Chapter 2: Spring Into Fun
"You see what I mean?" BJ asked. "Spring, summer, fall, or winter! It always seem like we always have to wait to do stuff!"
"I know, right?!" Peppermint Patty asked as Schroeder entered the school yard.
"Hi everybody, hi BJ, hi Barney!" Schroeder smiled.
"Hi Schroeder!" everyone greeted.
"Sorry I'm late. I was still unpacking my stuff from camp." Schroeder said. "So, what's been going on?"
"Well, BJ and Peppermint Patty were complaining about having to wait for different seasons to do something during that time." Lila said before Barney came up with an idea.
"Well, it does seem that way, but I got an idea that just might help." Barney smiled, exciting the kids, Snoopy, and BJ.
"You do? What is it?" Peppermint Patty asked excitedly.
"Well it's kind of a surprise." Barney smiled. "Does anyone here like surprises?"
"We sure do!" the kids all smiled.
"Well then follow me up to the treehouse!" Barney smiled, with that, BJ, the kids, Snoopy, and Woodstock did just that.
"Ooh! A surprise! I LOVE surprises!" Lila squealed.
"You love everything." Lucy corrected, playfully ruffling Lila's hair.
"I wonder what it is..." Peppermint Patty said.
"You know what, Pepper?" BJ asked.
"What?" she asked.
"I can't wait for this either." BJ said as everyone entered the treehouse.
"Now let's see, where did I put that big surprise?" Barney wondered as Snoopy looked high and low.
"Hmmmm..." Snoopy declared, looking in a drawer. He pulled out his Flying Ace helmet "Nuh uh."
"If it's a Barney surprise, it's gonna be amazing!" Sally explained.
"Is this your surprise, Barney?" Lila asked, picking up a toy.
"No, that's not it." Barney said as BJ picked up another toy.
"Hey, is this a surprise?" BJ asked.
"Nope. Sorry." Barney said. Snoopy found four jars in the dress up chest and smiled. She then brought them to the table and showed them to Barney, who smiled. "Oh there's my surprise! Thank you, Snoopy." The kids gathered around the table. "Ta Da!"
"Uh, these are just a bunch of jars." Rebecca said.
"Not really exciting to tell you the truth, Big Purple." Peppermint Patty said.
"But if you use your imagination, these are very special jars!" Barney smiled before using his magic to decorate the jars into different seasons; spring, summer, fall, and winter. The kids gasped excitedly.
"Spring!" Heather smiled.
"Summer!" Maria smiled.
"Fall!" Sally smiled.
"Winter!" Shawn smiled.
"Spring, summer, fall, and winter! Those are the four seasons in a year." Tosha smiled.
"OK, but I still don't see what makes these jars so cool." BJ said.
"Well this jar feels cool enough." Lucy said, touching the jar and shuddering at how cold it felt.
"That's the winter jar." Linus commented.
"Figures." Lucy shrugged.
Shawn and Charlie Brown touched the jar. "It really IS cold!" the former said.
"And I can hear the sound of icicles inside!" Charlie Brown smiled.
Peppermint Patty touched the summer jar "That's funny, the summer jar feels very warm." She said. "And I can hear the sound of ocean waves inside!"
"Wooooooo!" Snoopy said.
"Barney, by any chance..." Sally began to smile.
"Yes, Sally?" Barney asked.
"Is it..." she smiled widely.
"Is it what?" Barney asked.
"Is it...FOUR SEASONS DAY?!" she asked, wide eyed and full of excitement.
"What?" Lila tilted her head.
Barney chuckled. "Not really." he said.
"But if it's not Four Seasons Day, then what's with the jars?" Sally asked.
"That's my surprise!" Barney smiled. "These jars have seasons inside! When you take off the top, you can have spring, summer, fall, or winter without any waiting!"
The kids and BJ grew excited. "That sounds great! Can we try one?" BJ asked.
"Sure!" Barney smiled.
"Let's go try it outside!" Lucy cheered.
"Let's try the spring jar first!" Tosha suggested, already grabbing the jar and heading downstairs.
"GOODY! I LOVE SPRING!" Heather squealed with delight as they headed downstairs.
"Are you sure this'll work, Barney?" Schroeder asked.
"It will if we're all using our imaginations!" Barney smiled. "Just lift off the top and close it right up again. We don't wanna use it up all at once."
"Got it! So let's get this started!" Lucy smiled.
"Here it goes..." BJ said, lifting the top of the spring jar and beautiful flowers flew out. He then closed the jar.
"Hey! Look at our clothes!" Tosha acknowledged.
"They're all springy!" Heather squealed.
"How did you-" Lila gawked.
Lucy put a hand on Lila's shoulder "Barney magic, Lila. Pure and simple Barney magic."
"And it's just the thing for spring!" Barney said.
"Nice rhyme." Sally complimented. "Listen, I can hear lots of birds!"
"And look what the tree's doing, it's growing blossoms!" Rebecca said. "Just like in spring."
"And look at all the flowers!" Heather gasped.
"That's right, cause in spring, lots of things are growing." Barney narrated. "Flowers and trees and plants?"
"And little baby birds?" Schroeder asked.
"And little baby birds." Barney replied.
"And even kids like us?" Maria asked.
"Even kids like you." Barney smiled.
"YAY!" BJ and the kids cheered.
"WHOO HOO!" Snoopy cheered.
Barney:
Growing - you do it every day
You're growing when we're sleeping
And even when you play
And as you grow a little older
You can do more things,
Because you're growing and so are you.
