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Transcript: The Mystery Of Sticks And Stones
Kyla and E.B. hang out in the basement.
Kyla is in her mid-teens, with long straight brown hair and wears burgundy trousers, a printed top and a denim jacket.
E.B. is in his mid-teens, with curly brown hair in an afro and he wears jeans, a striped T-shirt and a blue hoodie.
E.B. carries a big box to the basement.
E.B. says CHECK OUT THIS BOX.
Kyla says OOH. WHAT'S INSIDE?
E.B. says IT'S A MYSTERY.
IT'S A RUBBER DUCKY. MAYBE
IT'S A MYSTERY ABOUT BATH TIME.
QUACK, QUACK. HEY, THERE'S
A NAME ON THIS DUCKY: JAMES
NAISMITH. BUT WHO IS HE?
Kyla says I DON'T KNOW, BUT LOOK.
THE LABEL SAYS, "STICKS AND
STONES BRING 'EM TOGETHER."
E.B. says OKAY. THIS STICK
HAS SOME WRITING ON IT.
A label on the stick reads "Tewa’a: raton."
Kyla says WOAH. CREEPY MASK AND A WEIRD
STICK WITH SOME STRANGE WRITING.
E.B. says I'VE SEEN THAT WRITING BEFORE,
BACK WHEN I VISITED MY FRIEND
KYREN AT THE MOHAWK RESERVE.
E.B. looks at a picture of a traffic sign on his phone. The writing on the sign reads "Ténh Sta Ne."
Kyla says THAT DOES LOOK LIKE
THE SAME LANGUAGE. SO WHAT DO
A RUBBER DUCKY, A MOHAWK STICK,
AND A CREEPY MASK HAVE TO DO
WITH STICKS AND STONES?
I THINK WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE.
E.B. says ME TOO.
Kyla says LET'S DO THIS.
They high-five.
E.B. says OH YEAH!
Kyla says WOO!
Music plays as the opening of the show rolls.
A song goes HISTORY IS FULL OF MYSTERIES
GREAT AUNT HERMIONE
COULD BE HEARD TO SAY
Aunt Hermione stands next to a knight’s armour. She’s in her fifties, with short white hair and wears glasses, beige trousers, a belted white short-sleeved shirt, an explorer’s hat. She carries a cross-body bag.
The song goes YOU HAVE TO KNOW
WHAT CAME BEFORE
TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD TODAY
Clips show images of power lines, an abacus and a computer.
The song continues SHE WAS GOING TO WRITE A BOOK
CALLED "MYSTERY FILES."
TO TELL WHAT SHE UNCOVERED
BUT TIME RAN OUT
NEW ADVENTURES CAME FIRST
SO SHE LEFT HER SECRETS
UNDISCOVERED
She writes down notes on a notebook, holds a globe, travels by jeep, flies an airplane.
The song continues ALL SHE LEFT BEHIND
WAS A HOUSE FULL OF CLUES
BUT E.B. AND KYLA HAVE A PLAN
In the basement, a drawer in a chest opens and random objects come out.
The song continues THEY'RE GONNA SOLVE
EACH MYSTERY FILE
AND FINISH
WHAT HERMIONE BEGAN
THEY'LL SOLVE
E.B. and Kyla appear looking through Hermione’s notes.
The song continues THE MYSTERY FILES
UNRAVEL ALL THE MYSTERIES
THEY'LL SOLVE
THE MYSTERY FILES
UPLOAD HIDDEN HISTORIES
THEY'LL SOLVE
THE MYSTERY FILES
E.B. and Kyla high-five.
The title of the show reads "The Mystery Files."
(music plays)
E.B. visits the Native North American Travelling College.
E.B. says GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, KYREN.
Kyren says YEAH.
Kyren is in his mid-teens, with short wavy black hair and wears black shorts, a hooded sweatshirt and a white and blue cap hat.
E.B. says DO YOU THINK YOU COULD
HELP ME SOLVE A MYSTERY?
Kyren says YEAH, FOR SURE.
E.B. says ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE THIS
STICK HERE. THERE'S SOME WRITING
ON IT. IT LOOKS LIKE MOHAWK,
OR AT LEAST I THINK IT'S MOHAWK.
Kyren says THAT WORD IN MOHAWK
MEANS "LACROSSE."
E.B. says LACROSSE. OKAY,
SO THIS IS A LACROSSE STICK?
Kyren says UH-HUH.
E.B. says I'VE SEEN LACROSSE
ON TV AND STUFF, BUT THEY DON'T
USE A STICK LIKE THIS.
Kyren says HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO FIRST
NATIONS USED TO USE THOSE BACK
THEN IN THE GAMES THEY PLAYED.
E.B. says OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT
FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE FIRST USED
WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED PLAYING?
Kyren says UH-HUH.
E.B. says COOL.
Kyren says COME ON. I'LL SHOW YOU MORE.
(music plays)
Kyren shows E.B. to a field where a Lacrosse match takes place.
E.B. says IT LOOKS REALLY COOL,
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THE LACROSSE I KNOW.
Kyren says YEAH, THIS IS JUST
THE RE-ENACTMENT OF HOW
FIRST NATIONS USED TO PLAY
A LONG TIME AGO.
E.B. says FIRST NATIONS TRIBES
INVENTED LACROSSE HUNDREDS
OF YEARS AGO, AND TODAY
IT'S A POPULAR SPORT
THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE PLAY.
Kyren says THEY USED TREES
INSTEAD OF NETS.
E.B. says YOU WOULD SCORE
BY HITTING THE TREE? YEAH!
WELL IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
SOME FRONT ROW SEATS.
(music plays)
E.B. records the game.
E.B. says SO WHY DID FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE
PLAY LACROSSE?
Kyren says THEY USED IT
ALMOST LIKE A TOOL TO HEAL.
E.B. says WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
Kyren says LIKE, IT WAS CALLED
"THE MEDICINE GAME."
E.B. says KYREN SAYS THAT WHEN
PEOPLE WERE SICK, THE MEDICINE
MAN WOULD CALL FOR A GAME.
PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT WATCHING
LACROSSE HELPED THE SICK GET
BETTER. IT WAS ALSO A WAY
TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER
AND SHOW THANKS FOR
THE CREATION OF MOTHER EARTH.
Kyren says ANOTHER THING TOO WAS THAT
WITH THE MEDICINE GAME THERE WAS
A LOT OF PHYSICAL CONTACT...
E.B. says RIGHT.
Kyren says ...AND SOMETIMES
THE YOUNG BOYS WOULD PLAY.
IT SHOWS THEM MORE ABOUT
LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION.
E.B. says A WAY TO THE HELP THEM
GROW UP, MAYBE?
Kyren says YES, EXACTLY.
AND ANOTHER THING TOO WAS
THAT AMONGST NATIONS SOMETIMES
THEY'D PLAY THE MEDICINE GAME
SOMETIMES TO SETTLE A DISPUTE.
AND IT COULD LAST FOR SOMETIMES
A DAY, SOMETIMES EVEN A WEEK.
E.B. says WOW!
Kyren says YEAH.
E.B. says PLAYING LACROSSE
FOR A WEEK. HOW BIG WAS
THE FIELD IN THOSE DAYS?
Kyren says THERE WAS
NO SET BOUNDARIES FOR...
E.B. says RIGHT.
Kyren says IT COULD BE THREE TO
FOUR KILOMETRES LONG - THROUGH
THE WOODS, ACROSS MEADOWS.
ACTUALLY, WHEN I... WHEN I WAS
BORN, I WAS GIVEN A STICK,
A WOODEN STICK. ALONG WITH THAT,
BEING A PART OF MY CULTURE,
I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS
THE GAME DOWN AND TO CARRY IT
TO OTHER GENERATIONS AND TO KEEP
PLAYING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL GAME.
I LOVE IT. AND I FEEL THE NEED
TO KEEP IT WITH ME, YOU KNOW?
E.B. says WOW. THAT'S...
THAT'S... THAT'S REALLY COOL.
I'VE GOTTA SHOW KYLA THIS.
He video calls Kyla.
Kyla says HEY, E.B. WHAT'S UP?
E.B. says KYLA, IT TURNS OUT
THE STICK WITH WRITING ON IT
IS ACTUALLY A LACROSSE STICK.
MAYBE OUR MYSTERY HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPORTS?
Kyla says MAYBE, BUT WHAT DOES A RUBBER
DUCKY HAVE TO DO WITH LACROSSE?
E.B. says I HAVE NO IDEA.
Kyla says I'LL CHECK FOR OTHER
GAMES PLAYED WITH STICKS
TO SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT.
E.B. says COOL.
Kyla says SEE YA.
The call ends.
Ella and Ryanna approach the boys.
Ella is in her mid-teens, with shoulder length straight black hair and she wears black sweatpants and a graphic black sweatshirt.
Ryanna is in her early teens, with shoulder length straight brown and wears glasses, black sweatpants and a blue and yellow zip up jacket.
E.B. says OH, HEY.
Ella says HI.
E.B. says YOU GUYS PLAY LACROSSE TOO?
