Thunder The Poet

== Plot: ==
Thunder had just thought up a great poem about spring. But when he goes to tell it to Rabbit and Mouse, he forgets the words.
== Transcript: ==
Mouse: Oh! 
I bet you're wondering what I'm doing. 
I can't tell you yet, but it's so clever! 
It's an idea my friend Rabbit had, to help Thunder remember something important. 
It all started this morning...
Thunder: Woo-hoo! 
The flowers smell so sweety, sweet! 
Oh, hello, birdie! 
Tweety, tweet! 
Ooh! 
Berries are my favorite thing. 
Birds... flowers... it must be spring! 
Hey, I did a poem! 
The flowers smell so sweety, sweet 
Hello birdie, tweety tweet 
Berries are my favorite thing
Birds and flowers... it must be spring! 
Oh! I've got to tell, Mouse and Rabbit!
Rabbit: The best way to build towers of nuts, is to make them somewhere quiet...
Thunder: Rabbit! Mouse!
Rabbit and Mouse: Whoa!
Thunder: Guess what I made!
Mouse: Um. Mashed nuts?
Thunder: Oopsie! Oh! 
I'm sorry!
Rabbit: Oh, that's OK, it was an accident. 
So? What did you make?
Thunder: I made up a poem. 
All by myself!
Rabbit: Hoptastic!
Mouse: Way to go, Thunder! 
Can we hear it?
Thunder: OK! 
Eep! 
Oh no, I forgot how it goes! 
Thorny horns! 
The first poem I ever made up, and now I can't remember it! 
What do I do?
Rabbit: First of all,... worrying won't help you remember your poem. 
But we will!
Thunder: You can help me remember? 
How?
Rabbit: We'd better hop-think on it. 
The question is... how can we help Thunder remember his poem?
Mouse: Hmm... 
Maybe Thunder's rememberer is broken. 
I'd better check. 
Thunder, what's my name?
Thunder: Mouse.
Mouse: Right! 
So that part of your rememberer is working. 
Just not the poem's part.
Rabbit: I always think better after a snack... maybe food would help?
Mouse: Here, have some of these mashed nuts.
Thunder: Yum!
Rabbit: Well, do you remember your poem?
Thunder: Not exactly. 
But some of it might have been about food. 
I like food.
Mouse: Hmm. 
Sometimes, poems tell how we feel about things we see around us. 
Was your poem about... ferns?
Thunder: No.
Mouse: Hmm. Mushrooms?
Thunder: No.
Mouse: Uh, rabbits?
Thunder: Nuh-uh. 
But I wasn't here when I did my poem. 
I was in the meadow.
Rabbit: Thumpeka! 
That's it! 
Let's go back to where you made up the poem!
Mouse: Good idea! 
Maybe Thunder'll see something to help him remember.
Rabbit: OK, Thunder, what were you doing when you made up your poem?
Thunder: Um... 
Smelling the flowers! 
Ah... 
They smell so sweet. 
Smell sweet... sweety, sweet. 
The flowers smell so sweety, sweet! 
That was the first part!
Mouse: Yay, Thunder!
Rabbit: Alright! Good remembering!
All: The flowers smell so sweety, sweet! 
The flowers smell so sweety, sweet!
Mouse: If we say it lots of times, I won't forget it either!
Thunder: Wait, that was just the first part. 
Oh... What was the rest?!
Mouse: Don't worry. 
It's OK if you don't remember it all at once.
Rabbit: Right! 
You can remember it in little hops. 
One bit at a time.
Thunder: But what if I forget the first part, while I'm remembering the rest?
Rabbit: Hmm... 
I know what you need!
Mouse: A giant leaf?
Rabbit: Oh, it's not just a leaf, it's a memory keeper!
Thunder: How do I keep a poem in this? 
Rabbit: Every time you remember a bit of your poem, put a memory thing into the memory keeper. 
That way you'll remember each part!
Mouse: Oh! 
So, for the first part, the flowers smell so sweety, sweet...
Thunder: I'll put a sweety, sweet flower in here, so I won't forget! 
There.
Rabbit: Great! 
Now what came next?
Thunder: The flowers smell so sweety, sweet... 
Oh, I can't remember!
Mouse: Poor, Thunder.
Rabbit: Maybe you're thinking too hard. 
