♪ ELMO: ♪ DOO DOO DOO DOO-DOO DOO DOO DOO ♪ ♪ DA DA DA DOO DOO ♪ [RING] AH, HA HA HA!

IT'S STORY TIME!

IT'S STORY TIME!

IT'S STORY TIME!

IT'S STORY TIME!

IT'S STORY TIME!

OSCAR: HEY, WHAT'S WITH ALL THE RACKET?

ELMO: OH, SORRY, OSCAR, BUT ELMO HAS TO HURRY!

IT'S STORY TIME!

STORY TIME!

STORY TIME!

ROSITA AND ABBY: STORY TIME!

ABBY: YES!

ROSITA: WAIT FOR ME!

[HONKER HONKING] COOKIE MONSTER: SOMEBODY SAY STORY TIME?

ME NOT DONE WITH ME SHOPPING, BUT OK. ♪ DUM DEE DUM DUM DUM ♪ OH, BOY!

IT'S STORY TIIIIME!

BIG BIRD: OHH!

GROVER: CAN YOU IMAGINE IT?

FLYING AROUND THE WORLD IN A HOT AIR BALLOON?

BIG BIRD: OH.

IT'S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.

ROSITA: IT'S STORY TIME!

YES!

HA HA HA!

GROVER: STORY TIME.

BIG BIRD: HA HA HA!

ELMO: BOY!

OH, BOY!

ELMO WONDERS WHERE THEY'LL GO THIS WEEK.

ABBY AND ROSITA: YEAH.

ROSITA: HEY, REMEMBER WHEN THE BALLOON WENT OVER THAT VOLCANO?

ELMO: YEAH!

BIG BIRD: I LIKE IT WHEN THEY WENT TO THE RAIN FOREST WITH ALL THOSE COLORFUL BIRDS.

ELMO: YEAH!

HA HA HA!

BOY, ELMO THINKS IT'S SO EXCITING, MEETING NEW FRIENDS FAR AWAY.

ABBY: YEAH, AND LEARNING HOW THEY DO THINGS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

GROVER: OHH!

I CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR WHERE THEY GO NEXT.

ELMO: YEAH-EAH-EAH!

OH, HAS NINA EVER RIDDEN IN A HOT AIR BALLOON BEFORE?

NINA: OH, YEAH, UNA VEZ AT A FAIR-- ELMO: UH-HUH.

NINA: BUT WE DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

WE JUST SORT OF HOVERED OVER A HOT DOG STAND.

ELMO: WOW!

BOY, ELMO THINKS RIDING IN A BALLOON WOULD BE COOL!

♪ ELMO WISHES ELMO HAD A HOT AIR BALLOON ♪ ALL: ♪ GO FLYING, GO, GO FLYING ♪ ELMO: ♪ FLOAT AROUND THE WORLD AND BE BACK BEFORE NOON ♪ ALL: ♪ GO FLYING, GO, GO FLYING ♪ ABBY: ♪ SKI ON THE MATTERHORN, WHAT A FEAT ♪ ROSITA: ♪ SWING ON JUNGLE VINES, THAT WOULD REALLY BE NEAT ♪ NINA: ♪ WE MIGHT GO FAR OR DOWN ♪ ♪ ANOTHER STREET RIGHT HERE IN TOWN ♪ GROVER: ♪ I'D LEAN WITH THE TOWER IN ITALY-Y!

♪ ALL: ♪ CIAO BELLA, CIAO, CIAO BELLA ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ HAVE CRUMPETS WITH THE QUEEN ♪ ♪ WHILE ME CHAT WITTILY ♪ AH, NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM!

ABBY: ♪ EXPLORE DARK TUNNELS IN A PYRAMID ♪ NINA: ♪ FLAMENCO WITH FLAMINGOS IN SUNNY MADRID ♪ BIG BIRD: ♪ OR MAYBE HANG AROUND ♪ ♪ ANOTHER STREET RIGHT HERE IN TOWN ♪ HA HA!

ELMO: ♪ LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE TO SEE ♪ ABBY: ♪ WHO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU AND ME ♪ ROSITA: ♪ EATING NEW FOODS AND PLAYING LOTS OF NEW GAMES ♪ ALL: ♪ MAKING FRIENDS ♪ ♪ AND FINDING WAYS WE'RE ALL THE SAME ♪ ♪ WHERE ARE WE GOING?

♪ ♪ WHAT'S THE NEXT CHAPTER?

♪ ♪ TELL US, TELL US, WE CAN'T WAIT ♪ ♪ TELL US WHERE WE'RE GOING TODAY ♪ ♪ WE'RE GOING TO... ♪ NINA: I FORGOT THE BOOK!

ABBY: WHAT?

GROVER: YOU FORGOT THE-- NINA: I GUESS I MUST HAVE LEFT IT AT HOME.

AY, DISTRAÍDA.

GROVER: DOES THIS MEAN WE DO NOT GET TO HEAR THE NEXT THRILLING CHAPTER?

ROSITA: AND TRAVEL SOMEWHERE NEW USING OUR IMAGINATION?

ELMO: AWW... ABBY: OH!

W-WAIT A MINUTE.

YES, WE CAN!

ONLY WE WON'T BE USING OUR IMAGINATION.

IT'LL BE REAL!

ROSITA: WHA--HUH?

GROVER: HUH?

BIG BIRD: REALLY?

ELMO: WHAT'S ABBY TALKING ABOUT?

ABBY: WELL, WELL, BECAUSE I HAVE A MAGIC WAND!

SEE?

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS POOF UP SOME BALLOONS, AND WE'LL GO SOMEPLACE NEARBY AND PRETEND WE'RE GOING AROUND THE WORLD.

ELMO: OH!

GROVER: I LIKE IT!

I LIKE IT!

YEAH, YEAH.

ABBY: THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING A FAIRY.

YEAH, YOU JUST KIND OF POOF UP ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED.

THAT'S WHY I LOVE MY MAGIC WAND.

WHO'S A GOOD WAND?

YOU ARE.

OH, WANDA!

ROSITA: ABBY, ABBY.

ABBY: OH, YEAH.

EXCUSE ME, ROSITA.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

HOT AIR BALLOONS COMING UP!

HMM... A TRIP IN A BALLOON WOULD BE SUPER NEAT.

LET'S EXPLORE THE WORLD AROUND SESAME STREET!

ALL: WHOO!

OH, YEAH!

ELMO: WOW-OW-OW!

COOKIE MONSTER: HA HA HA!

ABBY: ♪ GRAB YOUR THINGS AND TAKE TO THE AIR ♪ BIG BIRD: LOOK AT ME!

I'M FLYING!

ABBY: ♪ EXPLORE HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE ♪ ALL: ♪ WAVING BYE NOW, OOH, WAVING BYE-BYE ♪ NINA: ♪ MAYBE JUST FLY AROUND ♪ ALL: ♪ JUST FLY AROUND ♪ ♪ A NEW STREET RIGHT HERE IN TOWN ♪ ALL: ♪ OR MAYBE JUST FLY AROUND ♪ ♪ A NEW STREET RIGHT HERE ♪ ♪ RIGHT HERE ♪ NINA: ♪ RIGHT HERE IN TOWN ♪ ELMO: YEAH!

HA HA!

GROVER: HA HA HA!

ABBY: DON'T WORRY, NINA.

WE'RE JUST GONNA FLY TO THAT CLOCK TOWER RIGHT OVER THERE.

ROSITA: YEAH!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!

GROVER: BYE!

BYE!

OSCAR: UGH!

I THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER LEAVE.

NOW I CAN FINALLY LISTEN TO SOME REAL MUSIC!

[GLASS BREAKING, CRASHING] AHH.

"THE TRASH CAN SYMPHONY" BY PHILIP BREAKING GLASS.

[SMASH, CRASH] NOW, THAT'S RELAXING.

NINA: YEAH, SURE.

[SMASH, CRASH] BIG BIRD: OHH!

ROSITA: WE'RE FLYING!

ABBY: IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!

ROSITA: AMAZING!

GROVER: HMM... BIG BIRD: MM-HMM.

GROVER: OHH... COOKIE MONSTER: OH, BOY.

ELMO: LOOK, ABBY!

THE BRIDGE!

BIG BIRD: WHOA!

ABBY: WOW!

GROVER: OH, HA HA HA!

ROSITA: WHAT?

ELMO: OH, ELMO'S GETTING A LITTLE DIZZY.

UH-OH.

CHECK THIS OUT.

ROSITA: OH, LOOK AT THE HOUSE!

ELMO: HA HA HA!

GROVER: OH, HMM... COOKIE MONSTER: OH.

OH.

BEAUTIFUL.

ABBY: OH, I LIKE THAT!

WHOA!

THERE'S-- THERE'S A PLANE!

ROSITA: OH, WOW!

LOOK AT THAT!

ABBY: HUH?

WHAT-- WHAT DID YOU SAY?

GROVER: I THINK SHE SAID SHE FORGOT HER HAT.

ELMO: BOY, ELMO CAN'T HEAR WHAT ANYBODY IS SAYING.

COOKIE MONSTER: WHAT?

BIG BIRD: WHAT?

GROVER: I THINK ELMO SAID HE'D RATHER BE CROCHETING.

BIG BIRD: OH.

ABBY: WHAT?

ELMO: OH, BOY.

ELMO CAN'T HEAR ANYBODY.

BOY, ELMO WISHES HE HAD A WALKIE-TALKIE.

ABBY: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, ELMO.

ELMO: HUH?

ABBY: ALL RIGHT, WANDA.

DO YOUR THING.

