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A young boy adrift in the middle of the ocean, all alone
except for a ravenous beast.
WHOOPIE PIE: What?
Wait.
NARRATOR: In a boat made entirely of cookies.
WHOOPIE PIE: Ravenous beast?
NARRATOR: Will he ever get home?
Find out in The Life of Whoopie Pie.
WHOOPIE PIE: Did he say ravenous beast?
[BURP]
COOKIE MONSTER: Hi.
WHOOPIE PIE: [SCREAMS]
Who are you?
COOKIE MONSTER: Yummy yum.
Me Cookie Monster.
Who you?
WHOOPIE PIE: I am Whoopie Pie.
Where did you come from?
COOKIE MONSTER: Oh, me crawl in here and take little nappy
after three course cookie lunch.
Yeah.
Where are we?
WHOOPIE PIE: We are adrift in the middle of the ocean.
COOKIE MONSTER: No.
WHOOPIE PIE: We are all alone.
COOKIE MONSTER: No.
WHOOPIE PIE: On a boat made entirely of cookies.
COOKIE MONSTER: Yes.
Ah ha!
WHOOPIE PIE: Cookie Monster, stop.
You can't eat the boat.
COOKIE MONSTER: Me disagree.
WHOOPIE PIE: But if you eat the boat, the boat will sink
and we'll never get home.
COOKIE MONSTER: Never get home?
But me got to get home.
Home full of cookies.
WHOOPIE PIE: Then you have to control yourself and stop
eating the boat.
COOKIE MONSTER: Yeah, but boat delicious.
Actually, boat all me can think about.
Ah.
WHOOPIE PIE: Oh, no, no.
It does not have to be.
You can think about something else.
COOKIE MONSTER: Yeah?
We can?
WHOOPIE PIE: One strategy is to think about something else
and say it quietly to yourself over and over to help keep
your mind focused.
COOKIE MONSTER: Whoopie Pie come up with good strategy.
WHOOPIE PIE: Good.
COOKIE MONSTER: Yeah.
OK.
What--
what me think about?
WHOOPIE PIE: Think about trying to find land.
You see that?
That is a telescope.
I want you to look through that telescope
and try to find land.
COOKIE MONSTER: Look through telescope.
Try to find land.
WHOOPIE PIE: Exactly.
You say that to yourself over and over while you try to find
land and I row.
COOKIE MONSTER: Got it.
OK.
Me look through telescope.
Me try to find land.
Me look through telescope.
Me--
[GASP]
Oh.
Me see something.
WHOOPIE PIE: Oh!
Is it land?
COOKIE MONSTER: No.
It chocolate chip.
WHOOPIE PIE: What?
COOKIE MONSTER: Cookie!
WHOOPIE PIE: Oh no!
Whoa.
Oh!
Cookie Monster, control yourself.
Cookie Monster!
Cookie Monster, you ate more of the boat.
If you keep eating the boat we will never get home.
COOKIE MONSTER: Oh, me so sorry.
Me know me need to control meself.
WHOOPIE PIE: Yes.
COOKIE MONSTER: But it hard for me to think about anything
else except this delicious cookie boat.
WHOOPIE PIE: Yes, yes.
I understand.
So let me give you another strategy that will help you
stay focused.
While you're talking to yourself about looking for
land, do it in rhyme.
COOKIE MONSTER: In rhyme?
WHOOPIE PIE: Yes.
Land is what you will think about.
When you see land, you'll give a shout.
COOKIE MONSTER: Land is what me think about.
When me see land, me give a shout.
WHOOPIE PIE: Now you say that to yourself over and over
while you look for land and I row.
OK.
COOKIE MONSTER: Me got this.
WHOOPIE PIE: Yes you do.
COOKIE MONSTER: Land is what me think about.
When me see land me give a--
wow.
WHOOPIE PIE: Oh!
Oh, do you see land?
COOKIE MONSTER: No.
Me see cookie!
WHOOPIE PIE: Not again.
Cookie Monster, control yourself.
COOKIE MONSTER: Boy, oh boy, oh boy.
Me eat even more of boat.
WHOOPIE PIE: Yes.
You did.
Ah!
Oh dear!
Oh, I am afraid we are never going to see our homes again.
COOKIE MONSTER: No.
Me can do this.
Me can control meself.
Me just need another strategy to help me.
WHOOPIE PIE: Another strategy.
Yes.
Good thinking, Cookie Monster.
OK.
Let's see.
You tried talking to yourself.
You tried talking to yourself in rhyme.
Suppose you tried singing to yourself over and over again.
COOKIE MONSTER: Me give it try.
[SINGING]
Row, row, row the boat, gently cross the sea.
Hey.
This strategy working.
Me controlling meself.
WHOOPIE PIE: Yes.
Keep singing Cookie Monster.
COOKIE MONSTER: [SINGING]
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily.
Home's the place for me.
WHOOPIE PIE: Bravo, Cookie Monster.
You stayed focused and controlled yourself.
We're on our way home.
COOKIE MONSTER: [LAUGHS]
WHOOPIE PIE: [LAUGHS]
SHARK: A floating cookie?
Snack time.
WHOOPIE PIE: [SCREAMS]
Row!
Row, row row!
COOKIE MONSTER: What about singing?
WHOOPIE PIE: That too.
COOKIE MONSTER: [SINGING]
Row, row, row the boat.
NARRATOR: Will Whoopie Pie and Cookie Monster ever find land?
To find out, see The Life of Whoopie Pie.
COOKIE MONSTER: Oh boy!
Me bake cookies now.
Wow.
MAN: You shall not pass.
COOKIE MONSTER: Wow.
Boy, you dramatic.
MAN: Sorry, but you didn't put in all the ingredients.