CBeebies Ugly Duckling

Oh, hello there, Tiddlers!

Hey, you're just in time, because I'm off out on an expedition.

Would you like to come too?

What's that? Where are we going? Of course.

I should have told you that to begin with.

Some Tiddlers I know have found something very exciting

near here, but we've got to go now, because if we don't

we might miss the big event. So, come on, what are you waiting for?

Here we are, by the canal.

And I'm with some Tiddlers! Hello, there!

ALL: Hello, Mr Bloom!

Hey, now, this is exciting, isn't it?

-What are we doing here today?

-Looking for animals.

And what type of animals might we find?

-What about a crocodile or a lion?

-A crocodile? A lion?

-What would we do if we found a lion?

-Run away.

We'd run away, wouldn't we?

-If we're looking for animals, what do we need to be?

-Quiet!

We need to be quiet. So let's look for some animals.

-Hello, hello, what can we see over there?

-Mummy duck.

-Hey! And what do we think she's doing?

-Looking after her eggs.

-How many eggs can we see?

-Four.

There's one egg which is different to the rest.

-How is it different?

-Because it's big.

-It's really big!

It's the biggest egg I've ever seen.

But mummy duck is in the way a bit,

if she moves out the way we might be able to see those eggs.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

-What's she doing?

-Dancing.

-She is!

TAPPING

TAPPING CONTINUES

Oh, look, what's that?

One of the eggs has hatched, hasn't it?

Two little girl ducklings!

They've still got eggshell on them.

TAPPING

-Hey, who's this?

-A boy.

THUMP!

He needs to find his feet, doesn't he?

Don't you think mummy duck has got a lovely, fine family?

-The biggest one is not hatching.

-That's right.

-There's got to be a bigger duck in there.

-A big duck.

I don't think that one is ready to hatch yet.

I think it might need a bit longer.

Look, she's putting it back in the nest.

-Why did she put it back in the nest?

-So it can hatch.

So it can hatch later on.

And so these little ducklings can all play.

CHEERING

Can you see their legs?

-What colour are their legs?

-Orange.

-Yeah. There's something else that's orange, what's that?

-The beak!

The beaks, that's right. Look at that waddly walk.

Look, what's the little boy duckling saying?

-He's saying, let's get the egg.

-I think you're right.

Look, that is naughty. There's a baby bird inside that egg.

He shouldn't be playing with it like that.

Be careful with that!

Be careful! Oh, my.

-What might happen if they play with the egg like that?

-It could break.

They might break it, I know!

You will be in trouble when your mother comes back!

Oh, the mummy one is coming back.

Look, they're pretending they haven't been doing anything.

Look, mummy is putting the egg back in the nest. That's good, isn't it?

-TAPPING

-Hey, would you look at that?

Oh, my. Look, the egg's hatched, hasn't it, Tiddlers?

Does she look like the other ducklings to you?

No, she is grey and the others are yellow and orange.

That's right, she is grey and the others are yellow and orange.

You know what? I don't think they want to play with her.

I think they reckon she's a bit of an ugly duckling.

I think those three ducks don't think that grey duck is

really a duck.

Oh, they're trying to make her look like the other ducklings,

aren't they?

-Oh, hang on. Who is this coming?

-Mummy.

-It's mummy duck.

Look, they're all lining up.

Bye! Come on, follow me.

-Now, Tiddlers, did you like the way those ducklings were walking?

-Yeah!

Yeah, it was funny, wasn't it?

I reckon we should pretend to be the ducklings.

-Do you reckon you could do that?

-Yeah.

-Of course you can.

Their wings were pointing out, weren't they?

So point out your wings. Give them a little flap.

Yeah. And what were the ducklings' toes doing?

-Pointing out.

-Pointing out. So, can we point out our toes?

That's it, point them out. Very good. Give them a little wobble!

And what were the tails doing? They were sticking out.

So let's stick our tails out. This feels very funny, doesn't it?

And then I think we should go for a waddle.

Let's go, go for a little waddle.

-Quack, quack. That's right!

-QUACKING

Quack, quack!

Quack, quack. Quack, quack.

Come on, Tiddlers! Quack, quack.

Hey, look at this.

It's the duck pond.

Hang about, I think it's ducks only, this pond.

WHISTLE TRILLS

Right, I'm sorry, Mr Lifeguard Duck.

-My mistake.