AH, THE WIND MAKES IT HARD FOR US TO HEAR, POOF IN SOME WALKIE-TALKIES TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR.

AH!

HA HA HA!

COOL!

OH!

OH!

THIS IS ELMO IN BALLOON EXPLORER 1.

BALLOON EXPLORER 2, CAN YOU READ ELMO?

OVER.

[IMITATES RADIO STATIC BURST] ROSITA: OH, UM, THIS IS ROSITA IN BALLOON EXPLORER 2.

UM, I CANNOT READ YOU, BUT BIG BIRD AND I CAN HEAR YOU MUY EXCELENTE.

BIG BIRD: YEP.

ROSITA: MM-HMM.

ELMO: OH, HOW ABOUT YOU, BALLOON EXPLORER 3?

OVER.

COOKIE MONSTER: HEY, WHERE THIS THING COME FROM?

ELMO: BALLOON EXPLORER 3, ARE YOU THERE?

OVER.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, BOY.

THIS IS YUMMY.

MMM!

GROVER: YES, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND--OH!

NO, COOKIE.

NO.

DO NOT EAT THE WALKIE-TALK-- [FEEDBACK] COOKIE MONSTER: MMM!

TALKIE-WALKIE CRUNCHY AND DELICIOUS!

GROVER: GOOD THING I HAVE ANOTHER.

IT IS I, GROVER, HEARING YOU FINE.

COOKIE MONSTER: SECONDS!

AH!

GROVER: BUT I AM NOT SURE FOR HOW MUCH LONGER!

COOKIE MONSTER: TALKIE-WALKIE!

TALKIE-WALKIE!

GROVER: LOOK, YOU CANNOT HAVE... BIG BIRD: HA HA HA!

HMM... ABBY: AH, LOOK AT THAT GARDEN!

COOKIE MONSTER: THIS FUN.

ROSITA: IMPRESSIVE.

ELMO: WOW!

IT'S ALL SO BEAUTIFUL!

HA HA HA!

ABBY: OOH!

THERE'S THE CLOCK TOWER.

OK. COOKIE MONSTER: OH, BOY.

GROVER: OH, BOY!

HA HA HA!

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, YEAH.

ABBY: WE MADE IT!

GROVER: YEP, THE CLOCK TOWER.

ABBY: TIME TO HEAD BACK TO SESAME STREET.

ROSITA: YEAH!

BIG BIRD: OK. GROVER: YAHOO!

COOKIE MONSTER: GOOD IDEA.

ELMO: AH!

HA HA HA!

ROSITA: WHOA!

[LAUGHTER] BIG BIRD: WHOA!

ELMO: WHOA!

WHOA!

WATCH OUT, ABBY.

HA HA HA!

BIG BIRD: WHO-OA!

AHH.

ROSITA: OOH, THAT WAS FUN.

BIG BIRD: OH!

SPINNEY!

HA HA HA!

YEAH.

BOY, THAT WAS LIKE THE BEST ROLLER COASTER EVER.

HA HA HA!

COOKIE MONSTER: HA HA HA!

OH, YEAH, THAT FUN.

ABBY: SO IS EVERYBODY READY TO HEAD BACK?

COOKIE MONSTER: ME READY.

GROVER: YEAH, YEAH.

BIG BIRD: YEAH, I'M READY.

ROSITA: SÍ.

ELMO: OK, ABBY, WHERE'S SESAME STREET?

ABBY: UH... ALL: UH... WE'RE LOST!

COOKIE MONSTER: AND SO HUNGRY!

ROSITA: OHH!

BIG BIRD: OH, MY.

NOTHING LOOKS FAMILIAR.

ELMO: OH, DON'T WORRY.

ABBY WILL FIND A WAY HOME.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT, ABBY?

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

SILLY ME.

I'VE GOT MY WAND.

I'LL JUST POOF US BACK.

ELMO: GOOD.

ABBY: OH, GOT IT.

WE FLEW TOO FAR AND LOST OUR WAY, TAKE US BACK TO SESAME STREET STRAIGHT AWAY-Y!

OH!

OH!

MY WAND!

OH!

OH!

MY WAND!

ROSITA: OH, NO!

OH, NO!

GROVER: OH!

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, NO!

ROSITA: UH-OH.

ABBY: OH!

BIRD: WHOO!

HEE HEE!

WHOO!

WOWIE!

LOOK AT THIS COOL STICK!

I CAN'T WAIT TO USE IT TO BUILD MY NEW NEST.

AHH!

ABBY: HEY, HEY!

YEAH!

UP HERE, BIRDIE, UP HERE!

OH, LOOK!

THAT NICE BIRDIE CAUGHT MY WAND.

ELMO: YEAH!

ABBY: THANK YOU, BIRDIE.

OH!

OH!

GREAT IDEA.

SHE DROPPED IT ON THE HOOD.

I'LL GET IT.

WHOA!

WHOA!

ELMO: NO, NO, NO.

ABBY NEEDS TO STEER THE BALLOON.

YEAH, ELMO'S GOT IT.

BIRD: OHH?

ELMO: WOW!

ABBY: WHOA!

ROSITA: OH, NO!

ELMO: ELMO'S UP A LOT HIGHER THAN HE THOUGHT HE WAS.

OK. GROVER: HURRY, ELMO!

ABBY NEEDS HER WAND.

ELMO: GROVER, ELMO KNOWS THAT GROVER'S TRYING TO HELP ELMO, BUT ELMO NEEDS TO CONCENTRATE RIGHT NOW.

OK?

GROVER: OH, OK. ELMO: THANK YOU.

GROVER: YOU'RE WELCOME!

ABBY: AAH!

ELMO: GROVER!

GROVER: OH, RIGHT, YES.

SORRY.

SORRY.

YES.

ELMO: OH...OH... AHH... GROVER: ZIP!

THAT IS THE SOUND OF ME ZIPPING MY LIPS SHUT.

ELMO: GROVER.

BIG BIRD: UH... ELMO: OK, STEADY, STEADY, STEADY.

OK. BIRDIE, BIRDIE... BIG BIRD: OH, DEAR.

ELMO: BIRDIE!

BIG BIRD: WHOA!

ROSITA: OH, I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS, BIG BIRD.

OH!

OH!

BIRD: WHOA!

OHH!

COOKIE MONSTER: ME NO CAN TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS.

BIG BIRD: OH, DEAR!

GROVER: OHH!

OH... ELMO: BIRDIE!

OH, BOY!

ABBY: OH!

ELMO: OH, BOY.

AAH!

BIG BIRD: BE CAREFUL, ELMO.

ROSITA: OH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED.

ABBY: OH, ELMO, ARE YOU OK?

ELMO: YEAH, ELMO'S OK. GROVER: THIS IS WRACKING MY LITTLE NERVES.

COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH, ME, TOO.

ABBY: I FEEL SO BAD I COULDN'T HELP YOU.

OH, WHAT'S A FAIRY WITHOUT HER WAND?

ELMO: HUH?

ABBY: OH!

I'M STILL A FAIRY.

I CAN FLY.

ELMO, TAKE THE WHEEL.

ELMO: OK. ABBY: YEAH, OK.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

HA HA HA!

WHERE'S THAT BIRD?

BIG BIRD: IT'S ON TOP OF YOUR BALLOON.

ABBY: HUH?

[BIRD WHISTLING] ABBY: I'M GONNA GET YOU!

ELMO: CAREFUL.

ABBY: HERE I COME.

BIRD: SHE'S COMING AFTER ME.

OH, MY, OH, MY.

HOW I WISH SHE COULDN'T FLY.

ABBY: AH!

WHOA... [ABBY SCREAMING] ELMO: ABBY, WHAT HAPPENED?

ABBY: WELL, FIRST THE BIRDIE TOOK MY WAND, AND THEN SHE FROZE MY WINGS!

ELMO: WHAT?!

[BIRD SQUAWKS] ABBY: WAIT.

ELMO: OH, NO!

THERE SHE GOES!

[BIRD CHIRPING] ABBY: ELMO, FOLLOW THAT BIRD!

YES, MA'AM.

ABBY: HERE WE COME!

WHOA!

ROSITA: I CAN'T TAKE THE SUSPENSE!

COOKIE MONSTER: ME NEITHER!

[CHEWING] GROVER: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OH!

OH!

GROVER: COOKIE MONSTER, YOU CAN'T-- COOKIE MONSTER: OH, GIANT COOKIE CHEWY.

MMM.

ME COULD USE SOME MILK.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, LOOK!

GROVER: WE ARE FINE.

COOKIE MONSTER: WHOA OH!

WHOA!

GROVER: GET THAT WAND!

COOKIE MONSTER: WANT SOME MILK!

GROVER: WE'LL CATCH UP TO YOU!

BIRD: OH, OH!

BOTH: THERE SHE IS!

ROSITA: I SEE HER!

BIG BIRD: SHE'S DOWN THERE.

BIRD: AH!

HA!

THEY'RE STILL AFTER MY STICK.

OH, THIS IS NOT A VERY KIND TOWN.

[SQUAWKS] [CHIMES TINKLING] [PLAYING RHYTHMICALLY] GIRL: CARL, WATCH THIS.

CARL: THAT'S A GOOFY WAY TO STUDY FOR YOUR GEOGRAPHY TEST.

GIRL: HAR HAR.

VERY FUNNY.

I'M DOING BOTH.

LISTEN.

♪ I'VE GOT A SCHOOL TEST ABOUT ALL THE BIG RIVERS ♪ ♪ LEARNING THOSE NAMES MIGHT GIVE SOME KIDS THE SHIVERS ♪ ♪ BUT I GOT MYSELF A SYSTEM ♪ ♪ PAY ATTENTION WHILE I LIST THEM ♪ CARL: GO, SIS.

