 It's time. It's time. It's time. For what? For what? We want to know who's who on the curious crew today. So Bella, would you help us meet everybody? Hi, Justice. What's your name? Levi. Hi, Levi. Hi, Grace. Hi, Jonah. Hi, Bella. What's your name? Dorothy. Hi, Dora. What's my name? Help her tell her name. Do you remember? Somebody help. What's the little puppet's name? Jeanette. Hi, Jeanette. And she can ask this big, big person, big word over there. What's your name? I'm George. Everybody say hi to George. Hi, George. Yeah, he's kind of shy, but thank you for including him, Bella. That was so nice. Okay, so we're gonna find out. So our two friends, Jeanette and George, are always curious. And sometimes between shows, they ask me questions. So I write verses about what they're thinking about. We're gonna start with the verse about the zebra, and then we have a new verse. Okay? Remember, giraffe looked over at zebra. Giraffe looked over at zebra, and said, Why do I have spots? Why do you have stripes? And we were just struck and said, We come in all types, but we all share one big sky. Oh, yeah. Share one big sky. Share one big sky. Give the world a big high five. Yeah, we're different and we know it, but we all get along. Because we can all share, and we can all care. We're different, but we all belong. Okay, we have sung this verse many, many times, but we never stopped to talk about it. So I'm interested in how zebra answered. Giraffe just shrugged. So what was the question? What did giraffe want to know? The zebra had stripes. Yes, and what did the zebra say back? Or what did he not say? Or what did he do? We all share one big sky. But we all can share the sky. Even though we're all different, we all belong. We all belong. So those good answers? You feel happy about that? Yeah. All right, I just thought I'd check in. Does it matter? Just shrugged and gave a high five? Is it okay just to shrug it off? Yeah. Okay, you can say yes or no. Yeah? All right, just checking in. Okay, so now the next verse is going to say, giraffe looked over at the black and white sign. Black lives matter. He read out loud. How can we live? So we all stand proud underneath this one big sky. Okay, here we go. Oh yeah. Giraffe looked over at the black and white sign. Black lives matter. He read out loud. How can we live? So we can all stand proud underneath this one big sky. Oh yeah, here we go. Share one big sky. Share one big sky. Give the world a big high five. Yeah, we're different and we know it, but we all get along. Because we can all share and we can all care. We're different, but we all belong. All right. So what was this verse about? Anybody? Lily? It was about half different things than spots. Okay. All right. Gracie, thank you, Lily. This verse was particularly about what's happening in society these days, like black lives matter and different people being, like I guess treated differently because of the color of their skin. And yeah, it's just like these days they have like these black lives matter sign, which they totally do. Like everyone's lives matter. Every person's life has worse and value. It's not just life is something we're given that we can use. It's given. Life is something we're given, which will take us, that's very nice, thoughtful. Anybody else want to say anything about these two verses? Okay. All right. So this time I've written a new song about what makes us have spots or stripes or lighter or darker or something in between kinds of appearances on our skin or our fur or whatever, right? And there's something in this song is going to say our parents and grandparents gave us their DNA. Anybody have a clue what that's about? I'm going to guess that probably the older folks might have an idea. Did you want to give it a try? It seems like our parents gave us their DNA. Maybe that's like their culture or maybe they're like life or something. Maybe they're like illnesses or something. I don't know. Okay. A lot of things is in our DNA, Gracie. The DNA. Actually, Gracie, let's let Jonah give a try and then you want to make a guess. One of the things that DNA gives us is the same kind of skin like our parents. There we go. Yeah. Well, I think the DNA is, we learned in the fifth grade that it's part of our chromosomes. It's part of your cells in your body. It's what decides what color your skin will be, what color your eyes are, how tall you are. That all depends on the DNA. Lots of attributes. Lots of attributes. Like everything about you is different. Partly because of your DNA. There you go. And DNA is short. Those letters are short for this really long word. Except in the order it just goes say it carefully. Everybody, go ahead. DNA. There you go. DNA. And I can have to admit that I didn't look it up. Would you like me to look up that big word really quickly? No. I think. Yes, no, maybe so. Yeah, I think. How about I'm going to let, would one of you like to look it up while we're, okay, Grace, you just see if you can find out while we sing this song, okay? He said, help us with the song too. And even if you find it later, then we'll find out what that DNA stands for. But you have exactly said, I like to think of DNA. It's kind of like, like inside of a seed, it knows how to grow to be either a flower or a fruit or something. Same thing with DNA. It makes us who we are. Here we go. Let's give this, we were just learning this. What makes