00:00Morris goes to school by B. Weisman.
00:29Morris the moose wanted candy. He went to the wrong store.
00:38The man in the store said, We don't sell candy. Can't you read?
00:47Then he showed Morris the candy store.
00:54The man in the candy store said, What would you like?
01:01Morris looked at the candy. He liked the gumdrops. He said,
01:06Give me some of those. The man said,
01:13They are one for a penny. How much money do you have?
01:17Morris looked. He had six pennies.
01:21I have four pennies, he said. The man laughed.
01:29You have six. Can't you count? Don't you go to school?
01:34Morris asked, What is school?
01:37The man said, I will show you. But first, here are six gumdrops.
01:47They are one for a penny. And you have six pennies.
01:51Then the man took Morris to school. The children said,
01:59Oh, look, a real moose. The teacher said,
02:04Hello, my name is Miss Fine. The man said,
02:08He never went to school. Morris could not say anything.
02:17His mouth was full of gumdrops. Morris swallowed his gumdrops.
02:26Then he said, My name is Morris the moose.
02:29I want to learn to count. I want to learn to read, too.
02:34I like candy. Miss Fine said,
02:37Hello, Morris. Welcome to our class. Please sit at a desk.
02:41Morris tried, but he didn't fit. He had to sit on top of the desk.
02:55We will now study the alphabet, said Miss Fine.
02:59This is an A. This is a B.
03:06Morris hid under the desk. He yelled,
03:10Where is the B? I'm afraid of bees. They sting.
03:19Miss Fine said, I meant the letter B. This one here. It doesn't sting.
03:26Then Miss Fine said, And next there is C.
03:33Oh, I like the sea, Morris said. I love to swim.
03:39No, no, said Miss Fine. I meant the letter C. This one here.
03:48And next, Miss Fine said, There is D and E and F, G, H, I.
03:58Morris yelled, I have an I. I have two of them.
04:02Miss Fine said, I meant the letter I. Morris, please don't interrupt again.
04:10Morris didn't. Morris couldn't. Morris wasn't there. He had to leave the room.
04:19One door said, Boys. One door said, Girls.
04:24Morris couldn't read yet. He opened the wrong door.
04:28A girl cried, Stop. You can't come in here. This is for girls. The other one is for boys.
04:41Morris told Miss Fine, There is no door for a moose.
04:46Miss Fine put up a sign, For boys and moose.
04:50When Morris came back, Miss Fine said, Now we will spell. Cat is spelled C-A-T.
05:00Dog is spelled D-O-G.
05:08Morris looked sad. He was sad because he didn't know what to do with the letter C.
05:16Morris looked sad. What is the matter, Morris? asked Miss Fine.
05:23Morris said, You didn't spell moose. Can anyone spell moose? asked Miss Fine.
05:30A boy said, M-O-S-E.
05:34A girl said, No, no. It is M-O-O-C-E.
05:45You are both wrong, said Miss Fine. It is spelled M-O-O-S-E.
05:52Morris said, Oh, I am hard to spell.
06:00Miss Fine said, I think it is time for lunch.
06:04The children opened their lunch boxes.
06:10Some of them had cheese sandwiches. Some had cream cheese and jelly sandwiches.
06:16Some had hamburgers. Each of them had a piece of fruit. But Morris had nothing.
06:26He ate lunch anyway.
06:28After lunch, the children played. Some played ball and some jumped rope.
06:34Morris did both at the same time.
06:41Miss Fine said, Children, now it is time to rest.
06:46The children rested on their desks. Morris tried, but he was too big.
06:52Miss Fine let him use her desk.
06:59When rest time was over, Miss Fine said, Wake up, wake up. It is time to finger paint.
07:06Morris said, I will hoof paint.
07:13You can't do that.
07:15I will hoof paint.
07:21You can tell which painting he did.
07:28Miss Fine said, Now we will study arithmetic. Who would like to count?
07:34A boy counted. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ten.
07:46No, no, said Miss Fine. Who knows what comes after eight?
07:51Morris said, I know, bedtime.
07:58Nine is the answer, said Miss Fine. Nine comes after eight.
08:03Who knows what comes after nine? A girl counted on her fingers.
08:08One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
08:19Ten, she said. Ten comes after nine. Miss Fine said, That's right.
08:26Morris looked sad. What is the matter, Morris? asked Miss Fine.
08:31Morris held up his hoofs. I can only count to four, he said.
08:40Miss Fine said, You can count higher than that. I will show you.
08:46She counted on Morris's hoofs. One, two, three, four.
08:54Then she counted on Morris's antlers.
08:57Then she counted on Morris's antlers. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
09:06Morris said, I like to count. I will never wear a hat.
09:15Miss Fine said, Now I think it is time to sing a song.
09:20What is a song? Morris asked.
09:28Miss Fine said, I will show you. She sang, I've been working on the railroad.
09:35What is a railroad? Morris asked.
09:42A railroad has tracks, said Miss Fine. They look like this.
09:47Oh, I know what tracks are, Morris said. Firemen climb them.
09:57No, no, said Miss Fine. Firemen climb ladders. Ladders go up like this.
10:08Morris said, Let's sing another song. I'm learning a lot.
10:13Miss Fine said, No, we just have time for a game. Let's play make-believe.
10:19A girl said, I am a tree. A boy said, I am a monkey.
10:34Another boy said, I am a moose. Morris and the children laughed.
10:40Morris went to the coat closet.
10:42He said, I am a coat closet. The children laughed again. Miss Fine laughed too.
10:57Then the school bell rang. Morris asked, Is that the ice cream man?
11:03Miss Fine said, No, it is time to go home.
11:06Morris gave the children their coats.
11:13The children and Morris said, Goodbye, Miss Fine.
11:17Miss Fine said, I will see you all tomorrow.
11:24Morris ran to the forest. He took money from his hiding place. He wanted candy.
11:30This time, he went to the right store.
11:37He said, Hello, I want some gumdrops, please.
11:42The man said, Hello, they are one for a penny. How much money do you have?
11:50Morris said, I don't have any money.
11:54How much money do you have?
11:59Morris looked. He had five pennies.
12:03I have five pennies, he said. Give me five gumdrops, please.
12:12The man gave Morris the gumdrops. He said, You have learned arithmetic.
12:17What else have you learned in school?
12:20Morris said, I learned how to hoof paint. I learned how to spell moose.
12:26I learned how to be a clothes closet. And I learned all the numbers in the alphabet.
12:32The man said, You mean all the letters, don't you?
12:39Morris wanted to say yes. Morris tried to say yes.
12:44But Morris couldn't. His mouth was too big.
12:47But Morris couldn't. His mouth was full of gumdrops.
