(music plays)

A hamster reading a book appears in a circle against a blue slate with the caption "Tumbleweed Presents."

A blue book with the title "Tumbletown Reads" appears. A picture of a street in Tumbletown illustrates the cover.

The book opens and a picture of a castle appears with the name of today’s tale: "How 2 write."

Inside the castle, Tumbleweed says YAY, IT'S
SATURDAY!
I HAVE THE WHOLE DAY OFF.
WHAT A GREAT DAY TO CATCH UP
WITH MY FRIENDS!
[Chiming]

Tumbleweed gasps and says I HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE!
OH LOOK AT THE MESSAGE FROM
TWIGGY.
"ARE WE ON FOR BREAKFAST?"
OH, OKAY, I'LL ANSWER.
OKAY, LET'S SEE.

He types a message and says UM, YOU BET.
CAFE IN FIVE MINUTES?
COME ON, ANSWER, ANSWER!
OH, THERE IT IS.
"COOL, SEE YOU THEN."
OKAY, GREAT 'CAUSE I'M SO HUNGRY
I COULD EAT THIS PHONE AND THAT
VOIDS THE WARRANTY SO I WON'T.

He starts chewing the phone.

He says I WILL JUST GO TO THE CAFE.
WHICH I'M DOING NOW.
NOW.
[Humming]

He gets on a boat and then in a red car.

He says I AM DRIVING IN MY CAR
DO DO DO DO

He arrives at Twiggy’s and says SO, THERE I WAS, I HAVE A RUBBER
BOOT ON ONE HAND AND THE OTHER
ONE IS STUCK IN THE TUMBLE
DRYER.

Twiggy is a guinea pig.

Twiggy says HANG ON.
IT'S DIMITRI.

He reads a text message from Dimitri.

He says UH, "MEET AT THE PARK TO FLY
KITES?"
HEY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN!
WANNA GO?

Tumbleweed says UH, I CAN'T.
I'VE GOTTA MEET LOUIS AT THE
GYM.
[Chiming]

Tumbleweed says OH, LOOK AT THIS.
A MESSAGE.
"WHERE ARE YOU?
WAITING FOR YOU AT THE BOOK
CLUB."
[Gasping]
I FORGOT!
I HAVE A BOOK CLUB MEETING!
I GOTTA GO!

Twiggy says YEAH, ME TOO.
HEY, YOU'RE SITTING ON GUM.

Tumbleweed says I, I AM?

Twiggy says RIGHT HERE.

Tumbleweed says GET IT.
[Laughing]

Twiggy says HOLD STILL.

Tumbleweed says NO, STOP!

Tumbleweed feels tickly.

Twiggy says THIS ISN'T HELPING.
OW, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH.

Tumbleweed says YOU'RE TICKLING!
[Laughing]

Twiggy says AWKWARD.
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed gets in his car and says TO THE BOOK
CLUB

Twiggy laughs.

Dimitri is a gray bunny.

Dimitri flies a kite with Twiggy and says LOOK AT THE KITES
GO.

Twiggy says HOORAY!

Tumbleweed says TO THE BOOK
CLUB

At the book club, Tumbleweed says NO, I THINK THERESA'S RED SCARF
REPRESENTED HERSELF AND SHE WAS
WRAPPING HERSELF AROUND HER
NECK.

All say OH!
THAT'S GOOD.
[Chiming]

Tumbleweed says OH, EXCUSE ME.
OH, I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE HERE.
UM, "MOVIE LATER TONIGHT" FROM,
FROM SAL!
SAL, I'M RIGHT HERE!

Sal is a gray and white mouse.

Sal says HEY, I WANTED TO USE MY
NEW PHONE.
[Chuckling]

Tumbleweed gets in his car and says GOING TO THE
GYM, GYM, GYM, GYM, GYM
GOING TO THE GYM
I JUST TEXTED MY COUSIN BUFFY.
WHERE'S THE TRAINER?

In the gym, Louise and Tumbleweed stand on hamster wheels.

Louis is a brown hamster.

Louis says OH, I'LL TEXT HER.
WHERE ARE YOU?

Tumbleweed says I'M TIRED OF THIS
EXERCISE.
LET'S GO WEIGH OURSELVES.
I WANNA SEE IF I'VE LOST ANY
WEIGHT.

Louis says YEAH, MY MOM SAYS I'M
GETTING REALLY SKINNY.

Tumbleweed says LET'S SEE.
WHAT, I HAVEN'T LOST ANY WEIGHT.
I GAINED WEIGHT BUT IT'S ALL
MUSCLE.

At the movies, Chinchilla says CHINCHILLA.
CHINCHILLA.
CHINCHILLA.

Tumbleweed says THIS MOVIE NEEDS
SUBTITLES.

Chinchilla says CHINCHILLA.
CHINCHILLA!

Another hamster says I LOVE THIS MOVIE.

(music plays)

Tumbleweeds go to the Tumbletown Gazette.

At Chief’s office, Tumbleweed says YOU WANTED TO SEE
ME, CHIEF?

Chief says HMM, YES, IT'S ABOUT YOUR
LATEST ARTICLE.

Tumbleweed says DID YOU LOVE IT?

Chief says WELL, I WISH I COULD SAY,
TUMBLEWEED, BUT I CAN'T READ IT!
THIS WOOK IN TET, THERR RRR MINY
GERT EVENTS.
I CAN'T READ THIS AT ALL!

The article is written with text message abbreviations.

Tumbleweed says OH, HANG ON.
I GOTTA ANSWER THIS MESSAGE.

Chief says TUMBLEWEED, IF YOU LOOK AT
THAT DEVICE, I WILL, DO NOT
LOOK, DO NOT LOOK!
THANK YOU.
THIS STYLE OF WRITING IS FINE
FOR SENDING QUICK MESSAGES TO
YOUR FRIENDS BUT NOT FOR
COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR READERS
IN A NEWSPAPER!

Tumbleweed says BUT IT'S FAST AND
MY FRIENDS LOVE IT!

Chief says AND THAT'S FINE FOR THEM BUT
WHEN YOU'RE WRITING SOMETHING
SERIOUS LIKE AN ESSAY OR A
REPORT, PEOPLE HAVE TO BELIEVE
YOU SO YOU MUST SPELL CORRECTLY
AND WRITE IN FULL SENTENCES.

Tumbleweed says OKAY, FROM NOW
ON, I'LL BE SURE TO ONLY WRITE,
OH, I'VE GOT A MESSAGE.

Chief says UGH!

Tumbleweed says OH LOOK, IT'S
FROM SAL!

[Sighing]

The text reads "You are invited tonight. L.O.L."

Tumbleweed says HEY LOOK AT THAT.
CAN YOU READ THAT?
LOOK AT THAT.

Chief says OH, LET ME TRY.
YOU ARE INVETTED AND THEN
THERE'S A NUMBER TWO.
WHY WOULD THERE BE A NUMBER TWO
THERE?

Tumbleweed says THAT'S TONIGHT.

Chief says OH.

Tumbleweed says YOU'RE DOING
GOOD, KEEP GOING.

Chief says WELL THEN THERE'S A LULL.
WHAT'S A LULL?

Tumbleweed says LAUGH OUT LOUD!

Chief says NOT LOLLIPOP?

Tumbleweed says OH, R-O-F-L,
DUDE.

The book closes and the caption "The end" appears.

The TVO Kids logo appears.