(music plays)

A red book with a hamster on the cover appears against a background in which a castle can be seen.

Tumbleweed says TUMBLETOWN TALES!
STARRING ME,
TUMBLEWEED.

The red book opens. A popup castle comes up, and inside the castle Tumbleweed sits in a room. Dozens of letters pile up on a table.

He says I SHOULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING
ABOUT ALL THIS MAIL.
LET'S SEE...
NEWSPAPER, BILL, JUNK MAIL.
OH, A POSTCARD
FROM AUNT GUSSIE.
I'LL KEEP THAT FOR LATER.
BILL, BILL...
FLYERS.
I LOVE FLYERS.
A WHOLE CRATE OF SEEDS
FOR ONLY TWO DOLLARS?!
EUREKA, IT'S
MY LUCKY DAY!
I HOPE I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
SAVED UP IN MY GUINEA PIG BANK.

He looks at a pink piggy bank.

He says COME ON, GUINEA PIG BANK,
DON'T FAIL ME NOW.
OKAY, HERE WE GO,
MOMENT OF TRUTH AND...
HIYA!

He knocks down the piggy bank.
[glass shattering]
Several coins lie on the floor.

He says HA, HA,
I'M RICH!
AND IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH
NICKELS SAVED UP FOR THE SALE.

Later, he walks down the street. He drags a cart with the nickels on it.

He says GOING TO THE STORE,
GOT MY FORTY NICKELS
FOR THE CRATE
DU, BEE, DU, BEE, DOO, DOO.
THESE ARE HEAVY.

He gets to a dock in a river, and loads the cons onto a small boat.

He says OKAY, ALL MY NICKELS
ARE IN THE BOAT HERE,
ALL PACKED UP
AND READY TO GO.
AND NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS
TAKE THE BOAT TO THE OTHER SIDE
AND I WILL GET --
HEY, MY BOAT IS SINKING!
MY BOAT IS SINKING!

The boat sinks.

He says ER, MY BOAT SANK!
IT SANK.
MY BOAT SANK.
THAT'S NOT GOOD.

A white hamster sails towards him on a larger boat.

He says HEY, FUZZY FACE,
MY BUDDY!
WHAT'S
HAPPENING, MAN?

Tumbleweed says MY BOAT SANK.

The white hamster says WHAT?!
HOW COME?

Tumbleweed says WELL, I PUT FORTY
NICKELS IN IT
BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO
BUY A CRATE OF SEEDS.
AND THEN IT SANK,
JUST LIKE THAT.

The white hamster says MAN, FORTY NICKELS
IS WAY TOO MUCH
FOR SUCH A
LITTLE BOAT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TAKE
A TWO-DOLLAR COIN?

Tumbleweed says A TWO-DOLLAR COIN?
BUT THAT'S
ONLY ONE COIN.

The white hamster says IT'S NOT ABOUT THE
QUANTITY OF COINS,
IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH
THE COINS ARE WORTH.

Tumbleweed says REALLY?

The white hamster says OF COURSE.
TELL ME THIS.
HOW MANY NICKELS ARE
IN A TWO-DOLLAR COIN?

Tumbleweed says IT'S... WELL, I NEEDED
TWO DOLLARS FOR MY CRATE,
AND THEN I COUNTED
MY FORTY NICKELS,
AND THAT ADDED UP
TO TWO DOLLARS.
SO FORTY NICKELS.

The white hamster says SO THERE YOU GO.
ONE TWO-DOLLAR COIN IS WORTH
THE SAME AS FORTY NICKELS.
AND IT'S EASIER TO CARRY.

Tumbleweed says I GET IT.
INSTEAD OF CARRYING
FORTY NICKELS,
I CAN JUST BRING ONE
TWO-DOLLAR COIN
BECAUSE IT'S WORTH
FORTY NICKELS.
THAT'S EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

The white hamster says NO PROBLEM, MAN!
NOW I SUPPOSE YOU WANT
ME TO PULL YOUR BOAT
OUT OF THE WATER.

Tumbleweed says YEAH, COULD YOU?
AND WHAT ABOUT
MY NICKELS?

The white hamster says FOR ALL THAT WORK,
I'M KEEPING THE NICKELS.

Tumbleweed says OH, OKAY, THAT
SEEMS FAIR.
SEE YOU LATER.

The white hamster says MAN, WHEN IS HE
EVER GOING TO LEARN?

Tumbleweed says IT'S A GOOD THING I
FOUND A TWO-DOLLAR COIN
UNDER MY COUCH TO
BUY THOSE SEEDS.
I DON'T WANT TO
MISS THAT SALE.
THIS IS MUCH
EASIER TO CARRY.

He drags the two-dollar coin in his cart. He gets to the dock again, and this time sails past the white hamster.

He says HEY, SEA CAPTAIN.

The white hamster says HEY, FUZZY FACE!

Then, Tumbleweed drives a red Mini and says GOTTA STAY ON TRACK,
GONNA GO TO THE STORE
AND BUY SOME SEEDS.

He parks by the store and says PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE
A CRATE OF SEEDS LEFT.

A voice says UH, WE'VE GOT
ONE LEFT.

Tumbleweed says HA, HA, I HAVE A
WHOLE CRATE OF SEEDS!

He returns and loads the crate of seeds onto his boat.

He says THERE WE GO, MY PRECIOUS
CRATE OF SEEDS.
OH, IT'S GONNA BE SO
GOOD WHEN I GET YOU BACK
TO THE CASTLE AND THEN
I CAN EAT YOU ALL UP.

The boat sinks.

Tumbleweed says OH, NO, NO,
NO, MY BOAT...
MY BOAT SANK!
THE SEEDS MUST HAVE
BEEN TOO HEAVY FOR IT.
I SHOULD HAVE
THOUGHT OF THAT.
YOU'D THINK I WOULD HAVE
LEARNED THAT LESSON BY NOW.
I GUESS... I WONDER IF
THEY'LL STILL TASTE GOOD
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WET?
YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME
I HAVE TWO DOLLARS,
I THINK I'M GOING TO BUY
A BETTER BOAT TRAILER
BECAUSE THIS ONE
WON'T HOLD ANYTHING.
IT'S ALWAYS SINKING.

The TVO Kids logo appears.