Ella says YES WE DO. TRADITIONALLY
GUYS ARE MEANT TO PLAY,
BUT NOW GIRLS HAVE
THEIR OWN LEAGUES NOW.
E.B. says OH. THAT'S AWESOME.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PLAY
SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE.
Ryanna says YOU GUYS WANNA
COME PLAY WITH US?
E.B. says YEAH, SURE.
Kyren says SURE.
E.B. says COOL. LET'S DO IT.
(music plays)
The boys get in Lacrosse gear and start playing.
E.B. says IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY ELLA AND
RYANNA AREN'T WEARING HELMETS,
IT'S BECAUSE WOMEN'S LACROSSE IS
DIFFERENT FROM MEN'S LACROSSE.
MEN'S LACROSSE HAS A LOT OF
PHYSICAL CONTACT, AND BODY
CHECKING IS ALLOWED. BUT IN
WOMEN'S LACROSSE IT ISN'T, SO
THEY DON'T NEED TO WEAR HELMETS
OR PADDING. THE GAME WE'RE
PLAYING WITH THE GIRLS HAS NO
BODY CONTACT. WOMEN DIDN'T EVEN
START PLAYING UNTIL AROUND 1890.
BEFORE THAT, LIKE A LOT OF
OTHER SPORTS, IT WASN'T ALLOWED,
BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT WOMEN
WEREN'T STRONG ENOUGH.
(music plays)
E.B. says SO MODERN LACROSSE IS
A LOT DIFFERENT THAN
TRADITIONAL LACROSSE.
Kyren says THERE'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF
CONTACT AS THERE WAS BACK THEN,
BUT IT'S JUST MORE CONTROLLED.
E.B. says RIGHT.
Kyren says AND, IF YOU NOTICED,
WE HAVE NETS NOW.
E.B. says OH YEAH. THAT'S PRETTY
IMPORTANT. WELL, WHICH WOULD YOU
SAY YOU LIKE BETTER? OLD OR NEW?
Kyren says I'D HAVE TO SAY MODERN,
BUT I STILL KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH THE OLD GAME.
E.B. says RIGHT.
(DUCK QUACKING)
Ryanna says I THINK
THAT'S COMING FROM YOU.
E.B. checks in his pockets.
E.B. says OH.
DID YOU CHANGE MY RING TONE
TO QUACKING?
Kyla says YEAH. I THOUGHT
THAT WOULD
QUACK
YOU UP.
E.B. says HA-HA. FUNNY.
SO WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
Kyla says I FIGURED OUT THE DUCK.
E.B. says YOU DID?
Kyla says SORT OF. REMEMBER HOW
IT HAD THE NAME JAMES NAISMITH?
WELL, I KNEW I'D HEARD THAT NAME
BEFORE, SO I DID A WEB SEARCH
AND IT TURNS OUT HE'S THE
INVENTOR OF BASKETBALL.
A picture of James Naismith appears.
E.B. says WOAH. THAT'S NOT JUST
A COINCIDENCE. OUR MYSTERY
DEFINITELY HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH SPORTS. WHAT ABOUT THE
RUBBER DUCK? MAYBE SOME SPORTS
USE A DUCK AS A BALL?
Kyla tries to hit the rubber duck with a broom stick but misses.
Kyla says I DON'T THINK SO. BUT
I DO KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND OUT.
Now Kyla is outside a museum.
Kyla says I'M AT THE HOME OF THE NAISMITH
MUSEUM, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT JAMES
NAISMITH. I'M GONNA FIND OUT
IF THERE'S SOME LINK BETWEEN
HIM AND RUBBER DUCKIES. HI!
Stephanie says HI, KYLA.
Stephanie is in her fifties, with straight fair hair in a ponytail and she wears white trousers and a pink top.
Kyla says NICE TO MEET YOU.
Stephanie says NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
Kyla says SO, THIS IS A LITTLE
EMBARRASSING, BUT DID JAMES
NAISMITH HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH A DUCK?
Stephanie says YES, DEFINITELY.
WHEN NAISMITH CREATED THE GAME
OF BASKETBALL, HE WAS INSPIRED
BY A BOYHOOD GAME HE USED TO
PLAY CALLED "DUCK ON THE ROCK."
Kyla says CAN YOU SHOW ME?
Stephanie says SURE. COME ON IN.
Kyla says IS THAT THE ROCK
HE PLAYED ON?
Stephanie says YES.
Kyla says AWESOME. HOW DID DUCK ON
A ROCK INFLUENCE THE INVENTION
OF BASKETBALL? WAS IT JUST
A GAME HE REALLY LIKED?
Stephanie says WELL HE DID
REALLY LIKE THAT GAME AS A BOY.
BUT WHEN HE WAS GIVEN THE TASK
TO INVENT A GAME FOR A ROWDY
CLASS OF BOYS, HE REALLY HAD A
LOT OF TROUBLE TRYING TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD
NO ROUGH PLAY IN IT OR NO BODY
CONTACT. SO HE THOUGHT BACK
TO DUCK ON THE ROCK.
SO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT
THEY HAD IN THAT GAME BECAME
ELEMENTS THAT WERE IN THE
ORIGINAL RULES OF BASKETBALL.
THERE'S A GAME GOING ON RIGHT
NOW. IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME,
WE'LL TAKE A WALK UP THERE.
Kyla says YEAH, SURE.
Outside, a group of kids play the game.
Kyla says SO, WHERE'S THE DUCK?
On a large rock sits a small rock.
Stephanie says WELL THAT LITTLE
STONE THAT'S SITTING ON THAT
BIG ROCK IS ACTUALLY THE DUCK.
Isaline is in her mid-teens, with short braided brown hair and wears basketball gear.
Isaline says THE OBJECT OF THE
GAME IS TO KNOCK THE TOP STONE
OFF OF THE BASE STONE WITH THE
ROCK THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND,
OR THE BALL, AND THE PERSON WHO
THREW IT HAS TO GO GET THE ROCK
AND GET BACK IN THE LINE
BEFORE THE GUARD CATCHES THEM.
YOU TRY AND TOUCH THE PERSON
BEFORE THEY GET THE ROCK. AND
THEN WHEN YOU TOUCH THE PERSON,
THEN THE PERSON THAT WAS TOUCHED
GETS TO BE THE NEXT GUARD.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE TAG.
Kyla says SAME AS IN TAG, IN DUCK
ON A ROCK, THERE'S NO WINNER.
THE OBJECT IS TO AVOID BECOMING
THE GUARD. UNLESS YOU ARE THE
GUARD, THEN THE GOAL IS TO TRY
AND CATCH SOMEONE ELSE BEFORE
THEY GET TO THEIR BALL.
THAT MAKES THEM THE GUARD.
(PLAYERS QUACKING)
Isaline says YOU KNOCK IT OFF.
THE PEOPLE IN THE LINE SAY,
"QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK."
(PLAYERS QUACKING)
Kyla says IF YOU CAN HIT THE DUCK
WITH YOUR BALL, THEN THE GUARD
HAS TO PUT IT BACK ON THE ROCK
BEFORE HE OR SHE CAN CATCH YOU.
THAT GIVES YOU MORE TIME TO GET
TO YOUR BALL AND GET BACK
IN LINE SAFELY.
SO CAN I PLAY?
Kyla misses her shoot.
Isaline says YEAH, SURE. KYLA,
WHEN YOU'RE THROWING, YOU DON'T
WANT TO THROW IT KINDA LIKE YOUR
BASEBALL THROW. YOU WANNA LIKE
SHOOT THE BALL, LIKE YOU'RE
SHOOTING IN BASKETBALL.
Kyla says OH. OKAY, HERE,
CAN I TRY AGAIN?
Isaline says YEAH, SURE.
YEAH, LIKE THAT.
Kyla says NOW I GET IT.
THIS IS JUST LIKE BASKETBALL.
Isaline says YEAH.
Kyla says JAMES NAISMITH INVENTED
BASKETBALL BECAUSE HIS SCHOOL
ASKED HIM TO COME UP WITH A GAME
THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD PLAY.
THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE ROUGH
LIKE RUGBY OR HAVE A LOT
OF JOSTLING AT THE GOAL, SO
NAISMITH PUT THE GOAL UP HIGH.
AT FIRST, THEY GOT THE BALL
OUT OF THE BASKET BY POKING IT
WITH A STICK. BUT THEN SOMEONE
HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA TO CUT
THE BOTTOM OUT OF THE BASKET
SO THAT THE BALL WOULD JUST FALL
THROUGH. NAISMITH ALSO KNEW THAT
BIGGER BALLS COULD MOVE SLOWER
THAN SMALL ONES, SO HE CHOSE
A BIG BALL THAT PLAYERS
WOULD DRIBBLE AND THROW.
An animated player says HEY, CATCH.
Kyla says BUT HOW COULD YOU
THROW A BALL UP HIGH ENOUGH
TO GET INTO THE HOOP?
An animated Naismith says EUREKA!
