Sesame Street: Elmo and the Monarch Butterfly.

Sesame Street Movie.

Elmo and Telly learn how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly through metamorphosis.

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00:00Oh, hi. Hi, everybody. Hey, Lucas. Hi. Hi, Eli. Hi, Mr. Andre. Hey, Elmo. Oh, look who's here.

00:16Oh, hey. Welcome to Sesame Street. We're looking at bugs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Elmo has his

00:23magnifying glass. Yeah, isn't that cool? Isn't that cool? And I've got this great book.

00:27Huh. Fascinating facts about insects. It's full of fascinating and interesting facts.

00:34Yes. Oh, well, Telly, let's go and see if we can find some insects. Insects, yes.

00:41Oh, Telly, look. What? Ants. Ants are insects. Yeah. Oh, there's one, two little ants playing

00:50together. Sweet. Yeah. Let's look at them through the magnifying glass. Okay, okay. Here you go,

00:55Telly. Whoa. Whoa. That magnifying glass makes them look a lot bigger. Yeah. Oh, does Telly's

01:03book have a fascinating fact about ants? Well, let's see. It says here. Oh, wow. What?

01:09Ants never sleep. Wow. Whoa. And they don't even look tired. Fascinating. Fascinating. Oh, look.

01:19More bugs, Telly. More bugs. What are they? What, what, Elmo? What are they? Those are ladybugs.

01:27Aw, one, two ladybugs playing together. Wow. Yeah. Here's a fascinating fact about ladybugs.

01:36Okay, Telly. They smell with their feet. Fascinating. Fascinating. Oh, oh, oh. Elmo sees another

01:44butterfly. Whoa. Whoa. Hey, Telly, look, look. There's a butterfly. Yeah. He's beautiful.

01:51Yeah. Wow. But where's butterfly's friend? His friend? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Elmo and Telly saw,

02:00um, two little ants and two little, uh, ladybugs. But there's only one butterfly and it's alone.

02:08Yes. You're right. Let's look for another butterfly. Okay.

02:15Yoo-hoo. Yoo-hoo. Other butterflies. Where are you? Hello. Hello, butterflies.

02:21Where are you all? Calling all butterflies. Butterflies, where are you? Hmm.

02:27Oh, boy. Telly, Elmo doesn't think any other butterflies are around.

02:32Yeah, I don't think so either. Oh, no. That little guy has no butterfly friend to play with.

02:38Oh, poor little guy. Oh, it's terrible. Is there nothing we can do for this lonely bug?

02:47Oh, yes. Elmo, Elmo can be a butterfly. What's that now? Elmo, Elmo will pretend to be a butterfly,

02:54Telly. Then the little butterfly will have a friend to play with. Great idea. Okay, okay. Um, let's see.

03:01Oh, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter. Elmo's a butterfly.

03:05Yep. Flutter, flutter, flutter. Can't play with Elmo.

03:07Oh, oh, oh. It's not working. The butterfly's not coming over to play.

03:13Hmm. I don't think he gets that you're a butterfly, Elmo.

03:18Well, why not, Telly?

03:19I'm checking the book here. Ah, here's something fascinating.

03:23What, what, what?

03:24It says here that before a butterfly can become a butterfly, it has to go through a metamorphosis.

03:30Metamorphosis. A what?

03:33Metamorphosis is, is, is a big change. It says here there are four very different stages in the life of a butterfly.

03:41But, but, but, but, but, but, Telly, what does that have to do with Elmo?

03:44Well, maybe if you, if you pretend to go through those four stages, the butterfly will think that you're a butterfly and want to be your friend.

03:52Hey, that's a great idea, Telly. Oh, what's the first stage, huh? Huh?

03:56First, a butterfly starts as a butterfly egg. Like this.

04:01A butterfly egg. Got it. Elmo will be right back.

04:05Ta-da!

04:05Nice egg costume, Elmo.

04:09Well, thank you, Telly. But Elmo's not Elmo anymore. Elmo's butterfly egg Elmo.

04:14Oh, right, right, right. And, and, and, and look, butterfly egg Elmo, it's working.

