Sofia and Madeline episode 20 "
Great Aunt-Venture"
Sofia and Madeline were looking for shoes in their closet.
"How about this?" Madeline offered.
"No." Sofia shook her head.
"Sofia, Madeline!" James called. "Are you ready yet?"
"Almost!" Madeline yelled back.
Sofia and Madeline hurriedly put on some shoes.
"Come on, it's time to go!" James walked.
"Ohh." Sofia groaned. "Our shoes don't match!"
"Worry about that later!" James dragged them out by their hands. "Come on!"
Amber joined them in their run out in the corridor.
"Out of my way!" She declared. "I want to be first in line!"
"You can be first - After me!" James walked ahead of her.
"We've never been to a carnival." Madeline smiled. "We've been to a fair, a circus, a festival, but never a carnival!"
"Is it fun?" Sofia asked.
"Funnest thing there is!" Amber told her.
"It's funner then fun!" James added.
The royal siblings exited the castle, where their parents were waiting.
"Children, you're just in time." Miranda smiled.
"Your aunt Matilda will be here any moment." Roland informed them.
"Aunt Tilly is coming today?!" James gasped.
"Today?!" Amber yelped.
"Guys, is this a bad thing?" Madeline whispered.
"It's badder then bad!" James groaned.
"Baddest thing there is!" Amber added.
"Ah, there she comes." Roland noted as a carriage descended.
"Oh Rollie, I wish she could have been at the wedding." Miranda sighed. "I can't wait to meet her. Isn't this exciting, girls?"
"Yes!" Sofia and Madeline chorused.
"No it isn't!" Amber retorted. "The most exciting thing aunt Tilly does is bake pies!"
"After she's done pinching our cheeks and patting our heads." James groaned.
"And she's always asking us to be her 'little helpers'!" Amber added.
"So you help her bake?" Sofia asked.
"We've always gotten out of it." Amber admitted.
"She's sooo boring." James moaned. "Trust us, you don't want to be stuck in a hot old kitchen with aunt Tilly."
"Especially when the carnival's in town!" Amber added.
"Oh no, she's here!" James gulped as the carriage landed. "Dad, we have to leave for the carnival, now."
"I think you can stay and say hello to your aunt." Roland replied.
"But daddy, we've been planning it for days." Amber protested.
"Weeks." James added. "Months, even!"
"James, Amber." Roland said firmly. "Let's be polite."
"Yes, father." Amber sighed.
The carriage pulled up beside them.
"The duchess, Matilda!" Baileywick announced.
Matilda coughed and sneezed. As she disembarked, she kicked up a cloud of dust, choking the others.
"Sorry about all that dust." She apologised. "It was a long trip. Roland, my dear baby brother! Look at you! Adorable, just adorable!"
She hugged Roland, creating more dust.
"Tilly!" Roland coughed.
"Miranda, you're even prettier then your portrait!" Tilly gushed.
"Oh, thank you." Miranda smiled. "I'm so glad to finally meet you, Tilly."
"James, look at you!" Tilly rushed over and pinched his cheek. "How tall you are!"
James chuckled awkwardly.
"Wow, and Amber!" She gazed at Sofia. "Oh, you've grown so beautiful!" She whispered to Amber "She was a funny-looking baby, so I'm a little shocked. I hope we're not showing the-"
"I'm Amber." Amber snarled.
"Oh, of course you are, dear." Tilly patted her head. "Would have known you anywhere."
"I'm Madeline." Madeline smiled.
"And I'm Sofia, duchess Matilda." Sofia added.
"None of that, now." Tilly frowned. "We're family. I'm 'aunt Tilly' to you. C'mere!"
Tilly grabbed Sofia and Madeline and gave them noogies.
""Let's all go inside." Roland suggested. "I'll have someone bring your bags in."
"Oh, I have no bags." Tilly retorted. "None at all." She held up a large handbag. "Everything I need is right in here."
"Great." Roland smiled.
As the adults headed indoors, James and Amber tried to sneak away.
"Ah." Roland stopped them. "Carnival can wait a little bit longer."
Amber and James groaned as they followed Roland.
"So, did you have a good trip?" Roland asked Tilly.
"It was whiz-bang!" Tilly answered.
