Brad says XAVIER, YADINA?
WHERE ARE YOU, GUYS?
WHAAAAA...!
Large books appear through portals in the floor.
Brad says WHOO.
Xavier says HI, THERE.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
Brad says TODAY WE'RE MEETING
SOMEONE VERY SMART.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
A black and white portrait of an old man with a beard appears.
Yadina says FREDERICK WAS
BORN IN THE UNITED STATES,
IN THE YEAR 1818.
BACK THEN, NOT EVERYONE WAS
ALLOWED TO GO TO SCHOOL.
Xavier says ESPECIALLY PEOPLE LIKE
FREDERICK, WHO WERE ENSLAVED.
THAT MEANS HE HAD
NO FREEDOM AT ALL,
AND SOMEONE ELSE TOLD HIM WHAT
HE COULD AND COULDN'T DO.
IT WASN'T FAIR.
Brad says BUT, THAT DIDN'T STOP
FREDERICK FROM LEARNING
AS MUCH AS HE COULD,
AND BECOMING ONE OF THE
GREATEST THINKERS EVER.
Yadina says THAT MEANS
HE WAS REALLY SMART
AND PEOPLE LISTENED
TO HIS GREAT IDEAS.
SPEAKING OF GREAT IDEAS...
LET'S START THE SHOW!
Brad and Yadina read in a library. A book appears behind them speaking like a puppet.
Xavier says DA-DA-DA-DA-
DA-DA-DAAAAA!
'TIS I: KING BOOK OF
THE LIBRARY KINGDOM.
BRAD, YADINA, YOU MAY BOW.
Brad says OH XAVIER.
Xavier says WHO IS THIS XAVIER?
HE SOUNDS ROYALLY AWESOME.
WHY THANK
YOU, YOUR MAJESTY.
(squeak)
WHOOPS!
Brad says DID YOU FINISH
THAT BOOK ALREADY?
Xavier says WELL NOT EXACTLY...
Yadina says WHY NOT?
YOU SAID "I'M TOTALLY GOING
TO READ THIS BIG BOOK TODAY.
TOTALLY, TOTALLY, TO-TAL-LY!
WOAH!
Yadina drops the book.
Xavier says WELL, I WAS GOING TO,
BUT IT TURNED OUT
TO BE REALLY HARD.
IT'S FULL OF BIG WORDS
LIKE: "SPEC..TAC..U..LAR."
Yadina says OOO, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
WHEN I'M PRESIDENT, I'LL
USE ALL THE BEST BIG WORDS.
LIKE, SURREPTITIOUS.
WHICH I THINK MEANS, SOMETHING
WITH A LOT OF SYRUP ON IT.
Brad says I'M NOT SURE
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
Xavier says SEE? LEARNING BIG WORDS
IS A LOT HARDER THAN
I THOUGHT IT'D BE.
AGHHH!
Xavier tosses the book aside and lies back.
Brad says THIS IS NOT GOOD.
XAVIER ALWAYS LOVES TO LEARN.
Yadina says YOU SAID IT, BRAD.
ARE YOU THINKING
WHAT I'M THINKING?
Brad says UM...THAT WE TAKE A
NAP AND REGROUP LATER?
TO THE SECRET MUSEUM.
Yadina says TO THE SECRET MUSEUM!
Xavier says WAIT FOR ME!
Brad says WAIT UP.
(Adventurous music plays)
Brad follows Xavier and Yadina as they run through the museum.
Xavier says I WONDER WHO THE SECRET
MUSEUM WILL SEND US TO MEET?
Yadina says AND WHERE WE'LL GO?
Brad says AND WHEN?
They enter a portal in a grandfather clock.
Brad says WHOA!
(cuckoo! cuckoo!)
Yadina says LOOK OUT BELOW!
Xavier says WOOHOO!
Xavier and Yadina say HI BERBY.
Berby says HELLO.
Brad says HI BERBY.
Berby says HI BRAD.
Brad says OOOF!
They slide down a pole into the secret museum and run to a hologram atop an elevated podium.
Xavier says WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING!
An object appears.
Xavier says CHALK?
Yadina says FOR WRITING
ON A BLACKBOARD.
More digital images pop up.
Xavier says IF I CAN'T
READ BIG WORDS,
HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO WRITE THEM?
Berby says BLEEP, BLURP.
Brad says FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
THAT'S WHO WE'RE GOING TO MEET.
Yadina says IN MARYLAND,
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Brad says IN 1830.
THAT'S... ALMOST 200 YEARS AGO!
Berby nods and says BLEEP, BLURP.
Xavier says I WONDER HOW
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
CAN HELP ME WITH THE BIG WORDS?
Yadina says HMM. ONLY
ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
Xavier says READY FOR ADVENTURE?
Yadina says READY.
Brad takes a deep breath and says READY.
Berby absorbs the hologram.
Berby says BLEEP, BLARP, BLOOP.
Yadina says HERE WE GO!
They touch Berby and begin to float.
Xavier says IT'S HAPPENING!
Yadina says HANG ON DR ZOOM.
Xavier says WHOOHOOO!
Brad says WHOOOOOA!
Berby says WHOOHOOO!
They travel through a series of historical images. They appear outside a school house in the woods.
Xavier says SO THIS IS
BALTIMORE IN 1830.
Yadina says HEY LOOK, A SCHOOL.
Brad says FREDERICK
DOUGLASS MUST BE INSIDE.
Berby shakes her head.
Brad says OR NOT.
Berby scans a young boy peering inside the schoolhouse window.
Brad says WHY ISN'T
FREDERICK IN SCHOOL?
They watch as the schoolhouse door opens and the students leave.
A Male Student says LET'S GO!
Frederick says HI, JIMMY.
Jimmy says FREDERICK, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
Frederick says I HAVE A
CHALLENGE FOR YOU.
I BET I KNOW MORE
LETTERS THAN YOU DO.
Jimmy says REALLY?
LET ME SEE YOU TRY.
Yadina says THE CHALK FROM
THE SECRET MUSEUM.
Frederick draws on the ground.
Frederick says A FOR APPLE,
F FOR FREDERICK,
AND D FOR DOUGLASS.
CAN YOU BEAT THAT?
Jimmy takes the chalk and says B, C,
E, AND H.
HA. I WIN!
HERE YOU GO. BYE!
Frederick says B, C,
E, AND H...
GOT IT. THANKS.
Xavier says I DON'T GET IT.
WHY IS FREDERICK SO HAPPY?
Brad says YEAH, HE LOST.
Frederick says I DIDN'T LOSE.
I LEARNED.
I CHALLENGED JIMMY, BECAUSE
I WANTED TO LEARN
SOME NEW LETTERS.
The Friends say OHHHHHHHH.
Yadina says SMART THINKING.
Frederick says I PLAN ON GOING PLACES,
AND LEARNING CAN
TAKE YOU ANYWHERE.
Xavier says I LEARNED MY
LETTERS AT SCHOOL.
CAN'T YOU DO THE SAME?
Frederick says NO. BECAUSE OF
SOMETHING CALLED 'SLAVERY'.
BEING ENSLAVED MEANS
I HAVE TO WORK FOR SOMEONE,
WHO ISN'T MY MOM OR DAD,
AND THEY TELL ME WHAT
I CAN AND CAN'T DO.
ONE OF THE THINGS I
CAN'T DO IS GO TO SCHOOL.
Brad says THAT'S AWFUL.
I GUESS I NEVER REALIZED HOW
LUCKY WE ARE TO GO TO SCHOOL.
Xavier says YEAH, LEARNING
BIG WORDS MIGHT BE HARD,
BUT SCHOOL IS STILL GREAT.
Yadina says AND IF YOU
CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL,
HOW CAN YOU LEARN YOUR LETTERS?
OR LEARN TO READ?
OR BECOME PRESIDENT?
PRESIDENTS GOTTA
KNOW LOTS OF STUFF.
Frederick says EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHY I LEARN ALL
I CAN, IN ANY WAY I CAN.
BECAUSE LEARNING CAN
TAKE YOU ANYWHERE.
Another student passes.
Frederick says OOH. PARDON ME, WILL YOU?
DAVEY! I HAVE A
CHALLENGE FOR YOU...
Xavier says I WONDER IF FREDERICK
WILL EVER GET TO GO TO SCHOOL?
The friends each place a hand on Berby and travel forward in time.
Berby says WHOOOHOOO!
Brad says WHOA. WHERE ARE WE?
WHEN ARE WE?
Berby says BLEEP, BLARP, BLOOP.
Xavier says BERBY SAYS IT'S FIVE YEARS LATER.
AND LOOK - THERE'S FREDERICK.
Frederick says OH HI!
Yadina says ARE YOU READING
THAT ENORMOUS BOOK?
Frederick says NO...
I'VE JUST FINISHED IT.
NOW I'M GOING TO READ
THIS COLOSSAL BOOK,
AND THEN THIS ASTRONOMICAL BOOK.
Brad says WHOA. THAT'S
A LOT OF BIG BOOKS.
Xavier says AND A LOT OF BIG WORDS.
Frederick says I'D READ
SOME TO YOU BUT...
I'VE GOT TO GET TO SCHOOL.
Xavier says YOU GET TO
GO TO SCHOOL NOW?
THAT'S AH-MAZING!
Frederick says SHHHHH!
(horse whinnying)
Xavier says OH.
WHY ARE WE WHISPERING?
(horse hooves clip clopping)
Frederick hushes them to the side of the building.
Frederick whispers BECAUSE MY
SCHOOL IS A SECRET ONE.
FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO AREN'T
ALLOWED TO GO TO REGULAR SCHOOL.
