
SUPER WHY!
The Three Little Pigs: The Return of the Wolf
Season 1 Episode 49 | 25m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
The Super Readers hope to find out a little bit about building from the young Poppa Pig.
Pig and his brothers are trying to make a picnic table for their yard, but it all goes terribly wrong! So Super Why and his friends visit the tale of The Three Little Pigs, hoping to find out a little bit about building from the young Poppa Pig. Will they learn how to construct something sturdy, or will the Big Bad Wolf huff, puff and ruin their plans?
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SUPER WHY!
The Three Little Pigs: The Return of the Wolf
Season 1 Episode 49 | 25m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Pig and his brothers are trying to make a picnic table for their yard, but it all goes terribly wrong! So Super Why and his friends visit the tale of The Three Little Pigs, hoping to find out a little bit about building from the young Poppa Pig. Will they learn how to construct something sturdy, or will the Big Bad Wolf huff, puff and ruin their plans?
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♪ WHO'S GOT THE POWER THE POWER TO READ?
♪ ♪ WHO ANSWERS THE CALL FOR FRIENDS IN NEED?
♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ HE'S THE GUY HE'S SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ WHO'S GOT THE POWER THE POWER TO READ?
♪ ♪ WHO LOOKS INTO BOOKS FOR THE ANSWERS WE NEED?
♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ AND THE SUPER READERS WE'RE GONNA FLY ♪ ♪ COME ALONG ♪ ♪ WITH THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ ADVENTURE WAITS WHEN YOU'RE WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY AND THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY AND THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ ADVENTURE WAITS WHEN YOU'RE WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ YEAH!
SUPER WHY ♪ [ ♪music♪ ] [♪ music ♪] HI!
SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
IT'S ME, WHYATT.
WELCOME TO STORYBROOK VILLAGE, WHERE ALL OUR FAIRY-TALE FRIENDS LIVE!
[ Cellphone ♪♪♪ ] LOOK!
PIG AND HIS FAMILY ARE GOING TO BUILD A PICNIC TABLE.
COME ON!
[ ♪♪♪ ] HI, PIGS!
HI, WHYATT!
NOW PIGS, THESE INSTRUCTIONS SHOW US HOW TO BUILD A PICNIC TABLE.
OKAY, LET'S SEE, THE FIRST STEP IS TO LAY THE TABLE TOP FLAT ON THE GROUND.
[ Grunts ] Pigs: GOT IT!
AND NEXT... [ Watch alarm beeping ] [ Gasp ] OH, MY CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN.
PIGGIES, I HAVE TO GET TO A CONSTRUCTION JOB.
YOU'LL HAVE TO FINISH BUILDING THE PICNIC TABLE YOURSELVES.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD A PICNIC TABLE!
WELL, YOU JUST USE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
THEY'LL SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO.
I'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS I CAN.
WE DON'T NEED INSTRUCTIONS!
WE CAN MAKE THE PICNIC TABLE IN A JIFFY.
COME ON!
LET'S BUILD!
[ Hammering ] TAH-DAH!
WHOA!
LOOK!
WE DID IT!
OUR BRAND NEW PICNIC TABLE!
IT'S JUST LIKE THE PICTURE IN THE INSTRUCTIONS!
SEE?
[ Clattering ] OR NOT.
OH NO, NO, NO!
THE PICNIC TABLE FELL DOWN!
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SUPER BIG PROBLEM.
AND A SUPER BIG PROBLEM NEEDS US...
THE SUPER READERS!
WE NEED TO CALL THE REST OF THE SUPER READERS.
CALL THEM WITH ME!
[ Cellphone ♪♪♪ ] SAY, "CALLING ALL SUPER READERS!"
Children: [ In audience ] CALLING ALL SUPER READERS!
[ Remote phone ringing ] TO THE BOOK CLUB!
TO THE BOOK CLUB!
Children: TO THE BOOK CLUB!
COME ON, TO THE BOOK CLUB!
[ ♪♪♪ ] WHYATT HERE.
[ ♪♪♪ ] "P" IS FOR PIG!
[ ♪♪♪ ] RED RIDING HOOD ROLLIN' IN!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PRINCESS PEA AT YOUR SERVICE!
AND YOU, SAY YOUR NAME.
GREAT.
WE'RE ALL HERE.
TOGETHER, WE WILL SOLVE PIG'S PROBLEM!
LET'S GO!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ Electronic beeps ] OKAY, PIG... STATE YOUR PROBLEM.
MY BROTHERS AND I TRIED TO BUILD A PICNIC TABLE.
BUT WE BUILT IT ALL WRONG, AND IT FELL DOWN!
OH NO!
OH NO!
IT SURE DID.
HOW CAN WE BUILD OUR PICNIC TABLE SO IT DOESN'T FALL DOWN?
GOOD QUESTION!
WHEN WE HAVE A QUESTION, WE LOOK... All: IN A BOOK!
WHICH BOOK SHOULD WE LOOK IN?
PEAS AND CARROTS, CARROTS AND PEAS.
BOOK COME OUT, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!
LET'S READ THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK.
HEY!
THAT PIG IS MY DAD, WHEN HE WAS LITTLE!
AND THOSE ARE HIS BROTHERS!
MM-HMM.
WE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE NEED TO JUMP INTO THIS BOOK... AND FIND THE ANSWER TO PIG'S QUESTION.
FIRST, WE LOOK FOR SUPER LETTERS.
AND THEN, PUT THEM IN... OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
SUPER DUPER COMPUTER, HOW MANY SUPER LETTERS DO WE NEED?
[ Beeping ] OH!
IN THIS STORY, WE NEED 16 SUPER LETTERS!
THEN WE'LL GET... [ Triumphant ♪♪♪ ] OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
WHOA, THAT'S A LOT OF LETTERS!
IT'S TIME TO TRANSFORM.
READY?
All: READY!
ARMS IN!
PUT YOUR ARM IN.
[ ♪♪♪ ] Whyatt: SUPER READERS... All: TO THE RESCUE!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ALPHA PIG!
WITH ALPHABET POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] WONDER RED!
WITH WORD POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PRINCESS PRESTO WITH SPELLING POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] SUPER WHY, WITH THE POWER TO READ!
[ ♪♪♪ ] AND SUPER YOU WITH THE POWER TO HELP!
[ ♪♪♪ ] TOGETHER, WE ARE... All: THE SUPER READERS!
WHY-FLYERS!
WE'RE READY TO FLY INTO THIS BOOK!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ TO THE RESCUE!
♪ ♪ IT'S TIME TO FLY WITH THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM TO SOLVE ♪ ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ TO THE RESCUE!
♪ ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ WORKING TOGETHER WITH POWERS TO READ ♪ ♪ INTO BOOKS WE FLY ♪ ♪ TO FIND THE SUPER STORY ANSWER ♪ ♪ WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER READERS TO THE RESCUE!
♪ PRESTO!
WE'RE IN THE BOOK, "THE THREE LITTLE PIGS RETURN OF THE WOLF".
LET'S READ.
WHY WRITER...
HIGHLIGHT!
READ WITH ME.
OKAY!
PIGGIES, LET'S BUILD OUR HOUSE.
[ Gasps ] UH-OH.
I'M GOING TO HUFF AND PUFF, AND BLOW THIS HOUSE DOWN!
BLOW!
[ Blowing ] OH MY CHINNY- CHIN-CHIN!
THEIR HOUSE FELL DOWN JUST LIKE OUR PICNIC TABLE FELL DOWN!
AND THAT, SUPER READERS, IS WHY WE ARE IN THIS BOOK!
ALL OF THE PIGS NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WON'T FALL DOWN.
TO THE THREE LITTLE PIGS!
[ ♪♪♪ ] HI, PIGS!
WE'RE THE SUPER READERS.
NEED SOME HELP BUILDING YOUR HOUSE?
THANKS!
THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
OKAY EVERYONE, WE NEED TO BUILD A HOUSE THAT THE BIG BAD WOLF CAN'T BLOW DOWN!
OH, BUILD A HOUSE.
BUILD A HOUSE.
BUT HOW DO WE BUILD A HOUSE?
MAYBE THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAN HELP US BUILD A GREAT BIG STRONG HOUSE.
LET'S READ THEM!
NAH!
FORGET THOSE INSTRUCTIONS.
I KNOW WHAT TO DO!
WE CAN USE THIS, STRAW!
BUT LOOK AT ALL OF THIS STRAW!
WE CAN'T POSSIBLY PICK IT ALL UP BEFORE THE BIG BAD WOLF GETS HERE.
ALPHA PIG TO THE RESCUE!
WITH MY AMAZING ALPHABET TOOLS, I CAN FIND THE LETTERS IN THE WORD "STRAW" AND HELP COLLECT THE STRAW.
A-B-C, SING WITH ME!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ SING WITH ME ♪ AMAZING ALPHABET SINGING.
FIRST, WE NEED THE LETTER "S".
WHERE'S THE "S"?
Children: THERE!
Alpha Pig: THERE'S THE "S"!
NOW WE NEED THE LETTER "T".
WHERE'S THE "T"?
Children: THERE!
Alpha Pig: THERE IT IS.
THE "T"!
IT'S WORKING!
OKAY, NOW AN "R".
WHERE IS THE LETTER "R"?
Children: THERE!
Alpha Pig: THERE'S THE "R"!
WHERE'S THE "A"?
