(pants, barks) KID: Word World!

KIDS: Word World!

♪ Welcome to the place where words come alive ♪ KID: Let's build a word.

KIDS: Word World.

KID: Word World.

KIDS: ♪ Jump to the beat ♪ ♪ Clap your hands in the air ♪ KIDS: Let's build a word!

Word World!

KID: Word World.

♪ We've got friends of every size ♪ ♪ Building words before our eyes ♪ ♪ Nothing's better than a letter ♪ ♪ They hold our world together ♪ ♪ With Dog ♪ ♪ And Sheep ♪ ♪ And Duck ♪ ♪ And Pig ♪ ♪ There's always a surprise!

♪ (barks) KIDS: Word World!

(croaks) (whimpers) (giggles) ♪ Welcome to our world ♪ KIDS: Word World!

♪ Word World ♪ KIDS: Word World!

♪ It's a beautiful world ♪ ♪ Word World.

♪ KIDS: Yay!

NARRATOR: Huh.

Where are all the WordFriends today?

It's such a beautiful day, you'd think they'd be out playing... ALL: Baseball!

(panting, barking) No, problem, Dog, I have all the letters we need to build a ball.

B-all.

KIDS: Ball!

(grunts) (grunts) Oh!

The red team is ready to play!

Ready.

Ready.

Ready.

Ready.

Ready.

Ready.

Ready Ready.

Ready.

Ready.

Ready.

Ready.

(laughs) Just in time.

The blue team is ready, too.

Then let's play ball.

All right.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Come on, guys.

It's going to be a good game, good game.

I love this game.

Hey, Frog, Robot, want to play baseball?

(croaks) You bet I do.

Come on, Robot.

(whirs) Baseball?

I do not know how to play this game baseball.

I will just watch.

Aw, baseball is easy, Robot.

All you do is hit the ball and run around the bases.

Now, don't worry.

I'll teach you everything you need to know.

Oh!

(laughs) (clears throat) Looks like everyone's ready, so let's play ball.

NARRATOR: It's the blue team's turn to hit the ball, and the first batter is Sheep.

Oh, actually, it's, uh, uh...

Baseball Sheep.

Okay, pitcher, pitcher, pitcher, put it right here, right over the plate.

Right down the old pipe.

(takes deep breath, then blows) NARRATOR: Wow!

A homerun for Sheep.

I'm bad, you know it.

And, well, by bad, of course, I mean, good.

(all cheering) Round the bases!

Go on!

Circle them up!

Great.

I cheer for you as well, Sheep.

Hooray!

That's one on the board for us.

Blue team, good one!

Yeah!

Ooh, yeah!

Okay, Robot, you're up.

Up?

Up where?

Up there.

You're up at bat.

That means it's your turn to hit the ball.

But hitting is not nice.

It's okay, Robot.

Hitting the ball is how you play the game.

Look.

Just swing the bat at the ball.

And after you hit it, run as fast as you can.

Simple, huh?

I will try to hit the ball, Frog.

All right, pitcher, come on.

Right down the old pipe.

Right down the old pipe.

Bring it to me.

(inhales, then blows) I have hit the ball.

Run!

Run!

Go!

Come on!

Run, run, run!

Wrong way!

Wrong way!

To first base!

That way!

That way!

Go, go, go!

Did I score a point?

You're out.

That means it's not your turn anymore.

Oh... That's okay, Robot.

Next time you hit the ball, just make sure you run around the bases, hmm?

I understand.

NARRATOR: Up next for the blue team, Pig.

Oh, goody!

Yay, Pig, yay.

Hooray, Pig.

Hooray, Pig.

Okay, pitcher.

Come on, Pitcher.

Let's see.

(Pig grunts) NARRATOR: Wow!

A homerun!

Wow, Pig is really good at baseball.

Whoo-whee!

Way to go!

A homerun!

Yes, Pig, go!

I wish I were as good as he is.

NARRATOR: Keep trying, Robot.

You just need a little more practice.

So the WordFriends kept on playing, and soon the score was tied, 4 to 4.

Robot, your turn again.

Now remember, when you hit the ball, run around the bases, okay?

