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Get ready for an undersea adventure that's got family ties in an odyssey filled with troubles, musical action, and love!)
[Our story starts at the beach. Dora has a bucket and Boots is making a sand castle.]
(¡Hola, Dora! ¿Comó estas?)
Dora has a question for you:
So, what do you think?
You can tell them your thoughts!
Well, guess what! THEY do, too!
TOO!!" they said together.
Speaking of, they've got something to say about it.
building sand castles!" said Boots.
"And playing volleyball!" he added as Benny and the Big Red Chicken are doing just that.
Pirate Pig and his Piggies are eating popsicles.
"Eating paletas," Dora said.
"…and collecting sea shells!" she continued.
Tico has a pail and Isa has a shovel.
"TAH-DAH!" Boots cheered. (Nicely done!)
"¡AYÚDENME!" called a voice.
Someone's calling for help
Dora asks: "Do YOU see who's calling for help?"
it's a mermaid girl!" said Dora.
"Hola, mermaid." she said to the lost mermaid.
Dora asks the mermaid's name.
"Soy Maribel." she introduced herself.
"¿Qué pasa, Maribel?" asked Dora.
She explains the problem.
with your mommy!" said Boots.
Dora and Boots thought of something about Maribel.
Boots thought he and Dora can take her back home.
"WE can help you get back home!" he said.
"¡¿De veras?!" ("Really?!")
"¡Por su puesto!" ("Of course!")
Maribel says she lives in Mermaid Cove. (It MUST be located within the
Mermaid Kingdom!)
"Mermaid Cove is a happy place filled with music and songs!" Maribel explained.
"Mi Mamí and I LOVED to sing together with ALL the mermaids!"
(
song starts)
(Does thinking of this remind you of
another song from the Disney film
Encanto?)
¡por favor!" ("Oh yes, yes, please!")
This makes her REALLY happy.
(Aren't you guys forgetting something? Where IS it?)
when we don't know which way to go?"
(Guess WHO! If YOU know the answer, tell them!)
Will YOU check the Map to find
the quickest way to Mermaid Cove?"
(You know what to do!) "You have to say, 'Map!'"
(Wait… MAP?! WHERE ARE YOU?!)
(Oh! THERE you are!) Now, all you have to do is say his name, then he will spring right out of Backpack and help Dora and Boots! Come on, say it loud and proud!
Say, 'Map!'" they both said.
All righty! Up he goes! (SPRIIIIIIIIIIIING…!)
WHAT will he say?
Only ONE way to find out!
Here is the map for this episode.
"Dora and Boots have to take
Maribel home to her mommy at Mermaid Cove."
He knows just how to get there!
So, listen VERY carefully…
"First, you have to go through
the Octopus' Garden!"
(Does that name sound familiar? There's a Beatles' song ALSO called "Octopus' Garden"?)
"And THAT'S how you'll get
Out of the water he goes!
Garden, Rocks, Mermaid Cove!
"So YOU tell Dora: First, we go to the garden!"
Hello again, Dora and Boots! (Help them figure out where to go first!)
(Garden, Rocks, Mermaid Cove!)
We have to find the Octopus' Garden!
Boots wondered, "But HOW are we
Dora just remembered…she has her mermaid necklace!
She remembered that Mariana gave that necklace to her back.
Dora tells Boots that if they hold each other's hands, the magic will work,
Say, "Transformate"! (Which means "Transform!" in Spanish)
Dora is becoming a mermaid
once again! But what's going to happen to Boots?!
And there's the dock high up from underwater!
¡que linda!" ("How cute!") said Maribel.
She also says something nice to Boots.
"And Boots,
I love, love, LOVE your sea monkey feet!"
Boots is now… Sea Monkey Boots!
"Okay, Maribel!" said Dora.
"But first we need to find the Octopus' Garden."
Right, the starfish!
"The starfish, ¡claro!" said Dora.
Let's bring Maribel home to Mermaid Cove!"
"So I can sing with mi Mami!"
"¡VÁMONOS!"
(All right! ¡AL RESCATE, AMIGOS!)
(How about a special song?)
(rustling)
Uh-oh! Did you hear that?
Inside the sunken ship, a familiar villain lurks in on our mermaid heroes.
Boots notices something suspicious.
They froze to see him hiding for a while
JUST a sunken ship," warned Dora.
JUST a sunken ship?"
What do you think?
What the...!? Wait a minute, is that...?!
"SWIPER!!!" they shouted.
(Should have known…)
(What's he doing down here?!)
swipe the mermaid necklace!" (Let's hope not or we would rather de-transform!)
"And THEN we won't be able
Mamí!"
(BARNACLES! What the heck is wrong with you, Fox?!)
NO!"
(¡No te preocupes, Maribel!)
(YOU know the drill, guys!)
"We've GOT to stop him!" said Dora.
Say it with us!
(But this time, you're gonna have to say it AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE! You too, Maribel!)
Well done!
(And good job to you, Maribel!)
We STOPPED the fox! (You know what he says for his bad luck!)
"Thanks for helping us stop Swiper!"
"Let's go, let's go!" said Maribel.
"We made it to the Octopus' Garden!"
("Welcome, friends!") she said.
Suddenly, she tickles Maribel with her tentacles.
Dora explains the situation. "Val," she said.
