The Story of the Dawn Chorus

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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.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29TAPPING

0:01:34 > 0:01:38I don't think she'd enjoy that. MONKEYS: But it's funny.

0:01:38 > 0:01:43- I prefer the one about the day Doris the duck...- No, no.

0:01:43 > 0:01:48I think we should have the story about Zed the zebra.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51- When he lost his stripes and... - Hello-o!

0:01:51 > 0:01:56Oh, hello, Lucy. You haven't been standing there long, have you?

0:01:56 > 0:01:59No. Um, what are you doing?

0:01:59 > 0:02:04- We're trying to decide which story to tell you.- But it's not easy.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06We all have different ideas.

0:02:06 > 0:02:12I'm sure they'd all be good stories. Which story do YOU like, Boris?

0:02:12 > 0:02:17- Me?- Yes. You look like a bear who knows a good story when he hears it.

0:02:17 > 0:02:20I like them all. But, um...

0:02:20 > 0:02:25my favourite is Molly's story about Doris and the dawn chorus.

0:02:25 > 0:02:27Oh... How kind of you, Boris.

0:02:27 > 0:02:30Will you tell us your story, Molly?

0:02:30 > 0:02:32Course...if we're all agreed.

0:02:32 > 0:02:36- THEY AGREE - Then I'll begin.

0:02:36 > 0:02:40Every morning, when the sun rose over the savannah,

0:02:40 > 0:02:46each of the animals greeted the new day in their own special way.

0:02:47 > 0:02:52# Toot, toot, toot Toot, toot, toot toot. #

0:02:52 > 0:02:56- Morning, Doris. Lovely day.- Morning.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58- # Toot, toot, toot... #- Oww...!

0:03:00 > 0:03:03OPERATIC SINGING: # La, la, la-ah!

0:03:03 > 0:03:07# La, la, lah! La, la, la, lah! #

0:03:07 > 0:03:11DRUMS BEAT: Hmm, that one's a bit out.

0:03:11 > 0:03:15- ..That's better. - Play the music, Mr Warthog!

0:03:15 > 0:03:18One....two...three...

0:03:20 > 0:03:25All over the savannah, animals were joining in the dawn chorus.

0:03:25 > 0:03:30- It was getting noisier and noisier. - INSECTS CHIRRUP

0:03:32 > 0:03:37- # Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza! Pi-izza! #- QUACK!

0:03:37 > 0:03:40RATTLES TONGUE IN MOUTH

0:03:40 > 0:03:45DEEP, SLOW SOUNDS

0:03:45 > 0:03:49Hello, Doris. We're playing our favourite game.

0:03:49 > 0:03:52BOTH: Silly faces!

0:03:52 > 0:03:56What's the matter, Doris?

0:03:56 > 0:03:59- It's the noise!- WHAT noise?

0:03:59 > 0:04:05- You know. The dawn chorus. It sounds terrible!- DOES it?

0:04:05 > 0:04:09Everyone sings a different song. It's dreadful.

0:04:09 > 0:04:13Why don't YOU make up a new song?

0:04:13 > 0:04:16After all, you're very clever.

0:04:16 > 0:04:22..Oh, yes. That's right, I AM. Very, VERY clever, aren't I?

0:04:22 > 0:04:25- I'll be back in a minute.- Me first.

0:04:27 > 0:04:31HE LAUGHS That was a good one! Look at this.

0:04:33 > 0:04:38Doris the duck decided to make up a song of her own.

0:04:38 > 0:04:41Hmm, let me see now...

0:04:41 > 0:04:45What rhymes with "quack"? Ah, I've got it!

0:04:45 > 0:04:49"Quack"! # I'm a duck, quack, quack

0:04:49 > 0:04:52# Quack, quack, quack, quack

0:04:52 > 0:04:54# I'm a duck, quack, quack

0:04:54 > 0:04:57- # Quack... # - That's a nice song, Doris.

0:04:57 > 0:05:02Oh. It IS, isn't it? I wrote it myself, you know.

0:05:02 > 0:05:05It's very cute. Sing it again.

0:05:05 > 0:05:10# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack

0:05:10 > 0:05:14# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, a-quacketty-quack. #

0:05:14 > 0:05:18That was great. Very nice indeed.

0:05:18 > 0:05:22Why don't we ALL sing the same song together every morning?

0:05:22 > 0:05:27- 'The animals agreed. It sounded like a good idea.'- That settles it.

0:05:27 > 0:05:30My song it is, then.

0:05:30 > 0:05:37Next morning, the animals met Doris near the jungle for rehearsals.

0:05:37 > 0:05:41EXCITED CHATTER

0:05:42 > 0:05:44- QUACK!!- Ahem!

0:05:44 > 0:05:48Um, animals, birds and insects,

0:05:48 > 0:05:52welcome to the first performance of the new dawn chorus.

0:05:52 > 0:05:58May I present your conductor for this morning's concert, Doris the duck!

0:05:58 > 0:06:01THEY CHEER

0:06:02 > 0:06:06- Right, then. After three. One...two...- Oh, um...

0:06:06 > 0:06:11- Excuse me, Doris.- Yes?

