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?

SO WE CAN MAKE UP AN OPERA TODAY YOU KNOW WHAT AN OPERA IS.

IT'S PEOPLE ACTING AND SINGING A STORY.

LET'S MAKE UP AN OPERA ABOUT THINGS WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT TOGETHER THESE PAST TIMES.

AN OPERA ABOUT SPOONS AND A MOUNTAIN.

WHY DON'T WE CALL THE MOUNTAIN SPOON MOUNTAIN?

AND A KITTY AND A KING AND QUEEN AND COMMODORE AND POPCORN AND SEAT BELTS AND EVEN REARDON, BUSY MAKING THE NEWS.

THE KITTY COULD BE THE BATON TWIRLER DRESSED IN A PURPLE KITTY COSTUME.

BUT LET'S BEGIN WITH A STORYTELLER SINGING... ONCE UPON A TIME NOT SO VERY LONG AGO ONCE UPON A TIME NOT SO VERY LONG AGO LIVED A KING AND QUEEN AND SUCH A PRINCE AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN NOT SO LONG AGO KING KITTYPUSS, QUEEN MUMSIEBELLE PRINCE EXTRAORDINARY WOULD CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS IN MANNERS ARBITRARY ONCE A YEAR, ONCE A WEEK IT DIDN'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE YOU SEE, BIRTHDAYS WERE FOR HAVING FUN ANY DAY FOR ANYONE SO I SUGGEST WE JUST COMMENCE BEGIN OUR TALE WITH NO SUSPENSE ONCE UPON A TIME NOT SO VERY LONG AGO LIVED A KING AND QUEEN AND SUCH A PRINCE AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN NOT SO LONG AGO KING KITTYPUSS, QUEEN MUMSIEBELLE WHOSE BIRTHDAY WILL IT BE TODAY?

I HAD ONE YESTERDAY AND I THE DAY BEFORE I GUESS IT'S MY TURN HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR MUMSIEBELLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR PRESENT?

LAST WEEK YOU GAVE ME THE PANAMA CANAL BUT NOT TODAY NO CANALS TODAY TODAY I GIVE YOU A MOUNTAIN A MOUNTAIN!

WHAT A WONDERFUL PRESENT--A MOUNTAIN!

WHICH MOUNTAIN, MY DEAR?

THIS ONE SPOON MOUNTAIN THAT'S IT SPOON MOUNTAIN THE AFTERNOON ALWAYS HIDES THE MOON BUT NEVER ON OUR SPOON MOUNTAIN THE MACAROON MAY MELT IN JUNE BUT NEVER ON OUR SPOON MOUNTAIN TAKE OUR ADVICE AND SAY IT TWICE IT'S REALLY NICE IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE PRECISE, IT'S PARADISE SPOON MOUNTAIN SPOON MOUNTAIN YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DANCER.

YOU ALWAYS SAY WHAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN, NEVER WHAT I AM.

BUT WHAT ARE YOU, SON?

FORGIVE ME, KING, FORGIVE ME, QUEEN FORGIVE ME, PRINCE I'VE COME TO TELL YOU THE NEWS FROM OUR PARK SERVICE AREN'T YOU BETTY GREEN FROM THE PARK SERVICE?

I AM, AND I'M SORRY TO BARGE IN LIKE THIS IT'S THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HERE, HAVE A MILK SHAKE THANK YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUEEN MUMSIEBELLE I JUST HAD A CALL FROM MY OFFICE THAT A PURPLE TWIRLING KITTY WAS CLIMBING TO THE TOP OF SPOON MOUNTAIN IT'S THE VERY BEST MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB ANYWAY, WHEN THE PURPLE TWIRLING KITTY WAS NEARLY AT THE TOP WHO SHOULD COME ALONG BUT WICKED KNIFE AND FORK?

WICKED KNIFE AND FORK YES, WICKED KNIFE AND FORK I'LL NOT HEAR OF HIM.

BUT I WANT TO GO AND SAVE THE PURPLE TWIRLING KITTY BUT IT'S JUST A PURPLE KITTY WHY WOULD YOU BOTHER FOR THAT?

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S IN TROUBLE ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT WE STRONG OF HEART AND STRONG OF BODY CAN BE HELPFUL AND CAN SEE THAT THE WEAK AND HEAVY-LADEN WILL BE GIVEN COMFORT HERE IN THIS LAND OF MILK AND SEAT BELTS WHERE NO PERSON NEED HAVE FEAR IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S IN TROUBLE ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT WE STRONG OF HEART AND STRONG OF BODY CAN BE HELPFUL AND BE FREE WELL, WELL.

