“You’re getting to be a big boy, each day I grow some more. I like exploring my way. Growing up is not so tough, except when I’ve had enough. But there’s lots of fun stuff. That’s me.”
“Where’s Gilbert?”
“You missed again, Gilbert. Wanna play my game, Grandpa?”
“Sure do. Here, kitty kitty, come and get it.”
“I guess Gilbert decided the game’s over. Caillou was disappointed. He didn’t want the game to be over. Suddenly, he had an idea.”
“Here, kitty kitty, come and get it.”
“No, Gilbert!”
“Caillou was upset with Gilbert. Gilbert wasn’t doing what he wanted him to do. Go away, Gilbert. I’m the cat now.”
“How about we take a lemonade break, okay, Grandpa?”
“All done. Does Caillou the cat, uh, want his lemonade in a glass or a bowl?”
“Caillou noticed that Gilbert didn’t have any water left in his bowl.”
“Caillou, I was just kidding about drinking out of a bowl.”
“I know, Grandpa. This is for Gilbert.”
“Gilbert.”
“After their lemonade, Caillou decided to play outside while Grandpa had a little catnap.”
“Gilbert.”
“Gilbert wasn’t out in the yard. Maybe he was having a cat nap too.”
“I heard you and Grandpa had a lot of fun this afternoon.”
“Uh-huh. I was pretending I was Gilbert.”
“Oh.”
“Daddy, where’s Gilbert? He’s always here for supper. What if he’s lost?”
“Gilbert lost?”
“I’m sure Gilbert is fine. He’s probably just outside. Now come on, you two. Time to clean up and get ready for bed.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll call Gilbert in before I go to bed tonight, okay?”
“Okay, Daddy.”
“Gilbert. Here, kitty kitty. Gilbert.”
“Hmm.”
“Oh, Chili.”
“Daddy, where’s Gilbert? I don’t know. He didn’t come in last night when I called him. Let’s have our breakfast before we go look outside, okay?
“Gilbert, come out, come out wherever you are, Gilbert. Gilbert! Gilbert!”
“I found him! Gilbert, you kitty kitty. That’s not Gilbert, that’s Sarah’s cat, Ollie.”
“Not Gilbert. There you are, silly cat.”
“Sarah, have you seen Gilbert? He didn’t come home last night.”
“Oh, uh-uh. But Ollie sometimes stays out longer than that. Once when he was little, we lost him, so we went to the animal shelter. Someone found him and brought him there.”
“That’s a good idea. Let’s go to the animal shelter and take a look.”
“Huh.”
“Don’t worry, Caillou. He’ll turn up, you’ll see.”
“Yes, every day until seven. Thank you.”
“Look, the parrot’s the one making that noise, Caillou.”
“That’s enough, Bernie.”
“Sorry to have kept you waiting. That’s okay, Bernie was entertaining us. How does he make that ringing sound?”
“Parrots are good at imitating sounds. We used to have a bell on the counter, but it broke. Bernie imitates it and everything else you say around him.”
“I bet you get all kinds of pets in here.”
“Yes, we do. People have lots of different pets, not just cats and dogs.”
“Caillou thought about what it would be like to have a different pet.”
“Shoo, shoo!”
“Oh, wait, slow down.”
“Caillou decided that he didn’t want any other kind of pet. He just wanted Gilbert back. But where could Gilbert be?”
“So, what can I do for you? We can’t find Gilbert.”
“Hmm. Well, I can see that Gilbert has a tag on his collar. That’s a good thing since we can easily identify him with that. Let me check.”
“Gilbert… Hmm. Sorry, I don’t have any cats on file who fit his description. But why don’t you go take a look in back just to make sure?”
“Are you lost too?”
“Hello, little kitty. Do you know my cat, Gilbert?”
“Come on, Caillou. Let’s go. It doesn’t look like Gilbert’s here.”
“No luck, huh?”
