A long time ago — back when the West was really WILD — there was a town that had a Terrible Problem.

Piano Player: ♫ Nobody knows the problem we have… ♫
Barkeeper: Hoo boy! Do we have a problem!
Green Cowboy Muppet: Oh, what a problem we have!
Blue Cowboy Muppet: That’s some problem we have, huh?
Saloon Patron: You think you have a problem?
Cowboy Kid: Hey, everybody! What’s our problem?

Green Patron Muppet: See this poster, son? This is (gulp) The Great Cookie Thief!
Cowboy Kid: Who’s The Great Cookie Thief?
Barkeeper: He’s the feller who’s been stealing cookies from all the bakeries...

One day Grover went to the school auditorium to see the school play, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Prairie Dawn was playing the role of Goldilocks.
Grover: Look! There she is! That is my friend Prairie Dawn!

In the play, Goldilocks ate up the bears’ porridge and sat on the bears’ chairs. Then she went and lay down on the bears’ three beds.
“Oh, my,” she said. “This bed is too hard. And this bed is too soft. But this bed is just right.”
As soon as Goldilocks fell asleep on the little bear’s bed, the three bears came home from their walk in the woods.
“Look, Daddy,” said...

Once there was a little girl who lived with her mother in a house at the edge of the forest.
The little girl always wore a red cloak and hood that her grandmother had made for her. That’s why everyone, even her mother, called her Little Red Riding Hood.

One day Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said to her, “Grandmother is not feeling well. I have packed a basket with fruit and cakes and honey. Will you take it to here?”
“Yes, Mother,” said Little Red Riding Hood.

“Be careful going through the forest,” said her mother, “and don’t dawdle along the way. Grandmother is waiting for...

Every morning Theodore Mouse woke up with the sunrise.
He made his bed.
He brushed his teeth.
He combed his whiskers.

Then he climbed to the roof of his house and looked out over the rooftops of the other mouse houses. He looked out beyond the trees, and beyond the shoreline, to the sea.

“Every morning is the same,” Theodore said. “I make my bed. I brush my teeth. I comb my whiskers. Then I climb up to the roof. The only thing that changes,” Theodore sighed, “is the sea. Sometimes it is rough and wild, and sometimes it is smooth as glass.”

Then Theodore Mouse thought of something he had...

Once upon a time there were three Billy Goats Gruff who lived on a hillside next to a wide, deep stream.

On the other side of the stream was a big field of sweet, green grass.

Every day the three Billy Goats Gruff looked hungrily at the field on the other side of the stream. Every day they longed to eat some of the sweet, green grass.
But to get to the other side of the stream, they had to cross a wooden bridge. And under the bridge lived a horrible, mean troll.

One day the littlest Billy Goat Gruff said, “I cannot wait any longer. I am going to cross the bridge and eat the sweet, green grass.”...

One cold winter night Baby Bear snuggled down under the bed covers and shut his eyes to go to sleep.
Then right in his room he heard an eek and a creak and a squeak.
Baby Bear sat straight up in his bed.
“What was that?” he called out in the darkness. Then he skedaddled out of bed…

…down the hall, and swoosh! into bed with his big brother.
“I heard an eek right in my room,” said Baby Bear from deep down under the covers, “and a creak and a squeak.”

“Why, there’s nothing to be frightened of,” said the big brother bear. “Those noises were some little mice in their little mouse...

Once there was a little red hen who found some grain. She thought of the fine wheat that would grow if she planted the grain.
“Who will help me plant this grain?” asked the Little Red Hen.

The Cat, the Rat, and the Dog were relaxing in the sun, sipping tea.
“Not I,” meowed the Cat.
“Not I,” squeaked the Rat.
“Not I,” barked the Dog.
“Then I will do it myself,” said the Little Red Hen.


Every day the wheat grew taller and more golden. Soon it was ready to be cut.
“Who will help me cut this wheat?” asked the Little Red Hen.
“Not I,” meowed the Cat. “I’m too tired.”
“Not...

Polly’s Pet is fed up.
He is sick and tired of being pushed around and poked, of being shoved and dragged all over the place. He wishes that Polly and her brother would leave him alone.

When he is inside and feels like sleeping, they take him outside and pull him around. When he is having fun outside, they bring him in and put him to bed. They turn him into a baby and wheel him around in a carriage.


Polly’s Pet is so mad at Polly and her brother that he wants to bite or scratch or pinch them. But the rules say “No biting” and “No scratching” and “No pinching.” Polly’s Pet does...

One day Big Bird was walking along thinking about what he was going to get Mr. Snuffleupagus for his birthday, when—WHAP!—something cold and wet hit him in the face.

Big Bird had walked right into Susan’s fresh clean clothes that she had washed and hung out in the sun to dry and knocked the clothesline down. Wet socks and jeans and towels and sheets fell to the ground.


“Oh, no! Susan will be so angry with me when she sees her clean laundry all dirty on the ground,” said Big Bird. “What will I tell her?
“Hmm. I could tell Susan that a big flock of birds was flying south for the winter...

Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were:
Flopsy
Mopsy
Cottontail
and Peter
They lived with their mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree.
“Now, my dears,” said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, “you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden. Your father had an accident there; he was put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor. Now run along, and don’t get into mischief. I am going out.”


Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella and went through the wood to the baker’s. She bought a loaf of brown...

Where did Super-Grover come from? How did he get his super-powers? To answer these questions, we must go back in history…back to the time when Grover was a very little monster.
One day Grover’s mommy said to him, “Well, Grover, it is almost Halloween. I had better start making your costume. Now, let me see what I have…” She found an old towel, a funny old helmet that Grover’s daddy had once brought home, and a few other odds and ends.
She worked and worked, and finally she announced, “Well, I have finished your costume, Grover. Just in time for Halloween. I hope you like it!”
“Why,...

One snowy winter day, Rhonda Sue Bissey decided to go sledding.
“Oooh,” she said. “Look at this beautiful long hill! I’ve never gone down this hill on my sled. I think I’ll try it!”
And she jumped on her sled and down she went!
“Wheeee,” she shouted, “This is GREAT!”

Meanwhile Super-Grover was flying high above. He scanned the ground, looking for someone who might be in trouble and need his help.
Super-Grover: Yoo-hoo! Anybody need any help? Your friendly neighborhood superhero is available right now! No waiting! Step right up…
Suddenly, Super-Grover’s super-sharp eyes saw...