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| - Narrator: It was a warm, bright morning at Tarrytown Airport. Narrator: Jay Jay and Snuffy were just coming out of their hangar to greet the new day, when suddenly, Herky dropped in to greet them. Herky: Good mor-r-rning, Jay Jay, Snuffy. (Next two lines overlap.) Snuffy: Good morning, Herky! Jay Jay: Morning. Herky: Wanna fly ar-r-round the air-r-rport? Jay Jay: I'm raring to go! Jay Jay: Whee! Herky: Still sleepy, Jay Jay? Jay Jay: Mmm-hmm. (groans wearily) I tossed and turned all night long. How 'bout you? Herky: I had a gr-r-reat night's sleep, r-r-right up until the r-r-rooster cr-r-rowed and woke me up at sunr-r-rise. Jay Jay: Hmm...well, that's funny. I-I never even heard the rooster crow this morning. (pauses) Hmm. Herky, you and I had exactly the opposite kind of night—You see, I tossed and turned, you didn't. You heard the rooster crow but I didn't! Herky: Yeah, you're r-r-right! Opposites! Snuffy: (flying down to Jay Jay's left side) Jay Jay, what does "opposite" mean? Jay Jay: Well, Snuffy, it means that if one thing is one way— (increasing rate) —then the opposite thing is completely different in the whole other direction. Understand? Snuffy: Uh...no. Jay Jay: (to himself) Hmm...let's see, how can I explain? Herky Uh...hey! How about if we play the Opposites Game? Jay Jay: Great idea! That oughta show Snuffy what we're talking about. Snuffy: The Opposites Game? How do you play that? Jay Jay: It's simple: In this game, one player calls out something, then the other player has to find something that's different from the first in an opposite kind of way. Herky: Going so like solving a r-r-riddle. Snuffy: I still don't get it. Jay Jay: Then the best thing for us to do is to play the game and show you. Herky: You star-r-rt, Jay Jay. Jay Jay: Okay, okay. Here I go. Herky, I'm gonna fly up really high... Jay Jay: ...to the sky! (calling to below) Okay now! Herky has to tell me what the sky is like! And then, take me to something that's different in an opposite kind of way! Herky: Let's see. The sky is up high— (Long shot of the flight.) —so the opposite of high is...low! R-r-right, Jay Jay? Jay Jay: Right you are, Herky! Herky: And the lowest place I can go is... (glancing downward) Oh, I got it! (He hovers o.s.) Snuffy: Hey, wait for me! Herky: The lowest place I can go is...the gr-r-round! So now, I'm taking you to the gr-r-round, because low is the opposite of high. Jay Jay: Right! Snuffy: I get it. The sky's up high, and the ground is down low. Can we keep playing? this is fun! Herky: Sur-r-re. (He hovers off the ground.) It's my turn! (giggles, flying o.s.) Follow me, ohhhhh! Narrator: Herky led Jay Jay and Snuffy to the ocean. Herky: Okay, her-r-re we ar-r-re at the ocean. Jay Jay, what's the ocean like? And then, can you take us to something that's differ-r-rent in an opposite way? Jay Jay: Let's see. The ocean is full of water, so it's all wet. What would be the opposite of wet? Hmm... (An idea hits him.) Hey, hey! I know! Follow me! Jay Jay: Here we are: the desert. Snuffy: The desert? What are we doing here? Jay Jay: Well, the opposite of wet—is dry. Snuffy: Oh, right, right. I get it. The ocean is filled with water and all wet...and the desert has no water, so it's all dry! (jumping in place) Gee, I really like this game, Jay Jay! Herky: (giggling) Opposites ar-r-re the most fun, ever-r-r. (Cheers from all.) Herky: Opposite, opposite, come and play along Jay Jay: If you get the answer right, then you cannot get it wrong All: Opposites are everywhere once you learn the game Jay Jay: Like "day and night" opposites can never be the same Herky: If the signal says to stop, of course the opposite is go (The light turns green on the second half, letting him go; now Jay Jay flies over Snuffy at warp speed.) Jay Jay: The opposite of fast, Snuff? Snuffy: I guess that would be slow [Yeah!] (Snuffy backs up slowly.) The opposite of coming is going, right? [Right!] (Jay Jay drops into view in time, and Revvin' Evan rises past them out of nowhere, attached to a balloon.) And the opposite of heavy would be Snuffy: Um...ooh...light! All: Opposite, opposite, come and play along If you get the answer right, then you cannot get it wrong Cymbal crashes end Opposites are everywhere once you learn the game Snuffy: Like "clean and messy" opposites can never be the same Herky: The birds can be so quiet when flying thr-r-rough the clouds All other instruments back in, intensity builds greatly Jay Jay: But where we start to fly, we are the opposite (Snuffy, from o.s., backs into view next to Herky, startling him a little.) Herky: Loud All: Opposites are everywhere once you learn the game Jay Jay: Like off? Herky: On! Jay Jay: Here? Snuffy: Gone! (They proceed forward slowly as the enumerations continue.) Jay Jay: Fast? Herky: Slow! Snuffy: Yes? Jay Jay: No! Herky: Stop? Jay Jay, Snuffy: Go! All: Opposites can never be the same Snuffy: Can we keep playing the Opposites Game? (Jay Jay joins.) Jay Jay: Sure. The aim of the game is to keep on going until you get stuck. (Herky lowers between them.) Herky: Yeah, so let's keep going! Jay Jay: Okay! Follow me! Narrator: Next, it took them all to the Tarrytown Rock Quarry. Jay Jay: Okay. Can you take us to someplace that's the opposite of the Tarrytown Rock Quarry? Snuffy: Uh-oh. Herky: Wow, this is a tough one. Ooh...let's see now. The r-r-rock quar-r-ry is full of r-r-rocks, and...a-a-a-and...bumpy! So the opposite place would be...smooth, because smooth is the opposite of bumpy. Hmm...oh...hey! I got it! Follow me! (.)
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