| A King and His Hawk | |
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| Season 1, Episode 25 | |
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| Air date | May 5, 2000 |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Episode 24: The Old Man |
Next Episode 26: The Roar That Makes Them Run |
A King and His Hawk is the 25th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.
Plot
On a day when all the patrons are reading sad books, Lionel reads "A King and His Hawk" to Leona. Leona is traumatized by the part where the king kills the hawk, so she tries to hide the book so nobody else will read it and get upset.
Segments
- Barnaby B. Busterfield III: crying
- Martha Reader and The Vowelles singing the short "i" sound in their zippy big hit "sing".
- Color Patterns: sing, sit, it
- A word from fame broadway, actor and director Mr. Walter Bobbie: it (Version 1, without music)
- Heath the Thesaurus sings Ten Small Words (Versions 3 and 4) (EKA: Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup)
- Tiger Words: A Trip to Tripoli [trip, not trap] (Version 4) (EKA: Episode 03: Little Big Mouse)
- Fred Says: ing, sing
- Space: sing, sight, night
- The Monkey Pop-Up Theater: There is No Need to Light a Night-Light (Versions 2 and 3) (EKA: Episode 05: Shooting Stars)
- Sky: night, nick, ick, tick, tickle (Versions 1 and 2)
- What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Tickled and Pickled Ribs (Versions 3 and 4, without music) (EKA: Episode 03: Little Big Mouse)
- Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Real Jam [not real jim] (Version 2) (EKA: Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship!)
- Barnaby B. Busterfield III (again): the crying is over and this is the end
Songs
- A Good Sad Book
Trivia
- This episode is unusual for a PBS Kids show in that it mentions death.
- The sky words segment has the same music on Sausage Nose.
Gallery
"Mom, there's a talking potato with no mouth and a talking jam jar! What's going on?" (EKA: Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship!)
"Don't worry, sweetie. It's educational television. It must be good for you." (EKA: Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship!)
