>> Promo Cat here with a look at the next episode of the "Friday Zone."

>> I bring an infectious energy to the Green Gables, kind of like Heiiiidi, but without the long name.

>> The candy retaliated.

I couldn't stop them.

>> And the ominous words "it's a boo --" >> A boo?

Seriously?

These guys are scared of a boo?

>> So check out the next episode of the "Friday Zone," right now!

>> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

>> WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

By sharing stories and connecting people, WFYI inspires the best in our community.

>> And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ Friday, Friday ♪ ♪ The week is done and it's time for fun ♪ ♪ There's room for everyone ♪ ♪ In the "Friday Zone" ♪ So much to see, who will we meet ♪ ♪ It all happens magically ♪ In the "Friday Zone" ♪ Open your eyes, there's a surprise ♪ ♪ You never know what adventure might arise ♪ ♪ The "Friday Zone" ♪ "Friday Zone" ♪ The "Friday Zone" ♪ Friday >> Welcome to the "Friday Zone," everyone.

I'm Maya.

>> And I'm Matt.

Hey, Maya, I bet I can get you to say the word "yellow"?

>> You can make me say yellow?

Okay.

Try it.

>> What are the colors of the American flag?

>> Um, red, white, and blue.

>> Ah!

I got you to say the color blue.

>> No way!

You said you could make me say "yellow"!

Ah!

You got me!

>> And you will have a good time on today's episode, starting with a colorful song on the "Friday Zone" playlist.

♪ ♪ Everyone knows ♪ That you dress up on Halloween ♪ ♪ But what about the 364 days between ♪ ♪ Why do we have to dress so boring ♪ ♪ When we could look amazing ♪ ♪ Of course, there's the clothes ♪ ♪ That you wear to school and the store ♪ ♪ But after a while, they're a bore ♪ ♪ I want more ♪ I wanna be a rock star ♪ I wanna be a mermaid ♪ I wanna be a unicorn ♪ I want more ♪ I want to rock 'em out at the grocery store ♪ ♪ I wanna look amazing ♪ Why can't every day be Halloween ♪ ♪ There's a place ♪ Called the American Veterans Thrift Store ♪ ♪ You should have seen the look on my face ♪ ♪ When in walked through the door ♪ ♪ Miles and miles of colorful costumes all waiting for me ♪ ♪ Costs just $1.63 ♪ I picked four ♪ That I can use to be a witch or a centaur ♪ ♪ Regular clothes make me snore ♪ ♪ I want more ♪ I wanna be a princess ♪ I wanna be a doctor ♪ I wanna be a dinosaur ♪ I want more ♪ I wanna rock 'em out at the grocery store ♪ ♪ I wanna look amazing ♪ Why can't every day be Halloween ♪ ♪ Because when I dress up ♪ When I put on that makeup ♪ I feel like a million bucks ♪ And I know I look amazing ♪ And I am hereby declaring ♪ The 364 days between ♪ Every day is now Halloween ♪ >> Oh, hey there, everybody.

I'm your host, Leo D. Cook, and welcome to "Masterpieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

You may be wondering what is in my hand.

It's a stat sheet or a statistics sheet concerning today's book, "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but she preferred to go by L.M.

Montgomery.

Here are a few stats about "Anne of Green Gables."

It was written in 1905 and was rejected by so many publishers that Ms. Montgomery decided to put this novel in a hat box for safekeeping.

It was then published in 1908, and since then it has been translated to over 30 languages, such as Turkish, Estonian, French, Danish -- both prune and cream cheese -- Hebrew and Japanese.

And this book is so popular in Japan, that a nursing school is nicknamed School of Green Gables.

It has been adapted into musicals, multiple films, TV shows and even a cartoon!

I could go on and on, but I feel Anne should talk about this inspirational book instead.

>> Hello there.

My name is Anne Shirley, and I'm a orphan from Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia, which is in Canada.

I'm sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, who are brothers and sisters, who are older and grew up as orphans as well.

They had originally wanted a boy to help on their farm at Green Gables, but there was a mix-up at the orphanage.

Oops!

I have a wonderful imagination.

I am eager, and I want to please everybody, but I do not like my red hair, freckles and thin frame.

At first, that mean old Marilla wants to send me back to the orphanage.

>> Go back!

>> Ahhh!

>> But her brother Matthew sticks up for me.

>> Cut it out.

>> Phew!

>> Eventually, Marilla warms up to me.

>> You are pretty cool.

