About this episode

The episode follows Hamilton, Rutabug, Thumbkin, and Petipom as they explore a giant zucchini and turn it into a floating ship called The Black Beauty.

In which, after Hamilton gets a canning lesson from Rutabug and Thumbkin, Petipom discovers a giant zucchini. Then, rolling it down to the creek, they discover it floats, which Rutabug has the bright idea of transforming it into a ship they appropriately call, The Black Beauty .

People in this episode

Host: Nathaniel Santa Cruz

Topics covered

• canning lesson
• giant zucchini
• creek
• floating objects
• imagination
• adventure

Keywords

• canning
• zucchini
• creek
• ship
• adventure
• kids
• imagination

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Black Beauty

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