MURRAY: Hi.
I'm Murray from Sesame Street, and I'm
looking for the word on the street.
What's the word on the street?
GIRL 1: Absorb.
MURRAY: What does "absorb" mean?
GIRL 2: It means to soak up something.
BOY 1: Like a sponge soaks up water.
MURRAY: What else could you absorb with?
BOY 2: A napkin
GIRL 3: A towel.
MURRAY: A towel can definitely absorb.
MAN: The ground.
MURRAY: When it rains, it absorbs the water.
Keep listening for the word "absorb"
today on Sesame Street.
GIRL 4: Absorb.
MURRAY: That's the word on the street.
ANNA: Hi.
I'm Anna.
ABBY: And I'm Abby.
ELMO: And Elmo's Elmo.
ANNA: And we are here to tell you all about the word
"absorb."
ELMO AND ABBY: Absorb.
ANNA: The word "absorb" means to take in or soak up,
and each one of us brought something
that we think will absorb.
Elmo, tell them what you brought.
ELMO: Oh, well, Elmo brought a sponge.
ANNA: Will it absorb?
Let's investigate.
ELMO: OK.
Oh.
Look.
Elmo's sponge soaked up the water.
It absorbed.
ABBY: Yay.
ELMO: Yay.
ANNA: Now, Abby.
Show us what you brought.
ABBY: Oh, um, I brought paper towels.
ANNA: Will the paper towels absorb?
Let's find out.
ELMO: Oh yeah.
The paper towels soaked up the water too.
ANNA: That means that the paper towels absorb.
ELMO AND ABBY: Yay.
ELMO: OK.
Now it's Miss Anna's turn.
OK.
What did Miss Anna bring that she thinks will absorb?
ANNA: I brought Murray.
MURRAY: Hello.
ABBY: Will Murray absorb?
ANNA: I don't know.
Let's find out.
MURRAY: OK.
Here I go.
Seeing if I absorb.
ELMO: Oh yeah, Murray's fur is soaking up the water.
ANNA: That means that Murray absorbs.
ALL MONSTERS: Yay.
MURRAY: High five, Anna.
Oh yeah.
ANNA: Oh.
Wet.
MURRAY: Sorry.
ALL: Absorb.
[? MURRAY: Oh ?] hey, that guy's got a shovel What's he doing?
Let's see.
Looking for a good spot.
Ah, and he's digging up some dirt.
OK.
Dig that dirt up.
And what's he taking out of the bag?
Huh.
Looks like a seed.
I think he's growing something.
Good job planting that seed, little guy.
Now, he's waiting for something.
What do you think he's waiting for?
What could help that seed grow?
Do you know what it is?
There comes a cloud.
What comes out of the cloud?
Water.
The earth is absorbing the water.
Now, the seed is absorbing it.
And the seed grows.
Congratulations, little guy.
You grew some corn.
LITTLE GUY: Yawhee.
ERNIE: [SINGING] I have a little plant.
I always give her water, 'cause you see,
she really loves her water.
And she says, thank you to me.
Even though I never hear it, but she says, thank you to me.
I have a little plant.
I put her in the sunlight, 'cause you see,
she really loves the sunlight.
And she says, thank you to me.
Even though I never hear it, still she
says, thank you to me.
She'll never give me flowers or cuddle like a pet.
She'll never give me pretty fruit to eat.
What you see is what you get.
I have a little plant.
I guess I'll keep on caring, 'cause you see,
she really likes my caring.
And she says, thank you to me.
Even though I'll never hear it.
Still she says, thank you to me.
I can tell it very clearly when she says, thank you to me.
Well, she would if she could talk.
Wouldn't you little plant?
OK.
You're welcome.
Well, that's easy for you to say.
OK.
Later.
MURRAY: What does the word "absorb" mean?
GIRL 5: It means to soak up.
BOY 3: It means like to suck in something.
MURRAY: What else can you absorb with?
MAN 2: A rag, or a sponge, or a mop.
BOY 4: A sponge sucks up water.
BOY 5: Paper towels.
MURRAY: Paper towels, thank you for your absorption.
What else could--
LADY: A towel maybe.
ERNIE: A towel?
LADY: When you get out of the shower,
you're absorbing the water off your body.
MURRAY: Yeah.
I act as my own towel.
LADY: Yeah.
MURRAY: I just get in there, and it just
absorbs into my own fur.
LADY: I can see that.
BOY 6: A tree absorbs water.
MURRAY: What on a tree makes it absorb?
BOY 6: The roots.
MURRAY: The roots absorb water.
Whoa.
I was drinking milk.
Had my cookies right there.
Spilled it all over, and I say, aye, aye, aye.
I need something to absorb that.
GIRL 6: A napkin.
If you spill something, a napkin just can wipe it up.
BOY 7: Absorb.
MURRAY: That's the word on the street.
You could use me.
I could just lay in the puddle and suck it all up.
I'm very absorbent.