2024-06-03_A_Green_Nose
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00:01:00.000 | Lucia and Punchinello looked out the window of Eli's workshop.
00:01:04.000 | Like other Wemmicks, they were wooden people.
00:01:08.000 | But unlike the other Wemmicks,
00:01:10.000 | they weren't standing in line in the village below.
00:01:13.000 | "Look at them all," Punchinello exclaimed.
00:01:16.000 | "I don't understand it," Lucia wondered.
00:01:19.000 | "Why would anyone want to paint his nose green?"
00:01:23.000 | "Because everyone else is," Eli responded without looking up from his workbench.
00:01:28.000 | Punchinello didn't understand.
00:01:30.000 | "What do you mean?"
00:01:32.000 | "Everyone wants to look like everyone else.
00:01:35.000 | "Sometimes it's square hats.
00:01:37.000 | "Sometimes it's tall shoes.
00:01:39.000 | "Why, last year, the big thing was yellow ears.
00:01:42.000 | "Now it's green noses.
00:01:44.000 | "Everyone wants a green nose."
00:01:46.000 | "Does a green nose make them smarter?" Punchinello asked.
00:01:50.000 | "No."
00:01:51.000 | "Does a green nose make them stronger?"
00:01:54.000 | "No."
00:01:55.000 | "Does it make them faster?"
00:01:57.000 | "No."
00:01:58.000 | "Then what does a green nose make them?"
00:02:01.000 | Eli looked up and smiled.
00:02:03.000 | "Greener."
00:02:05.000 | But his smile left as he looked out the window at the long line of Wemmicks.
00:02:10.000 | They think they'll be happier if they look like everyone else.
00:02:13.000 | "But I made them different on purpose.
00:02:16.000 | "Freckles, long noses, bright eyes, dark eyes.
00:02:19.000 | "These were my ideas.
00:02:21.000 | "Now they all want to look the same."
00:02:24.000 | "Not me," said Lucia.
00:02:26.000 | "I'm happy just the way you made me."
00:02:29.000 | "Me too," agreed Punchinello.
00:02:31.000 | "I don't need a green nose to feel special."
00:02:34.000 | Then he paused and looked at the village.
00:02:37.000 | "But I would like to see how a green nose looks up close.
00:02:41.000 | "Want to go?"
00:02:43.000 | Eli smiled as the two stood to leave.
00:02:46.000 | "Just remember, I made you different on purpose," he told them.
00:02:51.000 | From street level, the line looked even longer and the noses even greener.
00:02:57.000 | Lucia and Punchinello worked their way to the front of the crowd
00:03:00.000 | and watched as one Wemmick after another stepped into the nose coloring store
00:03:05.000 | and came out painted.
00:03:07.000 | "It's the latest thing," barked a Wemmick on the sidewalk.
00:03:10.000 | "Don't be the only Wemmick with a plain nose."
00:03:13.000 | "Who is that?" asked Punchinello.
00:03:16.000 | Lucia shrugged.
00:03:18.000 | "I don't know."
00:03:19.000 | "Why, that's Mr. Willie with it," volunteered a Wemmick from behind them.
00:03:24.000 | "Does he run the nose painting store?" asked Punchinello.
00:03:27.000 | "More than that," the Wemmick explained.
00:03:30.000 | "Painted noses were his idea.
00:03:33.000 | "So were the square hats and the tall shoes and the yellow ears.
00:03:37.000 | "New things are his thing.
00:03:39.000 | "He decides what is with it.
00:03:41.000 | "Isn't he the best?"
00:03:44.000 | Lucia and Punchinello took a good look at this tall Wemmick
00:03:48.000 | with a deep voice, big smile, tall hat, and green bow tie
00:03:52.000 | that matched his oh-so-great green nose.
00:03:57.000 | Both were thinking the same question.
00:03:59.000 | Lucia asked it, "Who made him the new thing picker?"