Children: OVER THERE!
Alpha Pig: THERE'S THE "A".
AND FINALLY, WE NEED A "W".
WHERE'S THAT "W"?
Children: THERE!
Alpha Pig: WOW!
THERE'S THE "W"!
LICKETY LETTERS!
WE FOUND THE LETTERS IN THE WORD "STRAW" AND GOT ALL OF THE STRAW IN ONE PLACE!
NOW WE CAN BUILD THE HOUSE!
LET'S GIVE OURSELVES A BIG THUMBS UP!
QUICK!
BUILD A STRAW HOUSE!
IT'LL BE EASY!
AND DON'T FORGET TO KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR SUPER LETTERS!
SEE, WE DIDN'T NEED THOSE INSTRUCTIONS!
THE WOLF WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BLOW DOWN THIS STRAW HOUSE.
WHO, ME?
Pigs: [ Screams ] THEN I'LL HUFF AND I'LL PUFF, AND I'LL BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN.
[ Blowing ] [ Screams ] [ Cackling ] [ ♪♪♪ ] YOU SEE SUPER LETTERS?
WHICH LETTERS DID YOU FIND?
Children: "C"!
"L"!
"L"!
"W"!
"D"!
"I"!
WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF SUPER LETTERS.
"C", "L", "L", "W", "D", "I".
LET'S PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER COMPUTER!
TEN MORE SUPER LETTERS AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
RIGHT ON, READERS!
OKAY, WE HAVE TO BUILD A GREAT BIG STRONG HOUSE THAT THE WOLF CAN'T BLOW DOWN.
I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
PFFT.
NAH!
[ Gasp ] THE WOLF!
WE HAVE NOTHING WE CAN USE TO BUILD OUR HOUSE.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
WONDER RED TO THE RESCUE!
WITH MY WONDER WORDS BASKET, I CAN FIND SOMETHING THE PIGS CAN USE TO BUILD THEIR HOUSE.
WHAT WORD IS THIS?
READ IT WITH ME.
WHAT IS THIS LETTER?
Children: "C"!
"C"!
AND WHAT LETTER IS THIS?
Children: "H".
"H"!
WHAT SOUND DO "C" AND "H" MAKE TOGETHER?
Children: "CH"!
"CH"!
AND THIS SAYS "ICKS"!
HEY, THIS IS AN "ICKS" WORD.
I LOVE "ICKS" WORDS.
IT'S TIME TO RHYME.
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ WONDERIFIC YOU'RE TERRIFIC ♪ ♪ WONDERIFIC YOU'RE TERRIFIC ♪ OKAY, NOW LET'S READ THE WHOLE WORD.
"CH-ICKS."
"CHICKS"!
OKAY, PIGGIES, LET'S USE THESE CHICKS TO BUILD OUR HOUSE!
NO, NO, NO, WE CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE OUT OF CHICKS!
HUH... OH MY CHINNY- CHIN-CHIN.
[ Giggle ] LET'S TRY ANOTHER "ICKS" WORD.
WHAT LETTER IS THIS?
Children: "S"!
"S"!
AND, WHAT LETTER IS THIS?
Children: "T"!
"T".
HEY, WHAT SOUND DO THE LETTERS "ST" MAKE TOGETHER?
Children: "STUH".
"STUH".
"STUH-ICKS."
WHAT WORD IS THIS?
Children: "STICKS"!
"STICKS"!
WONDERIFIC, YOU ARE TERRIFIC!
WE MADE STICKS FOR THE PIGS TO BUILD THEIR HOUSE!
NEED TO BUILD.
USE STICKS.
NEED TO BUILD.
USE STICKS.
[ Clattering ] [ ♪♪♪ ] [ Gasp ] [ ♪♪♪ ] [ Gasp ] YOU SEE SUPER LETTERS?
WHICH ONES?
Children: "O"!
"R"!
"E"!
"N"!
"S"!
OH YEAH!
"O", "R", "E", "N", "S".
NOW WE NEED TO PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
FIVE MORE SUPER LETTERS, AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
SUPER DUPER, SUPER READERS!
[ Laughing ] YUP.
THE WOLF WILL NEVER BLOW THIS STICK HOUSE DOWN!
OH, YEAH?
[ Screams ] I'M GOING TO HUFF AND PUFF AND BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN!
[ Blowing ] [ Screams ] THAT WAS EASY-PEASY!
[ Groan ] THE WOLF BLEW OUR HOUSE DOWN, AGAIN!
PIGS, IF WE WANT TO BUILD A GREAT BIG STRONG HOUSE, WE NEED TO READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
WE CAN'T USE STRAW, AND WE CAN'T USE STICKS.
THEY ARE NOT STRONG!
WE HAVE TO USE STICKS!
SEE?
