The Story of Georgina the Giraffe

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0:00:00 > 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.

0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Hello, Georgina.- Hi, Lucy.

0:01:31 > 0:01:36- Would you like a SPECIAL slide down tonight?- Oh, yes, please.

0:01:36 > 0:01:41- Here we go!- Whee-ee-ee!

0:01:42 > 0:01:44Yippee!

0:01:44 > 0:01:47Yeah! Yeah!!

0:01:47 > 0:01:51- ALL: Hi, Lucy! - Great. You're so clever, Georgina!

0:01:51 > 0:01:54I wish MY neck was bendy like yours.

0:01:54 > 0:01:57Ah... Ouch! Oww!

0:01:57 > 0:02:00Careful, Lucy. You'll hurt yourself.

0:02:00 > 0:02:05I s'pose you have to be a giraffe to do these tricks.

0:02:05 > 0:02:08Even giraffes have to be careful.

0:02:08 > 0:02:12Remember when Georgina... WHISPERING

0:02:12 > 0:02:17..Yes. That was REALLY silly.

0:02:18 > 0:02:22What was? WHISPERS AND GIGGLES

0:02:22 > 0:02:24MORE than just silly.

0:02:24 > 0:02:29- That was SERIOUSLY stupid. - What ARE they talking about?

0:02:29 > 0:02:32Well...

0:02:32 > 0:02:35WHISPERING

0:02:35 > 0:02:39Enough secret whispers.

0:02:39 > 0:02:45I think Georgina should tell her story out loud so everyone hears.

0:02:45 > 0:02:48Oh-h... All right, then.

0:02:51 > 0:02:54When I lived in Africa,

0:02:54 > 0:02:59I learned to do all sorts of tricks with my long neck.

0:02:59 > 0:03:05- IN OPERATIC STYLE: - # Lah-la-la! La-a, la-la-la...! #

0:03:05 > 0:03:07BOTH: Bravo! Bravo!

0:03:07 > 0:03:12All the animals were VERY impressed with my many talents.

0:03:12 > 0:03:15I was a real star.

0:03:15 > 0:03:22"Come to the Georgina Giraffe Show today at noon,

0:03:22 > 0:03:24"near the Blue Mountain."

0:03:24 > 0:03:27Let's tell everyone! Yeah!

0:03:27 > 0:03:30WHISPERING

0:03:30 > 0:03:33A GIRAFFE show?!

0:03:33 > 0:03:38HUSHED TONES Today, at noon?

0:03:38 > 0:03:42WHISPERING

0:03:42 > 0:03:45Near the Blue Mountain?

0:03:45 > 0:03:48SHE WHISPERS

0:03:50 > 0:03:55Really?! I must tell EVERYONE!

0:03:55 > 0:03:58There's a giraffe show.

0:03:58 > 0:04:02Today, at noon, near the Blue Mountain.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05BOTH: WE know!

0:04:08 > 0:04:12Welcome, everyone! Welcome!

0:04:12 > 0:04:15Thank you all for coming to...

0:04:15 > 0:04:20MY show, starring...ME - Georgina Giraffe.

0:04:22 > 0:04:25# I am tall, very tall

0:04:25 > 0:04:27# I'm much taller than you all

0:04:27 > 0:04:30# I can stretch to the treetops

0:04:30 > 0:04:33# I can nibble all the leaves off

0:04:36 > 0:04:40# I can reach very high

0:04:40 > 0:04:43# To the clouds in the sky

0:04:43 > 0:04:48# It's a thrill, it's such fun When I play with the su-un...! #

0:04:50 > 0:04:53Ouch! It's hot! Owww!

0:04:55 > 0:05:00# I'm a star, I'm unique Just look at my physique

0:05:00 > 0:05:03# I'm a first-class acrobat

0:05:03 > 0:05:06# But I guess you all know that. #

0:05:17 > 0:05:20And now for the grand finale.

0:05:20 > 0:05:23# Look at me, can't you see?

0:05:23 > 0:05:25# I am pretty, I am witty,

0:05:25 > 0:05:28# I'm Georgina, ballerina

0:05:28 > 0:05:30# Prima donna, concertina

0:05:30 > 0:05:33# I'm so clever, I'm the best

0:05:33 > 0:05:38# I'm much better tha-a-an the rest! Lah-lah-lah-lah-lah!

0:05:38 > 0:05:42# Lah-lah-lah-lah-lah Lah-lah-lah... #

0:05:44 > 0:05:50- EVERYONE LAUGHS - It's NOT funny.- Yes, it is.