“Don’t worry. Cats are funny that way. They disappear, but they can reappear just as quickly. I’ll keep an eye out for Gilbert, okay? Keep an eye out for Gilbert. Keep an eye out for Gilbert. Thanks, Bernie. Bye.”
“Gilbert!”
“Daddy, it’s Gilbert! He came home!”
“Oh, Gilbert, I’m so glad you’re back.”
“So am I. Let’s tell Rosie and Mommy the good news.”
“Mommy, Rosie, look! Gilbert!”
“You shouldn’t stay out on that, Gilbert.”
“Ah, I missed you too.”
“Where I saw it last.”
“See my new car, Gilbert? The door’s open, and the trunk does too.”
“Caillou liked playing under the kitchen table with Gilbert. It was his special hideaway place in the middle of a busy kitchen.”
“Rosie, do it. Good job.”
“Where’s Caillou? I thought he was with you.”
“Well, if Caillou isn’t around, I’ll have to go and get Jeffrey and Jason all by my lonesome.”
“Here I am, Mommy. I’ll go with you.”
“Oh, good. I thought I’d have to go and play at the park with Jason and Jeffrey all by myself. Those two would have tired me out. And besides, I can never tell them apart.”
“Jason and Jeffrey were identical twins. They looked exactly alike. But Caillou could tell them apart. Well, sometimes he could.”
“I’m gonna bring my new car to show them. Bye, Rosie. Bye, Caillou. Bye.”
“Hi, Caillou.”
“Hi, Jason. I brought my new car. Want to see?”
“Sure, but I’m Jeffrey.”
“I guess I’m not the only one who has trouble telling you two apart. That’s okay, we’re used to it. We have new cars too.”
“Who wants to have a race?”
“This is the start, and this is the finish line.”
“Everybody ready?”
“On your mark, get set, go!”
“Yay!”
“All right!”
“The finish line!”
“Who wants to go for some ice cream?”
“Caillou, is it polite to play with your car on the table?”
“Thank you.”
“Wow, yummy! Thank you, Mommy. And thank you too. Thank you, thank you.”
“It’s a mini umbrella. Can I keep it?”
“You certainly can.”
“Look at the birds eating ice cream too. I bet your ice cream doesn’t taste as good as ours.”
“Yummy!”
“Are you boys going to be able to walk, or should I roll you out of here?”
“Can I have your umbrella, Mommy?”
“Sure, here you go.”
“Race it to the front door.”
“Okay, go!”
“Hey, wait up!”
“I win!”
“Let’s do it again. This time, my mommy will count. On your mark, get set, go!”
“I won, I won!”
“Come on, Caillou. We have to go home now. Bye!”
“Bye, Jason. Bye, Jeffrey. Bye, Caillou. Thank you.”
“Oh.”
“Caillou had missed his daddy. He couldn’t wait to tell him all that he had done. Hi, Daddy. We went to the park with Jason and Jeffrey and raced our cars in the sandbox. And then we went for ice cream, and I bought you a present.”
“Why, thank you. Rosie too?”
“Rosie won an umbrella too. I’m sorry, Rosie, but it’s a little too sharp for you to play with. Hang on, Rosie. I have something else you can play with. Remember my super neat car?”
“How you couldn’t figure out where his car could possibly be.”
“Mommy, I don’t have my car.”
“Can you remember when you saw it last?”
“Hmm, how you thought about where you’d been that day.”
“I remember playing with it at the park, and after the park, we went for ice cream.”
“Ice cream! Rosie want ice cream!”
“I remember having it at the ice cream place because you didn’t want me to play with it at the table.”
“That’s right. Hmm, and then we went to Jason and Jeffrey’s house. We raced to the front door, and… I don’t think I had my car at Jason and Jeffrey’s house. So the last time I saw my car was at the ice cream parlor.”
“Can we go back and look for it, Mommy? Ice cream, ice cream!”
