(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 TV studio appears with the name of today’s tale: "How 2 write."

At the studio, the assistant says STAND BY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE
LIVE!

Director says ALRIGHT, STAND BY, PEOPLE.
WE ARE LIVE ON THE AIR IN THREE,
TWO, ONE AND CUE THE ANNOUNCER.

The announcer says WHAT'S UP,
TUMBLETOWN, WITH YOUR HOST,
TUMBLEWEED.

Tumbleweed says HELLO,
TUMBLETOWN!
ON TODAY'S SHOW, WE'RE LOOKING
AT NEW TRENDS...

A smaller picture pops up with the image of a white bunny wearing a red scarf.

Tumbleweed says OLD FRIENDS AND DEAD ENDS.

In his car, Sal says WHO BUILDS A ROAD TO
NOWHERE?
IT MAKES NO SENSE!

Tumbleweed says BUT FIRST, SPEED
MEETS PERFORMANCE IN THESE
EXCITING NEW EUROPEAN HAMSTER
WHEELS.

Another assistant says UH, YOU'RE CLEAR.

Director says ALRIGHT, PEOPLE, WE'RE BACK
IN 30 SECONDS.

Twiggy says HEY, TUMBLEWEED, YOU
GOT A MINUTE?

Tumbleweed says SURE, BUT CAN I
EAT MY LUNCH?

Twiggy says SURE!
SO, UH, WHAT'D YOU THINK OF MY
SCRIPT?

Tumbleweed says IT'S GREAT.
I LOVE IT WHEN THE WORDS RHYME.

Twiggy says OH, EVERYONE'S
EXCITED ABOUT YOU HOSTING THE
SHOW.

Tumbleweed says WELL, IT'S FUN TO
BE HERE.
I STILL LOVE WRITING FOR THE
NEWSPAPER BUT THIS IS A PERFECT
WEEKEND JOB.

Twiggy says I HOPE YOU LIKE THE
NEXT SCRIPT.
REMEMBER THOUGH, I'M NEW AT
THIS.

Tumbleweed says YOU'RE DOING
GREAT, TWIGGY.
DON'T WORRY!

Twiggy says UGH.

Director says ALRIGHT, PEOPLE, QUITE
PLEASE.
WE'RE BACK IN FIVE, GET THAT
GUINEA PIG OUT NOW!

Twiggy says AH!

Director says FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE AND
WE'RE LIVE.

Tumbleweed says UH, OH!

Director says YES, WE'RE UP AND WE'RE LIVE!

Tumbleweed reads the teleprompter and says OH, UM, UH...
WHAT A GREAT STORY?
I SURE AM EXCITED ABOUT THESE
NEW DESIGNS HAMSTER WHEELS.
KEEP GETTING FASTER, CHEAPER AND
MORE RELIABLE!
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, ROSA, OVER.
TO YOU WITH A LOOK AT?
FASHION!

At the playground, Rosa says WHAT?
UM, UH, THANK YOU, TUMBLEWEED.
ON TODAY'S FASHION REPORT, HOW
MUCH FUR IS TOO MUCH FUR?
I ASKED FASHION EXPERT
CHINCHILLA.

Second assistant says AND YOU'RE CLEAR.

Director says TUMBLEWEED, THAT WAS NOT
GOOD.

First assistant says YEAH!

Tumbleweed says I THINK WE NEED
TO HAVE A MEETING.
[Chattering]

The producer, a white rat, says PLEASE, AS YOUR PRODUCER, I
HAVE TO TELL YOU THERE WERE
PROBLEMS WITH TODAY'S SHOW.

Tumbleweed says WELL, I...

Twiggy says WELL, IT WASN'T MY
FAULT.

Tumbleweed says WELL, TWIGGY,
YOUR CHOICE OF WORDS WAS GREAT
BUT YOU DIDN'T PUT THE
PUNCTUATION IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

Rosa says HUH?

Tumbleweed says I'LL SHOW YOU.
AFTER "WHAT A GREAT STORY" YOU
ADDED A QUESTION MARK.
THAT SHOULD BE A PERIOD OR AN
EXCLAMATION MARK BECAUSE I'M NOT
ASKING A QUESTION.
I REALLY THINK IT'S A GREAT
STORY.
LIKE, "WHAT A GREAT STORY!"

The producer says INTERESTING.

Rosa says IS HE HOLDING A PENCIL?

Tumbleweed says AND AFTER THAT,
IT SAYS "I SURE AM EXCITED ABOUT
THESE NEW DESIGNS HAMSTER
WHEELS."
I'M PRETTY SURE WHAT YOU MEANT
WAS "I SURE AM EXCITED ABOUT
THESE NEW DESIGNS, PERIOD."
THAT'S THE END OF THE SENTENCE.
SO, IT NEEDS A PERIOD.

Twiggy says SO, THAT'S HOW YOU
USE PERIODS AND QUESTION MARKS.

Rosa says HOW WAS HE DOING THAT?

The producer says I'M HEARING GOOD THINGS ABOUT
COMMAS TOO.

Tumbleweed says YES, LIKE HERE.
"HAMSTER WHEELS KEEP GETTING
FASTER, COMMA, CHEAPER, COMMA
AND MORE RELIABLE."

The producer says THAT'S MUCH BETTER.
I WANT PERIODS, COMMAS AND
QUESTION MARKS IN ALL OUR
SCRIPTS.

Twiggy says AND IN THE RIGHT
PLACES!

The producer says NICE GOING!

Rosa says OH, THAT WAS SO WEIRD.

Back in the air, Tumbleweed says WELCOME BACK TO
WHAT'S UP, TUMBLETOWN!
WE'LL BE JOINING CHEF BRENT AT
THE 10 SEED DINER.
ANY FOOD TIPS FOR US, BRENT?

Twiggy says QUESTION MARK
SUCCESSFUL, YES!

A split screen shows Brent, a black and white bunny, to the left and Tumbleweed to the right.

Brent says YEAH, BETTER GET HERE
BEFORE TUMBLEWEED EATS
EVERYTHING, EH, BUDDY?

Tumbleweed laughs and says I JUST MIGHT, BRENT!
MAKE SMALL TALK WITH ROSA.

Rosa laughs and says YOU DON'T READ THAT PART,
TUMBLEWEED.

Tumbleweed says OH.
[Chuckling]
YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO, WHO DOES YOUR FUR?

Tumbleweed says IT SMELLS GREAT,
IT'S SOFT AND SILKY AND IT'S
STATIC FREE UNLIKE MINE.
I STICK TO THE WALL SOMETIMES.

Rosa chuckles.

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

The TVO Kids logo appears.