This episode starts out with the kids marching in the great woods of Arkansas, Quincy playing on his drum! The team laughs at their marching and Leo stops to introduce himself and the rest of the team. He says that he loves to play with his friends! Right after this, Leo hears something! The team listens and finds out that it's an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker! The bird flies from tree to tree, tapping at every tree possible. Annie says that he's a really good tapper! So, the team decides that his name should be Tapper! Leo asks Tapper why he isn't playing with his friends, and Tapper says that he doesn't know if he as any friends! Tapper plays his friendship song to call a friend, but nothing happens. Tapper hangs his head. Leo assures him that everybody has friends! Leo says that maybe if Tapper plays his song at the top of the Ozark Mountain, where everybody can hear it, and a friend will come for sure! The team says that it is their mission to make sure that a friend hears Tapper! Tapper is overjoyed as the team runs to Rocket! Tapper suddenly flies off to lead the way! They all run inside Rocket and soon enough...
BLAST OFF!!!
The team flies high in the sky following right behind Tapper! The follow Tapper over a long winding marsh, and Tapper sings his song again. This time Annie makes up lyric to go with it! The team all loves the song and all sing it again and again while Tapper sings! Rocket follows Tapper into a large, narrow part of the forest and find Tapper pecking on a tree rapidly, as if trying to warn them about something! In no time at all, a long series of branches fall from the tress above just like Tapper warned! Rocket dodges them all, but Tapper doesn't! Tapper gets stuck in the branches, just like a cage! After that the team can hear a rattle snake coming after Tapper! Immediately, Tapper begins tapping rapidly to break through the cage of branches! He taps and taps but cannot get through! Quincy helps Tapper by playing the drums and is able to help get Tapper free from the branches! Tapper quickly flies to a high branch, away from the snake. The team looks at the snake and realizes that the Rattlesnake wasn't going after Tapper, she was going to find her friend too! And she found one! The team laughs as the fly back up into the sky to continue their search for Tapper's friend!
The team follows Tapper to a swampy area of the forest and Rocket turns into a swamp boat to get over it! Tapper flies around tapping on all of the logs in the water. Quincy notes that one of the logs that Tapper lands on looks odd. Leo says that it sounds odd too! Annie is the first to see that it isn't a log, but an alligator! Tapper quickly flies back to Rocket as the Alligator follows, trying to get Tapper! Rocket swims fast, but not fat enough! June and Tapper get the idea to do a fan dance by spinning her hands like a fan to help the fan on Rocket's swamp boat spin faster, speeding them up. They do the dance and are quickly able to get away and out of sight from the Alligator! The team thanks June and Tapper for their work. When Leo looks ahead they he sees a log jam in the water! They can't get around the log jam and the Alligator is now getting even closer! They need to find a way through the log jam quickly! Tapper flies down onto the logs and beings Tapping on the wood like he did before! He is going to break the log jam! The team cheers. Tapper taps as fast as he can, but doesn't seem to be making much progress and the Alligator is still getting closer! Quincy helps Tapper again by drumming with him again and helps Tapper go much faster! Tapper breaks through, log by log, and finally is able to get through the log jam! They did it! The team turns around to see the alligator following them through the log jam! But soon enough, they discover that the alligator didn't want to catch Tapper! He just wanted to be with his friend! Leo now reassures that it's Tapper's turn to find a friend! Rocket gets through the swamp and Annie sings the friendship song again! Tapper joins back up with the team. They look up high and notice that they are right next to the Ozark Mountains! Leo tells the team to prepare themselves for blast off and then....
BLAST OFF!!!
The team flies high, right behind Tapper as they fly to the very top of the Ozark Mountains. They fly higher and higher, and finally they reach the top! Rocket lands and the team gets out to help Tapper. Leo says that it's finally time. Leo pulls out his baton to conduct and Tapper begins tapping his song for somebody to hear. The team waits anxiously for an answer, but then all of a sudden they hear some more music! It's the rattlesnakes from before! They are going to help Tapper call fora friend! After words, they hear the Alligators from before too! They are also going to help Tapper! Leo knows that they can also help Tapper by singing the friendship song! With all of the creatures helping, it's bound to work. Leo conducts everybody to start, and all the animals sing and the kids all sing to Tapper's song! Afterwards, Tapper says that everybody needs to be louder! They do it again even louder, then quietly wait. Far away in the distance they can hear another woodpecker flying in their direction! Once the bird gets close enough, they can see that it's another Ivory-Billed woodpecker that wants to play with Tapper! The team cheers! They did it! They found Tapper a friend and completed their mission, fulfilling Leo's promise!
Mission Completion!
