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Brad: Ready for adventure?

♪ Who's that kid who can travel through time? ♪

Xavier: ♪ Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum! ♪

Yadina: ♪ Which great heroes will we find? ♪

Xavier: ♪ Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum! ♪

Brad: ♪ Every single boy and girl ♪

Yadina: ♪ Has what it takes ♪

Kids: ♪ To change the world! ♪

♪ Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum! ♪

Brad: ♪ Brad! Yadina: And Yadina! ♪

Kids: ♪ And the Secret Museum! ♪

♪ Dr. Zoom and the Secret Museum! ♪

Xavier: ♪ Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum! ♪

♪ Shh! ♪

Xavier: Hello, and welcome to the show!

Xavier: To- Yadina: Xavier?

Brad: Why is it so dark?

Xavier: I turned the lights down.

I'm going for a mood, here.

Yadina: Well that's nice, but we can't see.

Xavier: Okay, how about this-?

Brad: Ahh!

Yadina: Yes, that's better.

Today we're going to meet

real-life author,

Mary Shelley.

Yadina: An author is someone who writes things,

like stories, for people to read.

Dr. Zoom and I love to read.

Xavier: Mary Shelley used her imagination

to write stories that were totally different

from anyone else's.

They could also be spooky.

Brad: Woaah! Start the show!

Xavier: Isn't this exciting?

We're spending the whole night in the museum.

Yadina: I know!

Dr. Zoom can barely contain herself.

Brad: Don't you spend every night in the museum

since you, um, live here?

Yadina: True. But tonight our whole Nature Troop is coming.

We get to sleep in sleeping bags!

Xavier: And tell stories around a campfire!

Xavier: I said I'd tell the first one.

Remember that one I made up

about the tap-dancing turkey?

Brad: (laughs) Yup. That was funny

Yadina: (giggles)

Classic Xavier.

Yadina: But remember, campfire stories

are supposed to be spooooky,

not silly.

You know, you're supposed to scare people, right?

Xavier: I am?

Yadina: Mm-hm. It's like a campfire rule.

Brad: I hate to admit it, but...

Yadina's right. Ah!

Whoa! Aahh! Xavier: But, I've never told a spooky story before.

I'm all about being funny.

Hmm.

I'm going to need some help on this one.

And that means...

To the Secret Museum.

Yadina: To the secret museum!

Brad: Phew. It's okay, guys - it's just a pretend squirrel.

X- Xavier? Yadina?

...Wait for me!

Xavier: I wonder who the Secret Museum

will send us to meet?

Yadina: And where we'll go.

(ding) Brad: And when.

Yadina: Look out below all (cheering)

Xavier: Hi, Berby. Yadina: Hi, Berby.

Brad: Hi, Berby. Berby: Hello.

Brad: Oof!

Xavier: (humming)

We're getting something!

Brad: Is that a...

Xavier: ...feather?

Yadina: Maybe the Secret Museum is sending us to meet a bird.

Xavier: 'Mary Shelley'.

That's who we're going to meet.

Yadina: Well, she doesn't look like a bird.

But maybe she can turn into one.

That would be a good spooky story.

Brad: Look, we're going to England to meet her.

In the year 1805.

Xavier: That's over 200 years ago

Yadina: Did they have birds back then?

Brad: I think, yes.

Xavier: I wonder how Mary Shelley

will help me tell the spooky campfire story?

Yadina: Only one way to find out.

Xavier: Ready for an adventure?

Yadina: Ready.

Brad: (deep breath)

...Ready.

Yadina: Here we go...

Brad: It's happening.

Yadina: Hang on Dr. Zoom.

Xavier: Woo-hoo.

Xavier: So this is England in the year 1805.

Yadina: Yup. Lots of birds.

Brad: Uh-oh. Xavier: Look out.

Kids: Ah!

(burr) (squawk)

Yadina: ...Mary Shelley?

Brad: Hey, there she is.

It's Mary Shelley.

Berby: (burrs) in agreement

Mary Shelley: (gasps) Oh no

Mary Shelley: Oh, thank you I've been working

on this story all morning.

So that's what that big feather does?

You write with it?

Mary Shelley: Yes, I write with it.

For hours.

Xavier: Amazing fact: The pens, crayons and markers we use to

write with didn't exist in 1805.

Can you help me write a spooky story for our campfire?

Mary Shelley: Oh, well, maybe

(granfather clock chimes)

Brad: (gasps) What's that?

Mary Shelley: That means writing time is over for the day

Xavier: What? But... what about my story?

Hey...

Mary Shelley?

Xavier: Berby, your timing is way off on this one.

Mary Shelley: This is my favorite part of the day,

but what I love even more is imagining.

Brad: Imagining?

Yadina: What's that?

Mary Shelley: That's when I get to tell stories my own way.

Come, I'll show you...

Yadina: Sure.

Mary Shelley: Look at the clouds and tell me what you see.

It could be anything.

Yadina: I see... a ghost. Dr Zoom sees a pumpkin ghost.

Mary Shelley: Great! That's using your imagination.

Yadina: Turtle high-five.

Your turn, Brad.

Brad: I heard the word 'ghost'

and my eyes closed automatically.

Xavier?

Xavier: I don't see any pumpkin ghosts.

But I do see... a flying pumpkin pie.

Yadina: (giggles)

Yadina: Xavier, you're supposed to come up with spooky

ideas for your story.

Xavier: Oh, right, spooky, not silly.

Xavier: Okay, now I see a singing pizza. No, wait.

A line of ballerina fish.

Kids: (giggles)

Yadina: Typical Xavier.

Xavier: (sigh)

Xavier: I can't help it.

Silly ideas just pop into my head.

Mary Shelley: That's okay.

That's the best part of imagining.

You can tell stories your own way.

Mary Shelley: When I use my imagination,

I see a castle forming in the air...

Mary Shelley: And it's home to a... wind monster.

Xavier/Yadina/Brad: A wind monster?

Xavier: I've never heard of a wind monster.

Brad: Well, as monsters go,

I guess one made out of wind isn't so bad.

Yadina: I like it.

Being a wind monster would be fun.

Spooooky fun.

Shelley: The wind monster's hands are made of leaves.

And with her hands she searches for someone to dance with her

waaaay up in her cloud castle.

Mary Shelley: 'Whoooo,

whoooo will dance with me up in the air?

Whoooo? Perhaps it will be...

Brad: Don't say Brad, don't say Brad, don't say Brad.

The Shell Shadow Queen!

Brad: (gasps) Yadina: Dun, dun, dun.

Brad: (sighs) (gasps)

Mary Shelley: Yes (laughs)

Isn't it fun to let your imagination run wild?

A story can be anything you want it to be.

But, that's just it.

I don't want to tell a story that'll scare people.

Brad: Scared?

...Who's scared?

Xavier: I like making people laugh.

Xavier: Hellloooo, Brad: (giggles)

Mary Shelley: Making people laugh is great.

That's your way of telling a story.

My way is with castles and monsters in dark places...

Mary Shelley: ...waiting and watching, quietly...

until...

a bolt of lightning brings them to life!

Yadina: Ah!

Xavier: Oh!

(wind blowing)

Brad: Monster

(silly spooky voice) shooooow

Xavier: The monsters turn on the light,

and put on a... Duh da da da da daa!

Show!

Kids: (laughing)

Yadina: Oh, Xavier.

(haunted circus music)

Xavier: Here, scarecrow - catch!

Xavier: Guess monsters aren't good jugglers.

(laughter)

Xavier: I want to take a rest...

(laughter)

Yadina: That's not scary.

Xavier: (groans) I did it again.

I was being silly.

I'll never be able to tell a good campfire story.

Mary Shelley: (alughs) Why would you say that?

That was so much spooky, silly fun.

Brad: Yeah.

