IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A NEIGHBOR WOULD YOU BE MINE?

COULD YOU BE MINE?

IT'S A NEIGHBORLY DAY IN THIS BEAUTY WOOD A NEIGHBORLY DAY FOR A BEAUTY WOULD YOU BE MINE?

COULD YOU BE MINE?

I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR JUST LIKE YOU I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH YOU SO LET'S MAKE THE MOST OF THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY SINCE WE'RE TOGETHER, WE MIGHT AS WELL SAY WOULD YOU BE MINE?

COULD YOU BE MINE?

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

WON'T YOU PLEASE WON'T YOU PLEASE PLEASE WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

HELLO, TELEVISION NEIGHBOR.

WE'RE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, AND I'M GLAD.

DO YOU EVER DO ANY PAINTING?

DRAWING WITH CRAYONS OR PAINTING?

WELL, THESE ARE SOME PAINTINGS THAT SOME YOUNG FRIENDS OF MINE MADE OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS, EATING DINNER FROM A BOWL THERE?

WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?

YOU CAN GUESS WHAT THESE DIFFERENT ANIMALS ARE.

THERE'S ONE UP IN THE TREE.

AN ANIMAL WITH A PERSON THAT IT LOVES.

WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?

WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS?

SOMETHING IN A WHEEL OR SOMETHING IN A CAGE?

THAT LOOKS LIKE OUR FISH TANK, DOESN'T IT?

WITH FISH IN IT.

THERE'S A ZOO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS, SOME THAT YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE FOR PETS, BUT SOME THAT ARE FUN TO SEE.

LET'S GO TO THE ZOO AND SEE SOME BIG ANIMALS.

BARBARA BINGHAM SAID SHE'D SHOW US SOME PANDAS.

COME ALONG TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ZOO.

HERE WE ARE.

WE'LL GO ON IN.

HELLO.

NOW, THIS IS WHERE THE SEALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

WHAT'S THAT MAKE YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU SEE THE SEALS?

OH, LOOK!

LOOK AT HER GOING AROUND AND AROUND.

CAN YOU MOVE THE WAY THEY DO?

OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT IN WATER, BUT YOU GO WOOSH!

SEALS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE.

WELL, NOW WE CAN GO SEE MORE ANIMALS.

LET'S GO LOOK FOR THE PANDAS.

THIS IS THE PLACE.

EXCUSE ME.

ARE YOU BARBARA BINGHAM?

HI, MISTER ROGERS.

WE WERE EXPECTING YOU.

MEET MY TELEVISION NEIGHBOR.

HI.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?

MAKING PANDA FOOD.

COME ALONG.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY, BUT NOW WE BREAK UP THE RICE.

SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER WITH YOUR HANDS.

I THINK IT IS.

MY HANDS ARE CLEAN.

LET'S SEE, HERE.

IT'S LIKE PORRIDGE.

THEN IS THIS IT?

WELL, THAT'S IT AS FAR AS THE RICE GOES, BUT WE DO PUT A PIECE OF CANNED MEAT ON TOP.

WE GIVE THEM HALF A CAN EACH.

IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE DOG FOOD.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP ME FEED THE PANDAS?

CERTAINLY WOULD.

SHALL I BRING THE BAMBOO?

THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT'S THAT TIME.

PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE IN HERE WHEN THEY COME OUT?

NO, WE NEVER GO IN WITH THEM.

THEY CAN BE DANGEROUS.

WE LOCK THEM IN A SEPARATE CAGE, AND THEN WE LET THEM BACK OUT.

WE PUT THE FOOD RIGHT UP HERE.

PUT THE BAMBOO THERE.

WE GIVE HIM APPLES.

THEY GET ABOUT 1 1/2 POUNDS OF APPLES AND A POUND OF CARROTS.

WE'LL JUST PUT THE ONE BAG.

YOU CAN JUST PUT THEM DOWN.

HERE'S YOUR TREAT.

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

NOW WE GO BACK UP.

THEN WE CAN WATCH THEM EAT.

HE SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING WHAT WE BROUGHT.

HE ALWAYS DOES.

HE'S EATING BAMBOO RIGHT NOW.

THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE WAY HE EATS IS HE'LL TAKE EACH BRANCH IN HIS HAND AND PEEL OFF THE EXTENSIONS AND LEAVES AND GET A MOUTHFUL.

AFTER HE HAS ENOUGH IN HIS MOUTH, THEN HE HOLDS IT WITH HIS PAW LIKE A PERSON COULD WITH THEIR HAND.

THE PANDAS HAVE AN EXTENSION OF THEIR WRIST BONE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO HOLD THINGS.

