Adventures from the Book of Virtues – Episode 8: "Loyalty" is a classic educational episode from 1996, produced by PorchLight Entertainment for PBS.
In this episode, Annie, Zach, and Chris learn about loyalty, discovering the importance of staying true to friends, family, and principles. Guided by the wise lion Plato, they explore timeless stories and fables that demonstrate how loyalty builds trust, strengthens relationships, and reinforces moral character.
Key Lessons in This Episode:
Staying true to friends, family, and values
Building trust through loyalty
Developing ethical responsibility and commitment
Strengthening character and social bonds
Series Information:
Series: Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Episode: 8
Title: Loyalty
Year: 1996
Production Company: PorchLight Entertainment
Network: PBS
Genre: Educational, Moral, Family, Animated
Language: English
Total Episodes: 39
This episode is ideal for children, families, and educators, teaching trust, commitment, and ethical character through engaging animated storytelling.
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In this episode, Annie, Zach, and Chris learn about loyalty, discovering the importance of staying true to friends, family, and principles. Guided by the wise lion Plato, they explore timeless stories and fables that demonstrate how loyalty builds trust, strengthens relationships, and reinforces moral character.
Key Lessons in This Episode:
Staying true to friends, family, and values
Building trust through loyalty
Developing ethical responsibility and commitment
Strengthening character and social bonds
Series Information:
Series: Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Episode: 8
Title: Loyalty
Year: 1996
Production Company: PorchLight Entertainment
Network: PBS
Genre: Educational, Moral, Family, Animated
Language: English
Total Episodes: 39
This episode is ideal for children, families, and educators, teaching trust, commitment, and ethical character through engaging animated storytelling.
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00:00I always look forward to the first Saturday of the month.
00:14That's when I hang out with Mr. Cleveland.
00:17You know, he works for my dad.
00:19He gave me these cool binoculars.
00:21He knows more about Spring Valley than just about anyone.
00:25But you're never going to guess what he wanted to show me this morning.
00:31Not down there. Over here.
00:40That's when it happened.
00:45Are you okay? What happened?
00:49I don't know. I was standing on...
00:53Oh, no. It can't be.
00:56What? It's just some old plaque. I didn't mean to...
00:59Some old plaque? It's more than just some old...
01:03Oh, never mind. Don't worry about it.
01:07But, Mr. Cleveland...
01:09I said never mind, Zack. I'll see you later.
01:12I didn't know what to do. Or what to say.
01:16Just how far can you see with these things?
01:19Oh!
01:23Zack, you're going to give me a heart attack.
01:28Hurry, hurry.
01:31Get over it, Zack. It was just an old broken plaque.
01:35Sure. Why get upset over an old inscription on a tree, right?
01:39Yeah, right.
01:41No, not right.
01:42It was weird. Mr. Cleveland was so upset.
01:46What did the plaque say again?
01:48Something about their loyalty that we shall never forget.
01:55Who shall never forget?
01:57And what does loyalty have to do with anything anyway?
02:00Certainly meant something to Mr. Cleveland.
02:03Regular mystery, all right.
02:05Ahem.
02:07Ari.
02:08Oops.
02:11Loyalty can be very powerful.
02:13Tell you the truth, Plato.
02:15I don't even know what it means.
02:17Well, it's when you're devoted to someone else.
02:20The way kids are devoted to their parents.
02:23Oh, you're just a laugh riot today.
02:25Or when friends know they can rely on each other.
02:29Who?
02:30Like in that ancient fable from India about King Yudhisthira.
02:35Yudhisthira?
02:37Thira.
02:38In a time long ago, he ruled the Pandava people.
02:42But after years of prosperity,
02:45the good king decided his time on Earth had ended.
02:48And he should join his ancestors in the Kingdom of the Immortals.
02:52To join the gods,
02:56King Yudhisthira had to reach the top of Mount Meru.
02:59And from there, make his way to paradise.
03:04But that road was difficult, even for a king.
03:07Ah, I see I am not alone on this forsaken path.
03:33Ah, here, dog.
