Para, the Brave and Beautiful

> That's the end of our house visit, and inferencing! I'm going to eat now!
>
> Cathy, after visiting a chef's house

'**Para, the Brave and Beautiful'** is an episode of Ready, Set, Read!, aired in 2020.

## Synopsis

Joji helps Marj understand the meaning of her book, Cathy transports through different houses, and Captain Verboom tries to figure out what Benok's family will be preparing for him, by using inferences. Meanwhile, James Lez Read teaches us how to pronounce the 'ee' sound. Joji will also narrate the first half of Para, the Brave and Beautiful.

## Plot

### Opening/Closing Segment

Marj is seen confused after reading a book. She tells Joji that it is a book lent from her cousin, who says that she will eventually like it. When she gives him one of the paragraphs, Joji asks her to make inferences based on the given clues. While not stated directly, the paragraph details tells us that it is morning. She then uses another example paragraph.

Marj then looks a bit disappointed, which gains Joji's attention. She feels that way because the story has already ended, which meant that she really liked it. He wants to read the story, but Marj wants him to finish it quickly.

### Intermission #1

Meanwhile, Cathy gives us a game: going to different houses with different occupations, and she wants us to know what their jobs are. The first house has a talented swimmer, given the swimsuits, trophies, and headgear, the second house has a painter, given the finished and unfinished original works, but before she could identify the third house, a chef notices her, and gives her some food. We, on the other hand, know that it is a chef because of the nice aroma.

### Captain Verboom!

Captain Verboom is then given a message from Benok's family, but does not know what it means. After disassembling the messages, he notices the things mentioned in them, and a final message confirms that it is a birthday party for Benok.

### Para, the Brave and Beautiful

Joji then narrates the story of Para, the Brave and Beautiful, which is a story about a rare parrot with a family that goes to Manila to put on a show. But before they could leave, a loud truck scares Para. Joji ends the story on that cliffhanger, stating that the continuation will be released tommorow.

### James Lez Read's lesson for today

We see James Lez Read introducing us to another sound, with not one, but two letters: the sound 'ee'. He gives us multiple games related with the sound, as well as the words that contain it, such as 'beef', 'teeth', 'feet', and 'sheep'.

## Transcript

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## Cast

Seth Regen Montgomery Dungca as Joji, Captain Verboom, and James Lez Read
 Ogot
 Cathy
 Marj
 Nene

## Trivia

* The city background is reused again as one of the unfinished paintings.
* If you look closely, the word 'LEZ' can be seen on the right wall.
* The clock on the first and third houses reads '12:00', which explains why a chef is cooking food at the moment.
* As of May 17, 2021, this is the longest episode, at 19 1/2 minutes long.

## Errors

* The animation for some of the blobs loops slopilly sometimes. For example, check the second game of James Lez Read.

## References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHgszKLqhzk