The princess is under a magic sleeping spell that can only be broken if the prince writes his name on a magic tablet.
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00:00Yeah, that was your wife's puppy.
00:02Oh, puppies.
00:04Oh, hi. Welcome to Sesame Street.
00:07Yeah, today is the day that Chris makes the new signs for the stool.
00:11Yeah, oh.
00:12Okay, E-G-G-S. Eggs.
00:17Aw, you write the nicest letters, Chris.
00:20Oh, thanks, Abby.
00:22Whoa, Izzy. Whoa, Izzy.
00:25Me? Whoa.
00:27Whoa.
00:28Sir, your crown.
00:30Who is that?
00:31Look at this.
00:32I don't know, but he lost his crown.
00:34Sir? Sir?
00:36Banana, banana, banana.
00:38When I'm unhappy, I like a banana.
00:41My kingdom for a banana.
00:43Oh, sorry. We're out.
00:45Oh, what else could go wrong?
00:49Uh, your crown fell off.
00:51My crown fell off?
00:53I'll never find it. Never, never, never.
00:56Here it is.
00:57Uh, could one of you hold it sideways, please?
01:00Abby, let me help you with that.
01:02Here you go.
01:03Whoa.
01:04Thank you all. And you are?
01:07Elmo's Elmo.
01:09I'm Abby.
01:10That's Chris.
01:12And I am Prince Billy.
01:15That's good, sir. How do you do?
01:19Well, you should write your name on your crown in case you lose it again.
01:23Oh, yeah, hey, and you can borrow my marker to do it.
01:26I would, but I don't know how to write my name.
01:31Is that why you're so unhappy?
01:33Yes, and there's more.
01:35My unhappiness began when I met a fortune teller.
01:40You will find a sweet princess who's under a sleeping spell.
01:44Her name is Snoozing Beauty.
01:49You'll break the spell, wake her up, and live happily ever after.
01:54So I searched everywhere for the sleeping princess until today when I found her on Sesame Street.
02:03So you should be living happily ever after.
02:05Yeah.
02:06Why are you so unhappy?
02:08I'll show you.
02:15There she snoozes.
02:18What's all this stuff?
02:20I tried all these things to make loud sounds to wake her up, but nothing's worked.
02:26That's why I'm so unhappy.
02:29Okay, Sully, look at this.
02:32This looks like the perfect place to jackhammer, doesn't it?
02:35Wait a minute, Sully, what are you thinking?
02:37This is a terrible place to jackhammer.
02:39See the sleeping lady over there?
02:41I have not tried a jackhammer.
02:44Prince Billy wants the princess to wake up, so Biff and Sully should definitely use their jackhammer.
02:49What are you waiting for, Sully? Come on, jackhammer.
02:58It's no good.
03:00We've tried everything and nothing's worked.
03:03I will never be able to break that snooze.
03:07I have decided to give up.
03:10What? Don't give up.
03:12Too late. I already did.
03:15Elmo, come here.
03:17If we don't help the prince, then he's going to live unhappily ever after.
03:23Wait a minute. The princess is under a magic spell, right?
03:27Yeah.
03:28And Abby's wand is magic, so, you know...
03:33Aha! That's right.
03:35Maybe my magic wand can help break the sleeping spell.
03:39Yes, it can.
03:42Wanda, Wanda, can you tell how to break the magic spell?
03:47Zippity zap!
03:50To break the magic spell and wake up the princess, the prince must write his name on the magic tablet.
03:56No, no, I can't do it.
03:59What? Don't give up, prince.
04:01Yeah, Elmo and Abby will teach Prince Billy.
04:04Oh, come on, let's go to the piano room.
04:07Oh, Elmo practices writing on a board like this one.
04:11That's how Elmo learned to write his name.
04:13All right, here goes.
04:16Billy.
04:20B...
04:23I...
04:26L...
04:29L...
04:32Y.
04:35There, I did it. I got all the way through without giving up.
04:39I am good. Yes, yes.
04:42Billy.
04:44Yeah, well, you see that letter?
04:48You made a D instead of a B.
04:51Yeah.
04:52No, I give up.
04:54No, no, no. Hey, hey, prince, it's okay to make mistakes.
04:58Let's just try again.
05:01Okay, I know. Another way to practice is with a block.
05:06See this? This is the letter B.
05:09You can trace it with your finger for practice.
05:12Yeah.
05:13Okay? Here. Here you go.
05:15Go for it.
05:18Hmm.
05:20One line down and two bumps.
05:23The D I made only has one bump.
05:28That's right, one bump.