Kyla says NAISMITH REMEMBERED HOW
HE HAD TO LOB WHEN YOU PLAYED
DUCK ON A ROCK, AND THAT KIND
OF LOB BECAME A BASKETBALL SHOT.
BUT NAISMITH NEVER DREAMED THAT
THE GAME HE INVENTED FOR A GROUP
OF BOYS AT HIS SCHOOL WOULD
ONE DAY BE PLAYED BY OVER
300 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
Isaline shoots a hoop.
Kyla says NICE JOB, ISALINE. WOW!
SO YOU'RE LIKE A CHAMP
AND EVERYTHING, RIGHT?
Isaline says YEAH, MY TEAM WON
DIVISION 2 LAST YEAR.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Kyla says SO HOW TALL ARE YOU AGAIN?
Isaline says AROUND LIKE 6'2."
Kyla says OKAY, SO EVEN THOUGH
YOU'RE TALL AND A CHAMP,
DON'T GO EASY ON ME, OKAY?
Isaline says I WON'T.
Kyla says BEST TWO OUT OF THREE?
Isaline says YEAH.
Isaline and Kyla shoot hoops.
Kyla says BEST THREE OUT OF FIVE?
Isaline says SURE.
(VICIOUS GROWLING NOISE)
Kyla picks her phone and says E.B., YOU CHANGED MY RING
TONE?
E.B. wears the max from the box.
Kyla says ARE YOU TRYING
TO SCARE ME?
E.B. says LISTEN, I'M JUST
FOLLOWING THE MASK CLUE, YOU
KNOW? WHEREVER IT LEADS ME.
(E.B. LAUGHS.)
Kyla says BUT WHY ARE YOU
WEARING THE MASK?
E.B. says JUST TRYING IT ON FOR
SIZE. I FIGURED IF THE FIRST
TWO CLUES WERE ABOUT SPORTS,
WHY NOT THIS ONE?
Kyla says THAT MAKES SENSE.
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT.
E.B. says SEE YOU LATER. ARGH!
(music plays)
Isaline sinks basket every time she shoots.
Kyla says BEST... FIVE OUT OF NINE?
BEST... ELEVEN OUT OF TWENTY?
E.B. records a video and says I'M MEETING SPORTS
HISTORIAN MIKE WILSON TO SEE
WHAT I CAN FIND OUT ABOUT
THE MYSTERY OF THE MASK.
(E.B. RINGS THE DOORBELL.)
Mike opens the door. Mike is in his late forties, with short wavy gray hair and wears jeans and a blue polo shirt.
He says HEY, E.B., HOW'S IT GOING?
E.B. says GOOD. HOW ARE YOU, MIKE?
Mike says GREAT. YOU READY
TO BE SURPRISED?
E.B. says OH YEAH. LET'S DO IT.
Mike says COME ON IN.
The house is full of hockey memorabilia.
E.B. says SO MUCH HOCKEY STUFF.
Mike says YEAH, THERE'S
A LITTLE BIT DOWN HERE.
E.B. says THERE'S... THERE'S HOCKEY
EVERYWHERE I LOOK. THERE'S
POSTERS, HOCKEY STICKS, HOCKEY
PUCKS, TROPHIES, MEDALS. OH!
THERE'S EVERYTHING DOWN HERE.
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN COLLECTING
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
Mike says YEAH, I STARTED WHEN I
WAS SIX YEARS OLD, AND I'VE BEEN
COLLECTING FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.
IT'S MY PASSION, BUT IT'S ALSO
EVERY PIECE IN THIS COLLECTION
HAS A STORY ATTACHED TO IT.
E.B. says OH, THAT'S GREAT,
BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR
THE STORY BEHIND THIS.
Mike says IT'S A GOALIE MASK.
E.B. says I KNEW IT HAD SOMETHING
TO DO WITH SPORTS. I KNEW
IT WASN'T SOME SCARY MOVIE.
Mike says WELL YOU COULD WEAR IT
FOR THAT, BUT THERE WAS A...
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN...
JACQUES PLANTE WORE THAT AND
PEOPLE USED TO MAKE FUN OF HIM.
HE DID SCARE PEOPLE WITH
THE MASK. HE WORE THE FIRST
GOALIE MASK IN 1959.
E.B. says OKAY, SO OUR MYSTERY IS
CALLED STICKS AND STONES. I KNOW
THAT HOCKEY IS PLAYED WITH A
STICK. IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT
THE PUCK USED TO BE A STONE?
Mike says LET'S FACE IT, I MEAN,
AS A KID PLAYING ROAD HOCKEY...
E.B. says UH-HUH.
Mike says ...YOU KNOW,
YOU'LL SHOOT ANYTHING.
E.B. says RIGHT. ANYTHING AROUND.
Mike says YOU'LL SHOOT A STONE. YOU'LL
SHOOT AN APPLE. YOU'LL SHOOT AN
ORANGE. YOU'LL SHOOT A TIN CAN.
E.B. says SO, TECHNICALLY,
THE PUCK WASN'T A STONE?
Mike says NO.
E.B. says WELL, 'CUZ MY OTHER
CLUE WAS A LACROSSE STICK.
WELL THE LACROSSE STICK WAS A
PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF HOCKEY.
E.B. says MIKE TOLD ME THAT GAMES
FROM MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES LED
TO THE HOCKEY THAT WE HAVE
TODAY. LACROSSE AND HOCKEY ARE
TWO DIFFERENT SPORTS, BUT MANY
FIRST NATIONS TRIBES ALSO PLAYED
OTHER STICK AND BALL GAMES. THEN
EUROPEANS BROUGHT ICE SKATES TO
CANADA. OVER THE YEARS BRITISH,
IRISH, AND FRENCH SETTLERS
PLAYED THEIR OWN GAMES WITHOUT,
IT SEEMS, EVER PLAYING TOGETHER.
BUT BY 1875, THE GAME WE KNOW
AS HOCKEY HAD BEEN INVENTED.
SO 1875, FIRST GAME. BY THEN,
EVERYONE WAS PLAYING TOGETHER?
Mike says WELL, THEY WERE
AND THEY WEREN'T.
E.B. says RIGHT.
Mike says SO THE AFRICAN
CANADIANS, THE MEN, LIKE
ANY OTHER GUY OR ANY BOY,
ALL WANTED TO PLAY HOCKEY TOO.
BUT THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO.
E.B. says I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND
OUT THAT, IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF ORGANIZED HOCKEY, AFRICAN
CANADIAN PLAYERS WEREN'T EVEN
ALLOWED TO PLAY IN LEAGUES
WITH WHITE PLAYERS, SO THEY
FORMED THEIR OWN LEAGUE.
Mike says THEY WERE VERY CREATIVE
AND INNOVATIVE IN THE GAME.
AND SOME OF THOSE RULES APPLY
TO THE GAME TODAY. LIKE
THEY INVENTED THE SLAP SHOT.
GOALIES WEREN'T ALLOWED TO MOVE
AT ONE TIME AND COME TO GET
THE PUCK. THEY WERE ONLY ALLOWED
TO DROP DOWN TO BLOCK THE PUCK.
E.B. says SO A LOT OF
RULES AND REGULATIONS...
Mike says YES.
E.B. says ...FROM THAT LEAGUE...
Mike says YES.
E.B. says ...MADE ITS WAY
TO THE NHL AT THE TIME.
Mike says YES. THE BEAUTY OF WHAT
WE'RE FINDING TODAY, AND WHY
I THINK THE HISTORY OF HOCKEY
IS SO IMPORTANT... WHEN WE HAVE
ALL THESE SETTLERS COMING FROM
IRELAND AND SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND
AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WE'VE
GOT OUR OWN AFRICAN CANADIANS
PLAYING THE SAME GAME.
E.B. says HOCKEY'S CALLED "THE CANADIAN
INVENTION," BUT FIRST NATIONS
TRIBES WERE PLAYING GAMES
ON ICE BEFORE ANY EUROPEANS
ACTUALLY GOT TO CANADA.
An animated collage shows E.B.’s head on a French soldier’s body.
He says BUT WE
EUROPEANS BROUGHT ZEE SKATES.
Another animation shows E.B. in a British soldier suit.
He says WE BRITISH
BROUGHT OUR GAMES, LIKE BANDY
AND SHINNY AND HURLING.
E.B. says HAVE YOU
EVER HEARD OF THOSE GAMES,
BECAUSE I HADN'T.
British E.B. says GET OUTTA HERE.
E.B. says BUT IT
WASN'T JUST THE BRITISH.
SCOTTISH... IRISH...
AND FRENCH SETTLERS BROUGHT
THEIR GAMES TO CANADA TOO.
An animated Frenchman says HAH-HAH-HAH!
E.B. says EVENTUALLY, THE
DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT FORMED
CANADA STARTED PLAYING THE SAME
GAME: HOCKEY. AND ALMOST
EVERYONE WHO CAME AFTER THEM
KNOWS THE GAME AND LOVES IT. AND
NOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF AN INVENTION
OF MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS,
LIKE THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE,
THE SCOTTISH, THE BRITISH,
THE IRISH, AND EVEN
BLACK CANADIANS TOO.
