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Hello everyone! Welcome to Chicago Children’s Theatre for today’s performance of 

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*Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster.* 

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Please turn off your cellphones and other electronic devices.

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For information on future performances and our camps and classes, please visit our website at chicagochildrenstheatre.org. 

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Before the show begins, please join us in watching a Land Acknowledgement video.

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[peaceful music, birds chirping]

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[construction noises growing louder]

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[sirens and loud city noises]

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[noises fade, narrator speaks]

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[gentle guitar strumming]

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[quirky music playing]

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## NARRATOR:
Chicago Children’s Theatre presents... 

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A Manual Cinema Production...

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*Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster!*

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Based on two books by Mo Willems. 

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Book 1:

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Leonardo was a terrible monster. He just couldn’t scare anyone. 

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-Rawwwrrrr!

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-D’awwww! 

-JUST adorable. 

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## NARRATOR:
He didn’t have 1,642 teeth like Tony. 

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He wasn’t big like Eleanor. 

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And he wasn’t just plain weird, like Hector. 

[weird noises]

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Leonardo tried very hard to be scary... 

[roars]

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But he just wasn’t! 

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He couldn’t scare babies... 

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-RAWR! 

-[baby giggles] 

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## NARRATOR:
He couldn’t scare grandmas... 

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-RAWR! 

-Oh, aren’t you cute! 

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Oh, look at that little nose. Boop!

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## NARRATOR:
He couldn’t even scare a little mouse... 

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[quiet squeaking]

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-I love cheese... Like gouda. And provolone. And brie! 

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Uh ohhh! 

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-Booga Booga Booga! 

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-Awwwww. Mwwah! You’re adorable. 

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-I AM NOT ADORABLE! 

-Umm, yes you are. 

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-YOU’RE ADORABLE!

-SO ARE YOOOOOUUU! OKAY BUH-BYE!

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-Did you see that? Why can’t I scare anybody? Here, look at this...look, look, look. See, look. 

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[quirky music]

I’ve got these scarrrry monster horns... that are kind of small. 

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And, I’ve got these scary monster fangs! Hissss. 

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Huh. That is NOT what I thought my teeth looked like. 

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But at least I’ve got these scarrry monster eyes! Yeah. They are red and mean, and... 

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Oh no! I AM adorable. 

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Awww, this is the worst! 

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Hey, stop. Stop wagging like that, it’s too cute! [sighs] 

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But that doesn’t matter. Looks don’t matter, right? What matters are scaaarrrrrry moves! 

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I’ve been practicing this one for weeks. You’re gonna be so scared...

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1, 2, 3... BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA! 

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Wait, you know what, I said 1, 2, 3. Let me try again and I won’t count.

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SKIBBIDY DOP BOP AH-DOOOO! 

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Well, that was just jazz.
One more time, let me try one more time.

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Gorgle orgle orgle!!!

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[Thump!]

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Hey Lily, was anybody scared?

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## NARRATOR:
Uh, let me check. Hey audience, were you scared? 

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No, they don’t seem to be very scared.

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-Aw, rats! 

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[menacing laughter offscreen]

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[menacing music playing]

-Hey, Leonardo! Scare anyone lately? 

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-Um. No. 

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-I knew it! You couldn’t even scare the audience, Leo-NERD-O! 

-Haha yeah, Leo-NERDO-O! 

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-[unintelligible] 

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-Sick burn, Fletcher. Yeah, you are a *terrible* monster. 

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-...and by that she means not that you are a monster who IS terrible, 

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but that you’re terrible AT BEING a monster! 

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-Thanks for clarifying, Brad. 

-Sure thing, Cynthia. 

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-Yeah, you couldn’t even scare a...a little kitty-cat! 

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-[unintelligible] 

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-Haha, you said it, Fletch! Leo-nerd-o couldn’t even scare a SCAREDY-CAT! 

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[mean laughter, music fades]

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-I could too scare a scaredy cat!! ...Maybe. 

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Maybe, if it was the most scaredy-cat kid... in the whole world!

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## NARRATOR:
That’s when Leonardo had an idea! 

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[ding!] 
[lo-fi upbeat music playing]

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-That’s it! I’ll find the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world... And scare the tuna-salad out of them!

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RAWRRRR! This is great! I’m so smart. And scary...! 

