Sleeping June

**Opening**

June: Art… Houses with Thatched Roofs, Cordeville painted by Vincent van Gogh.

Quincy: and music…

[Swan Lake plays]

Leo: Swan Lake written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

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**Episode Script**

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[Swan Lake stops as the episode starts with Annie, Quincy, Leo and Minnie Mouse with a Pink Medeival hat with polka dots and a pink feather from “Sir Goofs-a-Lot” from Rocket’s TV in the Rocket Room]

Leo: Hey, I’m Leo. Minnie Mouse came out of the episode called “Sir Goofs-a-Lot” into the Rocket Room. Do you like episodes? I love episodes!

Quincy: But What’s your fairy tale, Leo?

Leo: That’s easy. My favorite story is the story of Sleeping June.

[He begins reading]

Leo: Once upon a time, there was a beautiful dancer who danced inside Prague. Her name was Princess June.

Annie: Ooh, what an elegant princess.

Leo: Princess June danced the happiest song in all of Prague.

[Princess June dancing to “Swan Lake”]

Leo: Musical Families from all over Prague would come to hear the princess dance her happy song.

Annie: The princess’ song makes everyone feel happy.

Leo: Not everyone. There’s an ogre from Russia that doesn’t like her happy music. Do you see what I said? Yes. It’s that ogre.

Quincy: He looks like Katschai.

Leo: Katschai doesn’t like the princess’ happy song. He doesn’t like it when anyone is happy.

Minnie Mouse: Uh-oh. He’s using his magic.

Annie: And he’s putting a magic spell on Princess June!

Quincy: It’s a sleeping spell!

Leo: Oh, no! The sleeping spell made the princess fall into a deep sleep, and nothing can wake her up!

Minnie Mouse: But there must be some way to break the spell, right, Leo?

Leo: Hmm. There is one way to break a sleeping spell. If someone can play the princess her happy song, she’ll wake up again.

Annie: Look, look, look. Leo’s mother is going to wake her up.

[Leo’s mother’s trumpet plays “Carmen Suite number 1: Los Tereadors]

Minnie Mouse: But Leo’s mother can’t play the princess’ happy song.

Quincy: Now my father wants to try.

[Quincy’s father’s oboe plays “Humoresque number 7 in Gb major by Antonín Dvorak]

Annie: But he can’t play her happy song, either.

Leo: Poor Princess June.

Annie: There must be someone who can conduct her happy song. Fairy tales are supposed to have happy endings.

Quincy: Leo, *you* should try to conduct the happy song! You’re great at playing instruments!

Leo: Yeah! Maybe I can conduct the princess’ happy song with my baton. Do you think I can conduct the princess’ happy song? Ok. Here I go.

[Conducting to “Swan Lake”]

Quincy: That’s it, Leo!

Annie: You’re doing it.

Minnie Mouse: Hurray!

Annie: Yahoo!

Leo: I can do it! I can conduct the princess’ happy song!

Quincy: Leo, that means you can break the sleeping spell!

Annie: You’re the only one who can save her!

Minnie Mouse: But near the puppet theater is so far away in Prague, Europe.

Quincy: And we need to hurry! Look! If all 40 marbles fall into the theater, the sleeping spell will last forever!

[Marble drops]

Annie: Ooh!

Leo: Then I have to save her. Princess June needs me!

Quincy: All right!

Annie: Yay, Leo!

Minnie Mouse: You’re very courageous!

Leo: But I’m going to need your help. Will you help me save Princess June? Great.

[Baton jingles]

Leo: We’ve got a mission! We’re going to wake up the princess! Let…the mission…begin!

[Door closes]

Leo: Buckle your seatbelts.

Annie, Quincy and Minnie Mouse except Leo: Seatbelts buckled!

Leo: Prepare for blast off! We need to give Rocket a lot of power. Put your hands on your lap and pat with us. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. Faster! Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. Now raise your arms as high as you can and say blast off!

Annie, Quincy, Leo and Minnie Mouse: Blast off!

Annie: Hold on tight, ‘cause here we go!

Annie, Quincy, Leo and Minnie Mouse: Whoa!!

Leo: Whoo-hoo!

Quincy: All right!

Quincy: We’re off to help Leo wake up Princess June.

[Leo conducts to “Swan lake” as Annie prepares to sing with her microphone!]

Annie: 🎵Leo will wake up Princess June, oh yeah, He will wake Princess June!🎵🎵

[Rocket jingling]

Quincy: Rocket sees something. That sign says to follow the path to Prague.

Minnie Mouse: But the path goes across the colosseum.

Annie: Oh. A colosseum? That has an optimism.

Leo: We’ll, optimism or not, it’s the only way to get to Prague, so that’s the way I’m going.

Quincy: We’ll, then, we’re going with you.

Minnie Mouse: That’s right.

Annie: Yeah.

[Big Jet’s engine roars]

Annie: Hey. I think Big Jet just roared at me.

