Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Daniel Wonders If He Is a Mistake
Clip: Season 15 Episode 78 | 5m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Daniel Tiger talks and sings about "not being like anyone else I know."
Daniel Tiger worries that maybe he's a mistake, but Lady Aberlin reassures him that he's fine just the way he is.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Daniel Wonders If He Is a Mistake
Clip: Season 15 Episode 78 | 5m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Daniel Tiger worries that maybe he's a mistake, but Lady Aberlin reassures him that he's fine just the way he is.
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YOU KNOW SOMETHING, LADY ABERLIN?
WHAT, DANIEL?
I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT SOMETHING.
ABOUT MR.
SKUNK?
SOMETHING ABOUT MISTAKES.
WHAT IS IT?
I'VE BEEN WONDERING IF I WAS A MISTAKE.
IF YOU WERE A MISTAKE?
HMM-MM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, DANIEL?
I'VE NEVER SEEN A TIGER THAT LOOKS LIKE ME.
NO.
I'VE NEVER HEARD A TIGER THAT TALKS LIKE ME.
NO.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER TIGER WHO LIVES IN A CLOCK... NO, NEITHER DO I.
OR LOVES PEOPLE.
OH, DANIEL.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I'M TOO TAME.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I'M A MISTAKE INOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE I KNOW WHEN I'M ASLEEP OR EVEN AWAKE SOMETIMES I GET TO DREAMIN THAT I'M JUST A FAKE I'M NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE OTHERS I KNOW ARE BIG AND ARE WILD I'M VERY SMALL AND QUITE TAME YOU ARE.
MOST OF THE TIME I'M WEAK, AND I'M MILD DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT'S A SHAME?
OH, NO!
OFTEN I WONDER IF I'M A MISTAKE I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED, AM I?
SOMETIMES I CRY AND SOMETIMES I SHAKE WONDERING, "ISN'T IT TRUE" "THAT THE STRONG NEVER BREAK?"
I'M NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE I KNOW I'M NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE I THINK YOU ARE JUST FINE AS YOU ARE I REALLY MUST TELL YOU I DO LIKE THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE BECOMING WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING WHEN YOU ARE WAKING YOU ARE MY FRIEND IT'S REALLY TRUE I LIKE YOU CRYING OR SHAKING OR DREAMING OR BREAKING THERE'S NO ONE MISTAKING IT YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND I THINK YOU ARE JUST FINE AS YOU ARE I REALLY MUST TELL YOU I DO LIKE THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE BECOMING WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING WHEN YOU ARE WAKING YOU'RE NOT A FAKE YOU'RE NO MISTAKE YOU ARE MY FRIEND OH!
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I'M A MISTAKE I THINK YOU ARE JUST FINE AS YOU ARE I'M NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE I KNOW I REALLY MUST TELL YOU WHEN I'M ASLEEP OR EVEN AWAKE I DO LIKE THE PERSON SOMETIMES I GET TO DREAMING THAT YOU ARE BECOMING THAT I'M JUST A FAKE WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING I'M NOT LIKE WHEN YOU ARE WAKING ANYONE ELSE YOU ARE MY FRIEND OTHERS I KNOW ARE BIG AND ARE WILD IT'S REALLY TRUE I'M VERY SMALL I LIKE YOU AND QUITE TAME CRYING OR SHAKING MOST OF THE TIME OR DREAMING OR BREAKING I'M WEAK, AND I'M MILD THERE'S NO ONE MISTAKING IT DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT'S A SHAME?
YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND OFTEN I WONDER IF I'M A MISTAKE I THINK YOU ARE JUST FE AS YOU ARE I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED, AM I?
I REALLY MUST TELL YOU SOMETIMES I CRY, AND SOMETIMES I SHAKE I DO LIKE THE PERSON WONDERING, "ISN'T IT TRUE" THAT YOU ARE BECOMING "THAT THE STRONG NEVER BREAK?"
WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING I'M NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE WHEN YOU ARE WAKING, YOU'RE NOT A FAKE NO, I'M NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE YOU'RE NO MISKE, YOU'RE MY FRIEND I THINK YOU ARE JUST FINE EXACTLY THE WAY YOU ARE!
THE WAY I LOOK?
YES!
THE WAY I TALK?
YES!
THE WAY I LOVE?
ESPECIALLY THAT.
YOU DON'T THINK I'M A MISTAKE?
YOU'RE THE TIGER I LOVE MOST IN THIS WHOLE UNIVERSE.
OH, THANKS, LADY ABERLIN.
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
