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beep beep

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Seat belts, everyone!

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Please let this be
a normal field trip.

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With the Frizz?
No way!

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♪ Cruisin' on down Main Street
♪

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♪ You're relaxed
and feelin' good ♪

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♪ Yeah! ♪

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♪ Next thing that you know,
you're seein' ♪

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Wa-ha-ha-hoo!

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♪ An octopus
in the neighborhood! ♪

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♪ Surfin' on a sound wave ♪

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♪ Swingin' through the stars ♪

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♪ Take a left
at your intestine ♪

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♪ Take your second right
past Mars ♪

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♪ On the Magic School Bus ♪

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♪ Navigate a nostril ♪

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♪ Climb on
the Magic School Bus ♪

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♪ Spank a plankton, too ♪

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Take that!

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♪ On our Magic School Bus ♪

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♪ Raft a river of lava ♪

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♪ On the Magic School Bus ♪

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♪ Such a fine thing to do! ♪

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Whoa!

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♪ So strap your bones
right to the seat ♪

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♪ Come on in
and don't be shy ♪

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♪ Just to make
your day complete ♪

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♪ You might get baked
into a pie ♪

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♪ On the Magic School Bus ♪

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♪ Step inside,
it's a wilder ride! ♪

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♪ Come on ♪

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♪ Ride on the Magic School Bus
♪

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beep beep

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sniff

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eww!

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Is that some kind
of rot, or what?

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That is one rotten
orange, Ralphie.

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It's so disgusting,
it could win
the contest.

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sniff

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Ah! The smell
of decomposing orange!

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Oh, delectable!

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Hmm hmm hmm!

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So what's my score,
Tim?

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Do I win the most
disgusting, grossest
rot contest ever?

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ding ding ding

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(Tim)
Two nose-holds
and a faint.

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Good one, Ralphie.

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Whoo-hoo!

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Definitely disgusting!

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Hmm...let's see.

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Yep. This should do it.

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Next!

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How about this, Tim?

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It fell
behind the counter

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when I was still
at my old school.

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Eww, Phoebe!

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That banana is
so rotten, it's mush.

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Score?

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ding ding ding

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That's three nose-holds.

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Congratulations!

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Next!

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Wait until
you see this!

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Wanda!
What is in there?

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I don't know,
Carlos.

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Nobody knows.

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It's been
in the fridge

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since I was
four.

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Huh!
Huh!

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Just beautiful!

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You're not gonna
open it, are you?

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(Ms. Frizzle)
Of course she is.

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Oh, come on, class.

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Don't you want to see

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what rip-roaring rot
is inside?

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Here goes!

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[all coughing]

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[gasp]
Yuck!

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Eww!

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Score, please.

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Three faints!
Very good, Wanda!

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We've got us
a winner!

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And to congratulate
you on winning

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the most disgusting
rot contest,

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I have
a little prize.

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Oh, Wanda!

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It's a baby tree!

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Ms. Frizzle,

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I really like it
and everything,

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but it's not really
rotten, is it?

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It's so alive!

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That's right,
Keesha.

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It's very alive,
and so is rot.

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(all)
It is?

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Mm-hmm!

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Well, Wanda,

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what would you
like to do
with your
prize?

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Um...

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I guess I'd like
to plant it.

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And I know
just the spot.

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You know that old lot
near my house on Decatur?

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An excellent place
for a new tree!

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To the bus!
Two by two, please.

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(Keesha)
Now, Wanda,

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do you really want to put
your nice tree

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in that
ugly, old lot?

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(Wanda)
Correct.

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(Carlos)
It's filled with
lots of dead stuff--

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rotting logs,
tree stumps...

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That's the point,
Carlos.

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We could make
that lot beautiful--

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just clear out
all the dead stuff

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and plant my lovely
green tree.

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Think how great this tree
will look when it's big!

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It could be a little park,

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and we could call it
Wandaworld!

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No, wait! No, wait!
No, wait.

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Why not do something
really cool with it?

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What about
a theme park?

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(all)
Yeah! Cool!

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Theme park?

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Now, wait a minute.

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Yes! And the theme
could be rot.

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What?

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And we'll call it
Rotland!

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Yeah!

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Ah. Interesting
notion.

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Any other
thoughts?

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I know! I know!

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Let's build
a restaurant.

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Yeah...

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A fast-food joint!

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I hate to say this,

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but restaurants
and theme parks mean litter.

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Garbage everywhere!

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Think of the environment.

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(all)
Hmm...

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So let's build
a recycling center.

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A what?

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Oh, no!

