[cat meows]
You know, Charlie, I bet some people think brushing their hair is boring.
But I don't. I don't think anything is boring.
You wanna know why?
Because I use the old noodle to imagine boring things are fun.
[meowing]
Like, if I pretend that my wet hair is a lion's mane
and I have to tame it.
That's not boring at all.
-See? I wasn't lying. [roars] -[squeals]
[meowing]
Sorry, Charlie. Didn't mean to scare you.
-It was just pretend. -[meows]
But this little lion's gotta brush her chompers.
-[roars] -[meowing]
[theme music playing]
♪ Tu tu tu du du du du ♪
Ow! Thanks.
Sweet Becky.
Yeah, Freckle.
[all] Little!
Ellen!
Gramsy!
♪ Tu tu tu du du du ♪
[children reading]
[Ellen] That's me.
[Ellen reading]
[doorbell rings]
I wasn't expecting visitors.
-Good afternoon to you too. -Good afternoon to me three.
Indeed.
I've been enjoying some much needed alone time.
Oh, I love alone time.
Especially with my friends.
Sorry, Adelaide, but I gotta run to the dentist.
It's 'tooth hurty', if you know what I mean. [laughs]
[laughs] Oh, I do.
[crickets chirping]
Anyway, Would you mind watching Ellen for the afternoon?
I can't say no to that face.
I'd like to, but I can't.
Yes. Good job, face.
However, I have a few errands to run.
She'll have to come along.
[gasps] Errands! I love errands.
You may want to bring a book to entertain yourself.
Errands can be quite boring.
Oh, that's okay, Miss Adelaide.
Nothing's ever boring for me.
I got all the fun I need up here.
Maybe you could teach Miss Adelaide some of our favorite errand games.
No, thank you.
You're welcome.
This is going to be so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
so much fun.
Hi, little Ellen.
Good afternoon, Adelaide.
Good morning, Bartolomeu.
Ooh, I see you have the latest book in the Fanciful Female series.
I never leave home without a good book.
Bart, guess what?
-We're running errands today. -Errands? You love errands.
I know. Me and Gramsy always play super fun errand games.
And I get to teach them to Miss Adelaide.
So, today's gonna be pretty wonderful.
Let's not get too excited, Ellen.
We're going to the bank first and that's serious business.
The bank? That's like the number one place to play games.
Me and Gramsy's favorite is called "Tell us something silly,"
where you got to tell the bank teller a silly fact.
Like I could tell her that I've named all my toes.
-There's Mr. Big Toe and Nuni, and Agnes and the middle twins. -Ellen.
Ha! Ellen? Could you imagine if I named one of my toes Ellen? Wow.
You're very silly, Miss Adelaide.
Today's going to be fun. Foot five.
[clears throat]
When I'm running errands, there is no toe naming, no silliness
and absolutely no games.
[gasps] No games?
But, Miss Adelaide, you have no idea what you're missing.
-Errand games are the funnest. -Funnest is not a word.
Use proper English, please.
[sighs]
[bell dinging]
Good luck making this fun, Little Ellen.
Thanks, Bartalou.
[bell dinging]
Look at the line.
We got lots of time to decide what silly facts we're going to tell the teller.
Right, Miss Adelaide?
Ooh, this is silly.
It's impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. See?
[grunting]
Why would anybody want to do that?
Easy. You're eating ice cream on a hot summer day
-and some melts down to your elbow. -Touche.
Come on.
How about just tell me one silly little fun fact.
How's this for a silly little fun fact?
I do not like playing games at the bank.
More fact than fun, but okay.
[gasps]
Maybe you just haven't played the right game.
Let's play Lava Floor.
-Lava what? -Lava Floor.
All the black tiles are lava. They're so hot.
You can only step on the white tiles or your toesies will melt.
I'll never let you touch lava, Nuni.
-You either, Agnes. -Darling, that's linoleum.
[gasps]
Lava Floor? More like Lava Bore.
How's this for a game?
It's called, "Be quiet and do nothing."
Um, Miss Adelaide, I don't mean to be rude,
and I know I should always try something
before saying I don't like it, but this game sounds really boring.
