Don't touch that remote.

Here comes Between the Lions.

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ Ooh... ♪

♪ I read this book ♪

♪ It's red, come look ♪

♪ A book about ourspecial love ♪

♪ Homophones. ♪

If you think that was fun, watch this.

CLEO: Between the Lions with captioning

is funded in part by...

THEO: A "Ready to Learn" television cooperative agreement...

CLEO: From the U.S. Department of Education...

THEO: Through the Public Broadcasting Service...

CLEO: And by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

THEO: I love how you said that, Cleo!

CLEO: We do have additional funding to talk about.

THEO: Oh, right, of course.

( clears throat )

Additional support is provided by the Park Foundation...

CLEO: Dedicated to education and quality television...

THEO: And the Civil Society Institute.

CLEO: You know, Theo, I never get tired of telling people

about our funders.

THEO: Me either!

I could do it at least once every day.

CLEO ( laughing ): We do.

THEO: Oh, yeah, right, we do.

WOMAN: ♪ Hey, now... ♪

♪ Hey, wow... ♪

♪ Here's how ♪

♪ Come and read ♪

♪ Between the lions ♪

CHORUS: ♪ Come on ♪

♪ Come in ♪

♪ Begin ♪

♪ The world awaits ♪

WOMAN: ♪ Between the lions ♪

♪ Between the covers of a book ♪

♪ It's time to look between the lions ♪

♪ Behold the tales beyond the tails ♪

CHORUS: ♪ Behind the door ♪

♪ Become, explore ♪

♪ Come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪

( slide whistle blows )

Oh!

May I help you?

( slide whistling blowing )

The biographies?

Ah, yes-- true stories about the lives of real people.

The library is filled with them.

( slide whistle blows )

Clouds?

I don't think we have biographies of clouds.

No, no, no, no.

Clouds are not people.

Sometimes a cloud can look like a person.

( slide whistle blows )

BOTH: Oh!

Clowns!

( laughing )

Oh, of course.

All clown books,

including biographies of clowns,

are up the stairs

and down the hall of mirrors.

Listen for the bicycle horn.

Honk, honk.

( whistle blowing )

BOTH: You're welcome.

What a nice clown, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, Clay, that gives me an idea.

Let's go get a book about how to be a, um, uh...

Uh... clown?

Yeah, how to be a clown.

( both laughing )

How to be a clown?

Those two birds already are clowns.

LIONEL: Mom, Dad!

Is he here?

Is he here yet, huh?

Who?

BOTH: Grandpa!

( chuckles )

I knew that.

I was just funnin' you.

Your grandpa is on his way.

Actually, he should be here by now,

shouldn't he, Cleo?

( sniffs )

He is.

He is?

Hey, Cleo!

( gasping )

Oh, hi, Dad!

Oh, no one can sneak up on my daughter--

not even her old man in sneakers!

BOTH: Grandpa!

Oh, Dad.

Cubs!

( all laughing and cheering )

Oh, I missed you!

BOTH: Oh, we missed you, too!

I missed you three.

( all laugh )

Hey, what have you got in the bag, sir?

I brought a little something for everybody here.

( chuckling )

Meat chowder for my son-in-law.

Meat chowder?

For me?

Oh, you're going to love this, Theo.

It's a family recipe.

Made with my special "outgredient."

Uh, I'm sorry, sir, but, uh, don't you mean "ingredient"?

No, I mean outgredient.

An ingredient is something you put in

and an outgredient is something you leave out.

Ingredient is also a real word.

Outgredient is a word he made up.

( all laugh )

What's the special outgredient

in your meat chowder, Grandpa?

In my meat chowder

I leave out...

Not the meat, right?

Not the meat.

the chowder!

Yes!

So it's not the meat, right?

All meat, all meat.

( laughing )

( chewing loudly )

Ooh, goodness.

I like the way your husband slobbers over his food.

Yeah, it's one of the main reasons I married him.

What else is in the bag, Grandpa?

Let's see, what have we got in here.

Oh, yes, a flower

for my wonderful, smart and talented daughter.

I grew it myself in my garden.

Oh, thanks, Dad.

Oh!

