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Pepper and the Chirp: described transcript

Every word of the story, what each picture shows, and every sound, in order. Read it aloud, read it with a screen reader, or read it instead of watching.

About this transcript

  • The video is about 2 minutes 47 seconds long. One narrator reads the whole story, including what the characters say.
  • Narration is written out word for word. [Picture: …] says what is on the screen. Sounds that aren't words are in square brackets, like [chirp].
  • Soft music plays under the whole story. The words of the story also appear at the bottom of each picture and light up as they are read.
  • The narration tells the whole story and every safety rule, but a few things are only shown, like the family crawling low to the front door when they practice. An audio-described version that adds these is planned, and will be linked here when the video is posted.

Transcript

  1. Opening

    [A bell rings twice. A puppy yips.]

    [Picture: Black spots pop onto a cream background. A white firehouse covered in black spots, with two red doors and a bell tower, bounces up. The words Polka Dot Firehouse land below it, and Pepper the Dalmatian pup pops up beside it and waves.]

  2. Title

    [Birds sing.]

    Pepper and the Chirp. A Freddy and Frieda fire safety story.

    [Picture: The title over a sunset. Pepper sits on the grass in the front yard of a little yellow house, looking up at a bluebird on an oak branch.]

  3. The little yellow house

    At the end of a leafy lane, in a little yellow house, lived Freddy and Frieda, their Grandpa, and a spotty puppy named Pepper.

    [Picture: A yellow house with blue shutters under a big oak tree. Grandpa, who has white hair and glasses, stands on the front steps with Freddy, Frieda and Pepper. They wave.]

  4. The best ears

    Pepper had the best ears in the whole house. She could hear a cookie crumb fall from three rooms away.

    [Picture: Pepper lies on a round green rug in the living room, smiling. Freddy, a boy with curly red hair and a blue T-shirt, walks in eating a cookie.]

  5. A brand-new sound

    One afternoon, Pepper heard a brand-new sound. [chirp] Chirp! Her ears went up. Her head went sideways. What was that?

    [Picture: Pepper stands in the hallway with one ear up and her head tilted. Behind her, a round white smoke alarm on the ceiling has little sound lines next to it.]

  6. Was it a bird?

    Was it a bird? Pepper looked out the window. [A bird tweets.] The little bird sang, tweet, tweet. That was a tweet. Not a chirp.

    [Picture: Pepper stands on her back legs with her front paws on the windowsill. Outside, a robin sings on a branch.]

  7. Was it the toaster?

    Was it the toaster? [pop] Pop! went the toast. That was a pop. Not a chirp.

    [Picture: In the kitchen, Pepper rests her front paws on a wooden stool and peeks at a silver toaster. Two slices of warm toast have popped up.]

  8. Was it the sneakers?

    Was it Freddy’s sneakers? [squeak, squeak] Squeak, squeak! That was a squeak. Not a chirp.

    [Picture: Freddy sits on the floor, laughing, while Pepper sniffs his blue sneakers and wags her tail.]

  9. Up high

    [chirp, chirp] CHIRP! CHIRP! This time, the sound came from up high. Pepper looked up, and up, and up.

    [Picture: Pepper stands in the hallway and stares straight up at the smoke alarm on the ceiling.]

  10. Something smarter

    Pepper didn’t bark. She didn’t jump. She did something smarter. She went to get help.

    [Picture: Pepper gently tugs the bottom of Frieda’s shirt with her teeth and leads her and Freddy down the hallway. Frieda is a girl with curly black hair in two puffs. Above them, the smoke alarm has sound lines around it.]

  11. It’s the smoke alarm

    [chirp] “Look!” said Frieda. “It’s the smoke alarm! When it chirps like that, it’s asking for help. Let’s tell Grandpa!”

    [Picture: Frieda points up at the smoke alarm on the hallway ceiling. Freddy and Pepper look up too.]

  12. A grown-up job

    Fixing a smoke alarm is a grown-up job. So Grandpa climbed up the step stool, and Freddy and Frieda were the very best helpers.

    [Picture: Grandpa, in a green sweater, stands on a metal step stool and takes the smoke alarm down from the ceiling. Freddy and Frieda hold the step stool steady. Pepper watches.]

  13. The test button

    Then Grandpa pressed the test button. [beep, beep, beep] Beep! Beep! Beep! Everyone covered their ears. And Pepper sang along. Ah-wooooo!

    [Picture: On the step stool, Grandpa presses the button on the smoke alarm and covers one ear. Freddy and Frieda cover their ears and laugh. Pepper points her nose at the ceiling and howls.]

  14. Practice

    “Now,” said Grandpa, “if that alarm ever beeps for real, what do we do?” “Get out, and stay out!” said Freddy. “And if there’s smoke, get low and go!” said Frieda. So they practiced, all the way to the front door.

    [Picture: Grandpa, Freddy and Frieda crawl low on their hands and knees along the hallway rug toward the red front door. Pepper walks beside them.]

  15. The meeting place

    [Birds sing.] They went straight to their meeting place, the big oak tree. Grandpa counted. “One Freddy. One Frieda. One Grandpa. And one spotty Pepper. Everybody’s here!”

    [Picture: Outside, under the big oak tree in the front yard, Grandpa waves. Freddy, Frieda and Pepper stand together beside him, smiling.]

  16. Junior Fire Pup

    That evening, Grandpa had a surprise. A tiny red helmet. “Pepper,” he said, “you are the best listener in this house. You are our Junior Fire Pup.” [Cheering]

    [Picture: In the living room at night, Grandpa kneels and puts a small red firefighter helmet with a gold star on Pepper’s head. Freddy and Frieda cheer with their hands in the air.]

  17. Goodnight, Pepper

    And from then on, whenever Pepper heard a chirp, she knew just what to do. Goodnight, Pepper.

    [Picture: Pepper sleeps in a cozy dog bed, still wearing her red helmet. The moon shines through the window, and down the hall the smoke alarm’s small green light glows.]

  18. Remember!

    Remember! Test your smoke alarms once a month. Make a plan, with two ways out and a meeting place. And if the alarm beeps, get out, and stay out!

    [Picture: A card titled Remember! lists the same three rules: Test your smoke alarms once a month. Make a plan: two ways out and a meeting place. Get out, and stay out! Below it are the Polka Dot Firehouse logo and polkadotfirehouse.com.]

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