Episode 3629

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria sees how Elmo, Tarah, and Big Bird all use the yard space to do different things. Tarah is practicing her fast turns for a wheelchair race, Big Bird pretends Radar is a superhero, and Elmo is imagining he's a train on a long track. "We love playing by ourselves, together!" Big Bird notes.
 	Song 	Leon Redbone sings "Have You Ever."
 	Cartoon 	The letter F morphs into cartoon faces.
 	Film 	Alphaboy fans his father's feet with feathers.
 	Cartoon 	A mad scientist (voiced by Daws Butler) teaches his monster how to say the words "Fred," "foot," and "Friday."
center 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster sings "You Made Me Love You."
 	Cartoon 	A map of Puerto Rico forms into the shape of animals and other things that are found there.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird and "Super Teddy Bear" see Maria opening a package from her mother in Puerto Rico. Aside from a letter (which Maria reads in both English and Spanish), it includes a special surprise - a book Maria wrote when she was seven years old: "The Princess and the Monster." Big Bird calls the others over so she can read it to them.
 	Animation 	A girl reads a book, a magazine, a newspaper, and a letter.
 	Cartoon 	Rubber Stamp #12
 	Animation 	Henson Films: Number Twelve Rocks
 	Cartoon 	Animal Rock #12
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A heart that says "I love you" is drawn.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria starts her story, where the Princess Maria and her pet chicken dance far from the castle walls. By nightfall, they try to return home but a huge monster with a big hat blocks their path and won't let them pass, forcing them to compliment his hat for eternity. Just as she reaches the conclusion, she finds the last page is missing. The missing page isn't in the envelope and she can't remember how it ended. Tarah proposes she call her mother in Puerto Rico, thinking it may still be there.
 	Film 	Wegman dogs: Jack and Jill
 	Cartoon 	"I in the Sky"
 	Animation 	I / i candles
 	Animation 	I / i Gregorian Chant
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Celia Cruz sings "Songo's Song."
 	Cartoon 	Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	A TELEPHONE rings at a phone booth in the city, and someone answers it.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria phones her mother at the Fix-It Shop, who claims she can't find it anywhere. The young ones are disappointed until they all decide to come up with their own endings and let Maria pick her favorite.
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie tries to demonstrate what a telephone is, but keeps getting calls.Artist: Mo Willems
 	Muppets 	Two Anything Muppet beatniks say the alphabet.
 	Film 	FlamingosMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Beginning / middle / end: a beatnik follows a trombonist's note through a long horn.Artist: Frank Gresham
 	Film 	Letter Garden: F
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: F for Fly
 	Film 	The letter F appears, Jaws-like, out of a swimming pool.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A snake has a knot in his middle, and he can't find his end. The detective helps the snake find his end ... playing drums in a band.
 	SCENE 5 	The kids all return with their endings. Big Bird recites his first...
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Princess Maria (played by Gabi) and her chicken (Joey Mazzarino) are trapped by the monster (David Rudman). Suddenly, Super Teddy Bear (aided by Big Bird) flies in and blows the monster's hat away with his super breath. The monster chases after it, allowing the princess and chicken to escape.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	In Elmo's ending, the monster is told to move out of the way for a passing train (Elmo) while the princess and chicken make a run for it.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Finally, Princess Tarah spins her wheelchair around so fast that the monster gets dizzy and faints.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd 	Maria likes all the endings when suddenly the phone rings. Maria's mother is calling to report she found the missing page under her cat, and she'll be sending it via fax. The others are excited... but what does "faxing" mean?
 	Film / Animation 	A class makes up a story about a fish named Billy, which is told through animation based on the kids' drawings.
 	Cartoon 	The word AGUA fills up with water.
 	Song 	Lillian sings "Face Facts."
 	Cartoon 	Parts of a face are drawn in black on-screen before forming a picture.
 	Song 	"In the Library"
 	Cartoon 	A girl explains why she likes the poet Grubby Groo.Artist: Mo Willems
 	Muppets 	A trio of bugs sing "Night Bug Boogie."
 	Film 	A girl dances her way into her family portrait.
 	SCENE 6 	Maria explains to the others how a fax machine works as the final page comes through the Fix-it Shop's machine. In Maria's ending, the monster is so entranced by Princess Maria's dancing that he joins them. While he's distracted, Maria and the chicken head home. Everyone likes the ending, but they each prefer their own versions. Gabi comes home and wants to hear the story. Elmo tells her once they finish, she can hear their versions as well. Maria begins to read as the monster from the story announces the sponsors in voiceover.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 28