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THEME SONG: The sun is coming out,

so let's go find a new adventure.

You can come along with me, and be there always by my side.

Hello, it's a brand new day.

Buenos dias, mundo.

Come on.

Come along and play.

Here in Nina's world.

Hello, hello, hello, hey.

Can it be the best day ever? Come on.

Come along and play.

Here in Nina's world.

Aw, these pants are still too long.

I'm sure I felt myself grow last night, Star.

Me, too.

Or maybe the bed got smaller.

[laughs] Hola, Hush.

Ready for the best day ever?

I am.

Maybe we'll go to the pool or a museum.

Or to the land of giants.

Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp.

Good idea, Star.

And in the land of giants, everyone

is [spanish], just like me.

[music playing]

[laughing]

Stomp, stomp, stomp.

[growling]

I think I hear a real giant, Star.

What?

A giant? Here?

[growling]

Come on.

Let's check it out.

[growling]

Star thought you were a real giant.

I am a giant, a giant [spanish]..

[growls]

Wow.

I need to do that tall stretch.

Look at me.

I'm tall.

[knocking]

Whoa.

That must be Chelsea and Carlos.

[groans] Aw, I'm still too small to reach the peephole.

[gasps]

It's them.

It's Carlos and Chelsea.

Hi, Nina's grandma.

Hola, Abuelita Yolie.

‐ Hola, [spanish]. ‐ Hello.

I'm Nina [spanish].

Hi, Nina.

Do you want to play some basketball?

Can I, Abuelita?

[spanish].

You can sink a basket for me.

Awesome.

I could really use a gigante on my team.

Too slow.

See you downstairs, Nina.

‐ Hey, wait for me. ‐ Yay.

[spanish],, my little gigante needs some breakfast.

OK, but I'll make it.

[groaning] Oh, I can't reach the cereal.

You need a hand, Nina?

Hm.

No, Nina la Gigante will get it.

I got you.

No.

This time, I really got you.

[screams]

Nina, [spanish]?

Sorry, Abuelita.

It was an accident.

I'll clean it up.

We'll both do it.

But next time, you need help getting

the cereal, mijita, just ask.

I will.

But I wish I didn't have to.

[music playing]

Carlos, number 23, dribbles the ball‐‐

whoops, I mean grabs the ball.

He shoots it.

Scores!

Woo hoo!

Way to go, Carlos.

Wow, Nico was right.

Practicing did help me get better.

Now, Chelsea, number 11, takes the ball and scores.

Two points for me.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

We're on a roll.

Come on, Nina.

Keep it going.

That ball can fly.

Sorry.

Let me try again.

Maybe you should get closer to the basket, Nina.

Good idea.

I wish I was Nina la Gigante.

You could try eating more broccoli

and spinach to grow tall like me.

But you're not taller than me.

Back to back, right here, right now.

OK, Chelsea's the tallest.

Knew it.

Oh, hey, Nico.

Coming.

Sorry, Nina.

I got gotta go.

I gotta go, too.

But I was just starting to get better.

Great, because we'll need to be really, really good when we

play Tio Javier this afternoon.

I'll show them I can sink a basket.

I'll show everyone.

Ugh.

I know you can do it, Nina.

Try again.

OK, ball, see that basket?

You're going in.

Oh, no?

OK, how about this?

[crash]

No, I wish I wasn't so small.

Nina, it's not that high up.

See?

Star, you can do it, too?

Everyone can do it.

Everyone but me.

Why can't I just grow tall right now?

Well, why can't you?

[blows whistle] Grow, Nina, grow.

Grow, Nina, grow.

You're right, Star.

I can, and I will.

I bet all this stretching and hanging will make me tall fast.

I can see you growing already.

ABUELITA: Nina, your lunch is ready.

Good.

I've done my tree stretches.

Now time to eat all those veggies.

Then, I'll really be gigante.

Mira, Nina.

I made your favorite quesadillas today.

Gracias, Abuelita.

You're welcome, Nina.

I think I'll start with the broccoli today.

Grow, Nina, grow.

Grow, Nina, grow.

No, Nina, eat more broccoli.

You'll grow faster, faster.

Oh, I'm still too small to reach the broccoli.

You want more broccoli?

Oh, I thought you didn't like it.

I like broccoli.

I loved it since forever last week.

Nina, you may be too small to reach that plate,

but if you were bigger, you wouldn't

fit into your favorite chair.