00:04:04.000 | The Wemmick looked puzzled, like he'd never been asked that question.
00:04:08.000 | "Well, I don't know. He always has."
00:04:11.000 | Then his eyes brightened.
00:04:13.000 | "Wait, look, here comes a new nose."
00:04:16.000 | "Ooooh," said the Wemmicks.
00:04:19.000 | "Ah," admired some of the others.
00:04:23.000 | The just-painted Wemmick didn't stop to speak.
00:04:26.000 | He just kept his nose in the air and walked past.
00:04:29.000 | All the green-nosed Wemmicks did this.
00:04:32.000 | After all, how could your nose be seen if it wasn't in the air?
00:04:37.000 | Walking around high-nosed, however, was risky.
00:04:41.000 | Wemmicks walked into walls, doors, even each other.
00:04:45.000 | Lucia and Punchinello had to be very careful.
00:04:49.000 | One Wemmick took up the whole street.
00:04:51.000 | "Step back! Step back!" he announced.
00:04:54.000 | It was the mayor.
00:04:55.000 | "Make way, every Wemmick! My wife is coming in for a touch-up!"
00:04:59.000 | With one hand, he waved back the citizens.
00:05:02.000 | With the other, he guided her through the crowd.
00:05:05.000 | "Horrible! Just horrible!" she cried,
00:05:08.000 | covering her nose with both hands.
00:05:10.000 | "I chipped some paint when I bumped into a tree.
00:05:13.000 | Now the real me is showing!
00:05:16.000 | Horrible! Just horrible!"
00:05:19.000 | As the crowd passed, Lucia shook her head.
00:05:22.000 | "Such a fuss over a green nose."
00:05:25.000 | "Yeah," agreed Punchinello.
00:05:27.000 | "You'll never catch me in the nose-coloring store."
00:05:30.000 | "Aw, Punch, I was hoping you'd go."
00:05:34.000 | Punchinello recognized the voice immediately.
00:05:37.000 | "Twiggy?" he turned, looked at the wide-eyed, sweet-smiling Wemmick.
00:05:42.000 | His ears began to turn red.
00:05:45.000 | They always did when he saw her.
00:05:47.000 | He reached up and covered them.
00:05:49.000 | "Why don't you paint your nose, Punch? I painted mine.
00:05:53.000 | Everyone else is painting theirs.
00:05:55.000 | Besides, you'd look good in green."
00:05:58.000 | Twiggy reached up and touched the tip of his nose.
00:06:02.000 | "It is so cute!"
00:06:04.000 | With that, she turned and walked away.
00:06:06.000 | "Bye-bye," she waved.
00:06:09.000 | Punchinello moved one hand from his ear to his nose.
00:06:13.000 | He turned and looked at his reflection in the store window.
00:06:16.000 | Lucia had to grab his hand to get his attention.
00:06:19.000 | "Come on, Punchinello, let's go."
00:06:21.000 | As he walked past the store, he noticed Willie Withett
00:06:24.000 | examining his nose in a handheld mirror.
00:06:27.000 | Later at home, he did the same.
00:06:29.000 | "I never noticed before, but my nose sure looks pale."
00:06:34.000 | The next morning, Punchinello walked down the street
00:06:36.000 | with his friends, Splint and Woody.
00:06:39.000 | "Are you really thinking about it?" Woody asked.
00:06:42.000 | "Sort of," Punchinello answered.
00:06:44.000 | "They say the paint stings your nose," Woody volunteered.
00:06:48.000 | "And it stinks," Splint added.
00:06:51.000 | "The brush could get in your eyes," Woody continued.
00:06:54.000 | "And it only comes off with sandpaper," Splint nodded.
00:06:57.000 | "Shh," Punchinello put a finger to his lips
00:07:01.000 | and pointed at a large crowd of green-nosed Wemmicks
00:07:05.000 | standing in the square.
00:07:07.000 | "Something's going on."