“It’s not here. We’ll just have to keep looking. Ice cream, ice cream!”
“Okay, Rosie, I know, I know.”
“Is this what you’re looking for? My car?”
“Thank you. I found it on the bench. I was hoping you’d remember where you left it and come back for it.”
“Caillou was very proud that he had remembered where he saw his car last. I remembered! I remembered!”
“Hey, you remembered!”
“I am the great detective.”
“Come on, Gilbert. Let’s look for clues.” “Over here, over there, I can’t find it anywhere. But I know who can save the day, Caillou the Great. Now help is on the way. Follow me, Gilbert.”
“The first thing I do is look for clues. Close our hints detectives use. Found a watch, found some shoes, lots of stuff that I can’t use. Hey, what’s that over there?”
“Found my car and dinosaur, but they’re not what I’m looking for. We’ll just have to look some more.”
“Nope, not it. Nope, not it. Wait a minute, I think I’ve got…”
“Lost in the jungle.”
“Gilbert!”
“Oh.”
“Hmm, Caillou, what are you doing down there?”
“I can’t find Gilbert. He’s hiding again.”
“We’ll look for him later. It’s time to get ready for play school.”
“You’ll need your boots today. It’s wet outside.”
“Caillou tried to get ready, but he kept wondering where Gilbert was.”
“Gilbert!”
“Caillou, are you still trying to find Gilbert?”
“Yes, he’s playing hide and seek with me. Maybe he’s outside.”
“Caillou, aren’t you forgetting something?”
“You’ll have to be a detective, Caillou.”
“How can I be a detective?”
“Well, just look for clues that will help you find him.”
“You thought that was a good idea, so you started looking for clues.”
“A cat paw print. That’s a clue.”
“More clues. Caillou was sure he’d found Gilbert this time.”
“Maybe Gilbert doesn’t want to play right now. But I know some people who do want to play with you this morning.”
“Sounds like I’ve got a whole zoo full of jungle animals here. I’ve got a brand new book about the jungle. Would you like to see it?”
“The jungle is very hot, and it’s home to all sorts of wild creatures. Some live way up in the trees, like monkeys and birds. Right, this kind of bird is called a parrot. Can you pretend you’re a parrot?”
“Good!”
“It’s a snake.”
“Who lives there? The king of the jungle.”
“Oh!”
“A lion. Rawr!”
“Caillou liked the lion the best. He thought he looked a little bit like Gilbert, but much, much bigger.”
“I think it’s time all of our jungle animals went outside to play.”
“It looks like there’s some time to play before it rains again.”
“How you had an idea. Let’s play hide and seek in the jungle.”
“Okay, I’ll hide and you find me. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ready or not, here I come.”
“Caillou imagined he was a real explorer.”
“You’re not Leo.”
“Caillou decided it was time for some detective work.”
“A clue.”
“Hmm.”
“Leo, are you in there?”
“Hmm, oops. Sorry to bother you, Mr. Lion.”
“Caillou still didn’t know where Leo was hiding. He needed more clues.”
“That sounded like a clue.”
“Hello, parrot. Do you know where Leo is?”
“Sorry, Caillou.”
“Hello there, monkey. Have you seen Leo?”
“This looks like Leo’s footprint, and that sounds like Leo’s laugh.”
“Leo!”
“Hey, you! How’d you know I was here?”
“I just followed the clues. I’m the king of the jungle. You’re just a big kitty cat.”
“No, roar!”
“I see another clue. That means it’s gonna rain again.”
“Hi, Mommy. And I followed the clues, just like a detective, and found Leo hiding in the bushes.”
“It sounds like you had a busy day. Now, don’t forget to take your boots off, or you’ll get mud everywhere.”
“Uh-oh, too late.”
“Gilbert!”
“Oh, Gilbert.”
“That night, Caillou was very happy to be in his bed. He didn’t think he’d like to be in the jungle when it was raining.”