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That's a great idea,
Phoebe.

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No, it's not.

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Hey! There's the lot!

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Ms. Frizzle,
I'm going to go out
and have a look.

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Certainly, Wanda.

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Take chances!
Get messy!

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Make mistakes!

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Whew! This is worse
than I thought.

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There's a lot of stuff
to get rid of.

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Hey, guys!

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A tunnel of rocks!

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Junk sculptures!

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Hello!

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Excuse me.
I have an announcement.

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We need help.

156
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Huh?

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"Larry's Log Away--

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the log removal service
that won't leave you stumped."

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Perfect!

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I can't wait to see
their faces

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when I get this place
all cleaned up.

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Hello?

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Oh, hi. Is this
Larry's Log Away?

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You got him.

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Great. I have
a job for you.

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We need to get rid of
some useless, dead logs.

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Heh heh heh! Sure.
I can do that.
Where is it?

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The lot on Decatur.

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Ooh! How about
if I come now?

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Yeah! That would be
just great!

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(Carlos)
Listen. The theme park
could have a slime ride.

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Forget it.
This neighborhood
needs a restaurant!

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We can argue
about what to do

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after
the lot is clear!

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Hold it!

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Why not just
leave this place
the way it is?

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Arnold, why do you
always want to
leave things alone

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instead of
doing something?

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I have this theory

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that if you leave
nature alone,

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it'll get along
just fine.

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Forget your theories,
Arnold.

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That rotten log has to go.

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It's dead. It's useless!
I mean, look at it.

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And that, Wanda,
is exactly
what we shall do.

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Seat belts,
everyone.

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Wanda, now look
what you've done!

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The Frizz is going to--

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No! No, wait!
Ms. Frizzle!

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You're not
going to--

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we really
shouldn't!

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We can't!

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(all)
Whoaaa!

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(Arnold)
Too late, Wanda.

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We've shrunk!

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[gasps]
Oh, no! Not now!

197
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What did I do?
What did I do?

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[buzzing]

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(Wanda)
But, Ms. Frizzle,

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we've got to get
out of here--now!

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Where are we
going?

202
00:08:01,918 --> 00:08:02,999
(Ms. Frizzle)
We're going to find out

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what rot has to do
with life, Wanda.

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00:08:05,250 --> 00:08:07,250
But do we have to
find out now?

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00:08:07,250 --> 00:08:09,999
(Ms. Frizzle)
OK, class,
everybody out!

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Take chances!
Make mistakes!

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00:08:13,042 --> 00:08:14,542
Get messy!

208
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Wa-hoo!

209
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Yeah. "Make mistakes"--
my specialty.

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Wow! A dead log
sure looks different

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when you're no bigger
than a bug.

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And the bugs
look different, too,
right, Liz?

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Wow! Look at that!

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Rot! Life!
Ok. Let's go back now.

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00:08:38,999 --> 00:08:40,125
Lighten up, Wan.

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Last one up is
a centipede!

217
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No! Wait! Please,
don't go up there!

218
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We've got to go-o-o!

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What's that?

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Run! Aah!

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(Ms. Frizzle)
That, class,
is a chipmunk.

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Hide.

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Psst! Wanda?
Where are you?

224
00:09:01,876 --> 00:09:04,209
I'm over here!

225
00:09:05,834 --> 00:09:06,999
Uhh!

226
00:09:06,999 --> 00:09:08,167
Ah, thanks, Ms. Frizzle.

227
00:09:08,167 --> 00:09:10,375
Don't mention it,
Wanda.

228
00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,999
Wow! It's another world
up here.

229
00:09:15,999 --> 00:09:17,918
Wowww!

230
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The perfect look
for Rotland.

231
00:09:19,999 --> 00:09:22,959
But we can't do anything
until we take
this log away.

232
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So let's get big again
and get out of here.

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Hey, where do you think
this goes?

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It goes down, Ralphie, OK?
Now, us, we want to go home.

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Single file, class.

236
00:09:33,792 --> 00:09:37,999
Our rotten field trip
has only just begun.

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Ohh. Not if I have anything
to say about it.

238
00:09:43,501 --> 00:09:44,375
Hey, everyone.

239
00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:46,918
Uh, there's a great log
in my backyard.

240
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Why don't we go there
for our field trip?

241
00:09:49,292 --> 00:09:52,292
I'll serve
cookies and milk!

242
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Wanda, we're here
because you pointed

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to this log
and said--

244
00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000
and I quote--

245
00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,334
"Just look at it!"
Remember?

246
00:10:06,334 --> 00:10:08,999
I took a chance.
I made a mistake.

