Nanalan'

Birdsong

Season 2, Episode 1 of 15

Mona hears a bird singing in the backyard and goes outside to see the bird. Mona and the bird have a lovely chat. Mona chirps and the bird chirps back. Russell joins Mona outside and scares the bird by barking. Mona starts to bark back at Russell and the two talk together by barking. Nana hears the ruckus and comes outside to investigate Russell tries to tell Nana but Nana doesn't understand so Mona tells Nana how they were talking by barking. Nana informs Mona that she was talking to Mr. Wooka who wants them to come over for a visit. Mona tells Wooka that she was talking with a bird and Wooka replies by telling her birds only talk to the wisest of people. Then he gets ready for today's puppet show. Mr. Wooka Puppet Show- A young girl is hungry for some pizza but she doesn't understand the Pizza Man nor does he understand her- They speak different languages. By using the pictures of the items she wants she is able to communicate with the Pizza Man and order the pizza that she wants. Russell Spots Mr. Wooka's cat and tries to communicate with her. But they speak different languages. Mona comes to the rescue and tries to get them to communicate. She teaches Russell to meow and teaches Alice how to bark and soon the two are talking. Mona is sitting eating her lunch while Russell watches. He is not happy with his kibble and decides he wants what Mona is eating. After some time Mona understands what Russell is saying but she urges him to eat his kibble, but Russell will not have it. He joins Mona at the table and continues to ask for her food. Unsure of what he wants Mona starts to go through her plate till Russell lets her know that he wants the celery and peanut butter. Mona is proud that they communicated and gives him the celery. Story Time-Peep-Peep is in search of someone to talk to but he doesn't speak the same language as all the animals he approaches. Feeling sad Peep ends up on a bench. Sitting next to peep is another bird and the two end up talking to each other. This makes Peep very happy. After a good book everyone heads over to the organ for a song from Nana. Song Time-Nana sings the animal song where the animals like to talk all day. Mona and Nana go through the song singing what all the animals would say.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
1/5/2008
11 a.m.
4/19/2008
11 a.m.
1/31/2009
11 a.m.
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