Making Friends; “Can We Be Friends?” “We Are Friends” “Staying Friends” 

♪ ♪ (indistinct chatter) Hi, I'm Chris. <i>Jessica's in it.</i> <i>And Mia, Fon Fon, and Robert.</i> <i>This is Joey, Jason,</i> and me. ♪ ♪ <i>This part's about checking each other out.</i> <i>It's called</i> "Can We Be Friends?" TEACHER: Boys and girls, Raise your hand if you know <i>FON FON:</i>

<i>But I felt a little scared.</i> Good morning, good morning. You must be Fon Fon. Boys and girls, this is Fon Fon. He's going to be a new boy And this is Patricia Lam, his aide. And I'd like you to welcome him and to make him feel like Boys and girls, would you ALL: TEACHER: Fon Fon, would you like to sit down? FON FON: TEACHER: <i>ROBERT:</i> <i>I was happy that we had a new boy.</i> <i>And then I went up and asked the teacher,</i> <i>"Can I play with him?"</i> Can I play with the new boy Yes, but let's wait till recess time. This is phonics right now. Fon-- now, we're doing phonics now. Would you like to join in with us? -Yes.

All right, children, I think Trinace had it. TRINACE: Cats, and who-- TRINACE: That's right. We can write "cat" on the line. This is a high building. <i>ROBERT:</i> <i>you can't be friends with them.</i> <i>They're strange to you.</i> (chuckling) <i>He was a little frightened.</i> <i>And then I was a little frightened.</i> Can I have one of those blocks? Let me take one. Yeah. Anything? I don't even know what this is. <i>FON FON: I was happy</i> (blocks clattering) (Robert groans)

Got to start again. (playful chatter) <i>MIA:</i> <i>was on the playground, over by the wall.</i> <i>And I felt like she couldn't do nothing,</i> <i>like she was handicapped.</i> <i>And I didn't want to be her friend.</i> -Hi, Sandy. -Who's this? Jessica, this is Mia. -Hi. All right, I'll see you later, -Okay, bye. (singing indistinctly) All right, we've been working and we've got to get The phrasing, where the breath Let's start with the trumpets, okay? One, two, three, four. ♪ ♪ All right, let's do that again.

Now remember, it's a French folk song, not a Russian folk song, so don't rush it. One, two, three, four. <i>JESSICA:</i> <i>that she was just one of the other kids.</i> <i>And then, when we went to music class,</i> <i>I heard her playing the trumpet</i> ♪ ♪ Okay, flutes, to my count. Now, make sure you don't rush. One, two, three, four. ♪ ♪ <i>MIA:</i> <i>And so we became friends,</i> <i>like, a little then.</i> (Jessica playing flute) <i>We were getting closer to being friends.</i> (continues playing flute) (playful chatter)

JOEY: You didn't have to dive at that! You just wanted to look cool and show off. I wouldn't talk. You're the one who's showing off. Oh, baloney. You just, you just... <i>JOEY:</i> <i>we were playing football</i> <i>right down at the bottom of a little hill.</i> <i>Jason has a tendency,</i> <i>to show off a lot.</i> <i>It was like he was trying</i> <i>to make everybody think he was the best.</i> JASON: ...dove and caught it Yes, it does, oh, yeah. (speaks indistinctly) (ball bounces away) (grunts) (kids shouting playfully) <i>JOEY:</i> <i>and started rolling down the hill.</i> (kids shouting) (both grunting) (both laughing)

JASON (laughing): You look like a reject from a car wash. -(laughing) I don't know how. Oh, well, come on, let's go anyways. <i>JOEY:</i> <i>and then we just began</i> <i>And I discovered that he only</i> <i>and when he was new.</i> <i>I think he was just self-consciously</i> <i>trying to get friends and</i> (whistle blows) <i>MIA:</i> <i>and she was playing hockey.</i> <i>She saved a lot of goals.</i> (hockey sticks clacking) All right! JESSICA: Yep. <i>MIA:</i> <i>she picked the goodest boy on the team,</i> <i>and he always kicked home runs for her.</i> KID:

(kids cheering) (cheering continues) <i>MIA:</i> <i>'Cause if she can pick</i> <i>then she must be okay.</i> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ (indistinct chatter) Hi, I'm Chris. This movie's about making friends.

