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00:00Hi kids, I'm Bob the Tomato. Welcome to VeggieTales. Now Larry won't be with us today. He's helping
00:08out some kids at a toy drive. He agreed to volunteer his time to help kids who normally
00:12don't have much, and I think that's great. God loves it when we help others. Now Larry
00:17thought you might miss him, so he asked me to introduce you to his special friend.
00:21Hello, I am Lutfi, the kindly, teensy, weensy cucumber.
00:27Well hi Lutfi, do you want to say hi to the kids?
00:31Oh yes, hello children, I am friendly and I am kind, and I am teensy weensy.
00:38That's right, and since Larry is away, you're going to help with the show, right Lutfi?
00:42Oh yes, even though I am teensy weensy, I can be a great, big helper.
00:48Well, let's get started...
00:51Uh... I'm sorry, will you excuse me for a moment?
00:57Cover me Lutfi.
01:01Um...
01:02Hello?
01:03Hi Larry, I was just talking about you. We just started the show. Here, let me put you on speaker. Can you hear me?
01:11Yeah, I hear you. Please help me.
01:14It is I, Lutfi, the kindly, teensy, weensy cucumber.
01:19Oh, hi Lutfi. You may be teensy weensy, but you're a great, big helper, aren't you?
01:24Indeed I am.
01:26Larry, I was just telling the kids about your volunteer work. We're proud of you, buddy. That's a great thing you're doing. God likes it when we...
01:33Bob, I'm not doing it.
01:35Not doing what?
01:37I'm giving up, Bob. I'm coming home. This whole day has been a big mess.
01:41What happened?
01:42I didn't think it would be this hard. I got on the 151 bus and transferred to the 146, but I forgot to buy a transfer in the 151, so the bus driver wanted me to buy a whole new ticket, but I ran out of nickels.
01:53So he dropped me off like 12 blocks before I got to the 81 stop, so I hopped 7 blocks and got on the subway, but I was so tired from hopping that I fell asleep.
02:01But...
02:02So that's where I am now, Bob. On a payphone at the end of the subway line. I'm giving up and coming home.
02:09You can't quit now.
02:10Perhaps Lutfi can help.
02:12Not now, Lutfi. Larry, just think of all the kids you can help today. And remember, you gave your word. You need to persevere.
02:19Yes, you need to...
02:21Lutfi, let me handle this.
02:22What's that?
02:23What's what?
02:24What's persevere?
02:25Oh, well, perseverance is just a big word that means to keep on keeping on, even when it's hard. I know that quitting and coming home would be easier, but many things worth doing take hard work. Don't you want to be a finisher?
02:38Uh, yeah. I'm finished riding on the bus, and I'm finished hopping around the whole town.
02:44Lutfi is a great big helper. Lutfi knows a story about perseverance.
02:51You do?
02:52Yes, a teensy-weensy story.
02:55Look, Larry, maybe Lutfi's story will help you out. I know you can't see, but try and listen closely.
03:03Okay, but make it snappy. I'm down to my last three quarters, and it's cold out here.
03:08All right, buddy. Hang on.
03:13Once upon a teensy-weensy time...
04:04The piano must go up!
04:07Mais oui!
05:03The piano must go up!
05:05Oh, up, up, up!
05:23The piano must go up!
05:26Oh, up, up, up!
05:34The piano must go up!
05:37Oh, up, up, up!
06:01Mais oui!
06:07Oh, up, up, up!
06:38The piano must go up!
06:42It must!
07:07Oh, up, up, up!
07:37Oh, up, up, up!
08:08The piano is up!
08:17My hero!
08:37Oh, up, up, up!
09:07Uh, you guys gonna start that story?
09:10That was a silent movie.
09:12But powerful!
09:14How's he supposed to know what happened? He's on the phone!
09:17Oh, I did not think of that.
09:19Look, Larry, we're gonna have to try this again.
09:22Hold on for a couple of minutes. I'm gonna go grab another story. With sound.
09:27I'm down to two quarters, Bob.
09:29I'm hurryin'! Cover me, Lutfi.
09:38And now it's time for Schoolhouse Polka with Larry.
09:42The part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a schoolhouse polka.
