Once upon a time, there was a monkey named Chico Bon Bon. Chico was not just any monkey; he had a special tool belt that helped him fix things!
Chico and his friends had a couch that could do many cool things. It could turn into a peanut cracker, a skateboard, and even a tiny treadmill! This couch was called multi-functional because it could do lots of different things.
One day, Chico got a call on his banana phone. It was his friend Elkin, who had a big problem. Elkin’s piano, which was also a car, needed fixing. But more importantly, Elkin needed someone to watch his cute dog, Bernie!
Elkin asked Chico to figure out why Bernie’s leash wasn’t working. Bernie kept wiggling out of it during walks. Chico and his friends decided to help.
While trying to figure out the leash problem, Bernie ran away! Chico and his friends had to chase him all over town. Bernie was a sneaky dog who loved adventures!
Chico realized that Bernie wiggled out of his leash because he wanted fun things like water, massages, and music. So, Chico had a great idea! They would make a multi-functional leash for Bernie, just like their amazing couch.
Chico and his friends built a new leash that could do many things. If Bernie barked once, he got a drink. If he barked twice, he got a massage. And if he barked three times, he got to listen to smooth jazz music!
With his new leash, Bernie was happy and didn’t want to wiggle out anymore. Elkin was very impressed, and everyone was happy. Chico and his friends had solved the problem!
And that’s how Chico Bon Bon and his friends helped Bernie with a special leash that made everyone smile!
Build Your Own Multi-Functional Tool: Gather some simple materials like cardboard, tape, and markers. Encourage the children to create their own multi-functional tool or object. Ask them to think about what different things their creation can do, just like Chico’s couch or Bernie’s leash. Once they have built their tool, let them share with the class what it can do and how it might help someone.
Observation Walk: Take the children on a short walk around the school or playground. Ask them to look for objects that can do more than one thing, like a bench that can be used for sitting and playing. Encourage them to think about how these objects are helpful and why having multiple functions might be important.
Question Time: Ask the children to think about their favorite toy or object at home. Pose the question: “If your toy could do something else, what would you like it to do?” Encourage them to draw a picture of their toy with its new function and share their ideas with the class. This will help them understand the concept of multi-functionality and spark their imagination.
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[horn blares]
♪ 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.
Chico Bon Bon and the Doggy Dilemma.
[drum roll]
[Chico] Attention, everyone! Check out our new couch!
Uh, Chico, isn’t that our old couch?
It was our old couch, but now it’s a marvel of modern relaxation.
[chuckles] Watch this.
Couch, activate Clark mode.
Hey, is that a peanut cracker?
Mmm. This new couch is delicious!
Couch, activate Rainbow mode.
A secret skateboard compartment? Wicked!
Couch, activate Tiny and Chico modes, please.
A tiny treadmill for Tiny and an earwax cleaner for me.
Ah! Oh, that’s it.
Yeah. Now our plain old couch is a multi-functional miracle.
Multi-what-tional?
Multi-functional.
Multi means many, and functions are what something does.
Put them together and you’ve got a multi-functional couch that can do a lot of things.
Oh, boy, I’m learning things… and eating peanuts?
Hey, I’m multi-functional too.
-[alarm sounds]
-[gasps] The banana phone!
[action music playing]
Chico Bon Bon! You got a problem? We can solve ‘em!
Chico!
[gasp] It’s Elkin! I’ve got a problem. A big one!
I have to see you right now.
-[horn honks]
[vehicle approaching]
Hello, gang!
Elkin, that was quick. What’s your big problem?
My piano’s got a flat E-string and it needs an oil change.
That’s right. It’s multi-functional, gang!
-It’s a piano…
-[plays notes]
…and a car.
-[honks horn]
Wow! Awesome!
Listen, while I’m getting my piano tuned up, can you take care of Bernie?
Bernie? Who’s Bernie?
[barks]
Aw, he’s so cute!
But, Elkin, watching a dog, that’s not normally the type of problem we solve.
Oh, but I also need you to figure out what’s wrong with Bernie’s leash.
Whenever we go for walks, he always wiggles loose and I can’t figure out why.
A leash that needs a redesign? Now that’s a Fix-It Force challenge.
What do you say, gang, up for a little doggy sitting?
Oh-ho! You’re just the cutest little doggy ever.
-Look at that little nose.
-You’re so cute!
[chuckles] I think that’s a “yes.”
Thanks, Chico. Be back this afternoon! Bye, Bernie! Kisses!
Come on, Fix-It Force. Let’s gear up and go!
For a walk.
[kids] Chico Bon Bon! Rainbow Thunder! Clark! Tiny! Bernie!
-Well, he looks happy enough.
-[panting]
And it looks like the leash fits well.
Not too tight, not too loose.
And you’re so cute.
Then let’s go for a test walk.
Maybe the leash fits fine when he’s still, but not while he walks.
Uh… where’s Bernie?
-[barking]
-[Chico] Oh, bananas! Fix-It Force, follow that dog!
I’m Neil Ostrich, your beak on the street, reporting live from the Museum of Really Fragile Things, full of treasures that are as breakable as they are beautiful, like this little gem.
-[barking]
-Whoa!
-[Chico] Sorry, Neil!
-Whoa!
[Chico] Nice egg!
