Bry: (in room 29 sitting on Telly's bed) Come on, Telly. It's okay.
Telly: Are you sure?
(Big Bird and Prairie come in)
Big Bird: Hey, is Telly okay?
Bry: He'll be fine.
Telly: No, I'm a wreck!
Bry: Telly didn't want to go with us to meet Fuzzhead and Jen last night because he was too shy.
Big Bird: Too shy? I've never known Telly to be shy.
Telly: Yeah.
Prairie: Oh Telly. There's no need to be shy. If we were shy all the time we would never have the opportunity to meet and learn about interesting new people.
Telly: I dunno...
Bry: No really, Telly. Prairie's right. I mean, you and I would never know each other if we hadn't met and we're good friends, right?
Telly: Well...that's true.
Bry: Yeah! It's okay to be shy. I get shy sometimes too.
Telly: Bryan, you...you get shy?!
Bry: All the time! But there are ways to get over it. You know what I do?
Telly: What?
Bry: I say...
(music starts)
How do you do?
Hold out your hand.
Smile and say "Glad to meet you".
Telly: Uuuh?
Bry: Hope you are well
Happy you're here
Thoughts I feel when I greet you
People know you by the little things you do
Telly: They do?
Bry: Show someone you care, watch them care for you
Telly: Wow.
Bry: Say, how do you do?
Right from the heart
Hand in hand for the very first time
So very nice to meet a brand new friend of mine!
Telly: That's it?
Bry: Yeah. Doesn't seem so hard, does it?
Telly: I guess I could try it.
Bry: Why don't you practice on us.
Telly: I'll try.
Uuh... how do you do?
Hmm... Hold out your hand.
Bry: Uh huh...
Telly: Smile and say "Glad to meet you".
Prairie: Good, Telly!
Telly: (sings) Hope you are well.
Bry: I am, thank you.
Telly: (to Big Bird) Happy you're here.
Big Bird: Thanks!
Telly: Thoughts I think when I greet you.
Bry: Wonderful!
Prairie: People know you by the little things you do
Big Bird: Show someone you care
Watch them care for you!
Telly: Yeah.
Bry: How do you do?
Right from the heart
(Telly joins in) Hand in hand for the very first time
So very nice to meet a brand new friend
Of mine!
(song ends)
Big Bird: How do you feel now, Telly?
Telly: You know what? I think I feel a little better.
Bry: Do you?
Telly: Yeah, I think I'm ready to meet our new friends.
Prairie: Horray for Telly!
Bry: I'm so proud of you!
Telly: And you know what else? As a special welcoming gift, I'm going to give them each one of my triangles.
Bry: That sounds very nice of you.
Telly: What are we waiting for? Let's go guys!
Bry: Well, Telly...it's great that you are excited to meet them now, but I think it's a little late. Maybe you can wait til tomorrow.
Telly: Okay.
Rosita: (comes in with a box) Hola, everyone! I found this box of costumes and props in the storage room for the play.
Bry: Oh no. Prairie is going back to her own room tomorrow when Kathy comes home.
Rosita: We won't be able to do the play?
Prairie: No, we can still do it. Hey, great art takes time. We can keep working on it and do it later. Besides, I am sure Kathy would like to see it. Don't worry, Rosita, we'll keep working on it. In the meantime...*yawn* I'm sleepy. Think it's time for me to go to sleep.
Big Bird: Me too.
Bry: Well, I'll be in bed in a minute. Just gonna get finish reading this story with a cup of tea. (goes to open cabinet to find a small Muppet Letter T holding a spoon next to a sugar bowl)
Letter T: One lump or two?
Bry: Uhh...one?
Letter T: (holds out a sugar cube shaped like the number 1) Here ya go!
Bry: Umm...thanks...
Hoots' voice heard "off stage": Muppet Dorms were brought to us today by the Letter T and by the Number 1. Sleep tight!