 Hi! Welcome back to the Curious Giraffe Show. You see we have a new Curious Giraffe up front and you know George, and Jeanette and her friends are all in the back today. They're watching from over there, but we all know this song, so everybody can sing along. Here we go. When we sing together, I feel so much better. It's easy and simple. When we sing together, the day just gets better. I love making music with you. Feel so much better. It's easy. The day just gets better. I love reading stories with you. This is our youngest giraffe, new to the Curious Crew. Yes, but I've been watching the show and waiting to be big enough to be on the show. Well, today's the day. What are we going to read today? Well, today you'll be the Curious Giraffe we sing to and we'll find out. Here we go with the Curious Giraffe song. Okay, here we go. Giraffe looked over, adored me and said, I'm curious what book and song she'll share with us today. Little Pig saves the ship. Hooray! And we'll share it under one big sky. Oh yes, share one big sky, share one big sky. Give the- y'all get along because we can all share and we can all care. We're different, but we- So, let's get right to it because we have lots to do. Pig saves the ship by David Hyde Castello. I hope you recognize that name because we've read his books before. First picture, see how busy all the brothers and sisters are. Little Pig wished he could go sailing to sailing camp with his brothers and sisters. This is going to be the best summer yet. When the seafaring pigs go sailing, I'm bringing my camera. I'm bringing my guide to aquatic life in case we see any. But he was too little. Now look at this picture. Tiny, the oldest, had been to sailing camp five summers in a row. He gave Little Pig his book of sailor's knots and a piece of rope. Carry this in your pocket so you can practice in your spare time. You'll be old enough next summer. See you in a week. Have fun. I'll send you a postcard. Poor Little Pig. The first day without his brothers and sisters. Look how hard he worked. He followed the directions in the book. Little Pig had a lot of spare time. Earned how to do it. Grandpa and Poppy came over that night to show Little Pig the beautiful ship Poppy had started making for him. Tomorrow we can finish building her together. On Sunday Little Pig sewed the sails. Poppy carved a little Poppy and a little Pig to sail the ship. And in the morning we'll sail her in the stream. Details that they're working on. They sailed the ship on Monday. Perfect spot. The sails work Poppy. And on Tuesday Sea Monster four points off the port bow. Ready about. And even in the rain on Wednesday. Batten down the hatches. Thursday they built a dock. The sailors can rest here and take on provisions. Food and drink and supplies. On Friday they sailed the ship all the way across the stream. Those sails really do work well. But on Saturday a gust of wind blew the ship into the current. Uh oh it's how Pig waited in to grab the ship. But the water was too deep for him. Don't worry Little Pig. I'll get her. You stay on land. It's slippery here. And flash. Whoopsies. Oh dear. Where are my glasses? Little Pig saw a fallen tree. If he laid it across the stream it would stop the ship. But he couldn't lift it. I can still catch her. I think. Little Pig ran ahead of the current that carried the ship downstream. Gulp. Maybe he could grab the ship as it sailed under the bridge. His arm was too short. He'd never be able to reach the ship. Then he remembered Tiny's rope in his pocket. Almost got it. Did it. Little Pig saved the ship. When they got back to Little Pig's house everyone was home from camp. So I tied a bowline knot and used it to catch the ship. Quick thinking Little Pig. You have the instincts of a sailor. Wow. We saw dolphins. Wait till you see the pictures and hear the new sea chanties. By the way I meant to mail you this. Little Pig still wished he could go sailing with his brothers and sisters. The next day he did. Nice ship Little Pig. Look at her go. Let's come here every day. This is going to be the best summer ever. So I was very impressed with Little Pig learning how to tie a bowline knot. So I decided to go back into the book and see if I could learn it. So I'm going to remind you where the directions are. And I'm going to tell you honestly this took me a few times before I got it right. I'm going to try again with you. And if ever you can get this book for yourself you will tie one too. Okay so it has a part that goes up and he makes a loop. He pokes this part up through the loop and then around the back of the up part and down here through here. Did I get it right? I might have to try it more than oh I missed. Okay so we have to try again. I wish I could show you the book at the same time but it's a little hard. Okay so I'm going to make the loop and come up on the back through and over here. That's what I did. Now I'm going to pull it tight. There that time it worked. Phew that took me several tries. It still takes me to practice so but I finally got it to come out with a nice loop that could hook onto something that you needed. So I was also very impressed with how they made their own boat. And that's why I have this big tub of water here because I had fun designing a boat out of things I had at our house. So I'm going to show you the little boat I made and I made it. I'm going to show you. I cut it from a Styrofoam vegetable tray and I'm going to take it apart so you can see how I made it. These pieces came out of here. Put little slits in them so they could fit together into a little propeller. Then I stretched a rubber band across the sides and I slipped the propeller in so that it holds it. Now you'll see that little hole was I had to cut it a little bigger so that it could turn and so we're going to you have to turn it toward yourself. I've learned that. So we're going to count to ten. Ready? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Make it nice and tight. I'm going to try to tip the camera up so you can see watch it go in the water. Ready? There you go. And if you had that in a bathtub or on a stream or lake it would go much farther. So I invite you to try that at home. It was fun. And I thought what other toys could we make? So I looked around and I found a yogurt tub. I poked a hole in it. You might need help from a grown-up or bigger person to help you safely poke a hole, but just make it small and then force in your pencil. See how the pencil has a little point? I used a colored pencil and I took markers and drew colors on it. I don't know if you can see that sort of see-through. And now I'm going to spin it. Can you see it? It's working. I'm so excited. It didn't work the first time there. So that's another thing you can make at home. So I have songs about trying new things. And my friend Katie Tolles wrote a fun song and she made it to go can you stretch like a giraffe? Can you stretch like a giraffe? Try it, try it. Or fly like a bird. Fly like a bird. Try it, try it. So when I read this book about Little Pig trying new things, I wanted to sing her song about Little Pig. So this is what inspired me. Can you learn something new? Can you learn something new? Can you learn something new? Try it, try it. Learn something new. Can you learn something new? Can you learn something new? Try it, try it. Learn something new. Can you make something new? Can you make something new. Can you make something new? Try it, try it, make something new. Can you make something new? Can you make something new? Try it, make something new. Can you play outdoors? Can you play outdoors? Can you play outdoors? Because a little pig and Poppy kept adding to their game, didn't they? Can you play pretend? Can you play pretend? So this book really inspired me. And I have another song that we've done before, so I'm hoping you'll be able to sing along with Dave Canoine's song about I think I can. Here it goes. I'm the moment I say I think I can. So I'll try like trying things I never tried before, just to see what I can. But I'll take my chances just because I think I can. Such an exciting song, knowing what you can do if you just try it. Okay, now I was also thinking about how Little Pig was concerned about having to wait and wait to do things as he got older. Sometimes it's hard to wait for the things that are coming, but there's something really good about each age. So here's the song I wrote about them. I'm young and strong and quick and fast. I'm sure that it will always last. I just don't think about the time. So it feels good to do the things that's busy, the cycles. Keep singing, keep looking up, keep asking questions, keep asking questions and never give up, keep. Bye, thanks for watching. Can you learn something new? Can you learn something new? Try it, learn something new. Make something new. Can you make something new? Can you make something new?