Oobi: Play Ball!

Scene 1: How to play tee-ball
[Out in the yard, Oobi and Kako are running and wearing tee-ball helmets.]


 * Oobi and Kako: Batter up! Batter up! Batter up! Batter up!


 * Oobi: [to the viewers] Oh, hi. Oobi, Kako today... tee-ball.


 * Kako: Yeah, tee-ball. Batter up!


 * Oobi: Batter up! [turns to the viewers again] Oh, hey. Oobi, Kako "batter up." You "batter up." You, "batter up!"


 * Kako: Yeah, you "batter up!"


 * Oobi, Kako, and Voices: [all] Batter up! Batter up! Batter up!


 * Grampu: [off-screen] Oobi, Kako!

''[Oobi and Kako walk over to Grampu. He is setting up a plastic tee while Uma puts a tee-ball on it.]''


 * Kako: Hey.


 * Oobi: Grampu!


 * Kako: Tee-ball ready?


 * Grampu: Tee...


 * Kako: Ooh.


 * Grampu: [points to the ball] Ball.


 * Kako: Aah.


 * Grampu: Tee-ball ready.


 * Oobi and Kako: Yay!


 * Grampu: Oh. Tee-ball bat.


 * Kako: Mm.


 * Grampu: Heh-heh-heh. Enjoy!


 * Kako: Thank you.


 * Uma: Bye.

[Grampu walks off.]


 * Oobi: Oobi hit.


 * Kako: Kako hit.


 * Uma: Hmm. Uma catch!

''[Uma runs over to the other side of the yard. She gets ready to catch the ball after Oobi and Kako hit it.]''


 * Oobi: Oh, ha-ha.


 * Kako: Oobi, batter up?


 * Oobi: Oobi batter up.

[Oobi swings the bat and sends the ball flying across the yard.]


 * Kako: Wow. Oobi good.

[Uma is picking flowers on the other side.]


 * Oobi: [off-screen] Uma, ball!


 * Uma: Oh, oh, oh!

[She drops the ball, then picks it up and brings it back to the tee.]


 * Uma: [mumbling] Uma catch. Almost.


 * Oobi: Ha-ha! Kako, batter up?


 * Kako: Kako batter up.


 * Oobi: [chanting] Kako, Kako, Kako, Kako, Ka--

''[Kako swings the bat without looking. He thinks he hit the ball, but it stays motionless.]''


 * Kako: Ooh.


 * Oobi: Um, Kako?


 * Kako: Hmm? [looks at the ball] Oh. Uh... uh... Kako warming up.


 * Oobi: Oh, ha, yeah. [chants again] Kako, Kako, Kako, Kako, Kako, Kako! Kako, Kako, Kako!

''[Kako keeps trying to hit the ball, but he misses every time. He gets mad and puts the bat down.]''


 * Oobi: Um, uh, Kako again?


 * Kako: No. Tee-ball silly.

[Kako takes off his helmet.]


 * Kako: Kako quit.


 * Oobi: Kako quit? [stammering] But--but--but--


 * Kako: New game. New game.


 * Oobi: New game? But--but tee-ball!

[Kako storms off.]


 * Oobi: New game?

Scene 2: A new game
[Kako sulks into Oobi's room and slams his palm down on the table.]


 * Kako: [sighs]


 * Oobi: [follows him] Um, new game?


 * Kako: Mm. Yes. Yes, new game. Um... hand clap.


 * Oobi: Hand clap?


 * Kako: Mm-hmm, hand clap.

[Kako "claps" twice on the table, then claps in the air.]


 * Oobi: Oh, hand clap.


 * Kako: Hand clap.


 * Oobi: Uh, ooh, Oobi try.


 * Kako: Good.

''[They clap on the table. Then, when Kako goes to clap with Oobi, Oobi misses and gets mixed up.]''


 * Oobi: Oh, oh. Hand clap hard.


 * Kako: No. Kako teach Oobi.


 * Oobi: Oh.


 * Kako: Watch.

[He does the first two claps, and Oobi copies him.]


 * Kako: Good! Now...

[He helps Oobi clap with him for the next two claps.]


 * Oobi: Oh, ha-ha!


 * Kako: Hand clap.

[They do the full routine again.]


 * Oobi and Kako: [laughing]


 * Kako: Good. Oobi good!


 * Oobi: Oobi hand clap!


 * Kako: Yeah. [to the viewers] Hey. Kako, Oobi hand clap. You hand clap. You, hand clap!

[They do the routine a few times through.]


 * Oobi and Kako: Good!


 * Oobi: Hand clap.


 * Kako: Yeah, hand clap fun.


 * Oobi: Yeah. tee-ball fun.


 * Kako: Tee-ball?


 * Oobi: Uh-huh, tee-ball fun. Kako try?


 * Kako: Tee-ball hard.


