(Elmo and Abby laughing)
- Tag, I got ya!
- Oh, oh, oh, hi Luis.
- Hi.
- Hi Elmo, Abby.
- Hi! - What's up?
- Oh, we're just playing tag.
Uh, what ya readin', Luis?
- Aw, this is a book
about a wonderful little boy named Auggie.
(Elmo gasps) - Oh!
- It's called, We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio.
(Elmo laughs)
What me to read it to you?
- Oh sure, Luis, Elmo loves story time.
- Yeah, me too.
Ooh, cool helmet.
Looks like a spaceman.
- Yeah! - Yeah, Luis,
does Auggie go to space?
- I don't know, let's read and see.
- Good idea! - Ooh, ooh!
(Elmo laughs)
- [Luis] I know I'm not an ordinary kid.
- [Elmo] Hey, hey, look, look, there's Auggie.
Oh, and look, his steps look just like Elmo's house.
- [Luis] Yes, they do.
- [Elmo] Yeah.
- [Abby] And look, he's got a dog.
Oh, what's the doggie's name?
- Let's read and see.
- Okay!
- [Luis] Sure, I do ordinary things, like ride a bike.
- [Elmo] Hey, hey!
Just like Elmo rides his tricycle!
- [Luis] I eat ice cream.
- [Abby] Wait, is that birdie gonna eat his ice cream?
(Elmo laughs)
- [Luis] I play ball.
- Abby and Elmo love to play ball.
- Yeah.
I just don't look ordinary.
I don't look like other kids.
- [Elmo] Oh, you know, Luis,
Auggie's face is different than the other kids.
- Everybody's different, you know?
- Yeah.
- You know, look over here where there's a little girl here.
She's blonde and she's got a ponytail.
- [Elmo] Right.
- [Luis] And that little boy right next to her,
he's got red hair, right?
This little girl over here has got dark skin.
- [Elmo] Yup.
- And this boy on this side over here, he's got light skin.
So see, we all look different.
- Oh yeah.
- Yeah.
So, let's read on.
- [Elmo] Okay.
- [Luis] My mom says I'm unique.
She says I'm a wonder.
My dog Daisy agrees.
- Oh, that's the doggie's name, Daisy.
(Elmo laughs) - Yeah.
- Yeah, Elmo likes that name.
- Yeah.
But some people don't see that I'm a wonder.
All they see is how different I look.
- But you said that everyone looks different, right Luis?
- That's right, but sometimes
people aren't kind about our differences.
- Oh.
- [Luis] Sometimes they stare at me.
They point or laugh.
- What, well that's not very kind.
- No.
- [Luis] They even say mean things behind my back.
But I can hear them.
- Boy, that makes Elmo feel sad.
It's, it's, it's not kind to say mean things about people.
- No!
It hurts my feelings.
It hurts Daisy's feelings too.
- Boy, Elmo just wishes
that Elmo could give Auggie a great big hug.
- [Abby] Yeah, and Daisy too.
- Yeah.
- [Abby] He looks so said,
even that little birdie looks sad.
- [Luis] Yeah.
When that happens, I put on my helmet.
- [Abby] Oh look, there's the helmet.
- [Elmo] Uh huh!
- [Luis] I put Daisy's helmet on too,
and then we blast off!
(Elmo and Abby laughing)
Up, up, up, up through the clouds!
(Elmo laughs)
- Look, they're going really high!
- [Luis] Yeah!
Across the galaxy.
- [Abby] Oh wow, look at all those pretty stars.
It's so magical.
(Elmo laughs)
- [Luis] All the way to Pluto!
We say hello to old friends.
- [Elmo] Wow!
Hey, look at all the aliens.
- [Abby] Yeah, they all look like Auggie.
(Elmo laughs)
- [Luis] Yes, they do.
From far away, the earth looks so small.
I can't see any people, but I know they're there.
Billions of people, people of all different colors,
people who walk and talk differently,
people who look different, like me.
(Elmo laughs)
The earth is big enough for all kinds of people.
- You know, if Elmo looks real, real hard,
look, Elmo thinks he can see Sesame Street.
- Oh yeah, I think I can see it.
- Yeah.
(Luis laughs)
I know I can't change the way I look,
but maybe, just maybe,
people can change the way they see.
If they do, they'll see that I'm a wonder!
- Hey, look, that boy wants to play with Auggie.
- Are they friends, Luis?
- Uh, yeah, I think they're going to be.
- [Abby] Mm-hmm.
- [Luis] And they'll see that they're wonders too.
We're all wonders.
- Oh, that boy knows that it's okay to be different,
right Luis?
- That's right.
- Yeah. - Actually, no,
he doesn't care how Auggie or anybody looks.
He just wants to play pall, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah. - That's true.
Oh look, the birdie likes him too.
(Elmo laughs)
- [Luis] Yes.
Look with kindness and you will always find wonder.
- Wow!
- The end.
(Elmo laughs)
Huh?
- Boy, that was a great story, Luis.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, thank you for reading to us.
(Elmo laughs)
- You're very welcome.
- We're all wonders.
- Yeah!
- Yeah, that's right.
- Uh, uh, Luis?
- Mm-hmm?
- Uh, do you think you could read it again?
- Oh yeah, Elmo wants to see
Auggie and Daisy go to space again.
- Yeah, me too!
- Okay!
- Okay.
We're All Wonders!
- Yup!
(Luis laughs)
- Okay.
- I know I'm not an ordinary kid, right?
- [Abby] Mm-hmm.
(gentle music)