0:00:09 > 0:00:13# No matter if you're young or old
0:00:13 > 0:00:16# With good friends you'll never be alone
0:00:16 > 0:00:20# Shining light on our joyful world
0:00:20 > 0:00:25# There ain't nothing going to beat that place we call home
0:00:28 > 0:00:31# First day, new days, ordinary best days
0:00:31 > 0:00:35# New things to discover, new people to meet
0:00:35 > 0:00:37# Fun days always
0:00:37 > 0:00:39# Playing-with-your-friend days
0:00:39 > 0:00:43# Life is for the living down at Apple Tree House. #
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Mr Carrot!
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Whoa! Mr Carrot! You're flying.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Whoosh! Bang! Boom!
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Mali!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Buzzzz!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Flap! Flap!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00- Flap!- Mali!
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- Hello, Mali.- I didn't do it.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Am I in trouble?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14No, Mali, you're not.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- I was just having an interesting chat with your mum.- Mm.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Katie popped round just to tell me how much everyone loved
0:01:22 > 0:01:24your story that you presented in class today.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29- Really?- I was so impressed. I had to come and tell your mum all about it.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32This is great because it means that now you can show and tell me.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Mum!- Come on! I'd love it if you did.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Just exactly as you did in class. - Really?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- Yeah, really.- Go on, Mali.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- I'd like to hear it again.- OK.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48It was Gran who told me about the solar eclipse.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I've never seen her so excited.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53ALL: Wow!
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Is this what you're going to use for the solar eclipse?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- You mean, the solar eclipse? - That's what I said.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02No, no, no.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04You need special glasses to see the eclipse,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07otherwise you'll damage your eyes.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Does the eclipse only happen in Pakistan?- No.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14But whether you see it does depend on where you live in the world
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and the weather also has an effect.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19If it's cloudy, like your usual British weather,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- then you won't get to see it. ALL:- Oh!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25But, we know exactly what time it happens
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and I've had a sneak peek at the weather
0:02:28 > 0:02:30and it looks like we might be in luck.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32What's an eclipse?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35When I was a little girl in Pakistan,
0:02:35 > 0:02:40people believed an eclipse was a sign that God was angry.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46- Why?- Because day turned into night and sometimes birds stopped singing.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Wow! Really?- Yes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50But we don't believe that now
0:02:50 > 0:02:54because we know an eclipse is a natural event.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Gran said scientists love to study eclipses,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01so they can tell us all about them.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13She told us that the Earth moves around and around the sun.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20And she showed us how our little moon spins around the Earth.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Now, imagine what happens when the moon
0:03:25 > 0:03:27gets between the sun and the earth.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31The moon blocks the light from the sun.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35If we look up from the earth, we can no longer see the sun,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39just for a short while, and that's an eclipse.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Gran is the coolest, she knows all the science-y stuff
0:03:45 > 0:03:49and through her telescope she can see craters on the moon up close.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52And she can even see Venus and Mars.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55That was so good, so good. Brilliant.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- I'm not finished. - Oh, right.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01And then Kobi told us about the eclipse in Africa
0:04:01 > 0:04:03when he was about that high.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06He said people used to believe that the sun and the moon
0:04:06 > 0:04:08were actually fighting.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Ha-ha!
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Everyone laughed but Kobi pretended to be serious.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20He said everyone back home still sees the eclipse as a time
0:04:20 > 0:04:24of coming together and resolving problems between friends.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Kobi said people ask the sun and the moon to stop fighting
0:04:33 > 0:04:36using drums and songs.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42# Where is the sun that turns day into night?
0:04:43 > 0:04:49# Silent the birds, they don't take flight. #
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Eh!
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- So who's ready for the eclipse tomorrow then, hey?- Me!
0:05:00 > 0:05:05My dad is going to lend me his solar eclipse glasses.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06That's good.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11Mum gave me these cardboard glasses from her magazine, so I'm ready too.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- What about me?- Oh, my dad has a spare pair from the Sunday paper.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Uh-oh! It didn't look like that before.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27How did that happen?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30What am I going to do? The glasses are ripped.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Well, you don't necessarily need glasses to see the eclipse.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38But you said you'll damage your eyes if you don't have special glasses.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- So what are we going to do? - We can use a pinhole camera.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45What? That sounds very complicated.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Not at all. We can make a pinhole camera!
0:05:50 > 0:05:54A pinhole camera is simply like a small cardboard box.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05On one side, you cut a big square hole
0:06:05 > 0:06:09and then cover it with tissue paper or tracing paper.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15This makes a screen.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20On the opposite side of the box, you make a tiny, tiny hole.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23If you point the hole towards the eclipse,
0:06:23 > 0:06:27you get an image of the moon and sun that shows up on the paper screen.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32An exact image of the eclipse, a little bit like watching TV.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Kobi helped with a few bits and pieces
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and Gran showed us how to stick it all together.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40It was so easy to make.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Everyone was so excited and I haven't even got to the eclipse yet.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Ameera, that's the best bit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Go on, Mali. Go on.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Everyone was ready, yes!
