Arthur's Lost Library Book

Arthur's Lost Library Book
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Arthur's Lost Library Book is the second part of the fourth episode of the first season in the Arthur TV show. The episode was written by Joe Fallon. It's storyboards were done by Jean Lajeunesse. The date it first aired was September 23, 1996, alongside with D.W.'s Imaginary Friend.

Plot Outline

Arthur is at the library and talks to the audience about the great things in the library, such as music to listen to, puppet shows for children, and books for everybody. He sees his friends looking through books they are interested in. Brain is looking at a book about science respectively. Francine is looking a book on sports rules so that she'll know how much better she is than everybody else and asks Arthur if he wants to challenge her. He excuses this and meets up with Buster who is reading a joke book. He tries a joke on him which makes them both giggle. Arthur loves being in the library, but remembers one time when he though they wouldn't let him enter the library again. {Title Card} A rather ugly looking hand reaches out and takes out a book from a shelf. A voice is heard saying the first chapter of the story: 'Arthur goes to the library'. Arthur and his friends arrive at the library to take out some books. Arthur sees various books one after the other and takes them out. Francine suggests he should just take one, but Arthur disagrees. At the front desk, he begins to check out, when Miss Turner tells him he can take out one more and shows him the new Scare Your Pants Off book titled "The Mysterious Hand". At this moment, the other kids see it and run toward it, but Arthur gets the first sprint and grabs it before they can. The kids try to have him give it to one of them, but he runs off to the front desk and checks it out. He takes his stack of books outside to take home. But the others continue to chase him and uses the fact that he has too many books to have him give it. But he disbelieves that he has too many and leaves on his bike, leaving his friends depressed. While riding home, he rides under a low tree branch and it knocks the top book, which was "The Mysterious Hand", off the stack and it lands on the sidewalk, Arthur doesn't notice though. Then a kid comes by and picks up the book. The ugly hand appears again and tears off 7 days off a calendar and says the second chapter: 'One Week Later'. Arthur's Mom is putting clothes in the washing machine. But in the pile of clothes she finds one of Arthur's misplaced books and calls Arthur. She gives the book to him and tells him to be more careful, yet Arthur thinks he is. Later in the treehouse Arthur and Buster are trading cards, until Buster notices one of Arthur's books next to the wall. Arthur wonders how it got there, even though it was himself. Buster asks if he liked "The Mysterious Hand". Arthur completely forgot he had it. Buster reminds him that there is a waiting for that book once it's returned. Back at home, he finds many other books that he misplaced but hasn't found the book he's looking for. He looks under the bed, when D.W. enters his room and asks what he's hiding from. He says he isn't hiding and that he's looking for "The Mysterious Hand". D.W. says she found it and Arthur bumps his head in reaction. When he looks, he only sees D.W.'s hand making a shadow in his light. Arthur scares her away out of his room and continues to try to remember where it is. He looks through the laundry, under the couch cushions, on top of the piano, and under the table in the kitchen. His Dad tells him that he didn't have that book when he brought his books home. Arthur believes that one of the kids took it while he was leaving the library. He goes to call Buster for help, but stops himself, for Buster's a suspect; everyone is. But Arthur knows that Binky wouldn't take the book, for he doesn't like to read. Arthur asks Binky to help him find the book. He accepts and asks what he needs to do