[Big bad race cars jumping]

Minnie Mouse: And I’m pretty sure those big bad race cars just bounced at me.

Quincy: Don’t worry. This colosseum can’t stop us, as long as we stick together and go over bumps.

Leo: Uh-oh. That sounds like…

Annie, Quincy, Leo and Minnie Mouse: Katschai!!

Quincy: And he’s using his magic!

Annie: Yikes! A shrunken mountain of sticks!

Quincy: Katschai is trying to block our path!

Leo: He’ll do anything to stop me from getting to the princess!

Minnie Mouse: Don’t worry. I have a plan.

Leo: Cool!

Quincy: Minnie Mouse destroyed the shrunken mountain of sticks.

Annie: Yay, Minnie Mouse! Uh-oh. Now Katschai is making lots and lots of shrunken mountains of sticks in our way.

Minnie Mouse: How am I going to destroy all those shrunken stick mountains?

Leo: I can help you, Minnie Mouse. I can conduct music so you can destroy all the shrunken stick mountains.

Minnie Mouse: Perfect. I’ll destroy the shrunken stick mountains whenever I hear conducting.

Leo: Come on. I need you to play the shrunken stick mountain rhythm with me. Hold up your baton and conduct to music like this. 1, 2, 3, 4! Do it with me. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, That’s it.

Minnie Mouse: Whoo-hoo!

Leo: All right!

Quincy: Uh-oh. Here come zigzags.

Annie: And Louder!

Leo: We need to help Minnie Mouse go across the zigzags. Crescendo!

[Swan Lake playing crescendly]

Leo: Crescendo!

[Swan Lake plays loudest]

Quincy: All right!

Annie: Hooray!

Leo: We got rid of the shrunken stick mountains and went across zigzags!

Minnie Mouse: Thanks for conducting with your baton.

Leo: You’re right, Minnie.

Quincy: Look. A zigzag appeared under Katschai.

Annie: And Katschai got away.

Minnie Mouse: Let’s go.

Quincy: To Prague.

Leo: We have to play the princess her happy song before it’s too late.

Annie: 🎵Leo will wake up Princess June, oh yeah, He’ll really wake up Princess June.🎵

Minnie Mouse: Wow! Look at that sap!

Leo: This must be the sticky sap forest.

Quincy: And the road to Prague is right over there.

Annie: But it’s on the other side of the forest.

[Rocket jingles]

Leo: Whoa, cool. Rocket turned into a Bus.

Quincy: Great idea, Rocket! We can ride in our very own Rocket Bus. This way, Annie, Leo and Minnie Mouse!

[A minor plays]

Leo: Uh-oh. That sounds like Katschai. Do you see Katschai? You’re right. He’s at the sappy sign.

Minnie Mouse: Oh, no! Katschai put a magic spell on Rocket.

Leo: And he’s pulling Rocket towards the sap.

Annie: We have to help Rocket before he gets stuck.

Leo: I have an idea. I can conduct the song with my baton that will help Rocket drive the right way.

Minnie Mouse: Yeah. Try it, Leo.

Quincy: You can do it.

Quincy: It’s working, Leo.

Minnie Mouse: But Rocket needs more help.

Annie: I know what to do. Leo can conduct his baton, and I can sing. [inhales] 🎵Let’s go, Rocket Bus. Let’s go, Rocket Bus.🎵

Quincy: Way to go, Annie!

Minnie Mouse: You and Leo are helping Rocket go the right way.

Annie: But Rocket needs even more help. I need you to sing with me. Sit up straight and hold up your microphone. Now sing! [inhales] 🎵Let’s go, Rocket Bus. Let’s go, Rocket Bus.🎵 It’s working! Rocket Bus is driving the right way.

Quincy: But Katschai isn’t giving up. He’s using his stronger magic.

Minnie Mouse: And he’s pulling Rocket back the wrong way.

Leo: We need to be even louder.

Annie: Sing louder with me! [inhales] 🎵Let’s go, Rocket Bus. Let’s go, Rocket Bus.🎵 He’s almost there. Just a little louder. [inhales] 🎵Let’s go, Rocket Bus. Let’s go, Rocket Bus.🎵

Quincy: Hooray!

Minnie Mouse: That was wonderful!

Leo: We did it! Our song worked!

Annie: Thanks for singing with me.

Minnie Mouse: Look, Katschai is going the wrong way.

Quincy: He got stuck in the sticky sap.

Quincy: Come on.

Quincy: We’ve got to hurry.

Leo: I have to conduct the princess her happy song before all the marbles fall into the puppet theater.

Annie: 🎵Leo will wake up Princess June, oh yeah, he’ll wake up Princess June.🎵

[A minor plays once more]

Leo: Uh-oh. Who does that sound like? Katschai! Right. He’s back, and he’s using his magic at my baton.

Minnie Mouse: Oh, no! He took Leo’s Baton!

