Mr. Gronkle Moves Away / Counting Chickens / The Spelling Bee

Mr. Gronkle Moves Away / Counting Chickens / The Spelling Bee

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S5 E9: On a particularly busy day in Busytown, Mr. Gronkle gets fed up with the hustle and bustle and the noise. So he decides to move to the country. Huckle and Lowly are sad to see him go. Busytown just won't be the same without him. But even out in the country Mr. Gronkle's not happy, especially when it rains, so he sneaks back home. And when Huckle and Lowly see someone in his house, they think it's a robber, and that's when things really get noisy. / Long ago, before people knew their numbers, a young scribe is given the task of taking inventory of a wealthy man's estate. So many things to count, and so many ways to record the amounts, but they are all so complicated. With the help of his young daughter, the scribe convinces the master that there's a simpler way and his way has spread all over the world. / Billy is not a great speller, but when luck has it and he knows how to spell the word responsibility, he is chosen to represent Busytown at a big spelling bee. Huckle, Lowly, and Hilda help Billy become a great speller, but on the big night, Billy chickens out... until Lowly reminds him of the word that got him here in the first place and Billy realizes it's his responsibility to do his best and he does!