Operation: D.W.!/Transcript

Operation: D.W.

Introduction

Arthur is standing in a city which is just being attacked by a Godzilla-like monster.

Arthur: Some things aren't as bad as they seem, as long as you're prepared.  

The monster lashes out at some passing helicopters and takes a bite out of a building. Bionic Bunny lands next to Arthur.

Bionic Bunny: Have no fear!

Monster: (roars)

Bionic Bunny: It's a good thing I brought my monster-shrinkervator!   

Bionic Bunny takes out a small raygun and shoots a beam at the monster. The monster looks surprises then shrinks to the size of a dog. Arthur gives Bionic Bunny a thumbs up.

Arthur and Buster are racing through a jungle in what looks like a soapbox car.

Arthur: Are you sure you know where you're going?

Buster: Yep. We just have to cross this crocodile-infested river.

Arthur: What are you doing? There's no bridge!

Buster: Relax.    He bushes a button labelled “Boat”.

Arthur: Aaah!    The car drives over the bank. The wheels inflate to form a rubber raft allowing the car to swim.      Of course there are some things you can never be prepared for.

Mr. and Mrs. Read, looking several years younger, come home with a baby girl.

Mrs. Read: Arthur, come meet your baby sister, Dora Winifred!     Four-year-old Arthur looks at the baby.

D.W.: Boo!   (giggles)     Arthur looks worried.

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The kids are playing in preschool.

Miss Morgan: It's story time. Let's put on our listening ears and come to the circle.   The kids sit in a half circle around her. D.W. continues playing.     D.W., it's story time. D.W.!    Tommy walks over to her.

Tommy: D.W.! Get on your listening ears!

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At home D.W. turns on the TV.

Mary Moo Cow: (sings:)   I can share, you can share, sharing, sharing, everywhere. It's a ton, a ton of fun, sharing toys with everyone!    D.W. keeps turning up the volume. Pal runs away. Arthur comes in.

Arthur: D.W., keep it down.    He takes the remote control.

D.W.: Hey, what are you doing?

Arthur: I'm trying to study for a math test, but the TV's too loud.

D.W.: Give it back. It's my TV time.     She reaches for the remote which Arthur holds up high. Mr. Read comes in.

Mr. Read: It is a little too loud, honey. I can hear it all the way from the kitchen.    D.W. walks up close to the screen.

Mary Moo Cow:  It's counting time. Will you help me count to ten?

D.W.: Yes, yes!     Arthur runs out of the room. Mr. Read turns down the volume.

Mr. Read: D.W., that's too close to the screen. Move back a little. 

D.W.: But I can't hear it if I'm not close.

Mr. Read: Really?

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D.W. and Mr. Read sit in Dr. Tinnitus’ office. The doctor comes in.

Dr. Tinnitus: It's nice to meet you, D.W. I'm Dr. Tinnitus. How are you feeling?

D.W.: I'm fine. I'm only here because my brother is mean and selfish and hates Mary Moo Cow.

Mr. Read: D.W. has had several ear infections this year, one after another.

D.W.: But my ears don't hurt it all right now.      Dr. Tinnitus holds up an otoscope.

Dr. Tinnitus: Let's take a look. This is my otoscope. It helps me see inside your ears.    She looks into D.W.’s right ear.     Hmm. There's some gunky stuff trapped in the middle ear on this side.

D.W.: But I don't feel it.

Dr. Tinnitus: Even though it doesn't hurt, the fluid it is making it harder for you to hear.

D.W.: Why?     Dr. Tinnitus shows D.W. a model of a human ear.

Dr. Tinnitus: Sound travels in waves. It goes in your outer ear first.

In D.W.’s imagination she rides a green wave on a surfboard through her outer ear.

D.W.: Yahoo!

Dr. Tinnitus: It travels through the ear canal and then it bounces off the eardrum on its way to the middle ear.    D.W. falls into a pool of yellow slime in the middle ear.  But your middle ear has a lot of gunk inside, so the sound gets stuck. When the sound can't get through, you have trouble hearing.

The fantasy ends.

D.W.: But… how do I get the gunk out?

Dr. Tinnitus: The best way to get it out is to put tubes in your ears.

D.W.: You're going put tubes in my ears? But won't I look weird?

In her imagination the other preschoolers are playing on the playground in the park. D.W. comes along with long white tubes sticking out of her ears. The tubes are connected to a machine which Mr. Read is pushing.

D.W.: Come on!    She starts running.

Mr. Read: (pants)   I am, but this degunkifier is heavy!

The fantasy ends.

Dr. Tinnitus: The tubes are really tiny. Here, I'll show you.     She puts two tiny green tympanostomy tubes on her hand with tweezers and shows them to D.W.     I put them inside your ears, and the gunk drains out, simple is that.

D.W.: But, how do you get them in there?

Dr. Tinnitus: You'll need to come to the hospital, where we'll put you to sleep, put in the tubes, and then wake you up. It's a pretty simple operation.    D.W. smiles.