(whirs) I understand.

Thank you, Pig.

All right, pitcher, pitcher, pitcher.

Put 'er right here.

Right down the pipe.

Run, Robot!

Oh, okay.

Go, go, go!

Go left!

ALL: Go left!

Back up.

ALL: Back up!

Catch the ball!

ALL: Catch the ball!

Go, Robot, go!

Go, go, go!

Ha-ha.

Hoo-ah!

(gasps) Here comes the ball.

Ooh!

Slide, Robot, slide!

Slide?!

Slide!

You're out!

I am out?

But I did just as pig asked.

That wasn't really the kind of slide I was talking about.

Watch me, Robot.

Whoo!

See?

Slide.

Hmm?

Aw, you know everything about baseball, Pig.

I wish I was good at baseball like you.

Oh, when I first started to play baseball, I wasn't very good, yeah.

But I played every day and I got better and better.

And if you keep trying, you'll get better, too.

(whirring, clicking) Keep trying?

I can do that.

NARRATOR: And Robot didn't give up.

Robot kept trying.

I'll get it!

(whirs) I'll get it!

Good try, Robot.

NARRATOR: And kept trying.

Whoa!

I got it.

Good try, though, Robot.

NARRATOR: And Robot kept trying.

I'll get it.

Got it!

Nice try, Robot.

NARRATOR: And finally, Robot did get better.

PIG: Oh, no, Ant's hit the ball so hard that it's broken apart into letters!

I got the letter B!

I've got the letter A!

Robot, look up!

Ah!

(whirs) Robot, you did it!

You caught the letters.

I did?

I did!

Look, look, I caught the letters.

I caught the letters.

B... A... L...L. ALL: Ball.

You're out.

Oh, great catch, Robot.

Great catch, Robot.

Batter... up.

Is it my turn to hit the ball?

It sure is, Robot.

Uh, where's the ball?

Hey, wait just one minute.

That was our last ball.

Now it's just letters.

I have an idea.

Duck, you caught the letter B?

Sure did.

Frog, you caught the letter A?

Here it is.

I caught the two letter Ls.

That means we have all the letters we need to... build a word.

ALL: ♪ It's time to build a word ♪ ♪ Let's build it, let's build it now.

♪ B... all.

KIDS: Ball!

ALL: ♪ Yeah, we just built a word ♪ ♪ We built it, we built it.

♪ Ooh-whoo, and hurray.

Now we can play ball again.

Go, Robot.

It's your turn to hit the ball.

I will try again.

Batter up.

NARRATOR: Now the score was tied five to five.

So the Blue team needed one more run to win.

You can do it.

Keep your eye... (excited shouting) All right, come on.

Pitcher, pitcher, pitcher, let's do it, let's do it.

(inhales, then blows) Go!

Go!

Wow!

Get the ball, get the ball!

ANTS: Get the ball!

(grunting) (gasps) Here comes the ball.

Ooh, Slide, Robot, slide.

Okay.

You're... safe!

Whoo-hoo, you did it, Robot.

You won the game for our team.

You got so fast.

Wow.

I did it!

I did it!

We won the game!

Whoo-hoo, let's hear it for Robot.

(chanting): Robot, Robot, Robot, Robot, Robot!

(barks) NARRATOR: Now that's my kind of ball game.

The end.

(pants, barks) KID: Word World!

KIDS: Word World!

♪ Welcome to the place where words come alive ♪ KID: Let's build a word.

KIDS: Word World.

KID: Word World.

KIDS: ♪ Jump to the beat ♪ ♪ Clap your hands in the air ♪ KIDS: Let's build a word!

Word World!

KID: Word World.

♪ We've got friends of every size ♪ ♪ Building words before our eyes ♪ ♪ Nothing's better than a letter ♪ ♪ They hold our world together ♪ ♪ With Dog ♪ ♪ And Sheep ♪ ♪ And Duck ♪ ♪ And Pig ♪ ♪ There's always a surprise!

♪ (barks) KIDS: Word World!

(croaks) (whimpers) (giggles) ♪ Welcome to our world ♪ KIDS: Word World!

♪ Word World ♪ KIDS: Word World!

