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Transcript: I am Rachel Carson
Xavier, Yadina and Brad are three little cartoon kids. Xavier wears a red hoodie with headphones and has two antennas. Yadina has two black ponytails and carries a turtle toy. Brad wears glasses, a red cape and a green jacket.
Brad says READY FOR ADVENTURE?
He sings WHO'S THAT KID WHO
CAN TRAVEL THROUGH TIME?
Xavier says XAVIER RIDDLE
AND THE SECRET MUSEUM!
Yadina sings WHICH GREAT
HEROES WILL WE FIND?
They get into a painting and travel through history. They encounter historical characters, books and monuments.
Xavier sings XAVIER RIDDLE
AND THE SECRET MUSEUM!
Brad sings EVERY SINGLE
BOY AND GIRL
Yadina sings HAS WHAT IT TAKES
Kids say TO CHANGE THE WORLD!
XAVIER RIDDLE AND
THE SECRET MUSEUM!
Brad says BRAD!
Yadina says AND YADINA!
Kids sings AND THE
SECRET MUSEUM!
DR. ZOOM AND THE
SECRET MUSEUM!
Xavier sings XAVIER RIDDLE
AND THE SECRET MUSEUM!
SHH!
In a white space, Brad says HELLO. AND
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
Xavier says TODAY WE'RE
MEETING A MARINE BIOLOGIST.
A black and white portrait of a woman with short curly hair appears.
Yadina says RACHEL CARSON.
Brad says A MARINE
BIOLOGIST IS SOMEONE
THAT STUDIES THE PLANTS
AND ANIMALS THAT...AAHH!
A glass bell covers them. Fish swim around them.
Brad says WHOA...LIVE IN THE OCEANS.
Xavier says OH, LIKE STARFISH.
Yadina says AND SEA TURTLES!
THE DR. ZOOMS
OF THE WATER WORLD.
Brad says AW I THINK THAT
LITTLE GUY'S A PUFFER FISH.
I WONDER WHY THEY CALL IT A...
OH, PUFFER FISH!
I, UM, THINK IT'S TIME
TO START THE SHOW...
Xavier says ON IT.
The friends appear in the museum.
Brad says THESE ARE
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
Yadina says OOOO, PRETTY.
Brad says AND EVERY WINTER
THEY MIGRATE TO MEXICO.
He points to a map on a board.
Brad says THAT MEANS THEY FLY
SOUTH, TO WHERE IT'S WARM.
Xavier says COOL.
Doctor Zoom squeaks.
Xavier says WHAT'S ALL THE GREEN STUFF?
Brad says MILKWEED. IT'S A
KIND OF PLANT THAT
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
LAY THEIR EGGS ON.
AND THEY ALSO DRINK THE
NECTAR FROM THE FLOWERS
Xavier says OH LIKE A SNACK? WON'T
THAT SPOIL THEIR DINNER?
AH HA HA!...
Brad looks at Xavier unimpressed.
Brad says UH, NO. IT'S
A REALLY LONG TRIP,
3,000 MILES.
ALSO KNOWN AS 4,800
KILOMETERS. WHICH IS A LOT.
Xavier says THOSE BUTTERFLIES
FLY ALL THAT WAY BY THEMSELVES?
Brad says WELL...
YEAH.
Yadina says WITH JUST THEIR
ITTY-BITTY-PRETTY WINGS?
EVEN DR. ZOOM, FAMED SUPERHERO,
COULDN'T FLY THAT FAR.
Brad says I NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
THEY ARE ITTY-BITTY, AND
THEY DO HAVE FAR TO GO...
I HAVE TO HELP THEM. SOMEHOW.
A though bubble appears.
He continues MAYBE I COULD PUT THEM A PLANE?
OR PUT THEM ON A TRAIN?
OR MAYBE I COULD WEAR SOME
KIND OF FLYING BUTTERFLY SUIT,
THAT THEY COULD RIDE ON.
His thought bubble disappears.
Yadina says MAYBE NOT THAT LAST ONE.
Brad says HOW CAN I HELP
THEM FLY ALL THAT WAY?
AWW. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM.
Xavier and Yadina smile at Brad. He smiles back.
