1 00:00:00,450 --> 00:00:01,378 Hello everyone! 2 00:00:01,378 --> 00:00:04,325 I am your English reading coach, Minhee Teacher. 3 00:00:04,325 --> 00:00:09,231 Welcome back to our reading adventure with Mercy Watson to the Rescue, Part Two. 4 00:00:09,231 --> 00:00:12,545 Today, we are going to put on our movie director hats. 5 00:00:12,545 --> 00:00:17,573 Imagine we are looking through a camera lens at a very funny, very dramatic scene. 6 00:00:17,573 --> 00:00:18,439 Are you ready? 7 00:00:18,439 --> 00:00:20,162 Let's yell action and begin! 8 00:00:20,162 --> 00:00:23,415 First, let's take a bird's-eye view of our movie set. 9 00:00:23,415 --> 00:00:27,219 We have two different scenes happening at the exact same time. 10 00:00:27,219 --> 00:00:29,432 In scene one, we are in the bedroom. 11 00:00:29,432 --> 00:00:32,379 The floor goes crack, and a giant hole opens up. 12 00:00:32,379 --> 00:00:35,326 The Watsons' bed is tilting right into the hole! 13 00:00:35,326 --> 00:00:37,294 Mr. and Mrs. Watson are trapped. 14 00:00:37,294 --> 00:00:39,996 In scene two, the camera pans over to Mercy. 15 00:00:39,996 --> 00:00:42,270 Mercy is not thinking about the hole. 16 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:44,360 She is thinking about her stomach. 17 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:50,306 She walks to the kitchen, finds no toast, and decides to go next door to find some sugar cookies. 18 00:00:50,306 --> 00:00:52,702 It is a double-story happening at once! 19 00:00:52,702 --> 00:00:55,772 Now, let's zoom in close on our characters' faces. 20 00:00:55,772 --> 00:00:57,495 Look at Mr. and Mrs. Watson. 21 00:00:57,495 --> 00:00:58,667 They are terrified. 22 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:00,390 Mr. Watson says, Don't move! 23 00:01:00,390 --> 00:01:00,889 Why? 24 00:01:00,889 --> 00:01:06,345 Because if they move even a little bit, the bed will tip over and fall through the floor. 25 00:01:06,345 --> 00:01:09,292 They have to stay perfectly still, like statues. 26 00:01:09,292 --> 00:01:11,138 They are waiting for a rescue. 27 00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:12,922 But now look at Mercy's face. 28 00:01:12,922 --> 00:01:13,788 Is she scared? 29 00:01:13,788 --> 00:01:14,471 Not at all! 30 00:01:14,471 --> 00:01:19,438 Her eyes are wide, but she is just thinking about warm toast with lots of butter. 31 00:01:19,438 --> 00:01:22,018 When she gets off the bed, the bed shakes. 32 00:01:22,018 --> 00:01:23,068 The Watsons gasp! 33 00:01:23,068 --> 00:01:26,260 Mercy just trots away because her tummy is rumbling. 34 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:28,534 She is on a quest, a search for food. 35 00:01:28,534 --> 00:01:33,195 Let's talk about how this story works using a simple rule: cause and effect. 36 00:01:33,195 --> 00:01:37,672 Cause is why something happens, and effect is what happens because of it. 37 00:01:37,672 --> 00:01:39,395 It is like a chain reaction. 38 00:01:39,395 --> 00:01:41,853 Because the floor breaks, the bed falls. 39 00:01:41,853 --> 00:01:44,739 Because the bed falls, the Watsons cannot move. 40 00:01:44,739 --> 00:01:52,337 But here is the magic of the story: sometimes, we do something for one reason, but it solves a completely different problem. 41 00:01:52,337 --> 00:01:53,387 Think about this. 42 00:01:53,387 --> 00:01:57,803 Imagine you are sitting in class, and you accidentally drop your pencil. 