Mike says MY WORK IS DONE HERE.
(E.B. LAUGHS.)
I'VE CONVERTED YOU,
AND YOU'VE GOT IT.
E.B. says THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Mike says EVERY CANADIAN
REPRESENTS THEM, AND EVERY
CANADIAN SHOULD FEEL IN THE
PRIDE. AND THAT DEFINES US AS
CANADIANS, AND YOU'VE GOT IT.
E.B. says I REALLY KINDA WANT
TO PLAY SOME HOCKEY NOW.
Mike says WELL LET'S GO PUT IT ON
THE ICE AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
In the rink, E.B. says OH, I CAN SEE IT NOW.
OLYMPIC GAMES. I MAKE
THE BIG SAVE IN OVERTIME.
(BUZZER GOES OFF, CROWD CHEERS.)
OUR TEAM WINS! GOLD MEDAL, YES!
E.B. calls Kyla.
Kyla says HEY, E.B.
E.B. says GUESS WHAT? I'M GONNA BE
PLAYING HOCKEY IN THE OLYMPICS.
Kyla says WHAT!?
E.B. says WELL, I'M GONNA BE
PLAYING HOCKEY WITH SOMEONE
WHO WAS IN THE OLYMPICS. THAT'S
KINDA THE SAME THING, RIGHT?
Kyla says EXACTLY THE SAME.
YOU'LL GET A MEDAL, AND YOUR
FACE WILL BE ON CEREAL BOXES,
AND EVERYONE WILL LOVE YOU.
(WHISTLE BLOWS.)
E.B. says HERE SHE IS NOW. GOTTA GO.
Kyla says SEE YA.
Mike says OKAY, E.B., WE'VE GOT
YOU DRESSED IN YOUR EQUIPMENT.
E.B. says YEAH.
Mike says YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT HOCKEY.
E.B. says YEAH.
Mike says AND NOW YOU WANT TO GO WHERE?
E.B. says THE OLYMPICS, OF COURSE.
Mike says WELL, WELCOME OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDALIST, NATALIE SPOONER.
NATALIE, COME ON OUT.
Natalie says HEY!
Natalie skates towards them.
Natalie is in her mid-twenties, with long straight blond hair in a ponytail and she wears ice hockey gear.
E.B. says HEY! NICE TO MEET YOU.
Natalie says YOU TOO.
E.B. says I'M E.B. WHAT A SHAKE. NICE.
Natalie says AWESOME. I'M NATALIE.
E.B. says IS THAT YOUR GOLD MEDAL?
Natalie says IT IS. IT'S
FROM THE SOCHI OLYMPICS.
E.B. says OKAY. HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO HAVE REPRESENTED CANADA
IN THE OLYMPICS?
Natalie says IT'S AN HONOUR TO BE
ABLE TO PUT ON THE CANADA
JERSEY, AND IT JUST MAKES YOU
SO PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN AND
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH
MY TEAMMATES AND WITH CANADA.
I MEAN, IT WAS... IT WAS
A PRETTY CRAZY EXPERIENCE.
E.B. says WELL, SINCE YOU'RE AN
OLYMPIAN, I WAS WONDERING MAYBE
YOU COULD SHOW ME SOME POINTERS.
Natalie says I COULD SHOW YOU
A FEW. I MEAN, I'M A LOT BETTER
AT SCORING THAN SAVING THEM.
BUT I'VE GOT A FEW FOR YOU.
Natalie starts shooting pointers at E.B.
E.B. says OH.
THANKS FOR THE POINTER, NATALIE.
OH. ANOTHER POINTER.
HEY. THESE POINTERS ARE HELPING.
AH. THAT POINTER KINDA HURT.
OOH. WHAT A POINTER.
OH. OH. OH YEAH!
Natalie says OH, WHAT A SAVE!
E.B. says YEAH! OLYMPIC GOLD!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS SO
MUCH FUN. OOH. YOU WERE TOTALLY
SKATING CIRCLES AROUND ME. I GOT
A COUPLE GOOD SAVES THOUGH.
Natalie says YOU DID. I THINK MOST
IMPROVED FOR THE DAY FOR SURE.
E.B. says THANK YOU.
Natalie says SOME GREAT SAVES.
They high-five.
E.B. says OH. OH. OH YEAH!
Natalie says OH, WHAT A SAVE!
Back in the basement, E.B. shows Kyla a video of him playing hockey with Natalie.
Kyla says WOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU GOT TO PLAY HOCKEY
WITH A REAL OLYMPIAN.
E.B. says I KNOW, RIGHT.
THIS MYSTERY WAS SO MUCH FUN.
Kyla says BUT DID WE REALLY SOLVE IT?
E.B. says YEAH. ALL THESE CLUES HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPORTS.
Kyla says BUT WHAT EXACTLY?
E.B. says UM... HERMIONE WAS
TRYING TO TELL US THAT...
YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T SOLVED IT.
Kyla says (SIGHING) BUT,
REMEMBER THE LABEL? STICKS AND
STONES BRING 'EM TOGETHER...
E.B. says OKAY, OKAY. I GOT IT.
I GOT IT. SO WE FIGURED OUT
THAT LACROSSE WAS PLAYED
WITH A STICK, RIGHT?
Kyla says YEAH.
E.B. says AND SO WAS HOCKEY.
Kyla says AND BASKETBALL WAS INSPIRED
BY A GAME CALLED DUCK ON A ROCK,
WHICH IS PLAYED WITH STONES.
E.B. says STICKS AND STONES! OKAY,
SO HERMIONE WAS TRYING TO TELL
US THAT A LOT OF OUR POPULAR
SPORTS TODAY STARTED OUT
WITH STICKS AND STONES.
Kyla says YEAH, BUT I THINK
HERMIONE MEANT SOMETHING MORE
BY "BRING 'EM TOGETHER."
E.B. says LIKE WHAT?
Kyla says LOOK WHAT WE FOUND.
EACH CLUE WAS A SPORT THAT
BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
Kyla plays a video in the computer.
In the video, Kyren says I WAS BORN INTO A
LACROSSE PLAYING FAMILY. I HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS...
PASS THE GAME DOWN AND TO CARRY
IT TO OTHER GENERATIONS.
Kyla says NAISMITH NEVER DREAMED
THAT THE GAME HE INVENTED FOR
A GROUP OF BOYS AT HIS SCHOOL
WOULD ONE DAY BE PLAYED BY OVER
300 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
E.B. says HOCKEY'S KINDA KNOWN AS
"THE CANADIAN INVENTION," BUT
IT'S REALLY KIND OF AN INVENTION
OF MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS,
LIKE THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE,
THE SCOTTISH, THE BRITISH,
THE IRISH, AND EVEN
BLACK CANADIANS TOO.
YOU'RE RIGHT. SPORTS DO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER. BUT NOT ALWAYS,
BECAUSE, BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS,
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO PLAY ON A LOT OF HOCKEY TEAMS
BECAUSE I'M BLACK.
Kyla says YEAH, AND I WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY LACROSSE,
BECAUSE GIRLS WEREN'T ALLOWED.
TODAY THOUGH I FEEL LIKE SPORTS
HELP OVERCOME PREJUDICE,
BECAUSE WE ALL PLAY TOGETHER.
E.B. says YEAH. AND OUR SPORTS
HEROES MIGHT BE PEOPLE
OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
Kyla says THAT'S WHAT AUNT HERMIONE
MEANT BY "BRING 'EM TOGETHER"!
E.B. says YEAH.
Kyla says AND WHEN THE WHOLE TOWN
OR THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS EXCITED
FOR THEIR TEAM, IT GIVES
EVERYBODY SOMETHING IN COMMON.
E.B. puts on an orange sweatshirt and Kyla puts on a sweatshirt jacket.
Kyla says UNLESS THEY ROOT
FOR THE OTHER TEAM.
(E.B. GROWLS.)
E.B. says YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY PEOPLE MAKE
SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT SPORTS IN
OUR CULTURE. IT'S MORE THAN JUST
A WAY OF HAVING FUN. IT'S ALSO
KINDA LIKE A GROUP IDENTITY.
Kyla says I WONDER IF WE COULD INVENT
A SPORT AND GET OUR OWN MUSEUM.
E.B. says HOW ABOUT WE GO OUTSIDE AND
SEE WHAT GAMES WE CAN INVENT,
LIKE... HOCKEY WITH A FRISBEE.
OR GYMNASTICS RELAY RACES.
E.B. says OR SOCCER ON ICE.
Kyla says OR BASEBALL WITH YOUR FEET.
E.B. says OR SKATEBOARDING UNDERWATER.
Kyla says WAIT.
CAN'T FORGET THE DUCKY.
They post the video and say MYSTERY SOLVED! POSTING
TO THE MYSTERY FILES WEBSITE.
Music plays as the end credits roll.
Cast, Ethan Burnett as E.B. and Kyla Madeira as Kyla.
Producers, Jean-Louis Coté and Joan Taketman.
Director, Zsolt Luka.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Logo: Apartment 11.