Brad says TO THE SECRET MUSEUM!
(Playful music plays)
The friends run through the hall of the museum. As museumgoers wander, the three friends pop up unnoticed in a desert exhibit. They run into a rainforest exhibit nearby.
Xavier says I WONDER WHO THE SECRET
MUSEUM WILL SEND US TO MEET?
WHOOHOOO!
Yadina says OR HOW FAR BACK
IN TIME WE'LL GOOOO!
Brad says I'M GOING TO
FIND SOME STAIRS.
AAAAHHH!
They are pulled up into a tornado chamber.
Yadina says LOOK OUT BELOW!
Xavier says WHOOHOO!
Xavier and Yadina say HI, BERBY.
Berby says HELLO.
Brad says HI, BERBY.
Berby says HI BRAD.
Brad says OOOF!
They slide down a pole into the secret museum and run to a hologram atop an elevated podium.
Xavier says WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING.
A hologram appears.
Brad says A BOOK ABOUT THE SEA?
WHAT DOES THE SEA HAVE
TO DO WITH BUTTERFLIES?
Yadina says MAYBE THE SECRET
MUSEUM THINKS YOU SHOULD
TAKE THE BUTTERFLIES
ON A SEA CRUISE TO MEXICO.
More holograms pop up.
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
Xavier says HEY LOOK,
RACHEL CARSON.
THAT'S WHO WE'RE GOING TO MEET.
Yadina says IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Brad says IN 1915.
OVER 100 YEARS AGO.
Berby says WOOW!
Brad says I HOPE RACHEL CARSON LOVES
BUTTERFLIES AS MUCH AS I DO.
Xavier says ONLY ONE
WAY TO FIND OUT...
READY FOR ADVENTURE?
Yadina says READY.
Brad says BUTTERFLY READY!
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
Berby absorbs the holograms.
Yadina says HERE WE GO!
Berby says BLEEP BLARP.
They touch Berby.
Xavier says IT'S HAPPENING!
Yadina says HANG ON DR ZOOM!
Xavier says WOOOHOO!
Brad says WOAH!
Berby says WHOOHOOO!
They travel through a series of historical images. They appear on a swamp.
Xavier says SO THIS IS
PENNSYLVANIA IN 1915.
Yadina says IT'S... SQUISHY.
Brad pulls his foot out of the mud and wiggles it.
Brad says AAAHH!
Berby stops him from falling over.
Brad says WHOAAA!
A figure slowly approaches them from nearby reeds.
Brad says GUYS, GUYS..?
SOMETHING'S COMING...
WHAT IF IT'S A SWAMP MONSTER?
(tall grass rustling)
(footsteps approaching)
Tense looks cross their faces. Brad hides behind Xavier. A young girl steps into the clearing checking a book as she looks down at her surroundings.
Yadina says THAT'S NO MONSTER.
Berby scans the girl.
Yadina says IT'S RACHEL CARSON.
Berby says MM HMM.
Xavier says THANKS BERBY!
Berby leaves.
Rachel says HI.
OOH! I LIKE YOUR TURTLE FRIEND.
Yadina says THANKS. UHH...
DR. ZOOM SAYS YOU
HAVE GREAT TASTE.
Rachel giggles and says I'M ON
MY WAY TO MEET MY FRIENDS,
UM...WANT TO COME?
Xavier says SURE. BUT...
The friends look around the marsh that surrounds them.
Xavier says I DON'T SEE ANY HOUSES.
Rachel says OH, MY FRIENDS
DON'T LIVE IN HOUSES.
Rachel walks away.
Rachel says THERE'S ONE OF THEM NOW.
The friends follow. Nearby, Rachel kneels next to a frog at the edge of a pond.
Brad says YOUR FRIEND IS A FROG?
Rachel says THIS ONE IS.
BUT I HAVE LOTS OF
FRIENDS IN THE WETLANDS.
Yadina says THE WETLANDS?
WHAT'S THAT?
Rachel says LIKE A MARSH OR A SWAMP.
Brad says WHERE SWAMP MONSTERS LIVE?