04:20Oh, yay!

04:21Yeah, yeah, the butterfly is looking right at you.

04:24Oh, not anymore.

04:26Oh, quick, Telly. What's the second stage?

04:29Uh, you need to pretend to be a caterpillar. Like, like, like this.

04:34A caterpillar?

04:36Yep. The butterfly starts as an egg, and when the egg hatches, a caterpillar comes out.

04:43Caterpillar, right. Elmo will be right back.

04:50Elmo's a caterpillar.

04:52How did you do that?

04:54Oh, Elmo's mommy helped.

04:58And look, look, it's working. The butterfly is flying right to you.

05:03Is he ready to be your friend?

05:05Oh, no, not yet.

05:08Oh, what's the third stage, Telly?

05:10See, after the egg hatches into a caterpillar, it grows and sheds its skin,

05:16and when it does it for the last time, it forms a chrysalis.

05:21Chrysalis what now?

05:22No, no, not Chris. Chrysalis. Like this.

05:26Oh, it looks like a tiny sleeping bag.

05:29Yeah, it does.

05:31Okay, Telly. Be right back.

05:37Elmo's a chrysalis.

05:40Ew. Hey, look, it's working. It's working.

05:43The butterfly is flying all around you.

05:45Well, yeah, yeah. Uh-oh, but the butterfly isn't ready to be Elmo's friend yet.

05:51That's because you need to go through the fourth stage.

05:55So what's that, Telly?

05:56That's when, inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly.

06:02Oh, Elmo thought that would come next. It's you.

06:10Wow. Ta-da! Elmo is Elmo's butterfly.

06:17Wow, Elmo. You really do look like a butterfly.

06:20Thank you, Telly.

06:21And look, look, it's working. I think it's working.

06:26Yes, the butterfly wants to be your friend.

06:30Hello, butterfly.

06:32Elmo, you did it. The butterfly's not lonely anymore.

06:36He's got a new friend.

06:39And Elmo's got a new friend, too.

06:42Come on, little butterfly. Let's be butterflies together.

06:45Oh, you two. Flop, flutter, and fly with us.

06:54Let's flap our wings and fly together, little butterfly friend.

07:04Flutter through the sky together, little butterfly friend.

07:12We can fly from here to there

07:18We can stop and smell our rose

07:22We can flutter up and down

07:28You can land on Elmo's nose

07:33Oh, hello!

07:35Let's flap our wings and go together

07:40Little butterfly friend

07:43Flying high and low together

07:49Little butterfly friend

07:53As free as the breeze on a sunny day

07:58We're butterflying all the way

08:03Let's flap our wings and fly!

08:10Little butterfly friend

08:19Little butterfly friend

08:27You're Elmo's friend

08:32That tickles!

08:36Oh, great!

08:38Oh, great fluttery, little butterfly!

08:42Oh, and you too!

08:44I think your little butterfly friend is all fluttered out, Elmo

08:47Yeah, Elmo too!

08:49Maybe we need a butterfly snack!

08:51Come on, little butterfly friend!

08:54Come on, Telly!

08:55Come on!

08:57Chris! Chris!

08:58Hey, guys!

08:59Hey, Chris!

09:00Hi, Chris!

09:01Hey, Telly!

09:01Elmo?

09:02No, butterfly!

09:04You noticed!

09:05This is Elmo's butterfly friend

09:08Say hello to Chris, butterfly!

09:10Oh, hello!

09:11Hey, hey!

09:12Did he just land on my head?

09:14Yep!

09:14Oh, okay!

09:17Oh, okay!

09:18What can I do for you guys?

09:19Well, Elmo and his butterfly friend are hungry

09:22Oh, does Chris have any butterfly food, please?

09:25Wow, um, that's a new one

09:27I honestly have no idea what butterflies eat

09:29Ah, well, it says right here that they don't eat

09:33How's that?

09:35It's a fascinating fact

09:36Butterflies don't eat

09:39They drink

09:40Well, what do they drink, Telly?