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[singing] I’ll look up, down, in and out 
And all around 

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For the scarediest scaredy-cat kid 
In any town 

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Scared of their own shadow 
[screams]
Scared of laundry machines 
[screams]

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I’ll be the most terrible monster 
[roar]
That they’ve ever seen 

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[synth drum break]

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To them I’ll be big 
To them I’ll be scary 

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Big nasty teeth 
Unsettingly hairy 

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To them I’ll be creepy 
To them I’ll be weird 

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Big nasty claws 
And a tail to be feared 

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To them I will lurk in the dark 
and be scary 

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Leonardo: A True Horror Visionary! 

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[synth drums, crowd cheers]

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[cameras shutter]

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[music continues, bullies groan and gasp]

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I’ll look up, down, in and out 
And all around 

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For the scarediest scaredy-cat kid 
[scream]
In any town 

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Scared of vibrating cell phones 
Scared of lima beans 

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[kids screaming]
I’ll be the most terrible monster 
that they’ve ever seen 

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[speaking] Perfect! 

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## NARRATOR:
Leonardo had the perfect plan.

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-Yeah, the perfect plan! 

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## NARRATOR:
There was just one problem...

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-Yeah! Just one pro- wait, what problem? 

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## NARRATOR:
Where was he going to find the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world? 

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-Where was he going to find the most...? 

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Oh yeah, I hadn’t thought of that. Huh. 

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There must be millions of kids in the world. 

And only some of them are scaredy-cats... and only ONE of them is the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world!

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What are the odds I am going to find THEM? 

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If only there was a place I could go for help... 

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[slide whistle]

-[ominous voice] LIBRARY.

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-Like a store where they give you knowledge... for free... 

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-[ominous voice] LIBRARY.

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-A place I could go for... information... 

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-[ominous voice] LIBRARY. 

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-Oh! The Public Library...! Well, OK! 

-[ominous voice] LIBRARY.

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[funky beat playing]

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## NARRATOR:
[speaking rhythmically] Now puzzle me this. What do you do when you’re looking for a piece of information? 

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You might not even be sure exactly what you’re looking for. 

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We call that a conundrum. 

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And you might be wondering... 

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“Do I have to look for this information all by myself?

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 It seems so hard... and boring... If only there was a...” 

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## ALL
[singing] PLACE YOU COULD GO...

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## NARRATOR
[speaking] And people who could help you find... 

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## ALL
[singing] INFORMATION... 

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## NARRATOR
[speaking] And especially if you wanted to find the scarediest-cat kid in the whole world so that you could scare the tuna salad out of them! 

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## ALL
[singing] 
TUNA SALAD!   

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## NARRATOR
[singing] People, places, colors, and shapes. 
Spelling and science, and outer space. 

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Things that have been, and things that never were. 
The library has what you’re looking for! 

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## ALL
[singing]
Library! Find it in the library!

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## NARRATOR
[speaking] Leonardo and the Librarian searched long into the night for the Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World... 

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They even went to the Scaredy-Cat Electronic Database. 

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[keyboard clicks]
Who? A kid! 

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What? A scaredy-cat. 

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Where? The WHOLE world. 

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When? Now. 

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Why? To scare the tuna salad out of them... Search!

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[dial-up screeching]

Leonardo searched until he found the perfect candidate:

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## ALL
[harmonizing] Sam! The Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the whole... WORLD!!! 

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[drum break]

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-Oh. Oh. Oh....

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AHHHHHHH!!! 

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## NARRATOR:
Sam was scared of EVERYTHING. 

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-AAAAGH! 

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[bark]
EEEK! 

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[sizzles]
AACK! 

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[rings]
WAHH! 

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[whoosh]
OOOO! 

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NUHHH...! 

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-Trick or Treat!
-Huh? AAAAAGH!

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## NARRATOR:
-Sam was scared of ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. 

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-AAAAAAUUUGHHHHH! 

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[screaming continues]

-Perfect! 

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[kids shouting happily]

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[creak, ominous riff]

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-ohhhh...
[quirky music]

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I am going to scare the tuna salad out of him! 

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[wind blows]

-AHHHH! 

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-Booga Booga Booga! Where did he go? Awww, nuts! 

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[Plop! Leo groans]

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I... am going to scare... the tuna salad out of him!! 
[slam]

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[school bell rings]

[Sam groans]

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[muffled] Hey! Booga Booga Booga! Let me out of here! 

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I am going to scare the- 

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[thud]

AAAUUGHH! 

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-Huh? 

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[yawns, lightswitch clicks] 

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-For real this time. I’m gonna scare the tuna salad out of him.

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I mean, monster under the bed? This is classic! Ha ha ha!