GO.

GIRL: ARE YOU TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS IN YOUR DRUM CODE AGAIN?

NO, I'M JUST BACKING YOU UP.

GET IT?

GIRL: OH, OK. [BIRD SINGING] ♪ THE WORLD'S LONGEST RIVER IS KNOWN BY EVERY MUMMY ♪ ♪ IT'S THE NILE OF EGYPT WHERE THE PHARAOHS WERE SO CHUMMY ♪ ♪ THE AMAZON IS SECOND IN LINE ♪ BIG BIRD: LOOK OUT BELOW!

[BALLOONS CRASH] ABBY: HI.

HAVE YOU SEEN A-- OH!

WAND!

WINGS DON'T FAIL ME NOW.

YAH!

OH!

BIG BIRD: OH.

OH, NO!

ROSITA: AY, MAMA.

ABBY: OH, IT DIDN'T HURT THAT MUCH.

ROSITA: NO, NO, NO, NO.

LOOK AT THE STATUE.

I THINK THIS MEANS THAT THE WIND BLEW US VERY, VERY FAR AWAY FROM SESAME STREET.

DO YOU THINK WE'RE IN CHINA?

GIRL: NO, NO, NO.

YOU'RE IN CHINATOWN.

ALL: OHH!

GIRL: A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE ARE FROM CHINA.

♪ IT'S ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ♪ ♪ ALONG THE SUBWAY LINE-A ♪ [LAUGHING] CARL: WHAT MY SISTER'S TRYING TO SAY IS THAT'S THE REASON THE SIGNS ARE WRITTEN IN CHINESE.

ELMO: WOW!

ABBY: WELL, YOUR STREET-- IT'S JUST SO MAGICAL!

I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THIS!

GIRL: CHECK IT OUT.

ABBY: HUH?

WOMAN, ECHOING: WHOO!

THAT'S RIGHT...

GIRL: ♪ ABOVE OUR STREETS, LANTERNS HANG IN THE AIR ♪ ♪ RED ONES BRING LUCK, YOU SEE THEM EVERYWHERE ♪ ♪ IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, DIM SUM IS REALLY YUMMY ♪ ♪ OR FISH WITH RICE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT GUMMY ♪ ♪ THAT SLOW-MO MOVEMENT IS CALLED TAI CHI ♪ ♪ COME ON, TRY A FEW MOVES WITH ME ♪ ELMO: HA HA HA HA HA!

BOY!

YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT RHYMING.

OH, JUST LIKE ABBY.

ABBY: AWW... ELMO: OH, OH, ARE YOU A FAIRY, TOO?

GIRL: NO, JUST A KID.

ELMO: OH.

HA HA HA!

BIG BIRD: WELL, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SURE IS NEAT.

ROSITA: YEAH, AND IT'S RIGHT HERE IN OUR TOWN.

WHO KNEW?

CARL: SO, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT A WAND?

ABBY: OH, IT'S MY MAGIC WAND.

WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR IT.

ELMO: YEAH.

ABBY: YEAH.

AND WE GOT TO FIND IT SO WE CAN GO HOME.

BIG BIRD: A BIRD TOOK IT, BUT NOT ME.

CARL: I SAW A BIRD.

DID THE BIRD HAVE A BUNCH OF PINK FEATHERS RIGHT HERE?

ROSITA: THAT'S HER!

BIG BIRD: YEAH!

CARL: I SAW HER.

SHE FLEW THAT WAY.

COME ON.

I'M CARL, BY THE WAY.

LUCY: AND I'M LUCY.

ABBY: I'M ABBY.

ELMO: OH, AND ELMO'S ELMO.

ROSITA: AND I'M ROSITA.

BIG BIRD: AND I'M BIG BIRD.

CARL: YOU SURE ARE.

BIRD: IF ONLY THERE WERE SOMEPLACE TO HIDE.

I'M WAY TOO EASY TO SEE.

OH, LOOK AT THAT!

AH!

MM, BOY, OH, BOY.

I WISH I LOOKED LIKE THAT ELEPHANT TOY.

WHOA!

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

HA HA!

UH-OH!

WHOA!

[CRASH] ABBY: THAT SOUND!

IT'S THE BIRD!

BIG BIRD: WHAT?

ABBY: COME ON!

BIG BIRD: OH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

ROSITA: WAIT FOR ME!

BIG BIRD: I'M RIGHT WITH YOU!

BIRD: OH!

OH!

OH!

ABBY: OH, POOR PRETTY ELEPHANT.

THAT MUST HAVE REALLY HURT.

ELMO: YEAH.

OH, HERE.

ELMO WILL HELP YOU.

UHHHHH... OH, BOY.

ROSITA: AY, MAMA.

BIG BIRD: ARE YOU OK?

BIRD: OH, YES, WHY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ELMO: OH, BOY.

ELEPHANTS DON'T BELONG IN TREES.

ROSITA: NO.

BIG BIRD: BIRDIES DO.

ABBY: YEAH, BIRDIES.

AH!

WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S NO ELEPHANT!

THAT'S THE BIRD!

BIRD: AAH!

ALL: OHHH!

ABBY: FOLLOW THAT ELEPHANT!

BIRD: OHH!

CARL: THIS DAY JUST KEEPS GETTING WEIRDER.

WHOA!

SORRY, FOLKS.

GOT TO FLY!

OH, OH, OH!

WHAT?

OH, USELESS ELEPHANT WINGS.

OH...THERE!

OH!

HEY!

HI, HI, HI, HIYA.

YEAH, I'M AN ELEPHANT, AND I'M GETTING IN THE BACK.

GO!

[ABBY PANTING] ROSITA: WHAT?

BIRD: ADIOS, STICK CHASERS!

ROSITA: NO!

CARL: IN THE PEDICAB.

BIRD: GOT TO ROLL.

ROSITA: WAIT!

WAIT!

BIG BIRD: YOU FOLLOW THE ELEPHANT, AND I'LL GET THE BALLOONS.

CARL: I HOPE YOU GET YOUR WAND BACK.

ROSITA: COME ON, EVERYBODY!

ELMO: OH, HERE.

THIS WAY, CARL CAN TELL ELMO IF CARL SEES THE ELEPHANT.

CARL: ROGER, ELMO.

WE'D LOVE TO HELP.

ELMO: HA HA HA!

THANKS, GUYS!

CARL AND LUCY: BYE!

ROSITA: FOLLOW THAT ELEPHANT!

GROVER: HELLO?

HELLO?

ENTER!

ENTER!

HELLO?

ENTER!

ENTER!

ROSITA: UH, GROVER, DO YOU MEAN "COME IN"?

GROVER: OH, YES.

RIGHT.

WHATEVER.

I HAVE GOOD NEWS.

WE HAVE FOUND ABBY'S WAND.

COOKIE MONSTER: YOU WELCOME.

ABBY: REALLY?

GROVER: YES, YES, BUT APPARENTLY IT GOT SOGGY FROM BEING IN THE BIRDIE'S BEAK.

BOTH: SOGGY?

EWWW... COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH, AND WIGGLY.

ME FOUND IT IN A WHOLE BOX OF WIGGLY WANDS.

GROVER: YEAH, WE THINK IT MUST BE SOME KIND OF SOGGY WAND LOST AND FOUND.

ABBY AND ROSITA: UGH!

ELMO: GROVER, THAT SOUNDS LIKE NOODLES!

GROVER: OH, YEAH, LOOK AT THAT.

THEY ARE NOODLES.

COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH, ME THOUGHT THEY LOOKED FAMILIAR.

AHHUM!

MMM!

OOH!

NOM, NOM!

MMM, NOM, NOM!

OHH.

NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM!

ABBY: A NOODLE IS NOT A WAND!

ELMO AND ROSITA: NO.

ABBY: AND COOKIE MONSTER, STOP NOM-NOM-NOMMING SO LOUD OVER THE WALKIE-TALKIE!

COOKIE MONSTER: NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM!

[LONG SLURP] AHH...SORRY.

GROVER: OVER AND UNDER.

OH!

NOW WE'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH UP TO THAT PEDICAB DRIVER!

ELMO: NO.

ROSITA: WE MIGHT.

YOU KNOW, HE'S PEDALING AN ELEFANTE AROUND.

HOW FAR CAN HE GO?

[ALL GASP] ALL: LET'S GO!

ELMO: YEAH!

HA HA HA!

[BELL RINGING] [DRIVER GRUNTING] DRIVER: OHH!

UHH!

BIRD: OH, WHY ARE YOU STOPPING?

OH... OH!

THEY'RE HERE!

OH!

OH!

ROSITA: ELEFANTE!

DRIVER: OH!

WALK OUT THE PAIN.

WALK OUT THE PAIN.

BIRD: OH, WHERE DO I GO?

DRIVER: WALK OUT THE PAIN.

OH!

UHH!

ELMO: OH, EXCUSE ELMO, MR. PEDICAB MAN.

DRIVER: YEAH.

ELMO: BUT HAVE YOU SEEN AN ELEPHANT GO BY HERE?

DRIVER: YES.

ELMO AND ROSITA: WHERE?

DRIVER: THAT WAY.

ELMO: OH.

ROSITA: GRACIAS.

ABBY: THANK YOU.

COME ON!

ELMO: THANK YOU, MR. PEDICAB MAN!

HA HA HA!

I'M GONNA BE SO SORE TOMORROW.

OH!

OH!

OH!

OH, MOMMY!

[MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYING] [MEXICAN HAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYING] ROSITA: WOW!

ELMO: COOL.

ROSITA: HEH HEH HEH!