03:35Come, together we can keep warm.
03:52The two became good friends,
03:54each needing the help of the other.
03:56As he neared the end of his journey,
04:09the king realized just how much his friend meant to him.
04:14Any difficult journey is easier when traveled with friends.
04:18Oh, merciful Indra, god of a thousand eyes.
04:31Greetings, King Yudhisthira.
04:44Eternal life waits within.
04:48Come.
04:49I welcome your embrace.
04:52Oh, do you hear, dog?
04:55Our journey is over.
04:58It was truly worth all that we suffered.
05:04No, cast off the dog, Yudhisthira.
05:07Then you may enter.
05:10But he has come all this way with me.
05:14Magnificent Indra.
05:16See how devoted he is to me.
05:18I cannot leave him out here.
05:21What you cannot do is bring a dog into heaven.
05:26But he would be alone.
05:29The riches and joys of heaven are yours
05:31if you perform this small deed.
05:35No.
05:36I do not wish immortality
05:39if it means casting off one
05:42that is so devoted to me.
05:46Our journey is not yet over, dog.
05:49You are a good man, Yudhisthira.
05:52Not those I ask can put me down.
06:03Dharma, god of righteousness and justice.
06:07You have shown faithfulness and compassion
06:10for all creatures.
06:13There is no act
06:14which is valued more highly
06:16than true loyalty.
06:19Because of his loyalty to a dog,
06:22King Yudhisthira's reward
06:23was eternal happiness
06:25and to be forever honored in heaven.
06:28Oh, Tommy, that's my turn.
06:29You've had your...
06:30Now, wait a second.
06:31Will you just let them...
06:33Wow.
06:34Okay, I get it.
06:47A person's loyal when he sticks up for his friends.
06:50But why should Mr. Cleveland
06:51care about some old plaque
06:52that no one cares about?
06:54Mr. Cleveland, you say?
06:56I just flew over in the Granby Park.
06:58Look, he was trimming away
07:00at that old tree on the hill
07:02with such determination.
07:05We just can't figure out
07:06why he's even bothering.
07:09Yeah, Plato,
07:10if your story had something to do with gardening,
07:12it might make sense.
07:13But loyalty?
07:15Ah, so that's what you're talking about.
07:18And I could use a little help, it seems.
07:21Allow me.
07:22There's many a tale told of loyalty.
07:34Loyalty to people
07:35and even to things.
07:38As in,
07:39the cap that mother made.
07:43Once there was a young Swedish boy
07:45named Anders
07:46and his remarkable cap.
07:48Greetings, Lars.
08:06Why, Anders,
08:07I thought I had crossed paths
08:09with a Duke or a Prince
08:11where only they would have
08:12such fine headwear.
08:14Give me that cap
08:15and I'll give you this.
08:18Oh, no, thank you.
08:19My mother made this cap.
08:21But there is no other blade
08:23in the world like this.
08:25My father made it for me.
08:26And how sad
08:27you would give it away so easily.
08:29I could never trade my cap.
08:32Trade?
08:33Bosh!
08:34With such an impressive cap,
08:36I dare say
08:37you are dressed for the royal ball.
08:40Yes!
08:41With my cap,
08:41I'll meet the king himself.
08:48No one may enter
08:52without proper...
08:53Are you blind?
08:58A boy with such a magnificent cap
09:00must be one of my father's
09:01invited guests.
09:02I've never seen such a cap.
09:13Give it to me
09:14and I will give you a kiss.
09:16Sorry, Princess.
09:17I could never part with it.
09:19Did I say kiss?
09:21I meant this.
09:27Princess!
09:28Stop!
09:29Help!
09:30What is this disturbance?
09:35Sire!
09:35Everyone in your kingdom
09:37is after my cap.
09:38Even the princess.
09:39Daughter,
09:40such behavior is unacceptable.
09:45But clearly understandable.
09:48I must have it.
09:50Help!
09:50Come, lad!
09:51I am keen!
09:53No!
09:55Then I will make an exchange.
10:00And I barely escaped with my life.
