The Wind-Up Toy Prince/Transcript

June: Art... Little Dancer of 14 Years. Sculpted by Edgar Degas.

Annie: And music...

["The Nutcracker Suite" playing]

Leo: The Nutcracker Suite. Written by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky.

[The scene starts that the Little Einsteins are in Iceland of telling the Christmas ballet story of a good Toy Prince who helps others in trouble and he can do the best 4 dances and a bad Mouse of conquering the world who can be a king].

June: Hi! I'm June. And I'm here with my friends in Iceland. Whee! [Giggles] I'm going to tell one of my favorite stories. It's the story of the Toy Prince!

Quincy: Ooh!

Annie: A Toy Prince?

Leo: Cool!

June: Do you want to hear my story about the Toy Prince? Excellent! It's a special dancing story. A ballet! Once upon a time, there was a Toy Prince. The Toy Prince ruled over all the toys in Iceland! Whenever a toy is feeling sad or lonely, the Toy Prince could always make it feel better! All he had to do was wind up his winder upper.

[Trumpet playing "The Nutcracker Suite"]

June: And when the Toy Prince is all wind up, he would dance!

June: He would Plié, achapé, battement, and sauté!

June: Do you think his dancing made the little toy feel happy?

June: Yes!

June: All the toys were happy when the toy prince danced.

June: They loved him very much.

June: But one day, a bad mouse came to the toy village.

Quincy: Yikes!

Quincy: That mouse has a whole army of mouse soldiers.

June: The mouse thought he should rule all the toys.

June: So, when the toy prince wasn't looking, he took something from him.

June: What did the bad mouse take from the prince?

June: Yes!

June: He sole the toy prince's winder upper.

Leo: Uh-oh.

Annie: What a rotten trick!

June: Without his winder upper, the toy prince couldn't wind himself up anymore.

June: His dance got slower and slower.

June: Ritardando.

June: Until finally, he stopped.

Annie: Oh, no!

Leo: He can't dance anymore!

Quincy: That's terrible!

June: Then the mouse made himself king.

[Mouse King wears his crown and he said "Long live the king."]

June: And he locked the frozen toy prince in his castle.

June: All the toys were very sad.

June: They tried to find the winder upper so they could save the prince.

June: But the mouse king hid it where no one could find it.

All: [Applauding]

Leo: June, that's a sad story.

Annie: I wish there was some way we could help the toy prince.

[Trumpet playing]

Quincy: Listen.

Quincy: I hear something.

Leo: It sounds like the toy prince's winder upper.

June: Can you find the winder upper?

June: Yes, you found it!

Leo: The mouse king hid it under that big pile of snow.

Quincy: I cannot believe it!

Quincy: Now we can go to the mouse king's castle and wind up the toy prince.

Annie: We can save him.

June: But to save the toy prince, we're going to need your help.

June: Will you help us save the toy prince?

June: Fantastic!

[Baton jingles]

Leo: We've got a mission!

Leo: We're going to save the toy prince!

Leo: Let... the mission... begin!

Leo: Buckle your seatbelts.

All except Leo: Seatbelts buckled!

Leo: Prepare for blast off!

Leo: We need to give Rocket a lot of power.

Leo: Put your hands on your lap and pat with us.

Leo: Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

Leo: Faster!

Leo: Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

Leo: Now raise your arms as high as you can and say blast off!

All: Blast off!

Annie: Hold on tight, 'cause here we go!

All: Whoa!!

Leo: Whoo-hoo!

Quincy: All right!

June: We're going to save the toy prince.

Annie: I made up a song to help us wind up the toy prince.

Annie: Wind up your arms with me like this.

Annie: ♪We're going to save the toy prince, yay!♪

Annie: ♪We'll wind it up and save the day!♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll wind him up, hooray!♪♪

Quincy: All right!

Leo: Good song, Annie.

June: Remember, the prince is locked inside the mouse king's castle.

Quincy: Hmm.

Quincy: I wonder how we can find the castle.

Leo: I know.

Leo: Let's ask one of the toys.

Leo: Listen.

Leo: I hear one now.

Leo: Can you find the toy?

Leo: Yeah!

Leo: There it is!

Annie: It's a bouncing ball.

June: Bouncy Ball, can you show us how to get to the mouse king's castle?

Quincy: Look.