OH, I KNOW THIS DANCE.

MY ABUELA TAUGHT IT TO ME.

IT'S THE NATIONAL DANCE OF MEXICO.

ELMO: WOW!

OH, THEY'RE ALL DRESSED SO FANCY.

ROSITA: SÍ.

ELMO: OH.

ARE THEY HAVING A PARTY?

ROSITA: OH, NO.

THAT'S HOW YOU DRESS WHEN YOU DANCE EL JARABE TAPATÍO.

ELMO: JARABE TAPA-WHAT, NOW?

JARABE TAPATÍO IS THE MEXICAN HAT DANCE.

ELMO: OH, COOL!

ABBY: AH!

[MUSIC CONTINUES] ELMO: ELMO DOESN'T THINK WE'RE IN CHINATOWN ANYMORE.

ABBY: OH, WAIT A SECOND.

WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING A LONG TIME.

OH!

DO YOU THINK WE RAN ALL THE WAY TO MEXICO?

[ALL GASP] ELMO: WOW!

GIRL: HOLA.

ROSITA: THEY EVEN SPEAK SPANISH!

HOLA.

PERDONA.

ARE WE IN MEXICO?

GIRL: HA HA!

NO.

YOU'RE JUST IN A PART OF TOWN WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MEXICO LIVE.

ROSITA: OH.

BOY: SONIA, HURRY.

SONIA: OOPS.

GOT TO RUN.

ROSITA: OK. SONIA: I MEAN DANCE.

ELMO: HA HA!

BYE.

ROSITA: WOW.

ROSITA: WHO KNEW OUR TOWN HAD SO MANY KINDS OF PLACES?

I MEAN, YOU CAN TURN THE CORNER AND BE IN ANOTHER AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD.

ELMO: YEAH!

[MUSIC PLAYING] ROSITA: OHH.

HA HA!

OH, THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART.

LOOK, LOOK!

[BIRD HUMMING] [ROSITA LAUGHING] [ELMO LAUGHING] ROSITA: OOH, I LOVE IT.

ELMO: NOW, WHERE COULD THAT ELEPHANT BIRDIE BE?

ABBY: I KNOW.

IF I WERE AN ELEPHANT, WHERE WOULD I BE?

ROSITA: WHERE--WHERE--WHERE COULD YOU HIDE?

I MEAN, YOU'RE HUMONGOUS.

ABBY: YEAH.

ELMO: YEAH.

ROSITA: OOH, I LOVE THIS DANCE.

[ALL HUMMING TO MUSIC] ELEFANTE!

[BIRD SHRIEKING] CATCH IT!

BIRD: I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!

ROSITA: ELMO, ABBY!

BIRD: OOH!

WHY AM I AN ELEPHANT?

OH!

ABBY: OVER THERE!

NO, NO, NO, NO!

OVER THERE!

ROSITA: FOLLOW ME.

ELMO: OOH, SHE WENT THAT WAY!

ABBY: HUH?

ROSITA: HUH?

[BIRD SCREAMING] ELMO: ABBY, WHERE'D YOU GO?

ROSITA: OH!

OH, NO.

ABBY: HUH?

ROSITA: HUH?

ABBY: OOP.

ROSITA: HA HA!

BIRD: OK, I GOT TO-- I GOT TO GO.

I GOT TO GO.

ROSITA: WHERE IS THE ELEPHANT?

ELMO: COME ON.

COME ON.

COME ON.

HMM?

ROSITA: HMM?

[BIRD MOANING] ABBY: HUH?

ROSITA: HMM?

ELMO: HOW CAN WE BE MISSING THIS GIANT THING?

HOW DO WE KEEP MISSING HER?

BIRD: NO?

NO?

UH... ABBY: RIGHT THERE!

[ALL PANTING] ROSITA: WHERE DID IT GO?

ABBY: I DON'T KNOW.

GROVER: COME IN, ALL WAND SEARCHERS.

I HAVE FOUND ABBY'S WAND.

[ROSITA, ELMO, AND ABBY CHEERING] ABBY: YOU DID?

GROVER: YES!

I HAVE IT NOW.

GROVER: IT IS LONG, RIGHT?

ABBY: YES, YES.

YES, MY WAND IS LONG.

ELMO: YEAH!

GROVER: AND IT HAS RIDGES?

ABBY: AH, AH-- ELMO, ABBY, AND ROSITA: RIDGES?

GROVER: AND IT IS COVERED IN CINNAMON AND SUGAR... ROSITA: AY, GROVER.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A CHURRO?

[WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS] GROVER: WHAT IS A CHURRO?

ROSITA: UM, A CHURRO IS KIND OF LIKE A DOUGHNUT, ONLY IT'S LONG AND CRUNCHY.

MY ABUELA MAKES THEM.

COOKIE MONSTER: NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM!

[SMACKS LIPS] YEAH, THAT A CHURRO.

GROVER: UH, NEVER MIND.

OVER AND ABOVE.

[HANGS UP] THAT LOOKED GOOD.

COOKIE MONSTER: DELICIOUS.

GROVER: YOU GOT ANY MORE OF THOSE CHURRO THINGIES BACK THERE?

YEAH?

COOKIE MONSTER: OOH!

OH, BOY.

OH, BOY.

GROVER: YES.

COOKIE MONSTER: NOM, NOM, NOM.

[ROSITA, ELMO, AND ABBY PANTING] ABBY: NOW WE GOT TO FIND THAT ELEPHANT.

ELMO: YEAH.

ROSITA: OK. ELMO: LET'S GO!

ROSITA: OOH, SONIA, HERE.

WOULD YOU LET US KNOW IF YOU SEE A MAGIC WAND?

IT BELONGED TO ABBY, AND SHE LOST IT.

SONIA: CLARO.

I'D LOVE TO HELP.

ROSITA: OH, GRACIAS, AMIGA.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I LOVE YOUR DANCE.

HA HA!

SONIA: i¡ADIOS, ROSITA!

ROSITA: i¡ADIOS!

[MUSIC PLAYING ON SOUNDTRACK] [NO DIALOGUE] ELMO: HEE HEE!

WOW.

ABBY: WELL, ANY SIGN OF THE ELEPHANT?

ELMO: OH, NO, BUT ELMO SEES SOME BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES AND... [SNIFFS] SMELLS WONDERFUL FOOD.

ABBY: YEAH.

ROSITA: OH, YEAH.

WHEREVER WE ARE IS NOT A MEXICAN NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE.

GIRL: HI.

ELMO: OH, HI.

ABBY: HI!

GIRL: THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE MOVED HERE FROM WEST AFRICA, LIKE MINE.

ELMO: OH!

ABBY: OOH.

GIRL: MY FAMILY'S FROM NIGERIA.

ELMO: WOW!

ROSITA: OH, WOW.

ABBY: ANOTHER NEW NEIGHBORHOOD!

ROSITA: WE'RE TRAVELING TO ALL THESE AMAZING NEIGHBORHOODS AND MEETING ALL THESE GREAT FRIENDS.

ELMO: YEAH!

OH, JUST LIKE IN NINA'S BOOK.

[LOUD TAPPING IN DISTANCE] ROSITA: YEAH.

WHAT?

ELMO: WHA...?

ROSITA: i¡ELEFANTE!

RIGHT?

ELMO: OH, OH!

SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMING FROM OVER THERE.

OH, BYE-BYE.

THANK YOU.

GIRL: BYE.

BYE-BYE.

ABBY: BYE!

COME ON.

LET'S GO.

BIRD: OH, OH!

THEY'RE COMING.

OHH.

I'M SO TIRED OF FLEEING.

OH, I WISH I WERE A HUMAN BEING.

OH!

WHOA!

WEIRDEST DAY EVER.

ELMO: OH, HO HO!

OVER THERE!

ROSITA: WAIT FOR ME.

ABBY: THIS WAY?

HUH?

[ROSITA LAUGHING] ELMO: OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

IT WASN'T AN ELEPHANT STOMPING.

OH, IT WAS THE SOUND OF A BOOMY DRUM.

ROSITA: YEAH.

UM, EXCUSE ME.

UM, HAVE YOU SEEN AN ELEPHANT AROUND HERE TODAY?

ABBY: MM-HMM.

GIRL: NO.

I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN AN ELEPHANT AROUND HERE EVER.

ABBY: ALL RIGHT.

HMM.

ROSITA: OH, LET'S ASK THE LADY.

ABBY: HI!

EXCUSE ME.

BIRD: OH, HI!

I'M A PERSON.

ABBY: YEAH... BIRD: NICE TO MEET YOU.

ABBY: AND NICE TO MEET YOU.

ELMO: UH-HUH.

ABBY: UM, HAVE YOU SEEN AN ELEPHANT?

GIRD: HAVE I SEEN ONE?

UH...NO.

I'M JUST DOING HUMAN BEING THINGS.

[ROSITA SIGHS] [KIDS LAUGHING] [BIRD CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] BIRD: WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

WHAT?

WHAT IS IT?

IS IT ME?

IS IT BECAUSE I'M A HUMAN?

GIRL: NO.

I ASKED ZAKI IF HE SAW THE ELEPHANT, AND HE SAID, NO, AND IT'D BE PRETTY HARD TO MISS.

ZAKI: YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S AN ELEPHANT.

[LAUGHTER] [BIRD LAUGHING LOUDLY] BIRD: YEAH!

THEY'RE HUGE.

HA HA!

ROSITA: I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY ANY OF THAT.

ZAKI: BECAUSE I SAID IT WITH MY DRUM.

ONYI AND I MADE UP A SECRET DRUMMING CODE WITH OUR FRIENDS IN MUSIC CLASS.