09:50Weather, weather, weather, weather, whether you like it or not
09:53Weather, weather, weather, weather, weather is cold, warm and hot
09:56Two, two, two, two, two of my favorite toys
09:59I'm bringing two, two, two, two, a place the first one enjoys
10:02And I like it too
10:04Homophones, homophones
10:07Where the crews come cruising down the plain
10:11Homophones, homophones
10:14I need my needle biscuits plain
10:19I know a pear, pear, pear, pear with a pair of really soft shoes
10:22He wears in the pear, pear, pear, pear bushes that easily bruise
10:25I planted rose, rose, rose, rose of a horribly bad-smelling rose
10:28Now no one knows, knows, knows, knows if the scent will be leaving my nose
10:31But most likely no
10:33Oh, homophones, homophones
10:36Where the toads are toad out on the plain
10:39Homophones, homophones
10:42I need my needle biscuits plain
11:00Weather, weather, weather, weather, whether you like it or not
11:02Weather, weather, weather, weather, weather is cold, warm and hot
11:06This has been Schoolhouse Poker with Laddie
11:09Tune in next time to hear Laddie sing
11:11What happened to my preposition?
11:14I took it on an expedition
11:16Put it by the thing I keep my vision
11:19Got infected with this big condition
11:23And
11:25I'm a pronoun, they're a pronoun, he's a pronoun, she's a pronoun
11:28Would you like to be a pronoun too?
11:31And
11:32It was the biggest, bluest, cleanest, brightest, quickest, newest, roundest, nicest, softest, tallest, toughest, lightest, smoothest, kindest, flattest, tightest, most amazing adjective I'd ever seen
11:42And
11:43I'm done
11:44Interjections? Adverbs?
11:46Uh, no
11:48Alrighty
11:52Bob? Oh, Bob! Have you found the story yet?
11:56Not yet, Lutfi, just a few more minutes
11:59Buy me some more time
12:01Uh
12:03Oh, I have just a thing
12:06And now it is time for Lutfi's Fanciful Flanograph
12:10The part of the show where Lutfi comes out with his fanciful flanograph
12:14And teaches a most important lesson
12:18Hello, children
12:19I am Lutfi and this is my fanciful flanograph
12:24By the color of my clothes and the shamrock in my hand, I bet you are thinking it is St. Patrick's Day
12:31If this is March 17th, then you are right
12:34That is because every year on March 17th, people everywhere celebrate St. Patrick's Day
12:53A long, long time ago, in a country called England, a little baby was born
12:59His name was...
13:00St. Patrick
13:01Hold on! You are not old enough to talk
13:04And your name is not yet St. Patrick
13:06Sorry
13:07Your name is Mewan Socket
13:10Hurry up and name me St. Patrick
13:12Shh!
13:13Sorry
13:14Mewan Socket grew up as a normal little boy
13:19Can I talk now?
13:20Yes
13:21My name is Mewan Socket
13:23I'm a normal boy
13:25A normal boy with a strange name
13:28Mewan went to school
13:30He played
13:34He went to church
13:37No soccer balls in church
13:39And he was kidnapped by pirates
13:44Wait, that's not normal
13:46If you were too normal, you would not have a holiday named after you
13:49Good point
13:51Thank you very much
13:55The pirates took Mewan to a country called Ireland
14:00There he was sold as a slave and his name was changed
14:03Slave bad, name change good
14:07Hi, I'd like to request St. Patrick
14:10Not yet, he was now called...
14:13Pig boy! Feed the pigs, pig boy!
14:17Mewan Socket has a rather nice ring to it
14:20Now this was the land of the druids
14:22And the people there spoke a different language
14:25But we'll make believe everyone spoke English
14:27Like Star Trek
14:28Even the pigs?
14:29No, not the pigs
14:30Okay
14:34The druids also did not know about God
14:36They practiced a religion known as paganism
14:40Paganism?
14:41Yes
14:43And so it was that pig boy Mewan Socket went about serving his master
14:48Mopping his floors, feeding his pigs
14:52And learning his language
14:54Pig
14:57Egg
14:59Now Mewan was very far from home and very lonely
15:03He remembered what he had learned in church about God loving him
15:07And always being with him
15:09So Mewan began praying and talking to God
15:14He prayed before bedtime
15:16He prayed when he worked
15:19He prayed when he ate
15:22In fact, he prayed all the time
15:24Why, in no time at all he was praying over 100 times a day
15:29That's a lot, but it's cool
15:31Would you like to pray to me, Twig?
15:34No, I'm good
15:36Mewan grew very close to God
15:38And God took care of him and kept him safe
15:41And one day, after Mewan had been in Ireland for six years
15:46God told him it was time to go
15:49Alright
15:51Later, pigs
15:58Mewan walked and walked and walked
16:03200 miles before reaching the sea
16:12Good day, Captain. My name's Mewan Socket
16:15I was captured six years ago by pirates and sold into slavery
16:18Since then, I've been feeding pigs and praying 100 times a day
16:21Can I have a lift?
16:22Alright then
16:33The ship sailed for three days before reaching the coast
16:37Then they set off on foot to the nearest town
16:41But their directions were a little off
16:48After 28 days of walking, their supplies had run out
16:53The men were starving
16:55Are you starving?