Quincy: He's showing us the way.

Annie: He's helping us.

Leo: Follow that bouncy ball, Rocket.

June: Ooh.

June: The bouncy ball is leading us across a geyser field.

Annie: Uh-oh.

Annie: That's sounds like the mouse king.

Leo: The mouse king and his soldiers have musical instruments.

[Mouse King orders his army to use the piccolos]

Quincy: Those are piccolos.

Quincy: Oh, no!

Quincy: When they play their piccolos, it wake up the geysers!

June: The mouse king is trying to stop us from getting to the toy prince.

June: Don't worry, team.

June: I have a plan.

June: We can dance to tell Rocket and the bouncy ball when it's safe to bounce, like this.

June: Pat, pat, pat, pat.

June: Do it with me.

June: Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

June: Just remember, when we hear the mice playing their piccolos, we need to stop patting and freeze.

June: Stop patting.

June: It worked!

June: We told Rocket and the bouncy ball to stop just in time.

Annie: The geysers didn't splash us.

June: Let's keep going.

June: Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

June: Freeze!

Quincy: Whew.

Quincy: That was close.

June: Keep patting.

June: Pat, pat, pat, pat.

June: Freeze.

June: We're almost there.

June: Pat, pat, pat, pat.

June: We made it.

June: We bounced past all the geysers.

Annie: Yay!

Leo: Way to go, June.

Quincy: Look what happened to the mouse king and his soldiers.

Quincy: They got splashed in the air.

June: Thanks for your help, Bouncy Ball.

June: And thank you for patting the beat with me.

Leo: Look.

Leo: We're getting closer to the castle.

Leo: Do you see the toy prince?

Leo: Where?

Leo: Yes!

Leo: There he is!

Annie: But he's still frozen.

June: He can't dance until we wind him up with the winder upper.

Quincy: Let's go, Rocket.

Annie: Wind your arms with me.

Annie: ♪We're going to save the toy prince, yay!♪

Annie: ♪We'll wind it up and save the day!♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll wind him up, hooray!♪♪

Quincy: That sounds like another toy.

Quincy: It's a teddy bear!

June: Hey, there, Teddy Bear.

June: We're the Little Einsteins.

June: Can you show us how to get to the mouse king's castle?

Annie: Look, look, look!

Annie: The Teddy Bear knows a special way to get to the prince.

Quincy: He wants us to follow him through the ice tunnel.

June: Come on, team.

Leo: Uh-oh.

Leo: What does that sound like?

Leo: It's the mouse king!

Leo: Yes!

Leo: He's at the other end of the tunnel with his army.

Annie: And he has a big box of snowballs.

Annie: Yikes!

Annie: They're rolling the snowballs right at us.

June: We need a plan, and fast!

June: Good idea, Teddy Bear.

June: We can do a jumping dance to keep away from the snowballs.

June: Achapé!

June: Jump open.

June: Achapé!

June: Jump close.

Leo: Uh-oh!

Leo: Here come all the snowballs!

Quincy: Be careful, June!

June: To past all the snowballs, we're going to need your help.

June: So, stand up like me and Teddy Bear.

June: That's it.

June: Get up your feet.

June: Good.

June: Now get ready to jump open and close!

June: Achapé!

June: Open.

June: Achapé!

June: Close.

June: Achapé!

June: Open.

June: Achapé!

June: Close.

June: Achapé!

June: Open.

June: Achapé!

June: Close.

June: Oh, no!

June: Here comes the biggest, fastest snowballs yet.

June: Get ready to jump even faster.

June: Achapé!

June: Open.

June: Achapé!

June: Close.

June: Open.

June: Close.

June: Open.

June: Close.

June: Open.

June: Close.

June: Open.

June: Close.

June: Those snowballs didn't stop us!

Leo: We made it through the ice tunnel!

Quincy: Whoo-hoo!

Annie: Yay!

June: Thanks for helping us dance past all the snowballs.

June: And thank you, Teddy Bear, for showing us the way.

Quincy: We must be really close to the castle now.

Quincy: Can you find the mouse king's castle?

Quincy: Yeah!

Quincy: There it is.

June: And there's the toy prince!

Annie: Don't worry, toy prince!

Annie: We're coming to save you!

Leo: We've got the winder upper!

June: Uh-oh.

June: That sounds like the mouse king and his army.

