- Kids: Thank you, firefighters!
- [the segment changes to reveal Elmo wearing a fireman's helmet and standing outside of 123 Sesame Street. Next to him is a female firefighter]
- Elmo: Hi, everybody! This is Elmo's friend, Susan. And guess what? She's a firefighter!
- Firefighter Susan: Hi!
- Elmo: Susan's going to show us what to do if there's a fire. Elmo just went into Hooper's Store, and there was a fire there.
- Firefighter Susan: Yes, you were, Elmo. And what'd you do?
- Elmo: Elmo had to "get low and go", like this:
- [ducks and runs off. Susan smiles. Elmo comes back in, ending the segment]
- Ernie: Oh! Ahem... hi there, everybody! Hey, I bet you're wondering, what is Ernie hiding behind his back? Well, I'll give you a clue: it's small and yellow.
- [scene shows a picture of Big Bird]
- Ernie: No, no, I said "SMALL and yellow."
- [a picture of a banana is shown]
- Ernie: Nope, it's not a banana. Here's another clue: it's small and yellow, and you squeeze it.
- [a picture of a lemon is shown]
- Ernie: Nope, it's not a lemon.
- [laughs]
- Ernie: But that's a good guess. It's small, it's cute, it's yellow, and it puts out fires. That's right, folks!
- [reveals his Rubber Duckie, wearing a firefighter's helmet]
- Ernie: It's Firechief Rubber Duckie, the brave, endearing firefighter! Oh, Firechief Rubber Duckie, you are a credit to your community.
- [squeaks his Rubber Duckie repeatedly]
- Ernie: I guess you get your water from the tubby, huh?
- [guffaws, then charges off. The segment then makes a fire truck transition over to the next segment, which opens with an outline of a person, scrawled over a patch of sand]
- Quizzing lady: Let's draw a firefighter.
- Quizzing lady: Now, what do firefighters fight?
- [a dragon is shown]
- Quizzing lady: A... dragon?
- Kids: NO!
- Little Kid: They fight fires.
- [in a mocking-like voice]
- Little Kid: Fire!
- [the dragon breathes fire. The firefighter extinguishes it with water from his hose]
- Sand dragon: [in a surprisingly soothing female voice] Thanks... for the drink.
- Firefighter sand drawing: Just doin' my job.
- Little Kid: Hooray!
- [the segment ends with another firetruck transition over to the next segment]
- Elmo: Shade? Open up, please.
- [the shade opens to reveal Ms. Noodle, twirling around]
- Elmo: Oh, look! It's Mr. Noodle's sister, Ms. Noodle. Hi, Ms. Noodle! Hi! Ms. Noodle? Wow, Ms. Noodle's really good at spinning. But she sure needs to work on stopping.
- [sticks his head in]
- Elmo: Ms. Noodle? Ms. Noodle? Are you there?
- [Ms. Noodle sneaks up while Elmo isn't looking and tickles him on the head, making him giggle]
- Elmo: There you are! Hi, Ms. Noodle. Boy. What do firefighters wear to keep safe when they put out fires?
- [Ms. Noodle thinks for a moment, but then she leaves briefly]
- Elmo: Where's she now?
- [Ms. Noodle comes back in wearing a football uniform]
- Elmo: Ms.-Ms. Noodle!
- [giggles]
- Little kid #1: No, that's not right!
- Little kid #2: Hey, that's a football uniform! That's for football, not for fighting fires.
- Elmo: Yeah, that's what football players wear, Ms. Noodle.
- Little kid #2: You can't fight a fire in that!
- [Ms. Noodle stares at the camera in disappointment]
- Little kid #2: That's what football players wear to keep safe.
- [Suddenly, the football deflects rapidly off Ms. Noodle's helmet]
- Little kid #1: And it really works.
- [Elmo giggles]
- Kids: Try again, Ms. Noodle!
- Elmo: What do firefighters wear to keep safe?
- [Ms. Noodle leaves, then comes back in again, but wearing a suit of armor, complete with a lance]
- Kids: NO!
- Little kid #2: That's a suit of armor! You can't fight a fire in that! That's what knights wear to keep safe. What do firefighters wear?
- [Ms. Noodle looks down at her armor]
- Elmo: No, they don't wear armor. No.
- Kids: Try again, Ms. Noodle!
- Little kid #2: You can do it.
- Elmo: Try again.
- [Ms. Noodle stumbles around with the lance]
- Kids: Whoa!
- Little kid #1: Careful, Ms. Noodle.
- [a crashing noise is heard. Ms. Noodle comes in again, but now she is wearing a firefighter's uniform, complete with a fire hose, and she is pretending to put out a fire]
- Kids: YAAAAAY!
- Little kid #1: Yeah, that's right!
- Little kid #2: That's a firefighter's uniform!
- Little kid #1: Ms. Noodle is pretending to put out a fire.
- [Ms. Noodle notices that no water is shooting from the hose]
- Elmo: Wait, what's wrong, Ms. Noodle?
- Little kid #2: But there's no water coming out!
- Little kid #1: No water?
- Elmo: Awwww.
- [giggles]
- Little kid #2: Where's the water?
- [Suddenly, water shoots out everywhere, and Ms. Noodle loses control of the hose. Elmo and the kids burst out laughing]
- Elmo: There's the water!
- [the shade closes]