You got to listen to your heart listen to the beat listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street open up your eyes open up your ears get together and make things better by working together its a simple message and it comes from the heart believe in yourself for thats the place to start and i say hey hey what a wonderful kind of day if we could learn to work and play and get along with each other. Hey what a wonderful kind of day hey what a wonderful kind of day. Hey arthur hey, d. W. Hey whoa crash telephone rings elwood city times. Stevens here. What . Ill be right there murphy, grab your camera we just got a hot tip i dont know what happened. One minute she seemed normal. The next, she was a monster. I guess she sort of snapped. blows nose how could she do this to me . sobs after all ive done for her sobs did you get my profile . sobbing feigns sobbing im telling you, its the aliens what else could explain it . Theyre controlling her mind through her tooth fillings great work, boys im making it our lead story what . frensky frames friends . Thats a dirty rotten lie aah ratburn good morning, class. You can put away your books. Therell be no school today. kids gasp arthur, pinch me im dreaming instead, youll all be going to work. Um, excuse me, mr. Ratburn but i think thats against child labor laws. You wont actually be working, alan. You will spend the day with someone elses parent at their workplace. Can i go to brains moms ice cream shop . kids all ask to go to ice cream shop you cant all go to the same place so im going to pass around this hat and youll each pick out a name. Oliver frensky. Cool im going to the dump run, dont walk to crosswire motors. sarcastically great. Ha i mean. Great chuckles nervously oh. The newspaper . Boring. Nothing interesting ever happens in elwood city. Muffy if you colorcoordinate your flavors, youll increase sales. Presentation is everything. Like my daddy always says. Never overestimate the intelligence of the customer, arthur. I convinced my own cousin to buy a worthless. Brain the new speedo Accounting Software is superior to the speed 5. 0 i just demonstrated. To install it, just drag youre old Accounting Program into the trash. Buster what does this button do . No first time at a newspaper, francine . You must be so excited come on, ill show you everything the building was built in 1949 of brick and limestone. And this is a broom closet. The cafeterias that way. The specials are london broil and chicken piccata. The ceilings are 15 feet tall. There is a factchecker which is someone who checks facts. And this. Is the news room. Wow and now, for a very special treat were going to send you on an assignment with our top Sports Reporter harry mills hiya, frensky how do you feel about horses . Horses . I love them great youre hired. I lost my photographer today and need someone to shoot the horse race in erie. Harry so over there is where they bring the horses after the race for the crowning ceremony. Oh, theyre starting whats that white goat doing on the track . White goat . Dont think i know that horse. Whos the jockey . goat bleats, horses whinny crowd gasps cool ms. Baxter who would guess that one goat could cause so much trouble . Its lucky we had francine there to get these photos. Youre an ace reporter, frensky this one will go very nicely on the front page of tomorrows sports section. Francine mr. Mills and ms. Baxter said i was an ace reporter. So ive decided to share my talent by starting my own paper the frensky star with the help of my dads old camera and his reporting cap ratburn thank you, francine. That was quite a story. I cant wait to see your first installment. Oh kids laugh francine, i definitely can wait until after class. Sorry. Okay typewriter, pads, pencils, camera. Im all set. Now all i need is a story. Katherine the news room . What on earth have you done to my room . Its my room, too. And now its also the headquarters of an important newspaper. Have you completely lost your mind . I want this junk out of here now hey thats not junk thats my research i have a job to do the only job you have to do is to keep your grubby, little hands away from my stuff you pesky little. That was great how about a little more rage . Give me that camera sorry, charlie. This is great copy francine thanks, muffy. Dont mention it. Daddy and i are supportive of the media. And its free advertising. Thanks, gordy. Put it on the account. laughing this is an embarrassing picture, even for katherine. We better make sure mr. Ratburn doesnt see this. laughing katherine cracks arthur she looks like a werewolf binky i like the next one no ifs, ands or buts this is great, francine you really make the news interesting you think this is good . Wait till you see what else i have very interesting ah theres a cute wittle wabbit. Arthur two hours of my life wasted id rather have been doing math homework its your fault, arthur. You lost the bet. I told you that nadine could hold her breath for two hours d. W. , your Imaginary Friend doesnt even have breath to hold you tricked me into playing that. All right, you two. Arthur, next time you can pick the movie and youll get an extra large popcorn. Yes well, it worked with the goat. Okay, nemo just like i told you. mews buster shouts, boys grunt whered your mom get all this stuff anyway . Muffy tadah what do you think . Oh, i need pearls with this. What was that . Uh, was that lightning . Must be a storm coming. Got to go thanks, gordy. Put it on the account. laughing arthurs love for mary moo cow d. W. Tricked me into seeing that dumb movie muffy i would never wear polka dots and stripes together. We were kidding around yeah, and i thought i was petting a rat. Francine hey, guys. Anything interesting in the papers . The crosswires are officially