"We need to take Maribel home to her Mamí!"
a little mermaid SHOULD be
"Can we go through your garden, ¿por favor?"
"¡CLARO que sí!" ("Of course!")
"¡Escuchen!" ("Listen!") Val says. "To get through the garden,
They wave goodbye to Val.
"ONE MORE THING!" Val called. (Wait…WHAT?)
"Be sure to look out for…" she continued. (Watch out for WHAT?!)
Val warned them, "They are VERY
"¡De lo prometo!" ("I promise!")
we HAVE to follow the color pattern:
"Say it with me!" said Dora.
So we need to go this way!
But hey! Look who's by the purple flowers!
"BLUE LOBSTERS!!!" they all yelled.
PIN-CHY!" shouted the Blue Lobsters.
She then warned: "We better GET OUT OF HERE!"
The blue lobsters gave up…
…and are crawling far, far away!
The Fiesta Trio on seahorses.
"We made it through the Octopus' Garden!"
"Where do we go next, Dora?"
We went through the Octopus' Garden, check! Where do we go next?
Are the rocks on the path with the
"Ooh! OOH!" Maribel added.
amigos!" she warned them.
"SNAPPY CLAMS?!" Boots gasped.
snappy clams!" he gleamed.
Oh, no! The clams got most of Boots' tail!
on your tail!" said Maribel.
it looked like you were dancing!"
(
song starts)
my Sea Monkey
Did we get all the clams off Boots tail?
No! We had seven clams and we took off...
How many clams are left on his tail?
Two, right!
So we need to keep wiggling!
so let's wiggle our tails
(song ends)
(music stops playing)
feel better?" asked Maribel.
"MUCH better, Maribel!" he said.
(That we LOVED to hear!)
"It's a SCHOOL of rainbow fish!"
Last pair of rainbow fish.
"Uh-oh! The rocks are starting to fall!"
(ERROR: Why did Boots have three arms?!)
"Those rocks are blocking our way!"
Maribel gasped, "But... BUT...!
But I HAVE to get home to mi Mamí!"
"¡HOLA, AMIGOS!" a voice called. (Who said THAT?!)
"HEY! It's my cousin, Diego!"
"¡Hola, primo!" ("Hi, cousin!")
Dora and Diego slap a high five.
Boots!" said Boots to Diego.
"AWESOME!" Diego replied as he gives Boots a high five.
"¿Encontraron una sirena?" ("Did you find a mermaid?")
"We're taking her home to her mommy
a little mermaid SHOULD be with her mommy!"
"Diego, we need something REALLY big and strong
to break through these rocks!"
An idea flew into Diego’s head: "I just saw a
pod of whales swimming by!" he thought.
"Whales are big and strong!"
"We can call to the whale
to help us push aside the rocks!"
"¡Buena idea, Diego!" Dora likes the idea.
"We need to get through the rocks so we can
"Let's go for a whale ride,
"Let's help the whale push the rocks with his tail!"
"Put your hands out to make a whale tail!
Now wave your hands up and down."
Dora asks, "Is the path clear yet?"
and wave your hands!" Diego said.
Come on! "Wave your hands!"
Dora asks, "Is the path clear NOW?"
Is it?
Now they can pass through.
The Fiesta Trio riding a whale of their own.
"Diego, thanks for helping!" said Maribel.
We went through the Octopus' Garden, check! And past the Ocean Rocks, check! So next is…?
"We NEED to find Mermaid Cove!" (Or, in Spanish...)
"¡La Caleta De Las Sirenas!"
¿Dónde está La Caleta de Las Sirenas? (Where is Mermaid Cove?)
(Luckily, there is no another path that has another place. Good-old fashioned times from the past seasons.)
"We made it to Mermaid Cove!" said Boots.
Now, Maribel just needs to find her mommy.
mi Mamí?" ("But, where is my mom?") sighed Maribel.
"¡No la veo!" ("I don't see her!")
There is a rhythm like a heartbeat
When you sing with a mermaid,
Here we go! Ready for the next part?
and the song will never end!
"Let's ALL sing the mermaid song to help Maribel!"
"In English, we say, 'Sing';
In Spanish, we say, 'Canta'!"
(Lay down your load, we are only down the road!)
"¡MI HIJITA!" ("MY LITTLE DAUGHTER!") yelled Maribel's mother.
"MAMI, MAMI!" Maribel replied.
(We have no gifts, but we are many and we'll do ANYTHING for you!)
Maribel and her mami are back together again!
Sing, sing, sing, making music wherever we go!
(Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing!)
¡Canta, canta, sing, CANTA!
(song ends)
These are my new friends,
taking SUCH good of Maribel,
and bringing her back home!"
She even thanks the viewer. "¡MUCHAS gracias!"
We brought Maribel home to her mommy in Mermaid Cove!"
The Fiesta Trio with mermaid tails.
(Way to go, explorers!)
You know what that means..!
We did it!
(Maribel takes Map's place this time.)
Now she joins in the dance!
We wiggle, wiggle, wiggled
to get the clams off my tail!
And Diego helped us through the rocks
"What was YOUR favorite part
Well? What did you say was your favorite part?
"I liked that, too!" (What were their favorites?)
Boots says he liked doing
Dora liked when they sang with Maribel
so she can find her mami!
(That was SO SWEET to hear from them!)
"We couldn't have done it