WICKED IS HOLDING THE LITTLE KITTY CAPTIVE.

HE SAYS HE WANTS SPOON MOUNTAIN.

HE MUST NEVER HAVE SPOON MOUNTAIN FAREWELL, FATHER, MOTHER DEAR FAREWELL FAREWELL SO THE KING AND THE QUEEN WENT ON WITH THEIR PARTY WHILE THE PRINCE AND THE GIRL STARTED FORTH WITH THEIR SPOONS AND THEIR SEAT BELTS TO HELP SAVE THE KITTY BUT THE WAY TO SPOON MOUNTAIN IS HARD AND IS ROCKY AND ONLY THE STOUTHEARTED TRY BUT THE PRINCE AND BETTY ARE STRONG AND ARE STOCKY SO THEY WALK WITH THEIR EYES TO THE SKY YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT THIS I WAS JUST THINKING THE SAME ABOUT YOU HERE WE ARE AT THE MOUNTAIN.

WE MUST BUCKLE TOGETHER TO CLIMB.

[SINGING] WHAT?

WHAT?

WHAT?

I MEAN, LISTEN WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU HEAR?

A VOICE IN THE DISTANCE CALLING TO US I DON'T SEEM TO HEAR IT MY DEAR WHAT DID HE SAY?

DID HE SAY "MY DEAR"?

WHY DO WORDS DISAPPEAR WELCOME, TRAVELERS WELCOME TO BALINDORE HARK WHAT?

HARK!

I MEAN, LISTEN WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU HEAR?

WELCOME, TRAVELERS WELCOME TO BALINDORE HELLO, COMMODORE.

HALFWAY UP SPOON MOUNTAIN I AM YOUR COMMODORE PLEASE MEET PRINCE EXTRAORDINARY.

WELCOME TO BALINDORE THANK YOU, COMMODORE.

BUT IT'S ONLY A DOOR JUST A DOOR ON THE MOUNTAIN THIS MAY LOOK LIKE ONLY A DOOR TO YOU BUT INSIDE YOU'LL SEE THE BEST THE OUTSIDE IS NEVER AS MUCH AS THE IN COME IN AND PARTAKE OF THE REST THE RESTING PLACE OF TRAVELERS WELCOME TO BALINDORE POPCORN, ANYONE?

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE USE A LOT OF POPCORN HERE HAVE YOU HEARD ANY NEWS?

ANY NEWS ABOUT WHAT?

WICKED KNIFE AND FORK OH, HE'LL NEVER TAKE SPOON MOUNTAIN WELL, HE'S ALREADY UP THERE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN HOLDING A KITTY HOSTAGE EXTRAORDINARY AND I ARE PLANNING THE RESCUE FOR JUST A LITTLE KITTY?

YOU MAY BE NEXT NEVER!

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S IN TROUBLE ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT WE STRONG OF HEART AND STRONG OF BODY CAN BE HELPFUL AND BE FREE LET'S WATCH THE NEWS.

GOOD IDEA.

THERE ARE MILK SHAKES FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE WITH A REPORT AT 11:00.

THE SIEGE ON SPOON MOUNTAIN GROWS MORE SERIOUS.

WICKED KNIFE AND FORK HAS PUT PURPLE TWIRLING KITTY IN CHAINS TO KEEP HIM ON THE MOUNTAIN.

OUR EXCLUSIVE NEWS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE METHODS WICKED KNIFE AND FORK USED TO KEEP PURPLE TWIRLING KITTY IN HIS PLACE.

IT APPEARED THAT WICKED KNIFE AND FORK WANTED THE KITTY, BUT WHEN WE MANAGED AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED.

I WANT TO KEEP THE KITTY UNTIL I GET SPOON MOUNTAIN.

SPOON, SPOON, SPOON MOUNTAIN!

SOMEONE WILL SAVE US THE MOUNTAIN AND ME SOMEHOW I KNOW THAT THEY WILL SOMEONE, PLEASE SAVE US SPOON MOUNTAIN AND ME YOU'LL NEED TO USE ALL OF YOUR SKILL SO PURPLE TWIRLING KITTY REMAINS A PRISONER.

WE'LL HAVE FURTHER NEWS AS IT DEVELOPS.