<i>Jessica's in it. And Mia,</i> <i>Fon Fon and Robert.</i> <i>You'll see Joey, Jason</i> and me. (indistinct chatter, laughing) (shrieking, laughing) <i>ROBERT:</i> <i>he didn't have nobody to play with.</i> -(roaring) Come on, hurry up! Go! <i>Then I went and played with him.</i> (indistinct chatter) (roaring) You better jump, or I'm gonna beat you up. And eat you up. (growling) <i>ROBERT:</i> FON FON: You go running.

KID: (chatter continuing) KID: <i>JASON:</i> Here, try again. <i>JASON:</i> <i>then I kept on missing it.</i> <i>And then Joey came over,</i> <i>and he helped me on my shooting.</i> Why don't you try shooting like... KID: (chatter continuing) JOEY: Here, take another one. All right! This is fun, isn't it? Here, try. <i>He didn't give up, you know?</i> <i>He kept trying and trying and trying,</i> <i>and he got pretty good.</i> <i>Now he's better than I am.</i> Okay, 20 goes into two.

Right? 20 goes into 22. <i>We started helping each other</i> -Yes, you can. <i>Jason's a good athlete,</i> <i>and so I help him with his math,</i> <i>reading, and that kind of thing.</i> Then you multiply here. There's an order... Divide... ...multiply... ...subtract, bring down. <i>JASON: Sometimes when I have trouble,</i> <i>And outside of recess, I help him.</i> <i>And we have a pretty</i> No? Right. Cut it out. <i>MIA:</i> <i>and this girl Katie</i> <i>poked Jessica for no reason.</i> <i>I felt angry</i> <i>'cause I wanted to be Jessica's friend.</i> TEACHER: Today what we're is to go out to this girl

and bring her into our group. I want you to be thinking when she's out here all by herself, and how it feels to leave our group and to go out to her. ♪ ♪ <i>MIA:</i> <i>Katie just kicked me for no reason.</i> <i>She chased me around the wood tag.</i> JESSICA: Mia! Mia! Push me and we'll then roll over.

Okay. (shouting, indistinct chatter) <i>JESSICA:</i> <i>the teacher aides were watching us</i> <i>and we got in trouble.</i> Girls. I understand we had a little problem at outdoor recess yesterday. Hmm? have any problems today. Because you're gonna spend And to see that our time we're gonna do a little work here, okay? I assume that you can I'll be back in about ten minutes.

We'll go over what you've got done and we'll see what's right or wrong. <i>MIA:</i> <i>When I read the note, I said yes.</i> <i>I felt excited.</i> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ (indistinct chatter) Hi, I'm Chris. <i>Jessica's in it. And Mia,</i> <i>Fon Fon and Robert.</i> <i>You'll see Joey, Jason and me.</i> ♪ ♪

Sometimes it's hard to stay friends. That's what this part's about. It's hard to stay friends when she put... she runs me over, she calls me, she writes down the wrong score, she pinches me, It's not nice. -Mia! Never mind. <i>Once, when me and Mia were bowling,</i> <i>this girl was calling the other girl.</i> So I thought I would do it to Mia once. Mia! What? I forgot what I was gonna say. <i>So I called Mia,</i> -Mia! Hi. What would you have done?

(indistinct chatter) <i>JESSICA:</i> -Mia! -What'd you do that for? Nervous? Mia! Stop it. My other hand was nervous, too. <i>JESSICA:</i> she would turn the bowling board and it'd go in the gutter. Look at that, it's gonna go in the gutter. See, it's not, it's pushing off... Well, it was. See, my hand's nervous. Mia! Look at that. So that's good. JESSICA: if you didn't split all my balls.