I HELP THEM LEARN
TO READ AND WRITE,
JUST LIKE I TAUGHT MYSELF.
Xavier says IF ONLY THERE
WEREN'T SO MANY
BIG WORDS TO LEARN, RIGHT?
Frederick says THE BIG
WORDS ARE MAGNIFICENT!
PHENOMENAL!
STUPENDOUS!... AND VERY GOOD.
YOU SEE...THE MORE WORDS YOU KNOW,
THE MORE THINGS YOU CAN LEARN.
AND LEARNING CAN
TAKE YOU ANYWHERE.
YOU COULD BE THE
BUILDER OF CITIES...
(Exciting music plays)
Xavier imagines himself as an architect.
Frederick says THE NAVIGATOR
OF UNKNOWN SEAS.
Xavier imagines himself as a ship captain and a scientist.
Frederick says HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCOVER
SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS?
PLAY A CONCERT FOR ROYALTY?
(clapping)
OR UNEARTH ANCIENT ARTIFACTS
FROM THE DEPTHS OF A CAVE?
Xavier digs out a fossil inside a cave.
Frederick says PERHAPS YOU DREAM OF SOME
DAY FLYING UP INTO THE SKY.
OR ALL THE WAY TO THE MOON.
Xavier imagines himself as an astronaut flying through space.
Xavier says I WANT TO
DO ALL THOSE THINGS.
Frederick says WELL THEN, YOU'VE
GOT SOME LEARNING TO DO.
Xavier says I HADN'T THOUGHT
ABOUT IT LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A TON OF STUFF
I WANT TO DO SOME DAY...
I WONDER JUST HOW FAR
LEARNING WILL TAKE FREDERICK?
Berby says BLEEP, BLARP, BLOOP.
The friends touch Berby and travel forward in time.
Brad says WHERE ARE WE?
Yadina looks out a window.
Yadina gasps and says WE'RE...
IN...THE WHITE HOUSE!
WHERE THE PRESIDENT LIVES!
Xavier says I WONDER WHY BERBY
BROUGHT US TO THE WHITE HOUSE?
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
Berby leads them to a doorway and they look inside.
Yadina says THAT'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Frederick says I TELL YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT,
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
FOR EVERYONE
TO HAVE THE CHANCE
TO GO TO SCHOOL,
AND TO LEARN.
DON'T YOU AGREE?
Xavier says WHOA. LEARNING REALLY
CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE.
IT TOOK FREDERICK DOUGLASS ALL
THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS NOW
LISTENING TO HIS AMAZING IDEAS.
I WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE
LEARNING WILL TAKE ME.
BERBY? LET'S GO HOME!
Berby says BLEEP BLARP.
Yadina says WAIT!
DON'T WORRY, WHITE HOUSE.
I'LL BE BACK.
OKAY I'M READY.
Berby says BLEEP BLARP BLOOP.
They touch Berby and return to the museum.
Xavier says GUYS, CHECK IT OUT.
THERE ARE BIG WORDS
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
They walk past exhibits.
Xavier says LIKE TYRANNOSAURUS REX.
HOW COOL WOULD IT
BE IF I LEARNED
HOW TO WRITE TYRANNOSAURUS REX?
Yadina says OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS MURRAY.
HI, MURRAY!
Xavier says OH. OR THESE WORDS...
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY.
Brad says AWESOME!
Yadina says IT IS PRETTY FABOULUS.
Xavier says AND THERE ARE
MORE OVER THERE!
THE LIBRARY IS FILLED
WITH BIG WORDS.
AND I WANT TO LEARN THEM ALL.
EVEN IF IT'S HARD. WHO KNOWS
WHERE LEARNING WILL TAKE ME?
MAYBE SOMEDAY...
I'LL BUILD XAVIER
RIDDLE'S AMAZING MUSEUM.
WHERE MORE PEOPLE WILL GET
TO DO SOMETHING SPECTACULAR.
Brad says LIKE WHAT?
Xavier says LEARN!
Later, in a white space, Yadina says WASN'T FREDERICK
DOUGLASS INSPIRING?
Xavier says HE CONVINCED PEOPLE THAT
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE
TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND LEARN.
Brad says HE WROTE BOOKS
AND NEWSPAPERS...
Yadina says AND TALKED TO LOTS AND
LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT HIS IDEAS.
Xavier says TODAY, ALL KIDS
IN THE UNITED STATES
GET TO GO TO SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S...
The Friends say SPECTACULAR!
Xavier says THANKS FOR JOINING
OUR AWESOME ADVENTURE
TO MEET FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
Yadina says WHO USED TO BE A
KID, JUST LIKE YOU AND ME.
Brad says SO KIDS LIKE YOU
CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
I AM BRAD.
Xavier says I AM XAIVER
Yadina says I AM YADINA.
Xavier says AND I KNOW LEARNING
CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE,
JUST LIKE FREDERICK DOUGLASS.