05:30The B has two bumps.
05:35I've got this.
05:37This is going to work.
05:39He's got it. He's got it.
05:41Um...
05:42Um...
05:44What? What?
05:46You tell him.
05:48Billy, you did it again. You did it again. You wrote a D.
05:52I did?
05:53Yes, you did.
05:54I did.
05:55Oopsie. I made the same mistake again.
05:58Oh, well, I guess I'll just have to live happily ever after without being happy.
06:05Oh, wait. No, I can't.
06:07Yes, you can. Just take a deep breath. That's all.
06:10Let me see.
06:12You know what? Here's how I learned to write letters.
06:16Okay. Let's go, Wanda.
06:19The prince will learn to write just fine if he practices with a dotted line.
06:26Exactly.
06:30Follow the dotted line.
06:33Okay, the B is one line down.
06:37Yep, that's good.
06:39And then two bumps.
06:41One.
06:43Beautiful.
06:44Two.
06:47That's right. I did it right.
06:49Yay!
06:51I want to do it again.
06:53Okay.
06:54The B is one line down.
07:00One bump.
07:03Two bumps.
07:05Yes! Now I can wake up snoozing beauty at last.
07:09Yay!
07:16All right. I can do this.
07:19Yes, you can.
07:21One line down and two bumps.
07:24One. Two.
07:28I-L-L-Y.
07:33Billy, I did it all by myself.
07:37Prince Billy, is that you?
07:41The princess.
07:43I was so happy about writing my name, I almost forgot about snoozing beauty.
07:50Hello.
07:52Hello, Prince Billy.
07:55Want to go live happily ever after and stuff?
07:59Um, sure. Why not?
08:05Oh, we are so proud of you, Prince.
08:08Yeah, you practiced and practiced and you did it.
08:11I'm so glad I didn't give up.
08:14Thank you, Abby and Elmo, for helping me learn to write my name.
08:20Can we stop for lunch? I feel like I haven't eaten in a month.
08:24Ta-ta.
08:25Fare thee well.
08:27Fare thee well.
08:30Boy, where do people go to live happily ever after?
08:33Well, if it were up to me, Elmo, they'd come right here.
08:39All across America, whoa.
08:43Whoa.
08:44Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
08:45Here we go.
08:48Oh, hi. Elmo and Big Bird are going to watch a video from a new friend.
08:54Watch with us.
08:56Hi.
08:57Hi, Big Bird. Hi, Elmo. My name is Tessa and I live in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
09:01I live in Okotosak. Okotosak is a big circle.
09:05We have a lot of trees in our neighborhood.
09:08There's six people in my family, me, my mom, my dad, and my three older brothers.
09:14I was born in Ethiopia, but I moved to the United States with my family.
09:20And sometimes we like to go back to Ethiopia to see my birth family.
09:25I like to dance for fun.
09:27I do hip-hop, jazz, tap, lyrical, and ballet.
09:32I love school. I like learning new things every day.
09:36My favorite subject is reading and science.
09:39I like to bake and cook with my mom.
09:41We usually bake dessert and we bake dinner.
09:45Bye, Big Bird. Bye, Elmo.
09:47Bye.
09:48Wait, Elmo loves seeing all of Big Bird's new friends.
09:51Yeah, from all across America.
09:54Jump up, step down. Come dance with Elmo.
09:57We're moving our bodies to the ABCs.
10:00Dance nearby.
10:04Dance far away. Now clap your hands.
10:07To the letter of the day. Clap, clap.
10:09What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:11What's the letter? Clap, clap, clap, clap.
10:13What's the letter? What's the letter?
10:15What's the letter? What's the letter? What's the letter?
10:18The letter of the day.
10:21The letter of the day is W.
10:25It's the letter of the day...
10:43W. W is for writing.
10:46…learning how to do anything that's new to you.
10:50You might make you feel like you can't, no, no, no
10:54But you have to keep trying, no more why, oh why
10:58And deep breath and sing this chance
11:01You go oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:05Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:09Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:13Keep trying with all your might, all your might
11:16You say oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:20Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:24Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:28Keep trying and you'll get it right
11:31Whether you're trying to shoot your hoops
11:33Or do some loop-de-loops
11:35Or learning how to play
11:39Remember each slip is just part of the trick
11:42To shouting out hooray
11:46You go oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:50Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:54Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
11:58Keep trying with all your might, all your might
12:01You say oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:05Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:09Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:13Keep trying and you'll get it right
12:16When you make mistakes
12:18Just know that's what it takes
12:20To learn to do what you want to do
12:24They call it practice
12:26And the simple fact is
12:28Once you're heroes, we're beginners too
12:31Hey!
