Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they're magnified It's hard to see their features.
They're tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Cartoon
Yeah.
Like that.
Yeah.
Tom Thomas, aren't you done yet?
Yeah! Show us your surprise and quit drawing!
But this IS the surprise!
So, make yourselves comfortable!
Quiet on the set! And… action!
Great crash!
You should put a huge bump on his head!
It's just like a cartoon that you drew on there!
He did draw us a real cartoon there.
Oh, right!
Real cartoons? They only show them on television.
But they make them exactly the same way.
Animation is made with many-many pictures called frames.
Each one of the frames is a little bit different from the one that comes right before it.
For example, a character can lift his arm up a little bit at a time.
And then, if you watch the frames very quickly one right after the other,
it looks like the character is really moving.
And that's how cartoons are made.
And you know what, to make one minute of a cartoon
you might have to draw more than a thousand frames!
Oh wow!
I'm not patient enough for that.
It's no big deal that your cartoon is short.
Especially since it's funny.
Yeah, it's so funny!
Tom Thomas, who is this kooky guy you drew here?
You're just joking, Nolik!
You don't recognize yourself?
So this is suppose to be me on here?
Did you already forget what happen to you this morning?
Simka, you're it! You can't catch me!
I'm too fast for you!
You're weren't too fast for the pole.
Simka! You didn't have to tell him about that!
Real sisters don't treat their brothers like that!
And your cartoon's not funny at all!
Nolik, don't go!
It's OK, he just needs to sulk for a while.
While he's gone there's something I wanna show you.
Do you have a cartoon you can put on the TV?
I have plenty!
What should I do?
Let's watch it again,
but now I wanna show you the same cartoon a frame at a time.
Here. Take a look.
This... is a frame.
and here's… another,
and another.
Isn't that cool?
Uh-huh!
So cool!
And then, back at regular speed,
there's 25 frames every second!
What should I do?
It's magical!
Simka, you know...
I feel awful for Nolik.
Yeah. I feel awful too.
There are many different ways of making animation.
Hand-drawn-animation is, of course, drawn by hand.
And stop-motion is made like this:
The animators pose the model and take a picture of it.
Then they move the model a little bit and take another picture.
And they do it again, and again, and again,
until there are enough frames to make the characters
look like they're moving very smoothly across the screen.
Another popular style of animation is clay animation.
In these films everything is built and rebuilt out of modeling clay.
But today most of the cartoons are made on a computer.
At first they make a computer model of a character,
a sort of digital puppet.
After the models are built there're colored and animated to move.
This is the kind of animation that's used in The Fixies cartoons!
Tom Thomas, what are you doing?
Are drawing a new cartoon?
Nah. I started fixing the old one,
so Nolik will stop being angry.
Good! Keep drawing.
And I'll go and get him.
Nolik!
I'm not here!
Nolik, forgive me!
Please don't be so mad.
There's a cartoon to watch!
I've already seen your stupid cartoon!
So what did you do now? Put a huge bump on my head?
Not a chance!
I did it all over again!
I'm sure you'll love it!
You sure of that?
Alright, go ahead!
Show me your cartoon!
Quiet on the set!
And… action!
There you go!
Now that cartoon I really liked!
Good!
Because I'm all out of paper.
Well, I think that the first cartoon was funnier.
Woah!
But this one's much better of course!
Yeah!
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they're magnified It's hard to see their features.
They're tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Solar Battery
Let's see.
Three times six hundreds and forty eight...
He won't get it himself. Nope.
Well, I bet he will. Tom Thomas is so smart!
Yeah, smart but lazy.
I'll bet you a flick in the head.
Then get ready!
Huh?
We promised. We can't bother him during homework time!
I really wish I didn't have to write this out!
Why write everything on paper when you got a calculator!
I knew he'd say that! Without a calculator he can't get it!
- It seems like the batteries are dead. - Did you see that?
The calculator won't turn on so he's gonna have to solve it by himself!
What's the problem? Come on!
