(music plays)

A boy pops up wearing cowboy clothes. He has wavy black hair.

A caption reads "Ranger Dalmar."

Then, a girl pops out of a barrel wearing a cowboy hat. She has curly brown hair. She winks an eye.

A caption reads "Ranger Kara."

Now another boy pops out of a saloon wearing ranger clothes. He has short blond hair.

A caption reads "Ranger Drew."

Now a woman with a white dress sits in a bookshop reading.

A caption reads "Miss Bookworth."

Now a woman and two bandits sit inside a room.

A caption reads "The Mayor McNab, Pinky and Giggles."

Now a man dances crazily as he laughs.

A caption reads "Cookie."

A sign in old Western style with a star on top, reads "The reading rangers."

The sign leaves a brand on a wooden wall.

Ranger Dalmar, Ranger Kara, and Mayor McNab appear on screen sitting by a campfire at night in the desert.

Mayor McNab says I CAN'T BELIEVE
I'M SAYIN' THIS,
BUT, RANGER KARA,
IT'S YOUR TURN
TO TELL A STORY.

Ranger Kara says YAY!
THIS STORY IS CALLED
CHOOSE YOUR CHEWS.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE
MOST FAMOUS PERSON
THAT EVER LIVED
IN DOCVILLE.

Mayor McNab says CHOOSE YOUR
CHEWS?
THAT DOESN'T EVEN
MAKE SENSE.

Ranger Kara says SURE IT DOES.
CHOOSE AND CHEWS
ARE HOMOPHONES.
HOMOPHONES ARE WORDS
THAT SOUND THE SAME
BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
SPELLINGS AND MEANINGS.
THEY CAN BE TRICKY.
LIKE CHOOSE, TO
MAKE A DECISION.
OR CHEWS, TO
CHEW YOUR FOOD.

Mayor McNab says FINE.
GET ON WITH
THE STORY.

Ranger Kara says THIS FAMOUS MAN HELD
THE MOST WORLD RECORDS
OUT OF ANY MAN THAT HAD
EVER LIVED IN DOCVILLE.

Cookie appears on screen in Docville Inn.

Ranger Kara says HE HELD THE
WORLD RECORD
FOR THE LONGEST TIME
HOLDING BREATH.
YEAH!
HE HELD THE
WORLD RECORD
FOR THE LARGEST AIR
GUITAR COLLECTION.
BUT THE RECORD HE
WAS MOST PROUD OF
WAS FOR BLOWING THE
BIGGEST BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE.

Cookie appears on screen dusting a large bubblegum bubble.

Ranger Kara says IN FACT, HE KEPT
THE BUBBLE SO THAT
IT ALWAYS REMINDED HIM
OF WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED.
IT WAS HIS PRIZED
POSSESSION.

Cookie says OH, I'LL TAKE CARE
OF YOU FOREVER,
WORLD CHAMPION
BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE.

Ranger Kara says HIS BUBBLE GUM
BUBBLE RECORD
STOOD FOR
MANY YEARS.
THE MAN AND HIS BUBBLE GUM
BUBBLE GREW OLD TOGETHER.

Cookie appears on screen with his bubble and says LOOKS LIKE IT'S
GONNA RAIN TODAY,
WORLD CHAMPION
BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE.

Ranger Kara says ONE DAY, A
NEWSPAPER REPORTED
THAT A MAN IN RUSSIA
HAD BEATEN HIS RECORD
BY BLOWING A BIGGER
BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE.
AT FIRST, HE WAS
DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS,
BUT THEN HE REALIZED,
IT WAS HIS DUTY
TO RECLAIM HIS
TITLE.

Cookie starts training.

Ranger Kara says SO, HE WOULD TRAIN
AND GET BACK
INTO CHAMPION BUBBLE
GUM BLOWING SHAPE.

Back by the campfire, Ranger Dalmar says SO WHAT
HAPPENED?
DID HE BEAT
THE NEW RECORD?

Ranger Kara says WELL, NOT AT
FIRST.
BECAUSE THE GUM THAT
HE USUALLY CHEWS
WAS NO LONGER
BEING MADE.
SO HE HAD TO
CHOOSE A NEW GUM.
HE EVEN STUDIED THE
PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS COMPETITOR
TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
GUM HE WAS CHEWING,
BUT HE HAD NO LUCK.

Cookie researches what to do.

Cookie says THIS IS POINTLESS!

Ranger Kara says THERE WAS NO NEW
GUM TO CHOOSE
BETTER THAN THE ONE
HE USUALLY CHEWS.
HE ALMOST GAVE UP.
BUT THEN HE REMEMBERED
HIS CHAMPIONSHIP BUBBLE.

Cookie looks at the giant bubble, takes a needle, and pops the bubble.

Cookie says I'M SORRY TO DO THIS
TO YOU, OLD FRIEND.
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Ranger Kara says SO, HE CAREFULLY
GATHERS UP THE OLD GUM
INTO HIS MOUTH AND MIXES
IT WITH THE NEW GUM.
HE THEN PROCEEDS TO
TAKE A LARGE BREATH.
AND THEN BLOWS THE
BIGGEST BUBBLE
HE'D EVER BLOWN IN
HIS ENTIRE LIFE

Cookie blows a bubble on screen and it is twice his size.

Back by the campfire, Ranger Dalmar says SO, DID HE RECLAIM
THE WORLD RECORD?

Ranger Kara says YES, HE DID!
AND HE STILL HOLDS
IT TO THIS DAY.

Ranger Dalmar says WAIT, BUT SOMEONE WILL
JUST BLOW A BIGGER BUBBLE,
ESPECIALLY IF HE CAN'T GET
THE GUM THAT HE CHEWS.

Ranger Kara says WELL, HE DOESN'T HAVE
TO CHOOSE A NEW GUM.
IN HONOUR OF THE
WORLD RECORD,
THEY STARTED
MAKING IT AGAIN.
AND, THEY EVEN
FEATURED HIM
ON HIS OWN
BUBBLE GUM CARD.

Mayor McNab says NOW, THAT
IS
IMPRESSIVE.
RANGER, I THINK
YOU JUST WON
THE WORLD RECORD FOR
THE LONGEST STORY.
THANKS, Ms. MAYOR.
YOU DON'T USUALLY
COMPLIMENT ME.

The TVO Kids logo appears on the wooden wall.