"Little by Little" is the eighth episode of the Meet Barney shorts, based on Barney's World.
Plot[]
David is excited to go down the big slide on the playground. When he gets to the top however, he's not sure about it. He lets Barney go first and Barney slowly goes down the slide. Still unsure, David admits to Barney that he's afraid of going down the slide. Barney reassures David that he's there for him and that he was scared the first time he went down a slide, too. David is surprised that Barney would ever be scared. Barney explains that he had to take things step by step when he was a little dinosaur.
To help show what he means, Barney leads David in a pretend game where they pretend to grow like baby dinosaurs, hatching from their egg and stomping around. Barney asks David if he's ready to try going down the slide again and David affirms he's ready. Still pretending to be a dinosaur, he climbs up the playset towards the slide, but stops short of going down the slide. David is proud at how brave he is for getting that far and Barney reaffirms his achievement. He ponders that if he could reach the top of the slide, he could go a bit further. Encouraged, David finally goes down the slide. Barney and David celebrate his bravery and David's ready to go down the slide again, step by step.
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Trivia[]
- This short marks:
- Being the first Meet Barney short to not contain a song.
- The only Meet Barney short where Barney doesn't "Glow With Joy" although he still forms a heart with his hand and makes the heart glow.