a person a person? What makes a person a friend? What makes a person meet black or brown or tan? Friendships come in every shade of skin. Our instant grandparents gave us their DNA. It happened long ago. We didn't. Whatever skin we're in, that we wear the love and wisdom from our ancestors back then. What makes a person a person? What makes a person a friend? What makes a person be black or brown or tan? Friendships come in every shade of skin. We've chosen and changed every day. Our feelings they come. It's always closest to us every minute, every day. Everybody give your own skin a little hug. It's closest to you. What makes a person a person? What makes a person a friend? What makes a person be black or brown or tan? Friendships come in every shade of skin. Many shades of earth, darker or lighter, or somewhere in between. Every single person is a person of worth. So many different people makes it interesting. Last time. How about you do the rhythm on your laps? What makes a person a person? What makes a person a friend? What makes a person be black or brown or tan? Friendships come in every shade of skin. All right. Now Grace, do you have something to share with us? Yes. It's a really long word. It's a really long word that most of us would never remember. So that's why it gave it kind of a nickname. A little short name DNA. All right. Thank you for looking that up. For those who might have been curious what that stood for. Okay. Now would everybody choose a friend from up front? Choose one and bring it back. Here, I'll take Janette now. She's done her part. Lily, can you please hand me the tiger? How about, okay, so here's your challenge. We're going to sing it. It has a lot of yeah, exactly. But if they repeat, easy words actually. And as you hear, look at what you chose. Look at your animal and see what you've got. Okay. And your challenge is to act out the story song. Sing it with me if you can, but I'll keep it going. A tiger skunk and a zebra belong to the same club. The others wanted to join so much, but they said no way above because you gotta have stripes to join the club. You gotta have stripes to join the club. You gotta have stripes to join the club. You gotta have stripes have stripes. The others wanted to join so much. They bought some paint at a shop. They painted themselves. And when it dried, they painted stripes on top because they had to have stripes to join the club. They had to have stripes to join the club. They had to have stripes to join the club. They had to have stripes have stripes. They others joined the club and they became best friends just like family can. Then one hot day they went swimming, but when the others jumped again, it washed away all their stripes one by one. It washed away all their stripes one by one. It washed away all their stripes one by one. It washed away all their stripes. No stripes. The tigers skunk and the zebra, they could not believe their eyes. The leopards, the others looked themselves over and then they started to cry. We don't have any stripes. We just have spots. We don't have any stripes. We just have spots. We don't have any stripes. We just have spots. We don't have any stripes. No stripes. The tigers skunk and the zebra, they saw what they had done. They told the others they changed their club. Now it's open to everyone. You don't have to have stripes to join our club. You don't have to have stripes to join our club. You don't have to have stripes to join our club. You don't have to have stripes of stripes. You don't have to have stripes. You can be yourself. You don't have to have stripes. You can be yourself. You don't have to have stripes. You to be yourself. You don't have to have stripes. No stripes. All right. So what did those animals find out? Yes, to be something you own. Gracie? Change yourself in any way. Be something if you want to join something or like be a friend with someone. You don't have to change yourself or do anything. You can just be yourself. Oh boy. You all are really getting it. Yes. If you want to join a club, you don't just have to be someone else. You can still be yourself and then after they might see what they did and then they can say you can join a club. That's very important, Belly. You notice that they, some people have said, no, you have to be the same as us to be part of it, but when they got to know each other, they realized what they had done and they said, hey, when I know you, I really, really am glad to know you. And I noticed when we were singing that when they just sort of had their club and the others were watching, everybody is kind of just kind of going along. Not happy, not sad, just kind of blah. But then when they all got together, what happened? Happy. You guys were spontaneously. You were just up and happy and it was just very much more fun. Now I have a question. Here comes another friend, maybe from another part of the world. Can this cat play? Yeah. Does she have stripes? No. Does she have spots? No. But can she play? Yes. Yes. All right. Because these are the stripes. So you can find something alike and something different. And now she's really happy. All right. Okay. So what if you were with some friends and say you were all having a good time, but somebody new came to the playground and your friends said, oh gosh, we don't know them. So don't play because I don't know them yet. What might you say or