BJ:
Each day we grow a little taller,
A little bigger, not smaller.
And we grow a little friendlier too.
Barney's Friends and Peanuts Gang:
And as we grow a little older
We can do more things,
Because I'm growing and so are you.
Growing - we do it every day
We're growing when we're sleeping
And even when we play
And as we grow a little older
we can do more things,
Because I'm growing and so are you.
Barney:
Each day we grow a little taller,
A little bigger, not smaller.
Barney, BJ, Barney's Friends and Peanuts Gang:
And we grow a little friendlier too.
And as we grow a little older
We can do more things,
Because I'm growing and so are you.
Because I'm growing and so are you.
"I just love spring." Heather commented.
"Me too." Barney said. "It reminds me of a poem. The air, it smells so fresh and clean; the sky is blue, the grass is green; the robins sing but best of all-"
"THIS IS THE TIME FOR BASKETBALL!" BJ cut off Barney as he and Peppermint Patty played around with a basketball.
"Come on, troops! Who wants to shoot some hoops with us?" Peppermint Patty asked.
"Aren't you two forgetting something?" Shawn asked.
"Like what?"
"A BASKETBALL HOOP, BLOCKHEADS!" Lucy explained. "WE DON'T HAVE ONE!"
"We don't?" BJ asked, disappointed.
"RATS!" Peppermint Patty huffed, throwing her hat on the ground out of anger.
"I'll add it to my list of treehouse renovation ideas." Sally said.
"But what do we do in the meantime?" Lila wondered.
"I think I have an idea!" Barney bubbled with excitement before whispering his idea into Snoopy's ear.
"Uh huh!" Snoopy nodded as he and Wooddstock went to fetch something.
"I can't wait to see this!" Barney smiled as Snoopy fetched a watering can.
"What're you doing, Snoopy?" Lila asked. Snoopy made hand motions to describe his actions. "Trying to get something to grow?"
Just then, the ground began to shake. "What's happening now?!" Schroeder asked.
"It feels like something's growing." Rebecca said.
"Yeah, and it's coming from under my feet!" BJ exclaimed as a huge plant begun to sprung.
"Gangway, troops!" Peppermint Patty exclaimed before a huge sun flower with a basketball hoop appeared.
"YAY!" the kids happily exclaimed.
"Let's all take turns, shooting some hoops!" Barney bubbled.
Barney's Friends and Peanuts Gang:
Oh, we take turns so we all have fun
And we include everyone
Oh, we take turns so we all have fun
And we include everyone
Oh, we take turns so we all have fun
"I'm gonna get a slam klunk!" Sally declared.
"Dunk." BJ corrected.
"What..." Sally tossed the ball and it missed the hoop "...ever..."
Oh, we take turns so we all have fun
And we include everyone
Oh, we take turns so we all have fun
And we include everyone
Oh, we take turns so we all have fun
Oh, we take turns
So we'll all have fun,
And we include
Everyone.
Oh, we take turns
So we'll all have fun.
Heather then noticed some clouds and frowned. "I don't like the looks of those clouds." she said.
"I got this." Lucy smiled. "Cloudy day, go away. Come again some other day." It didn't work as it began raining. "YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!"
"It's a spring rain shower!" Shawn exclaimed.
"RATS!" Peppermint Patty huffed.
"Game over, everyone! Inside the treehouse!" Barney instructed.
"Awwww man..." BJ huffed.
"It's not that bad!" Peppermint Patty explained, still shooting hoops in the rain.
Lila watched on with a giggle. "Barney, Snoopy, everyone. I have an idea!" she declared.
"Let's hear it." Lucy said, ringing out her hair and Lila whispered something to Snoopy.
"Oooooh!" the beagle got out umbrellas and raingear from the closet.
"Let's get these on and keep playing!" Lila squealed.
"I like your style." BJ giggled.
Charlie Brown:
Ker-plink
Shawn:
Ker-plop
Tosha:
Ker-plink
Lila:
Ker-plop
Barney's Friends and Peanuts Gang:
Ker-plink, ker-plop
Ker-plink, ker-plop
Barney:
For the flowers and the trees,
And the fishes in the seas,
The raindrops drop all around.
Helping rivers flow and your garden grow,
As they fall from the sky to the ground.
Shawn, Rebecca, Charlie Brown, and Lila:
When the rain goes ker-plop,
All the animals stop
At a pool for a nice cool drink.
They are just like you,
They get thirsty too.
Barney:
But you get your water from a sink.
Barney, Barney's Friends, and Peanuts Gang:
And the rain can make a puddle,
So the birds can splash all around.
Taking a bath and chirping away,
Singing happily to the raindrops,
When they make this sound:
Ker-plink! Ker-plop!
Ker-plink! Ker-plop!
Ker-plink! Ker-plop!
Ker-plink! Ker-plop!
Barney:
When the sun goes away
And the clouds turn grey
And the rain ker-plops in your eyes.
If it makes you sad,
You will soon be glad.
Look down and you'll see a fun surprise.
Barney, Barney's Friends, and Peanuts Gang:
For the rain can make a puddle,
So the birds can splash all around.
Taking a bath and chirping away,
Singing happily to the raindrops,
When they make this sound:
Ker-plink! Ker-plop!
Ker-plink! Ker-plop!
Barney:
In those puddles, I love to hop!
I don't care if it never stops!
Barney, Barney's Friends, and Peanuts Gang:
How we love the raindrops!
