Episode 3274

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 	Pencil box I/i
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	I-Ink (angry bird)
 	Animation 	Beads arrange themselves into different groups and finally become a girl’s necklace.
 	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.
 	Song 	"Write Your Name"
 	Cartoon 	A movie director calls for 12 pilots, 12 airplanes, 12 parachutes, 12 clowns and 12 pies.
 	Film 	Ornate 12s sail through the air.
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop has to make 12 wake-up calls.
 	Muppets 	Grover sings "Monster in the Mirror" assisted by several celebrities including The Simpsons, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ray Charles.
 	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 	A boy draws a picture of his friend, Kerry.
 	Cartoon 	"Ooh What a Fabulous Party"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs get next to each other in pictures.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper asks a man, "Do you want me to keep an eye on your hat?" The man says yes. Harvey then puts a letter I on top of the man's hat, crushing it in the process.
 	Animation 	I / i candles (new sound effects added)
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A TELEPHONE rings at a phone booth in the city, and someone answers it.
 	Cartoon 	Figures dance around a telephone as it rings.Artist: Keith Haring
 	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.
 	Animation 	Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish version)
 	Muppets 	The Count's Storybook TheatreThe Count reads the story of "Snoring Beauty" played by The Countess, who is put under a spell to sleep. The Count comes by and counts her snores despite that Countess never woke up from the Count's counting or from the thunder and lighting when the Count reaches 10 snores. Next time on The Count's Storybook Theatre: The Count will read 5 stories for us.
 	Cartoon 	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly.
 	Muppets 	Cheers: F Cheer #1 (Spanish soundtrack)
 	Cartoon 	Suzie Kabloozie hates the letter F, until all F things disappear, including the furniture, the floor and the firefighter.Artist: Mo Willems
 	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?
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Dot Bridge #1: 30 dots (perfect)
 	Film 	Cheri goes fishing with her abuelo.
 	Cartoon 	"Hammer Time with Hammer"
 	Film 	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world.
 	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.
==Notes==
*This episode was later re-aired in Season 28 as Episode 3629.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 26