do? Maybe, maybe. Okay, Lily, what might you say? If you're not going to play with them, I am because if they probably don't have any friends here and so I'm going to be their new friends and stuff. So you could tell your friend that? So even though you're not playing with them, I'm gonna, I can't tell you what to do. Oh, wow. All right. Levi, what would you do in that situation? I would have played with them because they're new, as Lily said, and they probably don't have much friends. And they need to feel welcome. Wow. And have any of you ever been in that position being the one that's newer with the group? I have been newer. Wait, Jonah. Oh, I'm sorry. Levi, you finished. I have been newer, but I didn't, no one was like, don't play with them, he's a nail. Everybody was friendlier? Yeah, great. I'm glad to hear that. See, when I came member of a specific term, I joined an Osaka team and I didn't know anybody and I'm usually nice though. I'm glad to hear that. And Jonah, did you say that happened for you? You can't remember, but you sort of in your, in your heart, you sort of remember. That's what you can do. Even if you haven't actually had it, you can listen to your heart and you can go, that could be me. If that was me, I sure would like it if somebody would speak up. So this is a song I sing for. A song lives within me. I speak up for a voice lives within me. We're going to just do maybe, let's do three verses so we can get on to another song. Let's do, I sing for a song lives within me. I speak up for a voice lives within me. And what should the last one be? I am me for I live within me. I am me for I live within me. All right, that's great. Can I do the high part? Yes. And Grace knows the high part. Some of you sing with me and if some of you have a higher voice and want to go with her, you can. I sing for a song lives within me. I sing for a song. I sing and let the song in you. I speak up. I speak up for a voice lives within me. I speak up for a voice lives within me. I speak up and wants to join with the voice in you. I am me. I am me for I live within me. I am me. That's funny. Wants to join with the me in you. What a funny verse, but it worked, huh? Yeah. We make it work. Okay, awesome. All right. Well, the last song that I would love to teach you was written by a friend of mine. She's called Culture Queen. And her other name that her family calls her is Jessica, Jessica Smith. But Culture Queen is her performing name. She's a performer. I like the me I see. I am who I'm supposed to be. I like the me I see. I know who I'm supposed to be. Though we're different from another, won't compare myself to others. Though we're different from another, won't compare myself to others. I like the me I see. So I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see. So I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see. So I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like my hair, it's supposed to be there. I like my eyes, I can see the world wide. I like my nose, I can smell the flowers grow. I like my lips, I can give you a kiss. I like my lips, I can give you a kiss. I like the me I see, so I'm who I'm supposed to be. I like the me I see, though we're different from another, won't compare myself to others. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like my skin, I feel comfortable within. I like my skin, I like my tummy, I eat foods that are yummy. I like my tummy, I like my knees, I can bend as I please. I like my feet, I can dance to the beat. I like the me I see, I am who I'm supposed to be. I like the me I see, though we're different from another, won't compare myself to others. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. Say, I like the me I see, I am who I'm supposed to be. Say, though we're different from another, won't compare myself to others. Won't compare myself to others. I like the me I see, though we're different from another, won't compare myself to others. I like the me I see, though we're different from another, won't compare myself to others. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see, so I'll stick to others. I like the me I see. I like the me I see. So I'll stick to be in me. So I'll stick to be in me. I like the me I see. I like the me I see. So I'll stick to be in me. So I'll stick to be in me. Okay, so the mystery box. I was like, do it. So it's good you asked. That's, you know what you did? You know what you did? We sang our song about keep asking questions. So she kept asking. Okay, so this is a new has come and the thing that's special about butterflies is and the skin on the butterfly. What does it look like when it's when it's just a young butterfly? Yes. Oh, look, he said the predator would be frightened away. That's part of its look. See the eyes underneath. That makes it look like a bigger animal to scare the predators. So what I was thinking when I got it is when he's he or she was little, and she was just a little crawling what? Like a caterpillar above just on the ground. Didn't know inside. As life went along, all those life experiences and woke up one day able to do something it had never been able to do before. So let's all sing with a butterfly one last time. I like the me I see I am who I'm supposed to be though I'm different from another one compare myself to others. Now wave to everybody. I like the me I see so else I like the me I see so I'll stick to being me.