( gasps )

Ha! I overwatered it!

Oh, Dad.

( laughing )

And last but not least,

for my two favorite grandcubs I have four words:

( echoing ): out in outer space!

BOTH: Huh?

And those four words

in that exact order are in a story

that I have to tell you

about someone who did something outstanding,

out of the ordinary.

Wow, you tell the best stories, Grandpa.

Aw, shucks.

You're right.

Well, everything I need to tell it to you

is already set up in the computer room.

BOTH: To the computer room!

I had a feeling you were going to day that.

Oh, have fun.

GRANDPA: See you later.

( chuckling )

( chewing loudly )

( sniffs deeply )

Ahh...

Um, I left you some.

Oh, for me?

Thanks, Love.

You're welcome.

( chewing loudly )

Wow.

LIONEL AND LEONA: Wow, look at that!

LIONEL: It's a space shuttle!

That is so cool!

Is this for the story, Grandpa?

Is this for the story?

Oh, yep, yep.

This and other surprise visual aids,

if you'll take your seats, my children.

Our first story that I'm going to tell you--

it's the biography of a friend of mine

whom I met at the Air and Space Museum.

She was the first Hispanic woman to go...

Out in outer space?

Yes, Lionel, yes!

Very good!

( Grandpa laughing )

Thank you, thank you very much.

I owe it all to hard work and my first-grade teacher.

Oh, oh, and my parents.

He's my brother.

( chuckling )

Once upon a time-- in 1958, to be exact--

in California-- Los Angeles, to be exact,

which is right here exactly--

a little girl named Ellen Ochoa was born

and she looked a lot like this

but not exactly.

Nobody in Ellen's family had any idea

that someday she would go...

ALL ( echoing ): out in outer space!

( rumbling )

Right.

Then one day, when Ellen Ochoa was 11 years old--

a lot like this girl...

BOTH: But not exactly.

Right.

When she was 11,

she watched television and saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.

ARMSTRONG ( on recording ): That's one small step for man...

one giant leap for mankind.

But even as she watched a human being walk on the moon

for the very first time,

Ellen Ochoa had no idea that someday she would go...

ALL ( echoing ): out in outer space!

( giggles )

LEONA: Uh-oh.

( rumbling )

Yay!

( laughing )

Ellen went to college and became an inventor.

Then one day, when she saw

a woman named Sally Ride become an astronaut,

Ellen decided that she wanted to be one, too.

So she worked very hard

and became the very first Hispanic woman ever to go...

ALL ( echoing ): out in outer space!

( rumbling )

LIONEL: Cool!

BOTH: Wow!

Now she's an astronaut who looks a lot like this woman.

BOTH: But not exactly!

No-- exactly!

Cubs, meet my pal,

the outstanding and out-of-the-ordinary Ellen Ochoa.

Hi, Grandpa.

Hi, Ellen.

How you doing?

What's up?

( laughs )

Wow, you're really her!

You rode on a rocket!

And in the space shuttle?

Yes, I did.

And you know, if you study and work hard,

you can do anything you want to do.

Maybe you'll even go...

ALL ( echoing ): out in outer space!

Exactly.

Well, I've got to blast off.

Bye.

Grandpa, that story was outstanding!

Yeah!

Aw, thanks.

You're the greatest.

Somebody should write your biography.

Me?

Nah, I never did anything outstanding

or out of the ordinary,

like going into outer space.

Who'd want to write a biography about me?

CLEO: Dad!

One of your favorite singers happened into the library

and we asked him if he'd perform

and he said yes!

It's not...

It is!

B.B the King of Beasts!

Wow!

Coming, cubs?

Yeah!

Uh, no, we have something very important

we have to do.

We do?

Okay, we'll see you later.

Come on, Dad.

See you, Grandpa.

Bye, Grandpa.

See you later.

Oh, Lionel...

Leona, somebody has to write Grandpa's biography.

Oh! Good idea!

Yeah, come on.

Okay, let's go this way.

ANNOUNCER: And now performing the O-U-- "ou"-- sound

in their hit word "Mouse,"

here is Victor Mouse and Mouseworks.

( techo beat playing )

♪ Ou, ou, ou ♪