Yadina: That was great.

Xavier: Wait.

Could I really tell a story that's spooky and silly?

One that will make people laugh?

Mary Shelley: Why not?

I say, let your imagination run wild

and have fun telling stories your own way.

Xavier: I like that.

Thanks, Mary Shelley.

Yadina, Brad, we have to get back to the camp out.

Yadina: You got it, big brother.

Bye, Mary Shelley.

Thanks for the spooky stories.

Brad: Yes, but, um, maybe not so many monsters next time?

Please?

Mary Shelley: Sorry Brad, but I have to tell stories my own way.

And I like monsters.

Ta-ta.

Xavier: Berby? Let's go home.

Yadina: That was so spooky cool.

Xavier: Yeah I can't wait to tell

a story around the campfire.

My way.

Xavier: (gasps) And now I'm imagining

a great idea for it... Come on!

Brad: Time travel... still dizzy...

(whoomp)

Xavier: ...and now every night, when the museum closes and gets

dark and quiet, like it is right now,

the lone ghost comes out and walks the halls.

Woo! Woo!

(ghost sounds)

Listen, can you hear it?

Close your eyes...

Xavier: Can you hear the museum ghost?

It's saying,

"I waaaaant... I waaaant to...

tickle your feet!

Yadina: Not my feet. (laughing)

Brad: (laughing) And then what?

Xavier: The ghost flies around the whole museum,

hunting for more toes

Woo toes. Woo feet.

Toes. Feet. Toes, toes toes.

(kids laughing)

Yadina: Meeting Mary Shelley was so much spooky fun.

Brad: She had a big imagination.

Xavier: And she always told stories her own way.

Like the one she wrote about a scientist.

Yadina: That scientist was...

Frankenstein.

Xavier: Who brings a monster to life.

Brad: Ahh.

Xavier: Mary Shelley got the idea from a dream she had,

and lots of people still love it today.

Two hundred years later.

Yadina: That's a long time.

Xavier: Thanks for joining our awesome adventure to meet

real-life author, Mary Shelley, who used to be a kid,

just like you and me.

Yadina: So kids like you can change the world.

I am Yadina.

Brad: I am Brad.

Xavier: I am Xavier.

And I will always tell stories my own way.

Just like Mary Shelley.

Berby: (snoring)

Berby: Ooo.

(crash)

Brad: Berby! Are you ready for another story?

Of Bradman and Berby!

Woah! George Washington Carvers garden.

Its story time!

The adventures of Bradman and Berby,

and the secret garden.

Bradman and Berby were venturing through a field.

When a tiny cry for help, pieced the air.

It was a rare rainbow butterfly.

But, she had lost her beautiful colors.

And only a flower from the secret garden could save her.

Our hero's had no idea, where it was.

Berby: Hm!

Brad: Blocking their path were the dreaded,

sneezy sunflowers.

Bum bah baa!

(laughing)

Bradman and Berby couldn't go around them.

Bradman's sneeze was so big that it blew the flowers away!

Revealing...a secret garden.

Where the rainbow butterfly was able to drink

and get her beautiful colors back.

Heroic day for, Bradman and Berby!

Hello! And welcome to the show!

Today, we're meeting a real life magician,

Harry Houdini,

A magician is someone who does tricks that seem

impossible, like making Yadina magically appear.

Yadina: (yawns)

Sorry I'm late, I was napping.

Ta daa!

Brad: Harry Houdini was known around the world for his

magic tricks and for his brave escape acts.

Like, this!

Xavier: Watch as I escape from this sleeping bag.

(struggling)

Oof! Any second now.

(struggling)

Boy, this zippers hard to work from the inside.

Brad: (struggling) Lets just,

leave the tricks to Houdini, and just start the show.

Xavier: (deep breath)

Nothing like camping out under the stars with your

Nature Troop and best friends.

Brad: My first full night in the museum.

I'm so excited, I don't think I can close my eyes!

I've been dreaming about this moment...

