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Gift of Compassion

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Addy is frustrated that her younger brother Carl will not share a new marble-maze game, so she calms herself with deep breathing and visits her neighbour Stillwater, a giant panda. He plays a Chinese flute, scoops leaves from his pond, and tells her the story of Master Chu, who keeps saving a scorpion from the river even after it stings her. Addy realises she should try a different approach with Carl, and instead of taking the game she offers to play it together with him. The two cooperate, steering the maze ball side by side, while Stillwater is heard trying something new of his own.

A Song for Lola

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Molly helps her friend create a special song to honor her grandmother, Lola Miranda, who is returning to their Alaskan village from the Philippines. Following an Alaska Native tradition explained by Grandpa Nat, the children secretly gather family stories, then worry the funny ones are not serious enough for a gifted song. They learn that a song should match the person it honors, so a cheerful Lola deserves a cheerful song. At the welcome-back dinner they perform it, and Lola calls it the best gift she has ever received.

Da Get Pep Band

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Lyla's mother comes home celebrating a win with her sports team's cheering group, the Get Pep Band, and Lyla's dad and three children decide to try out. The younger children, Mila and Ev, can play the notes of Hot Cross Buns but cannot hold each one for the right number of beats, so they grow frustrated and nearly give up. Lyla refuses to quit and invents a new way to learn: the children hop across giant notes drawn on the ground while singing, feeling the length of each beat with their bodies. It works, and all three join the band for a final celebration.

Buddy Race

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Dora is running a buddy race in the park with her friend Alana to raise money to rebuild the city's playground. When Alana twists her ankle just before the start, the group decides that Pablo, Emma, Naya and Kate will each take one section of the race and pass a team flag along. The course takes them through a tandem bike and hula hoop obstacle run, a rhyming music stage, a kayak trip down an underground river and a fruit catching round in costume. Alana returns for the final sports brain teasers, the team finishes, and the announcer confirms the playground will be repaired.

La Danse of Friendship

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Nancy and her best friend Bree are asked to make up a dance for their ballet class and decide to perform a pas de deux together. They fall out when Nancy insists on being a rainbow and rejects Bree's peacock idea, and the two stop dancing and talking. After her dad shows how he and her mom shared a single room by compromising, Nancy realises her mistake and apologises to Bree at the recital. The friends forgive each other and perform 'the dance of friendship' side by side.

The Lucky Dragon Dance

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Rosie, a curious young girl, discovers Lunar New Year and sets out to bring a lucky dragon dance to her neighbourhood. With help from her family, friends and neighbours she learns what the celebration means, prepares the decorations and the dragon, and gathers people to take part. Along the way she turns to the viewer to explain ideas like the lucky colour red and the meaning of the dragon. The episode ends with the community performing the dragon dance together at a festive street celebration.

Helping Scratch Beat His Fear of Thunder

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When a thunderstorm frightens her dog Scratch, a girl named Dot sets out to cure his fear with help from her friend Hal. They try hypnosis, mixing thunder with sounds Scratch loves, and a high-energy music video they call the Thunder Jam Spectacular, but none of it works. Dot's mother points out that the dog finally calms down in Dot's arms. The episode ends with Dot realizing she cannot fix the fear, but a hug and steady comfort help Scratch feel safe.

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

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Binky, a member of the Tough Customers, is mortified when his classmate George spots him holding his mom's hand at the mall. Afraid of being called a baby, he tries to keep it secret by silencing and bribing George, while Molly and Rattles dig for clues. After a clarinet recital, Binky decides he loves his mom and will hold her hand no matter what, and his friends shrug it off as nothing unusual. He happily chooses a family dinner over a night out with his friends.

Puppet Theater

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Dora, Kate and their friends are staging a free puppet show of the three little pigs for the children in their neighbourhood when Pablo accidentally sends the piggy puppets flying backstage. Dora and Kate follow them into Puppet World, a handmade fairy tale land where they help the seven dwarves, the gingerbread man, Rapunzel and Jack along the way. They reach Littlest Piggy in time to finish his brick house, using frosting in place of glue, and when the big bad wolf arrives he huffs, puffs and tumbles into the water. The group pulls him out, he apologises, blows the flattened houses back into shape, and joins the puppet show as its most dramatic performer.

In the Haunted House

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Carlos has invented an instrument for a school concert, but it makes only a 'loopy' sound and he cannot fix it in time. When the magic school bus overheats, Ms. Frizzle's class ends up spending the night in what turns out to be the Sound Museum, a spooky old house where they chase mysterious noises and learn that sound is made by vibration. Guided by their questions and a living descendant of the museum's founder, Carlos works out that his instrument needs to vibrate freely, strips it down, and finally produces the sound he imagined. The episode closes with a phone call to the show's producer that reviews how sound and hearing work.

Doggie Day!

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Dora Saves Opera Land

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Dora, Emma and Pablo are rehearsing an opera to surprise Emma's grandma at her birthday party when the wind carries off the page with the ending. Following it into the opera house, they land in Opera Land, where a singer called La Diva has used a wand to take the sound from everyone's instruments so only her voice can be heard. With a set of bells from the residents and a charm bracelet that turns into a flying bird, the friends reach La Diva, retrieve the wand and give the music back. They then sing with her about how voices sound better together, and she teaches them the ending in time for the party.