[Happy Music plays]
An animation shows traffic travelling through a city. People are gathered outside houses and a pizza parlour. A pink school bus scatters stars as it passes by a grassy hill.

Text reads, “TVO kids and ABC presents”.

Children and their pets run to the hill and climb onto the title which they read, BIG WORDS, SMALL STORIES.

Davey reads the episode title, Stick At It.
Nani Ji says, HERE, JUDY, IT’S YOUR FAVOURITE.
TUTTI FRUTTI ROCKY ROAD CRUNCH.
Judy takes a popsicle from Nani Ji.
She says, WITH DOUBLE MINT CHOC CHIP?!
YUM!
Nani Ji asks, WOULD YOU LIKE ONE, DAVEY?
Davey says, NO THANKS, NANI JI.
LOOK, THE TAJ MAHAL!
IT WAS BUILT
ALMOST 400 YEARS AGO!
Abigail, Davey’s pet dog, says, THAT’S WHY IT’S SO DUSTY.
[Abigail sneezes]
Davey says, THIS BOOK IS FILLED WITH
ALL THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
I WISH I COULD VISIT EVEN
JUST ONE OF THEM.
Abigail says, PACKING, TRAVELLING…I’M TIRED
JUST THINKING ABOUT IT!
Davey says, FORGET ABOUT THAT. I’M GOING TO
BUILD AN EIFFEL TOWER HERE!
Abigail asks, OH, REALLY? AND WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA MAKE IT WITH?
Judy finishes her popsicle and Davey grabs the popsicle stick.
Davey says, MY POPSICLE STICK COLLECTION!
Abigail says, OOH, I HOPE
YOU WASHED THEM FIRST.
Davey responds, OF COURSE! I’VE GOT 752 STICKS -
EXACTLY THE RIGHT NUMBER TO MAKE
AN EIFFEL TOWER IN THE GARDEN.
Nani Ji says, THEN WE’LL HAVE JUST THE RIGHT
AMOUNT OF FREE SPACE INDOORS!
Outside, Davey unrolls Eiffel Tower blueprints.
He says, WHEN I FINISH MY EIFFEL TOWER,
I’M GOING TO INVITE
ALL MY FRIENDS OVER TO SEE IT!
Davey takes a popsicle stick from his collection. He squirts glue on an end. Davey tries to stick two popsicle sticks together and gets glue on his hand. Davey struggles to get the glue off. Abigail takes the popsicle sticks which pulls the glue off Davey’s hand but then sticks to her paws. Davey tries to help Abigail but they both get stuck to the glue and struggle to separate.
[Both grunting with effort]
While struggling with the popsicle sticks and glue, Davey and Abigail fly apart and crash into the boxes of popsicle sticks.
[Together] WOAH!
[Thud]
Abigail says, WELL, THAT’S A GOOD START.
Davey says, A MINOR SETBACK.
Davey jumps up to his feet.
[Gasp]
Davey says, COME BACK!
Abigail asks, ANOTHER MINOR SETBACK?
Davey responds, I’M NOT GONNA GIVE UP!
Abigail says, WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, DAVEY,
I’M IMPRESSED BY YOUR…
YOUR…PERSERVANCE!
A pink bus drives past and 4 candy-like creatures, Sprinkle Fairy’s helpers, the sprinklers, pop up.
They shout, PERSERVANCE!
Sprinkle Fairy appears and says, PERSERVANCE MEANS
TO KEEP TRYING TO DO SOMETHING
EVEN THOUGH IT’S HARD.
YOU KNOW, LIKE DAVEY, WHO KEEPS
BUILDING HIS EIFFEL TOWER
EVEN WITH ALL HIS PROBLEMS.
Davey says, SPRINKLE FAIRY, MAYBE YOU
COULD HELP ME BUILD IT?
Sprinkle Fairy responds, I’D LOVE TO, BUT I HAVE TO GO
POLISH MY WAND COLLECTION.
I’VE GOT 752 OF THEM!
Davey says, SAME AS MY POPSICLE STICKS!
[Giggles]
Sprinkle Fairy says, TOODLES!
Sprinkle Fairy flies away. Judy sits on Nani Ji’s lap while Davey works on his Eiffel Tower.
Judy says, ARE YOU FINISHED YET?
