Once upon a time, there was a monkey named Chico Bon Bon. Chico had a special tool belt that helped him fix all sorts of problems. He loved to help his friends and go on exciting adventures!
One day, Chico and his friends heard some exciting news. A train called the Choo-Choo Express was coming to their town! This wasn’t just any train; it was powered by the sun and had a super cool whistle that went “Whoo whoo!”
Chico’s friend Clark was very excited, but he had a big problem. He couldn’t stop sneezing! Every time Clark sneezed, it was so powerful that it pushed him backward. Chico explained that this was called “propulsion,” which means when you blow air really hard in one direction, it pushes you in the other direction.
Dr. Merv came to check on Clark and said he had “elephant sniffles.” Clark needed to rest until all his sneezes were gone. But Clark was sad because he thought he would miss seeing the Choo-Choo Express.
Chico had a brilliant idea! If Clark had to stay on the couch, why not move the couch to the train? Chico and his friends, the Fix-It Force, decided to turn the couch into a train so Clark could see the Choo-Choo Express.
They built special wheels for the couch and made tracks to the train station. Even when Clark sneezed, the couch stayed on track because trains always stay on their tracks!
When the couch-train started to slow down, Chico had another idea. They could use Clark’s sneezes to push the couch-train forward! Clark thought about things that made him sneeze, like dust and feathers, and soon he let out a big “Ah-choo!” that sent them zooming toward the train.
When they reached the station, they met Conductor Clyde, who was very impressed with their sneeze-powered train. He invited them to join the Choo-Choo Express for a ride!
Chico, Clark, and their friends had the best time riding on the train. They even sang a fun song together as they chugged along the tracks. It was a day full of fun, friendship, and adventure!
And that’s how Chico Bon Bon and his friends had an amazing day with the Choo-Choo Express. Remember, with a little creativity and teamwork, you can solve any problem!
Propulsion Experiment: Let’s explore how propulsion works just like Clark’s sneezes! Take a balloon and blow it up (but don’t tie it). Hold the end tightly and then let it go. Watch how the air rushing out pushes the balloon in the opposite direction. Can you think of other things that use propulsion to move?
Create Your Own Train: Use toy blocks or boxes to build your own train at home. Pretend one of your toys is Clark and place it on the train. Can you think of ways to make your train move faster or slower? Try using a fan or blowing air to see how it affects your train’s speed.
Observation Walk: Go for a walk with a grown-up and look for things that move using propulsion. It could be a car, a bicycle, or even a bird flying. How do they move? Can you spot anything that moves like Clark’s sneeze-powered couch-train?
Sure! Here’s a sanitized version of the transcript, removing any unnecessary or potentially inappropriate content while keeping the essence of the dialogue intact:
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[horns blare]
-♪ Chico ♪
-♪ Bon Bon ♪
-♪ Chico, Chico, Chico Bon Bon ♪
-♪ Chico Bon Bon, Chico, Chico Bon Bon ♪
♪ Chico, Chico, Chico Bon Bon ♪
♪ Chico Bon Bon Chico, Chico Bon Bon Bon ♪
♪ Monkey, monkey
A monkey with a tool belt ♪
♪ Monkey, monkey
A monkey with a tool belt ♪
♪ Monkey, monkey
A monkey with a tool belt ♪
I saw a monkey! Tool belt!
♪ Chico, Chico, Chico Bon Bon ♪
♪ Chico Bon Bon, Chico, Chico Bon Bon ♪
♪ Chico, Chico, Chico Bon Bon
Chico, Chico, Chico Bon Bon ♪
Monkey with a tool belt.
[child]
Chico Bon Bon and the Ah-Choo Express.
[Clark]
Guys! Hey, guys! The coolest thing in the world is happening today!
We’re having banana nachos for dinner?
No, it’s even better! Look!
-[Western music playing]
-Hi there! It’s your old friend Conductor Clyde, here to tell you the Choo-Choo Express is chugging into your town today. So come on down!
