The Story of Giggles and Tickles 64 Zoo Lane

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Hello, I'm Lucy. I live at 64 Zoo Lane and I have special neighbours.

# There's one with a hump, one who can jump, and one who is plump

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# Some like it hot, some like it chilly, some like it silly

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# Some are friendly, some are scary But not one is ordinary

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# Some are spotty, some are stripy Prickly...woolly...furry...slimy

# Some are quite big, some are small And Georgina is incredibly tall

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Bedtime, Lucy! >

OK, Mum.

-Lucy's late.

-Where is she?

-She should be here by now.

-Yes.

Here she comes.

-What...?

-What...?

-Hello, Lucy.

-Hello.

She's sleepwalking.

Careful, Lucy. ..Phew!

Ah!

-Ouch! Oh!

-Ssh! We mustn't wake Lucy up.

Look out!

-Oh, no!

-Oh, no!

Fooled you all. I was pretending to be sleepwalking.

EVERYONE LAUGHS

-Lucy's not allowed to play tricks on us.

-WE'RE the ones who do that.

-That's how we got our names.

-Giggles!

-And Tickles!

When we lived in the jungle, we played tricks on all the animals.

-We played a trick on Victor the crocodile.

-Victor!

What's a handsome crocodile like you doing alone in the river?

A beautiful crocodile has moved into the mud flats.

VICTOR HUMS

HE GIGGLES

Hi, I'm Victor.

Hey, you have beautiful eyes.

Don't be shy. You want to get to know Victor better.

Oops. It's just a bit of wood.

Our next victim was Audrey the ostrich.

Audrey had spent all day waiting for her eggs to hatch.

-Hello, Audrey. How's things?

-Fine. These two will hatch soon.

-Audrey, you've laid a hairy egg.

-Oh.

So I have!

Audrey was so proud of her new egg, she tried to hatch it.

But it tickled too much.

Oh!

It's just a coconut. I've never been so embarrassed in my life.

Each day, we played bigger and better jokes on our friends.

-Until...

-What are you doing?

-There's a surprise over there.

-We're waiting to see it.

-Can I wait with you? Yes.

-Yes.

-What are you doing?

-I'm waiting for a surprise.

-Can I wait with you?

Of course.

-What are you doing?

-I'm waiting for a surprise.

-Can I wait with you?

-Yes.

There was a queue of animals all round the rock.

-What are you doing here?

-I'm waiting for the surprise.

-So am I.

ALL: So are we!

-Where's the surprise?

-We've been waiting for hours.

-The surprise is...

-We've been playing a trick on you.

THEY GIGGLE

The animals had had enough of our tricks, so they thought of a plan.

HE LAUGHS

-What are you doing?

-I'm laughing.

-Laughing at what?

-At YOU, of course.

-BOTH: We've not done anything funny yet.

-I know!

ALL THE ANIMALS LAUGH What's funny about that?

-Can't you see? No.

-You must have lost your laugh.

-No way.

-We'd better go and find it.

So we went to look for our laugh.

Zeb, have you seen our laugh?

I've seen no laugh. ..Have you, Toby?

Me? I haven't seen...anything.

-Excuse us, Audrey.

-We've lost our laugh.

-Have YOU seen it?

Your laugh? No, it's not in my nest. Just an old coconut.

-Victor, you must help us.

-Have you seen our laugh? We've lost it.

Your laugh? No, it's not in the river. I've only seen a log today.

Maybe our laugh is behind this rock.

This gets funnier and funnier.

-No, it doesn't.

-It's not funny.

EVERYONE LAUGHS

-We've got our laugh back.

-You're right. What a relief!

Silly monkeys, you never lost your laugh!

We've been playing a trick on YOU.

But why was Harry laughing so much?

Because he's a laughing hyena.

Laughing is my job. I do all sorts.

I'd like a chuckle.

A chortle.

You can all join in the belly laugh!

We all laughed and laughed and laughed.

And we've been laughing ever since.

-SNORING They're asleep.

-Ssh! Don't wake them.

Ha-ha! Fooled you!

ALL: We were only pretending.

Bedtime, Lucy.

ALL: Good night, Lucy. Sweet dreams!

Subtitles by Audrey Flynn BBC Scotland 2001

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