Asking and Telling Sentences (Part 2)

> But no one said that he'll answer your questions! Say all your asking sentences to him, but you will not get any answers!
>
> the (unnamed) Green Crystal, who clarifies for poor Itoy

'**Asking and Telling Sentences (Part 2)'** is an episode of Ready, Set, Read!, copyright 2020 and released in 2021.

## Synopsis

Cathy is leaving to see her relatives, so Joji asks Marj to give her a present in advance, we see a farmer's disappointment after a treacherous journey, and James Lez Read has X-flavored fever.

## Plot

### Opening/Closing Segment

Joji and Marj hear the news of Cathy going away for three days, so they decided to make a present as a remembrance. Unfortunately, when asking, Marj accidentally used a telling sentence (sans-question mark) instead of an asking sentence. That made Cathy think Joji has no use for her. Joji resolves everything in the end, and magnifies what makes these types of sentences relative to one another. Cathy does not want to ruin the surprise, so she wants to open it later instead, to the disapproval of the others. In the closing segment, Cathy opens her present, which turns out to be a framed picture of Joji and the animals. Marj even has one herself, also wrapped.

### Great Wizard of Oops

A farmer named Itoy adventured far and wide to seek the advice of a bearded crystal ball, allegedly called the 'Great Wizard of Oops'. When he does ask it, though, it only replies in meager responses in the form of asking sentences, or questions. It later becomes inactive and turns gray. Suddenly, a green ball with wings wanders around and tells the farmer that the Wizard appreciates asking sentences, but cannot provide any good information. Itoy is left depressed.

### Intermission #1

Joji's game this time is one about differentiation: Several questions are matched with their answers, but the viewer has to decide whether or not it is an asking or a telling sentence. If not, then the dreaded "I don't think \_\_\_ is the answer" played instead, a mainstay of modern RSR.

### James Lez Read's lesson for today

James experiences the wonder of the letter X and its 'ks' sound in words like 'box', 'fox', and 'x-ray', although only words ending in X are counted. Two games are in this one: One where you have to find the capital and small X's and another where you need to eliminate options that doo not contian X.

## Transcript

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## Cast

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

## Trivia

* This marks the first appearance of Nene in a July episode (in the picture). This also marks her most recent appearance since Sentences and Phrases. This is also the first time Nene appears in a second part.
* The G.W.o.O. sounds like Ogot pitched down a semitone while the Green Crystal (name pending) sounds like Marj.
* Actually, the amount of Earths that can fit in sun ranges between 700,000 and 1.3 million.
* This episode has the first James game not related to words (the Peles segment).

## Errors

* Like many episodes, the blob background for the credits loops sloppily.
* At 14:35, when James replaxces the set, the transition gets cut short.

## References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGYfsnLGQw