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00:33Why do ants march and where do they hide?
00:37There's so much to learn wherever you turn.
00:41Just listen and see and follow your curiosity.
00:49Eleanor, wonders why?
00:52Ask a question, what will you find?
00:56Eleanor, wonders why?
00:59This is an antsy, come and wander with me.
01:07The house that ants built.
01:13Ooh, I just love carrying stuff.
01:18Come on, you guys.
01:20Stay in line, everyone.
01:23This stick is too heavy for me.
01:26Then I'll help you carry it.
01:31Here they are, Eleanor.
01:33More cushions for our couch cushion castle.
01:36Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:37Whoa, whoa.
01:41And a few more blankets.
01:45Thanks, Olive. Thanks, Ari.
01:47This is going to be the best couch cushion castle ever.
01:51Hmm.
01:54Yeah, let's get all the pillows we can.
01:58I have so many different ideas for the castle.
02:02It's going to have a slide and a telescope and a big window for ant watching.
02:09I've got some ideas, too.
02:11I want a room for my crayons, a room for my sparkles, and a giant room full of books.
02:18You mean a library?
02:21Yes.
02:21My very own library.
02:24Ooh, I have ideas, too.
02:26I want a drawbridge, a racetrack, ooh, and a bubble fountain.
02:30Yes!
02:35Okay, let's start building!
02:54Oh.
02:59Oh.
03:04Oh.
03:06Sorry!
03:10Hey!
03:15Hey!
03:16Hey!
03:23Ah!
03:30Oh, come on!
03:50Olive, that's supposed to be my slide.
03:54But it's the perfect shape for the wall of my crayon room.
03:56But I need it for my slide.
03:59You guys, let's not fight over the pillows.
04:03Whoops.
04:04Ari, are you okay?
04:06Never mind.
04:08Pillow fight!
04:10Pillow fight!
04:13Take that!
04:16Hey!
04:17Gee-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he!
04:23Woof!
04:24Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
04:27Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
04:38Whoof, that was fun.
04:42Aw!
04:43Well we haven't finished building our castle.
04:46Yeah, we kept bumping into each other.
04:48And we also kept taking each other's cushions by accident.
04:51And I had trouble lifting the big cushion.
04:54Hmm, we need a better way to build our castle.
04:57What do you think, Eleanor?
05:00Eleanor?
05:01What are you looking at?
05:03Whoa, are those ants?
05:05Uh-huh.
05:06Look, they're all carrying something.
05:09They were carrying things just like we were carrying our cushions.
05:13Cool.
05:14Oh, I wonder why they're doing that.
05:18I know.
05:22Let's follow them outside.
05:25Mom, we'll be outside.
05:30Boing!
05:32Whee!
05:33Ha-ha!
05:36Whoa.
05:38Wow.
05:40Look at that.
05:41There are so many.
05:49Where are they carrying all that stuff?
05:52Can I take a look?
05:53Sure, Olive.
05:57Hmm.
05:59Oh!
06:01Wow!
06:03Here, try the magnifying glass.
06:06The ants.
06:07La-la-la-la-la.
06:08Oh!
06:10Ha-ha-ha.
06:11Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.
06:16Whoa!
06:18Hmm.
06:23Wow!
06:25Look at that!
06:32This is why the ants were carrying all those sticks and leaves.
06:35They're building something.
06:37It looks like they're building a hill.
06:39But how can those tiny ants build something so much bigger than them?
06:44It's an ant's hill.
06:46I read about it in one of my books.
06:48I'll go get it.
06:50Why do they even need an ant hill?
06:53I mean, what's going on in there?
06:57Oh, look! You can see the ants going in and out of the hill.
07:02Look at this big hill we built. And I'm just a little ant.
07:08If you're an ant, then I must be an uncle.
07:12Look, I'm waving my Aunt Annie.
07:17And I'm not wearing paw ants.
07:23I've got it. It's here in my nature book.
07:25There's a part here that's all about ants.
07:29Lots of ants live in big places called ant hills.
07:32Most ant hills are made of dirt.
07:34But some also use sticks and pieces of grass.
07:38Ooh!
07:39Ant hills have rooms for sleeping,
07:43rooms for taking care of babies,
07:48and even special places where they keep the trash.