Copyright 2017, MWM Enterprises Inc.
Kyla is in her mid-teens, with long straight brown hair and wears burgundy trousers, a printed top and a denim jacket.
E.B. is in his mid-teens, with curly brown hair in an afro and he wears jeans, a striped T-shirt and a blue hoodie.
E.B. carries a big box to the basement.
E.B. says CHECK OUT THIS BOX.
Kyla says OOH. WHAT'S INSIDE?
E.B. says IT'S A MYSTERY.
IT'S A RUBBER DUCKY. MAYBE
IT'S A MYSTERY ABOUT BATH TIME.
QUACK, QUACK. HEY, THERE'S
A NAME ON THIS DUCKY: JAMES
NAISMITH. BUT WHO IS HE?
Kyla says I DON'T KNOW, BUT LOOK.
THE LABEL SAYS, "STICKS AND
STONES BRING 'EM TOGETHER."
E.B. says OKAY. THIS STICK
HAS SOME WRITING ON IT.
A label on the stick reads "Tewa’a: raton."
Kyla says WOAH. CREEPY MASK AND A WEIRD
STICK WITH SOME STRANGE WRITING.
E.B. says I'VE SEEN THAT WRITING BEFORE,
BACK WHEN I VISITED MY FRIEND
KYREN AT THE MOHAWK RESERVE.
E.B. looks at a picture of a traffic sign on his phone. The writing on the sign reads "Ténh Sta Ne."
Kyla says THAT DOES LOOK LIKE
THE SAME LANGUAGE. SO WHAT DO
A RUBBER DUCKY, A MOHAWK STICK,
AND A CREEPY MASK HAVE TO DO
WITH STICKS AND STONES?
I THINK WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE.
E.B. says ME TOO.
Kyla says LET'S DO THIS.
They high-five.
E.B. says OH YEAH!
Kyla says WOO!
Music plays as the opening of the show rolls.
A song goes HISTORY IS FULL OF MYSTERIES
GREAT AUNT HERMIONE
COULD BE HEARD TO SAY
Aunt Hermione stands next to a knight’s armour. She’s in her fifties, with short white hair and wears glasses, beige trousers, a belted white short-sleeved shirt, an explorer’s hat. She carries a cross-body bag.
The song goes YOU HAVE TO KNOW
WHAT CAME BEFORE
TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD TODAY
Clips show images of power lines, an abacus and a computer.
The song continues SHE WAS GOING TO WRITE A BOOK
CALLED "MYSTERY FILES."
TO TELL WHAT SHE UNCOVERED
BUT TIME RAN OUT
NEW ADVENTURES CAME FIRST
SO SHE LEFT HER SECRETS
UNDISCOVERED
She writes down notes on a notebook, holds a globe, travels by jeep, flies an airplane.
The song continues ALL SHE LEFT BEHIND
WAS A HOUSE FULL OF CLUES
BUT E.B. AND KYLA HAVE A PLAN
In the basement, a drawer in a chest opens and random objects come out.
The song continues THEY'RE GONNA SOLVE
EACH MYSTERY FILE
AND FINISH
WHAT HERMIONE BEGAN
THEY'LL SOLVE
E.B. and Kyla appear looking through Hermione’s notes.
The song continues THE MYSTERY FILES
UNRAVEL ALL THE MYSTERIES
THEY'LL SOLVE
THE MYSTERY FILES
UPLOAD HIDDEN HISTORIES
THEY'LL SOLVE
THE MYSTERY FILES
E.B. and Kyla high-five.
The title of the show reads "The Mystery Files."
(music plays)
E.B. visits the Native North American Travelling College.
E.B. says GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, KYREN.
Kyren says YEAH.
Kyren is in his mid-teens, with short wavy black hair and wears black shorts, a hooded sweatshirt and a white and blue cap hat.
E.B. says DO YOU THINK YOU COULD
HELP ME SOLVE A MYSTERY?
Kyren says YEAH, FOR SURE.
E.B. says ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE THIS
STICK HERE. THERE'S SOME WRITING
ON IT. IT LOOKS LIKE MOHAWK,
OR AT LEAST I THINK IT'S MOHAWK.
Kyren says THAT WORD IN MOHAWK
MEANS "LACROSSE."
E.B. says LACROSSE. OKAY,
SO THIS IS A LACROSSE STICK?
Kyren says UH-HUH.
E.B. says I'VE SEEN LACROSSE
ON TV AND STUFF, BUT THEY DON'T
USE A STICK LIKE THIS.
Kyren says HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO FIRST
NATIONS USED TO USE THOSE BACK
THEN IN THE GAMES THEY PLAYED.
E.B. says OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT
FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE FIRST USED
WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED PLAYING?
Kyren says UH-HUH.
E.B. says COOL.
Kyren says COME ON. I'LL SHOW YOU MORE.
(music plays)
Kyren shows E.B. to a field where a Lacrosse match takes place.
E.B. says IT LOOKS REALLY COOL,
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THE LACROSSE I KNOW.
Kyren says YEAH, THIS IS JUST
THE RE-ENACTMENT OF HOW
FIRST NATIONS USED TO PLAY
A LONG TIME AGO.
E.B. says FIRST NATIONS TRIBES
INVENTED LACROSSE HUNDREDS
OF YEARS AGO, AND TODAY
IT'S A POPULAR SPORT
THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE PLAY.
Kyren says THEY USED TREES
INSTEAD OF NETS.
E.B. says YOU WOULD SCORE
BY HITTING THE TREE? YEAH!
WELL IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
SOME FRONT ROW SEATS.
(music plays)
E.B. records the game.
E.B. says SO WHY DID FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE
PLAY LACROSSE?
Kyren says THEY USED IT
ALMOST LIKE A TOOL TO HEAL.
E.B. says WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
Kyren says LIKE, IT WAS CALLED
"THE MEDICINE GAME."
E.B. says KYREN SAYS THAT WHEN
PEOPLE WERE SICK, THE MEDICINE
MAN WOULD CALL FOR A GAME.
PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT WATCHING
LACROSSE HELPED THE SICK GET
BETTER. IT WAS ALSO A WAY
TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER
AND SHOW THANKS FOR
THE CREATION OF MOTHER EARTH.
Kyren says ANOTHER THING TOO WAS THAT
WITH THE MEDICINE GAME THERE WAS
A LOT OF PHYSICAL CONTACT...
E.B. says RIGHT.
Kyren says ...AND SOMETIMES
THE YOUNG BOYS WOULD PLAY.
IT SHOWS THEM MORE ABOUT
LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION.
E.B. says A WAY TO THE HELP THEM
GROW UP, MAYBE?
Kyren says YES, EXACTLY.
AND ANOTHER THING TOO WAS
THAT AMONGST NATIONS SOMETIMES
THEY'D PLAY THE MEDICINE GAME
SOMETIMES TO SETTLE A DISPUTE.
AND IT COULD LAST FOR SOMETIMES
A DAY, SOMETIMES EVEN A WEEK.
E.B. says WOW!
Kyren says YEAH.
E.B. says PLAYING LACROSSE
FOR A WEEK. HOW BIG WAS
THE FIELD IN THOSE DAYS?
Kyren says THERE WAS
NO SET BOUNDARIES FOR...
E.B. says RIGHT.
Kyren says IT COULD BE THREE TO
FOUR KILOMETRES LONG - THROUGH
THE WOODS, ACROSS MEADOWS.
ACTUALLY, WHEN I... WHEN I WAS
BORN, I WAS GIVEN A STICK,
A WOODEN STICK. ALONG WITH THAT,
BEING A PART OF MY CULTURE,
I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS
THE GAME DOWN AND TO CARRY IT
TO OTHER GENERATIONS AND TO KEEP
PLAYING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL GAME.
I LOVE IT. AND I FEEL THE NEED
TO KEEP IT WITH ME, YOU KNOW?
E.B. says WOW. THAT'S...
THAT'S... THAT'S REALLY COOL.
I'VE GOTTA SHOW KYLA THIS.
He video calls Kyla.
Kyla says HEY, E.B. WHAT'S UP?
E.B. says KYLA, IT TURNS OUT
THE STICK WITH WRITING ON IT
IS ACTUALLY A LACROSSE STICK.
MAYBE OUR MYSTERY HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPORTS?
Kyla says MAYBE, BUT WHAT DOES A RUBBER
DUCKY HAVE TO DO WITH LACROSSE?
E.B. says I HAVE NO IDEA.
Kyla says I'LL CHECK FOR OTHER
GAMES PLAYED WITH STICKS
TO SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT.
E.B. says COOL.
Kyla says SEE YA.
The call ends.
Ella and Ryanna approach the boys.
Ella is in her mid-teens, with shoulder length straight black hair and she wears black sweatpants and a graphic black sweatshirt.
Ryanna is in her early teens, with shoulder length straight brown and wears glasses, black sweatpants and a blue and yellow zip up jacket.
E.B. says OH, HEY.
Ella says HI.
E.B. says YOU GUYS PLAY LACROSSE TOO?