10:20You fool!
10:21With a king's crown,
10:22you could have bought a castle
10:23filled with caps.
10:24Not even an entire country
10:26filled with caps
10:28would be as precious
10:29as this one
10:30made special
10:32by my mother.
10:34So,
10:34Ander's loyalty
10:35to his mother
10:36was stronger
10:37than all
10:37the wondrous temptations
10:39in the world.
10:42So,
10:43it wasn't really
10:44about the cap,
10:45was it?
10:45Only as a symbol
10:47of his loyalty
10:48to his mother.
10:50Like that old plaque
10:51might be a symbol
10:52of Mr. Cleveland's
10:53loyalty to something.
10:54Or some word.
10:56If I remember correctly,
10:58that tree was chosen
10:59by the people
11:00of Spring Valley
11:01as a memorial
11:02to all soldiers
11:03who died in battle
11:04for their highest expression
11:06of loyalty
11:06to country.
11:08Sure.
11:10Their loyalty
11:11that we shall never
11:12forget.
11:15The photo!
11:16Photo?
11:16Photo?
11:17What photo?
11:17I'd say photo.
11:18Once,
11:19Mr. Cleveland showed me
11:20an old photograph
11:22at the camera shop.
11:26I'm an old man,
11:28but Charlie
11:29will always be
11:30twenty years old.
11:38Oh, no.
11:41No.
11:43No!
11:43No!
11:44That's the last time
11:45he saw his friend.
11:48I guess that's why
11:49he was so upset.
11:51I think you figured
11:52it out, Zack.
11:53It was the memory
11:55of his friend
11:56and his loyalty
11:58to that memory.
12:00Man,
12:01loyalty is such
12:02a strong
12:03emotion.
12:06One of the strongest
12:07there is.
12:08Loyalty for a friend.
12:14Or family.
12:16Or Mr. Cleveland's
12:18loyalty to his buddy
12:19and his country.
12:21Exactly.
12:22Sometimes soldiers
12:24risk their lives
12:24being loyal,
12:26just as Queen Esther
12:27risked her life
12:28being loyal
12:28to her people.
12:32Long, long ago,
12:34a land once known
12:35as Persia
12:36was ruled
12:37by a very
12:37foolish king,
12:39King Ahasuerus.
12:41He invited all
12:42of the important
12:43men of his kingdom
12:44to a feast.
12:46King Ahasuerus,
12:48what of the queen?
12:50Our eyes
12:51would be soothed
12:52by her presence.
12:55Good!
12:55I command Queen Vashti
12:59to join us.
13:00The king was vain
13:02and susceptible
13:03to evil advisors,
13:05and so the queen
13:06refused his orders.
13:07Her majesty
13:08refuses to enter.
13:10But I command it.
13:12And I refuse
13:13to associate
13:14with your
13:14Duncan mob
13:15of unruly guests.
13:16They disgrace
13:17this throne room
13:18and you.
13:22To the queen!
13:23Silence!
13:24I will have you
13:25all hung.
13:26But your majesty,
13:27if your own wife
13:29will not obey you,
13:30what kind of king
13:31does that make you?
13:33True.
13:34But what can I do?
13:37If I was
13:37at the royal court,
13:39I'd advise you
13:40to get rid of her.
13:42Hmm.
13:44Well said.
13:45In an act
13:50of insensitive
13:51cruelty,
13:52he sent her away.
13:57But now,
13:58what kind of a king
13:59are you without a queen?
14:00Correct again,
14:02Haman.
14:03So he sent
14:04his guards
14:05to search
14:05for the fairest maiden
14:07in all of Persia.
14:08Once they find her,
14:10I will make her
14:12my new queen.
14:15He chose
14:16a young Jewish woman
14:17named Esther.
14:19She moved
14:19into the palace,
14:20accompanied by her uncle,
14:22Mordecai,
14:23who offered a warning.
14:26Dearest niece,
14:27I think it best
14:27not to tell the king
14:29you are Jewish.
14:30Oh, my niece,
14:32let's keep it
14:32our secret for now.
