(Music plays)

An animated clip shows a big orange X on a blue background. It explodes and letters and numbers come out of it in all directions and float around.

Mathemagician Eric appears on screen. He’s in his mid-twenties. He has short dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a red T-shirt with the show’s logo, blue jeans and red Tennis shoes.

The screen turns red and the logo of the show appears next. It reads "MathXplosion." Meanwhile, cones, cubes and dices float around it.

Kids voices sing a song with lyrics that go
WHAT A HIT
IT'S NOT A TRICK
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU
COOL AND NEW
MATHXPLOSION!

The episode starts with Eric standing in a workroom. He tries to open a jar, but it looks like he’s having a hard time.

Eric says DID YOU KNOW
THAT SOMETIMES,
THE BEST WAY TO
SOLVE A PROBLEM...
URGGGG!
IS TO THINK ABOUT IT
IN A DIFFERENT WAY?
WHEN DOING SOMETHING THE
USUAL WAY DOESN'T WORK,
IT'S TIME TO
BE CREATIVE.
I'LL SHOW YOU
WHAT I MEAN.

He taps the base of the jar and it opens up.

He smells the jam in it and says YUM.
I WONDER WHO THOUGHT OF
OPENING JARS THAT WAY?
IT REALLY WORKS.

He covers the jar with a piece of fabric. He lifts it up and then it magically disappears.

Next, Eric is ready to start. He appears sitting on a couch.

He says SPEAKING OF GETTING
OUT OF JAMS,
THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES
AND FABLES AND PUZZLES
ABOUT SOLVING
TRICKY SITUATIONS.

He grabs a big book and says FOR EXAMPLE, ONCE
UPON A TIME,
A FARMER WAS WALKING
IN THE WOODS.

An animated clip shows the farmer walking in the woods with a grey and fierce looking wolf coming behind him.

Eric continues
THE FARMER MET
A MAGIC WOLF.
THIS HAPPENED A LOT IN
THE FARMER'S NEIGHBOURHOOD.
SHE AND THE WOLF WALKED
TOGETHER UNTIL THEY MET
A MAGIC GOOSE.
THEN THEY ALL MET A
MAGIC BAG OF BEANS.

The goose and the bean appear on screen as well.

Eric continues
THEY FOUND A SMALL
ROWBOAT BY THE RIVER
AND THE WOLF
SAID, "AARROOO!
ROW US ACROSS THE
RIVER SO WE DON'T GET
OUR MAGIC HATS WET.
AND WE'LL GRANT
YOU THREE WISHES."
AND THEN THE GOOSE
SAID, "QUACK!
FABLES ALWAYS
HAVE A CATCH.
YOU MUST TAKE US ONE AT A
TIME IN THIS SMALL ROWBOAT.
BUT IF YOU LEAVE
ME WITH THE WOLF,
HE'LL EAT ME!"

Eric changes his voice when speaking like the characters in the story.

He continues
THE MAGIC BEANS SAID,
"AND THE GOOSE WANTS
TO EAT ME!
BUT IF YOU HELP ALL THREE
OF US CROSS THE RIVER,
THREE WISHES FOR YOU!"
LIKE I SAID, THE FARMER WAS
USED TO THIS SORT OF THING,
SO SHE AGREED TO TRY.
"HMM," SAID THE FARMER.
"TAKE THE WOLF FIRST AND
THE GOOSE EATS THE BEANS.
TAKE THE BEANS FIRST AND
THE WOLF EATS THE GOOSE."
HERE'S WHERE THE FARMER
HAD TO THINK CREATIVELY.
SHE THOUGHT AND
THOUGHT AND THOUGHT,
AND LOOKED AT
THE GOOSE.
"IF ONLY I COULD KEEP
YOU AWAY FROM THE WOLF
AND THE BEANS
AT ALL TIMES!

The Farmer thinks for a moment and then says HOLY HAPPILY
EVER AFTER!
I HAVE TO TAKE
THEM ONE AT A TIME,
BUT NO ONE SAID I
CAN'T TAKE THEM BACK!"
SO, THE FARMER TAKES THE
GOOSE ACROSS THE RIVER,
LEAVING THE WOLF
AND THE BEANS BEHIND.
SHE GOES BACK AND TAKES
THE BEANS ACROSS THE RIVER,
BUT BRINGS THE
GOOSE BACK.
SHE LEAVES THE GOOSE AND
BRINGS THE WOLF ACROSS
TO STAY WITH
THE BEANS.
AND SHE GOES BACK
FOR THE MAGIC GOOSE.
TA-DA!
ALL CHARACTERS
CROSS THE RIVER.
NO ONE GETS EATEN.
THE FARMER GETS
HER THREE WISHES.
GOOD TIME
HAD BY ALL.

The story ends. Eric closes the book.

Next, he says SO, AFTER THINKING A
LOT, THE FARMER REALIZED
SHE HAD TO KEEP THE
GOOSE AWAY FROM
THE WOLF AND
THE BEANS.
THAT CHANGED HOW
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT
WHO WENT WHERE WHEN.
NEXT TIME YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM TO SOLVE,
DO YOUR BEST TO LOOK
AT IT DIFFERENTLY.
AND TRY SOMETHING
UNEXPECTED.
SOLVING PROBLEMS
CREATIVELY: IT'S NOT MAGIC.
IT'S MATH.

A big explosion brings the show’s logo back on the screen.

(music plays)

The end credits roll.

Produced by GAPC Entertainment in association with TVOKids.

Copyright GAPC Entertainment (MathPlosion) Incorporated, 2016.