I didn't think of that, but I want to sink a basket, too.

[groans]

That sure was a lot of broccoli, but it

had to work, right, Star?

I do look taller to me.

Do I look taller to you?

You sure do.

You're much taller.

I am taller, and I'm going to sink that basket.

[groans] Oh, bananas.

I can't reach it.

I can get it.

I can get it.

I can get it.

Nope, can't get it.

What happened?

Hola, Nina.

The ball rolled under the lattice,

but no one's small enough to reach it.

That ball is lost forever.

I don't know if I can reach the ball,

but I think I'll try it.

OK, be careful, Nina.

[groaning]

Go, Nina, go.

I got it.

Ay, you did it.

Great job, Nina.

Nina, you got the ball.

Yay, Nina.

It's a good thing I'm not Nina la Gigante.

It sure is.

Come on.

You can be on my team.

Yeah.

No, she's on mine.

Here, you get the ball first.

OK, here goes.

Woo hoo.

I did it.

I dunked the ball.

All right, Nina.

Muy bien.

You know, I couldn't carry Nina la Gigante,

so please don't grow too fast, or I won't be able to give

you any piggyback rides.

You're right, Tio Javier.

I don't want to give those up.

CARLOS: Here, Nina.

Sink another one.

Well, look at that.

You have grown since we did this six months ago.

A little, but that's OK.

I still dunked a basket.

Tio Javier told me if you hadn't rescued the ball,

the game would have been over.

You were the perfect size for that.

Si, and I was the perfect size to get

a piggyback ride from Tio Javier and the perfect size

to feed Hush.

Nina, no matter how big or small you are,

you'll always be the perfect size for me.

Hush, hush, little fish.

We are here to make a wish.

We close our eyes, and then we start to make

a wish with all our heart.

Buenas noches, Nina.

Nina, please don't grow gigante, OK?

Or there won't be any room left for me on the bed.

You're right, Star.

I think I'll stay this size a little bit longer.

Buenas noches, Star.

Buenas noches, mundo.

[music playing]

[gasps] Nina, look.

There's a bunny on the wall.

Here, bunny, bunny, bunny.

Where did it go?

That's just my hand making a shadow, Star.

Wow. That was really good.

Can you do another animal like a‐‐

[monkey noises]

Oh, a monkey.

OK, I'll try.

But I didn't make a monkey sound.

You didn't?

Let's see who did.

Come on, Star.

[monkey noises]

You were the monkey, Abuelita?

Buenos dias, Nina.

Si, I'm doing my leaping monkey stretch.

See?

[monkey noises]

I want to try.

Whoa.

Oh, no, I ripped your mat.

[spanish], Abuelita.

That's That's OK.

I've needed a new one for a long time now,

and I know just where we can find one.

Whoa, nice airplane, Chelsea.

Thanks, Nina.

But I used up all my chalk.

We're going to go to the everything store.

I bet we'll find chalk there.

Can I come, too?

The more the merrier, but ask your parents if it's OK first.

We will.

[music playing]

Hola, Mrs. Lin.

[chinese], Senora Yolie.

[chinese], Mrs. Lin.

We're looking for a new yoga mat and some chalk.

Hm, yoga mats and chalk.

Ah, yes, next to the pink flamingos.

Whoa, come and look at this.

These dresses are beautiful.

And this hat is pretty cool.

Those are traditional clothes from China.

Mr. Lin brought them back from his trip to Beijing.

That is a silk robe, and the hat is called a [inaudible] hat.

Go ahead.

Try them on.

What's this?

Ah, let me show you.

This is the monkey king.

He's a Chinese hero in stories my grandma used to tell me.

Can you tell us one?

Sure, but first, I have to set it up,

and I'll need a little help from you, Senora Yolie.

Sure thing.

Here, hold this in front of the screen.

There was a very smart, old monk named Xuanzang,

who was on a mission to bring important books from India

all the way back to China.

To protect him on his journey, he brought the monkey king.

One day, while crossing the desert,

the evening sky grew dark from clouds.

Xuanzang stopped his journey, not knowing where to go.

Where's his map?

I would have brought a map.

He didn't have a map.

But luckily, he had the magical monkey

king, who remembered a trick he learned as a young monkey.

What was the trick?

MRS. LIN: He somersaulted into the air and leapt onto a cloud,

following the stars in the sky.

The monkey king guided Xuanzang across the desert,

and they all made it back home safe and sound.

Wow.

That was great.

I love the monkey king.

I wish I could share this story with Mami and Papi.

Please, take the monkey king as a gift, Nina.

Then, you can tell the story to anyone you want.

For me?

Gracias, Mrs. Lin.

I will.

I'll tell this story to the whole neighborhood.

The whole neighborhood?

Then you need an [spanish].

What's that?

An [spanish] is a play in a theater.

My village would have a [spanish]

every month to tell folk tales for all the families.

Yes, that's what we need.

And we'll do the monkey story, but bigger.

Carlos, you like books?

Do you want to be Xuanzang?

No, I've never been in a play.

Come on.

I know you'll be great, and you get to wear the robes.

But I want to wear the robes.

Look what they do when I spin. Woo hoo.

I have a better idea.

You can be the monkey king.

Oh, OK.

If you say so.

What will you do, Nina?

Hm, I guess there aren't anymore parts for me or Star.

You could be the director.

I'd love to be the director.

So what's a director?

A director imagines how the story should be told

and tells everyone what to do to make it happen.

Hm, I think I'll try it.

I'm Nina the director.

Now, let me see.

How can I do this?

This looks great.

This will be the best play ever.

Shine on.

Oh, Nina, can I play a star?

How about you be my helper, Star?

A helper?

Uh, sure.

Star's helpful.

So is everybody ready to practice?

This robe is too big.

Do I have to wear it?

CHELSEA: I can't make a shadow with this puppet thingy.

Yes, Carlos.

You have to wear it.

Chelsea, turn Lucy the Flashlight on.

She's on the stool behind you.

CHELSEA: Look.

I got the money king to stand.

Start the play.

Start the play.

OK.

Once upon a long time ago, Xuanzang

took some books back to China.

Oh, bananas.

Good thing the money king.

Was there to help him.

CHELSEA: Hang on.

I'll get it.

[sighs] That's a lot of chairs.

Yes, everyone is coming, all our family and friends.

Everyone?

I can't do this.

This puppet is a bad actor. ‐ Wait.

We're not done practicing.

Now, we're done practicing.

Everything is ruined.

Mijita, what happened?

Everything.

Carlos and my monkey king quit, and my curtain fell.

I'm not a very good director.

You know, every director has their challenges,

but the good ones know when to make changes

and let the others shine.

Hm, thanks, Abuelita.

I can do that.

Carlos, you OK?

I'm sorry, Nina.

I just don't want to be on stage.

Makes me all shaky.

I can change that.

What if you're in the play but off the stage?

How?

With that.

Ooh, I can be the monkey king.

Thanks, director Nina.

If Carlos is the monkey king, then what will I do?

Well, you like to be on stage, so you can be Xuanzang.

I can?

Yay, I love these robes.

But Nina, we don't have a curtain.

Star, I know what you can do now.

You can hold the curtain in place.

I can?

But how do I do that?

You tie the skipping rope around your waist,

and sit on that tree branch over there.

I'll be the best curtain holder upper there is.

Good, because the audience will be here soon.

Welcome to our [spanish].

[applause]

Today's story is about a Chinese man and his monkey king.

Meet Xuanzang.

She's‐‐ I mean he's bringing some books back with

his friend, the monkey king.

[applause]

Then, the sky became dark.

Xuanzang was so lost, she stopped dancing.

The monkey king saw a cloud.

If only he could ride up there to see his way home.

Then, he remembered his magical somersaults

and jumped in the air upside down.

He's a little shy.

Hm, maybe if we all say, go, go, monkey king,

he'll do the somersault.

Go, go, monkey king.

Go, go, monkey king.

[music playing]

[cheers] ‐ Whoa.

Well, no.

But then a big star came to the rescue.

The monkey king followed it home,

and they all lived happily ever after.

[music playing]

Everyone was so good in that [spanish],, especially Star.

And that director.

Magnifico.

Who did you say that director was, again?

Me.

Well, director Nina, can you give

us one last show with Hush?

Hush, hush, little fish.

We are here to make a wish.

We close our eyes, and then we start to make

a wish with all our heart.

Buenas noches, Nina.

[yawns] I went from curtain holder upper to a star.

You've always been a star to me.

Now, it's time to take your bow and go to‐‐

buenas noches, Star.

Buenas noches, mundo.

[music playing]