>> Phew, again.

>> I enjoy being around you.

>> Aw.

Thanks.

>> You're such an awesome person.

>> I bring an infectious energy to the Green Gables, kind of like Heiiiidi, but without the long name.

I attend a local country school where I excel in my studies.

I become pals with a fellow classmate named Diana, who gets cheesed off by this fellow Gilbert who makes fun of my red hair.

>> Dummy.

Why would you say that?

That's so mean.

>> Aw.

Oh, that rotten Gilbert.

Now, I have all kinds of adventures and sadly some heartbreak as well.

By the way, I wish this script had more jokes, but I blame the writer.

>> If you want to know more about what happens of "Anne of Green Gables," by L.M.

Montgomery, why don't you read it yourself?

You'll be glad you did!

I'm your host, Leo D. Cook, and I will see you next time on "Masterpieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

♪ >> Levi is here to show us how to make flowers out of cupcake liners.

We are going to need large cupcake liners, small cupcake liners, green popsicle sticks, green construction paper, markers, some glue, and a pair of scissors.

First, fold a large cupcake liner in half four times.

With the pair of scissors, carefully cut a curve into the folded up cupcake liner.

When you unfold your cupcake liner, it will have eight petals.

Do the same to a smaller cupcake liner, folding it in half four times, and cutting a small curve to make petal.

Glue your two cupcake liners together, and draw a dot in the middle.

Next, use your scissors to cut leaves from the green construction paper.

Now put it all together.

Glue your flower to the top of the green popsicle stick, and the leaves to the bottom.

Repeat this process using different colors, and you will have a whole garden worth of cupcake liner flowers in to time.

♪ >> And now we get out and about on a "Friday Zone" field trip!

♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ ♪ >> Hey, guys I'm at Frank's Southern Ice Arena, and tonight before I hit the hay, I'm going lunar ice skating.

Let's go check it out!

♪ >> Hi.

>> Hi, welcome to Frank's Southern Ice Rink.

How can I help you?

>> I just need one pair of skates.

>> All right, guys, now that I've got my skates, time to suit up!

♪ It's lunar time!

It's been a long time since I've been on the ice.

Here I go!

♪ >> Hey, guys, I'm here with Sean.

Now, Sean, how did you hear about the lunar skate event tonight?

>> Well, we -- I started playing hockey, and I figured it out from there, and everybody's been talking about it.

>> That's awesome.

And then can anybody just come and skate here?

>> Yeah, you have to pay $6, though, and, like, you just come and you can skate for two hours.

>> Fun.

Are you ready?

>> Yeah.

>> Let's do it!

Come on!

♪ >> Woo!

That was fun, but I am sleepy.

You guys gotta come and check this out some night, but for now, I'm going to bed.

♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ >> Hello, my name is Sam Bartlett, and today another lesson from the world of stuntology!

Today we have a drawing stunt that I simply love.

All you need is a pad of paper, and here's how it works.

You say to somebody, can you draw this figure without ever lifting your pen up from the paper?

And of course, they are going to look at it and say, well, that is simply impossible.

And you say, well, as a matter of fact, it might not be.

And then here's the technique.

Study closely.

You are going to fold the paper over.

They are never going to suspect that.

Like this.

Take your pen.

Make a nice big dot.

Draw down the fold and around, flip the page up.

And voila!

You have done the impossible!

>> There's more coming up, but for now, it's time for action in the Fitness Zone!

♪ ♪ >> Hey, I'm Zach, and we're here at the Razzano Academy, and we're here to learn judo.

Let's go check it out.

♪ >> Hey, I'm here with Dax Razzano, the coach of Razzano Academy.

And could you give us a rundown of what we are going to do today?

>> Well, today we are having a kids judo class, and we will be learning a few throws and also be doing some groundwork as well.

>> Awesome!

I can't wait to get started.

Let's do it!

>> Okay, but first we need to put on our gis.

>> All right.

I have my gi.

>> The judo gi is a traditional attire, that they'll wear and also train in.

It's just a much thicker and heavier version of, say, like a karate gi or taekwondo gi.

It has to be much thicker because of the grabbing and the throwing that we use.

It has to be tough enough to withstand daily practice.

>> So how do I tie on my belt.

>> No problem.

Find the middle of your belt.

Put it in the middle of your body.

Wrap it around, pass it to the front, and then it's just simply left over right, underneath both, and then right over left, and there you have it.

>> I got it.