247
00:10:08,999 --> 00:10:13,542
So how do I stop it
from getting really messy?

248
00:10:18,209 --> 00:10:22,042
No sign of Larry
the Log Away guy.

249
00:10:22,042 --> 00:10:23,792
Huh?

250
00:10:23,792 --> 00:10:25,999
Yikes!

251
00:10:25,999 --> 00:10:28,959
Uhh!

252
00:10:28,959 --> 00:10:31,417
tap tap tap

253
00:10:31,417 --> 00:10:34,667
We really have to
get out of here!

254
00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:35,417
What's that sound?

255
00:10:35,417 --> 00:10:39,292
Don't worry, class.
Woodpeckers only eat bugs.

256
00:10:39,292 --> 00:10:43,834
Wow! There are hundreds
of tunnels down here!

257
00:10:43,834 --> 00:10:47,125
How about
a tunnel tour
in Rotland?

258
00:10:47,125 --> 00:10:48,999
Great idea, D.A.!

259
00:10:48,999 --> 00:10:51,083
Forget Wandaworld.
Let's build Rotland.

260
00:10:51,083 --> 00:10:55,250
And I say,
start right away.
Let's go!

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00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:56,876
Hey! Look at that!

262
00:10:56,876 --> 00:11:00,417
It's coming this way!
Look out!

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00:11:00,417 --> 00:11:02,083
(Wanda)
Aah!

264
00:11:02,083 --> 00:11:03,292
Well done, class.

265
00:11:03,292 --> 00:11:05,751
You found
a bessie bug,

266
00:11:05,751 --> 00:11:06,667
one of the animals

267
00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:09,209
which made
all these tunnels.

268
00:11:09,209 --> 00:11:13,918
Great!
Here's the bus.
We can go now.

269
00:11:15,667 --> 00:11:18,209
(Arnold)
A bessie bus?

270
00:11:18,209 --> 00:11:21,000
Now I've seen
everything.

271
00:11:26,584 --> 00:11:32,292
This place keeps getting
more and more amazing!

272
00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:35,334
Ah!
What's this stuff?

273
00:11:35,334 --> 00:11:37,334
Those are
part of the mushrooms

274
00:11:37,334 --> 00:11:40,501
we saw on the outside
of the log.

275
00:11:40,501 --> 00:11:43,125
Some mushrooms grow
on dead wood.

276
00:11:43,125 --> 00:11:45,167
Underneath
the mushroom caps,

277
00:11:45,167 --> 00:11:46,999
a tangle
of tiny threads

278
00:11:46,999 --> 00:11:49,334
grows throughout
the wood.

279
00:11:49,334 --> 00:11:51,250
These threads
eat the wood

280
00:11:51,250 --> 00:11:53,584
and help rot the log.

281
00:11:59,375 --> 00:12:01,959
Hey!
This thread effect
could be good

282
00:12:01,959 --> 00:12:05,042
for the haunted
house in Rotland.
roarrr!

283
00:12:05,042 --> 00:12:06,999
Whoa!

284
00:12:06,999 --> 00:12:07,876
He's back!

285
00:12:07,876 --> 00:12:11,999
(Ralphie)
You did say just bugs,
right, Ms. Frizzle?

286
00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:13,999
(Ms. Frizzle)
Yes, Ralphie.

287
00:12:15,834 --> 00:12:18,584
(Wanda)
Phew! That was close!

288
00:12:18,584 --> 00:12:20,626
(Phoebe)
Who would have
known a dead log

289
00:12:20,626 --> 00:12:22,626
could be so alive?

290
00:12:22,626 --> 00:12:23,999
Right,
Ms. Frizzle?

291
00:12:23,999 --> 00:12:27,167
I'm sorry, but I don't
think we should
stay in a place

292
00:12:27,167 --> 00:12:29,209
where we might become
somebody's lunch.

293
00:12:29,209 --> 00:12:31,999
I told you
we should have left
well enough alone.

294
00:12:31,999 --> 00:12:35,751
And I'm telling you
we have to get out
of here before--

295
00:12:35,751 --> 00:12:38,375
Wa-hoo!

296
00:12:38,375 --> 00:12:39,501
Ms. Frizzle?

297
00:12:39,501 --> 00:12:40,667
Too cool!

298
00:12:40,667 --> 00:12:41,999
(Dorothy Ann)
Come on!

299
00:12:41,999 --> 00:12:43,751
No, D.A.! Let go!

300
00:12:43,751 --> 00:12:44,999
Wait!