I don't find this boring at all.
Not even a little bit?
[grunts] Sorry.
[sighs]
So, how was the bank?
Did you tell the teller something silly?
No. I mostly just had to be quiet and do nothing.
Ugh, I do not like that game.
-Did you try Lava Floor? -Yup.
And she just let her toesies melt?
[chuckles nervously]
Next stop, the dry cleaner.
Good luck making this errand fun.
Thanks. I know Miss Adelaide doesn't like playing games at the bank,
but I bet she'll like dry cleaner games.
[bell dinging]
Hey Ellen. Better watch out. That step is lava.
[grunts] Phew.
Hi, Adelaide. How can I help you?
Hello there. I'm here for my gala gown.
-[gasps] A gala? -Yes.
This weekend I will be attending a very elegant gala in a big fancy ballroom.
[gasps]
[jazz music playing]
I could teach you some fun dance moves for the gala.
-Oh, I doubt it... -Me and Gramsy like to play a game called mirror moves.
We do a fun dance and the other person has to do the exact same thing.
Like a mirror. Try this one.
-Ugh. -It's called flossing.
I do it every night between brushing my teeth and flossing,
Well, I can assure you that none of the esteemed guests attending this gala
will be doing silly dance moves like that.
Besides, glamorous gala guests prefer toothpicks.
Fine.
Then how about this one?
It's called the Fancy Dance.
That's not fancy dancing. At the gala, we'll be doing really fancy dancing
like the royal family in my favorite series Fanciful Females.
All right, then, how about you do a dance move and I'll mirror you?
-Fine. -[cheers] Yay!
-Are you gonna do a dance move? -I'm doing it right now.
It's called, "The silent statue shovel".
Mirror me.
[sighs]
[bell dinging]
Fancy dress? Check.
[scoffs]
So, any luck making the making the dry cleaner fun?
No, it was as boring as watching clothes dry.
I really thought Miss Adelaide would like playing mirror moves.
Oh, man, I love mirror moves.
One time I played my bathroom mirror.
It ended in a tie.
Sounds fun. It's just, I was so excited
for a full day of errand games, but so far it's just been boring.
Being bored is the worst.
I never get bored. I don't understand.
Why doesn't miss Adelaide want to play any of my games?
Gramsy always does.
Maybe you could make up a game, especially for Adelaide.
Hey, Miss Adelaide.
What do you like so much about that book, anyway?
Finally, a conversation about literature.
Well, Fanciful Females is a ferociously funny farce,
following the fruitful friendship
of Francis and Florence of Finland's first family.
Whoa. Sounds f... Fantastic?
Indeed it is.
I think I get it now.
Reading is Miss Adelaide's way of making boring things fun.
[bell dinging]
-You got this, Little E. -Hey, Bart.
Yeah?
Your seat is lava.
Huh? Whoa!
[laughs]
All right, last errand of the day.
Let's just wait in line quietly until it's over.
That means no games, no dancing, and no funny business.
Yes, Your Majesty.
What did you say?
I figured it out, Your Majesty.
-Figured what out? -You'll see.
Your Majesty.
Egg'cellent choice.
Are my jokes too cheesy for you?
[giggles]
[scoffs]
Okay, Ellen. Here goes nothing.
[clears throat] Lady Adelaide.
I donut mean to get jalapeno this nuts,
but can you, peas, give me the thyme.
[chuckles nervously]
Lettuce all show our ap-peach-ciation
for Ellen's un-pear-alleled use of the English language.
That was soup-er funny.
-Huzzah! -[laughs]
You 'canned beet' a good produce pun.
[chuckles]
[gasps] Gramsy!
Thank you, Adelaide.
Oh, I hope today wasn't too much trouble.
Oh, none at all.
It was kind of, sort of... Well, maybe...
the teeniest little bit of fun, actually.
-Hey, Ellie belly. You thinking what I'm thinking? -[both] Lava floor.
[laughing]
Thanks, Miss Adelaide. That wasn't boring at all.
[gasps softly]
[theme music playing]