Let's do Judo.

>> Let's do it.

♪ >> All right.

Get on over.

>> I like martial arts because, like -- it's like you get exercise while you are also having fun.

>> And, like, when you do it, it like, learns you to be, like, tougher in life.

>> It's about the discipline.

>> It's a great workout too.

>> Yeah!

♪ >> Just to warmup.

>> To warmup.

>> To get our body going so that when we throw, if we are throwing, it might be harder to do it if we're not warmed up and ready.

>> Are you guys ready?

Front fall.

Right side.

Back fall.

Left side.

♪ >> Three.

>> Yeah!

>> So that throw that they were just doing was called ippon seoi nage, but we are doing it as a drop knee variation.

So the idea is, he's going to pull your arm, and pull you forward.

As he's doing that, this arm is coming through to make another collection.

And now he's going to turn, drop to his knees and pull you through into the throw.

Very good!

Now let's go one more time at speed.

Okay?

>> Yeah!

>> If one throw doesn't work, you go into the next throw.

>> Go!

>> Step to the side.

Yeah!

>> He was saying how they are like -- their back is faced to you.

You just stick your leg like that.

You step to the side, stick your leg like that, and then you just fall down on your back.

>> Yeah.

Nice, Omar.

Very good.

>> And you bring your opponent down with you?

>> Yeah.

>> And the move is called Tani otoshi, right?

>> Yeah.

>> Do you know what it means literally translated?

>> The valley drop.

>> The valley drop!

Oh!

>> Okay.

Good.

There we go.

Escape, Omar.

Escape.

Grab the arm.

Perfect!

Perfect!

>> Nice!

Very good!

Left side.

>> I had an awesome time learning judo today.

We learned some great grapples, throws, and how to use each other's body leverage.

I'm Zach, and I'm signing off from the Fitness Zone.

See you later.

♪ >> Let's search up some more fun on the "Friday Zone."

♪ >>> And now a story from the WTIU Kids Writers Contest.

♪ >> It started when mom said I could have some candy.

I had no idea what was about to happen.

My hand groped for a piece of candy in the bowl.

My brother Nick probably devoured it, because I only found one lollipop.

Then something happened.

As I unwrapped the lollipop, it glowed bright orange, and the world went black.

When I awoke, I was in a hut.

Suddenly my vision cleared, and I thought I must have fallen asleep in the kitchen.

Standing in front of me was an M&M with eyes, mouth and hair.

I took a step back.

Hi, Sophie!

My name is Emiemma, and welcome to the Kingdom of Candy!

At first, I didn't believe it, but when I looked around, I realized that it looked like candy canes woven together.

How do you know my name, I asked, unsure of what's going on.

Oh, I have been watching you, Emiemma replied.

Come on, I will take you to see King Skittles at the meeting.

After leaving, I became distracted by the jelly bean choir singing street side.

I only caught on when Emiemma mentioned the boy in your house.

What boy in my house, I asked?

The boy who keeps grabbing around trying to take our citizens, she replied.

I would have answered, but we reached the castle.

Upon arriving, I was rushed to the courtroom.

I met the King and the Three Musketeers.

I learned that we had to stop Nick from eating the candy to keep the kingdom safe.

Afterwards, the king transported me back home.

♪ Keeping candy from Nick was challenging.

I hid the bowl in my closet behind my bookshelf.

Finally, I caught Nick trying to steal candy.

The candy retaliated.

I couldn't stop them!

They raged over the bowl's edge and on to Nick.

I screamed, stop!

They retreated.

Nick ran away.

Nick ran back into my bedroom carrying a rubber sword.

Every candy growled at him.

Hershey Kissinger snarled.

Nick is a junk food eating maniac.

Nick scampered, surprised and sullen.

[ Cheers ] And I think he will stay away from candy for a while.

The end.

>> Want to see your story on the "Friday Zone"?

It's easy.

Just ask your teacher how to enter or request an entry form from WTIU@indiana.edu.

♪ >> They gazed in delight, while the Butcher exclaimed "He was always a desperate wag!"

They beheld him -- their Baker -- their hero unnamed -- on top of a neighboring crag.

>> Peggy?

>> Yes, Zarg?

>> What's a crag?

>> A crag?

Well, it's a steep cliff.

You know, a jagged rock.

>> Like the tip of Zarg's horns?

>> Um, sort of.

>> Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

>> "It's a snark!"

was the sound that first came to their ears, and it seemed almost too good to be true.

Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers: Then the ominous words, "it's a boo --" >> A boo?

Seriously, these guys are scared of a boo?

>> Zarg?

>> What?

It's just a boo.

Very scary.

Look at Zarg trembling from the baker yelling boo!

>> Zarg, you do not know what it is.

You interrupted me.

>> Sorry, Peggy.

>> Then, silence.

Some fancied they heard in the air a weary and wondering sigh.

>> What was that?

>> It sounded like "jum!"

but the others declare it was only a breeze that went by.

[ Wind whistling ] >> Peggy girl child, did you hear that?

>> What's the matter, Zarg, are you scared of the wind?

>> No.

No.

Don't be silly.

Zarg is not scared.

Zarg was only looking out for Peggy.

>> Oh.

So you won't mind if I keep reading?

>> No.

Of course not.

It is just a story.

Zarg is not afraid of a book.

>> Okay.

>> They hunted till darkness came on, but they found Not a button, or feather, or mark, By which they could tell that they stood on the ground where the Baker had met with the Snark.

[ Thunder ] In the midst of the word he was trying to say, in the midst of his laughter and glee, he had softly and suddenly venged away -- for the Snark was a Boojum you see.

>> A boojum?

A boojum?

What in the world is a boojum?

>> I thought you weren't afraid of a boo.

>> A boo, yes.

That is a boo, you know, like a ghost says, but this, this is a boojum.

>> I know what a boojum is.

>> Then tell Zarg, what is a boojum?

>> It's a particularly dangerous kind of Snark.

>> But what is a Snark?

>> Well, Lewis Carroll said there were several varieties of snarks, but that they were unimaginable.

>> Unimaginable?

Unimaginable?

Zarg thinks that they are pretty terrible, disappearing the poor Baker.

>> But, Zarg, you said you weren't afraid of a book.

>> I'm not.

>> It's just a story.

[ Thunder ] >> Okay.

>> Oh, curse the Carroll and his tricksie word play.

♪ >> Welcome to animal yoga.

My name is Priscilla, and I'm here to practice yoga together with you.

Let's take a deep belly breath in, and check how are we feeling in this very moment.

Now bring our hands in front of our hearts.

Namaste.

Ready to begin?

♪ >> Today, we are going to become chameleons.

You know, those reptiles that change colors.

They like to camouflage so that they in front of a tree, they could be brown.

In front of the grass, maybe they are going to be green.

So we're going to change colors like chameleons.

Okay?

All right.

Let's stand up.

We have our legs really wide along our mats.

Okay.

And then we're going to turn one of our foot to the side, like that.

And you are going to bend that knee.

And we're going to bring our arms really wide with our palms facing up.

Can you feel the stretch in your chest?

Good.

So now look at one -- one of your palms, and imagine the color coming from one hand going to the other hand.

So can you bring that together?

Yes!

Now that's good.

Other side.

So imagine the color coming out and making a beautiful arc on top of your head.

So I can see green now.

And now I'm going to see the red.

Good job.

Now we're going to turn and switch legs.

Now this other foot is pointing to the side, and our belly button is always pointing to the front.

We're going to bend our knees really low, and we're going to bring our palms up again.

And we're going to bring our hands towards each other and make another beautiful color.

Another one.

I'm thinking about red.

What about purple?

Oh, I like purple.

Do you like purple?

>> Yeah.

>> Okay.

So now we are going to bring our legs together, and our arms are out to the side.

We're going to bring -- imagine a beautiful rainbow of all the colors that we made, and we're going to bring our rainbow to the inside of our hearts.

Thank you for joining me.

May all be peaceful.

May all be well.

May all be happy.

Namaste.

♪ >> I've got a cool trick for you, Matt.

But first -- >> Thanks for joining us in the "Friday Zone."

>> You can find us online at Fridayzone.org or @thefridayzone.

>> And remember to live, learn and play the "Friday Zone" way!

>> Okay.

Put your hands in between mine.

I am going to show you this awesome trick.

Push as hard as you can for 30 seconds.

>> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, keep going.

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

>> Oh, my gosh!

>> An involuntary hug.

>> Wow, I loved that.

>> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: >> The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

By sharing stories and connecting people, WFYI inspires the best in our community.

And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ >> Do you cool cats have the perfect idea for the "Friday Zone"?

Want to share a hobby or let us know what's happening in your town?

Then contact us on our website at Fridayzone.org or send an email to zone@indiana.edu right now.