Source: Between the Lions: "City Mouse and Country Mouse & The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country!"

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In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cyril is a mouse who lives in the city and always wakes up to the sounds of the city. On the subway ride to work, everyone talks on cellphones. Cyril's job is downtown, in the center of all the hubbub. Cyril likes that, but sometimes wishes for a little peace and quiet. Cindy lives in the country in the center of a cedar forest. She wakes up to birds singing. Everything else is pretty quiet. Cindy likes working in her garden, but sometimes she gets bored and she thinks it would be nice to have a little more excitement. Cindy and Cyril each get the idea to call the hit show "Switching Places" and switch homes for a while. The show's song plays while the mice pack their belongings. At first, Cindy loves living in the city, and Cyril loves living in the country. But then, the sounds of the city keep waking Cindy up and the sounds of the country keep waking Cyril up. Each mouse begins to miss their respective homes. They decide to switch back. The song for "Switching Places" plays while the mice go back to their homes and then celebrate. Featured soft "c" words: Cyril, Cindy, center, city, cedar, Celeste, cell phones, celery, and centimeter. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Text Comprehension, Vocabulary, Language and Vocabulary Development, Letter Knowledge Awareness, and Phonological Awareness.