Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, Series 2 (Nov. 14, 2009-Jan. 16, 2010)

[Angelina tries to talk her mom into letting her and Gracie and Vicki have a sleepover. Mrs. Mouseling is playing cards with Polly]

Angelina:
[asks her mother about a sleepover] Please, can Gracie and Viki sleep over? Please? Please?

[Mrs. Mouseling is playing cards with Polly. Then she turns to Angelina]

Mrs. Mouseling:
[to Angelina] Oh, Angelina?

[Mrs. Mouseling tries to warn Angelina that a sleepover might not be a good idea.]

Mrs. Mouseling:
Are you sure that a sleepover is a great idea?

Angelina:
Why not?

Mrs. Mouseling:
[tells Angelina why a sleepover might not be a such good idea] Well, because for one thing, they should NEVER even be called "sleepovers". Because no one ever sleeps.

[Indeed, that is true. True to Mrs. Mouseling's reason, if Angelina does have a sleepover, it must not be called a "sleepover". Because no one sleeps.]

[The scene cuts to daytime. When morning comes, Mrs. Mouseling turns on the light in the attic and wakes up Angelina, Vicki, and Gracie. She says a big, long "RISE AND SHINE!" in a singy-songy tone. Her "Rise and shine!" command in a singy-songy tone to the girls echoes through the attic window.]

Mrs. Mouseling:
[sing-songy] ♪ RISE AND SHINE (GIRLS)! ♪

[The girls are too tired since they were up all night.]

Mrs. Mouseling:
Oh dear. You girls must have been up very, very late.

Angelina:
Look, I think we broke lamp.

Mrs. Mouseling:
Luckily the lamp isn't broken. But you did break your promise.

Angelina:
I did break my promise. And I am really, truly, sorry.

[The scene then cuts to Angelina's school. Angelina, Gracie, and Vicki get back to school and end up extremely tired since the night before]

Angelina:
[narrating] I am not just sorry...! BUT ALSO SO SLEEPY! Things are not looking very good.

Ms. Mimi:
[about the girls being late for class] You girls are late.

Angelina, Gracie and Vicki:
Sorry, Ms. Mimi.

Ms. Mimi:
I hope you have learned your double pirouettes, Angelina.

[To practice for the performance, which is the next day, Ms. Mimi plays the song on the radio.]

Ms. Mimi:
The only dance you can do on this state is "Sleeping Beauty". So, I am going to have to ask you three to go home and go straight to bed.

[Then she talks to the girls about a make-up rehearsal. That is, after she tells them that "Sleeping Beauty" is the only dance that they can do in this stage. That is, as she next says...!]

Ms. Mimi:
Then we have a make-up rehearsal later this afternoon.

[Gracie mentions that she and Angelina and Viki have the fair. That is, the Silly Hat Carnival. And she knows that she and the others may have to miss it since they are going to do an afternoon rehearsal for a make-up rehearsal.]

Gracie:
But that is when the carnival starts...!

Ms. Mimi:
Mm-hmm.

Angelina:
Oh no.

[After Angelina and Gracie have mentioned the fair since they had made their silly hats the night before, Ms. Mimi starts with the options.]

Ms. Mimi:
[to Angelina, Gracie and Vicki] Well, if you like, you can do the carnival and miss the rehearsal.

Gracie:
[smiles] We can?

Ms. Mimi:
Yes.

[But Ms. Mimi has another option if the girls go to the fair.]

Ms. Mimi:
But if you miss the rehearsal, then you miss out the performance.

[Soon, the girls --Angelina, Gracie, and Viki-- have the choice between the performance or the carnival. If they go to the rehearsal and practice, they get to be in the performance. But if they go to the fair and miss the rehearsal, they are going to have to miss the performance.]

Angelina:
Oh no.

Ms. Mimi:
If you have not rehearsed, that would be not fair to the dance, the audience, nor to yourselves. Think about it girls. It's your decision.

[The scene --after Angelina and the other girls Gracie and Vicki make their decision which had been shown at the school-- cuts to Angelina's house.]

Polly:
[is prepared for the fair] Woo-hoo! Carnival time!

[But Angelina has made a good choice to do the performance and not the carnival. So she tells Polly that she is not doing the fair. Polly still wants to go, but Angelina is not going to the fair.]

Angelina:
[still holds her crown] I'm not doing the carnival this year, Polly.

[This is the last time that Angelina mentions the fair.]

Polly:
But, it is the silly hat carnival.

Angelina:
Why don't you wear my hat?

Polly:
[as Angelina hands her hat to her] Wow! Me? For real?

[Polly might be able to wear Angelina's crown which Angelina had made with her friends the night before. She might even wear it to the performance too. That is, even though Angelina was supposed to go to the carnival. But since she and Vicki and Gracie had the choice from Ms. Mimi between doing the performance or the fair, Angelina made the right decision to go to not the carnival but the rehearsal]

Angelina:
Yes, Polly. It's all yours.