14:35One day,
14:36outside the palace,
14:38Mordecai overheard
14:39a plot
14:39to kill the king.
14:41The king will die,
14:43as we have planned,
14:44brother.
14:45We will strike
14:46during tomorrow's
14:47royal procession.
14:50Mordecai acted
14:51immediately
14:52to save the king's life.
14:54He warned
14:54Queen Esther
14:55of what was happening.
14:58And Esther,
14:59in turn,
15:00warned the king
15:01that there was a plot
15:02to take his life.
15:04The king was angered,
15:05so he had
15:06the would-be assassins
15:07put to death.
15:08The king was relieved,
15:12but he never thanked
15:13Mordecai for saving
15:14his life.
15:16And by now,
15:18Haman was the king's
15:19most trusted advisor.
15:21Haman was so powerful
15:23in the court,
15:24all were ordered
15:24to bow before him,
15:26and all obeyed,
15:28all except Mordecai.
15:30So Haman marked
15:31Mordecai
15:32as an enemy.
15:35You will pay
15:35for his insolence.
15:37Since Mordecai
15:37is a Jew,
15:38I will make
15:39all Jewish people
15:40suffer.
15:41Haman filled
15:42the king's ear
15:42with all the ugly lies
15:44he could think of
15:45about the Jews.
15:46The Jews are disrespectful
15:48and have their own laws.
15:50There are too many
15:50of them in Persia.
15:52Why at this moment
15:53they plot against you?
15:54They are your enemies,
15:55majesty.
15:56But what can be done,
15:58advisor?
15:59Get rid of them.
16:00I myself will pay
16:01ten thousand talents
16:02of silver
16:03into your treasury
16:04if you sign
16:04such an order.
16:07Haman,
16:08do whatever you think best.
16:12With my own ears,
16:13I heard it.
16:15All the Jews
16:16are to be killed.
16:17Impossible.
16:19The king would never
16:20let such a horrible
16:21thing happen.
16:22It is by his command.
16:24Mordecai was shocked
16:26and ran to warn
16:28Queen Esther
16:29of the danger.
16:30Esther,
16:30your husband
16:31wants to kill
16:32our people.
16:33I don't believe you.
16:35I tell you it's true.
16:40You must stop
16:41this tragedy, Esther.
16:43Forget our secret.
16:44Tell King Azuerus
16:45that you are Jewish.
16:46Yes,
16:47and he shall have
16:47me killed first.
16:50You have been put here
16:51for a reason,
16:52to help our people.
16:54gather our people
16:56together,
16:56Mordecai,
16:57and have them
16:58pray for me.
17:00If I perish,
17:01I perish.
17:07Sire,
17:07I have planned
17:08a special banquet
17:09for you
17:09and your advisor.
17:11If Haman
17:12will join us.
17:13I'll count the hours,
17:14my queen.
17:18A paltry meal
17:19when I am worthy
17:20of far greater honors.
17:21Am I to put up
17:28with your impudence
17:29forever,
17:29Mordecai?
17:30Bow to me,
17:31now!
17:33I bow
17:34only to my god.
17:39Death!
17:40Death to that man!
17:42Without the king
17:42knowing it,
17:43Haman had a special
17:44gallows built.
17:46Death to Mordecai.
17:46Mordecai.
17:49That night,
17:50the king
17:51could not sleep,
17:52so he ordered
17:53one of his servants
17:53to read to him.
17:55It was a history
17:56of his court.
17:57The king
17:58was reminded
17:58about the two assassins
17:59who had plotted
18:00to kill him,
18:01and how Mordecai
18:02had sounded
18:03the first warning.
18:04I have never
18:09rewarded Mordecai
18:09for saving
18:10my life.
18:11Your servant,
18:12what am I to do?
18:15Bah!
18:17Haman will know.
18:23Haman,
18:24I wish to honor
18:26a brave,
18:27noble man.
18:28Honor?
18:29How can I best
18:30repay my gratitude
18:31to such a man?
18:33He means me,
18:34of course.
18:35It's about time.
