh, well, thank you both for joining us again today.

Even if you are in the dog house watching Detective Bonz and the South Carolina History Mystery we'll put a smile on your face as wide as any dog's grin.

who discovers where he has buried that long lost dog bone.

Thank you for joining us.

And don't stray.

You know, stray too far because we've got one more exciting episode of Detective Bonz and the South Carolina History Mystery coming up very soon.

Thank you for joining us.

I'm Bette Jamison.

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