Ella says YES WE DO. TRADITIONALLY
GUYS ARE MEANT TO PLAY,
BUT NOW GIRLS HAVE
THEIR OWN LEAGUES NOW.
E.B. says OH. THAT'S AWESOME.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PLAY
SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE.
Ryanna says YOU GUYS WANNA
COME PLAY WITH US?
E.B. says YEAH, SURE.
Kyren says SURE.
E.B. says COOL. LET'S DO IT.
(music plays)
The boys get in Lacrosse gear and start playing.
E.B. says IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY ELLA AND
RYANNA AREN'T WEARING HELMETS,
IT'S BECAUSE WOMEN'S LACROSSE IS
DIFFERENT FROM MEN'S LACROSSE.
MEN'S LACROSSE HAS A LOT OF
PHYSICAL CONTACT, AND BODY
CHECKING IS ALLOWED. BUT IN
WOMEN'S LACROSSE IT ISN'T, SO
THEY DON'T NEED TO WEAR HELMETS
OR PADDING. THE GAME WE'RE
PLAYING WITH THE GIRLS HAS NO
BODY CONTACT. WOMEN DIDN'T EVEN
START PLAYING UNTIL AROUND 1890.
BEFORE THAT, LIKE A LOT OF
OTHER SPORTS, IT WASN'T ALLOWED,
BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT WOMEN
WEREN'T STRONG ENOUGH.
(music plays)
E.B. says SO MODERN LACROSSE IS
A LOT DIFFERENT THAN
TRADITIONAL LACROSSE.
Kyren says THERE'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF
CONTACT AS THERE WAS BACK THEN,
BUT IT'S JUST MORE CONTROLLED.
E.B. says RIGHT.
Kyren says AND, IF YOU NOTICED,
WE HAVE NETS NOW.
E.B. says OH YEAH. THAT'S PRETTY
IMPORTANT. WELL, WHICH WOULD YOU
SAY YOU LIKE BETTER? OLD OR NEW?
Kyren says I'D HAVE TO SAY MODERN,
BUT I STILL KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH THE OLD GAME.
E.B. says RIGHT.
(DUCK QUACKING)
Ryanna says I THINK
THAT'S COMING FROM YOU.
E.B. checks in his pockets.
E.B. says OH.
DID YOU CHANGE MY RING TONE
TO QUACKING?
Kyla says YEAH. I THOUGHT
THAT WOULD
QUACK
YOU UP.
E.B. says HA-HA. FUNNY.
SO WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
Kyla says I FIGURED OUT THE DUCK.
E.B. says YOU DID?
Kyla says SORT OF. REMEMBER HOW
IT HAD THE NAME JAMES NAISMITH?
WELL, I KNEW I'D HEARD THAT NAME
BEFORE, SO I DID A WEB SEARCH
AND IT TURNS OUT HE'S THE
INVENTOR OF BASKETBALL.
A picture of James Naismith appears.
E.B. says WOAH. THAT'S NOT JUST
A COINCIDENCE. OUR MYSTERY
DEFINITELY HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH SPORTS. WHAT ABOUT THE
RUBBER DUCK? MAYBE SOME SPORTS
USE A DUCK AS A BALL?
Kyla tries to hit the rubber duck with a broom stick but misses.
Kyla says I DON'T THINK SO. BUT
I DO KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND OUT.
Now Kyla is outside a museum.
Kyla says I'M AT THE HOME OF THE NAISMITH
MUSEUM, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT JAMES
NAISMITH. I'M GONNA FIND OUT
IF THERE'S SOME LINK BETWEEN
HIM AND RUBBER DUCKIES. HI!
Stephanie says HI, KYLA.
Stephanie is in her fifties, with straight fair hair in a ponytail and she wears white trousers and a pink top.
Kyla says NICE TO MEET YOU.
Stephanie says NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
Kyla says SO, THIS IS A LITTLE
EMBARRASSING, BUT DID JAMES
NAISMITH HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH A DUCK?
Stephanie says YES, DEFINITELY.
WHEN NAISMITH CREATED THE GAME
OF BASKETBALL, HE WAS INSPIRED
BY A BOYHOOD GAME HE USED TO
PLAY CALLED "DUCK ON THE ROCK."
Kyla says CAN YOU SHOW ME?
Stephanie says SURE. COME ON IN.
Kyla says IS THAT THE ROCK
HE PLAYED ON?
Stephanie says YES.
Kyla says AWESOME. HOW DID DUCK ON
A ROCK INFLUENCE THE INVENTION
OF BASKETBALL? WAS IT JUST
A GAME HE REALLY LIKED?
Stephanie says WELL HE DID
REALLY LIKE THAT GAME AS A BOY.
BUT WHEN HE WAS GIVEN THE TASK
TO INVENT A GAME FOR A ROWDY
CLASS OF BOYS, HE REALLY HAD A
LOT OF TROUBLE TRYING TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD
NO ROUGH PLAY IN IT OR NO BODY
CONTACT. SO HE THOUGHT BACK
TO DUCK ON THE ROCK.
SO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT
THEY HAD IN THAT GAME BECAME
ELEMENTS THAT WERE IN THE
ORIGINAL RULES OF BASKETBALL.
THERE'S A GAME GOING ON RIGHT
NOW. IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME,
WE'LL TAKE A WALK UP THERE.
Kyla says YEAH, SURE.
Outside, a group of kids play the game.
Kyla says SO, WHERE'S THE DUCK?
On a large rock sits a small rock.
Stephanie says WELL THAT LITTLE
STONE THAT'S SITTING ON THAT
BIG ROCK IS ACTUALLY THE DUCK.
Isaline is in her mid-teens, with short braided brown hair and wears basketball gear.
Isaline says THE OBJECT OF THE
GAME IS TO KNOCK THE TOP STONE
OFF OF THE BASE STONE WITH THE
ROCK THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND,
OR THE BALL, AND THE PERSON WHO
THREW IT HAS TO GO GET THE ROCK
AND GET BACK IN THE LINE
BEFORE THE GUARD CATCHES THEM.
YOU TRY AND TOUCH THE PERSON
BEFORE THEY GET THE ROCK. AND
THEN WHEN YOU TOUCH THE PERSON,
THEN THE PERSON THAT WAS TOUCHED
GETS TO BE THE NEXT GUARD.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE TAG.
Kyla says SAME AS IN TAG, IN DUCK
ON A ROCK, THERE'S NO WINNER.
THE OBJECT IS TO AVOID BECOMING
THE GUARD. UNLESS YOU ARE THE
GUARD, THEN THE GOAL IS TO TRY
AND CATCH SOMEONE ELSE BEFORE
THEY GET TO THEIR BALL.
THAT MAKES THEM THE GUARD.
(PLAYERS QUACKING)
Isaline says YOU KNOCK IT OFF.
THE PEOPLE IN THE LINE SAY,
"QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK."
(PLAYERS QUACKING)
Kyla says IF YOU CAN HIT THE DUCK
WITH YOUR BALL, THEN THE GUARD
HAS TO PUT IT BACK ON THE ROCK
BEFORE HE OR SHE CAN CATCH YOU.
THAT GIVES YOU MORE TIME TO GET
TO YOUR BALL AND GET BACK
IN LINE SAFELY.
SO CAN I PLAY?
Kyla misses her shoot.
Isaline says YEAH, SURE. KYLA,
WHEN YOU'RE THROWING, YOU DON'T
WANT TO THROW IT KINDA LIKE YOUR
BASEBALL THROW. YOU WANNA LIKE
SHOOT THE BALL, LIKE YOU'RE
SHOOTING IN BASKETBALL.
Kyla says OH. OKAY, HERE,
CAN I TRY AGAIN?
Isaline says YEAH, SURE.
YEAH, LIKE THAT.
Kyla says NOW I GET IT.
THIS IS JUST LIKE BASKETBALL.
Isaline says YEAH.
Kyla says JAMES NAISMITH INVENTED
BASKETBALL BECAUSE HIS SCHOOL
ASKED HIM TO COME UP WITH A GAME
THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD PLAY.
THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE ROUGH
LIKE RUGBY OR HAVE A LOT
OF JOSTLING AT THE GOAL, SO
NAISMITH PUT THE GOAL UP HIGH.
AT FIRST, THEY GOT THE BALL
OUT OF THE BASKET BY POKING IT
WITH A STICK. BUT THEN SOMEONE
HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA TO CUT
THE BOTTOM OUT OF THE BASKET
SO THAT THE BALL WOULD JUST FALL
THROUGH. NAISMITH ALSO KNEW THAT
BIGGER BALLS COULD MOVE SLOWER
THAN SMALL ONES, SO HE CHOSE
A BIG BALL THAT PLAYERS
WOULD DRIBBLE AND THROW.
An animated player says HEY, CATCH.
Kyla says BUT HOW COULD YOU
THROW A BALL UP HIGH ENOUGH
TO GET INTO THE HOOP?
An animated Naismith says EUREKA!
Kyla says NAISMITH REMEMBERED HOW
HE HAD TO LOB WHEN YOU PLAYED
DUCK ON A ROCK, AND THAT KIND
OF LOB BECAME A BASKETBALL SHOT.
