The Story of Melanie's Little Helpers

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0:00:02 > 0:00:03# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

0:00:03 > 0:00:07# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane... #

0:00:07 > 0:00:09Hello! I'm Lucy.

0:00:09 > 0:00:15I live at 64 Zoo Lane, and I have some very special neighbours. Look!

0:00:15 > 0:00:17# There's one with a hump

0:00:17 > 0:00:19# And one who can jump

0:00:19 > 0:00:20# And one who is

0:00:20 > 0:00:22# Well, a little bit plump

0:00:22 > 0:00:26# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

0:00:26 > 0:00:28# Some like it hot

0:00:28 > 0:00:29# Some like it chilly

0:00:29 > 0:00:33# Some like it both ways That's a bit silly

0:00:33 > 0:00:36# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

0:00:36 > 0:00:38# Some are friendly

0:00:38 > 0:00:39# Some are scary

0:00:39 > 0:00:40# But one thing is sure

0:00:40 > 0:00:43# Not one is ordinary

0:00:43 > 0:00:46# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

0:00:46 > 0:00:48# Some are spotty

0:00:48 > 0:00:49# Some are stripy

0:00:49 > 0:00:53# They're prickly and woolly And furry and slimy

0:00:53 > 0:00:54# Some are quite big

0:00:54 > 0:00:56# And some are very small

0:00:56 > 0:00:58# And the last one's Georgina

0:00:58 > 0:01:00# Who's incredibly tall

0:01:00 > 0:01:03# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

0:01:03 > 0:01:07# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane. #

0:01:09 > 0:01:11Bedtime, Lucy! >

0:01:11 > 0:01:13OK, Mum.

0:01:34 > 0:01:36- ANIMALS:- Hello, Lucy!

0:01:36 > 0:01:38Hi, everyone.

0:01:38 > 0:01:40Come and see what I've got, Boris.

0:01:40 > 0:01:43Come on. Come on, Boris! Come and see!

0:01:43 > 0:01:45- ALL:- Oh?!

0:01:47 > 0:01:51- A door?- No, silly. It's inside.

0:01:51 > 0:01:52Ugh!

0:01:52 > 0:01:53Oh!

0:01:53 > 0:01:57- Can you open it for me, please, Boris?- Of course.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00SHE GIGGLES

0:02:01 > 0:02:03Do you need any help, Lucy?

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Watch out, everyone. Here I come!

0:02:07 > 0:02:09Wheeeeeee!

0:02:11 > 0:02:14Oh! I say!

0:02:18 > 0:02:20MONKEYS CHUCKLE

0:02:20 > 0:02:22Bicycle.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25But with extra wheels.

0:02:25 > 0:02:27Oh, yes.

0:02:27 > 0:02:30- The stabilisers. - SHE SIGHS

0:02:30 > 0:02:33I'm the only one in my class who still uses them.

0:02:33 > 0:02:37Everyone else can ride a bike without stabilisers.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40You know, you have just reminded me

0:02:40 > 0:02:43of a story about Melanie the Moose.

0:02:43 > 0:02:45But moose can't ride bicycles!

0:02:45 > 0:02:50Perhaps not, but they CAN snowboard.

0:02:51 > 0:02:55The first snow of winter had just fallen,

0:02:55 > 0:02:59and Melanie the Moose was very excited.

0:02:59 > 0:03:04Time to get out her snowboard and whiz down her favourite hill.

0:03:04 > 0:03:06Here I go!

0:03:08 > 0:03:10Wheeee! Ho ho!

0:03:10 > 0:03:12Ooh!

0:03:12 > 0:03:16Melanie was very good at snowboarding in a straight line,

0:03:16 > 0:03:19but not so good at turning.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Oh!- Ugh!- Agh!

0:03:23 > 0:03:26- BOTH BLOW RASPBERRIES - Sorry!

0:03:27 > 0:03:32Melanie thought it would be better to try the other side of the hill.

0:03:38 > 0:03:41No trees! Wheeeee!