♪ It's a beautiful world ♪ ♪ Word World.

♪ KIDS: Yay!

NARRATOR: It was the end of another great day Word World.

And Sheep and Bear had just finished playing...

Adventure Sheep.

And Bear.

(both laughing) Oh, it sure has been fun playing here in the jungle with you, Sheep.

Too bad we have to go home now.

Home?

Why?

Well, it is getting kind of late.

Look.

The sun is starting to set.

I see.

Then home we must go.

Come on, Bear, home is this way.

Oh, uh... home is that way.

Oh, or... maybe that way?

Hmm, maybe we need a map.

Yes, a map.

A map can show us the way home.

Mm... aa... puh.

KIDS: Map.

Yes, a map.

Hmm... Aha, we are here and we need to get here.

Home is this way.

♪ Doo-wop, dooby-dooby-do doo-wop, doo-doo-doo ♪ ♪ The sun is setting ♪ ♪ It's time for getting back home before it's dark ♪ ♪ Doo-wop, do-wa-wa-wa ♪ ♪ We have to hurry ♪ ♪ Our friends will worry ♪ ♪ If we're not home by dark ♪ ♪ Yabba-da-bada-bada.

♪ Ooh, that river looks awfully deep.

But look.

There's a bridge right over there.

That's no fun, Bear.

I'm pretending to be Adventure Sheep, and Adventure Sheep knows just what to do.

We can use a pole to jump across.

Whoa!

(grunts) (gasps): Oh, no!

There go the letters to our map!

We can't get home without a map.

(groaning) This is no time for games, Sheep.

We have to find the letters for our map.

We just have to remember what those letters were.

Hmm.

Uh, mm... aa... puh.

Mm.

That's an "M." Ah.

Oh.

That's an "A."

Puh.

And that's a "P." Okay.

So we're looking for the letters M-A-P. Huh.

So where could that letter "M" be?

(gasps): Oh!

There's the letter "M," over by Elephant.

Stand back, Bear.

Adventure Sheep will get that letter "M"!

All I need is... a vine.

Sheep, why don't we just ask Elephant?

Because I'm pretending to be Adventure Sheep.

(Tarzan yell): Ah... ah... ah!

Oh... oh... oh-oh-oh... Oh!

Oh.

Ow!

So, uh, uh, what were you saying, Bear?

Well, I thought we should just ask Elephant to get the "M" for us.

Oh, uh, yes, well, uh, that might work, too.

Um, uh, hello there, Elephant.

Uh, uh, p-pardon the interruption, but, uh, would you be so kind as to, uh, reach up into this tree and get our letter "M"?

No problem.

Hmm.

One letter "M." Here you go.

Here's your letter "M." Oh, uh, thanks, Elephant.

Well, that sure was easy.

Well, let's see.

Mm... aa... puh.

We have the letter "M" for the "mm" sound, but we still need to find the "aa."

Well, that would be the letter "A."

And the "puh."

That's the letter "P." Well, then we can make the map and find our way home.

Before it gets dark.

You know, I think I saw the letter "A" down by the river.

Really?

Oh!

Thanks, Elephant.

Good luck.

♪ Doo-wop, dooby, dooby, do ♪ ♪ Doo-wop, do-do-do ♪ ♪ Bow, doo-wop... ♪ (monkeys harmonizing) ♪ The sun is setting ♪ ♪ It's time for getting ♪ ♪ Back home before it's dark ♪ ♪ Dee-wow, wow, wop ♪ ♪ We have to hurry ♪ ♪ Our friends will worry ♪ ♪ If we're not home by dark ♪ ♪ Ya-ba-da, ba-ba-da, ba!

♪ Now, where is that letter "A"?

(gasps): Oh!

There it is!

On Turtle's back!

Stand back, Bear.

Adventure Sheep will get that letter "A"!

I'll just use my, uh, uh, pogo stick.

(boinging) Why don't we just ask Turtle for the letter "A"?

Because I'm pretending to be Adventure Sheep.

Whee!

Whah!

Whee!

Whah!

SHEEP: Whoa!

Sheep!

Sheep!

Are you all right?