Annie: This is bad.

Leo: I need my baton! I can’t wake up Princess June without it!

[Baton jingles]

Quincy: Wait. Rocket hears something. Listen.

Leo: It sounds like my baton.

Minnie Mouse: The sound is coming from inside Katschai’s giant comic book.

Leo: That must be where Katschai is hiding my baton.

Leo: Come on, team!

[Action music playing from Season 1’s curtain call]

Annie: So this is why the Forte Giant got a comic book with houses for his birthday.

Leo’s baton must be behind one of those huts.

I’ll use my xylophone to match the musical hut sounds.

Leo: Listen carefully.

[Red hut music]

Leo: Does that sound like my baton?

Leo: Not Really.

Leo: The red hut doesn’t have my baton.

Quincy: Let’s try the green hut, Leo.

[Baton jingles]

Leo: Does that sound like my baton?

Leo: You betcha!

Leo: That’s it!

Leo: We found my baton!

Annie: Yay, Leo!

Minnie Mouse: We knew you can do it.

Leo: Now I can conduct Princess June her happy song and break the sleeping spell.

[Musical Families calling for help]

Minnie Mouse: That sounds like the rest of the musical families back at Prague.

Annie: They sound worried.

Leo: Do you see the puppet theater? Oh, yes! There it is.

Quincy: But, Look. There are only 3 marbles left on the Prague roof!

Leo: How will I ever get there in time to save Princess June?

[Rocket jingles about preparing his new power]

Leo: That’s right. Super fast!

Leo: We’re going to fly Rocket as fast as he can go: Super fast! Will you help me fly Rocket super fast? Great! Super fast!

Annie, Quincy and Minnie Mouse except Leo: Super fast!

[Backup booster deploys]

Leo: To get to super fast, we have to start at adagio.

[Beep]

Leo: Pat the beat on your lap slowly.

[Beep]

Leo: Moderato. Now pat the beat on your tummy a little faster.

[Beep]

Leo: Allegro! Now pat the beat on your shoulders even faster.

[Beep]

Leo: Presto! Now reach your arms to the sky and shake your whole body! We did it! We’re flying super fast!!

Minnie Mouse: We made it to Prague!

Annie: And there’s Princess June. She’s still sleeping.

Quincy: But look. There are only two marbles left.

Leo: Here I come, June!

[marble crashes]

Minnie Mouse: Uh-oh. Another marble fell in the theater.

Annie: Now how many marbles are left?! One marble! Right!

Quincy: Hurry, Leo! Conduct June her happy song!

[Conducting to “Swan Lake”]

Annie: June’s starting to wake up!

[Marble wobbles]

Quincy: Time is running out! The final marble is about to fall!

Leo: I need you to conduct music with me so we can we wake up June. Come on! Hold up your baton like this and get ready to conduct. Now conduct music!

[Orchestra plays “Swan Lake”]

Leo: That’s it! Keep conducting!

[Orchestra continues playing “Swan Lake”

[The last marble lands]

Annie: Look, look look! The last marble fell in the theatre!

[“Swan Lake” ends]

[Princess June awakens]

Leo: Did we wake up Princess June?

June: Hello.

Leo: Yes! We broke the sleeping spell!

Quincy: You did it.

Annie: Hurray!

Minnie Mouse: Fantastic!

June: Thanks, Leo.

Leo: Happy to help, June.

[Orchestra playing “Swan Lake”]

Minnie Mouse: Look. June is dancing.

Quincy: It’s making everyone feel happy.

Annie: Even Katschai is happy.

Little Einsteins: Wow!

June: Hooray!

Minnie Mouse: Cool!

Annie: I knew it. Fairy tales are always supposed to have happy endings.

Leo: Mission completion!

[Baton jingles]

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**Curtain Call**

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Leo: Now it’s time for … the curtain call!

[Crowd Cheering]

Leo: 🎵Let’s give a hand, and hear it for the team.🎵

All: 🎵And rah-rah-rah for Rocket!🎵

Quincy: 🎵Come on, take a bow.🎵

June: 🎵It’s your turn now.🎵

Annie: 🎵Let’s hear a big hand for you!🎵

[All cheering]

Leo: Now…pat, clap, pat, clap, pat, clap!

June: 🎵Let’s give a big cheer for the Artist of the day.🎵

Leo: Van Gogh!

All: Van Gogh!

Quincy: 🎵The composer of the beautiful music we played🎵

Leo: Tchaikovsky!

All: Tchaikovsky!

All: Hooray! Yay, Tchaikovsky!

Annie: And here comes the music of the day! Listen.

(“Swan Lake” Playing)

Leo: See you on the next mission!

Quincy: Uh-oh, Something’s falling!

June: I’ll catch it!

Annie: June! Over there!

Leo: No, June! The other side!

Quincy: Catch it, June! Catch it!

Leo: She caught a cake! That’s So silly!

Al: [Laughing]