301
00:12:44,999 --> 00:12:45,999
Whoa!

302
00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:48,999
(Ms. Frizzle)
I bet you never thought
an amoeboid plasmodium

303
00:12:48,999 --> 00:12:52,999
could be so much fun!

304
00:12:54,167 --> 00:12:55,834
(Wanda)
A what?

305
00:12:55,834 --> 00:12:56,667
A slime mold--

306
00:12:56,667 --> 00:13:00,334
it's another living thing
living off the log.

307
00:13:00,334 --> 00:13:01,459
Think of it, D.A.--

308
00:13:01,459 --> 00:13:05,417
the stunningly stupendous
super slime slide

309
00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:08,250
found exclusively at...

310
00:13:08,250 --> 00:13:09,999
shh!

311
00:13:09,999 --> 00:13:12,375
[snoring]

312
00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:12,999
Rotland.

313
00:13:12,999 --> 00:13:16,334
No, Carlos, found naturally
in a dead log,

314
00:13:16,334 --> 00:13:21,083
which is stunningly stupendous
just the way it is.

315
00:13:21,083 --> 00:13:21,918
Right!

316
00:13:21,918 --> 00:13:23,876
Wait! What about taking
this log away?

317
00:13:23,876 --> 00:13:25,792
Sorry, Wanda.
We've changed
our minds.

318
00:13:25,792 --> 00:13:30,959
Hey, hey, Carlos, D.A.,
welcome to The-Leave-It-
As-It-Is club.

319
00:13:30,959 --> 00:13:32,834
OK, then, it's settled.

320
00:13:32,834 --> 00:13:34,999
We'll do
a restaurant instead.

321
00:13:34,999 --> 00:13:37,083
Now let's go!

322
00:13:37,083 --> 00:13:38,999
clang clang clang

323
00:13:38,999 --> 00:13:39,834
What was that?

324
00:13:39,834 --> 00:13:44,000
Hey, wait! You're
going the wrong way!

325
00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,751
It gets worse and worse!

326
00:13:46,751 --> 00:13:47,999
Lunchtime, class.

327
00:13:47,999 --> 00:13:52,292
All right!
Nothing like a rotten log
that's catered!

328
00:13:52,292 --> 00:13:53,584
So, what will it be?

329
00:13:53,584 --> 00:13:56,125
Log nuggets?
Wood dumplings?

330
00:13:56,125 --> 00:13:57,999
Pureed bark?

331
00:13:57,999 --> 00:13:59,375
(all)
Huh?

332
00:13:59,375 --> 00:14:01,584
I hate to be picky,
Ms. Frizzle,

333
00:14:01,584 --> 00:14:05,417
but do you have
anything in the way
of food?

334
00:14:05,417 --> 00:14:07,709
But the log is food,
Ralphie.

335
00:14:07,709 --> 00:14:10,709
That's the beauty of it.

336
00:14:10,709 --> 00:14:12,918
All these creatures
use the log

337
00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:14,999
for food and energy.

338
00:14:14,999 --> 00:14:17,792
Fine, fine.
So let's just
get out of here

339
00:14:17,792 --> 00:14:19,292
and open
our restaurant.

340
00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:21,792
Right, Ralphie?

341
00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,125
Whoa! Not only does
nstuff eat the log,

342
00:14:25,125 --> 00:14:27,834
but stuff eats the stuff
that eats the log!

343
00:14:27,834 --> 00:14:32,250
Everywhere you look
around here,
it's lunchtime.

344
00:14:32,250 --> 00:14:35,167
You know something, Keesha,
this place is...

345
00:14:35,167 --> 00:14:37,125
already a restaurant!

346
00:14:37,125 --> 00:14:38,167
What?

347
00:14:38,167 --> 00:14:38,999
Sorry, Wanda,

348
00:14:38,999 --> 00:14:40,999
but we don't want to
clear it away anymore.

349
00:14:40,999 --> 00:14:45,751
Yes! Two more for
the Keep-the-Log-
the-Way-It-Is club.

350
00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:48,125
OK. So
no Rotland,
no restaurant.

351
00:14:48,125 --> 00:14:51,000
So let's get big
and argue
some more!

352
00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,999
Why argue? Five out
of eight kids say

353
00:14:53,999 --> 00:14:56,667
we shouldn't
take this log away.

354
00:14:59,292 --> 00:15:04,125
One more chance to get
everybody out of here.

355
00:15:04,125 --> 00:15:05,083
Phoebe! Tim!