ELMO: A SECRET CODE?

ONYI: YEAH.

WE CAN SEND MESSAGES TO OUR FRIENDS AROUND TOWN, EVEN WAY ACROSS THE PARK.

[GASPS] ABBY: WAIT.

WAIT.

I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING.

THAT ELEPHANT HAS MY MAGIC WAND.

THAT MEANS THAT SHE COULD JUST POOF HERSELF INTO ANYTHING.

SHE COULD MAYBE BE A BUNNY OR A DOG OR MAYBE EVEN A MOOSE.

BIRD: WHA--I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE A MOOSE.

UH... ABBY: WHA--WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

BIRD: UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR DRUM.

ELMO: YEAH!

ROSITA: OH, YEAH.

ZAKI: UH, OK.

IT'S CALLED A TALKING DRUM.

MY FAMILY BROUGHT IT WITH US WHEN WE MOVED FROM LIBERIA.

BIRD: HMM, FASCINATING.

ZAKI: WHEN I SQUEEZE THE SIDES, IT MAKES IT SOUND HIGHER AND LOWER, LIKE THIS.

SEE?

[PITCH MOVES HIGHER AND LOWER] ROSITA: HA HA HA!

[ABBY, ROSITA, AND ELMO HUMMING TO DRUMMING] BIRD: OH, YEEHA.

THAT'S FUN.

IT MAKES ME WANT TO SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER.

ABBY: WAIT.

HEY, GUYS.

GUYS, GUYS!

WE GOT TO FOCUS.

ROSITA: HUH?

ABBY: HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND A BIRD THAT ISN'T A BIRD?

ELMO: HMM...UM... ROSITA: UH, WELL...

IT WILL PROBABLY ACT LIKE A BIRD, RIGHT?

ELMO: UH-HUH!

ABBY: OHH!

[BIRD TWEETING] ABBY: WHAT?

WHAT?

ROSITA: HMM?

ELMO: WHA...?

BIRD: OOH.

ELMO: WAIT A MINUTE!

ROSITA: THAT'S NOT A PERSON.

ABBY: THAT'S A... BIRD: PLAY MORE OF YOUR DRUM FOR ME.

ALL: BIRD!

BIRD: GOT TO FLY.

BYE.

ABBY: OH!

BIRD: YAY!

I'M ME AGAIN.

YES!

ROSITA: NO!

[ABBY, ELMO, AND ROSITA SIGH] ABBY: SHE TURNED HERSELF BACK INTO A BIRD AND-- ELMO: BYE-BYE, BIRDIE.

BIRD: HA HA HA!

BYE.

HA HA!

ROSITA: OH, WE WERE SO CLOSE.

ONYI: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

ABBY: NOW I'LL NEVER GET MY WAND BACK.

ROSITA: NO.

ELMO: AND ELMO WILL NEVER GET BACK TO SESAME STREET IN TIME FOR DINNER.

ONYI: WAIT.

YOU'RE FROM SESAME STREET?

ELMO: YEAH.

ROSITA: MM-HMM.

ONYI: I KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

ELMO, ABBY, AND ROSITA: YOU DO?

ONYI: YEAH.

IT'S JUST A FEW BLOCKS THAT WAY.

WE'RE BASICALLY NEIGHBORS.

I COULD TAKE YOU HOME RIGHT NOW.

ELMO: HA HA!

ROSITA: YEAH!

YEAH!

YEAH!

YEAH!

ELMO: THAT'S PERFECT.

ROSITA: OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

ELMO: WELL, WELL... ROSITA: YEAH.

YEAH!

YEAH!

YEAH!

ROSITA: YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH.

YES.

ELMO: EXCEPT... ROSITA: WHAT?

ELMO: UM... ABBY: WELL, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

YOU KNOW, LET'S GO HOME ALREADY.

ELMO: YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT ABBY'S WAND?

ABBY: OH, WELL, IT'S OK, ELMO.

WE'LL JUST LEAVE WITHOUT IT.

[ONYI GASPS] ELMO: BUT ABBY LOVES MAGIC.

ABBY: YEAH, BUT LOOK AT ALL THE TROUBLE I CAUSED.

I POOFED UP SOME BALLOONS WITHOUT EVEN THINKING THAT THE WIND WOULD BLOW THEM AWAY.

THEN I DROPPED MY WAND, AND, YOU KNOW, IF ONYI DIDN'T KNOW THE WAY HOME, THEN I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN US LOST FOR GOOD.

ROSITA: DON'T BE SAD, ABBY.

LISTEN, IF WE HADN'T FLOATED AWAY FROM HOME, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TRAVELED TO ALL THESE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS AND MET OUR NEW FRIENDS, RIGHT?

ELMO: YEAH!

OH, AND ELMO LOVES MAKING NEW FRIENDS.

[ROSITA CHUCKLES] ZAKI: AND WE GOT TO SEE A PERSON TURN INTO A BIRD BY MAGIC.

SERIOUSLY!

IT WAS AWESOME.

ELMO: YEAH!

ONYI: JUST BECAUSE YOU MADE A MISTAKE, THAT'S NO REASON TO GIVE UP, ABBY.

ABBY: OH, THANKS, ONYI, AND THANKS, EVERYBODY.

OH, BUT I'M JUST A FUMBLE-FINGER GARDEN FAIRY WHO CAN'T EVEN FLY.

THERE'S NO WAY I'M GETTING MY WAND BACK NOW.

ELMO: BUT--YEAH, BUT--BUT ABBY MADE FRIENDS ALL OVER TOWN TODAY.

ROSITA: THAT'S RIGHT.

AND IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, WE CAN TOTALLY HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAND, RIGHT?

ELMO: YEAH.

OH, WHOA.

ROSITA: OH, WHAT?

ATTENTION, ALL WAND FINDERS.

THE BIRDIE IS A BIRDIE AGAIN, AND SHE HAS ABBY'S WAND.

OVER.

DOES ANYBODY SEE A BIRDIE WITH A WAND?

SONIA: AH!

THERE IT IS!

[TWEET TWEET] BIRD: HUH?

SONIA: HEY, THIS IS SONIA.

I SEE THE BIRD.

IT HAS THE WAND.

ELMO: OH, SONIA SEES THE BIRDIE.

[ALL CHEERING] KIDS: HOW DO YOU KNOW SONIA?

ROSITA: HUH?

ABBY, ELMO, AND ROSITA: HOW DO YOU KNOW SONIA?

ONYI: WE'RE FRIENDS.

WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE KINDERGARTEN.

ELMO: OH, YEAH!

ROSITA: WELL, LET'S GO.

ELMO: YEAH, LET'S GO!

ABBY: YEAH.

SONIA: IS THAT ONYI AND ZAKI?

YES, BUT WHERE IS THE BIRDIE?

SONIA: LET'S SEE.

IT FLEW PAST... BIRD: OH, THOSE TALKING BOXES JUST CAUSE TROUBLE.

I WISH THEY'D RUN OFF ON THE DOUBLE.

ELMO: SONIA, WHERE ARE YOU?

SONIA: I'M IN THE PARK BY THE-- [CAW] WHOA!

HEY!

A WHOA-HEY?

ELMO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A WHOA-HEY IS.

ABBY, ROSITA, AND ELMO: WHOA!

HEY!

ELMO: OH.

ROSITA: WHOA!

HEY!

HEY!

[ROSITA PANTING] THAT'S NOT A WALKIE-TALKIE.

IT'S A RUNNIE-TALKIE.

SONIA: EH!

OH!

UH!

UH!

GET BACK HERE.

UGH!

ROSITA: GOT IT!

ABBY: GOT IT!

ELMO: GOT IT!

ONYI: GOT IT!

ZAKI: GOT IT!

ALL: GOT IT!

ABBY: OW.

OOH.

ROSITA: HA HA HA!

[TAPPING IN DISTANCE] ONYI: SHH.

LISTEN.

SONIA'S USING OUR CODE.

[TAP TAP TAP, TAP TAP TAP] [TAP] [TAP TAP TAP, TAP TAP TAP] ABBY: WELL--WELL, WHAT'S SHE SAYING?

ONYI: THE BIRD IS FLYING OVER THE PLAYGROUND WITH THE BIG MURAL.

ELMO: OH!

ROSITA: WELL, THEN LET'S GO!

ZAKI: COME ON.

ELMO: COME ON, EVERYBODY.

ABBY: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!

YEAH.

[TAP TAP TAP, TAP TAP TAP] [TAP] [ABBY PANTING] ELMO: WE FOUND SONIA!

ABBY: SONIA!

SONIA: IT WORKED!

BUT WHERE'S THE BIRDIE?

SHE WAS RIGHT HERE, BUT SHE FLEW OFF, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE SHE WENT.

ABBY AND ELMO: AW.

ROSITA: MAN!

[DRUM MUSIC] ZAKI: HEAR THAT?

DRUMMING.

ABBY: WAIT.

WAIT A SECOND.

IF YOU AND SONIA AND ONYI ARE HERE, WHO'S THERE?

[BIRD HUMMING] LUCY: ARE YOU SURE THIS IS GONNA WORK?

CARL: NO.

BUT THAT'S THE BIRD THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE.

[TWEETING CONTINUES] KIDS: IT'S CARL!

HE SEES THE BIRD IN CHINATOWN.

ELMO: OH, COOL!

ABBY: YES!

ROSITA: WAIT A MINUTE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW CARL?

ZAKI: WE HAD A MUSIC CLASS TOGETHER.

HE'S THE ONE WHO STARTED THE DRUM CODE.

ELMO: OH.