00:07:09.000 | The mayor was standing on a platform.
00:07:12.000 | His wife, nose freshly painted,
00:07:15.000 | and Willie Withett were on either side of him.
00:07:18.000 | "Welcome, one and all, to the first meeting
00:07:20.000 | of the Nosey Wemmicks Club," he announced.
00:07:23.000 | "Your glistening green sets you apart as a Withett Wemmick."
00:07:28.000 | As if on cue, Wemmicks began stroking their noses.
00:07:32.000 | "You are classy. You are keen.
00:07:36.000 | You are awesome. You are green."
00:07:40.000 | Proud of his poetry, the mayor smiled
00:07:43.000 | and the Wemmicks applauded.
00:07:45.000 | "We owe it all to Willie Withett," he shouted over the noise.
00:07:49.000 | "The pioneer of the painted snout."
00:07:52.000 | Everyone applauded even louder.
00:07:54.000 | "People love me because of you!" one shouted.
00:07:58.000 | "I have more friends!" cried another.
00:08:00.000 | "With a green nose, I am a better Wemmick!" exclaimed a third.
00:08:05.000 | The mayor hung a medal around the neck of Willie Withett.
00:08:09.000 | "You have changed the face of Wemmicksville.
00:08:12.000 | We salute your brilliance.
00:08:14.000 | Without you, we'd all look like..."
00:08:17.000 | The mayor paused, looking for the right word.
00:08:21.000 | Then he saw Punchinello and his friends.
00:08:24.000 | Pointing in their direction, he declared with a scornful laugh,
00:08:28.000 | "Them!" Everyone else laughed too.
00:08:32.000 | Punchinello and his two friends lowered their heads and covered their noses.
00:08:36.000 | "Let's hear it for Willie Withett!" shouted the mayor.
00:08:40.000 | "The Wemmick who discovered the cure for the common nose!"
00:08:44.000 | As the townspeople shouted and applauded,
00:08:47.000 | Woody, Splint, and Punchinello quickly turned and walked away.
00:08:50.000 | They didn't stop until they stood in front of the nose-colouring shop.
00:08:54.000 | Within a matter of minutes, all three were painted and walking down Wemmick Lane.
00:08:58.000 | "Hey, Punchinello!" asked Splint, pushing his nose upward.
00:09:02.000 | "Am I doing it right?"
00:09:04.000 | Punchinello didn't look.
00:09:06.000 | "I can't see you, Splint. If I turn, my nose won't be in the air."
00:09:09.000 | "This is tough work," Woody added.
00:09:12.000 | "Not only do you have to get painted, but you have to walk weird."
00:09:15.000 | "Yeah, but doesn't it feel great to be with it?"
00:09:18.000 | "With it?" Punchinello asked.
00:09:21.000 | And, for a few days, it did.
00:09:24.000 | They hung out with other green noses and made weekly visits to the nose-acurist for a nose polish.
00:09:30.000 | They bought nose gloves for cold days and nose-brellas for rainy ones.
00:09:34.000 | All three read Willie Withett's new book, Winner by a Nose.
00:09:38.000 | Most of all, they enjoyed looking down their noses at the unpainted Wemmicks.
00:09:43.000 | One day, when they were feeling especially smug,
00:09:46.000 | Splint said to Punchinello, "I just can't imagine who wouldn't have a green nose."
00:09:50.000 | Punchinello agreed.
00:09:52.000 | "Anyone without a green nose is so—"
00:09:54.000 | "So what?" a voice interrupted.
00:09:57.000 | It was Lucia.
00:09:59.000 | Punchinello was embarrassed.
00:10:01.000 | "I haven't seen you in a while," he said.
00:10:03.000 | "You haven't seen anyone in a long time," she replied.
00:10:07.000 | "Except yourself."
00:10:09.000 | He started to speak, but didn't.
00:10:13.000 | He was bothered by what she said.