07:53Wow!
07:54Is that all happening inside there?
07:57Yup.
07:58Most of the ant hill is underground.
08:01It's kind of like we're looking at the roof.
08:08Hello, little ant.
08:12That is so interesting!
08:15But how can these tiny ants make a hill so much bigger than them?
08:19Yeah.
08:21Especially when we can't even build a pillow castle.
08:24And we're big.
08:26Hmm.
08:29I'm not sure.
08:30Hmm.
08:32Let's watch the ants.
08:34And maybe we can figure it out.
08:37We need more observations!
08:44Look!
08:45The ants walk in a line back and forth from the ant hill.
08:48Yeah!
08:49Some are moving towards the ant hill,
08:52but others are walking away from it.
08:54Oh!
08:55The ants are leaving to get things,
08:57and then they're bringing them back!
08:59And they aren't bumping into each other,
09:02like when we got all the cushions from around Eleanor's house.
09:05Yeah!
09:07And look!
09:08That ant is having trouble carrying that stick!
09:12It's so big!
09:14It got help!
09:16The ants are helping each other.
09:18More ants means that they can carry bigger things.
09:22Yeah.
09:22I wish someone had helped me with that big couch cushion before.
09:26It was really heavy.
09:28Hmm.
09:29Wow!
09:30They make the ant hill together!
09:32And they don't fight over the things they bring.
09:35Helping each other is the only way these tiny ants can build this amazing ant hill.
09:40They also share their building material.
09:43We didn't do that.
09:45We tried to build too many things,
09:47and we ended up taking from each other instead of helping each other.
09:53That's it!
09:54I know how we're going to build our castle!
09:57How about Eleanor?
09:59We have to act like ants.
10:07We're going to build a castle!
10:08We're going to build a castle!
10:09We're going to build a castle!
10:09We're going to build the castle!
10:09Okay, ant builders, let's build our castle!
10:12Awesome!
10:14It's everyone, it's not just me, who builds a castle carefully.
10:20Because when you stop and think it through, it helps to know just what to do.
10:28So if I need the biggest cushion, we'll be helping you with the pushing.
10:35Because doing it together is fun, and three inch can lift more than one.
10:42Let's work together, let's work together, that's the way we do it better.
10:49And it can't do it all alone, but we can do it together.
10:58We work together just like the ants.
11:01Yeah, we helped each other, and we shared the pillows.
11:05And we made an amazingly awesome, incredible Ant Hill castle.
11:17I got my slide.
11:19I got my library.
11:21And I got my drawbridge.
11:24We did it!
11:25But ants, we've got two more pieces to move.
11:29Oh yeah!
11:40Perfect!
11:41Awesome!
11:42An ant-watching window.
11:45Now we can see our little ant friends.
11:48All ants, into the castle!
11:54Miss Mole!
12:06Miss Mole!
12:07Miss Mole!
12:07Miss Mole!
12:07We have a question about ants!
12:09I do love questions from my little scientists!
12:12We saw some ants walking together, and they looked so much alike.
12:16We thought they might be brothers.
12:18We wondered, do ants even have brothers and sisters?
12:21That's a wonderful question!
12:23And it reminds me that it's time for our story, which is all about ant families!
12:29Ants do have brothers and sisters, and mothers too!
12:33Why is the book so big, Miss Mole?
12:35It has lots of answers in it!
12:38Get it?
12:38About ants?
12:41I'll show you!
12:43Wow!
12:44Ant nests are really big under the ground.
12:47There's room for thousands of ants!
12:51Why is that ant so much bigger than the other ants, Miss Mole?
12:55Because that big ant is the mother of the smaller ants!
13:00Does she take care of them?
13:03Actually, the little workers take care of their mother.
13:06She's called the Queen Ant.
13:09Does she get to wear a crown?
13:12No, but she gets to spend all day with her helpful children!
13:17All those ants are brothers and sisters?
13:20Yes!
13:21They are one very big family!
13:25I wonder what it's like to have a queen.
13:28If my mom was queen, I'd be a prince!
13:32You're all princes and princesses to me!
13:40Special Places!
13:46Hello!
13:48Anybody in here?
