Little Malabar is a curious little boy who travels in space jumping on planets. He is blond and wears a white T-shirt with the sun and blue shorts.

A song plays TO THE MOON AND BACK

Little Malabar says HA-HA!

The song continues I JUMP ON EVERY PLANET
AND EVERY STAR
C'MON, LET'S GO FAR
EXPLORE THE WHOLE UNIVERSE,
LITTLE MALABAR

Today's episode is "The Planet of a Thousand Hiding Places."

Little Malabar counts leaning against a tree.

Little Malabar says ONE, TWO, THREE...

A giraffe chews leaves.

Little Malabar says FOUR, FIVE, SIX!
HEHE!
OKAY, GIRAFFE!
GO HIDE!
I M ALMOST TO TEN!
SEVEN...
EIGHT!
NINE!
AND TEN!
HUH?
(laughing)
HUH?
NOT HERE!
HA-HA!
NOW, I SEE YOU!
NOT HERE!
HUH!
HUH?

Up a hill, Little Malabar says NO GIRAFFE HERE!
WHERE COULD SHE BE HIDING?
HMM...
WHAT IF SHE S HIDING IN SPACE?

The Moon chuckles and says GETTING WARMER, LITTLE MALABAR!

Little Malabar jumps to the Moon.

Little Malabar says NOPE!
NO GIRAFFE ON THE MOON!
IS SHE HIDING EVEN FURTHER AWAY?

A planet says FURTHER AWAY!
YES!
GETTING WARMER, LITTLE MALABAR!

Little Malabar says I KNOW!
SHE S HIDING OVER THERE!
ON VENUS!

The Moon and the planet say YOU'RE GETTING WARMER
AND WARMER, LITTLE MALABAR!

Little Malabar says OH, NO!
I JUMPED TOO FAR!

Venus says YOUR GIRAFFE ISN'T ON VENUS
ANYWAY!
KEEP GOING STRAIGHT!

Flying, Little Malabar says STRAIGHT?
TO THE SUN?
OH, WOW!
THAT WAS FUN!
WAIT, WHAT'S THIS TINY PLANET?

Venus says DON T YOU SEE?
IT S MERCURY!
WHY YOU'RE GETTING SO WARM,
YOU RE HOT!

Little Malabar says PHEW!
IT REALLY IS VERY, VERY HOT IN
HERE!
HA-HA!

Little Malabar wears a hat and uses a fan.

Little Malabar says IF THE GIRAFFE IS HIDING ON THIS
TINY PLANET, I'LL BE ABLE TO
FIND HER FAST!

Mercury says WELL, I AM VERY TINY...
BUT, SINCE I'M FULL OF HOLES AND
CRATERS, I'VE GOT QUITE A FEW
HIDING PLACES!

Little Malabar says WHERE DID ALL OF YOUR HIDING
PLACES COME FROM, MERCURY?

Mercury says AH, WELL, IT HAPPENED A LONG
TIME AGO, YOU SEE...
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I BARELY HAD
ANY CRATERS AT ALL,
BUT THESE ROCKS WOULD RACE SO
FAST THROUGH THE AIR AND KNOCK
INTO ME...

In a memory as craters hit him, Mercury says OUCH!
AH!

Mercury says AND NOW, I'M STUCK HERE WITH
ALL OF THESE CRATERS!
LITTLE MALABAR?
WHERE DID YOU GO?
HELLO?
YOO-HOO!

Little Malabar says I M HERE, MERCURY!
I WAS JUST COUNTING ALL OF YOUR
HIDING PLACES...
SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN,
NINETEEN.
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR,
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE,
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, FOUR
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN...
NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, NINE
HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE,
A THOUSAND!
OH?!
HA-HA !
I FOUND YOU, GIRAFFE!
HAHAHA!
YOU FOUND A REALLY GOOD HIDING
PLACE!
OH, ITS PRETTY COLD DOWN IN
THIS CRATER!
COME ON, GIRAFFE!
LET S GET OUT!
(sighs)
NOW THAT WERE OUT OF THE SHADE,
IT S REALLY HOT, AGAIN!

Mercury says WATCH OUT!
HERE IT COMES.
STONE HEADING THIS WAY...
GET READY TO RUMBLE!

Little Malabar laughs and says GOODBYE, MERCURY!
I HOPE YOU WEREN T TOO RUMBLED.

Mercury says OH!
I M USED TO IT!
GOODBYE, LITTLE MALABAR!

(munching)
The giraffe eats leaves.

Back on his planet, Little Malabar says AND NOW, I CAN COUNT ALL THE WAY
TO A THOUSAND!
ONE GIRAFFE SPOT, TWO GIRAFFE
SPOTS, THREE SPOTS, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX...

A Female Narrator says MERCURY IS A SMALL PLANET
THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE SUN.
OVER TIME, IT HAS BEEN HIT BY
MANY ASTEROIDS AND IS NOW
COVERED IN CRATERS JUST LIKE
THE MOON.

(music plays)

The end credits roll.