Where are the batteries here?
Simka! Nolik! Just come out already! I can hear that you're here.
Hi, Tom Thomas!
Well, you can't figure out where the batteries need to go?
I don't get what so funny.
Because there are no batteries inside of this thing!
What do you mean no?
Then where is the calculator, you know, get a...
Where does it get electricity?
Uh-huh.
There is a solar battery in there.
The sun turns it on?
A long time ago it was discovered by scientists
that some materials produce electricity when light hits them.
Sheets that are made out of these materials are called photoelectric cells.
By connecting a few of these photoelectric cells together,
you can build a solar battery!
A solar battery in a calculator sits behind a small clear window.
And when light hits the solar battery
it produces the electricity that powers the calculator.
I don't see a little window anywhere on here.
That's because you covered up the window with a sticker for some reason!
The reason is that it looks great!
Good job! It looks really great but it can't work now.
Well, farewell sticker.
I can't get it off!
Then just leave it alone. Go ahead and solve the problems without the calculator!
And then I'll be the one flicking you.
Flicking who?
Did you forget? We're the fixies! And we have to fix everything!
Ah, Simka! That's a sneaky plan!
It's not sneaky at all!
You better find something to tear off this sticker with!
Okay. How about them?
It will take forever doing it this way.
Yeah.
I got an idea!
Let's use this paperclip!
And what's next?
I'll just stick the end to the paperclip,
and then... wrap.... it... around.
Tideesh!
With the help of solar batteries
we can produce electricity without burning any oil or coal.
Unfortunately these batteries aren't very powerful.
A calculator can get enough energy from a small little battery.
But in order to power a whole city with solar energy
you need to have power plants with huge fields full of solar batteries.
And of course it's best to build these plants
where the sun shines bright and long, like out in the desert.
By the way, in outer space the sun shines very brightly
and it's never blocked by clouds.
That's why all of the vehicles and satellites in space use solar energy for power,
including the International Space Station
where astronauts from different countries work together.
Tom Thomas!
What, you guys all done?
Uh-huh.
Now you can go solve your problems on the calculator.
But I already solved them on paper before you peeled off the sticker.
Hurrah! I'm the winner!
Ouch! That's totally unfair!
If it wasn't for the sticker you would have lost!
What's going on?
Nothing, never mind.
That's nothing to you?!
Well done, Tom Thomas! You got them all right!
Now it's working.
Look, a picture of our Nolik!
Where?
Right there, on the calculator!
Oh, I got it. Zero means null, Nolik.
Good one!
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they're magnified It's hard to see their features.
They're tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Pen
Not here either.
Tom Thomas!
Are you looking for me?
No, for a red pen. I need it right now.
What do you need it for?
Here. Look what my teacher wrote in my assignment book.
Bad behavior during the lesson,
fidgeting,
and talking.
What are you going to do with the red pen? Your teacher left something out?
I thought maybe, you know, I could fix it a bit.
I hope I find that pen!
Oh wow!
Good catch.
So, what do you want to fix on it?
I'll just add a couple of "no's".
And then it will say that I had no bad behavior during the lesson,
no fidgeting, and no talking.
See? No problem.
Cool!
And then add this at the end:
Tom Thomas is a perfect student.
No, then they would guess I did it.
What is it, clogged up?
A little scribble will do it.
That's not a pen, it's more like a penknife!
Look! The ball's missing!
What ball? It's a pen!
It's a pen!
But it's a ball point pen!
Old fashioned pens work by dipping the pen into a jar of ink.
But with a ball point pen, the ink is stored inside of a tube
that has a metal tip on the end with a small steel ball.
Well, small for humans that is,
but of course for Fixies it's quite large.
When you drag the pen across the paper,
the ball spins around, and gets ink on it from inside the tube.
Then it turns over and the ink rolls out onto the paper.
So without the ball a ball point pen won't write at all.
So what am I going to do? That's my only red pen.
Hi everybody! Why do you look so sad?
We lost the ball from the tip of this pen.