WE MUST GO RIGHT AWAY AND SAVE THE KITTY FINISH YOUR POPCORN THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO WE MUST GO RIGHT AWAY AND SAVE SPOON MOUNTAIN I'LL BE HERE IF YOU NEED ME JUST CALL, AND I'LL COME WE THANK YOU, OUR FRIEND COMMODORE FAREWELL, GREAT PAIR BE BRAVE UP THERE BEWARE UP THERE ON SPOON MOUNTAIN WE'LL DO OUR BEST FAREWELL SO THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY BETTY GREEN AND EXTRAORDINARY ON THEIR WAY TO SAVE THE KITTY AND THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MOON WAS VERY BRIGHT I OFTEN FELT I WAS EXTRA JUST AN EXTRA PERSON AROUND I ALSO THOUGHT I WAS ORDINARY LIKE ANYTHING FROM THE POUND BUT WHEN I'M WITH YOU IT'S DIFFERENT IT'S AS DIFFERENT AS NIGHT IS FROM DAY WITH YOU, I FEEL EXTRAORDINARY IN AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY I HARDLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING I NEEDED TO TELL YOU.

I NEVER THOUGHT THE RICH HAD FEELINGS NEVER KNEW THEY COULD BE SAD HERE'S A PRINCE WHOSE NAME IS WITH YOU I FEEL SO EXTRAORDINARY IN AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY WE WILL WALK THIS LIFE TOGETHER AND BE NEVER FAR AWAY WATCH OUT!

WATCH OUT IS RIGHT WATCH IN THE NIGHT WATCH WHO ARRIVES WATCH FORKS AND KNIVES IS THAT YOU, WICKED KNIFE AND FORK?

WELL, OF COURSE IT IS WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE?

IT MIGHT BE A PURPLE KITTY OH, NO YOU'LL NEVER FIND HIM HERE THAT'S WHOM WE'VE COME TO SAVE WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND HIM YOURSELVES.

AND YOU MUST BE VERY BRAVE, HMM?

WE ARE VERY BRAVE.

KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE?

WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE YOU MAY BE?

HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE?

WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE YOU MAY BE?

KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE?

WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE YOU MAY BE?

HERE, KITTY.

KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE?

WON'T YOU TELL US WHERE YOU MAY BE?

MEOW MEOW ORDINARY THERE'S THE KITTY WE FOUND HIM!

MEOW MEOW.

TIME'S UP BUT WE FOUND THE KITTY TOO LATE, TOO LATE TOO LATE, TOO LATE TOO LATE, TOO LATE TOO LATE, LATE, LATE TOO LATE, TOO LATE WAIT, WICKED KNIFE AND FORK!

WHAT FOR?

LET'S COMMUNICATE WHAT ABOUT?

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT?

WELL, ALL I WANT IS TO TIE YOU UP AND THEN I'LL HAVE ALL THREE OF YOU HELP!

HELP!

SEND HELP FROM BALINDORE!

THEY'LL NEVER HEAR YOU.

THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK RELEASE THESE FOLKS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WHAT A WELCOME SIGHT YOU ARE.

EVEN WHEN THE WAY SEEMS RUGGED EVEN WHEN YOUR HEARTS ARE LOW THERE'S A WONDER IN THIS MOUNTAIN YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS SO YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE FOUND IT IT WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE THERE'S A WONDER IN THIS MOUNTAIN THAT IS HIDDEN FROM OUR EYES NEVER DOUBT THE WONDERS BEING NEVER DOUBT BELOW, ABOVE THERE'S A WONDER IN THIS MOUNTAIN AND THE WONDER'S NAME IS LOVE THAT'S WONDERFUL, COMMODORE LOOK, LOOK WICKED KNIFE AND FORK IS CRYING WHAT MAKES YOU CRY, WICKED KNIFE AND FORK?

ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A SPOON, A SPOON A SPOON WAS ALL I EVER WANTED BUT ALL THEY EVER GAVE ME WAS A KNIFE AND FORK THEY EVEN CALLED ME WICKED KNIFE AND FORK AND EVEN THOUGH I HATED ALL THOSE KNIVES AND FORKS I WAS SCARED TO DEATH OF ALL THOSE KNIVES AND FORKS THEY NEVER GAVE ME A SPOON, A SPOON THEY NEVER GAVE ME A SPOON AND SO I GREW TO BECOME A SHREW AND TRIED TO UNDO EVERYTHING THAT WAS TRUE BUT ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A SPOON, A SPOON A SPOON WAS ALL I EVER WANTED NOW I'LL NEVER GET ONE.