Rachel says I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT,
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF PLANTS,
BUGS AND ANIMALS THAT
LIVE TOGETHER IN WETLANDS.
Flies buzz near the surface of the water.
(ducks quacking)
Rachel says SEE?
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WATER,
PLANTS LIKE REEDS CAN GROW.
THE REEDS CREATE SHADE AND
HIDING PLACES THAT BUGS LIKE.
A frog catches a fly.
Xavier says WOAH!
Rachel says AND FROGS LIKE
TO EAT THE BUGS.
Xavier says THAT'S AMAZING.
Rachel says ISN'T IT? I LOVE
PLANTS, BUGS AND ANIMALS.
AND I WANT TO PROTECT THEM.
Brad says ME, TOO.
ESPECIALLY BUTTERFLIES.
Rachel says THAT'S GREAT.
WE CAN ALL HELP TO
PROTECT THE EARTH.
She gasps and says LOOK OUT!
Xavier nearly steps on a hollow log.
Rachel says CAREFUL OF THE LOG.
SOME OF MY FRIENDS
LIVE IN THERE, TOO.
Yadina says WHO'D WANT TO
LIVE IN AN OLD LOG?
Rachel says TERMITES. THEY EAT WOOD.
AND BREAKING DOWN THE WOOD
HELPS NEW PLANTS GROW.
WHILE BIGGER ANIMALS LIKE
MICE USE BITS OF THE OLD LOG
TO BUILD THEIR NESTS.
ISN'T THE EARTH AMAZING?
Mice squeak.
Brad giggles and says WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT AN OLD
LOG COULD BE SO IMPORTANT?
Xavier says TOTALLY.
GOOD JOB PROTECTING
IT FROM MY FOOT.
Rachel says WE CAN ALL HELP
TO PROTECT THE EARTH.
EVEN BY DOING
LITTLE THINGS,
LIKE BEING CAREFUL
WHERE WE WALK.
Brad says HMM.
THIS IS ALL REALLY NEAT,
BUT, I DON'T GET HOW
LEARNING THIS STUFF
WILL HELP ME HELP
THE BUTTERFLIES.
Xavier says I DON'T KNOW, BRAD.
BUT I THINK
WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
Berby says HEE HEE HEE! WHOOHOO!
They place a hand on Berby and jump forward in time.
Xavier says IT'S 35 YEARS LATER.
Yadina says WHERE ARE WE?
Rachel says WELCOME TO THE OCEAN.
WELL, AT LEAST A SUBMARINE
THAT'S IN THE OCEAN.
Xavier says WE'RE IN A SUBMARINE?
Rachel says TAKE A LOOK.
They peer out the window.
The Friends say WHOA.
Xavier says IT'S AMAZING.
Yadina says IT'S INCREDIBLE.
Aquatic life surrounds them in the ocean outside the submarine.
Brad says WHY ARE YOU DOWN HERE?
Rachel says I'M A MARINE
BIOLOGIST NOW.
THAT MEANS I STUDY
THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS
THAT LIVE IN THE OCEAN.
Yadina says WHAT'S THAT?
They approach a dark object on the ocean floor.
Brad says AH, HELP!
THE SWAMP MONSTER
FOLLOWED US INTO THE SEA!
SOS !
Rachel says THAT'S NO MONSTER.
She moves a control lever. A spotlight from the submarine illuminates a green plant.
Rachel says SEE? IT'S AN UNDERWATER
FOREST OF KELP.
KELP IS A PLANT THAT GIVES FOOD
AND SHELTER TO FISH AND ANIMALS.
Brad says HUH.
JUST LIKE HOW MILKWEED
IS FOOD AND SHELTER
FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
Rachel says EXACTLY.
She gasps and says AND, LOOK,
HERE'S A SEA CUCUMBER.
Yadina says IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE A CUCUMBER.
Rachel says THEY ARE NOT LIKE
A VEGETABLE, WE EAT.
THESE LITTLE GUYS EAT DIRTY
SAND AND MAKE CLEAN SAND.
Xavier says HEY, WHAT
ARE THOSE PINK FISH?
Rachel says SALMON. THEY'RE
MIGRATING RIGHT NOW.