 * Oobi: Uh, uh-uh. Oobi teach Kako.

[Oobi does the hand clap routine again.]


 * Kako: Hm, well. Kako tee-ball try.


 * Oobi: Good, good, ha.

Scene 3: Ball... no ball
''[Uma is upset that she hasn't caught the ball yet. She picks petals off of a flower in the same vein as "wikipedia:He loves me... he loves me not|He loves me... he loves me not."]''


 * Uma: Ball. [picks a petal] No ball. [picks another] Ball. [picks another] No ball.

''[She spits out one of the petals. The scene fades back to Oobi and Kako.]''

Scene 4: Kako tries again
[Oobi teaches Kako how to focus his eyes on the ball.]


 * Oobi: Oobi watch ball. Careful. Hmm, hmm, hmm. Kako, batter up.


 * Kako: [sighs] Batter up.

[Kako takes the bat.]


 * Oobi: Kako.


 * Kako: Hmm?


 * Oobi: Watch ball.


 * Kako: Watch ball.


 * Oobi: Swing.


 * Kako: Watch ball, watch ball, swing.

[He swings and misses.]


 * Kako: [sadly] Oh...


 * Oobi: Okay, again.


 * Kako: Watch ball, watch ball, swing.

''[In slow motion, he swings the bat and hits the ball, just like Oobi. Triumphant orchestral music plays.]''


 * Oobi: Ha-ha-ha!


 * Kako: Wow!

[Uma is still picking flower petals, sad that she can't catch the ball.]


 * Uma: No ball. Ball.


 * Oobi: [off-screen] Uma, ball!


 * Uma: Oh!

''[The scene switches to slow-mo again. Uma grabs the ball in mid-air.]''


 * Uma: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! [mumbling excitedly]

Scene 5: Uma's turn

 * Oobi and Kako: Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!


 * Uma: Uma catch! Uma catch!


 * Oobi: Good, Uma.


 * Uma: Ooh, yay!


 * Oobi, Uma, and Kako: Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!


 * Oobi: Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! Uma, Oobi, Kako "yay!" You "yay!" You, "yay!"


 * Oobi, Uma, Kako, and Voices: [all] Yay! Yay! Yay!


 * Uma: Mm, Uma hit?


 * Oobi: Uma hit.


 * Uma: Ooh!

[Oobi gives her a helmet, and Kako gives her the bat.]


 * Kako: Bat.


 * Uma: Mm-hmm.


 * Kako: Uma, watch ball.


 * Uma: Watch ball.


 * Kako: Swing.


 * Uma: Okay.

''[Uma swings and hits the ball. Grampu is heard walking outside.]''


 * Oobi: Ooh, Grampu, Grampu, Grampu, Grampu!


 * Grampu: [off-screen] Huh?

[Grampu gets hit with the ball.]


 * Grampu: [off-screen] Ooh!

''[Grampu walks up to the kids. The ball is jammed between his fingers.]''


 * Grampu: Uma?!


 * Uma:' [sadly] Uma.


 * Grampu: Grampu proud!


 * Uma: Oh!


 * Grampu: Yay!


 * All: Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!

Scene 6: Interviews

 * Kako: Hey, you play.


 * Girl #1: I love tee-ball because I can throw the ball.


 * Boy #1: [imitates kicking a ball]


 * Girl #2: [playing with a soccer ball] Got it!


 * Kako: You play.

Scene 7: Game segment
''[Kako gives Oobi a new helmet. It has a "3" on the front.]''


 * Kako: Oh, number.


 * Oobi: Number?


 * Oobi and Kako: [together] Game! ♪ Game game, game game. Game game, game game. Game! ♪


 * Oobi: Number game. Uma, Grampu.


 * Uma and Grampu: Hmm? Hmm?


 * Kako: Counting game.


 * Uma: Ooh.


 * Kako: Three. Three.


 * Oobi: Ready?


 * Uma: Yeah.

[Uma, Kako, and Grampu hold up different numbers.]


 * Oobi: Where, three? Grampu three? Uma three? Kako three, hmm?


 * Voice #1: [boy] It's Kako. Kako is holding up three fingers.


 * Oobi: Kako three? Hmm, Oobi check. Oobi, you, count Grampu.


 * Oobi and Voices: [all] One, two, three, four.


 * Oobi: Grampu four. Oobi, you, count Uma.


 * Oobi and Voices: [all] One, two.


 * Oobi: Uma two. Oobi, you, count Kako.


 * Oobi and Voices: [all] One, two, three.


 * Oobi: Kako three! Hey, ha-ha.


 * Grampu: Good! Game over. Good game, good game.

[They all clap together like sport players after a huddle.]


 * Oobi: [to the viewers] Oobi, you, friends! Bye.


 * Voice #2: [girl] Bye-bye, Oobi. Bye.


 * Voices: [laughing]