12:33You say oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:37Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:41Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:45Keep trying with all your might, all your might
12:48You say oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:52Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
12:56Oops, whoops, way, ah-ha, hey, hey, hey
13:00Keep trying and you'll get it right
13:03Keep trying and you'll get it right
13:08I did it!
13:10I did it!
13:12Did you see that?
13:15Where are we going?
13:18Can't wait to see
13:21Abby's Amazing Adventures
13:24With me, Rudy!
13:30Hi, I'm Abby. Welcome to my room.
13:33Prepare for blast-off. Over.
13:37Let's count it down.
13:39Three, two, one.
13:46Well, that didn't work.
13:48Hello?
13:51Hiya, Basket.
13:53Hi. I've got something exciting for you today.
13:56What could it be? Count with me.
13:59One, two, three.
14:03A pencil!
14:05It's the clue to what you'll do today.
14:08Just grab onto my handles and we'll go somewhere really surprising.
14:12Hi-ho! Out we go!
14:19Huh?
14:20Uh, this looks a lot like Abby's room.
14:24This is Abby's room.
14:26Today, you're going to be writers.
14:28And writers can write anywhere.
14:30But how can we be writers?
14:33We don't exactly know how to write yet.
14:35Writing is more than putting words on paper.
14:38It's using your imagination.
14:40It's telling a story.
14:42And you can do that with pictures.
14:44We know how to draw pictures.
14:46Today, your job is to write a cartoon.
14:50Can it be about a rocket?
14:52A rocket that really goes to outer space.
14:56Sure. When you write, you can make anything happen.
14:59But you'll need writing supplies.
15:02Whoa!
15:06There's just one rule.
15:08Every story needs a beginning, a middle, and an end.
15:13Okay. Ready, Writer Rudy?
15:15Ready, Writer Abby.
15:17Okay. Who should be in our story?
15:20Oh, I know. The story should be about us.
15:23Good idea.
15:25Now what?
15:26Now we need to write the story.
15:28First comes the beginning.
15:29How does our cartoon start?
15:32I've got it.
15:35Abby and Rudy rode a rocket.
15:39Whee!
15:41And they landed on a planet.
15:45The end.
15:46Rudy, that was only the beginning of our story.
15:50It's not the end yet.
15:52Oh. Oops.
15:54Our cartoon has a beginning.
15:56But now our story needs a middle.
15:58Oh, I know.
16:00Then they got an idea.
16:03We should throw a party.
16:05Yeah.
16:07But wait a minute.
16:08How do they tell people about their party?
16:12They have to make party invitations.
16:17But then they only have one invitation and a lot of people to invite.
16:23What are they going to do?
16:25Oh, I know.
16:26They put it in the Many More Machine to make many more.
16:34And then a space wind came and blew the invitations to alien planets.
16:41And now all kinds of aliens were coming to the party.
16:47Abby and Rudy's planet was too small to fit them all.
16:51The end.
16:54Rudy, we can't stop there.
16:56That was just the middle.
16:58Now our story needs an ending.
17:00To finish the story, we need to think of a way they can solve the problem.
17:04That sounds hard.
17:06I give up.
17:07Oh, Rudy, we can't give up.
17:09We just have to keep thinking.
17:11How do they fit all the aliens on their planet?
17:15Uh-huh.
17:16Writer Abby, I have an idea.
17:20I've got it.
17:21What makes you grow big and strong?
17:24Um, eating vegetables.
17:26And since our planet is too small for all the aliens...
17:31We need to feed it vegetables.
17:34Yeah.
17:42The end.
17:44Good job, writers.
17:46You did it.
17:47You wrote a cartoon and didn't give up.
17:50You sure know how to tell a story.
17:52Secret handshake.
17:53Up high, down low.
17:55Yay, we did it.
17:56Way to go.
17:57Time to go home.
17:59Wait.
18:00We never left.
18:02Gotta jet, team.
18:04See you later.
18:05Here's a job for you.
18:07Be a writer and write your own cartoon.
18:09It's fun.
18:10See you next time.
18:12On Abby's Amazing Adventures.
18:17Do you know what time it is?
18:19It's time for the number of the day.
18:21Hop like an astronaut.
18:23Hop, hop.
18:24Hop like an astronaut.
18:26Hop, hop.
18:27Slide like a shooting star.
18:30Uh-uh, uh-uh.
18:32Yeah.
18:34And hop, slide.
18:36Hop, slide.
18:37Hoppy, hoppy.
18:38Slide, slide, slide, slide, slide.
