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# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane... #

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Hello, I'm Lucy. I live at 64 Zoo Lane

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and I have very special neighbours. Look!

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

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# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

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

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# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

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

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# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane

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

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

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# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane. #

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Bedtime, Lucy! >

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OK, Mum.

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TAPPING

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I don't think she'd enjoy that. MONKEYS: But it's funny.

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-I prefer the one about the day Doris the duck...

-No, no.

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I think we should have the story about Zed the zebra.

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-When he lost his stripes and...

-Hello-o!

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Oh, hello, Lucy. You haven't been standing there long, have you?

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No. Um, what are you doing?

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-We're trying to decide which story to tell you.

-But it's not easy.

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We all have different ideas.

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I'm sure they'd all be good stories. Which story do YOU like, Boris?

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-Me?

-Yes. You look like a bear who knows a good story when he hears it.

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I like them all. But, um...

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my favourite is Molly's story about Doris and the dawn chorus.

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Oh... How kind of you, Boris.

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Will you tell us your story, Molly?

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Course...if we're all agreed.

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-THEY AGREE

-Then I'll begin.

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Every morning, when the sun rose over the savannah,

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each of the animals greeted the new day in their own special way.

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# Toot, toot, toot Toot, toot, toot toot. #

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-Morning, Doris. Lovely day.

-Morning.

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-# Toot, toot, toot... #

-Oww...!

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OPERATIC SINGING: # La, la, la-ah!

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# La, la, lah! La, la, la, lah! #

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DRUMS BEAT: Hmm, that one's a bit out.

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- ..That's better. - Play the music, Mr Warthog!

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One....two...three...

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All over the savannah, animals were joining in the dawn chorus.

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-It was getting noisier and noisier.

-INSECTS CHIRRUP

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-# Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza! Pi-izza! #

-QUACK!

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RATTLES TONGUE IN MOUTH

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DEEP, SLOW SOUNDS

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Hello, Doris. We're playing our favourite game.

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BOTH: Silly faces!

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What's the matter, Doris?

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-It's the noise!

-WHAT noise?

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-You know. The dawn chorus. It sounds terrible!

-DOES it?

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Everyone sings a different song. It's dreadful.

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Why don't YOU make up a new song?

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After all, you're very clever.

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..Oh, yes. That's right, I AM. Very, VERY clever, aren't I?

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-I'll be back in a minute.

-Me first.

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HE LAUGHS That was a good one! Look at this.

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Doris the duck decided to make up a song of her own.

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Hmm, let me see now...

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What rhymes with "quack"? Ah, I've got it!

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"Quack"! # I'm a duck, quack, quack

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# Quack, quack, quack, quack

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# I'm a duck, quack, quack

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-# Quack... #

-That's a nice song, Doris.

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Oh. It IS, isn't it? I wrote it myself, you know.

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It's very cute. Sing it again.

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# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack

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# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, a-quacketty-quack. #

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That was great. Very nice indeed.

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Why don't we ALL sing the same song together every morning?

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-'The animals agreed. It sounded like a good idea.'

-That settles it.

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My song it is, then.

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Next morning, the animals met Doris near the jungle for rehearsals.

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EXCITED CHATTER

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-QUACK!!

-Ahem!

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Um, animals, birds and insects,

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welcome to the first performance of the new dawn chorus.

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May I present your conductor for this morning's concert, Doris the duck!

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THEY CHEER

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-Right, then. After three. One...two...

-Oh, um...

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-Excuse me, Doris.

-Yes?

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-Don't you think we should all warm up first?

-Warm up?

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Like this. # Do, re, mi fa, so, la, ti, do! #

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ALL: Mm... Yeah!

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ALL: # Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do! #

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OK, OK, enough of that. Everybody, after me.

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# Quack! #

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NERVOUS MUTTERING

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Come on, then. What are you waiting for? After me.

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-One, two, three, four...

-HALF-HEARTEDLY: # Quack, quack! #

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Come on! Come on - it's not that hard! Listen! # Quack! #

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-TUNELESSLY: # Quack! #

-Brilliant!

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Join in after me. In your own time, Herbert.

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SLOW DRUMBEAT

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# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack... #

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THEY REPEAT SONG, FALTERINGLY

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# I'm a duck... # STRANGE ANIMAL SOUNDS

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Not bad. That wasn't bad at all.

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-I disagree.

-Disagree?

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-The song doesn't sound right.

-What d'you mean it doesn't SOUND right?

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Well, we're not ALL ducks like you.

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Not ducks?!

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THIS is a quacking song, so we will all quack!

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-Even you, Mr Not-A-Duck!

-Hmm!

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# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack...

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-# I'm a duck, quack, quack...

-Quack, quack... #

-Louder, Ronald!

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I have to go and bash a boulder. I'd better help.

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The animals didn't enjoy singing the quacking song. They left the choir.

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# Quack, quack! Quack quack! Quack, quack! I'm a duck!

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# Quack, quack Quack, quack! Quack quack!

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-# I'm a duck, quack, quack... #

-Ahem! Um, Doris?

-What?!

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-They've all gone.

-Good!

-But...

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They were awful singers, anyway!

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And so are you. Goodbye.

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# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, quack...

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# I'm a duck, quack, quack Quack, quack... #

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-SADLY:

-# I'm a duck... #

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-SOBBING:

-I've lost all my friends. Their singing wasn't THAT bad.

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If I'd not lost my temper,

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we could've ALL sung my song, and...

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And that would've been really nice.

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SHE CRIES

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-Don't cry, Doris.

-QUACK!

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You've all come back!

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-We've decided to have another go.

-You HAVE?!

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It's so good... We'd like to sing it with you.

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We'll have to wait till dawn. We've new ideas for the arrangement.

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So everyone went to sleep in the volcano, and when the sun rose,

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Nelson invited Doris to conduct the animals again.

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# I'm a bird, tweet, tweet, Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet

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# I'm a rhino, bash, bash Bash, bash, bash, bash

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# I'm a giraffe, la, la, la La, la, la, la-la-la-la!

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# I'm a zebra, tappety-tap Tappety-tap, tappety-tap

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# I'm an elephant, toot, toot Toot, toot, toot, toot... #

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And Doris! FANFARE

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ALL: # She's a du-ck quack, quack, quack, quack

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# She's a du-uck...

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# Quack, quack, quack, quack

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# She's a du-uck

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# Quack, quack, quack, quack She's a du-uck

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# Quack, quack, quack...QUA-ACK! #

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-That was a lovely story, Molly!

-I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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But now I think it's time for bed.

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-Goodnight, everyone.

-ALL: Goodnight, Lucy!

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# 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane. #

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Subtitles by Valery Tough BBC Broadcast - 2002

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