I love this museum, Michael.
Look at that huge chunk of gold.
It says here it's pyrite, known as "fool's gold."
Well, it sure fooled me.
Oh, look at that pink one.
I have one just like it at home.
I have lots of rocks and gems.
"Rose quartz."
[gasps]
What is that? It looks like a little sunset.
It's called a fire opal.
[Addy] Come on, guys. They're closing soon.
Your grand museum of natural history has been so much fun.
I like this one the best.
I wish I could stay here forever.
[gasps]
I changed my mind. We need to get home fast.
I have an idea.
He's been in there for a while.
All of this waiting brings much excitement to me.
What could be inside?
I'm looking forward to it as well, Koo.
Karl's ideas are always a joy to behold.
Hey, Karl? How much longer?
[Karl] Almost ready.
[Karl] There.
Oh, wait. Not yet.
Okay, you guys can come in now.
Please, step this way. No pushing or crowding.
[gasps]
Welcome to Karl's Museum of Gems, Jewels and Really Rare Rocks.
I started my own museum.
-Ooh. -Awesome.
-Nice. -How impressive.
You've arranged these stones beautifully.
Thanks. I know.
Over here, we have river rocks and other smooth rocks I found.
-[gasps] Look at that. -Good job.
And over there, lava rocks from vacation.
[Michael] That's fun.
Big boulders are on the floor.
Ooh.
I put garden rocks in the dump truck. Check it out.
-[gasps] Cool. -Ooh.
And then there's this.
-[Stillwater] Hmm. -Oh, it's your apple picking rock.
What's this?
Press his back.
[chuckles] That's cool.
Oh, look. This rock floats.
I know. It's called pumice.
You've put a lot of work into this.
There's more. This way to the vault.
That's the safe where I keep really rare and special stuff.
Beep, boop, beep.
Hand scan. Eye scan.
Body scan. Now we're in.
These are my most special rocks.
Pink quartz from the fair,
turquoise from Arizona,
sea glass from the beach.
Wow.
Wow, Karl. This is so great.
Have Mom and Dad seen it yet?
[Karl] Yep, they helped with the curtains,
but now I wanna show everyone in the whole neighborhood.
Addy, will you help me make a sign?
Sure.
Attention, neighbors.
Karl's Gem Museum is open.
Free admission.
Hey, wanna come see my gem museum?
Okay, maybe later.
Wanna see my museum?
Gems, jewels and rocks.
Attention, neighbors. Karl's Gem Museum is open.
Free admission.
Right here.
Karl's Gem Museum.
Gems, jewels and really rare rocks.
Open.
Free admission.
[sighs]
You look like you've run out of steam.
I've been out here forever.
Nobody wants to see my museum.
I'd like to see your museum.
But you have already been.
Perhaps this time I'll notice something new.
Okay.
Welcome back to Karl's Museum of Gems, Jewels and Really Rare Rocks.
You look a little less excited than the first time.
Has something changed?
Well, I like showing it to you, but I was hoping for a gwazillion visitors,
like in a real museum.
Do you think you need a "gwazillion" visitors
to be excited about your museum?
I don't know. I just like my rocks, and I like showing them to people.
That turquoise rock is beautiful. May I hold it?
I got it when I went on summer vacation.
This one store had buckets full of them.
[chuckles]
Sharing your fine collection is a special gift to us,
and the stories that come with them are special too.
I like stories, especially your stories.
Would you like to hear one now?
It's about someone else who shares their gift with the world.
Are they rocks like mine?
Not rocks, but just as beautiful.
[Stillwater] Annalisa loved to play music.
She was a very talented violinist, one of the best.
She traveled all over the world, playing to enormous audiences.
The concert halls always ran out of seats.
[audience] [cheering]
[Karl] All the clapping must have made her feel good.
[Stillwater] Yes, it did,
but Annalisa didn't just play her music for the applause.
Even when she didn't have a big, crowded concert hall to perform in,
Annalisa played outside on the street corner.
Some people stopped to listen.
Most didn't.
Sometimes, people who cheered for her the night before
would walk by and not even notice her.
[Karl] What if nobody stopped to listen?
[Stillwater] What do you think she'd have done?
[Karl] She loved to play, so she probably wouldn't have worried about it.
[Stillwater] I think you're right.
She could have been playing for 10,000 people or nobody at all.
[Karl] When she played music, she must have felt happy all over.
[Stillwater] Mm-hmm. That feeling is called joy.
That's how I feel about my rocks.
