Mister Rogers is “feeling scientific” so he arrives in a lab coat, bringing a toy turtle, a conch shell, a real turtle, and a real armadillo. Mr. McFeely delivers a suit of armor. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday displays his newly painted portrait and Scientist Alder demonstrates how to tell the difference between water-based and oil-based paints. X the Owl and Scientist Alder agree that body parts do not come off. X the Owl offers to teach Lady Elaine the names of birds.
Mister Rogers brings a bird cage with a canary and explains that the bird in the cage needs people to care for it. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is growing frustrated studying birds when X the Owl stops by. He helps Lady Elaine understand that she needs to practice patience as she learns about new things. Meanwhile a “Peace Party” is being planned. Back in Mister Rogers’ house, Judy Rubin visits, bringing birds made by children. and she and Mister Rogers make a bird of their own.
At Mister Rogers’ house, Chef Brockett makes peach pudding for a “Peace Party” in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Mister Rogers decorates his house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, majorette Lynda Martha rehearses baton twirling for the party. She tells Edgar Cooke that practice is necessary to learn to twirl. Lady Elaine enters dressed as a dove of peace and calls for peace and noise. King Friday admires the decorations, Miss Martha’s performance, and, in a speech, claims credit for peace in the Neighborhood.
Mister Rogers enters wearing a turban. He tries on different hats and talks about how all people look and sound different. He plays an audio tape of the Make-Believe puppets’ voices and shows their pictures to so that viewers can guess who is who. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Royal Coach Willie Saunders exercises with King Friday. X the Owl, Lady Elaine, and Willie play hide-and-seek. In the house, Mister Rogers shows a card with the letter E, making its sound loudly as he moves it closer to the camera, and softer and he moves it away. Mister Rogers talks about different letters having different sounds and encourages viewers to have an “infinite variety party.” He concludes by singing the “Alphabet Song.”
Mister Rogers arrives with a pair of binoculars as he talks about looking closely at things. Using the binoculars to look closely at viewers, Mister Rogers encourages viewers to look closely at him. Looking through the binoculars, Mr. McFeely is seen speeding through the Neighborhood on his bicycle. Mister Rogers reads a book about the alphabet called “Looking for Letters.” In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin is dressed as a snow goose dancing about the Neighborhood. Daniel Striped Tiger remembers a flock of snow geese he knew when he was a wild tiger but sings “I’m Tame” to reinforce the fact that he is no longer wild. Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings “One and One Are Two” as he concludes for the week.