withdrawing their funding nobody say another word, muffy. It might be printed in that rag the frensky star. Hey, i just tell it like it is can i sit here . All no comment. Oh, this is ridiculous how long will i get the silent treatment . All no comment. But it isnt fair i didnt make up those stories. I just reported them. What do you want me to do . You could print an article saying those photos were out of context. Mmm. I dont think so. Thats not a very good story. Huh i cant eat here with the tabloids hounding me like this. Arthur, brain, care to join me . sighs ratburn you left out all the commas. A journalist should at least try to use proper grammar. sighs francine banging drums and singing offkey gasps what . Who. . laughing laughing laughing laughing this is the lowest of the low this isnt news its just revenge laughs we didnt do anything, francine honest. Yeah, but we wish we did aha i knew it was you all along, buster. You were jealous of the praise i got from harry and your mom. Youre even passing them out these . I just picked them up off the floor. Ever since my day with your dad i see garbage everywhere arthur really, francine, it wasnt us. growls even we dont work that fast. Ratburn nice work, francine. It takes character to be able to poke fun at yourself. Looks like the ace reporter is a laughing stock. I think ill call this story pesky sister gets just desserts. You . Youre the inquirer . You think youre the only one with a camera . But why . Everyones laughing at me so you would know what it feels like. Besides, i didnt want you to lose all your friends. I think i did that anyway. Dont worry. Tomorrow itll all be yesterdays news. How do you know . Thats what happened when i was an annoying thirdgrader and photographed all my friends. Wow my two daughters not fighting for a whole minute . Now, this is a story katherine hands off the can, squirt its mine i called it. I dont care im older and stronger and its my soda you want a piece of me . Come on, twinkle toes ill never let go theyll bury me with this soda mine, you hear . And now. Kids one, two, three, four. Boy francine has a newspaper. Well, we do our own news show. We do the morning news for our school. Everyone in school sees our news. Girl please tune your tv sets to channel four for the morning news. Boy good morning. Students, staff, parent volunteers and faculty of the agassiz school. Everyone works together as a team. Im jarvus. And emmins will help me be announcer. Girl bryce is on graphics. Boy jeanson is on deck. Girl lia makes characters. Boy julia will be our video switcher. Im on audio mixer and halima is the phone announcer. We tell the school whats going on. Lunch for today is baked chicken patty on a bun. Jarvis we have, like, little pictures of the lunch. Im doing this right now. The main thing for the day is right there. Then we put it below this. Emmins on tv . Fruit and milk. And he also announced a Summer Reading program. The Summer Reading program at the Cambridge Public Library will be starting up soon. Im glad i found out about that. The lost and found article for today is. This striped shirt. That looks like jaspers shirt. I really like the news show. Its very interesting. I love who i am and will always strive to be the best possible me. Both thank you and have a great learning day. Woman whoo, good, cut off the air. Boy all right woman have a great day. kids chatting kids and now. D. W. so what are we playing today, arthur . Underwater tea party or slowmotion ballet . Haha loudly me, do ballet thats a good one you liked doing it last weekend. And your grand jete is getting a lot better. You have to play with your own friends today, d. W. Hey, emily come on in the water is deelicious i have to finish lunch. Want some of my pate sandwich . No and i wouldnt eat that if i were you. Pate is just a fancy name for liverwurst. Hey, tommy, timmy, want to play fish . Ill let you two be the sharks. Sure just wait till we finish putting on our sunblock. You missed a spot on your head. Oh, yeah . Well, you missed a spot on your back. both grunting why do i even bother . D. W. boring i wish something would happen. Wait i didnt mean it i take it back thunder cracks honest, it was a joke. thunder cracks and rumbles d. W. stop turn around, turn around d. W. , whats wrong . This isnt my backpack someone stole my backpack tadah my backpack has d. W. Written on it and thats not a d, and thats not a w arthur om. Ble. Do you know anyone named omble . D. W. i thought these people were my friends. Little did i know, i was swimming with a pack of thieves. Calm down, d. W. Someone probably put it in the lost and found. Mom well have to come back monday. The office is closed. But todays saturday thats almost two whole days away all my important stuff is in that backpack my glitter, my mary moo cow and my crazy bus tape what are we going to do . Have some peace and quiet . Hmph d. W. hey ow looking for my snowball, werent you . For the tenmillionth time i did not take your snowball. Well, someone did and now someone took my backpack, too. Who knows what theyll steal from me next. I should put a lock on these shoes. Arthur, look up omble for me. It wont be in the phone book, d. W. It isnt a real name. Omble is just nonsense. Thats silly. Why would someone write nonsense on their backpack . Unless they didnt want anyone to know their real name this omble is sneaky very sneaky. D. W. think, nadine, think who is this omble . Emily . The tibbles . No. Emilys too nice and tommy and timmy arent smart enough to pull this one off. We need clues. Whats this . Maybe its a horn. You mean like a unicorns horn . vacuum whirring sweetheart, where is your horn . It was in my backpack, mom. But i switched it with d. W. s. Look what i got instead glitter giggling this means