18:39Give him your
18:40richest royal robe,
18:41even your crown.
18:43Then this most
18:44fortunate man
18:44should be led
18:45through the city
18:46astride your
18:46finest horse,
18:48and proclaim
18:49as the man
18:49whom the king
18:50delights to honor.
18:51Haman,
18:52you are
18:53remarkable.
18:54Now find Mordecai
18:56and do exactly
18:57as you have advised.
18:59Mordecai.
19:01So Haman
19:02paraded Mordecai
19:03through the streets,
19:05much to Haman's
19:06dismay.
19:07At least I am
19:07still being honored
19:08with a private
19:09royal banquet.
19:15Knowing her life
19:16was in danger
19:17if she approached
19:18the king
19:18without his permission,
19:20Queen Esther
19:20bravely took
19:21the king aside.
19:23And to what
19:25do we owe
19:26this magnificent
19:27feast?
19:28Husband,
19:30it concerns
19:31your order
19:31to kill
19:32all the Jews
19:33in Persia.
19:34I gave
19:34no such order.
19:36Oh,
19:37yes,
19:37you did,
19:38your majesty.
19:39Well,
19:40then what of it?
19:41You must
19:42spare the Jews.
19:45You dare
19:46tell the king
19:47what he must do?
19:47if you won't
19:49take back
19:50your hateful command,
19:51begin with me,
19:53for you have
19:53married a Jew.
19:55But Esther,
19:56I cannot.
19:58I love you.
19:59By your own command,
20:01kill me first,
20:02husband.
20:03This was not
20:04my idea.
20:05At least I don't
20:06believe it was.
20:07Oh, no, sire.
20:08It was his.
20:11Stop this.
20:12Haman,
20:14you attack
20:15your queen
20:15in my own palace?
20:17Your majesty,
20:18forgive.
20:19Seize him!
20:22He has secretly
20:23built a gallows
20:25to execute
20:26Mordecai.
20:27How convenient.
20:28It shall be used
20:29for him instead.
20:36Forgive this foolish
20:37king, Esther.
20:39So the Jewish people
20:40remember Queen Esther
20:42who risked her life
20:43to be loyal
20:44to her people.
20:46They both showed
20:47loyalty.
20:48Queen Esther
20:49and Mr. Cleveland.
20:51Loyalty enough
20:52to put one's life
20:53on the line
20:53for what one believes.
20:56See?
20:57Yeah.
20:58You know,
20:59there's a Kipling poem
21:00which reminds us
21:01that loyalty
21:01is a rare commodity.
21:06Say, uh,
21:08I'm sorry about
21:09getting so angry,
21:10Zach.
21:10I should have
21:12explained.
21:13No,
21:14I'm sorry.
21:16I shouldn't have
21:16climbed on the plaque
21:17in the first place.
21:19Now I understand
21:20why it means
21:21so much to you
21:22and,
21:23well,
21:24what loyalty means
21:25between friends.
21:26friends?
21:28Friends?
21:29Friends.
21:33One man in a thousand,
21:34Solomon says,
21:36will stick more close
21:37than a brother.
21:38And it's worthwhile
21:39seeking him
21:39half your days
21:40if you find him
21:42before the other.
21:44999 can't buy
21:46the shame
21:46or mocking
21:47or laughter,
21:48but the thousandth man
21:49will stand
21:51by your side
21:52till the gallow foot
21:53and after.
21:56That's one
21:57in a thousand
21:59a snowflake
22:01in your hand,
22:03a tiny flower
22:05growing
22:06in the desert sand,
22:09A drop of rain
22:12falling
22:13to a thirsty man
22:17Oh,
22:18that's one
22:19in a thousand
22:21a loyal friend
22:23A drop of rain
22:27falling
22:28to a thirsty man
22:32Oh,
22:33that's one
22:34in a thousand
22:35that's a loyal
22:37friend
22:38A drop of rain
22:40A drop of rain
22:41A drop of rain
22:42A drop of rain
22:43A drop of rain
22:44A drop of rain
22:45A drop of rain
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