School Readiness.

COOKIE MONSTER: [MUNCHING LOUDLY]

NARRATOR: He was a karate teacher looking for a student.

MR. MICOOKIE: Want to learn biscotti karate?

FLY: No, thanks.

I take fly kwon do.

Hiyah!

NARRATOR: He was a karate student who wasn't ready for

karate school.

COOKIE MONSTER: Watch me do cookie crane kick.

Hiyah!

[GROANING]

[WATER SPLASHES]

NARRATOR: Can Cookie Monster become a

successful karate student?

COOKIE MONSTER: Me not know.

Can me?

NARRATOR: Find out in "The Biscotti Kid."

MR. MICOOKIE: Cookie-san, if you listen closely, I will

teach you the ancient art of biscotti karate.

And soon you will earn black and white cookie belt.

COOKIE MONSTER: Oh boy, oh boy.

Oh, me want that belt so bad.

Uh, what me have to do?

MR. MICOOKIE: In order to learn biscotti karate, you

must listen with your whole body.

Eyes watch.

Ears listen.

Voice quiet.

Body calm.

COOKIE MONSTER: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Me good listener, Mr. Micookie.

Now show me how to do biscotti karate.

MR. MICOOKIE: Biscotti karate is this.

(QUICKLY) Snacks on, snacks off.

COOKIE MONSTER: (INTERNAL THOUGHTS]

Oh--

MR. MICOOKIE: Snacks on.

COOKIE MONSTER: --boy.

Look at black and white cookie belt.

Ohh, me want it so bad.

MR. MICOOKIE: OK, Cookie-san.

COOKIE MONSTER: What?

MR. MICOOKIE: Show me biscotti karate.

COOKIE MONSTER: Oh, me turn, me turn.

OK.

Me can do this.

Snacks in.

[MUNCHING]

[GROANING]

Who this guy?

MR. MICOOKIE: This is my other student, the Karate Squid.

Tell me, Karate Squid, was Cookie-san listening with

whole body?

KARATE SQUID: No, sensei.

COOKIE MONSTER: [GROANING]

What me do wrong?

Why me no get biscotti karate?

MR. MICOOKIE: Because you weren't

listening with whole body.

Remember, eyes watch.

Ears listen.

Voice quiet.

Body calm.

COOKIE MONSTER: OK.

Show me biscotti karate.

MR. MICOOKIE: This is biscotti karate.

(QUICKLY) Snacks on, snacks off.

Snacks on, snacks off.

COOKIE MONSTER: (INTERNAL THOUGHTS]

Oh boy, oh boy.

Me no can help looking at cookie belt.

Ohh.

But at least me can listen with ears while

me look at the belt.

MR. MICOOKIE: OK, Cookie-san, your turn.

Show me biscotti karate.

COOKIE MONSTER: Oh boy, oh boy.

Me listen this time.

OK.

Here me go.

Snacks on, snacks off.

Cowabunga!

[GROANING]

MR. MICOOKIE: Karate Squid, was Cookie-san listening with

his whole body?

KARATE SQUID: No, sensei.

COOKIE MONSTER: [GROANING]

But me was listening.

MR. MICOOKIE: You were listening with just your ears,

Cookie-san.

You need to listen with whole body.

Remember, eyes watch.

Ears listen.

Voice quiet.

Body calm.

COOKIE MONSTER: Eyes, ears, voice, body.

Me think me got it.

MR. MICOOKIE: I hope so.

I shall show you biscotti karate one last time.

(QUICKLY) Snacks on, snacks off.

Snacks on, snacks off.

COOKIE MONSTER: Eyes watch.

Ears listen.

(WHISPERING) Voice quiet.

Body calm.

MR. MICOOKIE: OK, Cookie-san, it is your turn.

Show me biscotti karate.

COOKIE MONSTER: Snacks on.

Uh-oh.

Where me put it again?

Wait!

Me listened with whole body.

And me remember it go like this.

Snacks on, snacks off.

Snacks on, snacks off.

MR. MICOOKIE: Karate Squid, was Cookie-san listening with

his whole body?

KARATE SQUID: Yes, sensei.

MR. MICOOKIE: Because he has listened, Cookie-san has

earned this black and white cookie belt.

COOKIE MONSTER: [GASPS]

Oh, boy.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING]

"We have a monster who really loves cookies.

Love is the crunch of cookies that melt.

[? Sweetened ?]

karate, listen with body.

We did it all for this cookie belt."

MR. MICOOKIE: From now until the end of time or until

someone else plays you in the sequel or the remake, you

shall be known as the biscotti kid.

COOKIE MONSTER: Cowabunga!

[MUNCHING]

NARRATOR: "The Biscotti Kid," look and listen for it at a

theater near you.

COOKIE MONSTER: [MUNCHING]

[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING]

"Rhyming through this world on a bike.

Words end the same.

They sound alike."