Kindergarten: The Musical

Shoe-loose!

One, two, cool new shoes!

Uno, dos, za-pa-tos!

Loving your noodle numbers, class!

Now it's time to line up for recess!

- Recess! Let's go! - All right!

Finally, it's showtime!

I haven't had a chance to show you all these yet.

Whoa!

Berti! Your sneakers are amazing!

You like? They're my new kicks!

- So sparkly! - Whoa, cool!

Thanks! Mami took me on a special trip to the city,

and I saw these sneakers in a window and

fell in love.

They're my new most-favorite thing in the whole world!

They make me feel like I can do anything!

Come on, Berti!

Let's try out your new sneaks on the jungle gym.

Love to! Whoa!

Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!

It's just a little dirt. No biggie.

What? Yes, biggie!

The biggest biggie!

My shoes can't be amazing, sparkly, and magical with dirt on them!

They're ruined!

Nah. I bet you can just rub it off.

Really? You think so?

It worked. Good idea, Rose.

Hey, I can see my house from here!

Ooh, I wanna see!

Let's go! Vroom-vroom!

Beat you there!

Uh, you go ahead. I'll stay here.

But you love climbing the jungle gym.

I know, but what if I get another scuff?

The dirt might not come off next time.

From now on, I'll have to play super-duper carefully

so my sneakers stay shiny and new forever.

Super-duper carefully?

Like, you're not gonna run anymore?

I'll run, just not fast. Or far.

What about jumping?

I can do a gentle "boop."

So where's the fun, Berti?

Where?

The fun is having sparkly and very clean sneakers.

Um, if you say so.

Just watch. I'll have fun

and keep my sneakers shiny-new at the same time. You'll see!

Uh...

That does not sound fun at all.

Nope. Womp-womp.

Hi, Jamil! Hola, Tej!

Can I play?

That means yeah! Sure!

Okay, Berti. Easy does it.

Berti, it's called hop-scotch, not step-scotch.

I know. But if I hop and land on a line or a purple-y square

I'll get my shoes all, mmm... chalky!

But the rules of hopscotch are you hop!

Or else you're kinda not playing right.

Okay, one little hop.

Quick! Quick! How do my shoes look?

Any scuffs? Chalk marks?

-Nope. -Still shiny.

Phew!

Made it!

Oh, whoa!

Yikes! You okay?

I'm fine, but too scared to look.

So, don't worry, but...

Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...

It's only chalk. It'll come off.

Yeah. I guess you're right.

It's better now?

My turn! Unless you want a do-over, Berti?

That's okay.

Thanks, but I can't play anymore.

I need to find a game that's less chalky, less scuffy,

and, well, sparkly shoes ruin-y!

Okay?

Hmm. There's gotta be a shoe-safe way to have fun!

Let's see...

Hmm. No soccer for me.

Jump rope! I love jump rope!

I used to love jump rope.

The monkey bars. Perfect!

No way my feet will touch the ground when I'm swinging around up there!

Ugh, sandy landing, though.

If only I could put something over my shoes.

Hmm.

Is it okay if I monkey bar with you?

Yeah! But what are those?

My sneaker protectors!

I had no idea how much dirt and chalk and sand was out here.

No sparkly shoe is safe!

I knew I could still have fun with my shoes.

My sneaker protectors!

We'll get 'em!

Oh, no, sand!

I am not landing in you and getting my sneakers all dusty, dirty...

Whoa! Hurry!

I'm slipping!

Hey, Berti needs help!

We got you, Berti.

No sweat.

My shoes!

We got the bags!

Whoa!

Are your special shoes okay?

Oh, they're pretty sandy.

I guess it's so long, monkey bars. And bye-bye, hopscotch, too

I'm not even gonna try jump rope.

So what can you do, Berti?

I can...

sit on that bench until the end of recess.

Don't worry, I'll be fine.

Hey, everyone! Kickball time!

Oh, kickball is my favorite.

She's safe! And Rose's team scores!

Berti? Everything okay?

You sure you don't wanna play kickball?

Your favorite game in the world?

Of course I wanna play!

That's just not who I am anymore!

I have fancy sneakers now. I have to take care of them!

Gotta say, sparkly shoes seem kinda not that...

fun?

And lonely.

Oh, no!

You have grass stains!

Yep. That's from when I slid into home base before anyone could tag me.

"Safe!" It was exciting.

Yeah, but too bad your pants are ruined.

Ruined? They're not ruined.

Now, they're full of fun spots!

Fun spots?

Fun spots from fun times I had.

See this? It's from running really fast, which I love.

And this is from when I tried to catch the kickball,

and went, "Whoa! Ka-bump!"

That was a great ka-bump!

The messy stuff always reminds me of all the fun I've had.

I... I never thought of it like that before.

Heads up!

I got it!

Go, Berti! Run!

Safe!

Berti! Berti!

Wepa! Did you see that?

Ka-pow! That was amazing, Berti.

But...

Oh, no!

My sneakers...

look so cool!

But... But they're not shiny-fresh anymore.

I know! They're better!

They've got fun spots now!

These scuffs just show I had a super-fun recess

playing my favorite game with my best friends.