“Gilbert, I thought you were the king of the jungle. Can you roar like a lion?”
“Where’s Gilbert?”
“You missed again, Gilbert. Wanna play my game, Grandpa?”
“Sure do. Here, kitty kitty, come and get it.”
“I guess Gilbert decided the game’s over. Caillou was disappointed. He didn’t want the game to be over. Suddenly, he had an idea.”
“Here, kitty kitty, come and get it.”
“No, Gilbert!”
“Caillou was upset with Gilbert. Gilbert wasn’t doing what he wanted him to do. Go away, Gilbert. I’m the cat now.”
“How about we take a lemonade break, okay, Grandpa?”
“All done. Does Caillou the cat, uh, want his lemonade in a glass or a bowl?”
“Caillou noticed that Gilbert didn’t have any water left in his bowl.”
“Caillou, I was just kidding about drinking out of a bowl.”
“I know, Grandpa. This is for Gilbert.”
“Gilbert.”
“After their lemonade, Caillou decided to play outside while Grandpa had a little catnap.”
“Gilbert.”
“Gilbert wasn’t out in the yard. Maybe he was having a cat nap too.”
“I heard you and Grandpa had a lot of fun this afternoon.”
“Uh-huh. I was pretending I was Gilbert.”
“Oh.”
“Daddy, where’s Gilbert? He’s always here for supper. What if he’s lost?”
“Gilbert lost?”
“I’m sure Gilbert is fine. He’s probably just outside. Now come on, you two. Time to clean up and get ready for bed.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll call Gilbert in before I go to bed tonight, okay?”
“Okay, Daddy.”
“Gilbert. Here, kitty kitty. Gilbert.”
“Hmm.”
“Oh, Chili.”
“Daddy, where’s Gilbert? I don’t know. He didn’t come in last night when I called him. Let’s have our breakfast before we go look outside, okay?
“Gilbert, come out, come out wherever you are, Gilbert. Gilbert! Gilbert!”
“I found him! Gilbert, you kitty kitty. That’s not Gilbert, that’s Sarah’s cat, Ollie.”
“Not Gilbert. There you are, silly cat.”
“Sarah, have you seen Gilbert? He didn’t come home last night.”
“Oh, uh-uh. But Ollie sometimes stays out longer than that. Once when he was little, we lost him, so we went to the animal shelter. Someone found him and brought him there.”
“That’s a good idea. Let’s go to the animal shelter and take a look.”
“Huh.”
“Don’t worry, Caillou. He’ll turn up, you’ll see.”
“Yes, every day until seven. Thank you.”
“Look, the parrot’s the one making that noise, Caillou.”
“That’s enough, Bernie.”
“Sorry to have kept you waiting. That’s okay, Bernie was entertaining us. How does he make that ringing sound?”
“Parrots are good at imitating sounds. We used to have a bell on the counter, but it broke. Bernie imitates it and everything else you say around him.”
“I bet you get all kinds of pets in here.”
“Yes, we do. People have lots of different pets, not just cats and dogs.”
“Caillou thought about what it would be like to have a different pet.”
“Shoo, shoo!”
“Oh, wait, slow down.”
“Caillou decided that he didn’t want any other kind of pet. He just wanted Gilbert back. But where could Gilbert be?”
“So, what can I do for you? We can’t find Gilbert.”
“Hmm. Well, I can see that Gilbert has a tag on his collar. That’s a good thing since we can easily identify him with that. Let me check.”
“Gilbert… Hmm. Sorry, I don’t have any cats on file who fit his description. But why don’t you go take a look in back just to make sure?”
“Are you lost too?”
“Hello, little kitty. Do you know my cat, Gilbert?”
“Come on, Caillou. Let’s go. It doesn’t look like Gilbert’s here.”
“No luck, huh?”