Brad says JUST LIKE THE
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
UAHH!
Rachel says THAT'S RIGHT!
SALMON MIGRATE TO THE LAKES AND
STREAMS WHERE THEY WERE BORN
TO LAY THEIR EGGS.
IT CAN BE A LONG, HARD JOURNEY.
Brad frowns and walks away.
Xavier says WHAT'S WRONG, BRAD?
Brad says THERE ARE SO MANY
CREATURES THAT HAVE TO DO
REALLY HARD THINGS.
LIKE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
I WANT TO HELP THEM,
BUT I'M NOT SURE I CAN.
Rachel says OF COURSE YOU CAN.
WE CAN ALL HELP TO
PROTECT THE EARTH.
EACH OF US DOING
OUR OWN SMALL PART.
Brad says HOW ARE YOU
HELPING THE EARTH?
Rachel says I'M DOING MY PART BY
USING EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED
ABOUT THE SEA TO
WRITE THIS BOOK.
Yadina says COOL, IT'S THE BOOK
FROM THE SECRET MUSEUM.
Rachel says I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE
HOW AMAZING OUR OCEANS ARE.
IF MORE PEOPLE KNOW,
THEN MAYBE MORE PEOPLE
WILL HELP PROTECT THEM.
IF WE ALL DID OUR
OWN SMALL PART,
IT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
Yadina says THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.
JUST LIKE YOUR BUTTERFLY
PRESENTATION, BRAD.
Brad says REALLY?
Xavier says YEAH. WE LEARNED
A LOT FROM BOTH OF YOU.
NOW I TOTALLY WANT TO DO MY PART
TO HELP MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
AND THE OCEANS.
Yadina says US TOO. RIGHT DR. ZOOM?
(squeak)
Brad says WE CAN ALL DO OUR
PART TO HELP THE EARTH.
RACHEL? I'M IN, TOO.
BUT, THERE'S SOMETHING
I HAVE TO DO FIRST,
HELP THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
Rachel says GOOD LUCK, BRAD.
Xavier says BERBY, LET'S GO HOME.
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
Later, the friends wear insect costumes in the garden.
Brad says THANKS FOR HELPING
PLANT THIS MILKWEED.
THEY'LL GIVE THE MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES SOMEWHERE TO REST
AND DRINK ON THEIR LONG JOURNEY.
Xavier says AND THESE SIGNS
YOU MADE ARE GREAT.
Yadina says YEAH. NOW EVERYONE
CAN LEARN ABOUT
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP, TOO.
Brad says AWW THANKS.
IF EVERYONE DOES
THEIR SMALL PART,
IT JUST MIGHT MAKE
A BIG DIFFERENCE.
WHOA, LOOK!
A butterfly lands on a milkweed flower.
Yadina says I THINK THEY LIKE IT.
Brad says HAPPY TO
HELP, BUTTERFLIES.
Next, they swim with ocean wildlife.
Brad says MEETING RACHEL CARSON
WAS AMAZING.
Xavier says SHE CARED SO MUCH
ABOUT PROTECTING THE EARTH
THAT SHE WROTE THREE BOOKS
WHICH TOTALLY CHANGED
HOW PEOPLE THINK
ABOUT THE OCEANS.
The friends ride a water jet into the white space.
They say WOOOHOOOO.
Yadina says THOSE WERE
SOME GOOD BOOKS.
Brad says PRESIDENT KENNEDY EVEN
ASKED FOR HER HELP TO UNDERSTAND
HOW POLLUTION WAS
HURTING THE EARTH
AND WHAT AMERICA
COULD DO ABOUT IT.
THANKS FOR JOINING OUR AWESOME
ADVENTURE TO MEET RACHEL CARSON.
Xavier says WHO USED TO BE A
KID, JUST LIKE YOU AND ME.
Yadina says SO KIDS LIKE YOU
CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
I AM YADINA.
Xavier says I AM XAVIER.
Brad says I AM BRAD.
AND I KNOW WE CAN ALL
HELP TO PROTECT THE EARTH
AND DO OUR PART,
JUST LIKE RACHEL CARSON.
(theme music plays)
The end credits roll.
