Episode 3986

	Sesame Street
	Lost bird from Paraguay
Air date	February 11, 2002
Season	Season 33 (2002)
Written by	Joey Mazzarino
Production	October 3, 2001
Sponsors	Z, 13
Syndication	PBS Kids Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird opens with a rock joke, and the duck likes it. Big Bird wonders if the rock is alive, but Gordon is busy brushing his teeth and can't explain.
	SCENE 1, cont'd	Big Bird sings, "Is It Alive?," concerning the rock, Slimey, and a hat.
	Muppets	Monster Clubhouse The monsters read the previous meeting's minutes and dance the Honk Your Nose, Touch Your Toes, Spin Around And Strike A Pose Dance. After naptime, the Snack of the Day is a huge salami sandwich. A Lavender Anything Muppet, voiced by Jerry Nelson, arrives looking for the Club for People Who Like To Pretend They're Seagulls. (First: Episode 3955)
	Muppets	The Number of the Day: 13 Thirteen dancing vegetables show up after learning that the number of the day is 13.
	Cartoon	Alien parents tuck their child in at night, and he counts 13 spaceships. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 3729)
	Film	Computer #13 (First: Episode 3936)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird finds a bird that keeps saying "Paraguay." He shows it to Snuffy, who suggests it might mean "I'm sick."
	SCENE 2, cont'd	Gina says the bird is healthy, but doesn't have time during work to talk to Big Bird. Alan says that Paraguay is a country, and takes them to the Mail It Shop to use the Internet.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	At the Mail It Shop, Maria talks to the bird in Spanish, and learns her name is Fatima, she's from Paraguay, and she is lost. Maria finds a web site for Lost Birds of Paraguay, and sends an e-mail. Fatima spends the night at Big Bird's nest.
	SCENE 2, cont'd	The morning after, Fatima's parents show up with Maria to reclaim her. Big Bird discovers he can still use e-mail to communicate with Fatima.
	Film	Kids talk about meeting friends and saying Hello. (First: Episode 3927)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird looks for Ernie's box with the Martian's help. (First: Episode 3981)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Gloria Estefan sings "You Say Hola and I Say Hola." (First: Episode 3846)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird looks for Ernie's box in the chicken coop. (First: Episode 3984)
	Film	A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3011)
	Muppets	Journey to Ernie Big Bird tries to catch Ernie's box using the penguins' pattern. We found him! (First: Episode 3981)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie is confused when he sees Bert playing checkers with his pigeon, Bernice. Ernie thinks it's amazing that a pigeon can play checkers, but Bert thinks it is no big deal, because Bernice has only beaten Bert in two out of ten games. (First: Episode 1227) Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie.
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: Z, part 1 Cookie Monster stops himself from eating the Letter Z Cookie, for now.
	Cartoon	The Letter Z in various typefaces. (First: Episode 2855)
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: Z, part 2 Cookie builds a Great Wall of Cookie to separate himself from the Letter Z Cookie.
	Film	Kids make a giant Letter Z. (First: Episode 3974)
	Muppets	The Letter of the Day: Z, part 3 Cookie busts through the brick wall and eats the Letter Z Cookie.
	Muppets	Spanish Word of the Day: perro A bunch of dogs pounce Grover to illustrate the word perro.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Sleep (First: Episode 3983)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird reads the sponsors, and encounters a bird who says nothing but "Sheboygan."