13:51Let's go, Eleanor!
13:53We're almost at Ari's house!
13:59I can't wait!
14:01Ari says she has a brand new ball he wants us to play with.
14:05We're here!
14:09We're here!
14:14I'll get it!
14:16Eleanor!
14:16Olive!
14:17Thanks for coming over!
14:18Bye, Mom!
14:19Bye, Dad!
14:20I'm going out to show my friends my brand new super bouncy ball!
14:24Let's go play!
14:25Come on!
14:29Hmm!
14:31Ta-da!
14:33My brand new super bouncy ball!
14:35Wow!
14:37How high do you think it'll bounce?
14:39As high as my trunk can reach?
14:43As high as this tree?
14:45Let's find out!
14:47Ready!
14:48And ready!
14:48Ready!
14:49Yuck!
14:52Uh, I thought it would go higher!
14:55Wait!
14:56That's not my bouncy ball!
14:59It's some apple!
15:01No wonder it didn't bounce!
15:04That was more like a splat!
15:08How'd that get into my pocket?
15:10And where did I put the ball?
15:12It must be somewhere in my room!
15:15I'll go check!
15:16Be right back!
15:17Uh, we'd better come help you look!
15:22Yeah, it's not always easy to find stuff in your room!
15:26Well, what do you mean?
15:28My room is really neat!
15:33That's because your furniture is on the ceiling!
15:36And all your stuff falls here on the floor!
15:38I can't help it!
15:40I'm a bat!
15:40And bats sleep on the ceiling!
15:46It's pretty messy!
15:48How can we find the ball in here?
15:50How can we find anything in here?
15:53I usually just root around until I find something!
15:56Just start digging!
15:58Are you here?
15:59Nope!
16:01Oh, yeah!
16:02But that's not the ball!
16:05Okay!
16:08Ooh, this is cool!
16:10But nope!
16:13Hmm...
16:15Is this the bouncy ball?
16:17Uh, no!
16:20Uh, mm-mm!
16:22Aha!
16:28Well, the good news is, the ball's not here!
16:31Why is that good news?
16:33If we know where the ball isn't, then we know where the ball is!
16:38Really?
16:39Where?
16:41Somewhere else!
16:43So, now we know!
16:47But somewhere else could be anywhere else in the whole world!
16:50It could take years to find it!
16:53Well, I haven't been everywhere in the world, so it's gotta be around here!
16:58Somewhere!
16:59I have an idea!
17:01Let's go back to all the places you've been today and see if we could find the ball!
17:05Think back, Ari!
17:07When was the last time you had it?
17:11Hmm...
17:13I had it this morning when I got up, then I got dressed, and then I went outside to play
17:19with my ball!
17:21Okay, let's go outside!
17:27So, you came out to the yard with your ball!
17:31What did you do out here?
17:33Let's see!
17:35Hmm...
17:36Oh!
17:38Hum!
17:40These apples are so good!
17:42Want one?
17:43Not right now, thinks.
17:45Maybe later!
17:51Wait!
17:52I remember now!
17:53My dad asked me to rake the leaves!
17:58Hmm...
17:59Do you think the ball is in that leaf pile?
18:02There's only one way to find out!
18:05Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
18:07I think so!
18:09Yay!
18:10Yay!
18:10Let's go!
18:12Woo-hoo!
18:16Well, that was fun!
18:18Mm-hmm!
18:19But we didn't find the ball!
18:22Where else can we look?
18:23I don't know!
18:25I go to a lot of places!
18:26Hmm!
18:27Can't you remember where you left it?
18:29Oh!
18:30I'm trying!
18:39Oh!
18:40It's a bird's nest!
18:42You're making a special place to keep your eggs nice and safe!
18:46Aren't you, Mama Bird?
18:48Wait!
18:48I remember something else!
18:50Before I could rake the leaves, I had to go find the rake behind the house!
18:54Then maybe that's where you left the ball!
18:57Come on!
18:58Let's look!
19:02Ooh!
19:03I remember this is exactly where I was standing when I did my super amazing toss and spin move!
19:08Watch!
19:12Whoa!
19:12Whoa!
19:13Ta-da!
19:15Um...
19:16Nice catch?
