The Story of the Best Christmas Tree Ever 64 Zoo Lane

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Hello! I'm Lucy.

I live at 64 Zoo Lane, and I have some very special neighbours. Look!

# There's one with a hump And one who can jump

# And one who is a little bit plump

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# Some like it hot And some like it chilly

# And some like it both ways and that's a bit silly

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# Some are friendly, some are scary

# But one thing is sure not one is ordinary

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# Some are spotty, some are stripy

# Or prickly and woolly and furry and slimy

# Some are quite big And some are very small

# And the last one's Georgina

# Who's incredibly tall

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Bedtime, Lucy! >

OK, Mum.

Wheeee!

-ALL:

-Hello, Lucy!

Hi, everyone.

What's that, Lucy?

It's a surprise.

-Here, you hold on to this end, Boris.

-Oooh.

And, Nelson, you hold the other end.

-ALL:

-Oooh!

That's beautiful, Lucy.

It's Christmas tomorrow. I've been making decorations,

and wrapping presents and baking biscuits.

-You have been busy.

-Yes.

-SHE SIGHS

-I'm all tired out now.

What I need is a nice, relaxing story.

I happen to know a good Christmas story.

-ALL:

-Oooh!

It was winter in the mountains,

and everything was covered with snow.

Well, it's nearin' to Christmas time, folks.

-How can you tell that?

-Only little things an expert would know.

Here we go.

Like the snow crystals sparkling in the sunlight. Huh?

HE PANTS

Or the scent of the fir trees. Or how deep the snow is.

OTHERS ALL TALK AT ONCE

Is it deep enough yet, boys?

-BOTH:

-Oh, yes.

It'll be Christmas any minute now.

It's time we got a Christmas tree.

-ALL:

-Yeah!

You know the best places to find trees.

I sure do, Melanie, follow me.

Here we are, folks, see a tree you like?

-There are so many to chose from.

-Uh-huh?

Don't like the look of that bark.

Hmm, branch is not quite straight.

They all seem nice to me.

How about this one? Strong and healthy.

No, the needles are too dark. I think we can do better.

You know, I think we need to get a move on.

-You should tell Beverly.

-Um, Bev, we thought we should hurry,

before the bison get here.

'Randolph know that the bison liked to celebrate Christmas too.

'And there were a lot of them.'

This is the one.

-It's beautiful.

-The best ever.

Go ahead, Beverly!

Timber!

'Now, we had to get back home.'

Hmmm... Oh, no!

How are we going to cross?

Don't worry, I've got an idea.

-Yipeee!

-Woohoo!

Ooh, that was a good idea, Boris.

Grrrrr!

Now, we have to find a nice spot for our tree.

Let's try nearby the river.

Oh, OK.

So, what do you think?

ALL MAKE NEGATIVE NOISES

ALL: Yay!

This is perfect! Everyone will be able to get a good view of the tree.

Christmas is about sharing, you see.

How lovely.

Sure is a beautiful tree you picked us.

-Just needs some decorations.

-Oh yes.

Let's go and find some pretty things.

'Melanie was excited.

'But the others told her that someone had to stay and look after the tree.

'And she was just the moose for the job.'

Do I really need to stay here?

I don't think the tree will run away.

We went to a whole lot of trouble to find our tree,

so we can't risk losing it.

Thanks, we'll be back real soon!

Ohh.

'The bison had arrived to collect their Christmas trees.'

Well, I sure am glad we got our tree before these critters showed up.

Yes. Now, let's go get those decorations.

We can split up to save time.

It looks like we're too late.

Daddy, where's our tree?

Oh, don't worry, Barbara?

Daddy will get us a Christmas tree.

Er, yes, of course.

This isn't the only place to find Christmas trees. Follow me.

'Meanwhile, Beverly and Randolph were picking icicles.

'Alfie and Charlie were digging for fir cones.'

Woohoo!

'I was still looking for decorations for our tree.'

These maple leaves have been here since autumn.

They should be just perfect.

'And Melanie was still looking after the Christmas tree,

'making sure it didn't go anywhere.'

SOBBING

Deary me, Ma. We've looked everywhere for a tree.

Seems there's not one to be had anywhere.

(SOBBING) I want a Christmas tree!

Oh, Daddy, Mummy!

Christmas tree! Christmas tree!

-Christmas tree!

-Her first Christmas?

-Sure is.

-Yeah. She's been so looking forward to it,

but we can't find her a tree anywhere.

'Melanie thought back to what Boris had said about Christmas

'being a time for sharing. And so, she made an important decision.'

You can have our tree.

-Oh, but we couldn't.

-Oh, yeah! Ha-ha-ha!

Hooray! Christmas tree!

Well, I do hope you enjoy it.

Oh, we will. Thank you so very much.

Sure was a nice tree those guys had.

Almost as nice as ours.

THEY GASP

Melanie! Where'd our tree go?

I gave it away!

You did what?!

Remember how you said Christmas was all about sharing?

Yes, but we didn't mean for you to share OUR tree!

Oh. There was a baby bison, and she didn't have a Christmas tree.

And I thought she shouldn't miss out.

Well, I think you did the right thing, Melanie.

I guess you're right, Boris.

But where are we going to hang these decorations now?

There are no trees left.

There must be something we can do.

Yes. What else is big and has branches you can hang things on?

ALL: Er...

My antlers can be our Christmas tree!

ALL: Yeah!

'And so we started to decorate Melanie's antlers.'

Are you sure you won't get cold standing here, Melanie?

I'm fine, Boris. We moose love the snow.

SHE CHUCKLES

Oh, don't shake your head just yet!

Oooh.

OK, Melanie. Now you can shake your head!

THEY LAUGH

We all agreed Melanie's antlers made the best Christmas tree ever.

And that was my best Christmas story ever!

-I'm glad you liked it.

-Here are your decorations back, Lucy.

You can keep them to decorate the zoo.

Ooh, thank you, Lucy.

Better get some sleep now.

Tomorrow is a busy day!

Good night, everyone.

ALL: Good night!

And happy Christmas, Lucy.

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