| Sesamstrasse | |
| Plot | How does a seesaw work? |
| Air date | July 4, 2004 |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Scene | Pferd has found two tree trunks that form a seesaw, and he is excited because a seesaw is a fun thing to play with. He decides to try it out and sits on it, but after going down the seesaw won't go up. Wolle comes by and Pferd tells him about the broken seesaw. Wolle is sure they can repair it. |
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Scene | Wolle takes a closer look. Pferd sits on one end and no one sits on the other end. Wolle concludes that he has detected the problem: to use a seesaw there must be two people. Wolle tells Pferd that he is in luck: there are two of them and that he would love to join Pferd on the seesaw. |
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Scene | They get on the seesaw, and Wolle's end quickly raises up. Pferd can't understand why Wolle can't get down, so Wolle tells him that he is too heavy. But Pferd refuses and says that it's Wolle that is too light.
Samson comes out of his cave and asks what they are doing. Wolle tells him about the seesaw and their weight problem. Samson solves it by pushing Wolle's side down. Samson then gets another idea: he will sit on Wolle's side to make that side heavier. Wolle and Pferd think it's a good idea. |
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Scene | Samson asks Pferd if he is ready and then sits down on the seesaw with Wolle, catapulting Pferd away. |
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Scene | Samson and Wolle find Pferd in a nearby apple tree. Pferd is happy to be so close to those delicious apples. He concludes that a seesaw is a wonderful flying machine for obtaining apples. |
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Scene | They try to figure out what went wrong. Then they realize that Samson should sit on one side while Pferd and Wolle sit together on the other, and the seesaw works. |
Known segments[]
- Cookie Monster and Ernie: Smart Cookie — Ernie presents Cookie Monster with a puzzle to solve on his own.
- Two-Headed Monster: Tipping the Scales — The monster brings in a suitcase filled with heavy and light objects.
- Grover demonstrates open and closed by getting the curtain at the theater to open and close. (EKA: Folge 2035)
- Elmo sings "The Sound That's in the Air."
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