43 00:01:57,803 --> 00:01:59,526 You bend down to pick it up. 44 00:01:59,526 --> 00:02:05,778 While you are down there on the floor, you spot your friend's favorite eraser that was lost yesterday. 45 00:02:05,778 --> 00:02:08,909 You did not look under the desk to find the eraser. 46 00:02:08,909 --> 00:02:10,632 You just wanted your pencil! 47 00:02:10,632 --> 00:02:14,314 But because you bent down, you solved your friend's problem. 48 00:02:14,314 --> 00:02:16,527 This is exactly what Mercy is doing. 49 00:02:16,527 --> 00:02:18,801 She is not trying to save her owners. 50 00:02:18,801 --> 00:02:20,769 She is just looking for a snack! 51 00:02:20,769 --> 00:02:25,981 But her quest for cookies might just lead her to the neighbors who can call for help. 52 00:02:25,981 --> 00:02:31,193 To help us direct this movie perfectly, let's learn five useful words from our scene. 53 00:02:31,193 --> 00:02:32,610 Our first word is hole. 54 00:02:32,610 --> 00:02:34,884 A hole is an open space in something. 55 00:02:34,884 --> 00:02:39,973 Think of a giant, dark circle opening up right in the middle of your bedroom floor! 56 00:02:39,973 --> 00:02:41,268 That is a scary hole. 57 00:02:41,268 --> 00:02:42,869 Our second word is rescue. 58 00:02:42,869 --> 00:02:45,571 To rescue means to save someone from danger. 59 00:02:45,571 --> 00:02:49,681 When you are stuck on a tilting bed, you need a hero to rescue you. 60 00:02:49,681 --> 00:02:51,159 Our third word is still. 61 00:02:51,159 --> 00:02:53,005 Still means not moving at all. 62 00:02:53,005 --> 00:02:54,973 Imagine playing the freeze game. 63 00:02:54,973 --> 00:02:57,675 You must hold very, very still, or you lose! 64 00:02:57,675 --> 00:02:59,276 Our fourth word is hungry. 65 00:02:59,276 --> 00:03:00,877 Hungry means wanting food. 66 00:03:00,877 --> 00:03:04,681 When your stomach makes a loud growling sound, you are hungry. 67 00:03:04,681 --> 00:03:07,261 Mercy is always hungry for buttered toast. 68 00:03:07,261 --> 00:03:08,739 Our fifth word is crumb. 69 00:03:08,739 --> 00:03:11,441 A crumb is a tiny, teeny-tiny piece of food. 70 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:16,347 When Mercy looks in the kitchen, there is not even a single crumb of toast left. 71 00:03:16,347 --> 00:03:17,030 Poor Mercy! 72 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:20,589 Now, let's practice speaking like the actors in our movie. 73 00:03:20,589 --> 00:03:25,066 I will say a sentence, and I want you to repeat it after me with feeling. 74 00:03:25,066 --> 00:03:25,810 Let's start. 75 00:03:25,810 --> 00:03:27,411 The bed falls into a hole. 76 00:03:27,411 --> 00:03:29,257 Mr. and Mrs. Watson need help. 77 00:03:29,257 --> 00:03:30,246 Mercy is hungry. 78 00:03:30,246 --> 00:03:32,398 She looks for toast in the kitchen. 79 00:03:32,398 --> 00:03:34,550 A small quest can change the story. 80 00:03:34,550 --> 00:03:35,661 You sound amazing! 81 00:03:35,661 --> 00:03:42,280 As we finish our director's meeting today, I want to leave you with one interesting question to think about. 82 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,227 Can someone be a helper without even knowing it? 83 00:03:45,227 --> 00:03:48,235 Think about Mercy, and think about your own life. 84 00:03:48,235 --> 00:03:50,448 Thank you for reading with me today. 85 00:03:50,448 --> 00:03:55,292 Keep your eyes open for those little accidents that turn into great adventures. 86 00:03:55,292 --> 00:03:56,442 See you next time!