Where?
It's here somewhere.
Then you're in luck, boys!
In the pack-o-mat there's a metal detector.
You can use it to find different kinds of metal objects!
No, that's not it.
I can see that myself. It's not on the table, Nolik.
Until not that long ago,
humans used pens that had to be dipped over and over again into an ink well.
This was quite inconvenient,
and so to make writing easier, the fountain pen was invented.
A fountain pen could be filled up with ink,
so it could write for a much longer time.
But fountain pens would often leak,
leaving blots of ink on the paper.
This problem was solved with the invention of the ball point pen.
Ball point pens are simple, handy, and reliable,
except that you can't write with them on a wall or up-side-down for a long time.
That's because the ball uses up the ink on it,
and the ink can't flow up to the tip.
But even this problem has been solved!
There are now special ball point pens
that can be used by astronauts floating in space.
Is this the one?
You're right! That's it!
Don't you just see how awesome my metal detector is?
Is that what you calling me now?
Tom Thomas, help us!
And... now!
Tideesh!
Cool!
By the way, what do you need the red pen for?
Well, Tom Thomas and I need to fix something in his assignment book.
What?!
If I knew that, I wouldn't have helped you out!
So, no fidgeting and no talking.
And your teacher, she writes in your assignment book when you behave well?
Uh-huh!
Whenever we behave well, she writes a note in our books right away!
Did you see, Simka, how Tom Thomas managed to outsmart everybody?
Since I see nothing else here from your teacher,
does that mean you behaved badly the other days?
Uh-huh!
What?
Well, ah…
Did you see, Nolik,
how Tom Thomas just managed to outsmart himself?
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they're magnified It's hard to see their features.
They're tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Keyboard
Five, four, three, two, one! Ready or not here we come!
And where is he hiding this time?
Tom Thomas! You-hoo!
Tom Thomas!
You didn't forget about your grandma's birthday, did you?
No!
Oops! I did.
We found you this time!
Hey, that's not fare! It was my mom that found me, not you!
Then go and hide again!
Not now.
I have to draw a birthday card for... oh...
...my grandmother.
So!
We need one clean sheet of paper.
When's your grandma's birthday?
- Tomorrow. - But your card won't get there on time!
Oh.
Then what can I do?
Come on, and use your noggin!
Pick up the phone and give her a ring!
Your grandmother will be really happy to hear your voice.
No, we've got a tradition - we send each other birthday cards.
And what's the Internet for?
Why don't you send off an electronic card to her?
Simka, that's genius!
Oh! This one's cool!
Now go ahead and type your message!
The letter "D" isn't working.
How can I write "Dear Grandma" without D?
Just let her be a plain old Grandma without the dear.
But the letter "G" isn't working either!
It looks like we could use a pack-o-mat here.
A pack-o-mat? What for?
To clean off the keyboard's contacts that got all dirty.
What contacts?
A key on a computer keyboard works pretty much the same way as a doorbell does.
When we press on the button of a doorbell,
the contacts inside touch,
which lets the electricity flow that makes the bells ring.
And when we press a letter on a computer keyboard,
an electrical current runs from the keyboard to the computer
and that letter appears on the screen.
But if there's dirt between the contacts that stops them from touching,
then the current can't flow.
Tom Thomas, what did you drop in here that is so sticky?
It's probably the soda I was drinking.
And so you shared it with the keyboard?
Here's the reason why it's not working.
Where did so many crumbs come from?
Ah... They fell of my sandwich.
What in the world is this red stuff down here?!
That must be the sauce from my mushroom pizza.
Oh, Nolik.
Well, now it looks like we're going to be out picking mushrooms.
The Fixies are always ready to help people out.
But there are some people we really don't feel like helping.
I remember when I was working as a Fixie back in one house.
It was a disaster!
One day, the owner spilled coffee on the remote for the TV.
As I was running to clean the remote he starts pounding the TV with his fist
because the channels won't change!
So now the TV is broken too.