HE CAN SHIFT IT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE MOUTH TO THE OTHER LIKE HE'S DOING RIGHT NOW.

HE HASN'T TOUCHED THE STUFF IN THE TRAY.

SOMETIMES, HE'LL EAT THE RICE FIRST.

OTHER TIMES, HE'LL EAT THE CARROTS.

IT DEPENDS ON HIS MOOD.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE THAT, TOO.

YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO EAT THE SAME THING FIRST EVERY DAY.

THAT'S FASCINATING HOW HE DOES THAT WITH THE BAMBOO.

IT REALLY IS.

HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYS IT.

HE HAS IT DOWN TO A REAL SCIENCE TO GET EVERY PIECE AND JUST THE RIGHT MOUTHFUL.

YOU LIKE TAKING CARE OF HIM.

OH, I REALLY DO.

EVEN AFTER BEING HERE FOR SO LONG, I ENJOY WATCHING THEM EAT.

WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, DID YOU HAVE PETS?

I'VE HAD PETS ALL MY LIFE.

MAINLY, WE HAD DOGS.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND A LOT OF ANIMALS.

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME CAMPING AND SEEING A LOT OF WILDLIFE.

WE CAME TO THE ZOO A LOT, TOO.

SHE CAME TO THE ZOO WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE.

RIGHT NOW I HAVE A GERMAN SHEPHERD AND A PARROT, SO MY DAY IS FILLED WITH ANIMALS.

HIS EARS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE PASTED ON.

YEAH, THEY DO LOOK LIKE THAT, DON'T THEY?

THEY'RE ONE WHOLE PIECE LIKE YOU AND I ARE.

PANDAS ARE ONE PIECE.

I THINK I COULD WATCH HIM ALL DAY.

EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A LIFETIME HERE IF THEY COULD.

WE ALWAYS HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS IN THE ZOO.

PANDAS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES, BUT THEY ARE SPECIAL.

WHERE SHOULD I GO NEXT?

THE ELEPHANTS ARE FUN TO SEE.

THEY'RE OVER THERE.

CAN YOU COME ALONG?

I'D LIKE TO, BUT I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO.

THANK YOU FOR THIS PART OF OUR TOUR.

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE TO WATCH THE ANIMALS?

THE BEST THING ABOUT A PLACE LIKE THIS IS THAT YOU CAN JUST LOOK FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

JUST LOOK AND LISTEN.

THOSE LIONS LOOK REALLY SLEEPY, DON'T THEY?

THERE'S A MOTHER LION AND A DADDY LION JUST LYING OUT THERE IN THE GRASS.

THEY CERTAINLY DON'T LOOK VERY WILD OR FEROCIOUS THAT WAY, DO THEY?

NOT WHEN THEY'RE SLEEPING.

WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE LIONS MIGHT DREAM ABOUT?

I WONDER IF THE TIGERS ARE SLEEPING, TOO.

LET'S GO SEE.

CAN YOU MAKE A FACE LIKE THAT TIGER?

SOMETIMES IT'S SCARY TO THINK ABOUT ANIMALS THAT HAVE BIG TEETH LIKE THAT, ISN'T IT?

WE DIDN'T SEE THE TIGER OR LIONS MOVING AROUND.

YOU CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY AT THE ZOO.

THERE'S LOTS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.

THERE'LL BE LOTS TO THINK ABOUT FOR YEARS AHEAD.

LET'S GO BACK TO MY PLACE NOW.

HI, MISTER ROGERS!

HI.

WAS THAT FUN FOR YOU TO SEE ALL THOSE ANIMALS?

I LIKE SPENDING A LONG TIME JUST LOOKING AT ONE ANIMAL.

I COULD HAVE WATCHED THAT PANDA ALL DAY LONG.

IT REMINDED ME OF A LITTLE BOY I KNOW WHO TOLD ALL HIS SECRETS TO HIS TOY PANDA.

THAT WAS HIS FAVORITE TOY.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE TOY THAT YOU TELL THINGS TO OR SOMEBODY THAT YOU LOVE THAT YOU TELL IMPORTANT THINGS TO?

WHEN I WAS A BOY, THERE WASN'T ANY ZOO IN THE TOWN WHERE I LIVED, BUT WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN, THERE WAS USUALLY A PARADE.

THAT REMINDS ME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE.

[TOOT!

TOOT!]

WE'RE PRETENDING TODAY THAT KING FRIDAY IS HAVING A PARADE FOR ANA PLATYPUS' BIRTHDAY.

WHY DON'T WE PRETEND ABOUT THAT NOW, AND ABOUT THE LITTLE PET KITTEN THAT ANA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.

