[TAPPING]
ERNIE: Oh, Bert, sounds like someone hammering in the
Twiddlebug house.
I wonder what those little Twiddlebugs are up to now.
[HAMMERING]
SUPERINTENDENT: [INAUDIBLE].
Well, it's all set.
Now, let's test it to see if it's ready.
[BEEPING]
SUPERINTENDENT: Yep.
It's working, all right.
[CHEERING]
ALL: It's working!
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Well, thank you very much, Mr.
Superintendent.
SUPERINTENDENT: You're welcome.
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: I'll test it, too.
[BEEPING]
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: It's working.
ALL: It's working!
It's working!
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: It may be working all
right, but what is it?
TESSIE TWIDDLEBUG: Maybe it's a radio, Twiddle dear.
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: I bet it's a radio.
[BEEPING]
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: Oh, listen to that groovy song.
La, la, la.
TINA TWIDDLEBUG: Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
That's not a radio.
I think I heard about these things in school.
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Well, then tell us, Tessa, my dear.
What is it?
TINA TWIDDLEBUG: Well, the teacher told us they were
called smoke detectors.
ALL: Smoke detectors?
TINA TWIDDLEBUG: Mmhm.
TESSIE TWIDDLEBUG: But what on earth is it for?
TINA TWIDDLEBUG: Well, a smoke detector tells you when
there's smoke around.
And when there's smoke around, sometimes, there's fie.
ALL: Whoa.
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: This certainly sounds like a very
important thing to have around the house.
[BEEPING]
TESSIE TWIDDLEBUG: There it goes again.
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Yes.
And no one is testing it.
TINA TWIDDLEBUG: That must mean there's
smoke around somewhere.
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: There is smoke around.
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Oh, yes.
And it looks like it's coming from the oven.
TESSIE TWIDDLEBUG: Oh, goodness gracious me!
It must be the stuff bean that I was making for dinner.
I'd forgotten all about it.
ALL: Oh, no!
TESSIE TWIDDLEBUG: What are we going to do now?
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Not to worry, Twiddle my dear.
I will take the overcooked stuffed bean out of the oven,
take it outdoors so the smoke clears, and then I will take
you all out to dinner and everything will be just dandy.
ALL: Oh!
ERNIE: Uh-oh, it looks like Mrs. Twiddlebug overcooked
dinner again.
Oh, well.
It's Fireman Ernie to the rescue.
[HUMMING]
[SNICKERING]
[BEEPING]
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Ouch, ouch, ouch.
Hot bean!
[ALL PANICKING]
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: Oh, my gosh.
It's raining!
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: What?
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: It's raining!
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: I can't see anything because this bean is
still smoking so.
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: Don't worry, Daddy.
The rain will clear up the smoke any minute now.
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Oh, good.
Oh, good.
TINA TWIDDLEBUG: When you burn beans, boy,
you really burn them.
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: Yeah, mom had told you.
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Oh, she does it well.
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: It's done.
TINA TWIDDLEBUG: Oh, listen.
The smoke detector stopped.
[INAUDIBLE]
but the smoke is all gone.
TESSIE TWIDDLEBUG: Now, isn't that a strange thing?
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: You mean the smoke detector?
TESSIE TWIDDLEBUG: No.
The fact that it always rains whenever I
cook a stuffed bean.
THOMAS TWIDDLEBUG: Well, I'll take this burned bean outside
with the others.
TIMMY TWIDDLEBUG: Yeah.
[SNICKERING]