[Angelina heads out the door and off to rehearsals. Ms. Mimi did say, "make up rehearsal"]

Angelina:
Well, I must be going to rehearsals like I promised Ms. Mimi.

Mrs. Mouseling:
That's my little girl.

Angelina:
You mean, "Your big girl". [hugs her mom] Big girls keep promises.

[Angelina leaves the house to the afternoon rehearsal with Ms. Mimi, Gracie, and Vicki. The scene cuts to night time and to Angelina who is now in her bedroom. Angelina --along with Gracie and Vicki-- did do the rehearsal. Now on the night before the performance, Angelina is preparing for bed. She goes to bed early knowing that she has plans for the performance.]

Angelina:
[narrating] Now it is the night before the performance. So, I have big plans.

[Angelina now in her pajamas is seen getting ready for bed and preparing for the performance which is the next day. Mrs. Mouseling and Polly are watching her --happy that Angelina went to bed early.]

Polly:
Look! Angelina went to bed very, very, early!

Mrs. Mouseling:
She is going to be one well rested little dancer.

[After the performance is over.]

Polly:
Mommy?

Mrs. Mouseling:
Yes, Polly?

[Like Angelina, Polly --when she is in school someday-- tries to talk her mother into a sleepover with friends.]

Polly:
When am I having a sleepover?

Mrs. Mouseling:
(A sleepover...?)

[Mrs. Mouseling laughs shortly. Then she sighs and puts her hand over her brow. She facepalms in response after Polly asks when she --herself-- gets to have a sleepover like Angelina. This means she would not want to have Polly doing the same thing that Angelina had. Mrs. Mouseling does this as if she rather not hear the word "overnight" again for a long time. Really, she rather not hear it again for a long time. It is true that Polly is little enough to have a sleepover. But Mrs. Mouseling does not want to allow sleepovers with friends in the house. Because Polly might have the same thing as Angelina. As for the "overnight" subject, Mrs. Mouseling would also mean that the only time Angelina and Polly --from now on and forever after-- can have an "overnight" is if they do it with her --Mrs. Mouseling-- and their father Mr. Mouseling. That is, such as camping and vacations in the summer. But not an overnight with friends.]

Angelina:
[sadly] I have invited far too many people! Now everyone is cross with me!

Mr. Mouseling:
There must be a solution. Let's think.

[Angelina's frown turns into a smile for planning a solution]

Angelina:
[for one solution] Maybe Alice could come in a very big purse...!

[The scene cuts to the said theater where "The Nutcracker" where Angelina and Vicki have a big, giant purse big enough for a mouseling that size to fit inside like Alice. And Alice is inside of it and indeed fits inside the giant purse]

Angelina:
[for a second solution] Or Vicki could dress up as a pet canary...!

[The next scene shows to where the said theater where Angelina and Alice have Viki in a bird cage and Viki is dressed up as a pet canary]

Angelina:
The theater, they might not allow pets.

[The third scene shows to the said theater where Alice and Viki are dressed up as a conjoined twin or "conjoined sister"]

Angelina:
[for a third solution] Or, maybe they could come as a two headed lady!

[However, Angelina knows the correct truth of what would happen if she and her friends try one of those three false solutions --a giant purse, a pet canary, or a two headed lady]

Angelina:
[as the scene cuts back to reality] On second thought, none of that may work. Oh dear!

[Polly taunts Angelina that she is going to the nutcracker. She dances with the nutcracker doll]

Polly:
[sing songy] ♪ POLLY'S GOING TO THE NUTCRACKER! ♪

Angelina:
Oh, what can I do?

Mr. Mouseling:
You have a hard solution to make. But I know you may think of something fair.

Angelina:
[has a solution] Well, there is one thing I can do. But it's a super, super, duper tough thing to do. Really, truly, hard.

[The scene cuts to night]

Angelina:
[narrating] I did the super tough solution. I gave up my tickets so both Alice and Vicki could go.

Mr. Mouseling:
[hands Mrs. Mouseling the tickets] You are not going to go very far without these.

[As Mr. Mouseling reveals the tickets to Mrs. Mouseling, it is shown that there is a ticket for Mrs. Mouseling, a ticket for Polly, a ticket for Alice, and a ticket for Vicki. Then Mrs. Mouseling sadly walks over to Angelina, then she takes pity over Angelina, even though Angelina did her best.]

Mrs. Mouseling:
[to Angelina] I am sorry, dear.

[Mrs. Mouseling kisses Angelina.]

Mrs. Mouseling:
Your friends and I really wish that we could buy another ticket.

Angelina:
Me too.

Mr. Mouseling:
We are proud of you for making a grown up choice.

Angelina:
Thanks, Dad. Are you sure my name is on the waiting list to see "The Nutcracker"?

Mr. Mouseling:
Yes. But we cannot get a hopes up.