LET'S EVEN THINK OF PURPLE PANDA IN THE PARADE.

PANDA MIGHT BE ABLE TO HIT THE DRUM AND START THE PARADE.

OK, TROLLEY, NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE.

[TOOT!

TOOT!]

[DING!

DING!]

OH, TROLLEY LOOKS WONDERFUL.

LOOK AT ALL THOSE FLAGS AND BALLOONS.

DECORATED FOR A FINE TIME.

YOU'RE TWIRLING YOUR BATON, ARE YOU, MISS PAULIFFICATE?

OH, I AM, SIRE.

VERY GOOD.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE PARADE, PRINCE TUESDAY?

YES, DADDY!

I CAN HARDLY WAIT!

AND YOU, QUEEN SARA?

I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE A PARADE WITH DIFFERENT THINGS IN IT.

I AM THE GRAND MARSHALL, SO I'M THE ONE WHO SHOULD START THE PARADE.

ARE YOU READY WITH YOUR WHISTLE?

OH, I AM, SIRE.

EXCELLENT!

I SUGGEST THAT THE BIRTHDAY PARADE FOR ANA PLATYPUS BEGIN!

[TWEET!]

[BAND PLAYING] OH, HURRAY, HURRAY, HURRAY!

SUCH POMP, SUCH CIRCUMSTANCE.

LOOK AT THAT ELEPHANT DANCING, DADDY.

OH, AND LOOK AT ME DANCING, AND YOUR MOTHER.

SARA, IT IS A GOOD TIME FOR DANCING.

ISN'T IT LOVELY?

[RING!

RING!]

LEFTY GELEFTY McGEE.

THE OWL WAS UP IN THE TREE.

IT'S ANA'S BIRTHDAY.

NOW HEAR WHAT I SAY.

THIS BIRTHDAY IS GREAT FUN FOR ME.

MEOW MEOW MEOW McGEE.

MEOW CAT MEOW MEOW THE TREE.

MEOW LIKE MEOW MEOW DANCING, MEOW LIKE MEOW MEOW PRANCING.

MEOW MEOW MEOW SO MUCH TO SEE!

[TOOT TOOT!]

I WONDER WHY KING FRIDAY IS MAKING SUCH A BIG PARADE.

HE DIDN'T DO THIS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, OR EVEN FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

HE LIKES TO KEEP THEM GUESSING.

I GUESS HE FELT LIKE HAVING FUN.

I'M SURE ANA DOESN'T NEED ALL THIS.

HURRAY FOR FUN!

THAT'S WHAT I SAY.

THE MORE, THE MERRIER.

LOOK AT THAT WHALE!

YES, DEAR?

THE WHALE, IS THAT MY PET?

OH, NO, DEAR.

IT REALLY ISN'T.

PAPA, THE APE, IS THAT FOR ME?

NO, LADY ELAINE WANTED THAT HERE FOR FUN.

THE APES, TOO?

AYE, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

THEN WHERE'S MY PET?

DID YOU DECIDE TO NOT GET ONE FOR ME?

YOUR PET IS HERE, DEAR.

LOOK CLOSELY.

IT'S IN THE PARADE.

[RING!

RING!]

OH, MAMA!

OH, PAPA!

OH, KITTY, KITTY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANA.

AYE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WEE GIRL.

LOOK, LADY ABERLIN, I GOT MY KITTEN!

I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.

HELLO, KITTY.

SEE YOUR NEW HOME, KITTY?

OH, AYE.

HOW CUTE SHE IS.

ANA WAS CURIOUS JUST LIKE THAT WHEN SHE WAS LEARNING TO WALK.

I REMEMBER THAT VERY WELL.

I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER.

LADY ABERLIN, ARE YOU READY?

OH, YES.

CAN I TAKE MY KITTY?

I'LL HELP YOU TAKE CARE OF HER.

WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

HERE WE GO.

SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A PARTY FOR HER LITTLE FRIENDS.

SHORT PARADES ARE BEST FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.

AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SEE THE REST OF IT.

AYE, THAT'S RIGHT.

GET IT READY IN THE BOX.

THERE!

OH, I HOPE ANA LIKES IT.

OH, IT'S A WONDERFUL TRUCK, DANIEL.

I WORKED ON IT A LONG TIME.

IT TURNED OUT PRETTY WELL, I THINK.

THERE YOU ARE, TRUCK.

YOU'LL BELONG TO ANA.

SHE'S GOING TO LOVE IT!

OH, THERE COME LADY ABERLIN AND ANA RIGHT NOW!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANA.

THANK YOU, DANIEL.

THANK YOU, TUESDAY.

SEE MY NEW KITTEN?

ISN'T SHE PRETTY?