(bubbling) (Sheep gasps) (groans) (shivering): W-Water... c-cold.

(shivers) Oh!

(laughs): Oh.

Well, that's better.

And, uh, now, uh, what were you saying, Bear?

Why don't we just ask Turtle to swim back to the shore with the letter "A"?

Well, uh, I guess we could give it a try.

Turtle?

Oh, Turtle?

Yoo-hoo!

Yes?

Can I help you?

Turtle, could you please swim back to the shore?

It seems our letter "A" is stuck on your back.

(chuckles): Would you look at that!

The letter "A"!

I didn't know it was there.

Thanks, Turtle.

Okay, we have the mm... aa... for the map.

Mm... aa... puh.

All we need now is the "puh" sound.

That's the letter "P." If we can find the "P," we can make the map.

Hmm.

You know, I think I saw Tiger playing with the letter "P" a little while ago.

Really?

Oh, well, thanks, Turtle.

♪ Doo-wop ♪ ♪ Ba-ba-da, boom ♪ ♪ Dooby, dooby, do ♪ ♪ Ba-doom, boom ♪ ♪ Doo-wop, do-do-do ♪ ♪ Boom, ba, do ♪ ♪ Ba, do... ♪ ♪ Ya-ba-da, boom... ♪ (backup singing continues) ♪ The sun is setting ♪ ♪ It's time for getting ♪ ♪ Back home before it's dark ♪ ♪ Do-wow, wow, wop... ♪ ♪ We have to hurry ♪ (pants): ♪ Our friends will worry ♪ ♪ If we're not home by dark ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah ♪ ♪ Do-woddy, woddy, do... ♪ (music stops) (gasps) BEAR: Hey, look-- the letter "P"!

How are we gonna get it without waking him up?

Stand back, Bear.

Adventure Sheep knows what to do!

I'll disguise myself with this grass and sneak up on Tiger.

Then I'll pull the letter "P" away without waking him up.

Uh, Sheep, wouldn't it be easier to just ask Tiger to give us the letter "P"?

But I'm pretending to be Adventure Sheep, Bear.

I'll be right back with our letter "P"!

Adventure Sheep to the rescue!

(snoring) (snoring, mumbling) (groaning) Yipe!

(whimpering) (mumbling): I need the soft grass.

(whispering): Sheep, are you all right?

Uh, yes.

That is, I think so.

Yipe!

How are you going to get out of there?

Uh, well, I'm going to do what I should have done all along-- just ask.

Um, yes... uh, Tiger?

Um, hello?

Tiger?

Yoo-hoo.

(high-pitched growl) Um, hello.

Uh, yes, I'm, uh, very sorry to wake you up and all, but I was, um, wondering, would you mind letting me go?

Oh.

I'm sorry.

(laughs): Oh, no, no.

No need to apologize.

It's my fault, really.

And, uh, well, uh, might I also ask you if we could have our letter "P" back?

Oh!

Is this yours?

I was wondering where it came from.

Oh, thank you, Tiger!

M-A-P!

We have all the letters we need to make our map!

Then there's only one thing left to do!

ALL: Build a word!

(lively musical intro plays) ♪ It's time to build a word ♪ ♪ Let's build it, let's build it now!

♪ Mm... aa... puh.

KIDS: Map!

♪ Yeah, we just built a word ♪ ♪ We built it, we built it!

♪ Hooray!

Now we can finally find the way home with our map!

And just in time-- it's getting dark.

Home is this way!

Come on, Bear!

Thank you, Tiger.

(chuckles): You're welcome.

♪ Doo-wop, dooby, dooby, do ♪ ♪ Ba-doom, boom ♪ ♪ Doo-wop, do-do-do, ba... ♪ ♪ Ba, ba-do, ba, do... ♪ ♪ The sun is setting ♪ ♪ It's time for getting ♪ ♪ Back home before it's dark ♪ ♪ Whoo, hoo, hoo, hoo ♪ ♪ Dee-wow, wow, ooh ♪ ♪ We have our map now ♪ ♪ To show the way how ♪ ♪ To get back home by dark ♪ (backup singing continues) ♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Ah, with Sheep, every day is an adventure.

The end.

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