Mr. Moth

(Episode begins as Little Bill is looking at the cocoons on the window sill.)

Little Bill: "Hello in there. Come on out. Hello?"

Fuchsia: "Hey Little Bill, did the butterflies hatch yet?"

Little Bill: "No, not yet."

Fuchsia: "They're not doing anything."

Kiku: "But they're supposed to hatch today. Right, Miss Murray?"

Miss Murray: That's what they told me at the butterfly farm. They said they'd be ready to hatch by today."

Little Bill: "I don't see any hatching."

Miss Murray: "Well, it's still early in the day, Little Bill. Let's just wait and see.

Fuchsia: How will we know when you're hatching?"

Miss Murray: "Well first we'll see them start to move."

Little Bill: "I think mine just moved Miss Murray!"

(Andrew, Fuchsia, and Kiki laugh.)

Andrew: "Little Bill, you made it move. You bumped the jar."

Fuchsia: "My butterfly used to look like this, right, Miss Murray?" ￼

Miss Murray: "That's right, Fuchsia. Does anybody know what that's called?"

Little Bill: (Offscreen) "A caterpillar."

Miss Murray: That's right, Little Bill.

Kiku: And then it they wrapped itself in this... chrys...

Miss Murray: "Chrysalis￼."

Kiku: "Chrysalis."

Little Bill: "And it's in there right now waiting to hatch."

Miss Murray: "That's exactly right."

Little Bill: "When are they going to come out?"

Miss Murray: "Anytime now. Just be patient."

Fuchsia: Are we going to let them go, Miss Murray?"

Miss Murray: "Mm-hmm. After they hatch and dry off their wings, we'll give them some sugar water to make them strong. And then we'll let them fly away."

Little Bill: (to his cocoon) "Did you hear that? You get sugar water when you come out, so come on out."

Fuchsia: "My butterfly is going to be so pretty. It's gonna be blue with red spots."

Kiku: "I want mine to be blue too."

Andrew: "I want a green one with purple stripes."

Little Bill: "Hmm, I wonder what mine will look like?"

(Imagination sequence begins. Little Bill imagines himself as a butterfly. He is seen flying. Then Andrew, Fuchsia, and Kiki, also as butterflies join him.)

Little Bill: "Mine is gonna be the biggest, fastest, and most beautiful butterfly in the whole world!"

(Kids laugh)

(Back to reality)

Miss Murray: (Offscreen) "Now remember, Little Bill, you don't have a butterfly. Your's is a moth."

Little Bill: (disappointed) "Oh, yeah. I got a moth.

Andrew: "How come Little Bill got a moth?

Miss Murray: "Well, the butterfly farm always sends us a moth along with the butterflies.

Little Bill: "But this time, we only got one moth in the whole bunch, mine. Miss Murray, what's a moth like again?"

Miss Murray: "Well, a moth is a lot like a butterfly, but they're different in some ways."

Little Bill: "Oh, yeah."

Miss Murray: "Remember, a moth doesn't make a chrysalis, it makes a cocoon."

Little Bill: "A cocoon?"

Miss Murray: "That's right."

Andrew: Wow, look! It's moving, look! Here it comes!

(Andrew's butterfly hatches.)

Kiku: "Oh, wow."

Fuchsia: "Cool. Look everybody, mine's coming out, too."

(Kids cheer in amazement.)

Little Bill: "My cocoon isn't doing anything. How come I have to have a moth?"

Andrew: "It's coming out!"

Kiku: "It has blue on it!"

Andrew: "How come their wings look like that?"

Miss Murray: "Well, their wings don't need to dry before they can open them."

Little Bill: "Miss Murray?

Miss Murray: "Yes, Little Bill?"

Little Bill: "Is mine broken?"

Miss Murray: "No. (chuckles) Just give it a little more time. I told you moths are different from butterflies. Yours might take a little longer to hatch."

Little Bill: "How long?"

Miss Murray: "Well, sometimes they hatch at night."

Little Bill: "But if it hatches tonight, I won't be able to see it. I'll be at home."

Miss Murray: "I have an idea. Why don't you take your moth home with you, so you can watch it tonight?"

Fuchsia: "Ooh, you get to take it home.

Little Bill: "Yeah, but I still wish I had a butterfly."

Fuchsia: "But everybody has butterflies."

Kiku: "Yours is special."

Andrew: "Will you bring your moth to school tomorrow so we can all see it, Little Bill?"

Miss Murray: "Then we can release all the butterflies and your moth together."

Little Bill: "Okay."

(Miss Murray, Andrew, and Fuchsia walk away. Kiku walks up to Little Bill.)

Kiku: "What's the matter, Little Bill? Don't you like your moth?"

Little Bill: "I wish I had a butterfly."

(We are now at Little Bill's apartment in the evening. He is still waiting for his moth to hatch.)

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