[barks]
[pants] Spread out. We have to find Bernie.
-[barking]
-[grunts]
Oh, whoopsie!
[barks]
-[Rainbow Thunder] Not cool, Bernie!
-[barking]
Whoa! Tiny, stop this wrecking ball!
Hey! Mr. Dunderhead, there’s a dog loose in your construction site.
Uh, I think I’d know if there was a dog loose in my site.
[barks]
Come back, Bernie!
A dog in my construction site? What’s next, an ice cream-eating alien?
Oh, where could Bernie be?
[barks]
-Oh, Bernie!
-Come here, you little cutie!
Oh! He must have been thirsty.
Elkin wasn’t kidding. You are good at wiggling out of this leash.
Do you think it’s the leash’s length?
Maybe it’s too short and it’s pulling just enough to let Bernie wiggle out?
A longer leash, huh? Well, worth a shot.
Let me just grab some rope out of my tool belt.
There. How does that feel, Bernie?
Oh, peanuts. He escaped!
-[Clark] Again!
-[barking]
And if you like this sparkly baby, you’ll love this red ruby beauty!
-And you’ll– Whoa!
-[barking]
Hey! Ah! My eggs have been poached!
-Whoops!
-Yeah! Whoa!
No sign of Bernie. It’s time to use some tech.
Clark? On it.
Checking the doggy detector.
He’s down here. Uh… around the corner.
Uh, hey, he’s in there!
-[Rainbow Thunder] A doggy day spa?
[whimpers]
-There you are.
-Oh, you had us worried, Bernie.
[barks]
Guess he wanted a doggy massage.
[chuckles] What is the matter with this leash?
Maybe the leash’s material is too slippery, and that’s why Bernie can wiggle out of it?
Try a different material. Great idea.
I have some non-slip string in here somewhere.
Here it is.
Okay, Bernie, let’s try this–
We lost him again.
[barking]
-[Rainbow Thunder] He took my skateboard?
Now it’s personal.
And you’ll be green with envy–
Ah! Whoa!
-[howling]
There you are, Bernie.
And there you are, skateboard.
I’m never letting you out of my sight again.
I guess Bernie really likes music, especially smooth jazz.
[whining]
Hmm! How do we redesign this leash so he can’t escape?
Nothing’s worked so far.
Don’t worry, Chico. We have lots of time to figure this out.
It’s not like Elkin is coming back for Bernie right now.
-[phone rings]
Chico Bon Bon, monkey with a dog leash.
Chico, it’s Elkin. I’m coming back for Bernie right now!
-[gasps]
See you at the tree house. Toodles!
This is serious, team! We’re out of time and haven’t solved how to keep Bernie on his leash!
And Elkin is going to beat us back to our tree house and–
[gasps] Good idea, Tiny.
[Chico] Okay, first Bernie wiggled out because he was thirsty.
Then he wiggled out to get a massage.
And then he wiggled out to listen to some smooth jazz.
Hmm… Well, maybe he wouldn’t want to wiggle out of his leash if it did all the stuff he likes, the way our new couch does–
[gasps] Blazing bananas, that’s it!
What Bernie needs isn’t a longer or less slippery leash.
He needs a multi-functional leash.
A leash that can do many things?
Pow pow meow! I get it.
Just like our multi-functional couch could do all the things we needed, we’ll make a leash that can do all the things Bernie needs.
And we’ll make it as cute as you are.
Exactly. Fix-It Force, let’s get to work.
[Chico] Done! A bark-activated, multi-functional leash.
In need of something to drink, just bark once.
[barks]
[Chico] That’s not all. Bark twice for a massage.
[barks twice]
And three times for smooth jazz, just the way you like it.
[barks]
[smooth jazz music playing]
[barking]
[howls]
This leash is a multi-functional bonanza.
Moment of truth, let’s go for a walk.
Whoa, look, he isn’t trying to wiggle out of his leash.
Success.
[all] Yeah!
[barks]
Uh… guys, there’s Elkin. He’s gonna get to the tree house before us.
Not if we can help it. Rainbow?
Everyone, hop on.
[action music playing]
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah!
-Oh, no!
-[all] Sorry, Neil!
Whoa! Oh!
Yes!
[Clark] Whoa!
♪ I’m on my way ♪
[all] Ah!
♪ Almost there ♪
[all] Oh!
♪ Can’t wait to see my baby ♪
[all] Whoa!
[grunts]
[Elkin] ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Can’t wait to see my dog ♪
Oh, there’s my little Bernie baby.
And look how well you’re walking on your leash.
Wait a minute. That’s not your leash.
Chico, what did you do to Bernie’s leash?
We engineered a new bark-activated, multi-functional leash.
It can do a lot of things.
Go on. Show him, Bernie.
[barks]
[barks twice]
[barks three times]
[smooth jazz music playing]
[howls]
[panting]
With all of Bernie’s needs covered, he’ll never want to wiggle out of his leash again.
I’m impressed, and if Bernie’s happy, I’m happy.
All in a day’s work.
And there’s one more function built into Bernie’s leash that I think you’ll both really like.
[howls]
A microphone! Brilliant.
Hit it, Bernie!
[barking]
♪ Bernie, Bernie is my pet now
Bernie, Bernie is my pet ♪
[Bernie howling in rhythm]
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