00:00Fixies have a special sign I happened to discover.
00:08They hold three fingers in the air And flash it to each other.
00:13They send their greetings to you, They sing them and they shout.
00:17But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
00:31The Marshmallow
00:47Fixies, why are you so sad? Christmas is just around the corner!
00:51Maybe it'll be a lot of fun for you, but not for us!
00:54Why is that?
00:55Mossy and Papus had a quarrel.
00:57Over what?
01:00Christmas is just around the corner!
01:17Every year we've got to repair those string lights!
01:20Yeah, it's awful. Christmas is almost here and there's still so much work to be done!
01:25What do you think of that?
01:27And this!
01:30Here you are! You don't hear the phone ring, you don't answer messages,
01:33and we have string lights that aren't working right. We need help!
01:36Papus, can't you give us a few more minutes?
01:38You said that an hour ago! Haven't you wasted enough time?
01:41We are not wasting time! Look in the camera!
01:44What?
01:48Got one of Mossy's?
01:49Look!
01:51There you are!
01:52So, having a good time?
01:54We were just about to leave and…
01:56You can stay right here. I've already done everything myself.
01:59You obviously have more important things to take care of.
02:02So you left me over there, by myself, working my tail off, just so you can play?
02:07Where are you going?
02:08To relax!
02:09Oh yeah? Fine with me!
02:14So now we won't have our Christmas!
02:16Don't panic, Nolik! We'll get your parents to forget… I mean to forgive each other!
02:20How?
02:21My dad always says that the way to a woman's heart is to give flowers and candy.
02:26And where are we going to find flowers right now?
02:28Oh! We'll make them out of marshmallows!
02:34People are always trying to improve recipes.
02:36The French used an ancient Egyptian mallow root recipe to create the marshmallow,
02:41a fluffy dessert that can decorate a cake or be roasted on an open fire.
02:45In Russia, pureed fruit and berries were mixed with egg whites and sugar
02:49and then whipped together to create their own fluffy dessert – zee phir.
02:54Some ingredients have changed over the years, but these old desserts are still popular.
02:59What will they think of next?
03:17Tideesh!
03:18And how do we make Papus give them to Masiya?
03:20We're gonna set them up on a date!
03:25Masiya is calling for you! It's urgent!
03:28Tom Thomas' monitor isn't working!
03:31I thought she handles everything herself now.
03:33Papus, you're always so kind!
03:35And love helping others! Come on!
03:39Alright.
03:41No, no, and no! I'm relaxing, I told you!
03:44But Tom Thomas won't have time to make his mom's car if you don't go!
03:47And then she'll end up without a present!
03:50Fine, I'll go. But I'm only going for his mom's sake!
03:55Sweets aren't just for eating.
03:57They can also be used to decorate a Christmas table.
04:00For instance, it's very easy to make this Christmas tree out of marshmallows.
04:04Make a row of marshmallows at the bottom of a plate.
04:07One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
04:11The second row has six of them, the third row five,
04:14then there's four, three, two, and a special one on top.
04:18Add breadsticks at the bottom as a trunk and sprinkle the plate with some sweet confetti.
04:23There, it's ready!
04:24With the help of some little cookie cutters,
04:27it's possible to make hearts and snowflakes out of marshmallows.
04:30Or you could make a reindeer!
04:32Put a candy cane through a marshmallow,
04:35use sugar beads for eyes and a nose,
04:37and pretzels for antlers.
04:39Beautiful, right?
04:40Merry Christmas!
04:45I don't get what's going on.
04:47The monitor's working.
04:49What did you call me for?
04:51I didn't call.
04:53And you've got nothing for me to do here?
04:55No.
04:57Then I guess you came to apologize?
04:59No.
05:00You know what? I have had enough!
05:03Well…
05:07What's it say? For Masiya?
05:10For me?
05:11Yeah, for you.
05:12That's so sweet!
05:13I hope you can forgive me for yelling at you.
05:15I'm just tired.
05:16No, I should apologize.
05:18It was bad of me to leave you alone.