WHO SAYS YOU WON'T?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

LET'S TAKE YOUR KNIVES TO THE CASTLE WHERE THERE'S A SPOON-MAKING MACHINE WE'LL MELT YOUR FORKS AT THE CASTLE WE'LL MAKE YOU 12 OR 18 18 SPOONS AS MANY AS YOU WANT WHY DIDN'T I MEET YOU YEARS AGO?

THAT'S WHAT I KEEP WONDERING, TOO NEVER DOUBT THE WONDERS BEING NEVER DOUBT BELOW, ABOVE I MUST GET BACK TO BALINDORE AND I'LL BE GLAD TO LEAVE HERE NOW LET US GO TO THE CASTLE OF COURSE, MY DEAR BETTY GREEN IN AN EARLY DAWN MISSION, PRINCE EXTRAORDINARY AND BETTY GREEN CLIMBED THE PEAK OF SPOON MOUNTAIN TO RESCUE PURPLE TWIRLING KITTY.

SUCH BRAVERY HASN'T BEEN DISPLAYED...

THEY CAN HELP US CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY AND TOMORROW WILL BE MINE AGAIN THE MISSION WAS UNSWERVING.

AND RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE PRINCE AND BETTY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING OR OTHER WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE EXTRA'S UP TO NOW?

PROBABLY WANTS TO PLANT A TREE IN HER HONOR A TREE?

I SEE OH, MOTHER DEAR OH, FATHER DEAR BETTY AND I ARE IN LOVE WE CLIMBED SPOON MOUNTAIN TOGETHER THEY HELPED ME TO BE FREE ME, TOO WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FREE NOW OF ALL THE MEN IN THE WORLD I CHOOSE HIM, PRINCE EXTRAORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY SO WE'LL HAVE A WEDDING TOMORROW INSTEAD OF A BIRTHDAY A WEDDING?

WONDERFUL!

THAT'S GREAT!

WHAT ABOUT YOU, WICKED KNIFE AND FORK?

ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A SPOON, A SPOON A SPOON WAS ALL I EVER WANTED BUT ALL THEY EVER GAVE ME WAS A KNIFE AND FORK THEY EVEN CALLED ME WICKED KNIFE AND FORK BUT NOW I'VE DECIDED TO CHANGE MY NAME I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY NAME YOUR FIRST NAME OR YOUR LAST NAME?

BOTH NAMES I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY NAME BUT WHAT WILL THEY BE?

WHAT WILL YOUR NAMES BE?

NOT WICKED, I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HELPED ME KNOW THAT BUT WHAT WILL YOUR NAME BE?

I'LL NEVER HURT YOU MY NAME WILL BE JUST WHAT I AM WE'LL HELP YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NAME IS IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S CELEBRATE AND COMMUNICATE THE WONDER THAT'S INSIDE, BELOW, ABOVE IT'S THE WONDER THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY IT IS EXTRAORDINARY LOVE WHAT DO YOU THINK WICKED'S NEW NAME WILL BE?

YOU COULD MAKE IT A GAME AS YOU THINK OF A NAME FOR HIM TOMORROW AND TOMORROW WILL BE THE WEDDING OF THE PRINCE AND MS. BETTY GREEN WITH POPCORN, SPOONS, AND CONFETTI AND SEAT BELTS AND MILK SHAKES AND WEDDING CAKES AND KEEPSAKES AND NO ONE MISTAKES THE OUTSIDES OF PEOPLE WITH WHAT'S IN THEIR HEARTS FOR PEOPLE DID CHANGE AS THEY PLAYED OUT THEIR PARTS ONCE UPON A TIME ONCE UPON A TIME NOT SO VERY LONG NOT SO VERY LONG AGO HOW DO YOU THINK WICKED KNIFE AND FORK CHANGED HIS NAME?

WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS NEW NAMES ARE?

HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE WICKED ANYMORE, DID HE?

FROM THE OUTSIDES OF PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TELL WHAT'S IN THEIR HEARTS.

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO EVERYONE YOU MEET THAN WILL EVER MEET YOUR EYE.

THERE ARE WONDERFUL SURPRISES IN ALL OF US.

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 WEEK IS NEW AND I'LL HAVE MORE IDEAS FOR YOU AND YOU'LL HAVE THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO TALK ABOUT I WILL, TOO I'M REALLY GLAD WE COULD BE TOGETHER FOR THE OPERA TODAY.

NO MATTER HOW PEOPLE ARE DRESSED, NO MATTER WHAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE, THE OUTSIDE IS NEVER AS MUCH AS THE IN.

I'LL BE BACK.

BYE-BYE.

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