"It always is." Roland chuckled. "Tilly, in honor of your visit, we're having a family dinner tonight."
"How lovely." Tilly smiled.
"And I was hoping you might whip up your special apple pie for dessert." Roland added.
"I always do." Tilly beamed.
"Told you." James whispered.
"Great!" Roland cheered. "Tilly makes the best apple pies in the kingdom!"
"I'll need apples, of course." Tilly noted. "Cinammon, nutmeg, and what else? Hmm... Oh, yes! Some little helpers!"
James and Amber gasped.
"I know the children will be happy to assist." Roland smiled.
"But we're supposed to go to the carnival today." Amber pointed out.
"Well, at least one of you needs to stay and help your aunt." Roland declared.
"Your majesties, it's time to go over the arrangements for tonight's dinner." Baileywick chimed in.
"Right." Roland nodded.
"But who's going to help aunt Tilly?" James asked.
"Well, I hope all of you do." Miranda declared. "You'll just have to decide what's more important. Tilly, would you like to join us in the parlour after you're done baking?"
"I would, but I'm afraid baking will take us all day." Tilly admitted.
"All day?" James repeated.
"Okay, have fun!" Miranda waved as she and Roland started walking.
"Well then, shall we get started?" Tilly requested.
"We'd love to, aunt Tilly." Amber smiled widely. "But we've been planning to go to the carnival for months."
"Years, even!" James added.
"Hmm, I understand." Tilly smiled. "And what about you, Sofia? Madeline?"
"Well..." Madeline mumbled.
"We'd be happy to help you." Sofia sighed.
"Whiz-bang!" Tilly cheered.
"We'll be going then." Amber chuckled.
"See you after the carnival!" James called as he and Amber ran.
"Toodle-oo!" Amber added. "Let's get out of here!"
"Sooo, when do we get started?" Madeline asked.
"Right now!" Tilly smiled. "First, we need the apples. Only the ripest, reddest, rarest, airabella apples will do for us. There's an airabella orchard not too far from here. Doesn't it sound like a grand adventure?"
"Yeah..." The girls replied.
"Girls?" Tilly called. "Not really dressed for this, are you?"
"Really?" Sofia checked her dress.
"i'm sure I have something!" Tilly sang as she opened her bag. She pulled out a goldfish in a bowl. "Wondered where I put that." She pulled out a potted plant. "Only blooms every five years." She pulled out a trumpet. "I'm taking lessons." She blow the trumpet, then pulled out two miniature versions of her dress. "There! And just your size!"
Sofia and Madeline chuckled nervously.
Soon, the newly dressed girls followed Tilly to the orchard.
"Is it very far?2 Madeline asked.
"Oh, just a hop, skip and a jump, I'd say!" Tilly smiled.
They finally stopped at a field, which had a mountain close by.
"And here we are." Tilly declared. "Oh, we're too late. Airabella orchard has moved again!"
"The orchard moved?" Sofia asked.
"How can an orchard move?" Madeline asked.
"Oh, an airabella orchard is always looking for the perfect spot to grow." Tilly explained. "That's what makes the airabella apples so rare... and delicious!"
"Maybe we should go back to the castle." Sofia suggested. "Won't regular apples be enough?"
"Nonsense!" Tilly declared, opening her bag and pulling out a roll of paper. "My locus-pocus map will tell us how to get there."
"Uh, that's a blank piece of paper." Madeline pointed out.
"Oh, but things aren't always as they seem, Madeline." Tilly countered. "Ask nicely, and the map will show you the way. Go ahead, dear!"
"Okay, if you say so." Madeline cleared her throat. "Um, locus-pocus map, can you show us where the airabella orchard is, please?"
The paper suddenly filled up with pictures pointing the way to the orchard.
"It really is a map!" Sofia gasped.
"Mm-hmm." Tilly nodded. "Now then, we'll have to go through Melodious Meadow, across Gargantuan Gorge, and there it is: the orchard of the airabella apple!"
"What's that place?" Madeline pointed to a mountain.
"Ooooooh." Tilly shuddered. "The Horrid Hills. We won't go there." She picked up her bag. "Come along, our adventure awaits!"
As they reached the Melodious Meadow, Sofia asked a question.
"What's a meldownious meadow?" She inquired.