-Quack, quack, quack, quack!

Hang on, look who's coming.

Quick, come with me, let's hide, cos look who's coming this way!

Over here, quick, quick.

-Who's arrived?

-The ducks!

-Where are they going?

-They're going swimming.

-They're going swimming.

-And what's she got there, can you see?

-Armbands.

She's got some armbands, that's right!

-And what is he wearing there?

-Swimming ring.

-A swimming ring.

They must be having a swimming lesson.

-I think the ugly duckling has got something as well.

-Goggles!

She's got some goggles! She looks a bit funny, doesn't she?

This is the way you swish your feet, make a circle.

Have a little kick, turn on your front, and learn to float.

My, you are learning quick!

-What are they doing?

-I think they're going for a dip in the pond.

Look at this. Let's count them in.

One!

Two...

Three, four...

Oh, hang about. Hey, what's happened here?!

He won't let the ugly duckling in.

The lifeguard duck doesn't think that she's a real duck!

SAD MUSIC

-So, if she's not a duckling, what do you think she might be?

-A goose.

-A goose.

-A pigeon?

-Maybe.

-Do you think we could make her feel better?

-Yeah.

We hope you find out what you are, little duckling!

-Oh, who's this?

-The mummy duckling.

-It's the mummy duck, isn't it?

-What do you think she's doing?

-Looking for her little duckling.

That's right, she's looking for her little ugly duckling.

-Aw. Don't worry, mummy duck, we'll find her, won't we?

-Yeah!

The ugly duckling came this way on our expedition,

-but we seem to have lost track of her, haven't we, lads?

-Yeah.

I wonder, do you know what type of creature the ugly duckling might be?

-What do you think, Mohammed?

-A goose.

A goose, hey, that's a good idea, she could be a goose.

-What about you?

-A kangaroo.

-A kangaroo?!

She'd be bouncing about all over the shop, wouldn't she?

Well, I hope she finds out soon enough.

-In the meantime, would you like to play a game?

-Yeah!

All right, Tiddlers, come over here. We're going to play a game.

In this game, I want you to pretend to be ducklings, OK?

I'm going to stand there and you have to waddle up behind me,

but you have to be very quiet so I don't notice.

If I turn around, you need to stand very still.

-Do you think you can do that?

-Yes!

-OK, you go there, I'll be down here.

OK, and here we go.

Oh, I can hear some ducklings, let me have a look!

Oh, there wasn't any quacking,

so there can't be any ducklings behind me. Must have imagined it.

Wait a minute, let me see! Oh, there's no ducklings here.

Hang about because here comes the ugly duckling! Quick, follow me!

JAUNTY MUSIC

Looks like our ugly duckling has found some friends to play with.

-What type of friends do you think they are?

-Frogs.

-Frogs.

-Why do you think they're frogs?

-They're green.

-They're green.

-They're dancing with the ugly duckling.

-Yeah!

Do you think she can jump around?

-No.

-No? Maybe she'll have a go.

When she jumps, she might fall down.

Whoa!

Careful, little duckling.

One frog is helping her.

She knows that she is not a duckling.

So now she thinks she's a frog. Do you think she could be a frog?

No, she's not got any green on her.

Oh, dear.

-How do you think she feels?

-Sad.

Why do you think she feels sad?

Because the frogs think she's not a frog.

They don't think she's a frog, so they've gone. Aww. Come on.

Mr Bloom, do we have time to be frogs?

Hey, that's a great idea, we could pretend to be frogs!

And you can do it too. Let's go!

Ribbit! Ribbit!

-Ribbit, ribbit.

-Ribbit!

Yeah, that's just how the frogs jumped, wasn't it?

You try at home as well. Jump really high. One, two, three!

Ribbit!

Hey, that's jolly good hopping.

Look, look. It's getting dark, isn't it?

It's time that we got home for tea.

I tell you what, it's time for us to hop it. Let's go!

Ribbit!

Oh, evening.

Evening, cats.

Now, you keep out of mischief, you two. All right?

Hey, look who it is! It's our little ugly duckling friend.

MEOWING

Ooh. I don't think they know what she is either.

CAT MEOWS

Oh, that must've hurt.

Oh, no. Here we go again. Now she thinks she's a cat.

Well, that wasn't very friendly, was it?

Oh, dear. So, she isn't a duckling.

And she isn't a frog.