A caption reads "Based on the Ordinary People Change the World series of books by Brad Melzer and Christopher Eliopoulos."
Copyright 2020, XR 1 Production Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Brad says READY FOR ADVENTURE?
He sings WHO'S THAT KID WHO
CAN TRAVEL THROUGH TIME?
Xavier says XAVIER RIDDLE
AND THE SECRET MUSEUM!
Yadina sings WHICH GREAT
HEROES WILL WE FIND?
They get into a painting and travel through history. They encounter historical characters, books and monuments.
Xavier sings XAVIER RIDDLE
AND THE SECRET MUSEUM!
Brad sings EVERY SINGLE
BOY AND GIRL
Yadina sings HAS WHAT IT TAKES
Kids say TO CHANGE THE WORLD!
XAVIER RIDDLE AND
THE SECRET MUSEUM!
Brad says BRAD!
Yadina says AND YADINA!
Kids sings AND THE
SECRET MUSEUM!
DR. ZOOM AND THE
SECRET MUSEUM!
Xavier sings XAVIER RIDDLE
AND THE SECRET MUSEUM!
SHH!
In a white space, Brad says HELLO. AND
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
Xavier says TODAY WE'RE
MEETING A MARINE BIOLOGIST.
A black and white portrait of a woman with short curly hair appears.
Yadina says RACHEL CARSON.
Brad says A MARINE
BIOLOGIST IS SOMEONE
THAT STUDIES THE PLANTS
AND ANIMALS THAT...AAHH!
A glass bell covers them. Fish swim around them.
Brad says WHOA...LIVE IN THE OCEANS.
Xavier says OH, LIKE STARFISH.
Yadina says AND SEA TURTLES!
THE DR. ZOOMS
OF THE WATER WORLD.
Brad says AW I THINK THAT
LITTLE GUY'S A PUFFER FISH.
I WONDER WHY THEY CALL IT A...
OH, PUFFER FISH!
I, UM, THINK IT'S TIME
TO START THE SHOW...
Xavier says ON IT.
The friends appear in the museum.
Brad says THESE ARE
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
Yadina says OOOO, PRETTY.
Brad says AND EVERY WINTER
THEY MIGRATE TO MEXICO.
He points to a map on a board.
Brad says THAT MEANS THEY FLY
SOUTH, TO WHERE IT'S WARM.
Xavier says COOL.
Doctor Zoom squeaks.
Xavier says WHAT'S ALL THE GREEN STUFF?
Brad says MILKWEED. IT'S A
KIND OF PLANT THAT
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
LAY THEIR EGGS ON.
AND THEY ALSO DRINK THE
NECTAR FROM THE FLOWERS
Xavier says OH LIKE A SNACK? WON'T
THAT SPOIL THEIR DINNER?
AH HA HA!...
Brad looks at Xavier unimpressed.
Brad says UH, NO. IT'S
A REALLY LONG TRIP,
3,000 MILES.
ALSO KNOWN AS 4,800
KILOMETERS. WHICH IS A LOT.
Xavier says THOSE BUTTERFLIES
FLY ALL THAT WAY BY THEMSELVES?
Brad says WELL...
YEAH.
Yadina says WITH JUST THEIR
ITTY-BITTY-PRETTY WINGS?
EVEN DR. ZOOM, FAMED SUPERHERO,
COULDN'T FLY THAT FAR.
Brad says I NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
THEY ARE ITTY-BITTY, AND
THEY DO HAVE FAR TO GO...
I HAVE TO HELP THEM. SOMEHOW.
A though bubble appears.
He continues MAYBE I COULD PUT THEM A PLANE?
OR PUT THEM ON A TRAIN?
OR MAYBE I COULD WEAR SOME
KIND OF FLYING BUTTERFLY SUIT,
THAT THEY COULD RIDE ON.
His thought bubble disappears.
Yadina says MAYBE NOT THAT LAST ONE.
Brad says HOW CAN I HELP
THEM FLY ALL THAT WAY?
AWW. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM.
Xavier and Yadina smile at Brad. He smiles back.
Brad says TO THE SECRET MUSEUM!