another trip to the horn store your third this year. No, unicorns dont steal; theyre good creatures. Maybe those are to hide the ombles sharp, pointy teeth . Youre right theyre fang hiders look, a tiny wall and tiny mountains and snow i bet this is where omble lives. laughing evilly screams, grunts he fattens us up on snow turns us into plastic hamburgers and. And feeds us to polly locket dolls gasps nadine, ive got to find that backpack before its too late well, theres nothing you can do now. Better get some sleep. I cant sleep marys about to become a hamburger if you were a real friend, youd stay awake with me. yawns but im not real; im imaginary. D. W. and he flies around in a black blimp, looking for backpacks to steal computer voice backpack located. Owner Dora Winifred read. Contents plastic cow, crazy bus tape, glitter. Glitter thunder cracks d. W. and while everyone is trying to keep their stuff dry a hose comes down and sucks up the backpack. And he leaves this ugly one in its place its hideous mom said i had to babysit you. She didnt say anything about listening to the worlds most boring story. Can i have some more pretend tea . Um, its all gone, arthur. Theres only one thing to do. You must find out more about those things in ombles bag but how . How . groaning my brain is melting with boredom. gasps arthur, thats it brain hmm. Yes, fascinating it appears to be an earthy substance composed primarily of decomposed igneous and metamorphic rock. Its clay. What would omble want with a boring lump of clay . Its been molded into something. It kind of looks like the eiffel tower. The eiffel tower . Thats in france, isnt it . So thats where ombles hiding. We better start biking now, arthur. I want to get there before dinner. You cant bike to france. The Atlantic Ocean is between here and there. And i forgot to bring the water wings but you could talk to buster. Hes actually been to france. Buster yep, its a Perfect Match. Ah, paris. The crepes, the croissants, the french fries. Whats a croissant . A french roll, shaped like a moon. You want one . I saved it from my trip last summer. Did you see anything in france that looked like this . chewing no. What is it . A xylophone for mice . I think omble uses them to hide his sharp, pointy teeth. Hey, you might be right about that. Arthur d. W. , once and for all theres no such thing as fang hiders d. W. And buster then what are they . Theyre. Theyre. Okay, i dont know what they are. But i know someone who will. panpipes playing theyre called panpipes. Theyre from the andes a Mountain Range in south america. And i bet this is a souvenir of the great wall of china a wall so big and long it can be seen from space. Ive always wanted to go there. Wow france, south america, china omble has been everywhere yep. He sounds like a very interesting person. Okay, so whoever has your bag is not a monster just someone whos been to a lot of places. Can we go home now . Just one more stop. We are not going to the andes the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime, arthur. Excuse me, sir. Oh, no. Im not sure what he looks like but his name is omble, and he doesnt have fangs. Dont listen to her. Shes just some crazy little girl im babysitting. gasps look, arthur ombles blimp gasps and theres omble stop, thief come back, omble, come back groans you . hi, were making mud people. Want to join us . I thought we were making mud pies i changed my mind. both grunting what happened . I dont want to talk about it. Look, d. W. , mom will take you to the lost and found tomorrow and your bag will probably be there. Maybe. But i bet omble wont be there. I really wanted to meet him even if he is a backpack thief. Why . Because he sounds so interesting not like my friends. Timmy hey, d. W. Look what i made. Know what it is . An earthy substance composed primarily of decomposed igneous and metamorphic rock. Clay, silly its the Leaning Tower of pisa. Were making the great towers of the world want to see my eiffel tower . both gasp mary cownapper you should be in jail i didnt take your cow honest. I dont know how it got in my bag. Hey, wait, this isnt your backpack, tommy. This ones too clean. And it has my name on it see . Thats a d, and thats a w well, i didnt know; i cant read. Wait if this is your backpack then wheres my backpack . i have really important stuff in there my eiffel tower, my panpipes my souvenir from the great wall of china you really are omble wheres my backpack . mom and i dropped your backpack off at the lost and found this morning. None of this would have happened if youd just written your name on it. I did write my name on it. It says tommy tibble. Arthur, you cant read it used to say tommy tibble but some of the letters have rubbed off see . Oh. But how come you had all that interesting stuff in your bag . You mean the souvenir from china . My mom got it for me on a trip she took. And the panpipes are for our folk music lessons. I play the charrango strumming wow you play a mean charrango emily d. W. my hat, my lovely hat its been stolen one minute it was next to me then i looked down and this was there mine had my name sewn on the inside. Theres something in there but i cant read it whats it say, arthur . Dryclean only. Dryclean only . Whos that . I dont know any dryclean only dont worry, emily well find him. Hes out there somewhere. Hi, everyone, its me, buster. Hold onto your hats because im heading out of elwood city and into the country. On my trip with my dad im seeing the coolest cowboys the finest fiddlers and the greatest ranches and farms in the countryside. Yeehah im sending it all back to my friends in elwood city on my very own video postcards. Theyre postcards from buster. Visit us online at pbskidsgo. Org. 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