0:05:50 > 0:05:55# We just laugh and laugh and laugh Cos you are a daft giraffe! #

0:05:55 > 0:05:58Serves you right for being such a show-off.

0:05:58 > 0:06:03Stop it, everyone. Can't you see Georgina's hurt herself?

0:06:03 > 0:06:06Are you all right?

0:06:06 > 0:06:10I-I didn't mean what I said about being better than the rest.

0:06:10 > 0:06:14- I'm sorry. - Don't worry, I'll fix it.

0:06:14 > 0:06:17Oww! Oww!

0:06:17 > 0:06:23Not like that, silly. You're making it worse. Let me try.

0:06:23 > 0:06:26Ow-w-w...! Ohhh...

0:06:26 > 0:06:31Maybe some tickles will loosen the knot.

0:06:31 > 0:06:36- SHE GIGGLES - Oh, no...!

0:06:36 > 0:06:39Ohh... Ohh... Ohh...

0:06:39 > 0:06:43Has anyone got any GOOD ideas? Let's think.

0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Hmm... - Hmm... I know.

0:06:48 > 0:06:51We could take Georgina to our Uncle Gordon.

0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Your Uncle Gordon? - Uncle Gordon is a doctor.

0:06:55 > 0:07:00He knows all about knots.

0:07:00 > 0:07:04So Giggles and Tickles took me to their Uncle Gordon

0:07:04 > 0:07:09who lived far away, on the other side of the Blue Mountain.

0:07:09 > 0:07:13Lots of animals were waiting to see Dr Gordon.

0:07:16 > 0:07:21- What's happened to you? - I was trying to catch a fly.

0:07:21 > 0:07:25Me, too!

0:07:25 > 0:07:30Anyway, we both tried to catch the same fly

0:07:30 > 0:07:34and we got our trunks into a bit of a knot.

0:07:34 > 0:07:38And the fly got away!

0:07:39 > 0:07:42Ahh... Ahh...

0:07:42 > 0:07:46SHE SNEEZES Hey, the knot's gone.

0:07:46 > 0:07:50We can go home now. BOTH: Bye!

0:07:58 > 0:08:03We had to wait for a long, long time.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06Until, finally...

0:08:06 > 0:08:08Next, please.

0:08:10 > 0:08:13ALL: Hi, Uncle Gordon!

0:08:13 > 0:08:16Giggles! Tickles! What a surprise!

0:08:16 > 0:08:21We brought our friend Georgina. She's not very well.

0:08:21 > 0:08:27- She's got a knot.- A knot? You've come to the right place.

0:08:27 > 0:08:33Now, let's see what the knot book says. ..Is it a TWIST knot?

0:08:33 > 0:08:36..Not.

0:08:36 > 0:08:40Or perhaps a flip-flop slipknot.

0:08:40 > 0:08:45Or could it be a nutty, naughty knot knotty knot knot knot?

0:08:46 > 0:08:48Not.

0:08:48 > 0:08:54Hmm... Can you remember what you were doing when you got this knot?

0:08:54 > 0:08:58I was singing, # Lah-la-la-lah! #

0:08:58 > 0:09:02- And showing off.- Ah-ha! I see.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04It's a big show-off knot.

0:09:07 > 0:09:12Don't worry. All you have to do is sing the song again,

0:09:12 > 0:09:14but, this time, backwards.

0:09:14 > 0:09:19- But what's "Lah, lah, lah, lah, lah" backwards?- Um...

0:09:19 > 0:09:23Here it says, "Lah, lah, lah" backwards is "Hal, hal, hal".

0:09:23 > 0:09:28- So that's what you have to sing.- Oh. Well, I'll try.

0:09:28 > 0:09:32- SHE COUGHS - # Hal, hal, hal, hal. Hal, hal... #

0:09:32 > 0:09:36This way, Georgina. Through here.

0:09:36 > 0:09:39SHE CONTINUES TO SING

0:09:45 > 0:09:48BOTH: Hoorah!

0:09:48 > 0:09:51Thank you VERY much, Dr Gordon!

0:09:51 > 0:09:54GIGGLES AND TICKLES: You're the best!

0:09:54 > 0:09:59Later that day, we returned to the savannah.

0:10:08 > 0:10:10SHE LAUGHS

0:10:25 > 0:10:28The animals were SO kind.

0:10:28 > 0:10:31They put a show on to cheer me up.

0:10:32 > 0:10:38That's when I realised everyone has a special talent. Good night, Lucy.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41ALL: (Sleep well!)

0:10:49 > 0:10:53# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane! #

0:10:53 > 0:10:57Subtitles by Valerie Maguire BBC Scotland - 2001

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