I like when I can show them to people, but I also like them just for me.
Can I have a museum even if it's just for me?
Of course you can.
It is called Karl's Museum after all.
You're right.
I like my museum just for me.
I do too.
Karl, are you still open for visitors?
Sure.
Good, 'cause we have one for you.
[gasps] Hi, Mrs. Wilson.
Hello, Karl.
When I heard about your museum, I just had to come take a look.
Well, here it is. Gems, jewels and really rare rocks.
I love the way you've displayed them all.
The crushed stone in the truck, very clever.
Karl, did you know that I used to be a schoolteacher?
-You were? -Yes.
And can you guess what my favorite subject to teach was?
Recess?
[chuckles]
I did like recess, but my favorite was geology.
That's the study of rocks, gems and minerals.
Oh, then you're going to love seeing my extra rare rocks.
Turquoise from Arizona…
rose quartz from the fair…
and sea glass from the beach.
Well, you know what most sea glass is?
Uh-huh. Broken bottles that the waves make smooth.
That's right.
And this is sea glass, but this piece tells a different story.
-A story? -Yes.
These swirly streaks here mean that this came from a volcano.
So it's lava?
It used to be a glob of lava that was blown high into the air.
It cooled back down so fast, it turned into glass.
Whoa!
Gems from the same beach, but with two different stories.
How fascinating.
Thank you for sharing your collection with me, Karl.
I had no idea we had a geologist in the neighborhood.
You're welcome. Feels good to share the things you love.
[imitates door closing sounds]
[imitates electronic lock sounds]
All sealed up.
Would anyone like to join me for an after-museum cup of tea?
-Okay, that sounds nice. -Oh, yes. That sounds lovely.
Karl, are you coming?
Maybe later. I think I want to enjoy my museum by myself a little longer.
Okay, take your time.
[sighs]
-[Koo] [sighs] -[gasps]
My apologies.
I love it here so much, Karl. I don't want to leave.
That's how I feel too.
I'm thinking about a new section.
Wanna help me set it up?
I would love that, Karl.
Thank you for sharing your rocks and including me.
Hello, Addy. It's nice to see you this morning.
Oh, sorry, Stillwater. I didn't mean to disturb you.
Is it okay if I take some stuff from your recycling bin?
It's for my science project.
Use what you need and need what you use.
We're supposed to create something useful from old, recycled objects.
Tommy, Maya and I are going to build a catapult.
Wonderful.
You are practicing mottainai,
finding the value in an object
and using it all the way to the end of its life span.
Mottainai. Hmm.
I like that better than calling it recycling.
Thanks, Stillwater.
You're welcome, and good luck.
Hey, what's all that stuff?
It's for the school science project
me and my friends are going to build today.
What? No, you're gonna help me build my robot crane like you said.
Oh, I'm sorry, Karl.
I guess I can't do it today after all.
But you said.
I know, but sometimes plans change.
Can we do it later?
Hey, Addy. We're here.
Time to create some awesomeness.
But you said.
[Addy] This is a really important assignment, Karl.
It might take us all day to do it.
I'm sorry, but we have to make every minute count.
I want to show you guys the plans I drew up.
Would you mind clearing some space, Karl?
This will be the coolest marshmallow catapult ever created.
[Tommy] We load the marshmallow in this cup, pull back the tension arm,
and when we release it, whoosh!
The marshmallow flies across the room.
-Yes. -Awesome.
[Karl] That's so cool.
If you make it real fast, we can build my robot crane.
We're not going to have time to do that right now, Karl.
I'm really sorry.
Fine. I'll build it myself.
[Maya] This is fantastic, Addy.
I see all kinds of stuff here we can use.
Great. I'll go get the marshmallows.
[hums]
Robot cranes, robot cranes, great, big, giant robot cranes.
Ra-ra-robot cranes--
Karl, please. That's too loud.
Oops, sorry.
I have an idea.
Why don't you go work on your robot crane at the kitchen table?
There's a lot of room there.
Mom says the sunroom belongs to all of us.
Fine. But can you please build quietly?
[clears throat] Karl.
Karl, those are for our project.
But I love marshmallows.
[kisses]
Okay, but just one. Then you have to let us work.
Didn't you already eat one?
These aren't for eating. These are for being a space alien.
[imitates alien sounds]
[chuckles]
[chuckles] That's pretty funny, Karl, but we have to finish our catapult now.
[imitates alien sounds]
How does that "catapulley" work anyway?
It's kind of complicated.
What are the marshmallows for?