05:20And where are the children? It's almost Christmas!
05:23There you are! Come here!
05:25Papu! Masiya!
05:28Oh, my sweetie!
05:30Yeah!
05:31Hooray!
05:34Merry Christmas!
05:42The Stain
05:55Tom Thomas, what's going on?
05:57If you really want to watch TV, then you've got to turn it on first.
06:00I'm not watching it, I'm looking at my reflection.
06:03I'm working on a self-portrait.
06:06And which shelf will you be painting in your shelf-portrait?
06:10It's not a shelf-portrait. It's called a self-portrait.
06:13It's when an artist draws or paints a picture of himself.
06:16Of himself?
06:18You think you've got muscles like this superhero I see here on this paper?
06:23How can I see exactly what my muscles look like?
06:26And anyway, let the artist do his work.
06:32Tom Thomas! Your shirt!
06:34There's a spot!
06:37Oh no!
06:38Wipe it off quickly!
06:42It's even worse! So now what?
06:45What we really need is Masiya!
06:51Ordinary dirt can be cleaned off with a brush or washed off with water.
06:55But there are stains that are not that easy to get rid of.
06:59Stains from fruit need to be soaked in hot water first.
07:03Blood stains, on the other hand, should never be washed in hot water.
07:07You can clean stains from paint or rust as well.
07:10Only for those you'll need to use a special stain remover.
07:14But stain removers should only be used with the help of a parent
07:17or other adult that knows how to use them safely.
07:22Hey, I know a great way to do it!
07:24What do you use to get rid of pencil marks?
07:27An eraser! Only this shirt isn't paper.
07:30And so what? Let's try it! What's the harm?
07:34Now I've got three colors to get off.
07:37New idea! We should paint over it with this correction pen.
07:41With white out?
07:42Yeah!
07:47That was a bad idea.
07:49Now I got it. You have to use some water.
07:59The wash should be better. Don't you think?
08:02No! You can't wash wipes with colors!
08:05And you've got a white shirt with colors all over it!
08:08Then how about if we try some more water?
08:12How much more can you use?
08:20Any more ideas?
08:22You know what? It's possible we did something wrong.
08:26Everything you did was wrong!
08:29Everything you did was wrong!
08:31You should have used a spot remover to clean off that stain!
08:34A spot remover? No way!
08:37Oh, take a look at it, Simka! I think it's marvelous!
08:41They painted that white shirt so nicely!
08:48Toola is Simka's best friend.
08:50She's very tall. Almost as tall as Papus.
08:53Yeah, she's the tallest one in her class.
08:55And she's strong too.
08:57Toola loves to laugh.
08:59And she does it louder than everybody.
09:01That's just the way she is.
09:03Cheerful and kind.
09:05Ready to help anyone who needs it.
09:07And making sure her friends are getting along.
09:10Of course, I don't like that she treats me like a baby.
09:13Especially since she's the one that's a scaredy-cat.
09:16She can even get scared of a cute little spider.
09:21And she believes in all sorts of silly superstitions and horoscopes.
09:26Toola will believe anything you tell her.
09:28Which is really great because it makes it so easy to play tricks on her.
09:32But she takes it all in good fun.
09:34That's because she's Toola!
09:38It was on purpose, wasn't it?
09:42Well, yeah.
09:45Tom Thomas, no! Your mom will punish you for just one of them!
09:49And now you're gonna make more stains?
09:51Don't worry, Nolik.
09:52I forgot that this is an old shirt and I'm allowed to get it all dirty if I want.
09:56And I tried so hard to clean it.
09:58Put another spot there.
10:00And over here.
10:02One in the middle.
10:03And a line over there.
10:05Splendid!
10:06That looks great!
10:07And how about down there?
10:09Wow! It's like fireworks!
10:11Splendid!
10:12There's a name for this style of painting and properly speaking it's an abstract painting.
10:18They have lots of lines and spots and everyone sees whatever they want in them.
10:23Yeah, look! A golden ball by the river!