Well, with no TV, he decides to listen to some music,
and he carelessly pulls the music center onto the floor.
So he tries to fix that himself and manages to break it for good!
And then he sits down on top of his telephone and breaks that to bits!
Meanwhile I'm still busy trying to clean the coffee off of the remote!
There wasn't a minute of rest with this guy around!
In the end I couldn't take it any longer.
So I got out of there! And now I am here, teaching kids.
Tom Thomas, why are you eating food at your computer?
Yeah! They don't feed you in the kitchen or something?
Now I know it. It's not allowed.
You said it!
Now write your message.
And write the address on there too!
Uh-huh.
Mom! Do you know what the e-mail address for grandma is?
Grandma doesn't have an e-mail address!
So what, we went ahead and fixed that keyboard for nothing?
I still need it! And my grandma…
I'll give her a ring on the phone!
You said you had a tradition of writing each other cards!
And what? Grandma will be happy to hear my voice.
That's some original idea, ah?
I almost caught one yesterday, I chased him but he fled.
But if I told my dad he'd say, "It's all inside your head!"
You really cannot catch them, Or find their whereabouts.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Zipper
Hey, Nolik, look!
Why did Tom Thomas go to sleep like that?
Maybe it was some kind of homework for one of his classes?
Uh-huh. Gym class homework.
Good morning.
Good morning!
Hi there!
You're looking good!
My parents just bought it for me.
Isn't it a cool jacket?
And what, you slept in it all night?
Yeah, once I tried it on I didn't want to take it off,
and I fell asleep in it.
Yeah… Life's never boring with you around.
I think the zipper got stuck.
And so what?
You can leave you coat on, no problem.
You're about to go to school, right?
And you think I could sit in my class like this?
How could I have broken the zipper?!
Don't worry. You haven't broken it. Not yet.
Here is a simple zipper.
It is made with two rows of small teeth that pass through a slider.
The slider has two holes on the top and only one hole on the bottom.
When we pull the slider up along the zipper,
the teeth grab on to each other,
and the two rows join together into one.
And... zip!
The zipper is closed.
To open it all you need to do is pull the slider in the opposite direction.
Then the teeth will come apart.
But on mine they stuck together.
And now what?
What do people do in the morning?
Do what they do. Exercise.
And I'll have time to think it over.
One, two, three, and four…
And then what about me?
Go exercises too.
And one, two, three, four…
Simka, come on! Think of something.
I'm sweating already.
Soon, OK?
Go get washed up in the meantime.
Do you think I can help you think?
I think not!
I think you'd be better off washing.
How's it going, Tom Thomas?
Did she think of anything yet?
What?
Did she think of anything yet?
Ah, gotcha!
No, she hasn't though of anything so far.
It's so hot!
Just pretend you're a polar scientist!
They always work with their parkas. And you know what?
I'll be the penguin!
Hey! Where are you going?
I can't take it anymore!
Alright, just sit right here and I'll try to find a problem.
You see, that polar scientists game's funny!
That's not it, it's Simka.
She's tickling so hard!
Stop squirming!
And you stop tickling me!
Uh-huh!
So that's why it won't open all the way.
It's only a piece of thread stuck in there!
Pull the slider up!
Tideesh!
You can unzip it now!
Thanks so much!
Here it is, a thread.
That's what the whole problem was.
You're kidding!
So I've been sweating because of some piece of nothing?!
In technology every little thing matters.
I remember when scientists built one of the first computers around 60 years ago.
It was a giant machine!
It filled up several rooms and had more than a million parts.
It was a technological wonder!
But all of a sudden this technological wonder went "kaboom!" and broke!
And no one understood why.
The computer just stopped working and that was that!
The scientists were going crazy, they couldn't find the problem!
It turns out that this huge computer broke
because a little butterfly had flown inside the computer
and got stuck in-between some contacts.
Yes, it's true!
This huge machine went crazy because of a little butterfly.
And that's how it goes.
So you see, every little thing really does matter!
