and I'm looking for the word on the street.

What's the word on the street?

- Astounding.

- What is astounding?

- Something so amazing that I take you by surprise.

- What kind of things can be astounding?

- A rainbow.

- The Grand Canyon.

- Really cool rollercoaster.

- A shooting star.

- When the peacocks spread their entire tail feather out,

and you see all those beautiful colors.

- Keep listening for the word, huh, astounding

today on "Sesame Street."

Ha.

Astounding.

Ha.

That's the word on the street.

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ Sunny day ♪

♪ Sweeping the clouds away ♪

♪ On my way to where the air is clean ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ Come and play ♪

♪ Everything's a-okay ♪

♪ Friendly neighbors, ♪

♪ Yeah that's where we meet ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ To Sesame Street ♪

- Hey, welcome to Sesame Street.

- Hi Alan, hi Tully.

- Hi, Cookie Monster.

- Hi Gordon.

Hi Gina.

Hi Elmo.

- Hi Cookie.

- Hi, Abby, what you doing?

- Hi Cookie.

Well, Elmo and I have some very important business

to do today.

- Yes, very important business.

Presenting-

- [Abby And Elmo] The number of the day.

- Oh, me not see number of day,

where number?

- Oh, go for it, Abby.

- Magic wand, what do you say,

give us the number of the day.

- [Abby And Elmo] Ta-da.

- It's the number six.

- Whoa, that astounding.

- Astounding?

- Yeah, yeah, that mean it so amazing

it take me by surprise.

That trick astounding, how you do that?

- Abby's magic wand.

- Wait, wait, hold the phone.

That wand can make something appear

out of nowhere?

- Cool, huh?

- Hey, Elmo, if we're gonna talk about

the number six,

we need six things to count, right?

- Oh right, go for it, go for it.

- Okay.

Okay, I got it.

Magic wand and fairy wings,

give us six little things.

- Ah, ping pong balls.

- Oh, you mean that wand can make

lots of things appear out of nowhere?

- Yeah, lots and lots of things.

- Okay, you know what,

that also astounding.

(Abby and Elmo laughing)

- Hey, hey, let's count the ping pong balls,

and make sure there are six.

- [Elmo And Abby] One,

two,

three,

four,

five,

six.

- Six ping pong balls all together.

That's six.

- [Elmo And Abby] The number of the day.

(Elmo and Abby laughing)

- Abby's wand did it again.

- Whoa, wowe, wowe, wow.

- Where are you going, Cookie Monster?

- Me need time to process this.

- Oh, okay.

- Oh, wowe, wow, wowe, wow.

That wand amazing.

Me wonder, what if me had magic wand like that.

(gentle music)

♪ Me could wish for a cookie ♪

♪ And it would appear any time of the day ♪

♪ Any day of the year ♪

♪ Me could have cookies coming out of me ear ♪

♪ If me had that magic wand ♪

♪ Me could wish for a cookie castle ♪

♪ Where me could be cookie king ♪

♪ And grow me own cookie country ♪

♪ Wouldn't that be a cookieful thing ♪

♪ If me had that wand ♪

♪ If me had that wand ♪

♪ If me had that magic wand ♪

Oh boy, cookies, cookies and more cookies

nom, nom, nom.

Me got to get that wand.

- And now for our next important business.

- Hi, me repairman.

Me magic wand repairman at your service.

- Magic wand repair man?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, me fix that magic wand

free of charge.

Give me wand.

- Mr. Repairman, Mr. Repairman,

Abby's wand isn't broken,

it doesn't need fixing.

- Says you.

Me going to take it in for little checkup just to be sure.

Give me wand.

Give me wand.

- No thanks, my wand is just fine.

Watch and see for yourself.

- Now, Abby and Elmo will show everybody

about same and different

using these six ping pong balls.

- Oh, these ping pong balls

all look exactly the same, what, different?

- Oh, you'll see.

Magic wand, here's the game,

make them different, not the same.

- They not the same anymore.

They all different colors now.

- [Abby] Six same.

