[upbeat music] - [Omar] Hello, friends at home, how are you?

We've missed you!

Do you know who we are?

Wait, Lily, maybe they don't who we are.

Do you think it could be the voice?

- [Lily] Or is it because we're behind this curtain?

- [Omar] Should we maybe- - [Lily] Yeah.

- Hey there, friends, I'm Omar.

- And I'm Lily.

- And we're behind this sheet because we're exploring with light.

Friends at home, what's the light like where you are?

- [Lily] Do you have a lamp on?

- [Omar] Are you by the window?

Is the sun coming through?

- [Lily] Or is there no light?

Is it dark?

- [Omar] Or are you sitting in the glow of a TV or a device?

- [Lily] Well, Omar and I were going on a walk during the day and loved playing with our shadows.

And then we thought, how could we make these shadows inside?

- So we found these sheet, we found a flashlight, and we started telling stories.

[upbeat music] - [Lily] One summer night, Omar and I went for a walk and we noticed far in the distance, a glowing light.

Can you see it, friends at home?

Fireflies!

Omar, I need to take a closer look.

How can we catch these fireflies?

- [Omar] Oh, I have an idea.

I think we can catch the fireflies in a clear jar.

- [Lily] That's perfect!

Let's run around the field and catch as many fireflies as we can.

Here we go!

- [Omar] How many did we catch?

- [Lily] I don't know, let's count.

Count with us, friends at home.

- [Omar] One, two, three, four, five.

- [Lily] We caught five fireflies.

- [Omar] And they're so beautiful, Lily.

- [Lily] Let's take our five firefly friends on an adventure.

- [Omar] Oh, I know, let's take them toward the creek, that way, I think they'll like it there.

- [Lily] Great idea.

[dramatic music] Omar, what happened?

Are you okay?

- [Toad] Don't keep these fireflies all for yourself.

Leave some of those tasty snacks for your amphibian friends.

- [Lily] Omar, who was that?

- [Omar] I don't know.

I tripped on a rock and now I hear this voice from somewhere.

- [Lily] You know what, Omar, I think that's a glowing toad.

- [Omar] Huh, glowing toad?

Did you hear what the glowing toad said though?

Maybe we shouldn't be keeping these fireflies in a jar.

- [Lily] But they're so pretty.

- [Omar] Well, that's true.

Let's see how many fireflies we have left.

Friends at home, count with us.

- [Omar And Lily] One, two, three, four.

- [Omar] So we had five fireflies, and then we lost one, that leaves us with one, two, three, four fireflies.

That's not so bad, Lily.

That's two fireflies for you, and two fireflies for me.

Plus, we're almost to the creek.

I can hear it, let's go.

- [Lily] Omar, this creek is so beautiful.

I'm sure our four fireflies agree.

But wait, I think this one really wants to be out there.

I think it's being called to the water.

- [Omar] Should we let it go?

Should we listen to the glowing toad?

- [Lily] I think we have to.

[gentle music] - [Omar] Wow, that's so magical.

- [Lily] How many fireflies do we have now, Omar?

- [Omar] Let's count them together.

- [Omar And Lily] One, two, three.

- [Lily] Well, at least we have three.

[dramatic music] Omar, be careful of this steep hill.

- [Omar] Oh no, Lily!

Are you okay?

That was a real swirl down that steep hill.

- [Lily] Yeah, I'm okay, but what about our three fireflies?

- [Omar] Let's see, we have one, two.

Wait, we only have two fireflies now?

And before we fell down the hill, we had three.

One firefly must have gotten away.

- [Lily] Well, that's not so bad.

There's two of us, so one for me and one for you.

- [Omar] Yeah, that's true.

But wait, Lily, your firefly doesn't look so good.

It's flickering.

- [Lily] Oh, little firefly, hang in there.

Omar, do you think something's wrong?

Maybe it has to go to the doctor?

- [Omar] Or maybe it just needs to be back out there with its friends.

Maybe we need to let it go.

- [Lily] Oh, I'm going to miss my firefly friend.

Bye.

But look Omar, it's glowing again.

- [Omar] Oh, it looks so happy again.

Oh, Lily, Lily, look at the time.

We have to get back home.

- [Lily] I think you're right, Omar, let's go.

[upbeat music] Omar, what a fun day we had.

But now that I'm thinking about it, will your firefly be happy all alone in that jar?

- [Omar] Hmm, I hadn't thought of it that way.

- [Lily] Well, I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be happy all alone in a jar.

- [Omar] Yeah, I think I have to let it go.

- [Omar And Lily] Bye, firefly.

- [Omar] Now we have no fireflies left.

- [Lily] Wow, Omar, what an adventure we had.

We started with five fireflies.

- [Omar] Then I tripped on a rock and we met a glowing toad and one firefly fell out.

Then we had four fireflies.

- [Lily] Then one of the fireflies got called to the creek, so we had three fireflies remaining in the jar.

- [Omar] Then we tumbled down the steep hill, and one firefly got away.

So we only had two fireflies left.

- [Lily] Then my firefly wasn't doing so well, so I had to set it free, so only one firefly remained.

- [Omar] Then we realized, maybe one firefly wouldn't be so happy all alone in the jar, so we let that one go too.

- [Lily] Omar, do you see that's happening?

[upbeat music] - [Omar] Lily, the fireflies, they're back.

- [Lily] One, two, three, four, five.

Our five fireflies came back to us.

- [Omar] And there's even more, they brought their friends.

- [Toad] That's the spirit.

Nature needs to be in nature.

- Hey, friends at home, if you want to tell a shadow story just like we did, all you need is a sheet and a flashlight.

What's your story about?

Are there other characters in it?

Items from your life?

How many characters?

Does the number of items change?

Does the number of items stay the same?

- Those are great questions, Omar.

And friends at home, if you catch insects in a jar in real life, make sure to put holes in the top of the jar and have a wet paper towel inside.

And remember, friends, math is all around us.

Go see what math you can find today.

- Bye, friends out there.