“Don’t worry. Cats are funny that way. They disappear, but they can reappear just as quickly. I’ll keep an eye out for Gilbert, okay? Keep an eye out for Gilbert. Keep an eye out for Gilbert. Thanks, Bernie. Bye.”
“Gilbert!”
“Daddy, it’s Gilbert! He came home!”
“Oh, Gilbert, I’m so glad you’re back.”
“So am I. Let’s tell Rosie and Mommy the good news.”
“Mommy, Rosie, look! Gilbert!”
“You shouldn’t stay out on that, Gilbert.”
“Ah, I missed you too.”
“Where I saw it last.”
“See my new car, Gilbert? The door’s open, and the trunk does too.”
“Caillou liked playing under the kitchen table with Gilbert. It was his special hideaway place in the middle of a busy kitchen.”
“Rosie, do it. Good job.”
“Where’s Caillou? I thought he was with you.”
“Well, if Caillou isn’t around, I’ll have to go and get Jeffrey and Jason all by my lonesome.”
“Here I am, Mommy. I’ll go with you.”
“Oh, good. I thought I’d have to go and play at the park with Jason and Jeffrey all by myself. Those two would have tired me out. And besides, I can never tell them apart.”
“Jason and Jeffrey were identical twins. They looked exactly alike. But Caillou could tell them apart. Well, sometimes he could.”
“I’m gonna bring my new car to show them. Bye, Rosie. Bye, Caillou. Bye.”
“Hi, Caillou.”
“Hi, Jason. I brought my new car. Want to see?”
“Sure, but I’m Jeffrey.”
“I guess I’m not the only one who has trouble telling you two apart. That’s okay, we’re used to it. We have new cars too.”
“Who wants to have a race?”
“This is the start, and this is the finish line.”
“Everybody ready?”
“On your mark, get set, go!”
“Yay!”
“All right!”
“The finish line!”
“Who wants to go for some ice cream?”
“Caillou, is it polite to play with your car on the table?”
“Thank you.”
“Wow, yummy! Thank you, Mommy. And thank you too. Thank you, thank you.”
“It’s a mini umbrella. Can I keep it?”
“You certainly can.”
“Look at the birds eating ice cream too. I bet your ice cream doesn’t taste as good as ours.”
“Yummy!”
“Are you boys going to be able to walk, or should I roll you out of here?”
“Can I have your umbrella, Mommy?”
“Sure, here you go.”
“Race it to the front door.”
“Okay, go!”
“Hey, wait up!”
“I win!”
“Let’s do it again. This time, my mommy will count. On your mark, get set, go!”
“I won, I won!”
“Come on, Caillou. We have to go home now. Bye!”
“Bye, Jason. Bye, Jeffrey. Bye, Caillou. Thank you.”
“Oh.”
“Caillou had missed his daddy. He couldn’t wait to tell him all that he had done. Hi, Daddy. We went to the park with Jason and Jeffrey and raced our cars in the sandbox. And then we went for ice cream, and I bought you a present.”
“Why, thank you. Rosie too?”
“Rosie won an umbrella too. I’m sorry, Rosie, but it’s a little too sharp for you to play with. Hang on, Rosie. I have something else you can play with. Remember my super neat car?”
“How you couldn’t figure out where his car could possibly be.”
“Mommy, I don’t have my car.”
“Can you remember when you saw it last?”
“Hmm, how you thought about where you’d been that day.”
“I remember playing with it at the park, and after the park, we went for ice cream.”
“Ice cream! Rosie want ice cream!”
“I remember having it at the ice cream place because you didn’t want me to play with it at the table.”
“That’s right. Hmm, and then we went to Jason and Jeffrey’s house. We raced to the front door, and… I don’t think I had my car at Jason and Jeffrey’s house. So the last time I saw my car was at the ice cream parlor.”
“Can we go back and look for it, Mommy? Ice cream, ice cream!”
“It’s not here. We’ll just have to keep looking. Ice cream, ice cream!”