10:26And there's Tom Thomas with an F on his report card!
10:33Tom Thomas, what did you do to your room?
10:38And your shirt?
10:39You know what they call it?
10:41It's...
10:42abstract art!
10:44There's something good in it.
10:46I like it. Abstract art. Isn't it great?
10:49Ah, my little artist!
10:56The Magnet
11:02Well, it looks like we need a pack-o-mat.
11:06Where did this screw come from?
11:16Ouch!
11:36Poppus
11:48Poppus isn't in there either.
11:51It's awful.
11:52He's probably disappeared forever.
11:54It's already been five days.
11:56Don't worry about it.
11:58We're gonna find him for sure.
12:00Yeah, we'll find him for sure.
12:01Let's go take another look in the kitchen.
12:03But we already looked in there.
12:04We'll look better this time.
12:16Let's go take a look in there.
12:19We looked so many times already.
12:21Simka, Nolik, what do you keep searching for in here?
12:24It's not a what, it's a who.
12:26Our Poppus is missing. We've been looking for him everywhere.
12:29Oh no!
12:30He's probably already turned into a screw.
12:33Because he doesn't have enough energy.
12:35Maybe I could help.
12:37Surely!
12:38Let's start with you picking us up.
12:40We're just exhausted from running.
12:52In a dangerous situation, a Fixie can choose to turn into a screw.
12:56But sometimes it happens all by itself.
12:59For example, when a Fixie doesn't have enough energy.
13:02When this happens, the Fixie grows weak,
13:05gets sluggish,
13:06and then goes into hibernation,
13:08turning into a screw.
13:11This bad luck happens when a Fixie doesn't get charged up from being inside of a device.
13:16That's why Fixies always work inside of machines,
13:19so they can stay charged up with energy.
13:22Sometimes a Fixie that has grown weak and turned into a screw can get lucky.
13:26If a human happens to find him and screws him into an appliance,
13:30then the Fixie will be able to get energized and come back to life.
13:34Then he'll unscrew himself and run away,
13:36leaving the human wondering,
13:38where did that screw go?
13:39I know I screwed it in!
13:44So, where should we look first?
13:47What are you looking for in here, Tom Thomas?
13:49Well…
13:50And what do you have there in your hand?
13:52Well, just some screws of mine.
13:55I just found a screw not too long ago.
13:57Maybe it's one of yours.
13:58Probably.
14:01Where is it now?
14:03Here, take it. And don't leave them lying around.
14:08Should I turn myself around now so your Papus can turn back into himself?
14:12He's been lying in there for a week already.
14:14He doesn't have the energy to turn back into himself.
14:17Then what's next?
14:18We have to screw him into some device, you know.
14:21So he will get his energy back.
14:23OK.
14:24But which one's Papus?
14:26All of these screws in here look like Papus.
14:30We'll use a magnet!
14:32How come? All of the screws will just get lifted up together.
14:35First of all, not every…
14:38Not every kind of metal is attracted by a magnet.
14:42It's an easy thing to see for yourself.
14:44Just get a magnet.
14:45You probably have one in your house on the refrigerator.
14:48Try moving it close to different metal objects you have around the house,
14:52like a spoon, or nails, or coins.
14:55You'll notice that some of the metal objects are pulled very strongly by the magnet,
15:00while some of the metals are pulled a bit less.
15:03And then there will be some metal things that aren't attracted to the magnet at all.
15:10Got it. And the second thing?
15:12Well, the second thing.
15:14We Fixies aren't attracted to that magnet one bit when we turn into screws.
15:18Let's give it a try.
15:22Here, I found him!
15:24Now we'll screw him in.
15:29I wonder, are there any other Fixies in here?
15:32We're not enough for you or something?
15:34Not at all, I just wonder.
15:38Nothing.
15:39Oh, and the screw went away.
15:41How about that? He already got charged up and unscrewed himself!
15:48Why don't you take a little rest after such a big adventure?
15:53No thanks, I've had plenty of rest.
15:55Anyway, it's something I've wanted to do for a very long time already.
