[train whistle blowing]

A black train chug along through the countryside and a song begins.

It goes WOO, WOO!
HOW MUCH, HOW MANY
HOW MUCH, HOW MANY
HOW MUCH ARE THEY,
HOW MANY ARE WE
THESE ARE QUESTIONS
OF QUANTITY
LET'S ALL HAVE
FUN AS I EXPLAIN

A conductor in her twenties with short brown hair under a pink hat wearing a pink shirt with numbers says ALL ABOARD!

The song continues THE QUANTITY TRAIN
HOW MANY, HOW MUCH
[train whistle blowing]

A black train chugs through the countryside and the title reads "The Quantity Train."

The train leaves the station.

Marvin the skunk says OH, BOY, IT'S
GONNA BE GREAT.

The squirrel says I KNOW, IT'S
SO EXCITING.

Jay the blue jay says I'VE NEVER BEEN ON
A TRAIN BEFORE.

The bear says THIS IS GONNA
BE GREAT!

Jay says I CAN'T WAIT!
IT'S GONNA BE
SO COOL.
ME TOO.

The bear says I'VE NEVER
BEEN ON ONE.

The squirrel says I LOVE TRAINS.

Jay says I'M SO EXCITED.

The squirrel says OH, YEAH, IT'S
A BIG ONE.

Marvin says TRAINS ARE ALMOST
MY FAVOURITE.

Polkaroo, the green dinosaur alien waves and Jay says THERE'S POLKAROO!
HEY, POLKAROO!

The bear syas WOW, I CAN
HEAR THE BELL.
[steam hissing]

Jay says THIS IS GONNA
BE SO COOL!
I CAN'T WAIT,
GUYS!
OH, BOY.

Gisele says THIS IS VERY
GOOD.

Gisele and the animals walk into the train station. Gisele is in her twenties, has long brown hair in a ponytail and wears a pink dress and an orange shirt.

[humming]

The conductor sits at the tickets desk and says HELLO THERE,
DARLINGS!
WELCOME TO THE
QUANTITY TRAIN,
LEAVING DAILY,
STRAIGHT DOWN THE
NUMBER LINE.

Gisele says HI, MOIRA.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED
TO RIDE THE TRAIN.
OKAY, LET'S SEE HOW
MANY TICKETS WE NEED.

Moira says EACH PASSENGER NEEDS
THEIR OWN TICKET.

Gisele says OKAY.
THAT?

That says HMM?

Gisele says CAN YOU PLEASE COUNT
HOW MANY OF US
ARE HERE.

That says OH, I'D LOVE
TO, GISELE.
OKAY, EVERYONE, GET
IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
THAT WAY YOU'LL BE
EASIER TO COUNT.

The squirrel says UH, WHY ARE
WE COUNTING?
I THOUGHT WE WERE
BUYING TICKETS.

That says ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
AND...
FIVE.
I COUNTED FIVE,
GISELE, FIVE.

Gisele says GREAT!

That says GISELE, I KNOW
WHAT FIVE IS.
THERE'S A 5.

A pink 5 floats across screen and That says AND THERE'S A 5.
HI, 5!
AND I CAN
COUNT TO FIVE.
BUT WHAT DOES FIVE HAVE
TO DO WITH TICKETS?

Gisele says FIVE IS JUST
A NUMBER.
FIVE
IS
A NUMBER.
AND NUMBERS LET US
KNOW HOW MANY
OR HOW MUCH OF
SOMETHING THERE IS.

That says HOW MUCH?

Gisele says OR HOW MANY.
SEE, FIVE STANDS
FOR FIVE THINGS.
IN THIS CASE WE ARE -
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SO, FIVE IS HOW
MANY PASSENGERS.
AND IF WE EACH
NEED A TICKET,
FIVE IS HOW
MANY TICKETS.
FIVE TICKETS,
PLEASE.

Moira says FIVE TICKETS!
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE.
THAT'S FIVE DOLLARS.

Gisele says AND, FIVE IS HOW
MUCH IT COSTS.
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE.

That says OH, I GET IT.
WE USE THE
NUMBER FIVE
TO KNOW HOW MUCH
IT WOULD COST.

Gisele says FIVE DOLLARS.

That says AND HOW MANY
TICKETS WE NEEDED.

Gisele says FIVE TICKETS.

That says AND HOW MANY
PASSENGERS WE ARE.

Gisele says FIVE PASSENGERS.

Squirrel says WAIT A MINUTE.
WHY DOES
EVERYBODY KEEP
CALLING ME A
PASSENGER?
YOU KNOW I'M A
SQUIRREL, RIGHT?

That says SQUIRREL?
MM-HMM.
I THOUGHT YOU
WERE A BEAVER!

The squirrel says A BEAVER?
[heavy sigh]
IT BREAKS BY HEART.

Moira says ALL ABOARD!

The song continues THE QUANTITY TRAIN
[train whistle blowing]

A white slate displays a caption that reads "tvo kids."