And like I always say…
♪ Chugga-chugga whoo whoo
Here comes the choo-choo ♪
♪ The Choo-Choo Express is on the run ♪
Next stop, Blunderburg Station! I hope to see you today!
-Whoa!
-That train looks awesome!
It is! The Choo-Choo Express is powered by the sun!
Awesome.
[Clark] It can go faster than Tool Force One.
No way!
[Clark] And best of all, it’s got an amazing whistle.
-Chugga-chugga.
-[all] Whoo whoo!
If we leave right now, we can get to Blunderburg Station just as the Choo-Choo Express is–
Ah… ah-choo!
Gesundheit.
Oh, excuse me. As I was saying, if we leave now, we can–
Ah… ah-choo!
Ah-choo!
[Chico]
Whoa!
Oh! You okay, Clark?
I’ve never seen sneeze-powered propulsion before.
Propul– What now?
Propulsion. When you blow air with enough force in one direction, like your sneezes, it pushes or propels you in the other direction.
-Ah…
-Uh-oh, he’s gonna blow!
Ah-choo!
Yay, propulsion.
-[alarm blaring]
-[Chico] The banana phone!
-[action music playing]
-Chico Bon Bon. You’ve got a prob–
-Dr. Merv here. Was that Clark I heard sneezing? I’ll be there as soon as possible.
Um, hi, Dr. Merv.
-Hi, Chico Bon Bon.
-[gasps] Sorry I couldn’t get here sooner. Hi Clark, take this.
-[sniffs] Ah-choo!
Gesundheit.
What’s this all about, Doc? Why’s Clark sneezing so much?
Well, let’s see. Hmm. Say “ah.”
Ah. Now say “sweet potato pancakes.”
Sweet potato pancakes.
It’s just as I suspected. You’ve got an elephant-sized case of elephant sniffles.
Elephant sniffles!
Ah-choo!
Is there a cure, Doc?
Clark needs to rest up on this couch until he gets every last one of his sneezes out.
-When will that be?
-Could be today, could be next week. But when that last sneeze comes, you’d better hang on to your hat, ’cause it’s gonna be a doozy.
Uh… Well, I’m off. I wanna get a good spot to see the Choo-Choo Express! Whoo whoo!
Oh, here’s a sticker. Aw, peanuts. I’m going to miss the Choo-Choo Express.
A once in a lifetime moment and I gotta stay here with my elephant sniffles–
Ah-choo!
[sighs] Poor Clark. Is there any way we can get the train to pass by the lab?
I wish, but trains always stay on their tracks, and there aren’t any tracks close enough for us to get a good look.
Wait. Dr. Merv said you have to stay on the couch, but she didn’t say the couch has to stay here!
Fix-It Force, it’s time to bring the couch to the train!
[kids] Chico Bon Bon! Rainbow Thunder!
-Clark!
-Ah-choo!
[kids] Tiny!
-[action music playing]
Ah-choo!
[robot] Tool Force One activated.
Whoo-hoo! [laughing]
You feeling good, buddy?
A little sniffly, but okay.
-[train whistles]
-[gasps] Chico, you hear that?
That’s the Choo-Choo Express whistle. Maybe you can see it from here.
Ah-choo!
[both] Clark!
Ah-choo!
Everyone’s excitedly heading to the Blunderburg Station to see the Choo-Choo Express.
Choo!
Ah-choo!
[sighs]
Arr, red lights.
Ah-choo!
[pirate] Whoo-hoo!
Oh. Oh, Clark, are you all right?
Fine. We’ve gotta figure out some way to get Clark to the train without his sneezes propelling him off the van.
What if the couch wasn’t on the van?
Maybe we won’t have to worry about propulsion if we’re… in the air!
I can’t look! Just let me know when we get to Blunderburg Station!
I think you’re gonna wanna open your eyes for this.
Check out the view.
Is that the Choo-Choo Express?
It’s almost here!
Wow! It’s the most ama–
Ah… ah-choo!
Hang on! Mayday!
[pirate] Argh!
Let’s not do that again.
Well, it looks like sneeze propulsion works on land and in the air, but maybe it won’t work on water!