When I'm thump-stumped, it helps if I take a hop stop and do something else for a while. 
Hey, I know a great way to take a hop stop! 
This is my tappa-tappa tree! 
This always helps me relax. 
Try it!
Thunder: Huh? 
Hello, birdie! 
You're a good tapper. 
Wait a sec! 
Hello birdie... 
That reminds me of something. 
Something in my poem... 
The flowers smell so sweety, sweet, hello, birdie, tweety tweet! 
That's it! 
That's the next line!
Rabbit: Don't forget to put your memory thing in your memory keeper.
Thunder: A feather! 
The flowers smell so sweety, sweet, hello, birdie, tweety tweet! 
Now I know two parts of my poem!
Rabbit: And I bet you'll remember the rest of it, easy-peasy.
Mouse: Was the next part about grass?
Thunder: No. 
I wish someone could give me a hint.
Mouse: Yeah. 
It's too bad you were alone when you said your poem.
Thunder: Wait, I wasn't alone. 
Robin was there! 
She did the tweety tweet!
Mouse: Flapping feathers! 
If Robin heard him say his poem, then maybe she can help him remember.
Thunder: We've gotta find her!
Rabbit: Not to worry, Thunder, I'll find that tweeting bird! 
Hmm. Crickets... 
Frogs... 
Oh! That's Robin tweeting! 
Thataway!
Thunder: Robin, we found you!
Mouse: We followed your pretty song.
Robin: Did you?
Rabbit: Do you remember seeing Thunder this morning?
Robin: Oh, yes! 
Thunder was in the meadow, talking to himself.
Thunder: Yeah! I was doing a poem!
Mouse: And now he's trying to remember it. 
Do you remember what Thunder said?
Robin: Oh, it was very pretty. 
He said, " The flowers smell so sweety, sweet, hello, birdie, tweety tweet!" 
Then...
Mouse: Ooh, this is it!
Robin: He said something I couldn't hear, because his mouth was full.
Thunder: Berries! 
I was eating berries! 
And then I put it in my poem! 
Berries are my favorite thing! 
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 
I've got to put a berry in my memory keeper, so I don't forget! 
Berries really are my favorite thing.
Mouse: Mmm. Mine, too.
Thunder: And just so I don't forget... 
"The flowers smell so sweety, sweet 
Hello, birdie, tweety tweet! 
Berries are my favorite thing... " 
Hm. My poem had one more part.
Mouse: The first two parts of the poem have rhyming words; sweety, sweet and tweety tweet. 
Maybe the last two parts have rhyming words, too!
Thunder: Yes! 
They did have rhyming words! 
Berries are my favorite thing! 
The last part rhymes with "thing"!
Rabbit: Maybe we can guess it! 
Was it; do you know that fish can't sing?
Mouse: A birdie's arm is called a wing? 
Rabbit: Rabbit's good at tappa-tapping?
Thunder: No, that wasn't it.
Mouse: Oh, we're so close! 
What else rhymes with "thing"?
Rabbit: Bee sting?
Mouse: Tree ring? 
Spring?
Thunder: Spring? 
Spring! 
Berries are my favorite thing, birds and flowers, it must be spring! 
That's it!
Mouse: The rhyming worked!
We helped him remember the whole thing! 
Whoa!
Thunder: Wait! 
I still have to put something in my memory keeper, for the last part.
Rabbit: Hmm... 
"Birds and flowers, it must be spring." 
Well, what makes you think of spring?
Thunder: Ooh! Pussy willows! 
They're fuzzy and cuddly and they come out in spring. 
Birds and flowers, it must be spring! 
Now I can do the whole poem, whenever I want.
Rabbit: Hip-hopperoo! 
'Cause I know who'd love to hear it. 
Ready to say the whole poem?
Thunder: Yes! 
"The flowers smell so sweety, sweet 
Um... Hello, birdie, tweety tweet 
Um... Berries are my favorite thing 
Birds and flowers, it must be spring."
Mouse: And that's how we helped Thunder remember his poem.
We got him to stay calm and do it bit by bit.
Sometimes, he had to take a break, repeat the words, or ask for help.
But he finally remembered!
Thunder was so happy, that he made up a brand new poem...
Thunder: "Rabbit told me not to worry
When my memory got blurry
I remembered how it ends...
Um... 
With some help from three great friends!"
Rabbit: Carrotastic!
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