Mr. Pryce-Jones: Quick, lads and lasses! V = u + a t. Now!!! [The Lakewood students fall in the mud. Lakewood Students moans. Mr. Pryce-Jones comes up to Mr. Ratburn.] I see they don't know Newton's formula for constant acceleration yet. The clocks are ticking, Ratburn.
Arthur: I'm going to Happy-Crazy-Wow Day with Buster!
Mrs. Read: Arthur, you're not going anywhere until you clean your room!
Arthur: But I just told Buster and I promised I'd meet him!
Mrs. Read: Then you will have to call him back and tell him you will meet him later. You've put this off long enough now. D.W., as soon as you've finished eating, I want you to work on your room too. It's as messy as your brother's.
Arthur: But that'll take forever! I'll miss Happy-Crazy-Wow Day!
Mr. Read: I have an idea! When I was little and my brother and I had chores to do, we had a saying, many hands make light work.
Mrs. Read: Honey, I'm not...
Mr. Read: Hear me out on this. In other words, the more hands you had, the easier the work became.
Arthur: It does sound kind of cool.
Mr. Read: That's the spirit! It'll go more than twice as fast. Trust me. So why don't you start on Arthur's room first? Whoa, whoa, whoa, time out! Do me a favor and just try it. I think you'll be surprised at how well it works.
Arthur: Let's do this quick. I'm going to be late.
D.W.: Ewww!
D.W.: Ooh! Look what I found!
Arthur: Stop looking like that! You can't read!
D.W.: I don't have to read to know what this is.
Arthur: It's a note from Francine.
D.W.: I knew it! Arthur has a girlfriend! Arthur has a girlfriend! "Dear Arthur, I love you."
Arthur: It says "Arthur, don't forget to bring your baseball mitt to school on Monday. Francine."
D.W.: Arthur and Francine! Arthur loves Francine!
Arthur: I'll take care of this stuff. You go clean up from under the bed.
D.W.: If you don't love Francine, then why is your face all red? That just proves you really love her! Arthur loves Francine!
Arthur: MOM!
Mr. Read: I'll take care of it. Look, Arthur, it's very simple: the less time you spend fighting with D.W., the faster you'll get to the park, right?
Arthur: But she keeps bothering me!
D.W.: Who, me?
Mr. Read: Look, if you both work as fast as you can and talk less, you'll be done in no time.
Arthur: I will if she will.
Mr. Read: There. Now, why not see how fast you can go?
Mr. Read: The important thing is to really try to work together. It's the only way this will work!
Arthur: How can we work together when she won't let me put things away?!
D.W.: Can I say something?
Mrs. Read: Arthur, D.W. helped you clean your room, so now it's up to you to return the favor.
D.W.: I have something to say!
Arthur: But I'm missing Happy-Crazy-Whatever-It-Is Day!
Mr. Read: That's not D.W.'s fault! If you'd cleaned your room when you were supposed to, Arthur, you wouldn't have this problem!
