Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)

1709: Brave and Strong (1996)

Fred Rogers: Mr. Rogers, King Friday XIII, Queen Sara Saturday, Daniel Striped Tiger

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• Mr. Rogers : [rolls up his sleeve and points to his arm]  This is where I'll get the immunization, and the medicine that they put into me is to help me stay healthy.

  [rolls down his sleeve] 

  Mr. Rogers : How you ever had an immunization? Some people call it a shot, or an injection.

• Mr. Rogers : [after getting an immunization]  I can hardly feel that. Sometimes it pinches more than others.

• Mr. Rogers : When I was little and had to go to the doctor for a lot of shots and things, I would often get out my nurse and doctor kit and play about it.

  [takes out a doctor kit and a rag doll from his hutch] 

  Mr. Rogers : And I had a rag doll like this named Phil, and I used to do a lot of things to him.

  [plays like he's a doctor, and the doll is the patient] 

  Mr. Rogers : You know, pretend that I was listening to his insides, and use an otoscope and pretend that I was looking in his ears, and even give an injection. To Phil.

  [gives the doll an injection] 

  Mr. Rogers : I found that it helped my feelings to play about things that were scary to me. I think playing about it helped me to be braver about such things. I really do.

• Queen Sara Saturday : [regarding the cereal snow covering Daniel's Clock]  I guess Daniel wil have to go do it himself.

  Lady Aberlin : Uncle Friday couldn't stop it.

  Queen Sara Saturday : No. Evidently, it takes the person who lives there to stop it.

• King Friday XIII : I have a niece assignment for you. Are you prepared, niece?

  Lady Aberlin : I hope so, uncle.

  King Friday XIII : Uh, you will see to it that Daniel Tiger returns to his Clock and stops the cereal.

  Lady Aberlin : Oh, but Uncle Friday. I don't...

  King Friday XIII : No buts about it, niece. The downpour of cereal must be stopped. We've been told that the one who lives in the Clock is the only one to stop it.

  Lady Aberlin : I hope Daniel will be brave enough to go.

  King Friday XIII : I myself went there and was unharmed.

  Queen Sara Saturday : But you're a brave king, dear.

  King Friday XIII : I believe that Daniel Tiger is a brave tiger. He just doesn't know that he's brave. So carry on, Lady Aberlin.

  Lady Aberlin : I'll do my best, sire.

• Daniel Striped Tiger : [at the Castle]  Hi, Lady A.

  Lady Aberlin : Oh, Daniel. I'm so glad to see you.

  Daniel Striped Tiger : Please don't make me go over there.

  Lady Aberlin : Oh, no one would *make* you do anything like that, Daniel.

  Daniel Striped Tiger : I... I'm afraid I'd drown in all that cereal.

  Lady Aberlin : There's a lot of it over there, isn't there?

  Daniel Striped Tiger : Yes, and it's still coming down. Pretty soon, it'll be covering my whole Clock.

  Lady Aberlin : And they say that you're the only one that can make it stop.

  Daniel Striped Tiger : I wish I could do it from here - not have to go over there.

  [points in the direction of his Clock] 

• Mr. Rogers : Who are some people you like to have near you when you have to do hard things? Having them close by can help you feel brave, can't it?

• dr. Forbes : Do you have any questions about the immunization itself?

  Mr. Rogers : Well, er... I wondered... I know when I was little, I wondered, "Why does the doctor have to put some things in with a needle?" Because I would take other medicines with my mouth. You know, with water.

  dr. Forbes : Well, this type of medication, which is an immunization, we're not able to give by mouth, and it works better this way.

  Mr. Rogers : Works better this way. I see.

  dr. Forbes : And you know that there is a little bit of pain that's associated with it, but it just lasts for a minute. That hurt bothers some children, but to other children, it doesn't matter as much to them.

  Mr. Rogers : It often felt... It often feels like a pinch to me when I get an immunization.

  dr. Forbes : Yes, it does. But it doesn't last very long, does it?

  Mr. Rogers : No. No.

  dr. Forbes : Okay.