The Story of Melanie the Moose

Download Subtitles

Transcript

0:00:02 > 0:00:07# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane... #

0:00:07 > 0:00:11Hello, I'm Lucy. I live at 64 Zoo Lane

0:00:11 > 0:00:15and I have very special neighbours. Look!

0:00:15 > 0:00:22# There's one with a hump, one who can jump, and one who is plump

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

0:00:26 > 0:00:33# Some like it hot, some like it chilly, some like it silly

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

0:00:36 > 0:00:43# Some are friendly, some are scary But not one is ordinary

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

0:00:46 > 0:00:53# Some are spotty, some are stripy Prickly...woolly...furry...slimy

0:00:53 > 0:01:01# Some are quite big, some are small And Georgina is incredibly tall

0:01:01 > 0:01:08# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane # 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane. #

0:01:08 > 0:01:12Bedtime, Lucy! >

0:01:12 > 0:01:15OK, Mum.

0:01:34 > 0:01:37OWL HOOTS

0:01:37 > 0:01:40ALL: Hi, Lucy!

0:01:40 > 0:01:42Hi, everybody.

0:01:46 > 0:01:50Dear Lucy, you don't look very happy.

0:01:50 > 0:01:54- Do you want to tell us what happened?- No.

0:01:54 > 0:01:58I mean... Oh, she's so annoying!

0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Who is?- Trudy, of course.

0:02:01 > 0:02:06- Trudy? She's your best friend, isn't she?- Not any more.

0:02:06 > 0:02:11I can't be friends with someone as clumsy and stupid as her.

0:02:11 > 0:02:14She broke my best fountain pen.

0:02:14 > 0:02:18Oh! See? This is all Trudy's fault.

0:02:20 > 0:02:22Sorry, Boris.

0:02:22 > 0:02:25Oh, never mind.

0:02:30 > 0:02:34Just don't make the same mistake I made, Lucy.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37What mistake was that?

0:02:37 > 0:02:41Breaking off a friendship because my friend was clumsy.

0:02:41 > 0:02:45'Of course, Melanie the moose couldn't help being clumsy.

0:02:45 > 0:02:51'With her big hooves and big antlers, accidents were bound to happen.'

0:03:10 > 0:03:12Timber!

0:03:16 > 0:03:20Good morning, Beverley. Can I help you with that log?

0:03:20 > 0:03:23No, thanks, Melanie. I can manage.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29Oops! This is heavier than I thought.

0:03:29 > 0:03:34Oh, no, Melanie. Look what you've done!

0:03:35 > 0:03:38Oh, sorry, Beverley.

0:03:42 > 0:03:44Hello, Randolph.

0:03:44 > 0:03:47Can I help you with your gardening?

0:03:47 > 0:03:51Thanks, Melanie, but... SQUISH!

0:03:51 > 0:03:55Mind your feet! You're squishing my mushrooms!

0:03:55 > 0:03:58Oops! Sorry, Randolph.

0:04:06 > 0:04:09Hello, Boris.

0:04:09 > 0:04:12Can I give you a lift up to that beehive?

0:04:14 > 0:04:16No need. I can reach.

0:04:20 > 0:04:23Ow!

0:04:23 > 0:04:25Thanks a lot, Melanie(!)

0:04:25 > 0:04:28Oh, sorry, Boris.

0:04:30 > 0:04:32'Now Melanie felt really bad.

0:04:32 > 0:04:35'She wanted to be helpful and useful,

0:04:35 > 0:04:39'but all she seemed to do was cause trouble.'

0:04:39 > 0:04:42Oh, if only I wasn't so clumsy!

0:04:44 > 0:04:48'Then she saw some deer frolicking in a meadow.

0:04:48 > 0:04:52'She marvelled at their grace and beauty.'

0:04:52 > 0:04:54Oh, they look lovely!

0:04:54 > 0:04:58I wonder if I could learn to dance like a deer.

0:04:58 > 0:05:01Then maybe I wouldn't be so clumsy.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08Hello!

0:05:08 > 0:05:10Mind if I join you?

0:05:12 > 0:05:16Oh, well, maybe Boris will play with me.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25Oh, Boris!

0:05:25 > 0:05:28Look at me!

0:05:28 > 0:05:30Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!

0:05:37 > 0:05:40Uh-oh! Who's buzzing me?

0:05:40 > 0:05:43I can't see!

0:05:46 > 0:05:49HOOVES POUND

0:05:52 > 0:05:55Melanie! Watch where you're going!

