Hi, there.
You know what?
I am in a counting mood today, so I
think I'll just count everything I can.
I'll start with this box of cookies.
One box of cookies.
Uh, Ernie?
Yes?
Excuse me.
Me just sauntering by, and me notice
you say the word "cookies".
That's true.
I just said cookies, because I just
counted this box of cookies.
Aha.
One box of cookies.
And Ernie?
Now what are you going to do with that one box of cookies?
Well, I thought I would open it up and count
the cookies inside.
Aha.
And then what?
Then what?
Yeah, then what?
What you do after you count cookies in box?
Well, gee, I don't know.
You have any ideas?
You're putting me on.
Of course me got idea.
Me Cookie Monster!
Me eat cookies in box!
Please, please, please.
Oh, I had a feeling you were going to say that.
Yeah, yeah.
Please, Ernie.
Ernie, count cookies so me can eat cookies.
Please hurry, hurry, hurry.
OK.
Let's count the cookies.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Oops.
What oops?
What, me hear oops somewhere?
Who say oops?
What?
I said oops.
Why?
You, why?
Well, because I just counted the cookies
and there are zero cookies in the box.
Zero cookies in box?
Right.
OK, that means you finished counting them, right?
Yes.
I have finished counting.
Fine.
Good.
Thank you.
Now me eat the cookies.
The box of cookies.
Here we go.
Ready?
And-- Wait a minute.
Wait.
There are no-- there are no cookies in box.
Something wrong here.
I know, Cookie Monster.
But Ernie-- Ernie, you said there are zero cookies in box,
but there are no cookies in box.
But that's what zero cookies means.
It means no cookies.
No cookies?
That mean if there are zero cookies, or no cookies in box,
that means there's zero, or no, cookies in Cookie Monster's
tummy!
Oh!
What me going to do?
Now wait a second, Cookie Monster.
This catastrophe!
No, no, no.
Calm down.
There's nothing we can do about it.
Here's another box of cookies.
Ah-ha!
So now we have one, two boxes of cookies.
Ah-ha!
Open box quick.
Open.
OK.
Need cookies inside.
Oops.
Oops again?
What with the oops?
That last time with bad, though.
Well, you see, this--
Not again.
This one has zero cookies in it, too, Cookie Monster.
No, no, no, no.
How can that be?
Wait, wait-- Ernie!
Oh no, no, no.
Wait a second-- this box have zero cookies, or no cookies.
And this box have zero cookies, or no cookies.
Oh, Ernie!
Oh, do something quick!
Me going crazy.
Wait!
Wait, wait a minute!
Wait a minute, Cookie Monster!
Me going crazy.
I just remembered, though.
Me go Crazy.
Don't go crazy.
Wait a second.
I just took all the cookies out of those boxes,
and I put them in this cookie jar!
I just remembered that, Cookie Monster.
Oh!
So now all the cookies are in here and I can count them.
Let's see, I got one cookie.
[LOUD EATING]
Cookie Monster, I wanted to count those cookies.
Me so sorry, Ernie, but me could not wait.
You can count the cookies now.
Thank you.
Bye bye.
But he ate all the cookies, so no
there really are zero cookies.
Wrong, Ernie.
Wrong, wrong.
Me see one more here.
Oh, good.
Yeah.
[LOUD EATING]
Now there really are zero cookies.
Thank you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]