Tom Thomas, breakfast is ready.
What are you doing in your jacket?
It's because I… was playing polar scientist!
Simka, what took you so long to figure it out?
I just…
Just thought it would be funny to see Tom Thomas do his exercises and brush his teeth in his coat.
That's all!
That was your plan?
Well, yeah. Can't I joke around a bit?
They take care of our machines: Irons, phones, and toasters,
MP3s and TV screens, Even rollercoasters.
Without them clocks stop ticking, Without them lights go out!
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Night Light
They're very close! I feel them!
Help me! Help me!
Help me!
That's all! You've had enough monsters.
It's not good to watch these kind of movies before bed!
Mom! Mom! Really, I'm not scared.
Let me watch the end. Would you?
I told you, that's all.
Well, good night, Honey!
Who's there?
They are very close.
I feel them.
Can you believe it? He's sleeping and he didn't turn the light off!
Yeah, and so?
And so? If every human went to sleep with the light on,
there wouldn't be enough electricity to go around.
Everyone can probably remember walking into an empty room with the lights turned on.
Or finding a TV on that nobody's watching.
One little light or TV might not seem like much,
but just imagine how many people are living on this Earth!
Well if everybody forgot to turn off the lights or TV when they weren't being used,
the amount of wasted electricity would equal the amount of energy
produced by a hundred power plants!
And each of these power plants needs freight cars of coal or rivers of oil to keep running.
And all that fuel has to be extracted and burned constantly!
Now do you see how expensive burning a light bulb is for the Earth?
So don't forget to turn off the electrical appliances when you're not using them.
It's so easy!
Who turned off the light?
They're very close! I feel them.
I feel them.
Look! What's up with him?
I think he's playing sleep-hockey.
Looks like his position is left out.
Ha-ha. Anyway, he should get a penalty for wasting electricity!
Monsters!
Hey, what do you think we are? Hockey pucks?!
Nolik, Simka! Forgive me.
Who did you think we were?
Monsters.
Well, I see how you could mistake Simka for one but obviously not me.
Tom Thomas, what are you doing? Why are you sleeping with the light on?
I was so dumb!
I watched this monster movie on TV before bed.
Now I'm scared to sleep without the light on.
And that dumb old monster flick, why were you watching it?
I felt like getting scared.
You're great at getting scared!
Keep quiet! Or we'll wake up your mom and dad!
How am I going to fall asleep now?
Here's a good idea! You can use a night-light!
A night-light is a little light that humans who don't like to sleep in the dark use in their rooms.
The night-light has a dim glow,
that's because it works with a special kind of light bulb that uses very little electricity.
These kinds of light bulbs are called energy efficient.
That's hard to say.
And you can find night-lights that use such low energy bulbs
that they can work off of a battery.
But you know there isn't a night light here.
How would you get by without us! Tonight I'm here to help you.
I'm gonna be your night-light!
Look! Right there! There's our lampshade!
Thanks so much! You really are a friend indeed, Nolik!
It was easy. Just go to sleep.
Nolik... do you know any good stories?
I know one about... a big meat grinder!
No way!
You better tell me a story about a nice kind fixie.
I know a good one!
And here is how it goes.
Grandpus was working inside of a very big clock.
Actually the clock wasn't that big.
And I'm not sure if it was Grandpus.
But it was a clock... I think.
They take care of our machines: Irons, phones, and toasters,
MP3s and TV screens, Even rollercoasters!
Without them clocks stop ticking, Without them light go out,
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Bee
Tom Thomas!
Hello.
How come you're eating jam straight from out of the jar?
Because... it tastes so good.
Oh, a bee!
Shoo! Get out of here!
Leave it alone!
It's just a plain old bee.
Well, I was bitten by one of those plain old bees once!
Tom Thomas! Don't do it!
Go away, you pest!
Flies are pests.
Bees are very helpful and useful.
How can a bee ever help us out?
Bees are hard workers.
They are constantly collecting nectar from flowers.