Davey replies, JUST A LITTLE LONGER, JUDY.
IT TOOK MORE THAN TWO YEARS
TO BUILD THE REAL EIFFEL TOWER.
BUT I’M GONNA FINISH MINE…
TODAY!
Abigail asks, ARE YOU SURE YOU’VE GOT…
THE PERSERVERANCE?
Text reads, perseverance. A blue sprinkler holds popsicle sticks like wings and jumps off a bush, and crashes to the ground. Davey adds another popsicle stick to his Eiffel Tower.
Davey says, THERE!
The popsicle tower falls apart.
Davey says, OH NO!
Abigail says, IT LOOKS WAY TOO HARD TO BUILD,
DAVEY. IS IT WORTH IT?
Davey says, SURE IS! I’M GOING TO PERSEVERE
UNTIL IT’S DONE!
Abigail says, AND I WILL WATCH AND
CHEER YOU ON FROM MY COMFY SEAT!
GO, DAVEY!
[Clears throat]
Davey frowns at Abigail.
Abigail says, FINE.
Abigail leaves her seat and walks back over to Davey.
Davey says, NANI G? PLEASE?
Davey holds up his blueprints then fixes the bottom of his Eiffel Tower. Nani Ji takes a popsicle stick and passes it to Judy, who passes it to Abigail, who passes it to Davey. Davey squirts glue on the popsicle stick and adds it to his tower. He measures his blueprint with a measuring tape and compares the measurement to the popsicle tower. Davey adds popsicle sticks to the top of the tower. Abigail wipes sweat off Davey’s forehead. She takes a popsicle stick from a box and a squirrel pops out.
Abigail says, HEY! I DIDN’T ORDER
A BOX OF CHIPMUNKS!
Two chipmunks jump out of the box and run away with popsicle sticks
Davey shouts, COME BACK!
THEY TOOK ME MONTHS TO COLLECT!
The chipmunks run up a tree with the popsicle sticks.
[Exhales]
Abigail says, OH NO!
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH
WITHOUT EXACTLY 752 STICKS?
Davey looks up at the tree then down at the ground.
Davey triumphantly says WHO NEEDS STICKS
WHEN YOU’VE GOT TWIGS?!
Davey and Abigail carry twigs back to the Eiffel Tower.
Nani Ji says THAT’S MY PERSEVERING GRANDSON.
Davey adds a twig to the tower.
He says, JUST ONE MORE PART TO GO.
Abigail asks, HOW WILL YOU GET IT UP TOP?
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE!
Davey responds, I’LL THINK OF SOMETHING.
Abigail says, OH…I DON’T KNOW
IF I CAN WATCH!
I’M GOING TO MY HOUSE
TO HAVE A NAP.
Davey says, YOUR HOUSE! THAT’S IT!
Elsewhere, the blue sprinkler tries again to fly with popsicle stick wings. He spins in the air but crashes into a bush. Beside his Eiffel Tower, Davey uses a pully system attached to Abigail’s dog house on top of Nani Ji’s house to lower the last piece onto his Eiffel Tower.
Davey says, EASY…ABIGAIL, TAKE THIS.
AND LOWER IT.
Abigail carefully lowers the pully.
Davey says, GENTLY.
Davey attaches the last tower piece.
Nani Ji says, WELL DONE.
IT WAS DIFFICULT, BUT YOU SHOWED
A LOT OF PERSEVERANCE!
The blue sprinkler wears popsicle wings and jumps off the top of the house. He starts to fall but flies back up with his wings. On the ground, Davey is in his Eiffel Tower.
[Grunts]
Davey says, I’M STUCK!
HOLD ON, I’VE GOT THIS!
[Grunts]
Davey pops out of the tower.
[Sighs with relief]
Davey says, NOW LET’S GO SHOW EVERYONE!
Abigail says, PERSEVERING TILL THE END.
End credits read, “Produced in association with TVO Kids. Executive Producer, TVO Kids, Marney Malabar.”