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## NARRATOR: 
So, Leonardo snuck up on the poor, unsuspecting boy... and the monster gave it all he had! 

[spooky music crescendoes]

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-GrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAWWWWWWWWWW. RAWR! RAWR! RAWR RAWR RAWR RAWR RAWR! 

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BLAGGLE BLAGGLE... RAWR! RAWR! RAWR RAWR RAWRRRR...! 

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[panting] 

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[sad music, Sam cries]

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I....DID IT! I did it! I finally scared the tuna salad out of somebody! High-five me, somebody high-five me! I did it! 

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-No, you didn’t!

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-I didn’t? Then why are you crying? 

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-I’m crying because....I’m crying because... 

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[frantic off-key strumming]

Briveldy Friveldy BROTHER Wackada Rackada FIXIT
Prinkeldy Trinkeldy TOE Weebly Sneebly FRIENDS 

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Rumbledy Bumbledy TUMMY 
Grackledy Spackledy Garbledoo Farbeldoo COCKATOO! 

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-Uh. What did you say? 

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[sad guitar strums]

-[singing] Why... I... am crying! 

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My mean big brother stole my action figure... 

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And then he broke it... He broke it on purpose... 

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And it was my favorite toy and I tried to fix it... 
But I couldn’t... 

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and I got so mad! And I got so mad!

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I kicked the table and I stubbed my toe... 

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On the same foot that I hurt when I accidentally slipped in the bathtub... 

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After I got soap in my eyes 
Trying to wash out the bird poop 

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That my brother’s cockatoo 
Pooped on my head... 

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And I have no friends... 

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And my tummy hurts...! 
And my tummy hurts...! 

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[speaking] That’s why.... 

[silence]

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-Oh... 

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[menacing music and laughter]

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-Wow, Leonardo. You couldn’t even scare The Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World? 

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-We knew you were a terrible monster, but we didn’t know you were *that* terrible, Leonardo! 

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-[unintelligible] 

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-That’s right, Fletcher! We’re going to tell everyone about this. 

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-Haha, I’m gonna tell my sister, and the mailman, and my mom’s friend Jodie...! 

[mean laughter]

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[melancholy music]

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## NARRATOR: 
That’s when Leonardo made a very big decision.

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-Uh... Rough day? 

-Yeah. 

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-There, there. 

-What are you doing?

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-I’m comforting you. 

-Yeah, but... But... aren’t you a monster?

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-Yeah, well. I’m a pretty terrible monster...

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-You’re not TERRIBLE terrible, but... actually, yeah, you are pretty terrible at being a monster.

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-Yeah, and if I can’t be a terrible MONSTER... 

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then maybe I can be... a... wonderful friend? 

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-A wonderful friend? 

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-A wonderful friend?? 

-A wonderful friend??? 

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-[unintelligible]?!?!

-Yeah! Maybe I could be. 

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[lo-fi upbeat music]

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Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Wonderful Friend 

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Teethy... Tall... Frightening... and Famous... 
My masterful monsterly dreams always seem on... hiatus

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Thoughtful... Warm.... Tender... Supporting...
[roars]

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Being a good friend, it might be much more on brand for me 

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[music continues]

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I don’t have to be flashy and creepy and weird
Or a horror visionary that’s feared 

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Maybe I could be friendly and noble and nice 
Maybe being a wonderful friend will suffice 

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I get to decide...
To be a terrible monster or a wonderful friend 

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You could be a terrible monster 
but why not be a wonderful friend? 

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[high-five]

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## NARRATOR:
But that didn’t mean that Leonardo wouldn’t try to scare his friend every now and then... 

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-Booga Booga Booga Booga! 

-Huh?

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-Oogly boogly boogly! Ha ha!

-Hahaha. 

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-1, 2, 3... Booga Booga Booga Booga! 

[record scratch]

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-Please scream.

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Aha! I did it! I scared the audience! Somebody high-five me! Someone high-five me! 

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[gasps] Somebody high-fived me! 

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-Hey, Leo!

-Yeah? 

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-Let’s play! 

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[menacing music and laughter]

-Well well well, look who’s got a new wonderful friend! 

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-Looks like the start of a beautiful new relationship to me!! 

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-[unintelligible]

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-Yeah, good one, Fletcher! 

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-That looks kind of nice, actually. 

-Yeah, I wish I had a wonderful friend. 

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-Aren’t... we wonderful friends? 

-[unintelligible]

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-Fletcher’s right. Our relationship is based on a more transactional... 

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## NARRATOR:
Hey, monsters? Sorry, but we gotta keep this moving. 

