The Strawberry Patch

## **Plot:**

Rabbit smells a great batch of strawberries and wants to go find them.

## **Transcript:**

**Mouse:** Oh, hi!

Have you ever tried to do two things at once?

Whoa!

I guess I shouldn't try to hop and talk at the same time.

Anyway, today my friend Rabbit and I both tried to do two things at once.

And it was so hard!

It all started with Rabbit's twitchy nose.

**Rabbit:** Huh?

When my nose twitches like this, it only means one thing.

Strawberries!

They must be around here somewhere.

**Mouse:** Ooh! I just love juicy, red strawberries!

**Thunder:** Rabbit!

I was looking all over for you.

It's time to play rocks!

**Rabbit:** Maybe later, Thunder.

There's a berry patch around here somewhere.

And I'm going to find it!

**Thunder:** But you promised to let me teach you how to play rock friends.

**Rabbit:** You're right.

I did promise.

And a promise is a promise.

**Thunder:** Yay!

**Mouse:** Wow. I've never seen Rabbit give up strawberries before.

Now that's a good friend!

**Thunder:** Mouse, do you want to come, too?

**Mouse:** Thanks, but um... I have to um, do something important for... uh, a friend!

Yeah.

You two go ahead.

**Thunder:** OK. See you later!

**Mouse:** Hee-hee!

I know how much Rabbit likes strawberries, so I'm going to find them for him.

Ooh, he's going to be so surprised!

**Rabbit:** The dark red strawberries are the best.

They're squishalicious!

**Thunder:** Yeah. Strawberries are nice, but this is even better.

My rock friends game!

See, each rock likes to do one special thing and when you hold it, you have to do what it likes.

I'm Twirly!

And I like to twirl.

And I'm Jumpy.

I like to jump, especially over stumps!

Jump, jumpity, jump, jump!

**Rabbit:** Stump!

That's it!

They must have been behind the big stump!

**Thunder:** Uh... what must have been behind the big stump?

**Rabbit:** The strawberries!

That's why we couldn't find them.

**Thunder:** Rabbit, we're supposed to be playing rock friends now.

**Rabbit:** Sorry.

You're right.

Go on.

**Thunder:** OK.

This is Hoppy.

She likes to...

**Rabbit:** Look for strawberries?

**Thunder:** No!

She likes to hop.

On one foot, like this.

Hoppy, hoppy, hop!

And this one is Wiggly.

Guess what Wiggly likes to do?

Wiggle!

See how easy this is?

Wiggle, wiggly, wiggle!

Wiggle, wiggly, wiggle!

OK, now you tell me their names.

You have to know who's who before you can play!

Who's this?

**Rabbit:** Uh... Hoppity?

**Thunder:** No, Twirly.

And this one?

**Rabbit:** Stumpy?

**Thunder:** Jumpy!

OK, let's start again...

**Mouse:** Oh... I've been looking and looking, but I can't find the strawberries!

Agh!

Oh, hi, Hazel!

Have you seen any strawberries around here?

I want to find some to surprise, Rabbit.

**Hazel:** Hmm.

I've seen mooseberries, gooseberries, a goose eating mooseberries and a moose eating gooseberries, but nope!

No strawberries.

**Mouse:** Oh.

**Hazel:** But maybe I can spot some if I climb up high.

Well, what do you know!

I do see strawberries!

Ta-da!

They're right here.

**Mouse:** Where?

**Hazel:** Behind the thistles.

But they're going to be tough to reach without getting all scratched up.

**Mouse:** No problem.

Rabbit'll think of something.

Wait! Big problem!

We can't ask Rabbit how to get the strawberries.

It'll wreck the surprise!

Let's see...

How are we going to get to those strawberries?

Hm.

I wish I were Rabbit.

He can figure out how to do anything!

**Hazel:** You can do it, Mouse.

I know you can!

And I'll help.

Right after I dig up this nut.

**Mouse:** Dig?

Great hopping hidey-holes, that's it!

We can dig a tunnel under the thistles, and crawl through to get to the strawberries!

I bet that's just what Rabbit would do!

**Hazel:** I don't think this is going to work.

The roots are too thick!

**Mouse:** Oh! If only Rabbit were here!

He'd hop-think a way to get to those berries.