-Make a move, Robert. King me. -Now, king me. King me. Can I play? BOYS: Why not? BOYS: Could you play with me, Robert? Nah, I'm playing with the guys. I don't fight no more! Me either. Joey was out of school for a few days. <i>Jason and I played.</i> (indistinct chatter) JASON: Yeah, I guess so. Jason offered to help me. Then I decided I wanted -You sure?

Thanks a lot. <i>Joey came back to school.</i> <i>Now, Joey and I both wanted</i> <i>I was Jason's new friend.</i> <i>JOEY:</i> <i>Jason and Chris</i> <i>Chris would push me and then he'd get in</i> <i>and then I'd push him when I'd get in.</i> <i>Chris and I both wanted</i> <i>And neither one of us really wanted to</i> <i>have the other one be friends.</i> -Mia, cut it out. -Yes. Yes! You started it. <i>We had an ice fight</i> -You did. -You did too. You did too. -Stop. <i>MIA:</i> <i>JESSICA:</i> Cut it out. -No.

-No. -So? -I started it. -You did. -You did. -You did. -You did. -You did. Mia, I don't want to bowl with you anymore and I'm getting a new bowling partner. <i>MIA:</i> You guys, I have to go to the bathroom. I'll be back in a minute. <i>CHRIS:</i> <i>It blocks out the wind.</i> <i>And so we went in there.</i> Sorry. -Come on, Joey. Move it, Joe. No! -Pillow. (grunting) You think, you know, Stuff like that, you know, Maybe you were Joey... but doesn't mean that JASON:

Come on, break it up. You guys, why are you fighting? -JOEY: Dummy. You guys, now, cut it out! You guys, cut it out, come on. Break it up. Come on. -You guys... Come on. Break it up, come on. <i>CHRIS:</i> <i>We can both be Jason's friend at once.</i> <i>I mean, such thing as having two friends.</i> (laughing) What do you guys want to do? -I don't know. Go play. Come on, let's go. <i>CHRIS:</i> <i>You know, nobody felt left out.</i> <i>That's one thing I like about...</i> <i>I mean, none of us feel left out</i> <i>MIA:</i>

Hello, Mia, it's Jessie. <i>Hi.</i> Sorry about the fight <i>I'm sorry, too.</i> Would you like to bowl with me <i>Okay.</i> Promise not to move the bowling board? <i>I promise.</i> <i>Promise me that you won't</i> I promise. Well, I'll see you when school begins. <i>Okay.</i> -Bye. (indistinct chatter) Could you make me a Superman? Yes. Sorry about being two-timing to you. I'm sorry for knocking the checkers down. There's Superman. <i>FON FON:</i> <i>He helps you around the place.</i> <i>He gives you things--</i>

<i>help you with your work.</i> <i>And he's a nice friend to play with.</i> -It's 42. And four-fifths. Okay... Forty-two and four-fifths, <i>CHRIS:</i> Hey, Joe, you want -Sure. <i>You have a single,</i> <i>a double, a triple and a home run.</i> <i>And a home run is hard division.</i> -That's division, right? So... Seventeen, 35... 46. Okay, ready? On your mark, get set, go. (muttering quietly) (whispering): Time is ticking away. Seconds are passing by. I get... 2,892. No.

Yeah, it could be. Okay, here. -Aah! (vocalizes) <i>JOEY:</i> If somebody says, you can't do anything. There's nothing wrong with me." I'm a person too, you know. I can do just about anything you can do. He kind of acts like it's not there. <i>JOEY:</i> make a special point of me. That I'm different. I don't... I want to be... I don't want to be known -Joey, in this... He could... Yeah, he can do things. But kids think... -JOEY: That I'm helpless. Some things he can do They're mean to me out at school, out at... on the playground. "Oh, you can't play! And then you get inside-- Joey is kind, because he helps them. Joey is one of the most

I mean, although he is big, and large, and fights a lot. JASON: (laughing) Oh, hello, it's your lumbering ox here. (laughs) <i>MIA:</i> <i>To be friends with Jessica</i> -Did you have fun at camp? What were you doing up in Pittsburg? <i>MIA: I felt glad that</i> <i>Being friends means</i> <i>that you have somebody</i> <i>and somebody that you can play with.</i> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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