Etta Eraser

1. 0-6s Etta stares at a lumpy sun painting.
   Etta: My sun is lumpy. I am a bad painter.
2. 6-16s Bristle puts down his brush.
   Bristle: If I painted it, what would you tell me?
3. 16-25s Etta thinks.
   Etta: I would say: you tried something new. The sun looks happy.
4. 25-30s Etta turns her own words toward herself, paints a smile on the lumpy sun, and it looks like it is laughing.
   Bristle: Finished! / Etta: Talk like a helpful friend!

“Talk like a helpful friend!”

1. 0-6s Focus Toast drops crumbs everywhere over a page of letters.
   Toast: I cannot do this. I am too slow.
2. 6-16s Etta slides over.
   Etta: I say that to me too. Let us try friend words.
3. 16-25s Toast breathes.
   Toast: I am frustrated. I can do one line. / Etta: Same.
4. 25-30s They finish one line each. Toast stops shedding crumbs and is suddenly very golden and proud.
   Etta: Look at you! / Toast: Perfectly toasted!

“Talk like a helpful friend!”

1. 0-6s Etta pushes her paper frog. It flops.
   Etta: Useless frog. Useless me. It just flops.
2. 6-16s Etta stops and tries again.
   Etta: No. Helpful friend voice. Foldo, what is one tip?
3. 16-25s Foldo points at the back fold.
   Foldo: Make this fold smaller. That is the one that pushes. / Foldo: Happy to help.
4. 25-30s Etta refolds. Her frog hops once, twice, and lands right on her own head. Foldo applauds.
   Foldo: It hopped! / Etta: Right where I needed it!

“Ask for one useful detail!”

1. 0-6s Maddy puffs up bigger and bigger after losing a race.
   Maddy: I lost. I am the slowest moon ever. Everyone saw.
2. 6-16s Etta pats her softly.
   Etta: What feeling is that? Bored? Mad? Something else?
3. 16-25s Maddy shrinks a bit.
   Maddy: Disappointed. And I am a moon who runs. A moon who keeps trying.
4. 25-30s Maddy deflates back to normal with a funny squeak like a balloon. Both crack up.
   Etta: Name it! / Maddy: Tame it, game it!

“Name it, tame it, game it.”

1. 0-6s Etta kicks at a foam target and misses.
   Etta: I missed. I should just erase myself.
2. 6-16s Glo sits calmly cross-legged.
   Glo: Talk like a coach. What would a coach say?
3. 16-25s Etta lifts her chin.
   Etta: Good try. Eyes on the target. Try again, buddy.
4. 25-30s Etta kicks again and taps the target. It wobbles and slowly falls on Glo, who giggles under it.
   Glo: Got me! / Etta: Coach voice works!

“Talk like a helpful friend!”

1. 0-6s Pea's block tower falls. The smallest pea sighs.
   Pea: I am so silly. I always mess everything up.
2. 6-16s Etta rolls over and erases the air like a whiteboard.
   Etta: Erase that. Would you talk to a friend like that?
3. 16-25s Pea thinks.
   Pea: No. I would say, "Oops. You can try again."
4. 25-30s Pea tries again. The tower stands. Then the smallest pea sneezes and it falls. Everyone laughs, Pea too.
   Etta: Talk like a helpful friend!

“Talk like a helpful friend!”

1. 0-6s Bristle paints a line. Then he asks Etta to erase it.
   Bristle: Not right! Erase it, Etta!
2. 6-16s Etta erases. Bristle paints. Etta erases again.
   Bristle: Still not right! Again! It has to be perfect!
3. 16-25s Etta stops.
   Etta: My eraser is getting tiny. Useful can be finished. And talk like a helpful friend.
4. 25-30s Bristle paints one more line and stops. The painting is done, and it looks great. Etta claps with her tiny eraser hands.
   Bristle: Useful can be finished!

“Useful can be finished!”

1. 0-6s Clippy searches his pockets; no eraser.
   Clippy: I borrowed Etta's eraser and now it's gone. I'm the worst.
2. 6-16s Etta Eraser rolls up, calm.
   Etta: Talk like a helpful friend. What would a friend say?
3. 16-25s Clippy takes a breath.
   Clippy: A friend would say, let's look where I played. Desk... couch... art box!
4. 25-30s He finds it in the art box, smudged with glitter; he returns it and Etta sparkles proudly.
   Etta: Talk like a helpful friend! Clippy: Borrow, enjoy, return! Etta: Glitter bonus!

“Borrow, enjoy, return!”

1. 0-6s Etta rubs out a line on her paper; friends give opinions.
   Voices: Too messy! Too white! Erase more!
2. 6-16s Etta frowns and looks at Colly.
   Etta: I don't know what to listen to.
3. 16-25s Colly holds up her bowl.
   Colly: Let the unkind stuff drain out. Helpful feedback helps you act!
4. 25-30s Etta keeps one tip: erase gently. Her paper looks perfect, and Colly does a happy drain dance.
   Etta: Talk like a helpful friend! Colly: Drain dance!

“Helpful feedback helps you act!”

1. 0-6s Cora bumps the block tower. It tumbles down.
   Cora: I am a wrecker. I wreck everything. Crash!
2. 6-16s Etta rubs out a pretend word in the air.
   Etta: Talk like a helpful friend. What happened?
3. 16-25s Cora takes a breath.
   Cora: I bumped it. One mistake is one moment. I can build.
4. 25-30s They rebuild. Cora hops on top as the perfect cork topper. The tower stands tall.
   Etta: Builder! / Cora: Builder who bumped! / Etta: Tallest ever!

“One mistake is one moment!”

1. 0-6s Maddy holds up her drawing. The horse looks exactly like a potato. Her cheeks start to swell.
   Maddy: It is supposed to be a horse!
2. 6-16s Etta peeks over, careful not to erase anything.
   Etta: What is the feeling? Maddy: Frustrated. Big frustrated.
3. 16-25s Maddy shrinks a little and adds four legs and a tail.
   Etta: What would a helpful friend say? Maddy: Nice potato legs.
4. 25-30s The potato horse now gallops across the page. Maddy grins, normal-sized.
   Maddy: Name it, tame it, game it! Etta: I love him.

“Name it, tame it, game it!”

1. 0-6s Drawing desk. Tumble draws a sun. His hand slides. Big gray smudge.
   Tumble Thimble: Ugh! I ruin everything!
2. 6-16s Etta hops over.
   Etta Eraser: Talk like a helpful friend. / Tumble Thimble: Pause the paws. One smudge is okay.
3. 16-25s Tumble looks at the smudge and tilts his head.
   Tumble Thimble: It looks like a cloud. / Etta Eraser: Make it rain?
4. 25-30s Tumble adds tiny raindrops. Etta erases a little rainbow shape out of the gray.
   Etta Eraser: A rainbow! / Tumble Thimble: My smudge got happy! Pause the paws!

“Pause the paws!”