Caillou can’t wait to grow up and do new things. When he and Mom clean out the attic and find an old chest full of wonderful belongings, Caillou realizes these treasures of the past were once someone’s dreams for the future, and he longs for his own. But when he finds a dead bird in the garden, getting older suddenly seems pretty scary. After Mom and Dad assure him he has lots and lots of time, Caillou contemplates possible future jobs, like being a mailman or policeman. Meanwhile, the puppets aren’t getting any bigger – even though Rexy’s and Teddy’s long shadows give them pause!
In the puppet segments, Rexy is interested in growing up. Teddy is stuck under a bush. He can't get out because he has too much stuffing. Rexy keeps waking Gilbert and asking him if he's grown any. Gilbert says that growing up takes a bit longer than that. Rexy talks with Teddy, who, having finally gotten out from under that bush, tells Rexy that he when he first approached him, he thought that he might be a huge, tall dog. "Huge and tall" are words that Rexy likes to hear. Meanwhile, in this pilot episode of the new version of Caillou, Caillou considers the topic of growing up.
"The Treasure Chest" (A42 WIP title: "Pirate Caillou") Caillou is pretending to be a pirate. He's at the park with Dad and Grandpa. Dad comments to Grandpa that he can't wait until Caillou's a bit older so that he can teach him how to play football. Dad takes Pirate Caillou home, although he doesn't want to go home yet because he hasn't found a treasure. When he gets home, he finds Mom upstairs in the attic. He searches around and finds an old rotary telephone. Mom says that Dad must have saved it because he's a packrat. Caillou finds an old trunk and the narrator says that this is the treasure Caillou's been looking for. Inside the trunk are a bunch of Daddy's old things that he's saved. There's a camera, a harmonica and even a rose Mommy wore when Daddy took her to a special dance. Dad comes up