BUT NAISMITH NEVER DREAMED THAT
THE GAME HE INVENTED FOR A GROUP
OF BOYS AT HIS SCHOOL WOULD
ONE DAY BE PLAYED BY OVER
300 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
Isaline shoots a hoop.
Kyla says NICE JOB, ISALINE. WOW!
SO YOU'RE LIKE A CHAMP
AND EVERYTHING, RIGHT?
Isaline says YEAH, MY TEAM WON
DIVISION 2 LAST YEAR.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Kyla says SO HOW TALL ARE YOU AGAIN?
Isaline says AROUND LIKE 6'2."
Kyla says OKAY, SO EVEN THOUGH
YOU'RE TALL AND A CHAMP,
DON'T GO EASY ON ME, OKAY?
Isaline says I WON'T.
Kyla says BEST TWO OUT OF THREE?
Isaline says YEAH.
Isaline and Kyla shoot hoops.
Kyla says BEST THREE OUT OF FIVE?
Isaline says SURE.
(VICIOUS GROWLING NOISE)
Kyla picks her phone and says E.B., YOU CHANGED MY RING
TONE?
E.B. wears the max from the box.
Kyla says ARE YOU TRYING
TO SCARE ME?
E.B. says LISTEN, I'M JUST
FOLLOWING THE MASK CLUE, YOU
KNOW? WHEREVER IT LEADS ME.
(E.B. LAUGHS.)
Kyla says BUT WHY ARE YOU
WEARING THE MASK?
E.B. says JUST TRYING IT ON FOR
SIZE. I FIGURED IF THE FIRST
TWO CLUES WERE ABOUT SPORTS,
WHY NOT THIS ONE?
Kyla says THAT MAKES SENSE.
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT.
E.B. says SEE YOU LATER. ARGH!
(music plays)
Isaline sinks basket every time she shoots.
Kyla says BEST... FIVE OUT OF NINE?
BEST... ELEVEN OUT OF TWENTY?
E.B. records a video and says I'M MEETING SPORTS
HISTORIAN MIKE WILSON TO SEE
WHAT I CAN FIND OUT ABOUT
THE MYSTERY OF THE MASK.
(E.B. RINGS THE DOORBELL.)
Mike opens the door. Mike is in his late forties, with short wavy gray hair and wears jeans and a blue polo shirt.
He says HEY, E.B., HOW'S IT GOING?
E.B. says GOOD. HOW ARE YOU, MIKE?
Mike says GREAT. YOU READY
TO BE SURPRISED?
E.B. says OH YEAH. LET'S DO IT.
Mike says COME ON IN.
The house is full of hockey memorabilia.
E.B. says SO MUCH HOCKEY STUFF.
Mike says YEAH, THERE'S
A LITTLE BIT DOWN HERE.
E.B. says THERE'S... THERE'S HOCKEY
EVERYWHERE I LOOK. THERE'S
POSTERS, HOCKEY STICKS, HOCKEY
PUCKS, TROPHIES, MEDALS. OH!
THERE'S EVERYTHING DOWN HERE.
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN COLLECTING
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
Mike says YEAH, I STARTED WHEN I
WAS SIX YEARS OLD, AND I'VE BEEN
COLLECTING FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.
IT'S MY PASSION, BUT IT'S ALSO
EVERY PIECE IN THIS COLLECTION
HAS A STORY ATTACHED TO IT.
E.B. says OH, THAT'S GREAT,
BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR
THE STORY BEHIND THIS.
Mike says IT'S A GOALIE MASK.
E.B. says I KNEW IT HAD SOMETHING
TO DO WITH SPORTS. I KNEW
IT WASN'T SOME SCARY MOVIE.
Mike says WELL YOU COULD WEAR IT
FOR THAT, BUT THERE WAS A...
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN...
JACQUES PLANTE WORE THAT AND
PEOPLE USED TO MAKE FUN OF HIM.
HE DID SCARE PEOPLE WITH
THE MASK. HE WORE THE FIRST
GOALIE MASK IN 1959.
E.B. says OKAY, SO OUR MYSTERY IS
CALLED STICKS AND STONES. I KNOW
THAT HOCKEY IS PLAYED WITH A
STICK. IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT
THE PUCK USED TO BE A STONE?
Mike says LET'S FACE IT, I MEAN,
AS A KID PLAYING ROAD HOCKEY...
E.B. says UH-HUH.
Mike says ...YOU KNOW,
YOU'LL SHOOT ANYTHING.
E.B. says RIGHT. ANYTHING AROUND.
Mike says YOU'LL SHOOT A STONE. YOU'LL
SHOOT AN APPLE. YOU'LL SHOOT AN
ORANGE. YOU'LL SHOOT A TIN CAN.
E.B. says SO, TECHNICALLY,
THE PUCK WASN'T A STONE?
Mike says NO.
E.B. says WELL, 'CUZ MY OTHER
CLUE WAS A LACROSSE STICK.
WELL THE LACROSSE STICK WAS A
PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF HOCKEY.
E.B. says MIKE TOLD ME THAT GAMES
FROM MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES LED
TO THE HOCKEY THAT WE HAVE
TODAY. LACROSSE AND HOCKEY ARE
TWO DIFFERENT SPORTS, BUT MANY
FIRST NATIONS TRIBES ALSO PLAYED
OTHER STICK AND BALL GAMES. THEN
EUROPEANS BROUGHT ICE SKATES TO
CANADA. OVER THE YEARS BRITISH,
IRISH, AND FRENCH SETTLERS
PLAYED THEIR OWN GAMES WITHOUT,
IT SEEMS, EVER PLAYING TOGETHER.
BUT BY 1875, THE GAME WE KNOW
AS HOCKEY HAD BEEN INVENTED.
SO 1875, FIRST GAME. BY THEN,
EVERYONE WAS PLAYING TOGETHER?
Mike says WELL, THEY WERE
AND THEY WEREN'T.
E.B. says RIGHT.
Mike says SO THE AFRICAN
CANADIANS, THE MEN, LIKE
ANY OTHER GUY OR ANY BOY,
ALL WANTED TO PLAY HOCKEY TOO.
BUT THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO.
E.B. says I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND
OUT THAT, IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF ORGANIZED HOCKEY, AFRICAN
CANADIAN PLAYERS WEREN'T EVEN
ALLOWED TO PLAY IN LEAGUES
WITH WHITE PLAYERS, SO THEY
FORMED THEIR OWN LEAGUE.
Mike says THEY WERE VERY CREATIVE
AND INNOVATIVE IN THE GAME.
AND SOME OF THOSE RULES APPLY
TO THE GAME TODAY. LIKE
THEY INVENTED THE SLAP SHOT.
GOALIES WEREN'T ALLOWED TO MOVE
AT ONE TIME AND COME TO GET
THE PUCK. THEY WERE ONLY ALLOWED
TO DROP DOWN TO BLOCK THE PUCK.
E.B. says SO A LOT OF
RULES AND REGULATIONS...
Mike says YES.
E.B. says ...FROM THAT LEAGUE...
Mike says YES.
E.B. says ...MADE ITS WAY
TO THE NHL AT THE TIME.
Mike says YES. THE BEAUTY OF WHAT
WE'RE FINDING TODAY, AND WHY
I THINK THE HISTORY OF HOCKEY
IS SO IMPORTANT... WHEN WE HAVE
ALL THESE SETTLERS COMING FROM
IRELAND AND SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND
AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WE'VE
GOT OUR OWN AFRICAN CANADIANS
PLAYING THE SAME GAME.
E.B. says HOCKEY'S CALLED "THE CANADIAN
INVENTION," BUT FIRST NATIONS
TRIBES WERE PLAYING GAMES
ON ICE BEFORE ANY EUROPEANS
ACTUALLY GOT TO CANADA.
An animated collage shows E.B.’s head on a French soldier’s body.
He says BUT WE
EUROPEANS BROUGHT ZEE SKATES.
Another animation shows E.B. in a British soldier suit.
He says WE BRITISH
BROUGHT OUR GAMES, LIKE BANDY
AND SHINNY AND HURLING.
E.B. says HAVE YOU
EVER HEARD OF THOSE GAMES,
BECAUSE I HADN'T.
British E.B. says GET OUTTA HERE.
E.B. says BUT IT
WASN'T JUST THE BRITISH.
SCOTTISH... IRISH...
AND FRENCH SETTLERS BROUGHT
THEIR GAMES TO CANADA TOO.
An animated Frenchman says HAH-HAH-HAH!
E.B. says EVENTUALLY, THE
DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT FORMED
CANADA STARTED PLAYING THE SAME
GAME: HOCKEY. AND ALMOST
EVERYONE WHO CAME AFTER THEM
KNOWS THE GAME AND LOVES IT. AND
NOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF AN INVENTION
OF MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS,
LIKE THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE,
THE SCOTTISH, THE BRITISH,
THE IRISH, AND EVEN
BLACK CANADIANS TOO.