(Playful music plays)
The friends run through the hall of the museum. As museumgoers wander, the three friends pop up unnoticed in a desert exhibit. They run into a rainforest exhibit nearby.
Xavier says I WONDER WHO THE SECRET
MUSEUM WILL SEND US TO MEET?
WHOOHOOO!
Yadina says OR HOW FAR BACK
IN TIME WE'LL GOOOO!
Brad says I'M GOING TO
FIND SOME STAIRS.
AAAAHHH!
They are pulled up into a tornado chamber.
Yadina says LOOK OUT BELOW!
Xavier says WHOOHOO!
Xavier and Yadina say HI, BERBY.
Berby says HELLO.
Brad says HI, BERBY.
Berby says HI BRAD.
Brad says OOOF!
They slide down a pole into the secret museum and run to a hologram atop an elevated podium.
Xavier says WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING.
A hologram appears.
Brad says A BOOK ABOUT THE SEA?
WHAT DOES THE SEA HAVE
TO DO WITH BUTTERFLIES?
Yadina says MAYBE THE SECRET
MUSEUM THINKS YOU SHOULD
TAKE THE BUTTERFLIES
ON A SEA CRUISE TO MEXICO.
More holograms pop up.
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
Xavier says HEY LOOK,
RACHEL CARSON.
THAT'S WHO WE'RE GOING TO MEET.
Yadina says IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Brad says IN 1915.
OVER 100 YEARS AGO.
Berby says WOOW!
Brad says I HOPE RACHEL CARSON LOVES
BUTTERFLIES AS MUCH AS I DO.
Xavier says ONLY ONE
WAY TO FIND OUT...
READY FOR ADVENTURE?
Yadina says READY.
Brad says BUTTERFLY READY!
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
Berby absorbs the holograms.
Yadina says HERE WE GO!
Berby says BLEEP BLARP.
They touch Berby.
Xavier says IT'S HAPPENING!
Yadina says HANG ON DR ZOOM!
Xavier says WOOOHOO!
Brad says WOAH!
Berby says WHOOHOOO!
They travel through a series of historical images. They appear on a swamp.
Xavier says SO THIS IS
PENNSYLVANIA IN 1915.
Yadina says IT'S... SQUISHY.
Brad pulls his foot out of the mud and wiggles it.
Brad says AAAHH!
Berby stops him from falling over.
Brad says WHOAAA!
A figure slowly approaches them from nearby reeds.
Brad says GUYS, GUYS..?
SOMETHING'S COMING...
WHAT IF IT'S A SWAMP MONSTER?
(tall grass rustling)
(footsteps approaching)
Tense looks cross their faces. Brad hides behind Xavier. A young girl steps into the clearing checking a book as she looks down at her surroundings.
Yadina says THAT'S NO MONSTER.
Berby scans the girl.
Yadina says IT'S RACHEL CARSON.
Berby says MM HMM.
Xavier says THANKS BERBY!
Berby leaves.
Rachel says HI.
OOH! I LIKE YOUR TURTLE FRIEND.
Yadina says THANKS. UHH...
DR. ZOOM SAYS YOU
HAVE GREAT TASTE.
Rachel giggles and says I'M ON
MY WAY TO MEET MY FRIENDS,
UM...WANT TO COME?
Xavier says SURE. BUT...
The friends look around the marsh that surrounds them.
Xavier says I DON'T SEE ANY HOUSES.
Rachel says OH, MY FRIENDS
DON'T LIVE IN HOUSES.
Rachel walks away.
Rachel says THERE'S ONE OF THEM NOW.
The friends follow. Nearby, Rachel kneels next to a frog at the edge of a pond.
Brad says YOUR FRIEND IS A FROG?
Rachel says THIS ONE IS.
BUT I HAVE LOTS OF
FRIENDS IN THE WETLANDS.
Yadina says THE WETLANDS?
WHAT'S THAT?
Rachel says LIKE A MARSH OR A SWAMP.
Brad says WHERE SWAMP MONSTERS LIVE?
Rachel says I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT,
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF PLANTS,
BUGS AND ANIMALS THAT
LIVE TOGETHER IN WETLANDS.
Flies buzz near the surface of the water.
