(music plays)

A blue background with a beige hamster reading a book in the middle appears on screen with a caption that reads "Tumbleweed Presents."

Now a blue book with an animated clip of a city at night and a title that reads "Tumbletown Reads" appears on screen. The animation passes a library and stops at the Tumbletown Gazette.

The book opens and Tumbleweed says TODAY?S TALE:
THE SCARECROW FAMILY.

Tumbleweed appears in the office and he says HEY GUYS ARE YOU
COMPUTERS WORKING.

A mouse says YES.

Tumbleweed says MINES NOT
WORKING.

A mouse says UH.

Tumbleweed says I DON'T KNOW WHY.

A mouse says IT'S COVERED IN FOOD.

Tumbleweed says HEY IT'S COVERED
IN FOOD.
WELL OF COURSE.

The chief comes out and says TUMBLEWEED?

Tumbleweed says YES!

Chief says WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
SCARECROWS?

Tumbleweed says NOTHING!
[Chewing]

Chief says EH WELL FARMER
MABEL IS PUTTING ONE UP IN HER
CORN FIELD AND I WANT YOU TO
FIND OUT WHY.

Tumbleweed says A SCARECROW IN A
CORN FIELD?
THAT'S A GREAT STORY.
I'M ON IT.
[Music playing]

Now Tumbleweed drives over to the library and says DO DOH DOH CORN
FIELD DU DE DEP DO DO DU
SCARECROW
[Crashing]

Tumbleweed says OH DOESN'T REALLY
STOP ON A DIME NOW DOES IT.
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed walks in the library.

Sly says HEY TUMBLEWEED.

Tumbleweed says HEY SLY.
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed says OKAY OFF TO
RESEARCH SCARECROWS IN THE
FICTION SECTION.
LOOK AT ALL THE WONDERFUL BOOKS
IN HERE.
THEY'RE COLOURFUL AND THERE'S, I
SEE TOO MANY AND JEFF'S MAGIC
HAMSTER WHEEL AND JENNY GETS A
SCOOTER.
OH AND THE ADVENTURES OF THE
SCARECROW FAMILY.
OKAY EVERYONE I'M READING.
SHHHH.
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed says OKAY THERE'S A
MOMMY SCARECROW, THERE'S A DADDY
SCARECROW, THERE'S LITTLE MEGAN
SCARECROW AND OH SHE'S QUITE THE
SCIENTIST AND AHH.. THERE'S
BOBBY SCARECROW IN HIS DIAPER,
THAT'S SO CUTE.
OH THIS SHOULD TEACH ME ALL
ABOUT THE CULTURAL VALUES AND
ISSUES OF SCARECROWS.
[Music playing]

A tow truck drops off the paper and a brown and white guinea pig says SCARECROWS COME TO
TUMBLETOWN.
HMMM..
IT SAYS THAT FARMER MABEL
DOESN'T KNOW WHICH SCARECROW SHE
WILL CHOOSE.

A black and white rabbit says WELL THE OBVIOUS CHOICES
WOULD BE THE DADDY OR MOMMY
SCARECROW BUDDY.

A beige guinea pig says MEGAN SCARECROW IS TOO BUSY
BUILDING A ROCKET TO THE MOON,
WHAT?

A brown and white guinea pig says AND BABY BOBBY IS STILL IN
DIAPERS, HUH?
[Wind blowing]

Back in the office, Tumbleweed says SO I LEARNED A
LOT ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
GROWING UP SCARECROW.

A white mouse says REALLY?

Chief says TUMBLEWEED, I NEED TO
SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR ARTICLE
ON THE SCARECROWS.

Tumbleweed says YOU GOT IT CHIEF.
PROBABLY WANTS TO DISCUSS SOME
SCARECROW RELATED ISSUES OR A,
OR...
[Music playing]

Now Tumbleweed drives back over to the library and says REWRITE IT, MY
RESEARCH IS FLAWED, FLAWED ME!
[Crashing]
[Horn honking]

Tumbleweed says SORRY!
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed walks into the library and Sly says HEY TUMBLEWEED.

Tumbleweed says SLY, I HAVE TO
RETURN THIS BOOK.
I USED IT TO RESEARCH SCARECROWS
AND THE FACTS ARE ALL WRONG.

Sly says TUMBLEWEED THIS ISN'T A
RESEARCH BOOK, IT'S A STORY
BOOK.
IT'S FICTION..

Tumbleweed says FRICTION?

Sly says NO FICTION, THAT MEANS
IT'S A MADE UP STORY.
THE WRITER IMAGINED A FAMILY OF
SCARECROWS.
YOU CAN'T BASE YOUR ARTICLE ON
FICTION.

Tumbleweed says WHAT.. WELL THEN
WERE DO I FIND THE REAL FACTS ON
SCARECROWS?

Sly says IN NON-FICTION.

Tumbleweed says OH...NON-FICTION.

Sly says HERE LET ME GET YOU SOME
REFERENCE BOOKS.

Tumbleweed says OH OH OKAY, JUST
THROW THEM DOWN.

Sly says YUP, YUP, HERE YOU GO.
[Thudding]

Sly throws down books.

Sly says HERE I GOT ANOTHER ONE.

Tumbleweed says OKAY THEN.

Sly says SEE YEAH.

Tumbleweed says [Mumbling]
DESIGNING THE PERFECT SCARECROW,
SCARECROWS OF SASKATCHEWAN.

Tumbleweed says IT SAY'S HERE
THAT SCARECROWS ARE MADE OF
STRAW AND FARMERS USE THEM TO
SCARE AWAY CROWS, SO THE CROWS
DON'T EAT THE CORN.
OF COURSE, I'LL PUT ALL THESE
FACTS IN MY STORY.
[Music playing]

The next day, Tumbleweed delivers the newspapers and says CORRECTION!
SCARECROWS COME TO TUMBLETOWN.
SO YOU SEE WHAT I DID WAS I
RE-WROTE THE ARTICLE USING FACTS
THAT I FOUND IN THE NON-FICTION
SECTION, IT'S A LOT BETTER NOW.

The brown and white guinea pig says I'LL SAY, IT MAKES A LOT
MORE SENSE.

Tumbleweed says YEAH.

The brown and white guinea pig says BUT YOUR FIRST ARTICLE
ACTUALLY GAVE ME AN INTERESTING
IDEA.

Tumbleweed says WHAT'S THAT?
OH LOOK YOU HAVE THE WHOLE
SCARECROW FAMILY!
[Laughing]

Tumbleweed says THAT'S GREAT...

The brown and white guinea pig says YOU BETCHA!

Tumbleweed says ARE THEY SCARING
THE CROWS?

The brown and white guinea pig says WELL I DON'T KNOW, WHAT'S A
CROW.
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed says WELL THEY'RE..
WELL THEY...

The brown and white guinea pig says YOU DON'T KNOW EITHER, DO
YA?

Tumbleweed says BACK TO THE
NON-FICTION SECTION.

The TVO Kids logo appears.