SONIA: WAIT.

LISTEN.

ZAKI: OH, NO.

ROSITA: WHAT?

ABBY: WHAT?

WHAT IS HE SAYING?

WHAT IS HE SAYING?

ONYI: THE BIRD IS FLYING AWAY.

ROSITA: OH, NO.

HOW WILL WE EVER CATCH IT NOW?

BIG BIRD: HELLO DOWN THERE.

SONIA: WHAT IS THAT?

ZAKI: WHOA.

ABBY, ELMO, AND ROSITA: BIG BIRD!

BIG BIRD: HI!

SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG.

I WAS HEADING TO GET THE BALLOONS WHEN I FOUND THIS TAI CHI CLASS IN THE PARK.

AHH.

VERY CENTERING.

OOH, OOH.

LOOK AT THIS ONE.

MMM.

AHH.

ABBY: OK. AH.

ELMO: HEE HEE.

ELMO: LET'S GO.

ABBY: YEAH!

ROSITA: OH, LET ME HELP YOU, BIG BIRD.

BIG BIRD: GRACIAS, ROSITA.

KIDS: WE'LL FOLLOW.

ABBY: ALL RIGHT.

ROSITA: UH!

ABBY: WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

ELMO: OH, HA HA!

LOOK, LOOK.

GROVER AND COOKIE MONSTER'S BALLOON IS FLYING AGAIN.

ABBY: YAY!

GROVER: I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS A PRETTY BRILLIANT IDEA TO FIX THE HOLE IN OUR BALLOON WITH A PIZZA.

COOKIE MONSTER: MM-HMM.

CHEESY PEPPERONI-MUSHROOM PIZZA.

NOT ONLY YUMMY, IT PRETTY STICKY, TOO.

GROVER: YEAH, GOOD PATCH.

COOKIE MONSTER: GOOD PATCH.

GROVER: THAT WAS A GREAT PATCH.

COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH!

GROVER: PRETTY GENIUS, I'D SAY.

COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH.

GROVER: HIGH FIVE.

COOKIE MONSTER: HIGH FIVE.

ABBY: WHY ISN'T CARL DRUMMING ANYMORE?

ELMO: OH, BECAUSE CARL IS DOWN THERE.

ABBY: OH!

YAY, LUCY!

ELMO: YAY, CARL!

BIG BIRD: THEY ALL KNOW EACH OTHER?

HUH.

I GUESS OUR TOWN'S NOT SO BIG AFTER ALL.

LUCY: WE TRIED TO FOLLOW THE BIRD, BUT IT WAS TOO FAST.

ROSITA: OOH!

THERE IT IS.

GROVER, THE BIRDIE IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

ABBY: GRAB THE WAND, GROVER.

GRAB IT.

GROVER: OK. OK. GONNA TRY.

OH, OH... COOKIE MONSTER: OK, YOU GOT THIS.

GROVER: IT'S GOING OVER HERE.

COOKIE MONSTER: OVER HERE NOW.

THERE HE GOES.

GROVER: SERIOUSLY?

NO?

OH.

BIRD: HEY!

GROVER: GOT TO WAIT FOR HIM.

COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

HERE IT COMES.

HERE COME BIRDIE.

GROVER: AH!

HA HA HA!

I GOT IT.

I GOT IT.

♪ I GOT IT, I GOT IT... ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ HE GOT IT, HE GOT IT ♪ [GROVER LAUGHING] COOKIE MONSTER: OH, HEY, LOOK, GROVER, IT RAINING PIZZA.

[AIR ESCAPING] GROVER: OH, I DID NOT HEAR THAT ON THE WEATHER TODAY.

COOKIE MONSTER: LOOK AT THE PEPPERONI, MUSHROOM, EXTRA CHEESE.

GROVER: SORT OF LOOKS LIKE OUR PIZZA.

COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH--D-- [AIR ESCAPING] BOTH: UH-OH.

[BOTH SCREAMING] GROVER: OOH!

I WISH WE WERE STOPPING INSTEAD OF DROPPING.

COOKIE MONSTER: WHAT HAPPENED?

WE JUST STOPPED.

GROVER: AH.

WE STOPPED FOR SOME REASON.

COOKIE MONSTER: IN MIDAIR.

ABBY: WOW!

NICE STOPPING SPELL, GROVER.

GROVER: HMM?

OH.

YEAH.

AH, HA HA.

I MEANT TO DO THAT.

COOKIE MONSTER: BOY, THAT WAND LOOK YUMMY.

GROVER: HMM?

NO.

NO, COOKIE MONSTER.

IT IS NOT FOOD.

HERE.

YOU BETTER TAKE THIS.

I HAVE SEEN WHAT HE CAN DO TO A CHURRO.

HYAH!

ABBY: AH!

ALL RIGHT, WANDA!

YES!

COME HERE, WANDA!

WHOA!

I GOT IT.

ELMO: YAY!

[MONSTERS AND BIG BIRD CHEERING] ABBY: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OH, WANDA, I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

OOH, I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO AGAIN.

ELMO: HEE HEE!

ABBY: AND NOW FOR SOME MAGIC.

OK, UM, 1+1 IS ALWAYS 2.

MAKE THAT BALLOON AS GOOD AS NEW.

ROSITA: WHOA!

COOKIE MONSTER: LOOK AT THAT.

GROVER: THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, YEAH.

BIG BIRD: IT'S ALMOST DINNERTIME.

WELL, WE'D BETTER START HEADING HOME.

ELMO: OH.

WELL, HOLD ON.

ELMO WANTS TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO HIS NEW FRIENDS.

ROSITA: YO, TAMBIÉN.

ME, TOO.

ABBY: YEAH.

OH, OK. WELL, WILL YOU GUYS STAY WITH THE BALLOONS?

GROVER: OH, YEAH, SURE.

SURE.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, YEAH.

YEAH.

ABBY: OK, WE'LL BE BACK IN A JIFFY.

ELMO: YEAH.

ABBY: HERE WE GO.

UM, LET ME SEE.

HERE GO ELMO, ROSITA, AND I DOWN TO THE GROUND TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

ROSITA: WHOO!

BIG BIRD: WHOA.

ELMO: YAY!

ROSITA: HA HA HA!

ABBY: OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ELMO: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

ROSITA: YES.

ABBY: I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN MY WAND BACK WITHOUT ALL OF YOU.

IT WAS SO KIND OF YOU TO HELP.

ZAKI: YOU'RE WELCOME.

ONYI: WE'RE GLAD.

ELMO: BOY, ELMO'S SO GLAD THAT WE'RE FRIENDS.

LUCY: YEAH!

ONYI: ME, TOO.

SONIA: ME, TOO.

YES.

BIRD: OH, HEY!

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA OF CHASING ME ALL DAY?

GIVE ME BACK MY STICK.

ABBY: OH, THIS?

THIS IS MY MAGIC WAND.

ABBY: WE NEED IT TO GET BACK HOME.

ROSITA: MM-HMM.

BIRD: MAGIC WAND?

OH.

THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH.

ROSITA: DIDN'T YOU WONDER WHY WE'VE BEEN CHASING YOU AROUND ALL DAY?

I FIGURED YOU WERE BUILDING A NEST AND WANTED THE STICK, TOO.

I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD-LOOKING STICK.

ABBY: HUH?

CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT.

ELMO: BUT WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

ALL THIS TIME, BIRDIE WAS JUST TRYING TO BUILD A HOME?

BIRD: WELL, YEAH, I USED TO HAVE A NEST, BUT IT BLEW AWAY.

ROSITA: AWW... BIRD: ANYWAY, SORRY I TOOK YOUR STICK--UH, WAND.

I WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT IF I'D KNOWN IT WAS YOURS.

WELL, I'M OFF TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO BUILD MY HOME.

ELMO: AH, BUT WA--WAIT A MINUTE.

HOLD ON, BIRDIE.

ELMO KNOWS THE PERFECT PLACE.

BIRD: YOU DO?

ELMO: SURE.

OOH!

AND ELMO WILL SHOW YOU BECAUSE IT'S ELMO'S HOME, TOO.

KIDS, MONSTERS, AND ABBY: SESAME STREET!

ELMO: OH, YEAH, YEAH.

BIRD: OH, YEAH?

OOH!

ABBY: HEY, FOLLOW OUR BALLOONS.

BIRD: OH, I WILL.

OK, THANKS.

TOODLIE-LOO.

[BIRD HUMMING] KIDS: BYE!

ROSITA: WILL YOU COME VISIT US ON SESAME STREET?

ONYI: YEAH.

ZAKI: OF COURSE.

CARL: OF COURSE.

LUCY: DEFINITELY.

ONYI: IF YOU VISIT US, WE'LL SHOW YOU OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, TOO.

ROSITA: ALL RIGHT!

ELMO: HURRAY!

ABBY: WHOO-HOO!

CARL: AND YOU CAN MEET MORE OF OUR FRIENDS.

ELMO: THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.

ROSITA: GREAT!

ZAKI: THIS IS HOW YOU SAY, "BYE-BYE, FRIENDS."

[TAP TAP TAP, TAP TAP TAP] ALL, CHANTING: BYE-BYE, FRIENDS!

BYE-BYE, FRIENDS!

ZAKI: YEAH!

JUST LIKE THAT.

ABBY: BOY!

ROSITA: MM-HMM.

WELL, ARE YOU READY, ROSITA?

ROSITA: READY, ABBY.

ABBY: READY, ELMO?

ELMO: READY!

HEE HEE!

ABBY: OK. UM, AH.

WE WERE LOST.

NEW FRIENDS WE FOUND.

ROSITA: YEAH.