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-Sorry, Lily. 

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## NARRATOR: 
That’s alright. 

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-I thought we WERE wonderful friends... 

-No, I think we’re just a bunch of mean monsters... 

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-Oh....

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## NARRATOR: 
Book 2.

[thunderous steps]

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[slurp]

-Ahhh.

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In the Scaredy-Cat Electronic Data Base, or "SCERD", Sam was the most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World. 

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But Kerry was the SECOND most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World. On a technicality.

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[thunder]

-Eeeek! 

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Kerry was scared of ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.

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Eeek

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Ahhh! 

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Scared! 

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Ooooh! 

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Uhhhh uh-uh! 

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Uh, ohhhhh! 

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[shudders]

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[whirring]

Eeeeeeeek!!!

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## NARRATOR: 
Being the second most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world was... a lot! 

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-Ohhhh. 

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[spooky music] 

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-[silly voice] Boogety boogety boo!   

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## NARRATOR: 
Frankenthaler was the second most terrible monster in the world. 

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-Heyyy. 

[sniffling]

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-Hey, Kerry. 

-Oh, hi, Frankenthaler. 

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-Did I scare you this time? 

-Yes.... um, absolutely.... I was terrified. 

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-Kerry, why are you crying? 

-I am crying because... Because my... 

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[frantic off-key strumming]
Skrunkety Bunkety SISTER Jiggly Priggely LIZARD 
Flodey Splodey FAVORITE Shoopin Whoopin DRESS 

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Trockeru Mockelru MEENA Bacharach Scrackenack NO SNACK Blooferink Dooferink FRIENDS 
…and my tummy hurts! 

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-Not sure I caught all that.

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-[singing] Why... I... am crying! 

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My big mean sister took the last piece of my jigsaw puzzle 

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and fed it to, fed it to her lizard. Her lizard!!

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Then when I tried to play with my chemistry kit 

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[boom!]

I messed it up and everything exploded all over my favorite shirt 

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That I was going to wear for picture day 

[camera clicks]

So then my mom made me wear this stupid dress.

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This stupid dress! 

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And then Sherman and Meena 
Laughed at me at school 

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So I hid in the bathroom and missed my snack time. No snacks!

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I was hungry the rest of the day 

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And when I got home my sister had eaten all the cookies. Every last cookie!!

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And I have no friends!! 
And my tummy hurts!!! 

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[music fades]

-[speaking] That’s why. 

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-Uhhh, that sounds like a lot. 

-Yeah. 

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-Want some ice cream? 

-Yes!

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-Well, then, sounds like we are going to the ice cream shop! 

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-Shop? Scary! Um. Actually...nevermind. 

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-No take backs!!. I’m gonna get mint chocolate chip... no... cookies & cream... 

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[melancholy music]

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[bell rings]

Or maybe I'll get one of those fancy flavors like salted caramel rosemary lemon... or artisan rum raisin brulee...

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I know! I want... vanilla! 

-Me too.

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## NARRATOR: 
But then, Kerry made a particularly scary discovery! 

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[slurping]

-Huh! 

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[anxious music]

-Buh... guh... duh... 

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-Don’t worry Sam. That is just Frankenthaler. She’s nice. 

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-Don’t worry Kerry. That is just Leonardo. He’s nice. 

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## BOTH: 
I’m not scared of that monster... I’m scared of that kid! 

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-EEEEEK!!! 

-AAAAHH!!!! 

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-Scared!! 

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-So scared!!! 

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-I’m screaming!! 

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-I’m screaming too!!! 

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## BOTH:
We’re both screaming!!! 

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[screaming continues]

-Hi Frankenthaler. 

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-Hi Leo.

-I didn’t know you were friends with a scaredy cat? 

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-Yup. I used to be the monster in her closet but then we realized we both loved puzzles.

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-Are you thinking what I’m thinking? 

-Probably! If only they would just..

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-Stop screaming! 

-Exactly!

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## NARRATOR:
Something had to be done. 

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## BOTH:
What?!

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## NARRATOR:
I SAID: SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE!

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-I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT LADY IS TALKING ABOUT. BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE!

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[screaming continues]

-Sam! Sam Sam Sammy! Sam!

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[screaming continues]

-Alright Kerry, like we practiced, deep breath...

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[Kerry stops screaming momentarily, then continues screaming]

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## NARRATOR:
So the monsters made a very big decision...
They left! 

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[screaming stops, both panting]

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-Leonardo?... 

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-Frankenthaler?... 