"Melodious, dear." Tilly corrected. "Meaning 'pleasant to the ear'. Whenever there's a breath of a breeze."
A beautiful sound rang through the meadow.
"I never knew this was here." Madeline smiled. "It's, it's..."
"Melodious?" Tilly smiled. "The world's full of wonders, waiting to be seen."
As they kept walking, a mountain came into view.
"Are those the..." Sofia asked.
"Horrid hills." Tilly shuddered.
"What's up there?" Madeline asked.
"Don't know." Tilly declared. "Rather not find out, if you don't mind. Right this way."
The three walked through a maze of sunflowers.
"Are you sure the locus-pocus map said to go this way?" Sofia asked.
"Oh, quite sure." Tilly nodded. "Through the meadow, it said. But it didn't say exactly how to get through the meadow."
They gasped as they walked into a dead end.
"Hmm, maybe we took a wrong turn." Tilly mused.
"Are we lost, aunt Tilly?" Madeline asked.
"No, not at all, dear!" Tilly smiled. "We're right here. It's the path that's lost!"
They kept walking, and reached another dead end.
"Oh, it's no use!" Sofia groaned.
"Now, now, Sofia." Tilly comforted her. "We have to keep trying. No-one's ever gotten anywhere by giving up!"
"Okay." Sofia nodded.
Once again, they walked into a dead end.
"It's like a big maze!" Madeline gasped. "If only we could see over the flowers, then we'd know how to find our way out!"
"Now that's a whiz-bang idea!" Tilly declared. "I've got just the thing... somewhere." She looked through her bag, muttering to herself. She pulled out three bouncing balls, a clock, and a teapot and cup. "Tea, dears?"
"No, thank you." Sofia and Madeline chorused.
"Here we are!" Tilly pulled out a pair of winged shoes. "Magic jumping shoes!" She handed them to Madeline. "Try these on for size!"
"Well, okay..." Madeline struggled to put them on. "They're so fluttery..."
Madeline succeeded. As she stood up, they lifted her into the air.
"Whoa!" She yelped.
"Whoopsie-daisy!" Tilly pulled her down.
Madeline was pushed onto her back.
"Whoopsie-doozy." Tilly gasped. "No worries. The third time's the charm, Madeline. Keep your knees bent, and remember: What goes upmust come down."
"You can do it, Maddie." Sofia smiled.
The shoes lifted Madeline into the air. She wobbled for a moment, then regained her balance.
"It's working!" She cheered, before losing balance again. "Whoa!" She steadied herself. "There, I'm doing it! Whee!"
Madeline started hopping up and down.
"I can see the way, aunt Tilly!" She called.
"Excellent, dear!" Tilly smiled.
"Good going, Maddie!" Sofia called.
"Come on!" Madeline waved. "Follow me!"
Madeline successfully led them out of the maze.
"We did it!" She cheered.
"Thanks to you!" Tilly beamed.
"Nice work!" Sofia added.
And with that, they continued their journey.
"Shouldn't be much farther!" Tilly sang. "Keep your eyes open for a deep, wide-"
"Aunt Tilly, look out!" Sofia yelled, as she and Madeline pulled Tilly back from a cliff.
"Gorge!" Tilly finished. "You found it. Well done!"
Sofia and Madeline looked down. It was a very deep gorge.
"Look, there's a bridge!" Madeline pointed.
They rushed over to the bridge.
"Uh, doesn't seem too sturdy, does it?" Sofia said warily. "Let's test it."
Sofia picked up a stone.
"Good thinking, dear." Tilly noted.
Sofia threw the stone. It slipped through a crack in the planks, and the whole bridge collapsed.
"Sure don't make rickety rope bridges like they used to." Tilly chuckled.
Suddenly, there was a loud roaring noise.
"What was that?" Madeline asked.
"Sometimes, the only way to find out is to find out." Tilly declared.
They followed the noise, and found a giant sitting on the edge of the gorge, crying.
"It's a giant." Sofia whispered. "Why do you think he's crying?"
"Suppose you'll have to ask." Tilly turned to Sofia.
"Me?!" Sofia gasped.
"You." Tolly smiled.
They walked up to the giant, Tilly drawing an umbrella to protect her from the deluge of tears.