16:56I'm starving
16:58I'm starving, too
16:59We're all going to die if we don't get something to eat
17:02See, Mewan, you said you pray 100 times a day
17:06How about praying for some food?
17:08Yeah, Mewan, come on up
17:11Alright
17:16Amen
17:25It's miraculously delicious
17:27You know, Mewan, you really got something going there
17:31Thanks a lot
17:32Don't thank me, Captain. Thank God
17:34Alright then. Thank you, God
17:37Thank you, Lord
17:41Now back home, the years passed by and Mewan continued to grow closer to God
17:47And one night, he had a dream
17:51We beg of your holy youth that you should come and work again among us
17:56Mewan dreamed that the people of Ireland were calling him back to come and tell them about God
18:02Well, but you mind if I finish school first? I'm doing quite well
18:06Ah, no, no. Take your time. No rush
18:10So Mewan got his education and because of his hard work and great love for God, he became a bishop
18:17Which meant he had a lot of responsibilities in the church and could help many people
18:22It also meant that he got a new name, Patrick
18:26Saint Patrick?
18:27Uh, the saint part comes a little bit later
18:30Alright then
18:31And Patrick made his way back to Ireland
18:34Back to the place where he had been taken by pirates and sold as a slave many years before
18:40Back he went to tell the people about God
18:53So you see, God is like a shamrock
18:57Oh, great shamrock, you are powerful
19:01No, no, no, no, no. This is simply a metaphor
19:04Oh, great metaphor
19:07No, no, no, no, no. God is like a shamrock because he is three persons in one
19:13He is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost
19:19One God, three persons
19:23Oh, yeah, that's all right
19:25So, are there any ways that God is, say, like a twig?
19:31No, none that come to mind
19:34Oh, alright, just asking
19:38And so it was that through Patrick, the people of Ireland turned to God
19:43And God blessed Patrick as Patrick blessed the people of Ireland
19:49He lived a good long life among the people he loved so much and had been called to serve
19:55On March 17th, in the year 460, Patrick died at the age of 73
20:02And his name was changed one last time
20:05This time to St. Patrick
20:08And that is why every year on March 17th, people all over wear a little green, the color of Ireland
20:15And celebrate St. Patrick's Day, a great man who loved Ireland and who loved God
20:22The end
20:25Well, Larry, what'd you think?
20:27Are you ready to persevere and keep on keeping on to the toy drive?
20:31If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again
20:34Larry? Larry?
20:37Oh, no, he must have run out of quarters
20:40I sure hope he...
20:41Hi, Bud
20:42Larry, you're back!
20:44Here I am
20:45Well, what about the kids?
20:47I don't know how much of the story you heard, but it was...
20:49I pretty much heard the whole thing
20:51Ran out of quarters right near the end
20:53But I had a great time with the kids, Bob
20:55I helped give away toys and we had sandwiches, took pictures
20:59You should have seen the look on their faces
21:01It was so cool
21:02When I heard the busy signal, I thought you'd given up
21:05Nope
21:06I got right back on the subway
21:08Got off at the 81 bus
21:09Took that to the 49
21:10Grabbed a burrito
21:11Got on the 92
21:12Took 20 more blocks and I was there
21:14Wow, sounds complicated
21:16But worth it
21:17Well, what do you say we talk about what we learned today?
21:22What happened?
21:23Qwerty, you okay?
21:25Sorry, Lutfy, what did you do?
21:28Lutfy fits into tiny places
21:30You killed Qwerty!
21:32Oh, no, I did not kill him
21:34I just made him sputter and smoke
21:36And there is a difference
21:37Well, we're gonna have to get him repaired
21:39And we need a verse now
21:41What are we gonna do?
21:42Lutfy might be teensy-weensy
21:44But he is a great big helper
21:46Who knows his scripture memory verses
21:48Memory verses?
21:49Oh, yes
21:51You see, we know that God's word is for everyone
21:56Take a look
21:59You need to persevere
22:01So that when you have done the will of God
22:03You will receive what he has promised
22:06Hebrews 10.36
22:08Wow, you're one smart teensy-weensy cucumber
22:11You see, Larry, God wants us to persevere
22:14To keep on keeping on
22:15Even when it's hard, right, Bob?
22:17Especially then
22:18That's when we need to decide to be a finisher
22:21When we're trying to do something we know God would want us to do
22:24He cares whether we finish or not
22:26God promises that finishing has its rewards
22:31Well, that's all the time we have for today, kids
22:33Remember, God made you special
22:36And loves you very much
22:38This is wonderful
22:40So, what are we doing for our next show?
22:44Bye!
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