Chico, I’m pretty sure propulsion works everywhere.
[sighs] As long as I keep sneezing, I’ll just keep blowing us off track.
Track! That’s it! You can’t blow us off track if we’re on tracks.
We can turn the couch into a train!
Rainbow, I don’t like that idea…
I love it!
Here’s the plan: we can engineer some special train wheels for the bottom of the couch and build some tracks to Blunderburg Station.
That way even if Clark sneezes we won’t be blown off course because…
Trains always stay on their tracks!
Come on, Fix-It Force. Let’s get this couch-train on track.
-Chugga-chugga…
-[all] Whoo whoo!
-[clicking]
The track is finished, Rainbow.
[whistle blows]
All aboard! Next stop, Blunderburg Station!
Chugga-chugga whoo whoo!
Please keep your hands and arms inside the couch-train and remember, hang on to your caboose!
Pow pow meow!
-[Chico and Clark] Whoa!
[Chico] The Choo-Choo Express is just arriving at Blunderburg Station.
We’re almost there!
Wait, why does it feel like we’re slowing down?
We’re running out of glitter power!
Chico, what do we do?
The Choo-Choo Express is gonna leave Blunderburg forever!
Then we better see it while we can.
Tiny, banana me.
[ding]
[Chico] Okay. We’ve gotta get this couch moving.
We’ve tried driving, but Clark’s sneeze propelled him right through town.
We’ve tried flying, but Clark’s sneeze propelled the copter all over the place.
Every time we try something, Clark’s sneezes blew us away and–
Wait a minute.
-[ding]
-Sneezes!
Blazing bananas, that’s it! We can use sneeze propulsion to get us moving again!
Yeah. If we point Clark’s trunk this way when he sneezes, it’ll blast us along the tracks that way toward the train. It’s perfect!
Go on, Clark! Sneeze away!
Uh, I can’t just make myself sneeze. They just sort of happen.
Oh, come on, Clark. You can do it!
Uh, think of sneezy stuff, like dust and feathers tickling your nose and, uh, did I already say dust?
Oh, this is a lot of pressure.
-[train whistles]
-[gasps] The Choo-Choo Ex–
Ah… ah… ah—
Oh, this sounds like a big one.
-Ah… ah… ah—
Maybe it’s the last one. The doozy.
-Aim his trunk and hang on tight!
Ah-choo!
-[Chico and Rainbow] Whoa!
-[Chico] It worked!
-We made it!
-[sniffs] And I feel great!
Sounds like you got all your sneezes out, Clark. You’re cured!
Yay!
[Clark] Wow, the wheels, the coupling rods, the smoke stack.
I can’t believe I’m seeing this with my own two eyes!
[whistle blows]
And hearing it too!
My, my! This train is incredible.
I know! The Choo-Choo Express is the best train in the whole wide world!
Oh, not my train, friend. Your train!
[gasps] You’re… You’re…
Conductor Clyde, at your service. And, uh, you are?
I… I… I…
That’s Clark. And all of us are the Fix-It Force.
I’ve never seen a sneeze-propelled train before.
-What do you call her?
-We haven’t really named it yet.
How about… the Ah-Choo Express?
Yeah!
Say, I got a swell idea. Why don’t you attach your train to my train and come along for a ride?
Really?
You betcha! But I’m gonna need someone to pull that train whistle for me.
-Chugga-chugga…
-[all] Whoo whoo!
The best friends ever riding on the best train ever.
How could this day get any better?
How about a song?
-[Western music playing]
♪ Chugga-chugga whoo whoo
Here comes the Choo-Choo ♪
♪ Riding right on through the town ♪
♪ Oh, clackety-clack
It won’t come off the track ♪
♪ The Choo-Choo Express is comin’ through ♪
♪ Oh, powered by the sun ♪
♪ Super fast and fun
Cruisin’ right on down the track ♪
♪ Yeah, chugga-chugga whoo whoo
Here comes the Choo-Choo ♪
♪ The Choo-Choo Express is on the run ♪
[Clark] Where are we going?
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