0:06:51 > 0:06:55So the next morning we all met outside and watched the eclipse.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Whoo! Woohoo!
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- Look out for the moon! - I'm the sun. I'm too hot!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10What's going on? Stop!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12The eclipse is about to start
0:07:12 > 0:07:16and I need to find the perfect spot for the pinhole camera.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Beep! Beep! Beep!
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Beep! Beep! Beep-beep!
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Oh! Sam, now look what you've done!
0:07:24 > 0:07:28It took us so long to make it and now you've ruined it.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31We were just playing around.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's all right for you and Bella, you've got special glasses.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- Hey, I hope that sun and moon is behaving.- Sam's broken the camera.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- We were just playing around. - And then she bashed it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Hey, hey, hey, time out! Is Grandma Zainab around?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- No.- Oh.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56OK, well, it looks like we might have to try and fix this ourselves.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Yeah.- Let me have a look.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Hm.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Well, I might not make as good a job of it as Grandma Zainab
0:08:05 > 0:08:07but I'll give it a good go.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Please.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Oh, and ladies, a little less of that excitement, please.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Try and save some energy for later on.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23People all over the city and all over the country gathered to watch.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28It could be years before we see an eclipse like this again.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- It was like a party. - Here we go.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34And Patience made some tasty snacks.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I had to fix this on to that because it got broken.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Have a look, tell me what you think.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I was feeling a bit sad
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and I wasn't sure if the girls were still my friends.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52But Kobi did fix the camera, just before the solar eclipse started.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Hey, Mali, over here.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Park yourself there.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Now, look at that, that's not a bad job, is it?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04What do you think?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Mali. Mali, here we go. Would you like a snack?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- No, thanks.- Oh, could I...
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Ah-ah-ah.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Don't think I didn't see you sneak one...actually, two, before.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Oh, Patience!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20These are for the kids.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24OK, is everybody ready?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I went to sit next to Sam and Bella.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33OK, how is everyone feeling?
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- Excited?- Yes!
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Hey, Katie, have you got the time? - There you go.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Oh, look, we're almost there!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Are you ready for the countdown? - Yeah!
0:09:47 > 0:09:5110. Nine. Eight.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Seven. Six. Five.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Four. Three. Two. One...
0:10:00 > 0:10:03And then the light started to fade.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08And the birds went quiet.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11And even the traffic outside seemed to have stopped.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Dad says the zoo would have gone really quiet, too.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18It started to feel magical.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21And the total eclipse began.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39# Where is the sun?
0:10:39 > 0:10:44# That turns day into night?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49# Silent the birds
0:10:50 > 0:10:53# They don't take flight. #
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Even though we know it's all about science and planets,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00everyone had magic in their faces.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03# Where...
0:11:03 > 0:11:07# Where has the sun gone?
0:11:07 > 0:11:14# Ohhh, where has the sun gone?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20# Ohhh
0:11:20 > 0:11:26# Turning day into night
0:11:28 > 0:11:31# Where is the place that... #
0:11:31 > 0:11:34And when the sun started to appear again,
0:11:34 > 0:11:38it got lighter and the birds started to sing again.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41It was like a new day.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Kobi was delighted and he said...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Do you know what?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I think the eclipse has lifted all the tensions.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- What do you think?- Yeah.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- Hello, everyone.- Gran!- Oh, hi.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- How was it?- Amazing!- Cool! - Brilliant!
0:12:02 > 0:12:04And strange.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- But you missed it. - No, she didn't.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10What do you mean?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Where were you?- Well...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Grandma told her where she had been.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Even though Gran knows all about the planets and all the science-y stuff,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24the solar eclipse is a special time for Gran, Dad and you, Mum.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Having your quiet time.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29A time for reflection during the eclipse is very important
0:12:29 > 0:12:31for our family, isn't it?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Yes.- See!
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Wasn't that absolutely brilliant? - It was so good!
0:12:37 > 0:12:39What a brilliant story.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42And because you're so brilliant,
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- I'm going to make your favourite dessert.- Yum!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Do you mind if I stick around?
0:12:48 > 0:12:52I reckon that is going to be very tasty.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Please?- Yeah, of course.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Come here, you!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09THEY LAUGH
0:13:12 > 0:13:14That was an amazing day.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Yeah, and it was great that Bella lent me her glasses.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21I didn't mean to bash into the pinhole camera. Sorry.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23And I'm sorry for getting angry.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26But the main thing was we both got to see the eclipse.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29THEY GIGGLE
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- You're a good friend, Mali. - And you're a great friend, Sam.