| Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains | |
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| Season 2, Episode 45 | |
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| Air date | April 16, 2001 |
| Written by | Joe Fallon |
| Directed by | Ted May |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Episode 44: Bug Beard |
Next Episode 46: Quest! Quest! Quest! |
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SCENE 1 | Theo reads the cubs Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. When they come across the word "drought", Heath the Thesaurus defines it to them. |
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SCENE 1 (cont'd) | The parents notice that if you put a "T" in from to the word "Rain", you get "Train". This inspires the cubs to "Bring the Train to Kapiti Plain". |
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SCENE 2 | Walter and Clay Pigeon want to see Busterfield's brain. |
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Insert | The grey hand takes the letters "ai" from the word "rains". |
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Puppets | Martha Reader and The Vowelles: paint |
| Animation | Chalkboard: paint, pain, plain | |
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Cartoon | Short Song: plain, brain, rain |
| Celebrity | Liza Jesse Peterson recites a poem called ai train | |
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Animation | Colored Boxes: gain, pain, pail, nail, snail |
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Film | Moby Duck: Daisy the entertaining white snail |
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SCENE 3 | Lionel and Leona have found a book on trains, which they will use to "Bring the Train to Kapiti Plain". Unfortunately, they also bring a fire to Kapiti Plain! |
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SCENE 3 (cont'd) | The parents come down to see that Kapiti Plain is on fire! Click quickly drags and drops the cubs back out. |
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Celebrity | Fred Says: hair |
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Animation | Sky Words: hair, fair, fail, rail, rain |
| Cartoon | The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Rain (EKA: Poetry Day) | |
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Puppets/Film | Cleo sings Without an S |
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Insert | The grey hand puts the "ai" back from the word "rains". |
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SCENE 4 | When all seems lost, Walter Pigeon donates a feather that can be used to ignite the book's titular rains, and extinguish the fire. Theo has Click drag and drop it into the book, and the problem is solved. |
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SCENE 5 | As a reward for saving Kapiti Plain, the pigeons finally get to see Busterfield's brain, which they then steal. |
Trivia
- In this episode, the library features a fire alarm system (which features horns and flashing red "FIRE" lights), which activiates when the "illustrated fire" ignites. But in all other episodes, the library has no fire alarm.
Notes
- This is the third time Between the Lions used a former Reading Rainbow feature book. The first two incidents involved the books Imogene's Antlers and Abiyoyo.
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