Flying from flower to flower, bees transport pollen on their bellies.
Thanks to this process of pollination, flowers produce fruit and seeds.
In other words, bees help plants reproduce.
The bees use the nectar they collect to make that delicious sweet honey loved by kids of all ages.
And bee honey is not only delicious, it's also nutritious!
So, I'm still afraid of it.
What if it bites me?
Bees don't bite by the way, they sting you!
Well now I'm gonna show you!
Don't!
The bee is the one who should be afraid, you tyrant!
Yeah, you let it go, Tyrant!
Why are you calling me names?
Who's stopping her? She can fly away if she wants.
We need to show her the way out.
Well, how?
Here little bee!
Fly this way!
Why don't you try going…
Then what can I say?
Chewsocka, don't move! It will sting you!
It doesn't want to sting.
Both of you like eating sweets.
You like eating jam, and so does the bee.
Why don't you carry Chewsocka to the window?
Go on, fly!
No, that's not going to work.
You need to go and get more jam.
Here little bee!
Yum-yum!
Go on and fly! You're free!
Let her eat first, don't be greedy.
I'm not being greedy.
If she eats, she can make honey out of your jam.
Long ago people could only collect honey by destroying the nests of wild bees.
And that went on until someone came up with the idea of taming those insects.
They started by leaving enough honey for the bees to survive through the winter.
People took care of bees in these hollows
until they learned to build small houses for them called beehives.
And a town made of these bee houses is called an apiary.
Bees live and work together in the beehives making honey
while beekeepers take care of the bees and collect the honey.
Bees are real team players.
They tell each other where the best flowers grow.
Do you know how they do it?
One of the bees does a dance
and then the rest of the bees watch the dance and learn where they need to fly.
You poor thing!
Tom Thomas tired you out.
I told you there's nothing to be afraid of.
You see?
She is just so nice and kind.
I'm not afraid of her.
She wouldn't let me eat my jam, that's all.
Well, now it's time for you to fly away.
Woah, she's playing rough here!
I want to try!
No, Nolik. You're too little.
You'll have to grow to do this job.
Woah, woah, woah! Calm down now.
Now let's fly!
Hey Simka, the window's back there!
I can see that without you!
So how can I get you to turn around?
Cool. Hurrah!
She's listening to me!
Don't miss the window!
Now!
So long, honey bee!
Tideesh!
Tom Thomas! Do you have any more of that jam left?
Yeah, what for?
Bring it here.
We'll get more bees to fly in.
How come?
What do you mean how come?
Because it's my turn for a bee ride!
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they're magnified It's hard to see their features.
They're tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
Invisible Ink
"To Tom Thomas."
What is it? A note?
Who is it from?
It's from no one!
Is this no one a girl?
Hey, tell us, what did she write to you?
I don't know!
Well, then let's take a look at it.
No way! It's a secret.
Even from your friends?
Come on, we're not just your friends.
We're secret friends!
And you won't tell anyone?
Nobody. We promise!
Are you gonna open that thing or not?!
Huh, there's nothing there!
Is this a joke or something?
Maybe she didn't feel like writing you anything.
Then why would she put a note in there?
Wait a second!
And what if she wrote that letter with a special kind of invisible ink?
Wow, I've never heard of it.
If you want to keep what's written in a letter secret,
you can write it with a special liquid called invisible ink or security ink.
You can make invisible ink yourself by mixing lemon juice,
milk or baking soda with water.
Then just dip a stick or a brush in it
and write on a plain piece of paper. Like this!
You can't see anything, right?
To make the invisible ink visible again,
the paper needs to be warmed up with something like an iron.
But that's a secret!
Well, Simka, you might be right.
Only what about the iron? I can't use it.
But your mom can, and right now she's doing the ironing.
Yeah?
Well that changes everything!
Hold on!
If that really is a secret letter,
then no one should be allowed to see it.
Even your mother!
What can I do then?
I know what!
Mom! Can you iron my shirt too? Please, will you?
What's wrong with it?