Or even a cat. What on earth could she be?

It's ever so tiring out here in the big wide world.

Night night. Sweet dreams, little one.

Do you ever have dreams? Well, I do. Sometimes mine are quite funny.

The other night, I dreamt I grew the longest carrot I'd ever grown.

I had a right job pulling it out of the ground and all.

But when it came out it wasn't a carrot at all. You know what it was?

It was an orange umbrella. An umbrella!

I ask you! What about animals?

Do you think they dream? Our ugly duckling...

what do you think she's dreaming about?

Perhaps she dreams of watery places,

and the most beautiful white bird she's ever seen.

Perhaps she wishes that she could be like her,

instead of being a funny grey creature, all alone in the world.

Oh, morning, everyone. How are you this morning?

Are you ready to go for a picnic? Well, hang on a minute.

Here we go. One picnic full of lovely vegetables.

Now, I know the perfect place for a picnic. It's down in the forest.

But first, we've got to collect the Tiddlers.

So what are you waiting for?

-How about here for our picnic?

-How about over there?

-What, you think over there looks better?

-Yeah.

-All right!

Well, follow me. Come on.

-Right, who wants a banana? Hands up.

-Me!

-Right, there's one for you.

-Do you want one? There we go. Hey, who's that?

-The ugly duckling!

It's the ugly duckling. Why is she hiding?

-Because the fox is chasing her.

-Who? Where is there a fox?

-I see it!

It's somewhere over there.

RIBBITING

SPLASH!

-We need to clean up this!

-Go put it in the wheelbarrow.

Well, the year is certainly moving on, isn't it?

Do you know what season it is? I'll give you a clue.

It's the season where the leaves go brown

and they fall off the trees.

-Do you know what season it is?

-Autumn!

-Autumn!

That's right. It's autumn.

And autumn is one of my favourite seasons.

You know what? These leaves are getting very messy.

-So these Tiddlers, you're helping me clean them up, aren't you?

-Yeah!

We'll gather up the leaves, pop them in the wheelbarrow,

and then do you know where we'll take them?

You're going to take them to your compost.

That's right, we'll go take them to Compo, won't we? Come on.

There's millions of these leaves.

-Come on, can you scoop up these leaves?

-Mr Bloom, look what I found.

Hey, Mohammed, that's very interesting.

Do you know what this is? Do I wear it like an earring?

-No!

-What is it?

-Conker.

-It's a conker, that's right. This is a conker.

Did you know a conker is a type of seed?

If you plant it, this conker, do you know what it would grow into?

-Yeah.

-Would it grow into a giant conker?

-No!

I'll tell you. This little conker will grow into a tree.

I tell you what that is, Mohammed.

That is a little bit of nature magic.

And all the animals and the trees,

they all change with the seasons.

Right now, the leaves are falling off the trees, aren't they?

-But what will happen in spring?

-The leaves are going to grow.

That's right! Hopefully, the leaves will grow on the trees.

It's the same with animals.

You know those yellow ducklings we saw hatch in the summer?

Well, they will grow beautiful brown, sleek feathers.

That's just more nature magic.

Right now, we need to get down to the pond,

cos there's a special piece of nature magic about to happen.

Come on, Tiddlers, follow me!

-Hey, who's that over there?

-Ugly duckling.

That's right, the ugly duckling. And I think she's just waking up.

-Does she look different to you?

-Yes.

-How does she look?

-Like a princess.

-What do you think?

-Beautiful.

-She's not an ugly duckling.

-Not any more, is she? Do you know what she's turned into?

-A swan.

-A swan!

-A swan! That's right, Tiddlers.

-Do you know who this is?

-The swan queen!

The swan queen, that's right.

-How do you think she's feeling?

-Happy.

-Yeah, I reckon so as well.

Because she's found out what she is now.

Because she's found out what she is.

Now the swan can show her what to do.

You know what?

I think the swan queen is inviting the ugly duckling

to join their flock.

-Shall we say goodbye to the swan? Bye-bye!

-ALL: Bye!

Well, that was some expedition, wasn't it?

And our little feathery friend, she finally found her place,

amongst the swans. That is what I call nature magic.

And, do you know? It's going on all around us, all of the time.

So, keep your eyes open,

and maybe you can spot some nature magic next time.

I'll see you soon. All right, Compo, I'm coming.

Someone's hungry!

There you go.

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