**Hazel:** Well, why don't we hop-think?

**Mouse:** Hop-think?

Without, Rabbit?

**Hazel:** Sure!

Why not?

**Mouse:** I guess we could try.

Hmm.

Now Rabbit usually starts by hopping...

The question is... if we can't go under the thistles, how can we reach the berries?

**Hazel:** I know!

What if I chew a way through the thistles?

Ugh!

**Mouse:** Oh, did it prick you?

**Hazel:** No.

But it tastes yucky!

Bleh.

**Mouse:** We'll have to think of another way to get through.

Hmm...

Oh, I wish I had a shell like a turtle, so the thistles couldn't prick me.

Thumpeka!

I can use something else to protect me!

Hazel, do you know where I can find a wasps' nest that has no more wasps in it?

**Hazel:** You mean, like that one?

**Mouse:** Perfect!

**Hazel:** No wasps!

Look out below!

**Mouse:** There!

Now I'm prickleproof.

Strawberries, here I come!

Ouch!

**Hazel:** Uh-oh.

**Mouse:** I forgot about my feet!

**Hazel:** Hmm...

Here, use this pusher to push the thorns out of the way.

**Mouse:** OK...

Strawberries, here I come!

Yippee!

Ow!

**Thunder:** Now it's easier to tell them apart; Twirly, Jumpy, Hoppy, Wiggly!

When you're holding Hoppy, you have to hop on one leg.

And if you're holding Hoppy and Wiggly, you have to hop on one leg and wiggle!

Like this!

Now you try!

**Rabbit:** Huh?

Oh. OK.

**Thunder:** Rabbit, wait!

That's Twirly.

She likes to twirl.

**Rabbit:** Argh!

Why can't I remember the rocks' names and what they do?

**Thunder:** I know why.

It's 'cause you're so busy thinking about strawberries that you keep forgetting to learn my game!

**Rabbit:** You're right.

I'm sorry, Thunder.

I promised to learn your game, but I haven't been concentrating at all!

And that's not keeping my promise.

Show me one more time.

And this time, I'll concentrate!

**Thunder:** OK!

**Hazel:** We can't quit now.

**Mouse:** But I'm all out of ideas!

I wish Rabbit were here to help.

**Hazel:** Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit.

Ha!

I bet you'd think a lot better, if you weren't so busy wishing Rabbit were here!

**Mouse:** You're right.

I have been thinking too much about what Rabbit would do.

I need to stop thinking about Rabbit, and think really hard about the problem instead!

**Hazel:** That's the spirit!

You need to concentrate!

**Mouse:** Right.

Let's both concentrate on how to get those strawberries.

Think, think, think, think...

We tried going under the thistles, and we tried going through the thistles.

What haven't we tried?

Think, think, think, think...

Think, think, think, think...

**Hazel:** Hmm...

**Mouse:** That's it!

**Hazel:** Ready, Mouse?

**Mouse:** Ready!

Strawberries, here I come!

Ta-da!

**Hazel:** Yippee!

Mouse, you did it!

**Mouse:** You mean we did it!

And we didn't need Rabbit's help after all!

**Rabbit:** I'm Twirly!

**Thunder:** I'm Hoppy!

**Rabbit:** Wiggly?

Would you like to come out and play?

Oh, yes!

I love this game!

**Mouse:** Rabbit!

We have a surprise for you.

**Rabbit:** You found the strawberries!

**Mouse:** Yup!

They were behind a big, prickly bush.

We tried going under it and through it, but that didn't work.

So finally I concentrated really hard, and it came to me; I had to go over it!

**Rabbit:** Over it? Wow!

I never would've thought of that.

How'd you do it?

**Mouse:** I made an invention.

**Hazel:** Just like one of yours!

**Rabbit:** Carrotastic!

Thanks, Mouse.

Thanks, Hazel.

So... does Hoppy like strawberries?

**Thunder:** He sure does!

**Rabbit:** Yum!

**Mouse:** So... mmm... that's how we did it!

When I stopped wondering what Rabbit would do and concentrated on the problem instead, I solved it!

And when Rabbit concentrated, he finally learned Thunder's game.

And it's a really fun game!

I'm Twirly!

**Rabbit:** That's carrotastic!

I love this game!