Yadina: Well Brad, the wait is over.

Xavier: Night, guys.

Brad: Gnight Yadina: Night Brad.

Night, big brother.

Night, Dr. Zoom.

(hoots) (ribbits)

(cricket noises) (wail)

Brad: Ghost!

Brad: We're locked in.

Noooooo!

Yadina: You have to pull.

Brad: ...Oh.

Brad: Ahh. I don't think I can stay in the museum all night.

I mean, I want to, but it's way too scary.

Xavier: Hmm. This sounds like a big problem.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Yadina: To the Secret Museum!

Brad: Um...

Brad: (gasps) (thunder sounds)

(deep breathing) Brad: AH!

Yadina: Wait, why are we being sneaky?

There's no one here but us.

Xavier: Oh yeah!

Good point, Yadina.

Brad: No one but us... and the ghosts.

Eek!

Xavier: I wonder who the Secret Museum will send us to meet?

Yadina: And where we'll go...

Brad: And when.

(thunder crashes)

Brad: Ugh! Wait for me!

Yadina: Look out below.

Xavier: Woo-hoo.

Xavier: Hi Berby. Yadina: Hi Berby.

Berby: Hello. Brad: Hi, Berby.

Berby: Hi Brad.

Brad: Oof!

Xavier: (humming)

We're getting something.

Yadina: A key?

I wonder what it opens?

Brad: Maybe the front door!

I guess the Secret Museum agrees - it's too scary here.

I'll just let myself out.

Yadina: Oh, Brad.

Xavier: Look! The museum doesn't want you to go,

it wants you to meet

"Harry Houdini".

Yadina: In Wisconsin.

That's in America.

Xavier: And we're going to the year 1881...

More than 130 years ago!

Brad: How can Harry Houdini help me get through

a whole night in the museum?

Do you think he has ghost repellent?

Xavier: Only one way to find out...

Xavier: Ready for an adventure?

Yadina: Ready!

Brad: It's happening! Yadina: Hang on Dr. Zoom!

Xavier: Woo-hoo!

Xavier: So this is Wisconsin in 1881.

Brad: It sure is (gulp) foggy.

Xavier: Why would the museum send us to a circus?

Brad: Because they're fun and not scary at all?

(groaning noises)

(gulp)

Yadina: Get close, Dr. Zoom.

Houdini: Oh! Sorry about that.

My mom says I'm always surprising people.

Brad: (deep breathing)

Houdini: You okay?

Try taking a deep breath to calm down.

It'll make you feel better.

Brad: (deep breath)

Xavier: Wait a minute, isn't that-?

Xavier: It's him. Guys, it's Harry Houdini.

Berby: (burrs) in agreement, then.

Houdini: Are you going to the circus too?

I've never been before, but I hear

it's full of amazing things.

Yadina: We are now!

Houdini: Great. Let's go!

Brad: (deep breathing)

I'm (panting)

coming!

(deep breathing)

Houdini: (gasps) It's him.

"Fearless" Jean.

Brad: He's not going to walk across that, is he?

(drum roll)

(deep exhale)

Houdini: Wow!

Xavier: Talk about brave.

Yadina: I love the snazzy red tights.

Brad: I can't look. He's sooo high up.

Houdini: Wow.

That's what I want to do one day.

Be a brave performer, and amaze people.

Brad: You do?!

But being a brave performer looks scary.

Houdini: Maybe a little.

But I really want to try,

even if I am nervous.

Yadina: That's like you, Brad!

Cause you're nervous to stay at the museum.

Houdini: I better start practicing!

Will you help me?

Brad: Uh uh. Yadina: Sure!

Xavier: Of course!

Brad: Hey ... where did you get the popcorn!

Yadina: You can do it, Houdini!

You can do it.

Xavier: Great job!

Brad: Ooh, be careful...

Houdini: Whoooo!

Houdini: OOO!

Houdini: Woah! Woah!

Oof! Brad: Ooo!