0:03:45 > 0:03:48HE GRUNTS

0:03:48 > 0:03:52There! Nearly finished, Beverley.

0:03:52 > 0:03:55Best snow beaver in all America!

0:03:55 > 0:03:57Just needs some finishing touches.

0:03:59 > 0:04:01Wheeeee!

0:04:01 > 0:04:04Hmm. Isn't that Melanie?

0:04:06 > 0:04:08Whee-hee!

0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oooooooooooh!

0:04:10 > 0:04:11Oh, dear!

0:04:13 > 0:04:14Aaargh!

0:04:14 > 0:04:16Just my luck!

0:04:16 > 0:04:19I don't think she knows how to... Aaargh!

0:04:24 > 0:04:28- Oh!- Why don't you watch where you're going, Melanie?

0:04:28 > 0:04:32Sorry, Beverley. I didn't mean to.

0:04:33 > 0:04:38Maybe you should go to the big slopes to practise, like Randolph.

0:04:38 > 0:04:41HE HUMS A TUNE

0:04:41 > 0:04:44That looks like fun!

0:04:44 > 0:04:48Off you go, then. Some of us have got snow beavers to make.

0:04:48 > 0:04:50And we're a little behind schedule.

0:04:57 > 0:05:01If I go straight down here, I shouldn't be in anyone's way.

0:05:05 > 0:05:08HE HUMS HAPPILY

0:05:14 > 0:05:17To your left, Melanie. TO YOUR LEFT!

0:05:17 > 0:05:18- Oooh!- Ow!

0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Aaargh!- Whoooo!

0:05:28 > 0:05:30- RANDOLPH SHIVERS - Ha!

0:05:30 > 0:05:31Sorry!

0:05:32 > 0:05:37Randolph the Raccoon called a meeting of all the animals.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40AND Melanie smashed my snow beaver!

0:05:40 > 0:05:43She bowled me off my best slope.

0:05:43 > 0:05:46BOTH: And bumped us out of our tree!

0:05:46 > 0:05:50Shouldn't be allowed near that snowboard again, if you ask me!

0:05:50 > 0:05:52I'm REALLY sorry.

0:05:52 > 0:05:54But you're right.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56I'm nothing but trouble.

0:05:56 > 0:05:59I'll put my board away and just stand still,

0:05:59 > 0:06:01out of everyone's way,

0:06:01 > 0:06:03until next Spring.

0:06:03 > 0:06:05- THE OTHERS:- Aww!

0:06:05 > 0:06:09Maybe there is another solution.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11There is?!

0:06:11 > 0:06:15Randolph, you are the best skier in these mountains.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17Reckon I am.

0:06:17 > 0:06:21Why don't you teach Melanie how to snowboard properly?

0:06:21 > 0:06:24That way, Melanie can enjoy the snow,

0:06:24 > 0:06:27and so can everyone else.

0:06:27 > 0:06:29Great idea, Boris!

0:06:29 > 0:06:30- ALL:- Hi-ho!

0:06:33 > 0:06:36Melanie was happy to have lessons,

0:06:36 > 0:06:39but she was also rather nervous.

0:06:39 > 0:06:41What if the lessons were too difficult?

0:06:41 > 0:06:45Ooh, Randolph. Suppose I can't learn.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48Nonsense! Just takes practice, Melanie.

0:06:48 > 0:06:51First thing to teach you is how to turn.

0:06:52 > 0:06:55All you have to do is follow your head.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57My head?

0:06:57 > 0:06:59Yup! You want to turn left,

0:06:59 > 0:07:01tilt your head to the left.

0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Go!- Like this?

0:07:03 > 0:07:08You got it! And if you want to turn right, tilt your head to...

0:07:08 > 0:07:09The right!

0:07:09 > 0:07:11Exactly!

0:07:11 > 0:07:13Right!

0:07:13 > 0:07:14Left!

0:07:14 > 0:07:16- THEY CHUCKLE - Come on!