18:41It is time for the number of the day.
18:47Count the martians with us.
18:49Ready?
18:51Go.
18:57La, la, la, la.
18:59La, la, la, la.
19:00La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
19:03Elmo's full of wonder.
19:04Wonder what he will discover.
19:05In Elmo's Wonderful World.
19:10Hi.
19:11Welcome to Elmo's World.
19:14Guess what Elmo is wondering about today.
19:18Wait for it.
19:20Wait for it.
19:25All the letters of the alphabet.
19:28From A to Z.
19:32Elmo loves the alphabet and wants to find out more about it.
19:37Let's ask Elmo's friend, Smarty.
19:41Let's call her together.
19:43Hello, Smarty.
19:48Hi, Elmo.
19:49Check this out.
19:50It's my favorite.
19:51Alphabet zoo.
19:53Oh, yeah.
19:54Oh, that's perfect, Smarty.
19:56Because Elmo wants to learn all about the alphabet today.
20:00Well, what do we do to learn something new?
20:03We look it up.
20:06Getting the A to Z on the alphabet.
20:09Here we go.
20:11You can find letters of the alphabet all around us.
20:14They're on street signs and even doors and windows.
20:18There are uppercase letters, which are letters that are big.
20:21And there are lowercase letters, which are letters that are small.
20:25Some letters have straight lines, like the letter T.
20:28Other letters have fun, curvy lines, like the letter S.
20:33When you put letters together, you can sound them out and make all sorts of wonderful words.
20:39Z-I-T.
20:42That spells cat.
20:46Elmo loves seeing the letters of the alphabet make words.
20:50Yeah, it's pretty A-mazing.
20:53Well, I got a word search waiting for me.
20:56I'll Z you later.
20:58Z you later.
21:00Thank you, Smarty.
21:04That gives Elmo an idea.
21:07Let's play a game together.
21:10Come on, come on.
21:19Let's see how many letters we can find in this picture.
21:23Are you ready? Let's play.
21:26Boy, Elmo doesn't see any letters.
21:28There's a B.
21:30A B? Where?
21:32The bench.
21:34Oh, the bench. Elmo sees it.
21:37B is for bench.
21:39What other letters can we find?
21:41An S. It's in the sun.
21:44Oh, there it is.
21:46S is for sun.
21:48Are there any more letters?
21:50Z.
21:51Z? Where's the letter Z?
21:53On the zebra.
21:55On the zebra.
21:58Found you, letter Z.
22:00And Z is for zebra.
22:03We did it. We found all the letters.
22:05Good job, everybody.
22:09The alphabet is everywhere.
22:12And that makes Elmo wonder even more.
22:16Does Mr. Noodle know the alphabet?
22:19Let's ask him.
22:21Hey, Mr. Noodle.
22:24It's Mr. Noodle's poodle, Schmoodle.
22:28Hi, Schmoodle.
22:30Schmoodle, do you know the alphabet?
22:33You do? Schmoodle, show us the first letter of the alphabet.
22:37Yeah. Show us.
22:43That's not the first letter of the alphabet.
22:46That's a ball.
22:48Schmoodle, a ball isn't a letter of the alphabet.
22:51A is the first letter of the alphabet.
22:54Can you find the letter A, Schmoodle?
22:56That's not the first letter of the alphabet.
22:59That's a bone.
23:01Elmo thinks Schmoodle wants to play.
23:03Keep trying, Schmoodle.
23:06That's it. The little A is the first letter of the alphabet.
23:10You did it, Schmoodle.
23:12Maybe next time you can find more letters to make words.
23:16Thank you for helping us learn about the alphabet, Schmoodle.
23:19Thank you, Schmoodle.
23:22Learning new things makes Elmo so happy it makes him want to dance.
23:28Happy, happy, dance, dance. Happy, happy, dance, dance.
23:32When we learn something new we do the happy dance, dance.
23:36Let's see your happy dance.
23:38Yeah, cool.
23:40See you next time. Keep learning. Elmo loves you.
23:44Happy, happy, dance, dance. Happy, happy, dance, dance.
23:48When we learn something new we do the happy dance, dance.
23:53Yay!
23:55Suddenly, I faced a decision.
23:58One bump or two bumps.
24:00Whatever did you do?
24:02Two bumps.
24:04Thus, I made the letter B, spelled the rest of my name, and up you woke.
24:09Golly.
24:11Oh, hope you had fun finding out about writing today.
24:15See you next time on Sesame Street.
24:18What a hero.
24:21Me or the sandwich?
24:23Both of you?