BEAUTIFUL.

TELL IT TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THIS BOX, ANA.

IS IT FOR ME?

YES.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPEN IT?

OH, YES.

I'LL HELP YOU, ANA.

THANK YOU.

I'M EXCITED.

A TRUCK?

YES, IT'S A RED TRUCK.

DOES IT GO?

SURE.

JUST PUSH IT.

I NEVER SAW ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

I KNOW BECAUSE I MADE IT MYSELF.

OH, DANIEL!

HOW NICE OF YOU.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL, DANIEL.

I BROUGHT YOU A BIRTHDAY POEM.

CAN YOU YES.

TODAY IS ANA'S BIRTHDAY.

ANA, ANA, ANA.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANA.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRIEND.

LET'S SING THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR ANA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU I'M HAVING SUCH A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY TODAY.

I'M SO GLAD, ANA.

DID YOU LIKE THE PARADE, ANA?

OH, YES, BUT I THINK KING FRIDAY LIKED IT BEST.

ALL RIGHT!

CAKE FOR EVERYBODY!

LET'S HAVE SOME CAKE.

OH, THAT KITTY IS SO NICE.

I DID NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR ANA AND LADY ABERLIN TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE CHILDREN'S PARTY, SOMETHING QUIET AND SMALL.

WHO ON EARTH WOULD CHOOSE SOMETHING QUIET AND SMALL?

ANA CHOSE A KITTEN, SOMETHING QUIET AND SMALL.

I WILL INVESTIGATE.

I WILL DO AS I PLEASE!

WHY, THEY DO SEEM TO BE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

THEY CERTAINLY DO, KING FRIDAY.

SUCH A SIMPLE PICNIC AND SUCH A GOOD TIME.

LOOK AT TUESDAY AND ANA AND DANIEL PLAYING.

DANCING THEY ARE.

AND THE KITTY... MY, MY.

EVERYONE LIKES DIFFERENT THINGS, HANDYMAN NEGRI.

YES, KING FRIDAY.

PEOPLE LIKE TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

THAT'S RIGHT, SIRE.

WE EACH HAVE OUR WAY.

IMAGINE.

[DING!

DING!]

[TOOT!

TOOT!]

KING FRIDAY FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT CHILDREN CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH JUST A SIMPLE PICNIC, JUST A FEW PLAYMATES, AND A LITTLE PET.

THEY DIDN'T NEED A FANCY PARADE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS FUN TO SEE IT FOR A WHILE.

SO ANA HAS HER NEW KITTEN.

HER MOTHER AND DAD WILL HELP HER TAKE CARE OF IT.

LITTLE BY LITTLE, SHE'LL LEARN TO FEED IT AND CLEAN UP AFTER IT.

SHE'S ALREADY LEARNED NOT TO HOLD IT TOO TIGHT, JUST THE WAY HER MOTHER TOOK CARE OF HER WHEN ANA WAS A TINY BABY.

WE BETTER TAKE CARE OF OUR FISH.

THERE YOU ARE, FISH.

THE BEST PART OF BIRTHDAYS IS FEELING THAT PEOPLE LOVE YOU.

THAT'S THE BEST PART OF ANY DAY, ISN'T IT?

DANIEL TOLD ANA BY MAKING HER A LITTLE TRUCK.

PRINCE TUESDAY TOLD HER BY MAKING A POEM.

HER MOTHER AND DAD TOLD HER BY GIVING HER A LITTLE KITTEN.

HOW DO YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE THEM?

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY "I LOVE YOU" THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY "I CARE ABOUT YOU" MANY WAYS, MANY WAYS MANY WAYS TO SAY "I LOVE YOU" THERE ARE MANY WAYS, AREN'T THERE?

I KNOW A WAY YOU CAN SAY IT WITH JUST YOUR HAND.

LIKE THIS.

THIS STANDS FOR "I," THIS STANDS FOR "LOVE," AND THIS STANDS FOR "YOU."

PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, GO LIKE THAT, IT SAYS "I LOVE YOU."

YOU COULD GO LIKE THIS, TOO-- A BIG HUG.

IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING TO KNOW YOU'RE ALIVE IT'S SUCH A HAPPY FEELING YOU'RE GROWING INSIDE AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP READY TO SAY I THINK I'LL MAKE A SNAPPY NEW DAY [SNAP SNAP] IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING A VERY GOOD FEELING THE FEELING YOU KNOW THAT I'LL BE BACK WHEN THE DAY IS NEW AND I'LL HAVE MORE IDEAS FOR YOU AND YOU'LL HAVE THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO TALK ABOUT I WILL, TOO BYE-BYE.

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