(Grover humming)
- Oh!
Hello everybody!
It is I, your lovable furry old pal, Grover!
- [Child] Hi, Grover!
- [Kid] Hi, Grover!
- And what do we have here?
The monster at the end of your story.
Wait, whose story?
- [Children] It's our story!
- Oh!
How exciting!
That means you get to help tell the story.
I cannot, wait just a minute.
Did that say there would be a monster
at the end of your story?
You may not know this about me, but I am afraid of--
- Hi, Grover!
- Monsters! (yells)
Oh, Elmo!
It is only you.
(children laugh)
Where did that come from?
What?
What is happening?
- It's the story!
Your story is beginning!
- Yeah! - Let's start the story!
- No, no, no, no, no.
I am sorry, but I do not want to watch your story.
Watch your story.
Hey, that gives me an idea.
Be right back.
This will stop you from watching.
I am going to tie up the screen,
so the story cannot go any further.
Then, we will never get to the end. (chuckles)
- But Elmo wants to see what happens in the story, Grover!
- [Children] Yeah!
- [Child] We wanna watch the story.
- If you want to see the story,
you would need something to cut the ropes.
And I do not see anything like that around here.
- Wow, hey!
Maybe we can use one of these to cut the rope!
Let's think.
Should Elmo choose a pair of scissors, or a pogo stick
to cut the rope?
(children laugh)
- [Kid] A pogo stick?
- Did somebody say Pogo stick?
I love pogo sticks!
They are so fun and bouncy!
(everyone laughs)
(Grover yells)
I am okay!
- [Kid] Pogo sticks can't cut rope!
- [Child] Let's use the scissors!
- Yeah!
Great idea.
Scissors can help cut things.
(piano music)
- [Children] Yay!
- It worked!
Great job!
On with the story!
- Oh.
Your story is still happening,
which means we are getting closer to the (gulps) monster!
No matter.
I have another idea.
This will stop you from watching.
I am going to nail these boards over the screen
to block our view.
After all, we cannot watch your story
if we cannot see it.
- But Grover, Elmo wants to see what happens in the story.
Do you want to see the story too?
- [Children] Yes!
- [Child] Let's watch the story!
- Sorry Elmo, but you would need something really,
really strong to knock these boards over.
(Elmo laughs)
- Look at these!
Let's think.
Should we choose a wrecking ball or a balloon
to knock over the boards and continue your story?
- Is that a balloon?
Can I see that, Elmo?
- Okay.
- (laughs) I love balloons!
I'm floating away!
- Elmo doesn't think that a balloon
can knock over the boards.
- [Kid] (laughs) Use the wrecking ball!
- [Child] Yeah, the wrecking ball!
(Elmo laughs)
- Okay, Elmo will try the wrecking ball.
Stand back everybody!
(wood clattering)
- [Child] Yeah!
- [Kid] It worked!
- Thanks for your help!
Elmo can't wait to see what happens next.
(Grover yells)
- Oh no, the boards are gone!
Oh, your story is still happening.
which means we are getting closer to the monster!
- But monsters can be friendly, Grover.
- Not to worry, I have one final idea.
(truck beeping)
I shall stop us from watching once and for all!
By building a heavy, solid, brick wall!
- But Grover, how will we know what happens
at the end of the story?
- Sorry, Elmo.
You would need something very, very strong
to knock these bricks over. (chuckles)
- Maybe, we can use one of these to knock down the bricks.
Let's think.
Should we choose a bulldozer (laughs) or a sandwich
to knock down the bricks?
- Did somebody say sandwich?
All this work sure makes me hungry.
Mm, tasty.
- [Child] Use the bulldozer!
- [Kid] Yeah!
A bulldozer is really strong.
- Yeah!
Elmo will try the bulldozer.
(Oscar laughs)
- Yay!
Thanks for your help, Oscar.
- [Kid] Yay, the bulldozer worked!
- My brick wall!
Oh!
Elmo, we are almost at the end of the story.
And I will say it one more time.
There is a monster at the end of the story!
And any minute now, the very,
very scary monster will appear!
The end? (Elmo laughs)
- [Child] Yes, Grover.
It's the end of the story!
- [Kid] We made it.
- Wait, we are at the end of your story?
But the only monster I see is Elmo!
Could it be, the monster at the end of your story is Elmo?
(Elmo laughs)
- Elmo is one of the monsters,
but Elmo sees another monster.
- [Child] It's you, Grover!
- [Kid] Grover's the monster!
- Huh?
I am!
(laughs) You were right, Elmo!
- (chuckles) Grover.
- And you were so worried about the monster
at the end of your story.
- [Children] Yay!
(Elmo laughs) (Child laughs)