0:06:02 > 0:06:07Is this your idea of dropping in on a friend, Melanie?

0:06:08 > 0:06:11Oh. Oh, I'm sorry, Beverley.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14'This was one disaster too far.

0:06:14 > 0:06:18'Now we were really fed up with Melanie's clumsiness.'

0:06:18 > 0:06:21My whole harvest - gone in an instant!

0:06:21 > 0:06:25That honey was meant to be for my tea!

0:06:25 > 0:06:30My mushrooms could've won first prize in the vegetable competition.

0:06:30 > 0:06:33I'd just finished building that dam!

0:06:33 > 0:06:36I said I was sorry.

0:06:36 > 0:06:41Besides, you know me - I don't mean to be clumsy.

0:06:41 > 0:06:43But you ARE clumsy.

0:06:43 > 0:06:46And silly. And useless.

0:06:46 > 0:06:51You just cause trouble. What's the point in being friends with you?

0:06:51 > 0:06:54No point, I s'pose.

0:06:54 > 0:06:57I am just a nuisance.

0:06:57 > 0:07:02'Poor Melanie. She felt she couldn't do anything but leave us in peace.'

0:07:08 > 0:07:12Who needs friends, anyway? I'm better off without them.

0:07:12 > 0:07:16'She climbed to the top of a mountain,

0:07:16 > 0:07:18'where she stopped to sit and sulk.'

0:07:20 > 0:07:25At least there are no beehives to knock down up here,

0:07:25 > 0:07:30or mushrooms to squish or beaver dams to break.

0:07:31 > 0:07:34Brrrr! It is cold and boring...

0:07:34 > 0:07:37and lonely.

0:07:37 > 0:07:39'As Melanie sat and sulked,

0:07:39 > 0:07:43'it suddenly grew very cold and began to snow.'

0:07:43 > 0:07:45Snow!

0:07:47 > 0:07:51Brrrr! Oh, it's far too cold up here.

0:07:51 > 0:07:57'Melanie decided to go down to the forest, to get away from the snow...

0:08:00 > 0:08:05'..but she found it had snowed down there as well.'

0:08:06 > 0:08:09Brrrr! Oh, it's cold here too.

0:08:09 > 0:08:11'The snowy forest was very quiet.

0:08:11 > 0:08:15'Melanie wondered where her friends had gone.'

0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Hello! - HER VOICE ECHOES

0:08:21 > 0:08:24Where is everybody?

0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Melanie, is that you?- Randolph!

0:08:29 > 0:08:32Melanie, I'm so glad to hear you!

0:08:32 > 0:08:37Randolph! Beverley! Where are you?

0:08:37 > 0:08:39Over here, Melanie!

0:08:42 > 0:08:46Boris, stop playing hide and seek.

0:08:46 > 0:08:49Come out so I can see you.

0:08:49 > 0:08:51We can't come out, Melanie.

0:08:51 > 0:08:54We're trapped under the snow.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57Please, can you help get us out?

0:09:07 > 0:09:12'Now we realised how unfair we'd been to Melanie.'

0:09:12 > 0:09:16We owe you a great big apology, Melanie.

0:09:16 > 0:09:21Will you ever forgive us for calling you useless and silly and clumsy?

0:09:21 > 0:09:27I already have, and, besides, I AM clumsy!

0:09:27 > 0:09:30But the important thing is we are friends,

0:09:30 > 0:09:35and we should never be so unkind to each other again.

0:09:35 > 0:09:38Yeah, yeah, agreed!

0:09:39 > 0:09:43'We were all so happy to be friends again.'

0:09:48 > 0:09:53That's the last time I ever broke off a friendship for such a silly reason.

0:09:53 > 0:09:59You're right, Boris. A fountain pen is a very silly reason.

0:09:59 > 0:10:03I hope Trudy will accept my apology tomorrow.

0:10:03 > 0:10:07She'll be as sweet as Melanie and happy to make it up with you.

0:10:07 > 0:10:10Do you really think so, Molly?

0:10:10 > 0:10:13We'd forgive you. Why shouldn't she?

0:10:13 > 0:10:15Thank you, Nelson.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18Goodnight, everybody.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21ALL: Goodnight, Lucy.

0:10:26 > 0:10:30Subtitles by Sarah Aitken BBC Scotland 2001

0:10:30 > 0:10:34E-mail us at subtitling@bbc.co.uk