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Chef Brockett is making gingerbread faces with varying emotions. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday appoints Lady Aberlin as the Director of Research. Her first assignment revolves around people's reaction to a box that plays a recording of someone laughing.
Rogers makes tunnels out of cardboard tubes. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin continues her research with the laughing voice in a box. Robert Troll believes a little person is in that box.
Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how people make toothbrushes. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin wishes to show there is no person inside the laughing-voice box. What she uncovers, lets her become a tiger for a limited time.
Mister Rogers arrives with a tube of toothpaste which he shows before inviting viewers along on a visit to his dentist. Before leaving, Mister Rogers heads to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
At the dentist's office, Mister Rogers receives a check-up from Dr. Doug Jackson and his hygienist, Lisa Gjebre. Lisa and Dr. Jackson demonstrate various tools used for a dental check-up. Afterwards, Mister Rogers talks with a young dental patient named Joe.
Returning to the house, Mister Rogers takes out a puppet which he uses to explain that people should not bite other people.
In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Neighbor Aber sings It's the Style to Wear a Smile as Princess Zelda is looking for the Director of Research, Lady Aberlin. Still looking like a tiger, Lady Aberlin appears from behind the tree but goes unrecognized by Neighbor Aber and Princess Zelda. At the castle, Queen Sara reveals that Lady Aberlin will be gone for a "limited period of time."
Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings It's the Style to Wear a Smile and talks about the best feelings are the ones that come naturally.
Rogers talks of how a steam shovel works. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel Tiger finds out Lady Aberlin has been disguised as a tiger.
Mr. McFeely arrives with a new advertising jingle for his Speedy Delivery service. Later in the program, he brings a video to Rogers about how people make model cars. Concern grips Westwood and then the Neighborhood of Make-Believe when some big thing is spotted nearby.
Rogers plants a bean seed and joins Mr. McFeely in a visit to a local conservatory. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday XIII tries to allay fears about a ""big thing"" rolling its way in from Westwood.
The Big Thing arrives in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. At the request of several neighbors, the King agrees to maintain and talk of peaceful things.
Rogers gets his hair cut to prove to viewers there is nothing that harms anybody during a haircut. Robert Troll drops by the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and gives some aid to the Big Thing.
Rogers finds old friend Francois Clemmons, now singing with the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble. Purple Panda arrives at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe with a miracle ingredient that makes plants grow quickly.
Bringing a toy raccoon to his television house, Mister Rogers recalls a raccoon dance first performed two decades before. He uses a raccoon mask to illustrate he does not change when he puts on the mask. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Harriet Elizabeth Cow and Lady Aberlin is surprised to see King Friday XIII disguised as a bird. He learns that Harriet and Lady Aberlin are planning a play with the schoolchildren.
Rogers and Mr. McFeely visit a children's book reading at the library. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, all the schoolchildren are getting roles for their upcoming play.
Mister Rogers arrives with a box full of costume pieces including a wig and a pair of glasses. Chef Brockett stops by and does not immediately recognize Mister Rogers who is still wearing a wig and glasses. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri is searching for the King's spare crown which he left with Prince Tuesday. Chef Brockett arrives at the castle with a crown cake for King Friday and lets the truth slip that the spare crown is missing. At the school, the children sing One and One Are Two when Lady Aberlin arrives. Meanwhile, at the castle, the spare crown is still lost and Chef Brockett tries to convince King Friday that the latest style is wearing a chef's hat.
Absolutely nobody can find King Friday's spare crown. Lady Elaine Fairchilde is implored to turn the Neighborhood of Make-Believe upside down to aid in the search. This leads to the most unimaginable conclusions. After Make-Believe, Mister Rogers visits an auditorium to hear the Boys Choir of Harlem.
Maggie Stewart, disguised as Mr. McFeely, delivers to Rogers the video on how people make zipper sweaters. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe witnesses the school play.