09:42Uh, they usually drink nectar from flowers

09:46But they can also drink the juice from a fruit

09:50Oh!

09:51You like fruit juice, butterfly?

09:54Oh, guess what?

09:55Elmo likes fruit juice, too!

09:57Oh, Elmo and his butterfly friend have a lot in common

10:01Hey, Elmo, you are in luck

10:03Because I just so happen to have these delicious orange slices

10:06For you and your buddy

10:07Let's see if your little butterfly friend likes that

10:09Okay, can Elmo have one?

10:10There you go

10:10Thank you

10:12He's drinking

10:13Look at that

10:15And he's using his proboscis

10:17Pro-pro-what is?

10:19Uh, proboscis

10:20It's a, it's a curly little thingy

10:22That unrolls and becomes like a straw

10:24That he drinks through

10:25Fascinating

10:26Oh, drink up, little butterfly friend

10:29Oh, Elmo would drink up, too

10:31Oh, thanks for the oranges, Chris

10:35You're welcome, Elmo

10:37Uh, now what are you and your butterfly friend going to do?

10:40Well, now butterfly Elmo wants to draw a picture of his butterfly friend

10:44Oh, hey, I have just the thing

10:47I have some paper and some crayons, eh?

10:50Oh, good, good!

10:51Boy, Chris has everything today

10:54Yeah

10:54Oh, thanks, Chris

10:56No problem

10:56Oh, come on, Jelly

10:57Let's go

10:58Oh, you too, butterfly friend

10:59Hey, Elmo

11:03Huh?

11:04The book says that's a monarch butterfly

11:07Wow, a monarch?

11:09Yeah, yeah

11:09That's what you call a butterfly

11:10With orange wings

11:12With black lines and white spots

11:15Monarch butterflies

11:17Cool

11:18Well, Elmo's best friends with a monarch butterfly

11:21Oh

11:22Oh

11:24Oh, look, look, look

11:26Hey, Elmo

11:28Huh?

11:28I think you liked your picture

11:30Oh, yeah

11:30Yay, little butterfly friend

11:32Oh

11:35You are the most special butterfly in the whole world

11:40Elmo bets there is no other butterfly quite like you

11:43Uh, except maybe that one

11:47Hey, it's another monarch

11:49Uh, oh

11:50And that one

11:51And that one

11:53And that one

11:55And that one

11:56I wonder what's going on here

11:58Oh, maybe Elmo's butterfly friend

12:01Is having a butterfly party

12:03Yay

12:03I don't think so, Elmo

12:06Well, then why are all those little butterflies here?

12:09It says here that monarch butterflies get together to migrate

12:15Migrate?

12:16Migrate? What's that?

12:17Uh, migrate means they move because of the change in seasons

12:20Yeah, it's just too cold here in the winter

12:22Whoa

12:24Whoa

12:25Whoa

12:26There they go

12:28But Elmo's butterfly friend wouldn't leave Elmo

12:31We're best friends

12:33Right, butterfly friend?

12:37Oh, no

12:38Oh, that was Elmo's butterfly friend

12:42Oh, no

12:43I'm sorry, buddy

12:45But he didn't even say goodbye

12:48He forgot all about Elmo

12:51Maybe not

12:53Look

12:54He came back to say goodbye to you

12:58Wow

12:59Goodbye, little butterfly friend

13:05And don't worry

13:06Elmo understands

13:08Elmo

13:09We'll always have this picture to remember you by

13:14What?

13:18Goodbye, little butterfly friend

13:20Well, guess Elmo better take off his butterfly costume

13:25No, no, no, no

13:26Wait

13:27Don't, Elmo

13:28Well, why not, Charlie?

13:30Because

13:30Now

13:31I want a butterfly friend

13:33You do?

13:34Well, come on, friend

13:35Let's find out

13:36More fascinating facts about bugs

13:38All right

13:39Okay

13:40Listen to this

13:41Yeah

13:41Dragonflies

13:42Are the fastest flying bugs of all

13:44And

13:45They can eat

13:46While flying

13:47Really cool

13:48Fascinating

13:50Ha ha ha

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