0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Don't you think we should all warm up first?- Warm up?

0:06:15 > 0:06:20Like this. # Do, re, mi fa, so, la, ti, do! #

0:06:20 > 0:06:23ALL: Mm... Yeah!

0:06:23 > 0:06:28ALL: # Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do! #

0:06:28 > 0:06:32OK, OK, enough of that. Everybody, after me.

0:06:32 > 0:06:35# Quack! #

0:06:35 > 0:06:39NERVOUS MUTTERING

0:06:39 > 0:06:43Come on, then. What are you waiting for? After me.

0:06:43 > 0:06:49- One, two, three, four... - HALF-HEARTEDLY: # Quack, quack! #

0:06:49 > 0:06:54Come on! Come on - it's not that hard! Listen! # Quack! #

0:06:54 > 0:06:57- TUNELESSLY: # Quack! #- Brilliant!

0:06:57 > 0:07:01Join in after me. In your own time, Herbert.

0:07:01 > 0:07:05SLOW DRUMBEAT

0:07:05 > 0:07:09# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack... #

0:07:09 > 0:07:13THEY REPEAT SONG, FALTERINGLY

0:07:15 > 0:07:21# I'm a duck... # STRANGE ANIMAL SOUNDS

0:07:22 > 0:07:26Not bad. That wasn't bad at all.

0:07:26 > 0:07:29- I disagree.- Disagree?

0:07:29 > 0:07:36- The song doesn't sound right.- What d'you mean it doesn't SOUND right?

0:07:36 > 0:07:39Well, we're not ALL ducks like you.

0:07:39 > 0:07:41Not ducks?!

0:07:41 > 0:07:46THIS is a quacking song, so we will all quack!

0:07:46 > 0:07:50- Even you, Mr Not-A-Duck!- Hmm!

0:07:53 > 0:07:57# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack...

0:07:57 > 0:08:02- # I'm a duck, quack, quack... - Quack, quack... #- Louder, Ronald!

0:08:02 > 0:08:07I have to go and bash a boulder. I'd better help.

0:08:07 > 0:08:13The animals didn't enjoy singing the quacking song. They left the choir.

0:08:13 > 0:08:17# Quack, quack! Quack quack! Quack, quack! I'm a duck!

0:08:17 > 0:08:20# Quack, quack Quack, quack! Quack quack!

0:08:20 > 0:08:25- # I'm a duck, quack, quack... # - Ahem! Um, Doris?- What?!

0:08:25 > 0:08:29- They've all gone.- Good!- But...

0:08:29 > 0:08:31They were awful singers, anyway!

0:08:31 > 0:08:34And so are you. Goodbye.

0:08:36 > 0:08:40# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack...

0:08:40 > 0:08:44# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack... #

0:08:44 > 0:08:48- SADLY:- # I'm a duck... #

0:08:48 > 0:08:54- SOBBING:- I've lost all my friends. Their singing wasn't THAT bad.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57If I'd not lost my temper,

0:08:57 > 0:09:01we could've ALL sung my song, and...

0:09:01 > 0:09:04And that would've been really nice.

0:09:04 > 0:09:07SHE CRIES

0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Don't cry, Doris.- QUACK!

0:09:14 > 0:09:17You've all come back!

0:09:17 > 0:09:22- We've decided to have another go. - You HAVE?!

0:09:22 > 0:09:25It's so good... We'd like to sing it with you.

0:09:25 > 0:09:30We'll have to wait till dawn. We've new ideas for the arrangement.

0:09:30 > 0:09:35So everyone went to sleep in the volcano, and when the sun rose,

0:09:35 > 0:09:40Nelson invited Doris to conduct the animals again.

0:09:42 > 0:09:47# I'm a bird, tweet, tweet, Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet

0:09:47 > 0:09:51# I'm a rhino, bash, bash Bash, bash, bash, bash

0:09:51 > 0:09:55# I'm a giraffe, la, la, la La, la, la, la-la-la-la!

0:09:55 > 0:10:00# I'm a zebra, tappety-tap Tappety-tap, tappety-tap

0:10:00 > 0:10:04# I'm an elephant, toot, toot Toot, toot, toot, toot... #

0:10:04 > 0:10:08And Doris! FANFARE

0:10:08 > 0:10:12ALL: # She's a du-ck quack, quack, quack, quack

0:10:12 > 0:10:15# She's a du-uck...

0:10:15 > 0:10:17# Quack, quack, quack, quack

0:10:17 > 0:10:20# She's a du-uck

0:10:20 > 0:10:24# Quack, quack, quack, quack She's a du-uck

0:10:24 > 0:10:28# Quack, quack, quack...QUA-ACK! #

0:10:28 > 0:10:33- That was a lovely story, Molly! - I'm glad you enjoyed it.

0:10:33 > 0:10:36But now I think it's time for bed.

0:10:36 > 0:10:41- Goodnight, everyone. - ALL: Goodnight, Lucy!

0:10:43 > 0:10:47# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane. #

0:10:47 > 0:10:52Subtitles by Valery Tough BBC Broadcast - 2002

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