Leo: We have to get to the castle before them so we can save the prince.

Leo: Right, Rocket.

Leo: We better fly super fast!!

Leo: Come on, team!

Leo: Super fast!

All except Leo: Super fast!

Leo: To get to super fast, we have to start at adagio. Pat the beat on your lap slowly.

Leo: Moderato. Now pat the beat on your tummy a little faster.

Leo: Allegro! Now pat the beat on your shoulders even faster.

Leo: Presto! Now reach your arms to the sky and shake your whole body!

Leo: We did it! We're flying super fast!!

Annie: Yay, Rocket!

Annie: You got to the castle before the mouse king!

Quincy: The door won't open!

Quincy: It's locked!

June: But we need to find a way inside so we can wind up the toy prince.

Leo: Look.

Leo: There's a ballerina by the door.

June: I know how to get into the castle.

June: To open the door, we have to do the ballerina's secret password castle.

Annie: Ooh.

Leo: Go for it, June.

Leo: You can do it.

June: But I'm going to need your help.

June: Stand up like me.

June: Go ahead.

June: Get up your feet.

June: Stand up nice and tall like a dancer.

June: Excellent.

June: Now do a plié.

June: Bend your knee like me.

June: Good.

June: Sauté!

June: Jump.

June: That's it.

June: Now battement.

June: Lift your leg in front of you like this.

Annie: It's working.

Leo: The door is starting to open.

June: Let's do the whole dance together.

June: Plié, sauté, battement!

June: The door is almost open.

June: One more time.

June: Plié, sauté, battement!

June: We did it.

Annie: Great dancing.

Quincy: That was awesome.

June: Now we can go save the toy prince.

Quincy: Uh-oh.

Quincy: Here comes the mouse king with his army.

June: Come on.

June: We have to hurry.

June: There he is.

June: The toy prince.

June: Should I wind up the toy prince?

June: Ok.

June: Here I go.

Quincy: It's working.

Leo: But here comes the mouse king!

June: I need your help to wind up the toy prince in time.

June: Wind up your arms with me.

June: Everyone wind your arms faster!

Annie: ♪We're going to save the toy prince, yay!♪

Annie: ♪We'll wind it up and save the day!♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll Wind him up, We'll wind him up.♪

Annie: ♪We'll wind him up, hooray!♪♪

June: We wound up the toy prince!

June: He can dance again!

Leo: Yes!

Quincy: We did it!

June: Be careful, Toy Prince!

June: Here comes the mouse king and his army.

Annie: Look, look, look!

Annie: He's dancing around the mice!

Leo: He's spinning faster, and faster, and faster.

Quincy: I cannot believe it!

Quincy: The toy prince danced so fast, he blew the mouse king and his army away!

[Mouse King and his army screaming in terror and they blew far away and never return!]

Leo: All right!

Annie: That was great!

June: Look!

June: Here come the toys!

Quincy: Aww!

Quincy: They're glad to have the toy prince back!

Leo: His dancing makes them happy!

June: Come on!

June: Let's all dance with the toy prince!

Leo: Mission completion!

[Baton jingles]

Leo: Now it's time for... the curtain call!

[Crowd cheering]

Leo: ♪Let's give a hand, and hear it for the team.♪

All: ♪And rah-rah-rah for Rocket!♪

Quincy: ♪Come on, take a bow.♪

June: ♪It's your turn now.♪

Annie: ♪Let's hear a big hand for you!♪

[All cheering]

Leo: Now... pat, clap, pat, clap, pat, clap!

June: ♪Let's give a big cheer for the artist of the day.♪

Leo: Degas!

All: Degas!

Quincy: ♪The composer of the beautiful music we played♪

Leo: Tchaikovsky!

All: Tchaikovsky!

All: Hooray!!

All: Yay, Tchaikovsky!!

Annie: And here comes the music of the day!

Leo: The Nutcracker Suite.

(Music Playing)

Leo: See you on the next mission!

[Annie comes out of the stage for her silly segment with her microphone as she sings glissando to raise the curtain.]

Annie: ♪Ahhhhh!!♪

Leo: Something is behind the curtain.

Quincy: It has 4 legs.

June: And it has spots!

Quincy: What is it? It's a cow!

[Cowbell dinging]

Leo: That's so silly!

All: [Laughing]