356
00:15:05,083 --> 00:15:08,959
(Ms. Frizzle)
♪ Da da da da da da da,
moldering in the grave ♪

357
00:15:08,959 --> 00:15:12,918
♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm,
moldering in the grave ♪

358
00:15:12,918 --> 00:15:14,834
(Phoebe)
This reminds me
of the mush

359
00:15:14,834 --> 00:15:16,918
my banana turned into.

360
00:15:16,918 --> 00:15:18,417
The process
of decomposition

361
00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:21,125
breaks
everything down,

362
00:15:21,125 --> 00:15:25,626
be it wood,
banana, or bug.

363
00:15:25,626 --> 00:15:27,167
Phoebe!

364
00:15:27,167 --> 00:15:29,584
Phoebe! Tim!
I can honestly say

365
00:15:29,584 --> 00:15:30,999
that your
recycling center idea

366
00:15:30,999 --> 00:15:33,999
is the best ever
in the history
of the earth!

367
00:15:33,999 --> 00:15:34,999
Really?

368
00:15:34,999 --> 00:15:35,584
You bet.

369
00:15:35,584 --> 00:15:37,792
So please,
please tell Ms. Frizzle

370
00:15:37,792 --> 00:15:40,751
that you want to get big
to recycle this log.

371
00:15:40,751 --> 00:15:43,083
Please?

372
00:15:43,459 --> 00:15:46,999
But it's already
being recycled, Wanda,

373
00:15:46,999 --> 00:15:49,250
as food for fungi
and bugs...

374
00:15:49,250 --> 00:15:52,584
As a place for
mosses and lichens
to grow...

375
00:15:52,584 --> 00:15:55,876
And as a home for
all sorts of creatures.

376
00:15:55,876 --> 00:16:00,125
OK, OK, but all these creatures
leave a lot of litter,
don't they?

377
00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:02,000
You know...bug plops.

378
00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,083
So the quicker
we clear it--

379
00:16:03,083 --> 00:16:07,626
Wait!
The bug plops
are being used, too.

380
00:16:07,626 --> 00:16:09,751
plop plop plop

381
00:16:09,751 --> 00:16:11,999
(Tim)
Natural recycling.

382
00:16:11,999 --> 00:16:14,709
I'm sorry,
but that is gross!

383
00:16:14,709 --> 00:16:16,250
Oh, it's not gross,
Wanda.

384
00:16:16,250 --> 00:16:20,042
It's another addition
to decomposition.

385
00:16:20,042 --> 00:16:22,999
Ooh! I give up!

386
00:16:22,999 --> 00:16:25,918
OK. It's not gross.
It's perfect. I love it.

387
00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,918
Now let's just
get out of here!

388
00:16:27,918 --> 00:16:31,709
(Keesha)
Hey, everyone!
Over here!

389
00:16:31,709 --> 00:16:34,042
Now what?

390
00:16:34,042 --> 00:16:38,751
Look! Beautiful rich soil!

391
00:16:38,751 --> 00:16:40,334
Perfect
for your tree,
Wanda.

392
00:16:40,334 --> 00:16:43,751
Now will you join
the Leave-It-
As-It-Is club?

393
00:16:43,751 --> 00:16:46,375
I don't believe it!

394
00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:48,334
♪ An old dead log
sittin' on your lawn ♪

395
00:16:48,334 --> 00:16:50,792
♪ It's ugly, it's awful,
and you want it gone ♪

396
00:16:50,792 --> 00:16:52,999
♪ Well, that log you got,
it's not a blot ♪

397
00:16:52,999 --> 00:16:55,626
♪ 'Cause it's got rot,
and that says a lot ♪

398
00:16:55,626 --> 00:16:57,709
♪ It's breakin' on down,
are you wonderin' how? ♪

399
00:16:57,709 --> 00:17:00,292
♪ With fungus and bugs,
they use it for chow ♪

400
00:17:00,292 --> 00:17:02,584
♪ It's rained on by rain,
nsnowed on by snow ♪

401
00:17:02,584 --> 00:17:04,999
♪ Breaks down into soil
nso new things can grow ♪

402
00:17:04,999 --> 00:17:07,417
♪ It's cool, it's renewal,
just ask Ms. Frizzle ♪

403
00:17:07,417 --> 00:17:10,999
♪ The log's just fine
the way it izzle ♪♪

404
00:17:12,834 --> 00:17:15,584
This place is fine...

405
00:17:15,584 --> 00:17:17,999
just the way it is!

406
00:17:17,999 --> 00:17:19,584
All right.
I see it now.

407
00:17:19,584 --> 00:17:23,626
There's absolutely
no reason to
take this log away.