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-Figure it out!

-Good luck!

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## NARRATOR:
Sam had no idea what to do. 

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Kerry had no idea what to do. 

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So they had that in common. 

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That’s when Sam and Kerry made a very big decision. 

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-Umm...What decision? 

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[record scratch]

-Yeah, what decision? 

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## NARRATOR:
Oh, well, you see, this is the point in the story where you two decide to become friends. 

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-Friends? 

-Huh? 

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## NARRATOR:
Well, think about it. You’re both scaredy-cats... and you both like ice cream, right?

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I bet you have a lot of other things in common too. Umm. Like... like... 

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Hey, audience! What are some things you like doing with your friends? 

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I could really use any ideas of what these two might have in common...something you like, or something you like doing, with friends. You can shout them out.

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[the audience gives suggestions of things they like]

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Thanks, audience! OK, Sam and Kerry, how about [audience suggestion #1]? Do you have that in common? 

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[Sam and Kerry discuss.] 

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[They decide that they do have that in common.]

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Well, what about [audience suggestion #2]? 

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[Sam and Kerry discuss.] 

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[They decide that they do have that in common.]

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Great! You both have things in common!

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-Oh, wait. I got this! Sam, do you like science experiments? 

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-No thank you. Too many smelly things and explosions!

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 Oh. Uh. Do you like Cat-Man? 

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-What’s a Cat-Man? 

-Oh... 

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## NARRATOR:
Well, that’s alright. Friends have some things in common, but not everything!

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-Huh? 

-Wait. What??

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[synthy mid-tempo music]

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## NARRATOR:
[singing] Kerry and Sam. Sam and Kerry. 
It can be scary to make a friend. 

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But if you try, you might just find 
You’re scared of similar things. 

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[screaming]

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And the feelings you have aren’t all so bad, 
When another kid has them too 

[screaming]

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And you might be surprised by what you find 
Someone a little bit like you! 

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Kerry and Sam. Sam and Kerry. 

[blech!]

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It can get hairy when making friends. 

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[playing daintily]

Sometimes they get you, sometimes they really don’t.

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[loud rock chord]

But differences just make us stronger...

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And the feelings you had aren’t all just bad 
When another kid has them too! 

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And you might be surprised by what you find 

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Nervous but caring 
Not bad at sharing 

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Someone who sees you 
Knows what you’re going through 

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-Brain Freeze!!

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-We could get matching tattoos! 

-No!

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## NARRATOR:
They might be 
A little bit like you. 

[mid-tempo music continues]

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[silence]

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[speaking] So Sam made a very big decision… and so did Kerry… 

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-...There's just this need to overdeliver, ya know. And it’s not just coming from one monster, it’s like all of monster society... 

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-Exactly... toxic monster culture. 

-You know what I mean? Hey- where did those kids go?  

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-Good question!  

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-Sam? 

-Kerry?

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-Sam? 

-Kerry?

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## NARRATOR:
The two scaredy-cats were gone!  

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-Sam!!

-Kerry?  

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[menacing music]

-Sam?

-Kerry?

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[The monsters scream, menacing music grows louder]

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## KIDS:
SURPRISE!!!

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## MONSTERS:
WAAAAHHHHH!   

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## NARRATOR:
The two scaredy cats had been replaced... by two wonderful friends! 

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Of course, Leonardo and Frankenthaler were surprised... 

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-I’ve never been so scared in my entire life!
-That was so scary! 

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## NARRATOR:
...They were also DELIGHTED!  

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-That was so cool! 

-I loved it!  

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-Wait, wait, wait! Let’s do it again. You come scare the tuna salad out of me! 

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[quirky upbeat music playing]

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-Dance party! 

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Whoah, everybody's here!

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## NARRATOR:
[singing] Feeling scary, feeling scared 
Feelings can stack up into the air 

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Until they’re teethy, tall, and weird 
Still they’re nothing to be feared 

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You get to decide 
To be a terrible monster or a wonderful friend 

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You could be a terrible monster but why not be a wonderful friend

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Ok, let’s all sing that last part together: 
“You can be a terrible monster, 
or a wonderful friend;
You can be a terrible monster, 
why not be a wonderful friend!” 

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## EVERYONE: 
You can be a terrible monster 
Or a wonderful friend 
You can be a terrible monster 
Why not be a wonderful friend?

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[music fades]

One more thing! 

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One... two... three... Booga booga booga! 

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Still got it! Lenardo: Terrible Monster and Wonderful friend!

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[quirky music continues]

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