Tomato Kids! Hello, Elliot.
Ma, your tomato plant is really growing.
Yup, it's almost as tall as me now.
You've been taking such good care of it.
What's your secret?
Oh, we don't have any secrets.
I tell my plan everything.
Oh, I just meant what do you do to keep your tomato plant so healthy?
Oh, well, I water it every morning.
I clip away any brown leaves and I sing to it.
Well, it sure is working.
Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingokids, where we discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the fun of clay learning.
The Lingokids' friends usually get along great.
But sometimes getting along can get tricky.
Let's join Elliot, Cowie, Lisa and Billy to see how they are getting along today.
Hi, Elliot. Want to come ride bikes with us?
Sure. I'll be right there.
I just need to finish clipping off these dead leaves.
Your tomatoes look ready to eat.
Almost. They're still a little green.
Maybe one more day.
It smells so... Tomatoey.
Elliot, they smell delicious.
They smell disgusting.
No offense, Elliot.
I just hate tomatoes.
What? But Lisa, tomatoes are the secret ingredient of all the best foods in the world.
Tomatoes soup with grilled cheese, spaghetti sauce, ketchup, salsa.
Billy says don't forget Hasselback Tomato Caprese salad.
Right. That too. I can't wait to pop them right into my mouth.
They would taste like candy.
Ooh, I like candy. Maybe I'll try just one.
Not yet, Lisa. We have to wait until they're ripe.
Aww. Okay, then. Enough tomato -tot.
Are you ready to ride?
Yep. Just one more leaf.
Bye -bye, little tomato plant.
Soak up the sun. Good race, Billy.
Billy says thank you.
He's been training.
Yeah. You really flew in from behind.
Hey, where is Cowie?
I'm sure no one will notice if I just take just one little tomato.
Yum. Yum. These are so good.
Cowie, what are you doing?
Are you eating Elliot's tomatoes?
Oh, um... The wind blew all the tomatoes off to the ground.
So I was saving them.
With your mouth? Shh.
Don't tell Elliot. It can be our secret.
Hey, everybody. Want a race again?
My tomato plant! Elliot, Cowie, I tried to rescue it.
Because big wind blew all the tomatoes and they just rolled away.
Rolled away? But I didn't feel a big wind.
It was just a right here wind.
Billy says that is not how wind works.
I don't understand.
What happened? Where were all my tomatoes?
Ask Cowie. Cowie, did you eat all my tomatoes?
Why would you do that?
I thought you were my friend.
Friends don't eat other friends' tomatoes.
I... I... I have to go to the bathroom.
Bye! Cowie, it looks like you're feeling sad.
I just wanted to try the tomatoes.
They're my favourite.
Now my friends hate me.
I hear what you're saying and I don't think they hate you.
Maybe it would help to think about it from a different perspective.
But I don't even have a purse.
Oh, perspective means a point of view.
You are thinking about eating the tomatoes from a Cowie point of view.
But how do you think it feels from an Elliot point of view?
I don't know. I'm only just Cowie.
Sometimes I use perspective glasses to help.
Lingo Kids Listeners, you can try too.
Make two circles with your hands and raise them to your eyes.
Like pretend glasses.
Like this? Yes. Now, look through your perspective glasses and pretend you are Elliot.
Pretend you worked really hard to take care of your tomato plant.
I can do that. Look, I'm watering and humming.
Just like Elliot. Exactly.
And still pretending you're Elliot.
How do you feel about the tomatoes growing on that plant?
I'm proud and also excited.
OK. And now imagine that you go off to play with your friends and when you come back, the tomatoes are gone.
Oh, no. It looks sad and angry.
And... Yes? Well, now that I see it from Elliot's perspective, I can't believe I did that.
Yeah. The tomatoes just look so good and tasted so good.
And I just couldn't stop.
Sometimes it's hard to stop when you really, really want something.
I wish I put the Elliot glasses on first.
Cowie, that's a good point.
Taking a minute to see things from another perspective can help solve a lot of problems before they even start.
Yeah. And now it's too late.
Well, it's too late to save the tomatoes, but it's not too late to let Elliot know that you are sorry.
I am sorry. I'm going to tell Elliot.
Even if he doesn't want to be my friend anymore.
Elliot! Cowie! Elliot.
I'm really, really, really sorry I ate your tomatoes.
I was going to share them with everyone, Cowie.
And now they're all gone.
I'm sorry, Elliot. I should have put on my glasses.
What two glasses have to do with tomato eating?
I think what Cowie is trying to say is that she got so excited about the delicious tomatoes that she forgot to think about it from Elliot's perspective.
But I don't even have a purse.
I have a backpack. Perspective means thinking about how you would feel.
Oh. You worked really hard to grow those tomatoes.
So you felt really bad when I ate them up.
I think Cowie is sorry, but I also think the tomatoes are gone.
Look at her. Great idea, Billy.
Billy says that maybe Cowie can help Elliot grow more tomatoes.
Do you need any help, Elliot?
Maybe. I mean, you can help me check to see if there are any buzz left on my plant.
Okay. I'll put on my glasses.
Wait. Those are your glasses?
It looks like your hands.
Yeah. Try it. They really work.
Billy says he is seeing things from the tomato plant perspective.
Oh, what's the tomatoes plant once?
Some beautiful music.
I'll grab my keyboard.
And to be left alone, to grow lots of tomatoes.
Thanks, everyone. I think that's exactly what me and my tomato plant need.
Well, Lingokids listeners, today we learned that when you run into problems with friends, it can be helpful to look at things from their perspective or point of view.
What do you think about the tomato incident?
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