408
00:17:23,626 --> 00:17:25,417
[machinery grinds]

409
00:17:25,417 --> 00:17:27,334
Except one!

410
00:17:27,334 --> 00:17:29,918
Yeah, Wanda?
Which one's that?

411
00:17:29,918 --> 00:17:30,792
Larry.

412
00:17:30,792 --> 00:17:32,584
Who's Larry?

413
00:17:32,584 --> 00:17:33,792
Aah!

414
00:17:33,792 --> 00:17:36,626
Him!
Aah!

415
00:17:38,999 --> 00:17:42,417
Let's get
out of here!

416
00:17:42,417 --> 00:17:43,959
Aah!

417
00:17:43,959 --> 00:17:45,501
This way, class.

418
00:17:45,501 --> 00:17:46,250
What's that?

419
00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:47,999
Stay with your partners.

420
00:17:47,999 --> 00:17:49,083
Whoa!

421
00:17:49,083 --> 00:17:52,209
Run!

422
00:17:52,209 --> 00:17:54,375
[buzzing]

423
00:17:58,375 --> 00:18:01,417
[gasping]

424
00:18:01,417 --> 00:18:03,999
squeak squeak

425
00:18:03,999 --> 00:18:07,417
Wanda, is there
something you'd like
to tell us?

426
00:18:07,417 --> 00:18:09,292
I'm sorry!
Really, I am!

427
00:18:09,292 --> 00:18:13,250
I didn't know
when I called Larry
what I know now.

428
00:18:13,250 --> 00:18:15,375
Oh, why do I always
have to do something

429
00:18:15,375 --> 00:18:19,375
when I should just leave
well enough alone?

430
00:18:19,375 --> 00:18:20,292
(Ms. Frizzle)
Sometimes action

431
00:18:20,292 --> 00:18:23,000
has a certain
attraction,
Wanda.

432
00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,999
And now is one
of those times!

433
00:18:25,999 --> 00:18:28,999
I've got it!

434
00:18:28,999 --> 00:18:30,083
[whispering]

435
00:18:30,083 --> 00:18:31,876
Good idea!

436
00:18:31,876 --> 00:18:33,626
[whistles]

437
00:18:33,626 --> 00:18:35,876
Hey! Help!

438
00:18:46,751 --> 00:18:48,999
(Wanda)
Put these on,
and hurry!

439
00:18:48,999 --> 00:18:50,999
You have got to be joking.

440
00:18:50,999 --> 00:18:53,834
You want us to wear
these things?

441
00:18:53,834 --> 00:18:56,250
Do you have
a better idea?

442
00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:58,709
Whoa!

443
00:19:02,334 --> 00:19:06,167
Seat belts, everyone!

444
00:19:06,167 --> 00:19:08,375
Here we go!

445
00:19:24,792 --> 00:19:26,751
Larry!

446
00:19:26,751 --> 00:19:28,083
Larry!

447
00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:29,918
Who's that?

448
00:19:32,751 --> 00:19:34,834
Hmm.

449
00:19:34,834 --> 00:19:38,751
What on Earth do you think
you're doing, Lawrence?

450
00:19:38,751 --> 00:19:39,999
I, um, uh...

451
00:19:39,999 --> 00:19:44,667
I'm from the organization
of Log Gremlins Local 119.

452
00:19:44,667 --> 00:19:46,167
You are?

453
00:19:47,501 --> 00:19:49,167
And frankly...

454
00:19:49,167 --> 00:19:52,292
The OLG doesn't like people
coming along

455
00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:55,667
and unnecessarily
shaking things up.

456
00:19:55,667 --> 00:19:56,250
Tell me, Larry,

457
00:19:56,250 --> 00:19:59,125
what do you see
when you look around here?

458
00:19:59,125 --> 00:20:03,042
Well, I see
a routine rot removal.

459
00:20:03,042 --> 00:20:04,959
Well, look again.

460
00:20:04,959 --> 00:20:05,792
See that dead log?

461
00:20:05,792 --> 00:20:08,709
Did you know
it's a theme park,
a restaurant,

462
00:20:08,709 --> 00:20:11,167
a recycling center,
and Wandaworld

463
00:20:11,167 --> 00:20:12,999
all rotted into one?

464
00:20:12,999 --> 00:20:16,999
You wouldn't believe
how many creatures
live in there!

465
00:20:16,999 --> 00:20:18,959
And do you know what else?

466
00:20:18,959 --> 00:20:21,501
Uh, no. What else?

467
00:20:21,501 --> 00:20:24,501
They are nature's
rot squad, Larry.