Mike says MY WORK IS DONE HERE.
(E.B. LAUGHS.)
I'VE CONVERTED YOU,
AND YOU'VE GOT IT.
E.B. says THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Mike says EVERY CANADIAN
REPRESENTS THEM, AND EVERY
CANADIAN SHOULD FEEL IN THE
PRIDE. AND THAT DEFINES US AS
CANADIANS, AND YOU'VE GOT IT.
E.B. says I REALLY KINDA WANT
TO PLAY SOME HOCKEY NOW.
Mike says WELL LET'S GO PUT IT ON
THE ICE AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
In the rink, E.B. says OH, I CAN SEE IT NOW.
OLYMPIC GAMES. I MAKE
THE BIG SAVE IN OVERTIME.
(BUZZER GOES OFF, CROWD CHEERS.)
OUR TEAM WINS! GOLD MEDAL, YES!
E.B. calls Kyla.
Kyla says HEY, E.B.
E.B. says GUESS WHAT? I'M GONNA BE
PLAYING HOCKEY IN THE OLYMPICS.
Kyla says WHAT!?
E.B. says WELL, I'M GONNA BE
PLAYING HOCKEY WITH SOMEONE
WHO WAS IN THE OLYMPICS. THAT'S
KINDA THE SAME THING, RIGHT?
Kyla says EXACTLY THE SAME.
YOU'LL GET A MEDAL, AND YOUR
FACE WILL BE ON CEREAL BOXES,
AND EVERYONE WILL LOVE YOU.
(WHISTLE BLOWS.)
E.B. says HERE SHE IS NOW. GOTTA GO.
Kyla says SEE YA.
Mike says OKAY, E.B., WE'VE GOT
YOU DRESSED IN YOUR EQUIPMENT.
E.B. says YEAH.
Mike says YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT HOCKEY.
E.B. says YEAH.
Mike says AND NOW YOU WANT TO GO WHERE?
E.B. says THE OLYMPICS, OF COURSE.
Mike says WELL, WELCOME OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDALIST, NATALIE SPOONER.
NATALIE, COME ON OUT.
Natalie says HEY!
Natalie skates towards them.
Natalie is in her mid-twenties, with long straight blond hair in a ponytail and she wears ice hockey gear.
E.B. says HEY! NICE TO MEET YOU.
Natalie says YOU TOO.
E.B. says I'M E.B. WHAT A SHAKE. NICE.
Natalie says AWESOME. I'M NATALIE.
E.B. says IS THAT YOUR GOLD MEDAL?
Natalie says IT IS. IT'S
FROM THE SOCHI OLYMPICS.
E.B. says OKAY. HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO HAVE REPRESENTED CANADA
IN THE OLYMPICS?
Natalie says IT'S AN HONOUR TO BE
ABLE TO PUT ON THE CANADA
JERSEY, AND IT JUST MAKES YOU
SO PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN AND
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH
MY TEAMMATES AND WITH CANADA.
I MEAN, IT WAS... IT WAS
A PRETTY CRAZY EXPERIENCE.
E.B. says WELL, SINCE YOU'RE AN
OLYMPIAN, I WAS WONDERING MAYBE
YOU COULD SHOW ME SOME POINTERS.
Natalie says I COULD SHOW YOU
A FEW. I MEAN, I'M A LOT BETTER
AT SCORING THAN SAVING THEM.
BUT I'VE GOT A FEW FOR YOU.
Natalie starts shooting pointers at E.B.
E.B. says OH.
THANKS FOR THE POINTER, NATALIE.
OH. ANOTHER POINTER.
HEY. THESE POINTERS ARE HELPING.
AH. THAT POINTER KINDA HURT.
OOH. WHAT A POINTER.
OH. OH. OH YEAH!
Natalie says OH, WHAT A SAVE!
E.B. says YEAH! OLYMPIC GOLD!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS SO
MUCH FUN. OOH. YOU WERE TOTALLY
SKATING CIRCLES AROUND ME. I GOT
A COUPLE GOOD SAVES THOUGH.
Natalie says YOU DID. I THINK MOST
IMPROVED FOR THE DAY FOR SURE.
E.B. says THANK YOU.
Natalie says SOME GREAT SAVES.
They high-five.
E.B. says OH. OH. OH YEAH!
Natalie says OH, WHAT A SAVE!
Back in the basement, E.B. shows Kyla a video of him playing hockey with Natalie.
Kyla says WOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU GOT TO PLAY HOCKEY
WITH A REAL OLYMPIAN.
E.B. says I KNOW, RIGHT.
THIS MYSTERY WAS SO MUCH FUN.
Kyla says BUT DID WE REALLY SOLVE IT?
E.B. says YEAH. ALL THESE CLUES HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPORTS.
Kyla says BUT WHAT EXACTLY?
E.B. says UM... HERMIONE WAS
TRYING TO TELL US THAT...
YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T SOLVED IT.
Kyla says (SIGHING) BUT,
REMEMBER THE LABEL? STICKS AND
STONES BRING 'EM TOGETHER...
E.B. says OKAY, OKAY. I GOT IT.
I GOT IT. SO WE FIGURED OUT
THAT LACROSSE WAS PLAYED
WITH A STICK, RIGHT?
Kyla says YEAH.
E.B. says AND SO WAS HOCKEY.
Kyla says AND BASKETBALL WAS INSPIRED
BY A GAME CALLED DUCK ON A ROCK,
WHICH IS PLAYED WITH STONES.
E.B. says STICKS AND STONES! OKAY,
SO HERMIONE WAS TRYING TO TELL
US THAT A LOT OF OUR POPULAR
SPORTS TODAY STARTED OUT
WITH STICKS AND STONES.
Kyla says YEAH, BUT I THINK
HERMIONE MEANT SOMETHING MORE
BY "BRING 'EM TOGETHER."
E.B. says LIKE WHAT?
Kyla says LOOK WHAT WE FOUND.
EACH CLUE WAS A SPORT THAT
BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
Kyla plays a video in the computer.
In the video, Kyren says I WAS BORN INTO A
LACROSSE PLAYING FAMILY. I HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS...
PASS THE GAME DOWN AND TO CARRY
IT TO OTHER GENERATIONS.
Kyla says NAISMITH NEVER DREAMED
THAT THE GAME HE INVENTED FOR
A GROUP OF BOYS AT HIS SCHOOL
WOULD ONE DAY BE PLAYED BY OVER
300 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
E.B. says HOCKEY'S KINDA KNOWN AS
"THE CANADIAN INVENTION," BUT
IT'S REALLY KIND OF AN INVENTION
OF MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS,
LIKE THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE,
THE SCOTTISH, THE BRITISH,
THE IRISH, AND EVEN
BLACK CANADIANS TOO.
YOU'RE RIGHT. SPORTS DO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER. BUT NOT ALWAYS,
BECAUSE, BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS,
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO PLAY ON A LOT OF HOCKEY TEAMS
BECAUSE I'M BLACK.
Kyla says YEAH, AND I WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY LACROSSE,
BECAUSE GIRLS WEREN'T ALLOWED.
TODAY THOUGH I FEEL LIKE SPORTS
HELP OVERCOME PREJUDICE,
BECAUSE WE ALL PLAY TOGETHER.
E.B. says YEAH. AND OUR SPORTS
HEROES MIGHT BE PEOPLE
OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
Kyla says THAT'S WHAT AUNT HERMIONE
MEANT BY "BRING 'EM TOGETHER"!
E.B. says YEAH.
Kyla says AND WHEN THE WHOLE TOWN
OR THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS EXCITED
FOR THEIR TEAM, IT GIVES
EVERYBODY SOMETHING IN COMMON.
E.B. puts on an orange sweatshirt and Kyla puts on a sweatshirt jacket.
Kyla says UNLESS THEY ROOT
FOR THE OTHER TEAM.
(E.B. GROWLS.)
E.B. says YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY PEOPLE MAKE
SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT SPORTS IN
OUR CULTURE. IT'S MORE THAN JUST
A WAY OF HAVING FUN. IT'S ALSO
KINDA LIKE A GROUP IDENTITY.
Kyla says I WONDER IF WE COULD INVENT
A SPORT AND GET OUR OWN MUSEUM.
E.B. says HOW ABOUT WE GO OUTSIDE AND
SEE WHAT GAMES WE CAN INVENT,
LIKE... HOCKEY WITH A FRISBEE.
OR GYMNASTICS RELAY RACES.
E.B. says OR SOCCER ON ICE.
Kyla says OR BASEBALL WITH YOUR FEET.
E.B. says OR SKATEBOARDING UNDERWATER.
Kyla says WAIT.
CAN'T FORGET THE DUCKY.
They post the video and say MYSTERY SOLVED! POSTING
TO THE MYSTERY FILES WEBSITE.
Music plays as the end credits roll.
Cast, Ethan Burnett as E.B. and Kyla Madeira as Kyla.
Producers, Jean-Louis Coté and Joan Taketman.
Director, Zsolt Luka.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Logo: Apartment 11.
Copyright 2017, MWM Enterprises Inc.
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