ABBY: NOW IT'S TIME WE'RE HOMEWARD BOUND.

KIDS: WHOA!

[TAP TAP TAP, TAP TAP TAP] SONIA: YEAH.

ONYI: I KNOW, RIGHT?

CARL: SO COOL.

YEAH!

ONYI: YES!

ROSITA: ALL RIGHT.

HEADING HOME.

COOKIE MONSTER: HI, STATUE OF LIBERTY.

ABBY: COME ON, EVERYBODY.

LET'S GO HOME.

BIG BIRD: YEAH!

ROSITA: YAY!

ABBY: ♪ I WANTED ADVENTURES IN FAR-AWAY PLACES ♪ ELMO: ♪ NEW FRIENDS, NEW PEOPLE TO MEET ♪ HA HA!

ROSITA: ♪ NEW STORIES, NEW GAMES ♪ BIG BIRD: ♪ NEW MUSIC ♪ GROVER: ♪ NEW NAMES ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ ME WANTED COOKIES TO EAT ♪ BIG BIRD: ♪ I WANTED TO FLY UP HIGH IN THE SKY ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ ME LIKED THE CHURRO THE BEST ♪ NOM, NOM, NOM!

ROSITA: ♪ NEW SIGHTS AND NEW SOUNDS ♪ ELMO AND GROVER: ♪ NEW CITIES, NEW TOWNS ♪ ABBY: ♪ AND IT WAS ALL MUCH CLOSER THAN WE GUESSED ♪ ALL: ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ABBY: HI!

ALL, SINGING: ♪ WAS A WORLD I NEVER KNEW ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: HI THERE.

ALL: ♪ FRIENDS TO MEET ♪ ♪ NEW THINGS TO DO ♪ BIG BIRD: ♪ WE FOUND ADVENTURES ♪ ♪ RIGHT IN OUR CITY ♪ ELMO: HI!

ROSITA, SINGING: ♪ DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ♪ GROVER: ♪ NEW FOODS TO EAT ♪ ABBY: HI!

ELMO, SINGING: ♪ DANCES AND DRUMMING ♪ ROSITA: ♪ LANTERNS ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ NOM NOMMING ♪ ABBY: ♪ THERE'S A MAGICAL WORLD DOWN THE STREET ♪ ALL: ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ELMO: HELLO!

ALL, SINGING: ♪ WAS A WORLD I NEVER KNEW ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ABBY: HI!

COOKIE MONSTER: HI!

ALL: ♪ FRIENDS TO MEET, NEW THINGS TO DO ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ FRIENDS TO MEET ♪ ABBY: HI!

ALL: ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ BIG BIRD: HI!

HA HA!

ALL: ♪ NEW THINGS TO DO ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ FRIENDS TO MEET ♪ ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ NEW THINGS TO DO ♪ ABBY: WOW.

ALL: ♪ JUST AROUND THE CORNER ♪ ABBY: WE MADE IT.

BIG BIRD: THAT WAS FUN.

[LAUGHTER] ALAN: OH, CHAMKI, IT SMELLS DELICIOUS.

CHAMKI: THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: HEY, LOOKING GOOD, TELLY.

TELLY: DOITASHIMASHITE.

ALAN: WOW!

GOOD JOB.

HEY, CHRIS.

CHRIS: HEY, ALAN.

OH, HI.

WELCOME TO SESAME STREET.

TODAY WE ARE HAVING A FOOD FESTIVAL.

IT'S A FUN WAY TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S CULTURES.

ELMO: CULTURE?

WHAT'S CULTURE?

CHRIS: OH, SOMEONE'S CULTURE IS THE WAY THEY LIVE-- WHAT CLOTHES THEY WEAR, WHAT LANGUAGES THEY SPEAK.

ELMO: OH, AND WHAT FOOD THEY EAT.

CHRIS: YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT, BUDDY.

IN FACT, TODAY WE'RE GONNA CHECK OUT FOODS FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES-- CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

ELMO: WOW.

COOL.

OH, HO HO!

CHRIS: OH, HEY, CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S ROSITA AND ABUELA.

ABUELA: BIENVENIDOS.

ROSITA: HOLA, AMIGOS.

CHRIS: HOLA, ABUELA.

HEY, SMELLS GOOD.

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

ROSITA: WELL, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE FOODS THAT COME FROM THE COUNTRY MEXICO... ABUELA: COMO NOSOTROS.

ROSITA: LIKE US.

ABUELA: SÍ.

IN OUR CULTURE, WE EAT TAMALES.

COOKIE MONSTER: DID SOMEBODY SAY, "COOKIES"?

ELMO: WHAT?

CHRIS: UH, NO.

NO ONE SAID ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE THE WORD "COOKIES."

COOKIE MONSTER: OK. YOU TWIST ME ARM.

I'LL TRY IT.

ELMO: WHAT?

OH, HO HO!

ABUELA: OH!

UM... COOKIE MONSTER: NOM NOM NOM!

NOM NOM NOM!

OOH!

NOM NOM!

UH-OH.

ME GOT SOMETHING ALL OVER ME ARM.

ROSITA: HA HA HA!

OH, COOKIE, THOSE ARE MEXICAN FLAN.

YEAH.

IT'S A KIND OF A STICKY DESSERT.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH!

STICKY, HUH?

ELMO: WHAT?

ABUELA: OH!

COOKIE MONSTER: HEY!

UH, EXCUSE ME.

ME GONNA GO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE OTHER FOOD BOOTHS.

OH, BOY.

OH, BOY.

OH, BOY.

ABBY: HEY, COME ON, RUDY.

THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.

THERE'S FOODS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, NOM NOM NOM.

HA HA!

[LAUGHTER] ELMO: OH, HI, ABBY.

HI, RUDY.

ABBY: HI.

ABUELA AND ROSITA: HOLA.

ROSITA: WHO WANTS TO TRY TAMALES?

ABUELA: SÍ.

PRUÉBALOS.

ELMO: OH, ELMO LOVES TAMALES.

ABBY: AH, YUMMY YUM.

YEAH.

HAVE SOME, RUDY.

CHRIS: YEAH.

ABBY: GO ON.

RUDY: UM...NO, THANK YOU.

ABBY: HUH?

OH, OK, BUT REMEMBER, RUDY, YOU PROMISED DADDY FREDDY YOU'D TRY AT LEAST SOMETHING TODAY.

RUDY: YEAH, BUT I'VE NEVER SMELLED ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

I DON'T WANT ANY.

NO, THANK YOU.

CHRIS: WELL, UM, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF FOOD PLACES WE COULD TRY.

I'M SURE WE'LL FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE.

ABBY: YEAH.

CHRIS: HEY, LET'S CHECK OUT LILY'S STAND.

ELMO: OH, COOL.

OH, THANK YOU, ROSITA.

THANK YOU, ABUELA.

ABUELA: OH, DE NADA.

ADIÓS.

MAS PARA NOSOTROS.

HA HA HA!

ROSITA: SÍ.

LILY: HMM.

AHH... ELMO: WOW.

HI, LILY.

LILY: HI, EVERYONE.

RUDY: HI.

LILY: I HAVE SOME FOOD FROM MY COUNTRY, CHINA.

ELMO: AH, HA HA!

CHRIS: OOH, IS THAT A WONTON?

LILY: YES.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS.

WHO WANTS SOME?

CHRIS: ME!

ME, ME!

ME!

I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY A WONTON...OR 2.

[LAUGHTER] ABBY: OOH, IT SOUNDS MAGICAL.

"WONTON."

HA HA!

HEY, YOU WANT TO TRY A WONTON, RUDY?

RUDY: UH, WHAT IS IT?

LILY: OH.

WONTON IS A SOFT DOUGH, AND INSIDE, IT IS FILLED WITH MEAT OR VEGETABLES.

ABBY: MMM!

LILY: SEE?

RUDY: MMPH.

IT LOOKS WRINKLY.

ABBY: LIKE A LITTLE, WRINKLY PILLOW.

HA HA HA!

OH, BUT IT'S NOT HOW IT LOOKS, RUDY.

IT'S HOW IT TASTES.

ELMO: YEAH.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

RUDY MIGHT LOVE IT.

CHRIS: HEY, ELMO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY ONE?

ELMO: HUH?

ELMO?

UM... WELL, UM, ELMO'S NEVER HAD... WONTON BEFORE, BUT, YEAH, OK. ELMO WILL TRY JUST ONE.

ABBY: WATCH HOW ELMO DOES IT, RUDY.

ELMO: OK.

HERE WE GO.

HEY!

THAT'S REALLY GOOD!

ABBY: OOH, OOH, OOH!

I WANT TO TRY!

CHRIS: OK.

HERE YOU GO, ABBY.

LET'S GET YOU A NICE, HOT ONE.

OK.

HERE YOU GO, ABBY.

ABBY: OK. UM... [SMACKS LIPS] MM!

AH!

OH, IT'S GOOD.

IT REALLY IS, RUDY.

RUDY: UH, DO YOU HAVE A CORN DOG?

ABBY: UH... LILY: HA HA HA!

I HAVE NEVER SEEN CORN DOGS IN CHINA.

RUDY: YOU HAVEN'T?

CHRIS: WELL, EACH CULTURE HAS ITS OWN KINDS OF FOODS.

ELMO: YEAH.

LILY: MM-HMM.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD NEVER TRIED BEFORE COMING TO SESAME STREET?

ELMO: WHAT?

RUDY: WHAT?

LILY: PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES.

RUDY: REALLY?

LILY: MMM MMM!

AND NOW I LOVE THEM.

COOKIE MONSTER: HEY, LOOK AT THIS.

