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A. The red. But this is a story about a balloon Nordin a rebel loon. Not at all but a magic red button with real thoughts and real feelings and it's a story about a little boy and it's named West's best guy and he lived in the city of Paris. Why I suppose a tie. Our sister was very.
White. One on its way to school bus got to go over red blue. Two or. Three. School bag on the ground with the bus stop.
But the conductor knew the rules. No dogs larger packages. I know people with old. People that could just take. People with but leave them behind. Did not want to leave his venue and be who. To ring the signal and the bus went on without him. But school was a long way off and when
first with the butt. Its head and he decided he would leave with the janitor sweeping the yap. And since it was the first time that he had ever been in it it was not but at least a. When school was over the janitor with kept a balloon in his room for
give it back to him. But now it had begun to rain and I would have to walk home because of those silly rules about the new. Thought which is that moon should not get wet. There was an old gentleman just doing that. And whether he and the balloon might take shelter under his umbrella. Do you all gentlemen agree. And so from one number to another made his way home. This mother was going to see him finally come home. She had been very worried. When she found out it was a balloon that had made late.
She became angry. She. Opened the window. And threw it out. It's. Not usually when you let a balloon go it flies away but stayed outside the window and the two of them take each other through the glass. Let's go with surprise that is balloon hadn't flown away
but not really as surprised as all that friends will do all kinds of things for you. If the friend happens to be a balloon that doesn't fly away. So yes Cal opened his window quitely. To his balloon back inside. And hid it in his room. The next day before we left for school opened the window and told him to come to him when he called his mother goodbye and went downstairs. When he reached the
street he called to him. Without being led by you straight just as if it were a dog following its master. But like a dog it didn't always do as it was. When trying to cross the street. The balloon flew beyond his reach. She. Decided to pretend he didn't. He walked up the street just as if the balloon weren't there at all in. The balloon and hurried to catch up with it. When they got. Was just in a Paris 3.
When they read spy school. So why not to let
itself be called. But the bed was already ringing and the door was just about to close. So to her you know alone he was very worried. But then the balloon flew over the school wall and got in line behind the children. The teacher was very surprised to see this strange new pupil and when the Bedouin try to follow them into the classroom the children made so much noise that the principal came along to see what was happening. The principal.
Room and followed them. The principal had business to do with the boy outside the door but that was. When it saw that the principal had put behind him the story. And. The principal playing as it should be dignified shouldn't be playing like one of the boys in his
school. But. So there was nothing to do but put up with it. Outside the town hall the better stop. It with for him in the street. And when the principal went back to school the balloon was still behind him. The principal was only too glad to let bus go out of his office and to be rid of him and his balloon.
On the way home just got stopped to look at the picture in a sidewalk exhibit. With the best would be to have a friend like that little girl.
And just at that moment. Looking just like the one in the picture she was wearing a dress to a blue balloon. Sure she knew it is that his balloon was his balloon with the little girl. Was angry having to
do what you want. He said. While the boys were all looking up between them to the top of the steps from there the balloon came to him at once to the great surprise of the boys and the game. Then with
being a. The next day was Sunday. Break and you. Knew and did exactly as. You did when the balloon. And.
Now it's just no place for a balloon. Everyone was looking at it. What's bringing attention to the bus got ahead to leave in a hurry followed by God. This balloon certainly had no sense of what was proper. Pascal had plenty of worry. All this worry had made him hungry. And still ahead is calling for the collection plate. You went into a bake shop for some cake
before you went inside he said to the bellowing now bellowing be good and wait for me. Don't go away. I went too far. With. It.
Over. Every. One of the.
But. Instead of attack. Oh.
You're. A. Lad who was crying over his dead on the train just things began to happen on a busy street corner and the man who was selling jumped with surprise when his bellowing suddenly pulled themselves from his grasp.
In another part of the city a little girl lost 20 pounds upward in still another part of the city. A group of children who were playing together in exactly the same way. And so it was all over Paris. What. Wound.
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Program
The Signs of Silence: The Red Balloon
Producing Organization
Maryland Public Television
Contributing Organization
Maryland Public Television (Owings Mills, Maryland)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/394-07tmpkgc
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Description
Episode Description
A sign-language (ASL) telling of the story of The Red Balloon.
Broadcast Date
1980-06-18
Created Date
1973-06-01
Asset type
Program
Topics
Performing Arts
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:29:47
Credits
Copyright Holder: MPT
Producing Organization: Maryland Public Television
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Maryland Public Television
Identifier: 35743.0 (MPT)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:30:00?
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Chicago: “The Signs of Silence: The Red Balloon,” 1980-06-18, Maryland Public Television, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 20, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-394-07tmpkgc.
MLA: “The Signs of Silence: The Red Balloon.” 1980-06-18. Maryland Public Television, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 20, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-394-07tmpkgc>.
APA: The Signs of Silence: The Red Balloon. Boston, MA: Maryland Public Television, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-394-07tmpkgc