0:07:16 > 0:07:19Let's try it out on the move. Whoa!

0:07:19 > 0:07:22Melanie THOUGHT she understood...

0:07:22 > 0:07:23Left here, Melanie.

0:07:23 > 0:07:27..but she couldn't remember anything she had learned.

0:07:27 > 0:07:29I said left! LEFT!

0:07:29 > 0:07:30Aaaaarghhh!

0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Ugh!- Ooh!

0:07:32 > 0:07:35Sorry!

0:07:35 > 0:07:37THEY GIGGLE

0:07:43 > 0:07:45Left!

0:07:45 > 0:07:46Umm...

0:07:46 > 0:07:48I turned! A-ha!

0:07:48 > 0:07:50I said "left"!

0:07:50 > 0:07:51Like this?

0:07:51 > 0:07:53Left! To your left! Aaaaarghhh!

0:07:54 > 0:07:57Oh, no! No! Whoa, no!

0:07:57 > 0:08:00Look ooooouuuut!

0:08:00 > 0:08:02Ugh!

0:08:06 > 0:08:08I'm sorry, Randolph.

0:08:08 > 0:08:11I suppose I'm just no good.

0:08:11 > 0:08:16But Randolph was not going to let Melanie give up so easily.

0:08:16 > 0:08:20We're going to show this whole mountain

0:08:20 > 0:08:22what a moose can do on a snowboard.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24THEY CHUCKLE

0:08:25 > 0:08:26Whoa!

0:08:26 > 0:08:28THEY GIGGLE

0:08:28 > 0:08:29Look out!

0:08:30 > 0:08:32I turned!

0:08:32 > 0:08:34Ooh...

0:08:34 > 0:08:36Just a minute, young Charlie.

0:08:36 > 0:08:40You and Alfie can be Melanie's little helpers!

0:08:42 > 0:08:45Charlie the Chipmunk falling on Melanie like that

0:08:45 > 0:08:48had given Randolph an idea.

0:08:50 > 0:08:51Woo!

0:08:55 > 0:08:56Left, boys!

0:08:56 > 0:08:58Steady now.

0:08:58 > 0:09:02- That's it!- With Alfie and Charlie to help her,

0:09:02 > 0:09:04Melanie was turning beautifully.

0:09:04 > 0:09:08Soon she didn't really need them any longer.

0:09:08 > 0:09:09Right!

0:09:11 > 0:09:12Left!

0:09:13 > 0:09:14Right!

0:09:15 > 0:09:17You're a real pro.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19But I can't do it on my own!

0:09:22 > 0:09:27- Right!- If only I could do it by myself.

0:09:27 > 0:09:29Reckon you just did!

0:09:32 > 0:09:34THEY LAUGH

0:09:34 > 0:09:36Best snowboarding I ever saw.

0:09:39 > 0:09:41THEY LAUGH

0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Go on, Melanie!- Wow!

0:09:45 > 0:09:48Wo-ho! Wo-ho-hoo!

0:09:49 > 0:09:52THEY CHEER

0:09:55 > 0:09:57Weee! Ha-ha!

0:10:07 > 0:10:10THEY LAUGH AND CHEER

0:10:10 > 0:10:14So, thanks to Randolph and the little chipmunk helpers,

0:10:14 > 0:10:18Melanie had the best snowboarding time ever.

0:10:18 > 0:10:20THEY LAUGH

0:10:20 > 0:10:23That's a great story, Boris.

0:10:23 > 0:10:24THEY LAUGH

0:10:24 > 0:10:29Do you really think I'll be able to ride without stabilisers one day?

0:10:29 > 0:10:31See for yourself!

0:10:32 > 0:10:34Yeah! I can do it!

0:10:35 > 0:10:38You just needed some practice.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40And a little help from my friends.

0:10:40 > 0:10:42THEY LAUGH

0:10:42 > 0:10:44Here.

0:10:45 > 0:10:47Good night, everyone.

0:10:47 > 0:10:50ALL: Sweet dreams, Lucy.

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