There's nothing wrong, it's just that the... pocket's wrinkled.
Sure, I'll do it.
Since when did you start worrying about things like this?
All done.
Thanks, Mom!
That should do it.
What? What is it?
"Tom Thomas, I really like you."
"Katya"
Katya's in love with you, isn't she?!
And what about you, do you like her?
Ah... I don't know.
She does get straight A's.
You like her!
You and Katya kissing in a tree. K-I-…
Nolik, stop your teasing!
Well, are you going to write her back?
You think I should?
Of course, silly!
I'm scared that someone will see it.
Then why don't you write it with invisible ink like she did!
Yeah, go get a lemon!
Nowadays it isn't very common for people to write letters by hand
and send them by regular mail.
Today, people mostly send letters through the Internet.
But even electronic letters should be written with some of the same simple rules of politeness
used in handwritten letters.
For instance, you need write a greeting at the beginning of your letter,
and a few kind words at the end are always appreciated.
Something like "hugs and kisses", or "all the best", or "see you soon".
And before you send off your letter, it's best to read it through to check for any mistakes.
And one more thing.
If you receive a message from someone,
don't take too long to answer them,
because they might think that you'd forgotten about them,
and that can hurt their feelings.
To say it simply, when you write, be polite!
Go on, write!
And what should I write?
Come on! Tell her the truth!
Just write this:
"Forgive me, Katya,
only there's another girl I really like. My one and only Simka."
Nolik!
If you don't like it, then why don't you think it up!
Tom Thomas, just go ahead and write
how you feel deep down in your heart for Katya.
Katya, I like you too.
Like that?
Is that all I have to write? Would that be OK?
It's lovely!
K-I-S-S-I...
Just zip it! Will you?!
Tom Thomas, is that everything?
And did you make sure to check that you didn't make any mistakes?
No.
But I'll check right now.
All the words disappeared!
Well, if there's something wrong, only Katya will find it.
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they're magnified It's hard to see their features.
They're tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Fan
Pass him on the left!
Step on it!
Now pass him on the right!
Look out for the wall!
Hit the breaks!
Why didn't you hit the breaks?
He was just too scared!
What do you mean too scared?
Something got into my eyes.
Those were your hands. My turn!
Let me show you how it's really done!
What's wrong with the computer?
It's been really acting up for a while.
It turns off by itself. It's no big deal, I just turn it back on.
I don't like this at all!
Come on, Nolik, let's go inside and take a look!
Just like people, machines can get sick too.
They can get a very high temperature and even start coughing and sneezing.
And if a machine or an appliance gets seriously sick,
sometimes it can be too late to fix them at all!
So wouldn't it be better to if we could keep them from getting sick in the first place?
Everybody knows that people who look after their health get sick less often and live longer.
And the same goes for machines!
Machines break less often and live longer if they're properly taken care of.
That's why machines need to be checked from time to time,
and cleaned,
and oiled.
And that's what's called preventive maintenance.
And preventive maintenance is something that always should be kept in mind by humans and by Fixies!
Oh!
What is that?
What is what?
Can you hear that?
What are all those sounds?
It's probably just…
...a Fxie-eater that woke up!
What? What do you mean Fixie-eater?
Didn't you know that inside of some appliances there live horrible monsters?
They love to attack Fixies and eat them up!
And the smaller the Fixies are the more the Fixie-eater likes to eat them!
And how come you never told me anything about Fixie-eaters before?
I didn't want you to get...
...scared!
Alright, scaredy cat! Let's keep going.
Simka!
Where are you?
Oh no! Don't eat me, Fixie-eater!
Oh!
Simka!
Come over here!
The sound was coming from here, take a look!
It's not a Fixie-eater at all!
It's just the fan!
Not just, Nolik, it needs our help!
See how sick that fan is?
Let's go and get it working right now!
A computer can only run when all of its parts are working.
And even though a fan looks like nothing more than a simple little engine with a propeller,
the computer couldn't work without it.
