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The Giant Slides Planet! |
Added:So, I'm some. Where are we traveling today?
>> Toward a shiny planet.
>> [music] >> Welcome to the giant slides planet.
>> I must test [music] it.
This is amazing.
>> Mars is sliding very fast. [music] >> Maybe too fast.
Mars, can you stop?
>> Of course I can.
>> Okay, maybe not.
>> [music] >> He is a red rocket.
>> [music] >> This is actually pleasant.
>> Oh my.
>> This is fun.
Oh, no. Less fun.
>> I am lucky, I guess.
Oh my gosh.
>> Interesting.
>> The planet is throwing me around.
No grip.
MOON, you got to stop.
>> Everyone stay calm.
>> We need something to slow us down.
>> Yes.
Wait. There are rough stone patches on the sides of the slides.
>> Good observation.
>> [music] >> Those areas are not shiny.
>> Maybe they are less slippery. [music] It worked.
>> Moon slowed down.
How?
>> The rough stone helped.
>> Now I understand.
>> Dude, hurry.
>> This is about friction.
>> Friction?
>> Friction is the rubbing force that helps slow things down.
>> [music] >> So, smooth surfaces have less friction?
>> Exactly.
>> And rough surfaces [music] have more friction.
>> Yes, rough patches grip better.
>> Then we should aim for the rough stone patches.
>> Yes.
>> [music] >> Huh?
Uh, what is that?
>> That looks weird.
>> It looks like giant space jelly.
>> Funny jelly.
>> [laughter] >> I do not trust funny space jelly.
It keeps getting bigger.
Much bigger.
Hello, giant jelly thing.
>> Uh, that doesn't look friendly anymore.
>> Something changed.
>> Earth, I'm getting pulled.
>> Moon.
My rings.
Hey, why am I moving?
WHO IS PULLING ME?
I should not be moving.
It's pulling us.
>> I can't stop moving.
>> The force is getting stronger.
>> I'm slipping.
>> Huh?
Why is everyone sliding?
>> Omusubi, the giant jelly is pulling us.
>> It's pulling everybody.
>> Now I understand.
>> What is it?
>> That thing is acting like a giant magnet.
>> Magnet?
>> Magnets create invisible pulling forces.
>> Like invisible ropes?
>> Exactly.
>> But magnets pull tiny things.
>> Normally, yes. But this magnetic monster is extremely powerful.
>> So it's magnetic force is pulling us?
>> Exactly.
>> My rings are shaking harder.
>> Earth.
>> What do we do?
>> Wait.
>> What?
>> You're all pulling one by one.
>> Because we don't want to get eaten.
>> The monster is handling each of you separately.
>> So?
>> If all of you pull together at exactly the same moment, >> it has to hold everyone together.
>> Exactly.
>> Too much force at once.
>> Yes.
>> This feels scary.
>> I like scary.
>> Get ready.
Pull.
>> [music] >> We won. Excellent thinking.
>> Well, my job here is done. Bye-bye.
>> Bye.
>> Uh, what is that?
>> Something is coming.
>> That looks dangerous.
>> Really, really dangerous.
>> Everyone stay alert.
>> Woah, that is huge.
>> That is not normal lightning.
>> It's coming toward us.
>> Moon, stay close.
>> I'm not going anywhere.
>> It's grabbing me.
>> I'm stuck.
>> It's tightening.
>> I can't move.
>> Earth.
>> It is trapping all of us.
>> My rings are caught.
>> I am being held.
>> We're stuck like flies.
>> WE CAN'T BREAK IT.
>> It's too strong.
>> Huh?
>> That is a big electric storm.
>> AumSum.
>> It caught all of us.
>> We can't break free.
>> Got it.
>> Guide us, AumSum. What do we do?
>> Stop pulling alone.
>> Then what? Stay stuck?
>> [music] >> No, pull together.
>> Together?
>> [music] >> These ropes are strong because they're holding you one by one.
>> [music] >> So, if we all pull at the same time, >> the storm cannot hold everyone together.
>> It will overload the storm.
>> Like too many people pulling a rope.
>> Exactly.
>> But we need to time it.
>> Yes, all at once.
>> Okay, this is scary.
>> But it's our only chance.
>> I cannot hold much longer.
>> Get ready.
>> [music] >> 3 2 1 pull!
It's not breaking.
Again, don't stop. Pull!
It's weakening. [music] Full force.
We did it.
It's gone.
You are the best Um Sum. Thanks. Now it's time for me to leave.
What a bright day.
Everything feels beautiful.
Oh.
What are those? They look so very shiny.
But they are growing in numbers.
I think they're reflecting sunlight.
Woah, my eyes!
That's too bright.
The light is bouncing everywhere.
I can't even see properly.
It's getting brighter.
The reflections are multiplying.
My rings are glowing too much.
My light is bouncing between the crystals.
This is hurting.
The flashes are everywhere.
It is impossible to see anymore.
We need to stop this.
>> Break the crystals.
>> That made it worse.
>> More pieces means more reflections.
>> Do not break them again.
>> Huh?
>> That is a lot of reflected light.
>> I'm some. Space has turned into a giant flashlight.
>> The flashes keep multiplying.
>> What do we do?
>> The light is trapped.
>> Trapped?
>> The crystals keep bouncing sunlight between each other.
>> So, the more it bounces >> the brighter it becomes.
>> We need the light to escape.
>> Exactly.
>> But, how?
>> You guys should redirect the light out of the solar system.
>> We become mirrors.
>> Not exactly.
If you angle yourselves properly, the light will bounce away from the crystals.
>> That sounds difficult.
>> It is.
>> We need to act.
>> Everyone, start redirecting the light.
>> Yippee! It changed direction.
>> It's working.
>> I feel like a kung fu master.
Take that, shiny rocks.
>> [music] >> We can finally see again.
>> Well done.
>> We solved it.
>> Light becomes dangerous when it gets trapped.
>> And we gave it a way out.
>> Exactly. My job here is done. Bye-bye.
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