♪ HEY, WOW... ♪

♪ HERE'S HOW ♪

♪ COME AND READ ♪

♪ BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

Chorus: ♪ COME ON ♪

♪ COME IN ♪

♪ BEGIN ♪

♪ THE WORLD AWAITS ♪

Woman: ♪ BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BETWEEN THE COVERS OF A BOOK ♪

♪ IT'S TIME TO LOOK BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BEHOLD THE TALES BEYOND THE TAILS ♪

Chorus: ♪ BEHIND THE DOOR ♪

♪ BECOME, EXPLORE ♪

♪ COME IN BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BEGIN BETWEEN THE LIONS ♪

♪ BE HERE BETWEEN THE LIONS! ♪

Lionel: A NEW ONE?

ARE YOU SURE?

Theo: OH, YEAH, YEAH, BRAND NEW TUFT.

WOW!

OH, YES, LIONEL

YOUR MANE IS FILLING OUT NICELY.

REALLY, DAD?

MM-HMM.

WHOA!

( Lionel shouts )

LEONA!

( scuffling )

LEONA!

YOU'RE MESSING UP MY MANE, MAN!

SORRY, LIONEL.

I WAS TRYING TO JUMP ON DADDY.

HOW COME I CAN NEVER SNEAK UP ON YOU, DADDY?

WELL, LEONA

THERE REALLY ISN'T A LION

IN THE WHOLE WORLD

WHO CAN SNEAK UP ON YOUR OLD DAD...

( chuckles smugly )

( shouts )

( laughing )

EXCEPT YOUR MOTHER.

OH, THEO.

NOW, I WAS SNIFFING AROUND

OUR OLDEST BOOKS TODAY

AND I FOUND THIS--

GREEK MYTHS.

GET A WHIFF OF THAT!

OH, YEAH!

I DON'T MIND IF I DO.

MMM... ( sniffs )

OH, YUMMY!

OH, SMELL THAT PAPER

AND THE AGED BINDING'S FINE AROMA.

( sniffs )

OH, I CAN ALMOST TASTE

THE STORIES, THE PLOT TWISTS, THE VOWELS!

THEO... THEO?

WHAT?

OH! SORRY ABOUT THAT.

HEY, LET'S READ ONE, HUH?

OH, GOOD IDEA.

OH, YEAH, LET'S SEE, UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY?

OH, HEY!

HOW ABOUT PANDORA'S BOX, HMM?

GOOD CHOICE!

OH, SUCH DELICIOUS CHARACTERS!

THE SAVORY PLOT TWISTS!

OH, THE DELECTABLE DENOUEMENT!

CLEO.

OH, SORRY.

( chuckles )

( clears his throat )

( reading aloud )

GREETINGS, MY WIFE PANDORA.

AND GREETINGS TO YOU, MY HUSBAND EPI... EPI...

EPIMETHEUS.

RIGHT.

ONE DAY, PANDORA WAS IN A LITTLE-USED PART OF THE HOUSE

WHEN SHE DISCOVERED...

A PONY?

( chuckles )

NO...

Theo: A BOX!

( continues reading )

OH, WHAT A BIG BOX!

BEAUTIFUL, TOO.

THAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING BOX I HAVE EVER SEEN.

I WONDER WHAT COULD BE INSIDE.

"THE END."

HMM?

HUH?

THE END?!

WELL, WHAT KIND OF STORY IS THAT?

THE REST OF THE STORY IS MISSING.

THE PAGES MUST HAVE FALLEN OUT.

OH... NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW

IF THERE WAS A PONY IN THE BOX.

HA! THERE'S NO PONY IN THERE.

IT'S TOO SMALL.

COULD BE A SMALL PONY.

OH.

NOW

DON'T WORRY, CUBS.

WE'LL HUNT DOWN THE MISSING PAGES.

WE'LL SNIFF THEM OUT

AND THEN WE'LL POUNCE ON THEM!

AND THEN WE'LL DRAG THEM BACK HERE

AND READ THEM!

( growls )

LET'S HUNT!

RIGHT!

( all sniffing )

OKAY, LET'S SEE.

AH!

GOT THE SCENT.

HAVE YOU GOT IT?

YES, LET'S FOLLOW THAT SCENT!

RIGHT!

YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH.

( sniffs )

THEO?

Theo: FOLLOWING THE SCENT

IN THIS DIRECTION!

HURRY!

"BOX."

"OX."

Announcer: AND NOW, LOVERS OF THE VOWELS "A," "E," "I," "O," "U"

AND SOMETIMES "Y"

ROCK ON WITH THE VOWELLES, SINGING THE SHORT "O" SOUND

FROM THEIR HIT WORD, "FOX."

( singing repeated short "o" sound to soul tune )

( song ends; cheering and applause )

OX.

B-B-B.

OX, OX.

B... B...

OX, OX.

B... OX.

B-B... OX.

B-B... OX.

B... OX.

B... OX.

BOX!

AND NOW, FUN WITH CHICKEN JANE.

TODAY...

Woman ( singing ):

( squawks )

( clucking )

( squawks )

( squawking excitedly )

( hooves thundering )

( bellowing )

( squawking hysterically )

( squawking )

( squawking feebly )

( squawks )

( squawks )

( sighs )

OH, I WANT TO KNOW

WHAT'S IN PANDORA'S BOX NOW!