468
00:20:24,501 --> 00:20:28,459
Rot is a wonderful thing,
a necessary thing.

469
00:20:28,459 --> 00:20:30,876
Rot is nature
recycling itself,

470
00:20:30,876 --> 00:20:33,542
creating the new
from the old.

471
00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:34,626
Good one!

472
00:20:34,626 --> 00:20:37,167
Good one, Wanda!

473
00:20:37,167 --> 00:20:38,334
Whoaah!

474
00:20:38,334 --> 00:20:39,999
Um, ha ha ha! I get it.

475
00:20:39,999 --> 00:20:43,667
Is there a hidden camera
around here someplace?

476
00:20:43,667 --> 00:20:45,999
Come on, you guys!

477
00:20:48,542 --> 00:20:50,417
Face it, Lawrence.

478
00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:53,999
Removing this log
is an imposition
on decomposition.

479
00:20:53,999 --> 00:21:00,209
I had no idea
rotting logs had such
eloquent spokesgremlins.

480
00:21:07,417 --> 00:21:13,250
But how come
I never heard them before?

481
00:21:13,250 --> 00:21:13,918
Hoo boy!

482
00:21:13,918 --> 00:21:18,876
I probably shouldn't be
operating heavy machinery.

483
00:21:18,876 --> 00:21:20,999
We did it! Yeah!

484
00:21:20,999 --> 00:21:22,999
Yeah!

485
00:21:26,999 --> 00:21:31,209
That gremlin idea was
a stroke of genius, Wanda.

486
00:21:31,209 --> 00:21:33,999
Thanks, Arnold,
but I'll tell you
something.

487
00:21:33,999 --> 00:21:38,542
From now on,
I'm gonna leave
well enough alone.

488
00:21:38,542 --> 00:21:41,292
Whaaaaa?

489
00:21:41,292 --> 00:21:45,375
Wanda,
what should we do?
What should we do?

490
00:21:45,375 --> 00:21:47,751
Come on, Arnold.

491
00:21:47,751 --> 00:21:50,042
Everybody,
back on the bus!

492
00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:51,999
(all)
What?

493
00:21:55,375 --> 00:21:59,334
(Ms. Frizzle)
Um, do you two have
any particular plans

494
00:21:59,334 --> 00:22:02,709
for that odoriferous
collection of rot?

495
00:22:02,709 --> 00:22:06,999
(Wanda)
Rot is an important
part of nature, right?

496
00:22:06,999 --> 00:22:08,083
Right.

497
00:22:08,083 --> 00:22:11,167
And one of its uses
is to provide food

498
00:22:11,167 --> 00:22:12,959
for other living
things. So...

499
00:22:12,959 --> 00:22:15,083
Who's up
for a picnic?

500
00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:15,999
Yuck!

501
00:22:15,999 --> 00:22:19,292
But, Wanda, Arnold,
that's disgusting!

502
00:22:19,292 --> 00:22:21,667
Not if you're my tree!

503
00:22:22,876 --> 00:22:25,918
Yum! Yum! Compost!

504
00:22:25,918 --> 00:22:26,999
As I always say,

505
00:22:26,999 --> 00:22:31,209
"It doesn't have to
be delicious
to be nutritious."

506
00:22:31,209 --> 00:22:32,999
[laughter]

507
00:22:41,250 --> 00:22:43,375
Is this
the Magic School Bus?

508
00:22:43,375 --> 00:22:44,751
Is this the Magic
School Bus?

509
00:22:44,751 --> 00:22:47,709
(overlapping voices)
Is this the Magic School Bus?

510
00:22:47,709 --> 00:22:49,417
Magic School Bus?

511
00:22:49,417 --> 00:22:50,542
Magic School Bus?

512
00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:52,375
(both)
Magic School Bus?

513
00:22:52,375 --> 00:22:54,167
(overlapping voices)
Magic School Bus?

514
00:22:54,167 --> 00:22:56,834
(kids)
I want the Magic School Bus!

515
00:22:56,834 --> 00:22:58,999
[telephone ringing]

516
00:23:09,209 --> 00:23:09,999
[grunts]

517
00:23:09,999 --> 00:23:13,334
Liz, you can't
bring that in here.

518
00:23:13,334 --> 00:23:15,999
Hello--hello--
hello?

519
00:23:15,999 --> 00:23:16,626
Magic School Bus.

520
00:23:16,626 --> 00:23:19,501
(girl)
Hi. Are you responsible
for that show

521
00:23:19,501 --> 00:23:21,876
I just saw
on decomposition?