ME FOUND MORE FOOD.

[SLURP] DELICIOUS, ALSO A LITTLE BIT STICKY.

[CHICKENS CLUCKING] COOKIE MONSTER: OH, CHICKENS, OH, THAT--OH, NO.

THAT ME SUSHI.

BAD CHICKENS.

THAT ME APPETIZER.

CHRIS: OH, WOW.

HA HA HA!

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ENJOYING THE FOODS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

RUDY: WELL, I'M GLAD SOMEONE'S ENJOYING THEMSELVES.

LUCKY DUCKS.

CHRIS: UH, NO.

CHICKENS.

ELMO: BOY, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING HERE THAT RUDY WOULD LIKE.

CHRIS: AH!

ALAN PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING THAT RUDY MIGHT LIKE.

COME ON.

COME ON.

ELMO: COME ON, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, LILY.

ABBY: BYE, LILY.

CHRIS: SEE YOU LATER.

LILY: BYE-BYE.

GOOD LUCK.

RUDY: BYE, LILY.

ALAN: HERE YOU GO, ZOE.

ZOE: ARIGATO GOZAIMASU, ALAN.

THAT MEANS THANK YOU.

HERRY: WHOA.

ALAN: SO GOOD.

ZOE: THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: YOU'RE WELCOME.

HERRY: YEAH.

THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: SURE.

BYE, HERRY.

CHRIS: HEY, ALAN.

ALAN: HEY, GUYS.

ABBY: HIYA, ALAN.

HEY, WHAT YOU COOKING?

ALAN: WELL, I'VE GOT LOTS OF FOODS FROM JAPAN.

THAT'S THE COUNTRY THAT MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE FROM.

ELMO: WOW.

THAT'S COOL.

ABBY: OOH.

CHRIS: HEY, THERE'S WHAT I THINK RUDY MIGHT LIKE--UDAN?

ALAN: UDON.

CHRIS: UDON.

UDON.

ELMO: OH.

ALAN: THAT'S RIGHT.

RUDY: UDON?

ALAN: THAT'S RIGHT.

UDON IS A KIND OF NOODLE.

IT'S A PART OF JAPANESE CULTURE, JUST LIKE THE ROBE THAT I'M WEARING, WHICH IS CALLED A HAPPI COAT.

ELMO: A HAPPI COAT.

ABBY: DID YOU HEAR THAT, RUDY?

UDON IS A NOODLE JUST LIKE SPAGHETTI.

RUDY: YEAH, BUT SPAGHETTI ISN'T CALLED UDON.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE.

ABBY: UH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GONNA TRY UDON, EVEN IF RUDY WON'T.

CHRIS: HEY, HEY!

ALAN: THAT'S GREAT!

CHRIS: ME, TOO!

ALAN: ALL RIGHT.

GREAT, AND LOOK.

PEOPLE IN JAPAN USE CHOPSTICKS.

SEE?

LIKE THIS.

PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?

ELMO: CHOPSTICKS LOOK REALLY COOL!

ABBY: YEAH.

CHRIS: OH, OH!

ELMO: OK.

HERE WE GO.

CHRIS: HERE WE GO!

ELMO: GO FOR IT, CHRIS.

GO FOR IT!

CHRIS: OHH.

HA HA HA!

ELMO: THAT'S SILLY!

ALAN: YOU LIKE IT?

GOOD?

CHRIS: MMM!

GOOD.

ALAN: HE LIKES IT!

ABBY: BUT DO YOU HAVE TO USE CHOPSTICKS?

ALAN: NO, ABBY.

YOU JUST HAVE TO ENJOY IT.

ALL RIGHT.

READY?

OPEN UP!

ABBY: OH, OK. GO.

ELMO: HERE YOU GO, ABBY.

ALAN: READY?

GO!

CHRIS: GO!

[ABBY SLURPS] ABBY: AHH.

AH!

OH, RUDY, THESE ARE SO GOOD.

YOU GOT TO TRY SOME.

RUDY: UH, NO, THANK YOU.

ALAN: YOU KNOW WHAT, RUDY?

I LIKED EVERYTHING OVER AT ZUZU'S BOOTH.

WHY DON'T YOU GO CHECK IT OUT?

ELMO: YEAH.

COME ON, GUYS.

LET'S GO.

THANK YOU, ALAN.

CHRIS: THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

CHRIS: THAT WAS GOOD.

ALAN: YEAH.

COME BACK LATER.

HERRY: WOW.

PAP AND TO-MAY-TO GRAVY.

ZUZU: UH-UH.

TO-MAH-TO.

HERRY: THAT'S WHAT I SAID--TO-MAY-TO.

ELMO: OH, ZUZU, HI.

CHRIS: HEY, ZUZU.

WOW.

THAT SMELLS GOOD.

WHAT ARE YOU COOKING?

ZUZU: THIS IS CHAKALAKA.

IT IS FROM SOUTH AFRICA, JUST LIKE ME.

IT IS MADE OUT OF BEANS AND OTHER VEGETABLES, AND, OH, IT CAN BE VERY SPICY.

CHRIS: OOH, HEY, YOU KNOW, I LOVE SPICY FOOD.

UH, CAN I TRY SOME?

ZUZU: SURE, CHRIS.

THERE YOU GO.

ELMO: OH, HO HO.

CHRIS: HERE WE GO.

ZUZU: CAREFUL.

CHRIS: OK.

HERE WE GO.

ZUZU: MM-HMM.

MM.

MM!

OOH!

[ZUZU GIGGLES] CHRIS: MM!

WOW.

THAT IS HOT.

OH, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S SPICY.

THAT'S SO GOOD.

OH, I CAN'T FEEL MY TONGUE.

OH!

MORE, PLEASE.

MORE, PLEASE.

ABBY: I THINK CHAKALAKA MIGHT BE A LITTLE SPICY FOR US.

ELMO: JUST A LITTLE.

CHAMKI: HEY, I MIGHT HAVE SOME FOOD YOU LIKE.

ELMO: OH, CHAMKI.

ABBY: HIYA, CHAMKI.

CHAMKI: HI, ELMO.

HEY, ABBY.

CHRIS: HEY, CHAMKI.

HEY.

CHAMKI: HEY, CHRIS.

ELMO: OH, HI, CHAMKI.

CHAMKI: HEY.

ELMO: OH, DOES CHAMKI HAVE FOOD FROM THE COUNTRY INDIA?

CHAMKI: OF COURSE I DO, RIGHT HERE.

ELMO: OH, COOL.

CHRIS: I THOUGHT INDIAN FOOD WAS REALLY HOT AND SPICY.

CHAMKI: WELL, SOME OF IT IS, BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

SEE, RIGHT HERE, THIS IS PALAK PANEER, AND IT'S ONLY JUST A LITTLE BIT SPICY.

ELMO: WHAT'S PALAK PANEER?

CHAMKI: IT'S MADE WITH SPINACH AND CHEESE.

ELMO: AH.

CHRIS: OH, AND, UH, WHAT IS THIS BREAD?

CHAMKI: OOH, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL BREAD FROM INDIA.

IT'S CALLED NAAN.

HA HA HA!

ELMO: OHH.

ABBY: BREAD?

CHEESE?

OH, LIKE A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH?

CHAMKI: UH--HA HA HA!-- WELL, SORT OF.

MAYBE.

YEAH.

ABBY: AH.

IT'S YOUR 2 FAVORITE FOODS, RUDY-- BREAD AND CHEESE, HUH?

RUDY: I DON'T KNOW.

ZUZU: I'VE TRIED PALAK PANEER ONCE, AND NOW IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS.

CHRIS: HEY, I NEVER TRIED JAPANESE FOOD BEFORE ALAN TAUGHT ME HOW TO COOK IT.

NOW I EAT IT ALL THE TIME.

RUDY: BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU'D LIKE IT?

CHRIS: UM, I DIDN'T UNTIL I TRIED IT.

ELMO: WELL, RUDY, ELMO WILL TRY IT, TOO.

RUDY: WELL, IN THAT CASE... ABBY: YOU'D TRY SOME?

AH... RUDY: I GUESS.

YES.

CHAMKI: YEAH.

CHRIS: YAY.

ELMO: OK. READY?

HERE WE GO.

CHRIS: GET SOME NAAN FIRST, AND LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT OF THIS HERE... ELMO: YES, PLEASE.

BOY, IT LOOKS GREAT.

CHRIS: AND HERE YOU GO, GUYS.

THIS IS FOR YOU.

ELMO: OH, THANK YOU, CHRIS.

CHRIS: OK. YOU'RE WELCOME.

HA HA HA!

[MUNCHING] CHAMKI: HMM?

HMM?

HEE HEE HEE!

ELMO: HA HA!

YUMMY.

HA HA HA!

ABBY: WELL?

YOU LIKE IT, RUDY?

RUDY: CAN I HAVE SOME MORE, PLEASE?

ELMO: OH, HO HO!

ABBY: YES!

CHRIS: WELL, THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING DAY.

IT REALLY IS GREAT GETTING TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES, LIKE MEXICO, CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDIA.

IT REALLY IS A WHOLE WORLD OF DELICIOUS FOOD OUT THERE.

ELMO: YEAH.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, HEY, WHOA.

CHICKEN, WAIT.

NO.

THAT ME BURRITO.

CHICKEN, PUT IT DOWN.

WAIT.

NO.

ME SAVING THAT FOR LATER.

WAIT.

CHICKEN, BACK.

ELMO: OH, COOKIE, COME ON.

CHRIS: WOW.

ANYBODY WANT SOME NAAN?

ABBY: HEY, YOU WANT SOME MORE?