Six different.

Six same.

Six different.

- See, Mr. Repairman, Abby's wand isn't broken,

it works perfectly.

- Right,

Yeah, well, me just going to...

Bye bye.

- Boy that Mr. Repairman sure does remind Elmo of somebody.

- Yeah.

- Whoa.

That wand can make same things different.

Oh, imagine what me could do with that.

♪ Me could start with cookies ♪

♪ that all look the same ♪

♪ magic wand make them different me proudly exclaim ♪

♪ and poof there'd be too many favors to name ♪

♪ if me had that magic wand ♪

Cookies.

All different colors, all different yummy flavors.

Nom, nom.

Me got to have that wand.

Ah.

- And now-

- New wands for old.

- Who are you?

- Oh, hi me salesman offering you a special deal.

You give me you old used wand,

and me give you this beautiful new one.

- But Mr. Salesman, Abby doesn't want a new wand,

isn't that right, Abby?

- Yeah, yeah, I like the one I have.

- Yeah, that wand is so last year,

you need new model hot off assembly line, state of art.

Hear me trade you.

- Yeah, yeah, no, no thanks.

And besides, I have some important business

to do with my wand.

- That's right, that's right.

Okay, here we go.

Now Abby and Elmo will show everybody

about big and small using these ping pong balls.

- Oh, that's silly,

these balls all look pretty small to me.

- Go for it, Abby.

- Magic wand, jiggity, jig,

change these balls from small to big.

- Me no be believe it.

- Six big ping pong balls.

Six small.

Six big.

Six small,

six big.

- Yes, see Mr. Salesman, Abby that doesn't need a new wand.

Her old wand is great.

- Yeah, okay, right.

Well, huh, me just going to, why, da, bye bye.

- Bye bye.

- Oh that wand can make small things big.

Oh, imagine what me could do with that.

♪ Me could start with cookie as small as a pea ♪

♪ and with one little wave it would change suddenly ♪

♪ to cookie so giant it is bigger than me ♪

♪ If me had that magic wand ♪

- Big, giant, humongous cookie.

Nom, nom, nom.

Me got to have that wand.

- What do you wanna do next, Elmo?

- Let's see, let's play hide and seek.

- Yeah, I'll hide, you seek.

- Okay.

Abby, no magic allowed in hide and seek, okay?

- Oh, I know.

But just to be sure I'll leave my wand here.

- Okay.

- Come on.

- Cookie Monster, that you?

- What?

How you know it me, Alan?

- I took a wild guess.

- But you are not supposed to recognize me,

me in disguise.

- Why, why are you in disguise?

- Oh, so me can get wand.

- Wand?

You mean Abby's wand?

- That the one.

Yeah, me no can stop thinking about that.

The wand.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.

- Oh boy.

Cookie Monster, wait, what are you doing?

- Me going to get wand, why?

- Why?

Because it does not belong to you,

that is Abby's wand.

- Yeah, me know, Alan,

but if me had this wand

me could have all the cookies in town,

all the cookies in the world,

all the cookies in the universe.

Me want this wand.

- Cookie stop.

Now think about what you're doing very carefully.

- Yeah me am thinking, Alan,

me thinking about all the cookies

me gonna get with this wand.

- No, no, no.

Think about what will happen if you take Abby's wand.

- Me just told you,

me get all the cookies in the world all the time.

Bye, bye.

- Hey, is that fair?

- Fair?

Me no think about fair.

- Well, think about it.

Abby will come back to look for her wand,

and it'll be gone.

- Oh no.

Oh, Abby looks sad without her wand.

Me no think of that.

Oh, what's happening now?

- Oh, well now she's angry.

- She angry at me for taking wand.

- Of course she is.

- Oh no.

Oh no.

Abby, no be me friend anymore.

- Maybe not.

- Me could have all the cookies in the world,

but me would not have Abby for friend.

We love cookies

and me love Abby.

Cookies, Abby,

Cookies, Abby,

Cookies, Abby.

You know what?

Me know what me have to do?