That's what the catapult is going to launch.
Launch? Cool!
I wonder if they use "catapills" to launch spaceships.
Catapults.
Oh, catapults.
[Tommy] We'll show you how it works when it's done, Karl,
but right now, we kind of have to concentrate.
Oh, okay. I'll be quiet.
Are you gonna use this thing?
Please stop bothering us, Karl!
I'm sorry, but will you please go and work on your own project somewhere else?
Please?
No!
Hey, um, how about we finish the catapult tomorrow, Addy?
Great idea, Tommy.
We can get a fresh start in the morning.
Thanks a lot, Karl.
Now the whole day's ruined.
[sighs]
[breathing deeply]
[breathes deeply]
[both inhale]
[both breathe deeply]
How is the project going, Addy?
Terrible. Karl was really bugging us, so my friends left.
Did that upset you?
Yes.
We were trying to work, and I asked him, like, a million times to stop,
and he wouldn't.
It was like he was annoying us on purpose.
He doesn't usually do that.
Could there be something different going on for Karl today?
I know he's disappointed that I couldn't help him build his robot crane,
but I just don't know why he wouldn't leave us alone
after I explained that we had to get our project done.
Sounds like you had a hard time understanding Karl today.
Well, I don't understand how I'm supposed to understand him
when I clearly don't understand him.
[chuckles]
You know, sometimes looking for the reasons for someone's actions
helps me understand them better.
Do you have a story to help me, Stillwater?
-[grunting] -I sure could use one.
I believe I do.
It's the story of the bear and the squawking birds.
[snoring]
[Stillwater] There once was a bear who was peacefully hibernating for the winter.
-Until one day, he was awakened… -[snorts] [gasps]
…by the sound of squawking birds outside his cave.
[snores]
[groaning]
Oh.
Please be quiet!
[groans] Quiet. [groans]
[Stillwater] But the birds didn't listen,
so he decided to take matters into his own paws.
His plan was to find the noisy birds and relocate their nest
to somewhere far, far away.
However, once he got to the nest…
Oh, hi.
I-I am so sorry for all the noise, Mr. Bear.
[stammers] You see, Papa Bird has gone to find our little ones some food,
and [stammers] he hasn't come back yet.
They're just so very hungry.
Huh. Hungry, huh? Well, I know how that feels.
[Addy] Maybe now that he knows how they feel,
he can understand why they're squawking.
[Stillwater] Good thinking, Addy.
And now he wanted to help.
So he dug up some worms to help keep their little tummies full
until their papa returned.
Oh, Papa, I'm so glad you're back.
Our hungry babies woke this poor bear up from his long winter's nap.
It's okay. I understand now that they were just hungry.
[yawns]
Now I'm off to bed again.
[Stillwater] Soon, Mr. Bear was back in his cave,
at peace and ready once again for a long winter's nap.
[snores]
I get it.
Once the bear discovered why the birds were squawking,
it didn't make him so upset anymore.
So, maybe I need to find out why Karl wouldn't leave us alone.
I wonder how you could do that.
Maybe I can just ask him.
I'm going to ask him right now.
Ask me what, Addy?
How you were feeling today.
I felt left out, and then I felt sad when you yelled at me.
I'm sorry that I made you feel left out, Karl.
Now that I understand, I'll try to do better next time.
I'll try to remember to ask you what you're feeling so we can talk about it.
Okay.
And now, maybe I can help you feel better.
Wanna go work on that robot crane together?
Yes! Let's go!
Thank you, Stillwater.
[roaring]
Wait till Tommy and Maya see your robot crane, Karl.
-Hey, Addy. -We're back.
[roars]
Don't worry. Me and my robot crane are leaving.
We're going outside to lift things.
Lifting things is good,
but maybe you'd like to help us today instead?
Great wall, Karl.
It's strong, but our mighty marshmallows will knock it down.
Never!
-Whoo-hoo! -Whoo-hoo!
-Whoo-hoo! -Let's do it again.
Marshmallow team!
[chuckles]
We got this.
You're right.
[laughs]
["Never Ending Dream" playing]
♪ With our spirits We were floating through the trees ♪
♪ Like creatures, we were soaring high Blowing off some steam ♪
♪ Or a mountain And its effervescent green ♪
♪ A never-ending dream ♪
♪ I found a little bit of honey ♪
♪ And now I'm a little sweeter inside ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪ It's just a little bit funny ♪
♪ But now I have the world on my side ♪
[singing in Japanese]
[song fades]