522
00:23:21,876 --> 00:23:23,334
Get that a--
why do you ask?

523
00:23:23,334 --> 00:23:27,292
Because it was rotten.
Ha ha ha!

524
00:23:27,292 --> 00:23:28,667
No kidding.

525
00:23:28,667 --> 00:23:30,501
No, wait.
I was kidding.

526
00:23:30,501 --> 00:23:31,209
I've got to tell you,

527
00:23:31,209 --> 00:23:32,999
I've seen some rotten things
in my time,

528
00:23:32,999 --> 00:23:35,334
but they're not always
filled with bugs and fungus.

529
00:23:35,334 --> 00:23:38,834
Um...well, that's
because a lot of rot

530
00:23:38,834 --> 00:23:40,999
is caused by things
too small to see.

531
00:23:40,999 --> 00:23:43,999
We wanted to shrink down
to the size of bacteria,

532
00:23:43,999 --> 00:23:46,501
but Arnold wouldn't go.

533
00:23:47,501 --> 00:23:49,626
Is there anything
that doesn't rot?

534
00:23:49,626 --> 00:23:51,209
Not if it was
once alive.

535
00:23:51,209 --> 00:23:52,876
Plants, animals,
bacteria--

536
00:23:52,876 --> 00:23:55,000
they all decompose
after they die.

537
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,999
Even the rotters
eventually rot.

538
00:23:57,999 --> 00:23:58,709
Ok, so tell me this:

539
00:23:58,709 --> 00:24:01,542
there's a fallen log
across the street
from my house.

540
00:24:01,542 --> 00:24:03,626
It's been there
since last summer.

541
00:24:03,626 --> 00:24:04,999
When is it gonna rot?

542
00:24:04,999 --> 00:24:06,501
It's already
decomposing,

543
00:24:06,501 --> 00:24:08,959
but rot can take
a long time--

544
00:24:08,959 --> 00:24:09,584
years, even.

545
00:24:09,584 --> 00:24:11,459
But it will eventually
return to the soil,

546
00:24:11,459 --> 00:24:13,375
just like the log
in the show.

547
00:24:13,375 --> 00:24:16,334
Like I said,
almost everything rots.

548
00:24:16,334 --> 00:24:18,792
Yeah. How come you
almost totally ignored

549
00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:20,709
one of my favorite
creatures?

550
00:24:20,709 --> 00:24:22,999
I did? Which one?

551
00:24:22,999 --> 00:24:24,999
The earthworm.

552
00:24:24,999 --> 00:24:26,584
Funny you should
say that.

553
00:24:26,584 --> 00:24:29,876
Earthworms
should not be ignored...

554
00:24:31,292 --> 00:24:31,709
Never.

555
00:24:31,709 --> 00:24:33,999
Earthworms are very good
at eating and plowing

556
00:24:33,999 --> 00:24:35,292
and improving soil.

557
00:24:35,292 --> 00:24:38,250
Then that's what
they should be left
to do.

558
00:24:38,250 --> 00:24:39,792
You know,
I was thinking,

559
00:24:39,792 --> 00:24:41,626
what if there were no rot,

560
00:24:41,626 --> 00:24:43,167
if nothing rotted, ever?

561
00:24:43,167 --> 00:24:45,083
Then the soil wouldn't
get back the nutrients

562
00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:46,999
that plants need
to grow.

563
00:24:46,999 --> 00:24:48,542
Most plants would die,

564
00:24:48,542 --> 00:24:50,375
and the Earth
would become barren,

565
00:24:50,375 --> 00:24:52,167
like a desert.

566
00:24:54,999 --> 00:24:56,667
And you know what?
What?

567
00:24:56,667 --> 00:25:00,792
There are no such things
as log gremlins.

568
00:25:01,999 --> 00:25:05,083
Well...depends on
whom you talk to.

569
00:25:05,083 --> 00:25:06,709
Ha ha ha!

570
00:25:07,999 --> 00:25:09,459
beep beep

571
00:25:09,459 --> 00:25:11,292
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572
00:25:11,292 --> 00:25:12,999
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573
00:25:12,999 --> 00:25:14,999
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574
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575
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576
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577
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578
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579
00:25:24,501 --> 00:25:25,042
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580
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581
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582
00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:31,999
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583
00:25:33,709 --> 00:25:36,334
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584
00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:37,334
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585
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586
00:25:38,167 --> 00:25:40,999
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587
00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:47,999
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588
00:25:47,999 --> 00:25:48,584
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589
00:25:48,584 --> 00:25:50,250
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590
00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:51,584
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591
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592
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