"Excuse me?" Sofia called. "Mr. giant, sir? Are you alright?"
The giant blew his nose.
"No, I'm not alright." He sniffed. "I stepped on a thorn, and it really, really hurts!"
"Did you try to get it out?" Madeline asked.
"I tried, but it's too small for my big fingers." The giant moaned.
"Hmm, maybe I can help?" Sofia offered.
"But you're just a little thing." The giant told her. "What can you do? Aw, just go away!"
The giant started crying again.
"I know it hurts, Mr. giant." Sofia consoled him. "But if you let me take a look, I know I can help."
"Okay." The giant stood up, showing his wounded foot. "Here."
"Oh, my." Tilly frowned. "It's not a thorn, dear. It's a whole bush."
"Do you think we can pull it out?" Madeline asked.
"Well, we won't know until we try!" Tilly chuckled. "Be careful with the thorns."
They all grabbed hold of the bush.
"Let's pull on the count of three." Sofia suggested. "One, two, three!"
With one big pull, they yanked out the bush.
"You got it out!" The giant smiled. "You got it out!"
The giant jumped for joy, making small tremors as he landed.
"How can I ever thank you?" He asked.
"Well, there is one thing." Sofia smiled. "We need to get across that big gorge."
"Ha!" The giant snorted. "You call that a gorge? I can get over there in one step! Come along!"
The giant lifted the three females up in his hands, and carried him across the gorge.
"Whoa!" Madeline gasped. "We're so high up!"
"First time hitching a ride on a giant, is it?" Tilly asked.
"You've done this before?!" Sofia gasped.
"Who hasn't?" Tilly smirked.
"Hang on tight." The giant said as he lowered them down.
"Bye, Mr. giant, sir!" Madeline waved.
"Thanks for the ride!" Sofia added.
"Sure thing." The giant smiled. "Goodbye."
As the giant walked away, Tilly checked the map.
"This way, girls." She smiled. "We're just a hop, skip, and a jump away!"
They kept walking, until they finally reached the orchard.
"There they are." Tilly smiled. "The airabella apples."
"Wow, they're beautiful!" Madeline sighed.
Tilly pulled a large cloth out of her bag.
"We can use this to carry them." She declared.
Sofia put the cloth on the ground as Tilly began picking.
"Here's a nice red one." Tilly smiled. "Oh yes, that's a nice one too. And here's another one"
"How about these?" Sofia offered.
"Lovely." Tilly smiled. "This should be more then enough."
Madeline wrapped the cloth around the apples, then lifted it over her back.
"I got it." She smiled.
As they left the orchard, the trees faded away.
"The apple trees!" Sofia gasped."Where'd they go?"
"Off to find a better spot, I suppose." Tilly shrugged.
As they kept walking, they heard a growl.
"I hope that was your stomach, dear." Tilly told Madeline.
"No." Madeline gulped.
"Not mine." Sofia added.
"Mine neither." Tilly agreed.
A black winged creature suddenly leapt out of a b***, growling at them. Madeline dropped the apples.
"Uh-oh." Tilly gulped. "It's a wild and woolly wombeast."
As the wombeast came closer, Tilly opened her umbrella and tried to drive it away.
"Go on, now!" She yelled. "Be a good wombeast, you! Shoo!"
"It's not shooing!" Sofia trembled.
The wombeast stopped when it noticed the apples.
"You'd better get the apples." Tilly told Madeline.
Madeline moved to get the apples, but the wombeast got it too.
"Hey, those are ours!" She struggled, but lost her grip. "No!"
The wombeast took off into the air, carrying the apples with it.
"Aunt Tilly, it took all the apples!" Sofia gasped. "And the orchard's gone, so we can't get more!"
"Now we'll never get to bake your pie!" Madeline despaired.
"It's okay, it's okay." Tilly consoled her. "I'm sure you two'll come up with a solution."
"Us?" Sofia asked. "What can we do?"
"Why, the same thing you've been doing all day long." Tilly smiled. "You figured out a way to ge through that flower maze, bravely faced a giant, and convinced him to help us across that gorge. Girls, you have what it takes to be great adventurers!"