YEAH, SO DO I, BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT.

WHAT IF... WHAT IF WE GET CLICK TO TAKE THE BOX OUT OF THE BOOK?

THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP AND SEE WHAT'S INSIDE.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH.

CLICK!

CLICK!

CLICK!

CLICK!

NO!

DO NOT TAKE THE BOX OUT OF THE BOOK, AND...

CLICK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

DRAG AND DROP THE BOX OUT OF THIS BOOK?

INITIATING DRAG AND DROP.

( beeping )

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

I DON'T WANT

THE WORD "BOX."

I WANT THE BOX BOX.

PUT THAT THERE.

YEAH.

NEXT TIME, LIONEL, PLEASE BE MORE SPECIFIC

WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.

( beeping )

WHOA!

WOW!

TASK COMPLETED.

MOUSE EXITING.

WOW! LET'S OPEN IT, LET'S OPEN IT!

NO, WAIT!

WHAT?

THERE ARE SIGNS ALL OVER THIS BOX

THAT SAY, "DO NOT OPEN!"

( ominous chord plays )

DO NOT OPEN?

( ominous chord )

YEAH! WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS.

SO?

SO, AN EXCLAMATION POINT MEANS

THE SIGNS DON'T JUST SAY "DO NOT OPEN."

( silence )

THEY SAY

"DO NOT OPEN!"

( ominous chord )

OH.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I JUST SAID, THE SIGN SAYS...

( shouting ): DO NOT OPEN...

EXCLAMATION POINT.

YES, I KNOW, BUT THE SIGN DOES NOT SAY

"DO NOT PEEK"... EXCLAMATION POINT.

THAT'S TRUE.

LET'S PEEK INSIDE, YEAH.

( box creaking open )

( creature squeals )

WHOA! WHAT IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT A PONY.

( hiccups twice )

HEY, I'VE GOT THE... HICCUPS.

ME, TOO.

( hiccups )

OH...

WHOA!

HEY!

( squeaking )

( Lionel hiccuping )

( Leona and phone hiccuping )

UH-OH!

( panting )

OH!

( chuckles )

( makes short "o" sound )

( makes "t" sound )

OT, OT.

( panting )

H...

H... OT.

HOT.

HOT.

WHOO!

HOT!

( makes sizzle sound )

HOT!

Chorus: ♪ WHAT'S COOKING WITH THEO AND CLEO ♪

♪ CHECK OUT WHAT'S COOKING! ♪

ARE YOU READY, THEO

MY SHOULDER OF WILD BOAR?

WHAT?

OH, YES, YES, READY, CLEO

MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LAMB SHANK.

OKAY!

TODAY'S RECIPE...

( Cleo reading aloud )

( chuckles hungrily )

YUMMY!

Cleo: ONE...

AHA! TOP!

OFF POT.

( top clatters loudly on floor )

TWO...

AHA!

ONE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY BIG PIECE OF CHEESE

DROP IN THE POT WITH NO TOP.

CHOP!

( laughing goofily )

( groaning )

DROP...

CHOP...

IN THE POT!

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!

WHAT?!

THREE HOURS?

NAH!

NAH!

( both growling hungrily )

AND NOW, MS. FAITH PRINCE AND MR. WALTER BOBBIE

WILL SING THE SOUND OF THE LETTER "O" IN THE WORD "HOT."

( singing Charleston dance music on short "o" sound )

( cheering and applause )

THAT WAS FUN!

( cheering and applause continue )

( spring boinging )

Man: ♪ THERE ONCE WAS A MISCHIEVOUS TOT ♪

♪ WHOSE MOM SAID, "GO SLEEP IN YOUR COT" ♪

♪ BUT HE PUT "N," YOU SEE, WHERE THAT "C" USED TO BE ♪

♪ AND NOW, IS HE SLEEPING? ♪

♪ HE'S NOT, OH NO ♪

♪ YOU ASK IF HE'S SLEEPING, HE'S NOT. ♪

AND NOW, 35 NAMES

WITH THE SHORT "O"-- "AH"-- SOUND IN THEM.

♪ HI, I'M TOPSY ♪

♪ YO, I'M TOM ♪

♪ MEET FLOPSY, MOPSY ♪

♪ MOPSY'S MOM ♪

♪ OLLIE, HOLLY, ROB AND SCOT ♪

♪ DOLLY, MOLLY, BOB AND DOT ♪

♪ VERONICA, LEVON, LIONDA ♪

♪ MONICA, DIONNE AND RHONDA ♪

♪ BONNIE, LOTTIE, LON, ALONZO ♪

♪ CONNIE, SCOTTIE, RON AND GONZO ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ♪

Kids: ♪ WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ♪

♪ ENJOY YOUR LITTLE MOMENT OF FAME! ♪

♪ DONALD, FOXY, ROZ, YVONNE ♪

♪ RONALD, ROXIE, OZZIE, JON ♪

♪ IN ALL OUR NAMES YOU'LL FIND SHORT "O" ♪

♪ IT SOUNDS LIKE "AH" ♪

♪ WE GOT TO GO! ♪

AH!

( creature squeaking )

( patrons start hiccuping, one by one )

( everyone hiccuping )

THAT THING IS GIVING EVERYONE THE HICCUPS.

FATAL ERROR!

( hiccuping )

LIONEL?

LIONA?!