I almost caught one yesterday, I chased him but he fled.
But if I told my dad he’d say, “It’s all inside your head!”
You really cannot catch them, Or find their whereabouts.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don’t let their secret out!
The Vent
Tom Thomas!
OK!
Simka, Toola, check it out!
It's pretty, isn't it?
Oh! Splendid!
It's nothing but a trinket. It's completely useless!
Useless?
Look how well it matches my hair clip.
Useful things are the kind of things you truly need.
For instance like this rope ladder I've got.
It's splendid!
And where do you plan on climbing with this thing?
Now, this mirror here is both useful and pretty.
How splendid!
Toola, you say everything is splendid.
Well, here's something super splendid that I bet you don't have!
What is it?
It's a mechanical super claw.
It must be just perfect for scratching your back!
Now look what I have.
A photograph of Vector! And he signed it for me too.
Are you sure that's Vector?
You've got a photo of the bravest Fixie on the face of the entire planet?
Yeah. And the most beautiful.
Is it him for sure? No way! Let me take a look!
Nuh-uh! You’ll smudge it!
You've been fooled!
No!
Yes!
- Jealous? - You are!
My photo!
Oh no!
What was that?
A draft.
This is completely your fault!
It's not my fault, it's your fault for bragging so much!
Please girls, stop fighting!
Let’s go find it.
It's just horrible!
To lose a picture signed by the most famous Fixie ever!
It will be horrible when that picture of a Fixie is found by humans!
So, where could it be?
I know how we can find it!
Exactly!
We’ll blow a bubble and watch which way it goes as it floats away.
We'll follow it and find your picture.
Do you know why you can blow bubbles out of soapy water?
At the surface of any liquid there's an invisible film that is very thin but very strong.
If you want to see it for yourself,
fill up a glass with water all the way to the very top.
Now you need to take a coin and carefully drop it into the water sideways.
Then drop in another coin,
and another, and another.
You'll see that the water doesn’t pour out but rises up and forms a hump!
That's because the water at the top sticks together.
Why? Because of a force called surface tension!
Thanks to surface tension water can form drops.
It also helps us blow soap bubbles.
Because when we add soap into the water the film gets even stronger,
but still not strong enough to stop the bubbles from bursting.
Ok, it's ready. Now we need to blow.
Do it together!
And…
I don't think this way is going to work.
- Look, it's flying! - We did it!
The vent! Of course!
Why didn't I think of that before?!
Have you ever seen holes in the bathroom or kitchen that are covered with grids?
Well those are called vents!
And behind the vent is a long pipe called an air-duct.
Unpleasant odors and musty air can be forced into the ducts
and sent out of the house.
And if you want that old, stale air to leave the house even faster,
open a window and let in some of the fresh air from outside.
Keep the air in your home as fresh as it can be!
Hey, take a look!
It got stuck over there!
Get it before it flies away!
How can we grab it?!
What do you mean?! Don't you remember what I've got?
- Tideesh! - Tideesh!
Thank you, Simka!
What would we ever have done without your mechanical claw!
And your fantastic ladder!
Then, here you go. A present for you.
Thanks, it's just great!
And I wanna give you this!
Ah, gee! It’s just splendid!
Simka! Are you here?
What have you got there, Simka?
A little mirror! It's pretty, don't you think?
Oh, you girls!
You’re all the same.
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they’re magnified It’s hard to see their features.
They’re tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don’t let their secret out!
The Armor
...-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five!
Ready or not, here we come!
I heard him! He ran into the hallway!
You check the kitchen, Nolik, and I’ll check the living room.
Well?
I just don't get it! Where could he be hiding?
The office! We forget to check in there!
There's nowhere in here for him to hide.
Inside the shark!
Nolik,
Tom Thomas couldn’t even fit half of himself inside of that shark.
Yeah?
Then in that huge vase!
Uh-huh!
He’s all scrunched up in there and laughing at us.
Simka!
There! Did you hear that?
He IS in there!
There's no one!
But I know that I heard a “hee-hee”!
You imagined it. Let’s go take a look in the bathroom.
I imagined it.
It’s so stuffy inside this armor.
The arms got stuck!
Where else could he be?!
Who is that?!
Simka, the knight, he came to life!!
Well, how much longer are you going to look for me?
Armor is very hard clothing worn by warriors to protect them against swords and arrows.
People started making armor in ancient times
but the full body armor that knights wore didn't start until the Middle Ages.
The armor worn by knights on horses was heavy.
It could weigh a hundred pounds!
And if a knight got knocked off of his horse, he'd need help to get back up again.
By the way, the knights’ horses,
they wore their own heavy set of armor for protection.
Hey! Did you turn into statues?!
Tom Thomas? Is that you in there?
Who else?!
Lift up this visor. I can barely breath!
And how come we should do it?
Cause I can’t. Don’t you see? My arms got stuck!
We see.
You look funny!
Funny to you,
but now I'm stuck and I can’t get out of here.
Come on, help me out please!
Great! Chewsocka is just what we need right now.
Chewsocka, what’s wrong with you?! It’s me!
Hey! Stop it!
Help! I can’t get up!
Come on, let's undo the latches, Nolik. Quickly!
Thanks for helping me!
It was nothing!
I couldn’t have done it without you.
Let's put the knight back together.
Uh-huh!
Before Dad gets back.
Protective clothing isn't just for people who are fighting in battles.
Travellers put on special nets to protect themselves against mosquitos and gnats.
And beekeepers wear protective clothes too.
If they had nothing to protect them from bee stings, their job would be quite painful.
Without their protective clothing
it would be impossible for firefighters to go into burning buildings and save people.
And how could astronauts go into outer space without special clothing?
It’s freezing up there and there’s no air to breath at all.
And that's why they wear a special costume called a space suit when they travel.
The space suit not only protects astronauts from the cold,
but supplies them with air so they can breath.
By the way, the Fixies also wear protective clothing
so they can stay safe while they work.
Well, there.
Did we get it right?
It looks like we got it right.
Only, where's the helmet?
Nolik went to get it.
Tom Thomas! Helmet delivery!
Thanks there, Chewsocka.
Whoa there, war horse! Calm yourself down!
There we go. It's all back in place again.
Too bad that your knight looks like a ballerina twirling around.
You see, his arm...
I can't move it, it's stuck.
Here's what we'll do. Give him something to hold.
Well, how's that look?
Perfect.
Now he can paddle into battle!