If you find yourself in trouble And you don't know what to do Don't pull your hair out in despair Before my song is through
See, I've got a little recipe To take away your woes And all of the ingredients Are right behind your nose
You just need a cup of courage And a little pinch of pluck A quarter-pound of cleverness A dash of plain old luck
Then you mix 'em all up together Into one tremendous stew It's a recipe for adventure Cooking up inside of you
So put on your thinking helmet Like adventurers must do I have no doubt You'll find out A great idea or two
Cause the key to finding what you want Is knowing where to look You'v got all the ingredients So now it's time to cook
"If only we could find the wombeast, then we could get our apples back." Sofia mused.
"But he's long gone, dear." Tilly pointed out. "How can we find him?"
"Your locus-pocus map!" Madeline realised. "We can ask it where the wombeast went!"
"That is a whiz-bang idea!" Tilly smiled, getting out her map.
"Locus-pocus map, please show us the wombeast." Sofia inquired.
The map produced a group of mountains.
"He's in the Horrid Hills." Tilly shuddered.
"Oh." Madeline gulped. "But that's okay."
Sofia: Cause we've got two cups of courage Madeline: And a pinch of pluck Sofia: A quarter-pound of cleverness Madeline: A dash of plain old luck
Sofia/Madeline: Then we mix 'em all up together Into one big fricasee It's a recipe for adventure Cooking up inside of you and we
Tilly: We just need two cups of courage Sofia/Madeline: Two cups of courage Tilly: And a little pinch of pluck Sofia/Madeline: A little inch of pluck Tilly: A quarter-pound of cleverness Sofia/Madeline: A dash of plain old luck
Sofia/Madeline/Tilly: Then we mix 'em all up together Into one tremendous stew Tilly: Yum!
Sofia/Madeline: It's a recipe Tilly: Recipe Sofia/Madeline: For adventure Tilly: Adventure
Sofia/Madeline/Tilly: And it's cooking up inside of me and you
They finally reached the horrid hills.
"Looks like the wombeast cave is up... there." Tilly gulped.
"It's really steep." Sofia noted.
"It sure is." Tilly agreed.
"Not even your jumping shoes could help us get up there." Madeline declared.
"They sure couldn't." Tilly put the map back in the bag.
"But maybe you have something that would?" Sofia asked.
"Hmm, good thinking." Tilly smiled. She dug into her bag again. "Let's see here..." She pulled out a small object. "Oh, eureka! A kite!"
"That's a kite?" Madeline asked.
"Remember, things aren't always as they seem, dear." Tilly tugged the kite several times, causing it to expand until it was bigger then her.
"Whoa!" Sofia gasped.
"Then we just need to pin the tail on the kite, and there we go!" Tilly declared, putting on the tail. "Now all we need is a breath of a breeze."
Tilly held the kite above her head. A breeze started pushing it along.
"Ah, wonderful!" She cheered. She took Sofia's hand, and Sofia took Madeline's. "Hold on tight! Up we go!"
The kite carried them up into the sky.
"I think we can see the entire kingdom from up here!" Madeline yelled.
"And then some!" Tilly added.
They soon landed outside a small cave.
"That's the wombeast cave." Tilly pointed out. "Ooh, I'll never fit in there."
"We can do it, aunt Tilly. Sofia declared.
"Yeah, no problem." Madeline added.
"Spoken like true adventurers." Tilly smiled. "I'll be right here if you need me."
Sofia and Madeline crawled into the cave, hearing a hissing sound as they went. They came out in a large cavern.
"Oh, mr. wombeast?" Sofia called, her voice echoing. "Sir?"
"Where are you?" Madeline asked.
A large shadow appeared on the wall. Sofia and Madeline turned to see the wombeast behind them. It jumped over and made it's way towards them.
"Nice wombeast." Sofia took a step back.
The wombeast growled.
"If you're trying to scare us, you should know we're brave adventurers." Madeline declared.
The wombeast growled even louder.
"We'll see how brave you are after you hear my super-growl!" The wombeast sneered. "I've been practising it all day. I even scared myself."
"You scared yourself with your own growl?" Sofia giggled. "That's funny."
"Well, it is kinda funny."The wombeast agreed. "Hey, wait a minute. You speak wombeast?!"
"We can speak to any animal." Madeline smiled. "Because of our amulets."