Yadina: This might take a while.

Xavier: Maybe we should try something a little easier first?

Xavier: Lets try this rope.

Houdini: Woah! Xavier: Much better.

(then wobbling) Whoa.

(gasp)

(deep exhale)

Yadina: Brad? Are you coming?

Brad: Now this I can handle.

Woah! Woah!

Woah woah woooah!

Oof!

(nervous laugh)

Houdini: Ok.

I'm ready to do a real tight rope walk.

It's time to raise the rope.

Yadina: Woah.

Houdini: Woah. Wooah!

Xavier: Uh-oh.

Yadina: He's all tangled up!

Houdini: (deep breath)

Yadina: Nice moves, Houdini.

Brad: How did you do that?

Houdini: I just took a deep calming breath.

Then once I was relaxed, I wasn't scared anymore.

And, it makes me feel better.

So cool.

Houdini: Is escaping from being tied up exciting?

Houdini: Well, here I go!

(sighs)

Woah! Woh!

Oof!

Houdini: (sighs)

I was too nervous.

But Fearless Jean wasn't, he really seemed... fearless.

Xavier: I wonder how he stayed so

calm when he was doing something so scary?

Houdini: Hmm... just before he did his trick,

he took a big, deep breath.

Way down to his tummy.

Fearless Jean: (deep inhale)

Houdini: (gasps) That must be it!

He took deep breaths to calm down, just like I did

when I was tangled in the rope.

(deep inhale and exhale)

Kids: (inhale and exhale)

Brad: Huh. That does make me feel better.

Yadina: Dr. Zoom feels very relaxed now.

Houdini: Okay. I'm ready to try again!

Yadina: Breathe! Xavier: Woo!

Brad: You can do it.

Houdina: Woah! Woah!

Woah!

(deep breath)

Brad: That's it... He's doing it!

Yadina: Way to go, Harry! Xavier: You're doing great!

Brad: I wonder if taking a deep breath to calm down will

actually help Houdini become a real brave performer

like Fearless Jean.

Berby: (beeping)

Xavier: Looks like we're about to find out!

Yadina: It's 31 years later!

Brad: And there's Harry Houdini!

Houdini: (deep breath)

Yadina: Wow.

(audience applause)

Brad: He really did become a brave performer,

just like he wanted.

Brad: So, maybe I can spend the night in the museum...

or at least try to, if I just take a deep breath to relax.

Yadina: I know you can, Brad.

Dr. Zoom thinks so, too.

Berby: (beeping)

Yadina: So does Berby.

Xavier: Me, too. Berby, let's go home.

Brad: Okay... here we go...

Spending the whoooole night in the museum.

The dark, dark, dark, dark

dark, dark museum.

(thunder crashing) AH! It's...it's...it's...

Xavier: Remember, take a big deep breath.

Yadina: -all the way down to your tummy.

(deep breaths)

Brad: Hey, it's...just Murray!

I see him every day.

You're not scary, Murray.

Xavier: Super cool dino. Yadina: He's very friendly.

(laughing)

Brad: You know, you guys were right,

the museum really is neat at night.

But, you're still going to stay close... right?

Xavier: Right. Yadina: Right.

Brad: (sigh)

Good night Yadina. Good night, Xavier.

Good night, Murray.

Yadina: Good night, Brad!

Brad: (gasps)

Brad: Wasn't Harry Houdini so brave?!

Xavier: He became known all over the world

for his incredible shows and unbelievable escape acts!

Yadina: They were even snazzier than Fearless Jean's red tights.

Brad: Thanks for joining us on our awesome adventure

to meet real life magician,

Harry Houdini.

Yadina: Who used to be a kid just like you and me.

Xavier: So kids like you can change the world!

I am Xavier.

Yadina: I am Yadina.

Brad: And, I'm Brad.

And when I'm scared, I'll always take a deep breath

to calm down and feel better.

Just like Harry Houdini!

(show theme song) ♪

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