00:10:15.000 | And he was even more bothered by what he saw.
00:10:18.000 | He saw it the next morning as the three were walking into Wemmicksville.
00:10:21.000 | Standing on the other side of the road was a Wemmick with a red nose.
00:10:24.000 | "He needs to get with it," they said to each other.
00:10:27.000 | But then they saw another Wemmick also with a red nose, then a third and a fourth.
00:10:31.000 | By the time they were in the village, they were surrounded by red-nosed Wemmicks.
00:10:34.000 | And those whose noses weren't red were in line to have them painted.
00:10:38.000 | "Step right up!" shouted Willie Withett from the steps of his store.
00:10:42.000 | "Green noses are out and red noses are in."
00:10:45.000 | "But we just got our noses painted green," they told him.
00:10:49.000 | "No problem," he replied.
00:10:51.000 | "Our red will cover the green. Step right up and get in style."
00:10:56.000 | The three friends looked at each other sadly.
00:10:59.000 | "We thought we were in style," Woody moaned.
00:11:03.000 | "What could they do but stand in line and have their noses painted red?"
00:11:07.000 | For a few days, they fit in.
00:11:09.000 | Until one morning, they saw a blue-nosed Wemmick.
00:11:13.000 | "Oh, no," they said to each other. "Not again!"
00:11:16.000 | So they changed colors.
00:11:19.000 | But it was only a short time until blue noses were out and pink noses were in.
00:11:23.000 | Then pink was out and yellow was in. Then yellow was out and orange was in.
00:11:27.000 | Soon, Punchinello and his buddies had so many layers of paint on their noses
00:11:30.000 | that they couldn't remember what they really looked like.
00:11:33.000 | "This has to be the final color," they said the day they walked out with orange noses.
00:11:37.000 | But once again, they were wrong.
00:11:40.000 | "I'm so tired of this," Woody moaned when he saw a purple-painted Wemmick.
00:11:45.000 | "I wish my nose was common again."
00:11:48.000 | The three sat on a rock and hung their heads.
00:11:51.000 | "Me, too," agreed Punchinello. "I should have listened to Eli."
00:11:55.000 | "You think he would help us? Why don't you ask him?"
00:11:59.000 | All three turned at the sound of the familiar voice.
00:12:02.000 | "Lucia," they said. "He asks about you every day," she told them.
00:12:08.000 | "Is he mad?" Punchinello wondered. "Sad, but not mad."
00:12:13.000 | Punchinello looked up toward Eli's house on the hill.
00:12:17.000 | "He told me to tell you to come," Lucia spoke again.
00:12:21.000 | "Could I take my friends?" "Of course."
00:12:24.000 | "Would you go with me?" "Certainly."
00:12:28.000 | And so the four began the long walk up the hill to Eli's house.
00:12:33.000 | When they reached the top of the hill, Eli stepped out of the workshop and began walking toward them.
00:12:38.000 | He met them in the yard. One by one, he examined their noses.
00:12:42.000 | "Been trying to fit in, eh?" Punchinello nodded.
00:12:46.000 | "Did you succeed?" "Not really.
00:12:49.000 | Every time we got close, someone changed the rules."
00:12:52.000 | "That's the way it is."
00:12:54.000 | "And my neck hurt from sticking my nose in the air," Woody added.
00:12:58.000 | "You weren't built to walk that way."
00:13:01.000 | "We just want to be ourselves again," Splint said.
00:13:04.000 | "I'm glad to hear that. Can we?" they asked.
00:13:08.000 | "Of course you can," Eli replied.
00:13:11.000 | "I'll always help you be who I made you to be."
00:13:15.000 | Then he reached in his pocket and pulled out a piece of sandpaper.
00:13:19.000 | "But it's going to take some time."
00:13:22.000 | And so Punchinello and his friends followed their maker into his workshop,
00:13:26.000 | where he spent the rest of the day removing the paint.
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