(ducks quacking)
Rachel says SEE?
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WATER,
PLANTS LIKE REEDS CAN GROW.
THE REEDS CREATE SHADE AND
HIDING PLACES THAT BUGS LIKE.
A frog catches a fly.
Xavier says WOAH!
Rachel says AND FROGS LIKE
TO EAT THE BUGS.
Xavier says THAT'S AMAZING.
Rachel says ISN'T IT? I LOVE
PLANTS, BUGS AND ANIMALS.
AND I WANT TO PROTECT THEM.
Brad says ME, TOO.
ESPECIALLY BUTTERFLIES.
Rachel says THAT'S GREAT.
WE CAN ALL HELP TO
PROTECT THE EARTH.
She gasps and says LOOK OUT!
Xavier nearly steps on a hollow log.
Rachel says CAREFUL OF THE LOG.
SOME OF MY FRIENDS
LIVE IN THERE, TOO.
Yadina says WHO'D WANT TO
LIVE IN AN OLD LOG?
Rachel says TERMITES. THEY EAT WOOD.
AND BREAKING DOWN THE WOOD
HELPS NEW PLANTS GROW.
WHILE BIGGER ANIMALS LIKE
MICE USE BITS OF THE OLD LOG
TO BUILD THEIR NESTS.
ISN'T THE EARTH AMAZING?
Mice squeak.
Brad giggles and says WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT AN OLD
LOG COULD BE SO IMPORTANT?
Xavier says TOTALLY.
GOOD JOB PROTECTING
IT FROM MY FOOT.
Rachel says WE CAN ALL HELP
TO PROTECT THE EARTH.
EVEN BY DOING
LITTLE THINGS,
LIKE BEING CAREFUL
WHERE WE WALK.
Brad says HMM.
THIS IS ALL REALLY NEAT,
BUT, I DON'T GET HOW
LEARNING THIS STUFF
WILL HELP ME HELP
THE BUTTERFLIES.
Xavier says I DON'T KNOW, BRAD.
BUT I THINK
WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
Berby says HEE HEE HEE! WHOOHOO!
They place a hand on Berby and jump forward in time.
Xavier says IT'S 35 YEARS LATER.
Yadina says WHERE ARE WE?
Rachel says WELCOME TO THE OCEAN.
WELL, AT LEAST A SUBMARINE
THAT'S IN THE OCEAN.
Xavier says WE'RE IN A SUBMARINE?
Rachel says TAKE A LOOK.
They peer out the window.
The Friends say WHOA.
Xavier says IT'S AMAZING.
Yadina says IT'S INCREDIBLE.
Aquatic life surrounds them in the ocean outside the submarine.
Brad says WHY ARE YOU DOWN HERE?
Rachel says I'M A MARINE
BIOLOGIST NOW.
THAT MEANS I STUDY
THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS
THAT LIVE IN THE OCEAN.
Yadina says WHAT'S THAT?
They approach a dark object on the ocean floor.
Brad says AH, HELP!
THE SWAMP MONSTER
FOLLOWED US INTO THE SEA!
SOS !
Rachel says THAT'S NO MONSTER.
She moves a control lever. A spotlight from the submarine illuminates a green plant.
Rachel says SEE? IT'S AN UNDERWATER
FOREST OF KELP.
KELP IS A PLANT THAT GIVES FOOD
AND SHELTER TO FISH AND ANIMALS.
Brad says HUH.
JUST LIKE HOW MILKWEED
IS FOOD AND SHELTER
FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
Rachel says EXACTLY.
She gasps and says AND, LOOK,
HERE'S A SEA CUCUMBER.
Yadina says IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE A CUCUMBER.
Rachel says THEY ARE NOT LIKE
A VEGETABLE, WE EAT.
THESE LITTLE GUYS EAT DIRTY
SAND AND MAKE CLEAN SAND.
Xavier says HEY, WHAT
ARE THOSE PINK FISH?
Rachel says SALMON. THEY'RE
MIGRATING RIGHT NOW.
Brad says JUST LIKE THE
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
UAHH!
Rachel says THAT'S RIGHT!
