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Overview: [courtesy of South Dakota PBS]

"Ord Sees The Light" by Jeffrey Scott - Challenge: Overcoming fear of the dark

Max.'s reunion with his frog friend Hoppy is cut short when Hoppy hops off after a floating dandelion seed. Max, Emmy and Ord give chase until Hoppy disappears into a cave and Ord, who's afraid of the dark, comes to a halt. He knows how much Max wants to play with Hoppy, so he reminds himself that he was just fine the last time he went into the dark with his friends. In addition to using strategies that worked last time, Ord tries new ways of coping like holding his friends' hands and cuddling his teddy dragon.

What I saw:

Ord Sees the Light
Max takes a frog puppet to Hoppy. Ord meets them looking between his legs. Hoppy chases a dandelion seed into a cave. Ord is scared, but thinks that he has to do it for Max. Ord still is scard, they sing a song. Ord is still scared. They go into the sunlight for a while, then go into the dark forest. Ord thinks that he has to do it for max. They go deeper. They meet Big-eyed bird, and he helps them. Max finds his flashlight. They go by the star seed tree. Hoppy eats and spits out a star seed.

Comments:Very weak plot, a complete revisit of "Forest of Darkness" and "Sounds Like Trouble" using Hoppy from "Frog Prints" This appears to be filler.

Goofs/Missing Items: Did Emmy bring the scale with her? This can be a problem, as if you'd lose the scale while you're in Dragonland, you'll never be able to return. No, this is a definite mistake. The scale can't return to Dragonland unless it was damned back there. Ord's dragonbadge glows, not just the crystal which is the one that usually glows, but the whole thing.