19:17Thanks!
19:18It's even more impressive with an actual ball!
19:22I didn't catch the actual ball, though.
19:24I dropped it around here.
19:26Maybe it rolled over this way.
19:29Hey!
19:32There's no ball.
19:33But here's the rake!
19:35This rake?
19:37That rake is broken!
19:39Oh, right!
19:40Now I remember!
19:41Our rake is broken!
19:43So I had to borrow another rake from our neighbor, Mr. Dog!
19:47There it is!
19:51Okay, let's see.
19:53You went outside with the ball.
19:55Then your dad asked you to rake the leaves.
19:58But the rake was broken.
19:59So then you went to borrow a rake from Mr. Dog.
20:02But don't forget!
20:04I did the spin and catch move, too!
20:10Whoa!
20:11Ta-da!
20:14Maybe we should look for the ball at Mr. Dog's house.
20:17And we could return Mr. Dog's rake!
20:19I bet he would like that!
20:22Let's go!
20:23Whoa!
20:33Hi!
20:34Oh, hey kids.
20:35What's up?
20:36I brought back your rake, Mr. Dog.
20:39Thanks for letting me borrow it.
20:41You're welcome, Mari.
20:42It's nice to have everything back in its proper place.
20:46There we go.
20:48Uh, Mr. Dog, did I leave my new super bouncy ball here?
20:51Oh, sorry.
20:53I haven't seen your ball.
20:58Uh, Mr. Dog, why do you bury your chew toys?
21:03Aren't they for chewing?
21:07Good question, Eleanor.
21:08We dogs love to put things away.
21:11And that's why we bury them.
21:13We keep them safe in their special place.
21:16That way we know exactly where to find them when we'd eat them.
21:21Another special place?
21:24Hmm.
21:25That is so interesting!
21:28What is it, Eleanor?
21:30I'm figuring something out.
21:32I wonder...
21:38To keep something safe.
21:41Keep it in a special place.
21:44Put things away.
21:46Save it for another day.
21:48I saw birds build a nest to hold all their eggs.
21:52And Mr. Dog, he found a spot for a toy he likes a lot.
21:56To keep something safe.
21:59Keep it in a special place.
22:02Put things away.
22:04Save it for another day.
22:08If you put things in a special place, you won't lose them.
22:13That's right, Eleanor.
22:14It's important to put things away so you can find them.
22:17Again.
22:19Yeah, I should have put my ball in a special place.
22:25Hmm.
22:26Speaking of special places, my stomach is a special place.
22:30And right now, it's empty.
22:32I could use another delicious apple.
22:34Wait a minute.
22:36Ball?
22:37Apple?
22:38Special place?
22:39I remember where I left the ball!
22:42Bye, Mr. Dog!
22:44Goodbye, kids!
22:46Ta-da!
22:48The ball!
22:49We found it!
22:50How did it get there?
22:52I must have put it down in the apple basket when I reached for an apple this morning.
22:59Ready?
23:00Yay!
23:01Wow!
23:02Super amazing toss and spin move!
23:05Yes!
23:07Okay!
23:08My turn!
23:09Wait.
23:10First, I have a favor to ask.
23:12What is it, Ari?
23:14I know it's important to put things away in a special place.
23:17Will you help me with something?
23:20Of course, Ari!
23:21We thought you'd never ask.
23:30To keep something safe.
23:32Keep it in a special place.
23:35Put things away.
23:37Save it for another day.
23:40I saw birds build a nest to hold all their eggs.
23:44And Mr. Dog, he found a spot for a toy he likes a lot.
23:48To keep something safe.
23:50Keep it in a special place.
23:53Put things away.
23:55Save it for another day.
23:59Save it for another day.
24:00Wow!
24:00My room has never looked this good before.
24:03Yeah, the floor and the ceiling.
24:07Everything is in a special place.
24:09Now, we can finally go play with the super bouncy ball.
24:13Uh-oh.
24:14I forgot where I put the ball.
24:16Ari!
24:18Just kidding!
24:19Here it is in a special place I made just for my ball.
24:23Catch!
24:25Super amazing toss and spin move!
24:29Ta-da!
24:44Hey!
24:59Thought
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