SALMON MIGRATE TO THE LAKES AND
STREAMS WHERE THEY WERE BORN
TO LAY THEIR EGGS.
IT CAN BE A LONG, HARD JOURNEY.
Brad frowns and walks away.
Xavier says WHAT'S WRONG, BRAD?
Brad says THERE ARE SO MANY
CREATURES THAT HAVE TO DO
REALLY HARD THINGS.
LIKE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
I WANT TO HELP THEM,
BUT I'M NOT SURE I CAN.
Rachel says OF COURSE YOU CAN.
WE CAN ALL HELP TO
PROTECT THE EARTH.
EACH OF US DOING
OUR OWN SMALL PART.
Brad says HOW ARE YOU
HELPING THE EARTH?
Rachel says I'M DOING MY PART BY
USING EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED
ABOUT THE SEA TO
WRITE THIS BOOK.
Yadina says COOL, IT'S THE BOOK
FROM THE SECRET MUSEUM.
Rachel says I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE
HOW AMAZING OUR OCEANS ARE.
IF MORE PEOPLE KNOW,
THEN MAYBE MORE PEOPLE
WILL HELP PROTECT THEM.
IF WE ALL DID OUR
OWN SMALL PART,
IT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
Yadina says THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.
JUST LIKE YOUR BUTTERFLY
PRESENTATION, BRAD.
Brad says REALLY?
Xavier says YEAH. WE LEARNED
A LOT FROM BOTH OF YOU.
NOW I TOTALLY WANT TO DO MY PART
TO HELP MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
AND THE OCEANS.
Yadina says US TOO. RIGHT DR. ZOOM?
(squeak)
Brad says WE CAN ALL DO OUR
PART TO HELP THE EARTH.
RACHEL? I'M IN, TOO.
BUT, THERE'S SOMETHING
I HAVE TO DO FIRST,
HELP THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
Rachel says GOOD LUCK, BRAD.
Xavier says BERBY, LET'S GO HOME.
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
Later, the friends wear insect costumes in the garden.
Brad says THANKS FOR HELPING
PLANT THIS MILKWEED.
THEY'LL GIVE THE MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES SOMEWHERE TO REST
AND DRINK ON THEIR LONG JOURNEY.
Xavier says AND THESE SIGNS
YOU MADE ARE GREAT.
Yadina says YEAH. NOW EVERYONE
CAN LEARN ABOUT
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP, TOO.
Brad says AWW THANKS.
IF EVERYONE DOES
THEIR SMALL PART,
IT JUST MIGHT MAKE
A BIG DIFFERENCE.
WHOA, LOOK!
A butterfly lands on a milkweed flower.
Yadina says I THINK THEY LIKE IT.
Brad says HAPPY TO
HELP, BUTTERFLIES.
Next, they swim with ocean wildlife.
Brad says MEETING RACHEL CARSON
WAS AMAZING.
Xavier says SHE CARED SO MUCH
ABOUT PROTECTING THE EARTH
THAT SHE WROTE THREE BOOKS
WHICH TOTALLY CHANGED
HOW PEOPLE THINK
ABOUT THE OCEANS.
The friends ride a water jet into the white space.
They say WOOOHOOOO.
Yadina says THOSE WERE
SOME GOOD BOOKS.
Brad says PRESIDENT KENNEDY EVEN
ASKED FOR HER HELP TO UNDERSTAND
HOW POLLUTION WAS
HURTING THE EARTH
AND WHAT AMERICA
COULD DO ABOUT IT.
THANKS FOR JOINING OUR AWESOME
ADVENTURE TO MEET RACHEL CARSON.
Xavier says WHO USED TO BE A
KID, JUST LIKE YOU AND ME.
Yadina says SO KIDS LIKE YOU
CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
I AM YADINA.
Xavier says I AM XAVIER.
Brad says I AM BRAD.
AND I KNOW WE CAN ALL
HELP TO PROTECT THE EARTH
AND DO OUR PART,
JUST LIKE RACHEL CARSON.
(theme music plays)
The end credits roll.
A caption reads "Based on the Ordinary People Change the World series of books by Brad Melzer and Christopher Eliopoulos."
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