[ Sigh ] WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
SUPER WHY TO THE RESCUE!
WITH THE POWER TO READ, I CAN CHANGE THIS STORY AND SAVE THE DAY!
LET'S CHANGE THE WORD "STICKS" IN THIS SENTENCE.
Z-ZAP!
WHY WRITER, WRITE!
SUPER READERS, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PIGS CAN USE TO BUILD A BIG, STRONG HOUSE?
HOW ABOUT "BRICKS"?
WHICH IS THE WORD "BRICKS"?
IT'S ANOTHER "ICKS" WORD.
Children: THERE!
THERE'S THE WORD "BRICKS"!
Z-ZAP!
LET'S READ.
BRICKS!
LET'S TRY THEM!
ONLY, THIS TIME, LET'S FOLLOW THE... All: INSTRUCTIONS!
OKAY, LET'S LOOK.
AH, FIRST WE NEED TO GET SOME BRICKS!
[ Wail ] UH, CHECK!
WE'VE GOT BRICKS!
[ Grunting ] OKAY, NEXT WE NEED TO PUT MORTAR ON THE BRICKS.
[ Chuckling ] MORTAR!
CHECK!
ON BRICKS!
MAKES BRICKS STICK!
LAST, WE NEED TO STACK THE BRICKS TO MAKE THE WALLS AND ROOF FOR OUR HOUSE!
[ Clattering ] AND...
DONE!
HAH.
THE BIG BAD WOLF DEFINITELY WON'T BE ABLE TO BLOW THIS HOUSE DOWN.
OH YEAH?
[ Whimpering ] [ Screams ] I'M GOING TO HUFF AND PUFF AND BLO-O-OW THIS BRICK HOUSE DOWN!
[ Blowing ] THIS IS HARD!
BLOW!
[ Blowing ] UGH!
THIS HOUSE OF BRICKS WON'T BLOW DOWN!
HMPH!
YOU FINALLY DID IT, PIGS.
OH NO, OH-OH.
SUPER JOB, SUPER READERS!
WE CHANGED THE STORY!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ ♪♪♪ ] YOU SEE SUPER LETTERS?
WHICH ONES?
Children: "F"!
"T"!
"O"!
"O"!
"I"!
"F", "T", "O", "O", "I".
OH YEAH!
LET'S PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
WE FOUND ALL OF OUR SUPER LETTERS!
NOW WE CAN GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
MAYBE WE SHOULD BUILD HOUSES FOR A LIVING?
CALL IT THREE LITTLE PIGS CONSTRUCTION!
OH, YEAH!
OH, YEAH!
OKAY, SUPER READERS, LET'S GO!
Various: BYE-BYE!
BYE, PIGS!
Pigs: BYE-BYE, SUPER READERS!
WHY-FLYERS, BACK TO THE BOOK CLUB!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ WE FOUND THE SUPER STORY ANSWER ♪ ♪ WITH SUPER WHY ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] [ Electronic beeps ] SUPER DUPER COMPUTER, GIVE US OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] READ WITH ME.
SPACE...
THE SUPER STORY ANSWER IS... [ Triumphant ♪♪♪ ] BUT... WHY?
Princess Pea: OH!
OH!
BECAUSE WHEN THE THREE LITTLE PIGS FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS, THEY BUILT A BIG, STRONG HOUSE THAT THE WOLF COULDN'T BLOW DOWN!
SO MY QUESTION IS: HOW CAN WE BUILD A PICNIC TABLE THAT WON'T FALL DOWN?
AND THE ANSWER IS: All: FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!
WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS POPPA PIG LEFT US!
COME ON!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PIGS!
[ Panting ] WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS!
REALLY?
YES!
OKAY, LET'S DO IT!
Littlest Pig: OKAY, FIRST WE HAVE TO LAY THE TABLE TOP FLAT ON THE GROUND.
[ Grunt ] DONE!
Biggest Pig: NEXT, WE NAIL THE FOUR LEGS IN A CRISS-CROSS SHAPE.
Medium Pig: NEXT, WE ATTACH THE BENCHES.
[ Humming ] [ Grunting ] DONE!
Littlest Pig: AND FINALLY, WE TURN THE TABLE RIGHT SIDE UP!
[ ♪♪♪ ] WE BUILT THE PICNIC TABLE!
WE DID IT!
HOORAY!
HOORAY!
WOW, PIGGIES, LOOK AT THIS PICNIC TABLE!
YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB!
IT'S BECAUSE WE FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS SAY!
I KNOW, I READ ALL ABOUT YOU!
[ Giggle ] HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY ♪ ♪ WE CHANGED THE STORY ♪ ♪ WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM ♪ ♪ WE WORKED TOGETHER SO HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
♪ ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY ♪ ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY!
♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] [ ♪♪♪ ]
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