The Puzzling Piece / Hamster Havoc / Balancing Act Scott is frustrated as he's missing the most important piece of his jigsaw puzzle of a Scottish castle, the piece which shows the flag flying atop the building. Although the students admit they would rather not hear Mr. Anthony play his bagpipes, Mr. Anthony showing Scott to do a bagpipe breath at least gets Scott not to feel so scrunched up physically, but doesn't relieve his frustration of not being able to find the missing piece... Kendra is the only student who doesn't want to play with the class' new pet hamster. She admits she gets the shivers from hairy animals with scratchy claws, she more attuned to soft, squishy animals like dolphins and whales. Mr. Anthony teaching her the shiver shimmy may make her feel less nervous, but it still doesn't alleviate her fear of hairy, and what she perceives as scratchy-clawed animals like hamsters... While Mr. Anthony's students are doing gymnastics, Kendra can't help but feel frustrated - manifesting itself in her needing to say "rrrr" - as she can't walk across the balance beam without falling off. To get the "rrrr"s out of her, Mr. Anthony teaches her how to do the rrrribbon shimmy...

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