“Okay, Rosie, I know, I know.”
“Is this what you’re looking for? My car?”
“Thank you. I found it on the bench. I was hoping you’d remember where you left it and come back for it.”
“Caillou was very proud that he had remembered where he saw his car last. I remembered! I remembered!”
“Hey, you remembered!”
“I am the great detective.”
“Come on, Gilbert. Let’s look for clues.” “Over here, over there, I can’t find it anywhere. But I know who can save the day, Caillou the Great. Now help is on the way. Follow me, Gilbert.”
“The first thing I do is look for clues. Close our hints detectives use. Found a watch, found some shoes, lots of stuff that I can’t use. Hey, what’s that over there?”
“Found my car and dinosaur, but they’re not what I’m looking for. We’ll just have to look some more.”
“Nope, not it. Nope, not it. Wait a minute, I think I’ve got…”
“Lost in the jungle.”
“Gilbert!”
“Oh.”
“Hmm, Caillou, what are you doing down there?”
“I can’t find Gilbert. He’s hiding again.”
“We’ll look for him later. It’s time to get ready for play school.”
“You’ll need your boots today. It’s wet outside.”
“Caillou tried to get ready, but he kept wondering where Gilbert was.”
“Gilbert!”
“Caillou, are you still trying to find Gilbert?”
“Yes, he’s playing hide and seek with me. Maybe he’s outside.”
“Caillou, aren’t you forgetting something?”
“You’ll have to be a detective, Caillou.”
“How can I be a detective?”
“Well, just look for clues that will help you find him.”
“You thought that was a good idea, so you started looking for clues.”
“A cat paw print. That’s a clue.”
“More clues. Caillou was sure he’d found Gilbert this time.”
“Maybe Gilbert doesn’t want to play right now. But I know some people who do want to play with you this morning.”
“Sounds like I’ve got a whole zoo full of jungle animals here. I’ve got a brand new book about the jungle. Would you like to see it?”
“The jungle is very hot, and it’s home to all sorts of wild creatures. Some live way up in the trees, like monkeys and birds. Right, this kind of bird is called a parrot. Can you pretend you’re a parrot?”
“Good!”
“It’s a snake.”
“Who lives there? The king of the jungle.”
“Oh!”
“A lion. Rawr!”
“Caillou liked the lion the best. He thought he looked a little bit like Gilbert, but much, much bigger.”
“I think it’s time all of our jungle animals went outside to play.”
“It looks like there’s some time to play before it rains again.”
“How you had an idea. Let’s play hide and seek in the jungle.”
“Okay, I’ll hide and you find me. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ready or not, here I come.”
“Caillou imagined he was a real explorer.”
“You’re not Leo.”
“Caillou decided it was time for some detective work.”
“A clue.”
“Hmm.”
“Leo, are you in there?”
“Hmm, oops. Sorry to bother you, Mr. Lion.”
“Caillou still didn’t know where Leo was hiding. He needed more clues.”
“That sounded like a clue.”
“Hello, parrot. Do you know where Leo is?”
“Sorry, Caillou.”
“Hello there, monkey. Have you seen Leo?”
“This looks like Leo’s footprint, and that sounds like Leo’s laugh.”
“Leo!”
“Hey, you! How’d you know I was here?”
“I just followed the clues. I’m the king of the jungle. You’re just a big kitty cat.”
“No, roar!”
“I see another clue. That means it’s gonna rain again.”
“Hi, Mommy. And I followed the clues, just like a detective, and found Leo hiding in the bushes.”
“It sounds like you had a busy day. Now, don’t forget to take your boots off, or you’ll get mud everywhere.”
“Uh-oh, too late.”
“Gilbert!”
“Oh, Gilbert.”
“That night, Caillou was very happy to be in his bed. He didn’t think he’d like to be in the jungle when it was raining.”
“Gilbert, I thought you were the king of the jungle. Can you roar like a lion?”