"Well, you're wrong about me being funny." The wombeast stood on it's hind legs. "I'm not funny, I'm ferocious!"
The wombeast suddenly slipped and fell, making Sofia and Madeline giggle.
"And kinda cute." Sofia smiled. "When you aren't growling, and taking people's apples."
"Speaking of which, we'd like out apples back, if you don't mind." Madeline added.
"Well, you can't have them." The wombeast snarled. "They're mine now!"
"But we picked those apples." Sofia protested. "And it took us all day to find them!"
"And it's just not nice to take things from people all higgledy-piggledy!" Madeline added.
"You're right." The wombeast sighed. "But I'm really hungry, and those apples looked so tasty."
"Oh, well. if you'd asked us I'm sure we'd've given you a few." Sofia suggested.
"But we really need those apples back so we can bake an apple pie for the family dinner tonight." Madeline added.
"What's a family dinner?" The wombeast asked.
"You know, when the whole family eats together, with lots of food and a great big table." Sofia explained.
"Wait, don't tell us you've never had a family dinner?" Madeline declared.
"I don't have a family." The wombeast admitted.
"You don't?" Sofia asked.
"Nope, it's just me up here." The wombeast sighed.
"Don't you ever get lonely?" Madeline asked.
"Sometimes." The wombeast retrieved the apples. "Here, take your apples. I'll find something else to eat."
"Poor wombeast." Sofia sighed. "I wish there was a way we could all get what we want."
"Hey, maybe there is." Madeline declared.
A short time later, they came out of the cave.
"We're back, we got the apples." Sofia declared.
"I knew you could do it, girls!" Tilly smiled. The wombeast came outside. "Oh!"
"Aunt Tilly, this is Wilbur, the wild, wooly wombeast." Madeline introduced him. "He's very hungry so we invited him to come back to the castle for the family dinner."
"What a whiz-bang idea, girls!" Tilly smiled.
Sofia stroked Wilbur's head
Back at the castle kitchen, Tilly opened the oven door to take out the pies. She, Sofia and Madeline were all dressed in chef outfits.
"Ooh, aunt Tilly!" Sofia smiled. "The pie looks great!"
"Thanks for helping me bake it, girls." Tilly smiled.
"You're welcome." Madeline nodded.
In the dining room, Baileywick was standing by the door.
"May I present the duchess Matilda's famous apple pie!" He announced as the staff brought it in.
Everyone was sat at the table. Sofia and Madeline were their wearing their regular dresses, and Tilly was wearing a green gown.
The platter was placed on the table, and Baileywick removed the dome, revealing the large pie, topped with an apple.
"I've been waiting all day!" Roland beamed.
Baileywick cut the pie and give the slice to Tilly, who placed it in front of Roland. Roland took a bite.
"You've outdone yourself this time, Tilly." He declared.
Everyone else started eating.
"It's delicious." Miranda smiled.
"Mmm-hmm." James added.
"Well, I couldn't have done it without my two little helpers." Tilly smiled.
"You two missed a great carnival." Amber told Sofia and Madeline. "We rode a ferris wheel so high you could almost see the whole kingdom!"
"That high, huh?" Tilly smirked.
"And they had this big corn maze." James added. "I thought we'd never get out! Sorry you both missed it."
"Was it fun helping aunt Tilly?" Amber asked.
"It was funner then fun." Sofia smiled.
"It was whiz-bang." Madeline chuckled.
"Huh?" Amber and James gasped.
Sofia and Madeline looked under the table, where Wilbur was waiting. They gave him some apple pie..
"There you go, Wilbur." Sofia smiled.
Wilbur wolfed the pie down.
"Girls, I've never seen you eat so much." Miranda declared. "You've had second helpings of everything."
"All that baking must have made us hungry." Madeline chuckled.
Wilbur burped.
"Oh dear, where are my manners?" Tilly declared. "Excuse me."
"A toast to my dear sister, and her outstanding apple pie." Roland raised his goblet." To Tilly!"
"To Tilly!" The others chorused.
"We' are so glad we spent the day with you." Sofia told Tilly.
"We had no idea you were such an adventurer." Madeline added.
"And I always knew you were, my dears." Tilly smiled.
The girls giggled happily.