It has the very important job of keeping all of those other parts cool when they start heating up.
It cools down the inside of a computer by blowing a stream of air.
But if the fan gets dirty and starts working poorly,
the computer might get overheated and turn off!
Or it can simply break!
You have to turn off your computer!
How come?
I'll tell you later!
That part is done. Now we oil it.
Let me try!
Alright!
It's oiled up!
Just like your nose!
Tom Thomas!
- Turn it on! - Turn it on!
- Tideesh! - Tideesh!
And then suddenly I hear this terrible roar of a Fixie-eater!
But I wasn't scared one little bit,
and I just ran right into the battle!
And Simka?
She hid somewhere. You know, she's a girl and they all are cowards!
So I had to fight the monster all by myself!
I guess that was an example of how girls hide like cowards when they're too scared?
Well… yeah!
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they're magnified It's hard to see their features.
They're tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Compass
Pipe all hands on the deck!
Ay-ay, maties! Shiver me timbers!
Simka, Nolik, what are you doing here?
We're not Simka and Nolik.
We are courageous pirates!
Yeah, pirates!
And today we leave home for the sea! Are you with us?
- Yes I am! - Hurrah!
You mean no? No hurrah?
Oh, yeah!
You can't join us without a test!
Go and find a special thing.
Something no sailor should ever sail the sea without!
I can do it! But how?
With a map!
And it's over... there!
I've never seen a map that's this puny!
What are you talking about puny?!
That took us a half hour to make!
From where you're standing now…
Uh-huh! From here you mean!
He guessed it right!
First head to the North
until you will find...
Hold on! But where is the North?
It's where the North Pole,
ice, and polar bears are!
But how do I know which direction that North Pole is?
By compass, of course!
A compass is a special tool that helps sailors and pilots know in which direction they're traveling,
whether in the air or on the sea.
Our planet is like a big magnet that has two poles –
the North Pole and the South Pole.
These magnetic poles help the needle in the compass find its way.
The needle is magnetized so one of its ends will be attracted to the North magnetic pole and point at it,
while the other end will always points towards the South.
That I know, but there is no compass around here.
Then let's make one by ourselves!
Out of what?
We can use a needle! We just have to magnetize it.
And how is it supposed to turn around?
In a saucer of water.
Well, there you go!
Now one end is pointing in the direction of North and the other - to the South.
But which points where? Well, there is the window.
So that can't be the right way. Then North is there!
I'm really liking this sharp little fellow we've got here!
You're calling me a little fellow?
No, it's just the way us pirates talk.
Alright then. North we go!
First head to the north until you see…
… a sleeping monster.
Maties, ahoy! Monster on the horizon!
Let him do it himself!
Now turn to the left and go three hundred paces more.
- Three hundred!? - Exactly! I counted them myself.
OK. Then that means I'll go…
One,
two,
three.
Now straight ahead until you get right up to the giant tree.
You call that a tree?
Wow, amazing!
I can't believe my eyes! It's a real ship compass!
It's also called a marine compass.
The first compass was invented more than a thousand years ago in ancient China.
With its help, the Chinese were able to travel across the desert.
And about two hundred years later the compass appeared in Europe.
Whether the Europeans came up with the idea for the compass themselves
or took it from the Chinese isn't clear.
But one thing's for sure - we Fixies remember how those early compasses were built.
The first compasses were made with a magnetized needle on top of a floater inside a bowl of water.
Later the needle was put on top of a pin that let it spin freely.
And it started to look like the ones we use today.
Since the needle of a compass always points to the north,
a sailor can easily figure out which direction he needs to turn his ship.
If he wants to go north, he follows the needle north.
If he wants to go south he goes in the opposite direction.
Your dad brought it home with him late last night from his work.
You were asleep.
Hold on!
I want to check something.
What's up?
Yeah! They line up together!
Of course, they line up.
If not, how else would you have gotten here?
We're done with the needle. It has to go back.
First head south six hundred paces!
Six for you, matie!
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