0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Way-oh, way-oh
0:00:05 > 0:00:09# Way-oh, way-oh
0:00:09 > 0:00:12# No matter if you're young or old
0:00:12 > 0:00:17# With good friends you'll never be alone
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# Shining light on our joyful world
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# Ain't nothing going to beat that place we call home
0:00:28 > 0:00:32# First day, new days are the very best days
0:00:32 > 0:00:34# New things to discover
0:00:34 > 0:00:35# New people to meet
0:00:35 > 0:00:39# Fun days always playing with your friend days
0:00:39 > 0:00:42# Life is for the living down at Apple Tree House. #
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Here it is. Here's our bus.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57BRAKES SQUEAK
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Come on, children. Let's go!
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Mind the step.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Mali! Mali...
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Would you please sit down and stop fidgeting?
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- Yes, Grandma. - You need to sit safely on the bus.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Did you see the driver?
0:01:26 > 0:01:27No. Why?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I just wanted to see if I could recognise him,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32see if he was the right one.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I can't see him.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37What if he doesn't know where we live?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Oh, my gosh! What if he doesn't and takes us to the wrong place?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51If he doesn't know where we live, we could end up anywhere.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Like at the zoo.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Or the dentist's.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Or school. - SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Ohhh, not school!
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Not today!
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Or, maybe, we'd end up on the moon.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Or a pirate island.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Ah, yeah!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Come on, you two. We're home.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Careful stepping off and hold my hand.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Sam, this is strange. That definitely wasn't the right driver.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Then how did we get home?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47I don't really know.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49What's up, you two? Is everything all right?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52How did the bus know where to go?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Now that's a good question.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Because I checked first to make sure it was our bus.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Our bus?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Wow, we have our own bus!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Cool!
0:03:04 > 0:03:07'Just imagine what we could do with our own bus.'
0:03:08 > 0:03:11We could paint our bus a different colour...
0:03:11 > 0:03:14So everyone would know it's ours.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16We could have a purple bus.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Or a green one.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- Or maybe even a yellow one. - BOTH GIGGLE
0:03:21 > 0:03:26Then we could go round the world to amazing places like...
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Australia! There, we could see the kangaroos.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33And then, maybe, India to see the elephants.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38And then, to Africa to see the lions.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41And then we'd come home to see Bella.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42And guess what?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45We have our own bus and it picks us up
0:03:45 > 0:03:48from the bus station and brings us home.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50We'd like to paint it purple.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Or green.- So that everyone would know it's ours
0:03:53 > 0:03:55when we go to faraway places.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Well, that's all very interesting, guys,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00but I'm very sure you don't own your own bus
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and you wouldn't be allowed to paint it.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Well, we do, because Gran said that we came home on OUR bus.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Mali, you can't own a bus, that's silly.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12But Gran says so and she knows, so there.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Hey, hey, hey, you guys! What's all the kerfuffle?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Mali and Sam reckon they've got their own bus,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20but I don't think that's right.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Well, if it's not ours, how did the bus know where to go?
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Yeah, we had a different driver that we've never seen before.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- How did he know where to take us? - So, let me get this straight.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35You own your own bus, but you didn't recognise the driver.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38So, that means the driver was driving the wrong bus,
0:04:38 > 0:04:42and didn't know where to go, but you still got home anyway,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45which means that the right driver in the wrong bus
0:04:45 > 0:04:48is better than the wrong driver in the right bus
0:04:48 > 0:04:51driving the wrong bus up the right street, right?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54ALL LAUGH Kobi!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Dad, stop messing around!
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Yes, stop being silly.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01But I just don't understand.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03How does the bus know where to go?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Hmm, I see the challenge.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Ah-ha! I have it!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Now, what is it Grandma Zainab always says
0:05:10 > 0:05:13when you want to know the answer to something?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Let's get solving!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- BOTH:- Get solving!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Well, go on, then,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23solving is the quickest route to the answer.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Ooh, and just one thing you may want to remember,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28an old African proverb -
0:05:28 > 0:05:31"To acquire knowledge, one must study,
0:05:31 > 0:05:36"but to acquire wisdom. one must observe."
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- Interesting!- Yeah.- Yeah...
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Hmmm, what is that?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58It's all mainly about timetables and disruption to services.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Wait, what did Dad say?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Hmm, something about the quickest route.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Yes, but he did say something else.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11"To acquire knowledge, one must study."
0:06:11 > 0:06:14"But to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And to finish dinner, one needs ingredients.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22I have to pop out to the shops again. Who wants to come?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Me, please!- Yes!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27We can do some observing on the way.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34# Oh, we'd really love to learn about this mystery
0:06:34 > 0:06:38# How do we solve this mystery?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41# How the driver always gets us home
0:06:41 > 0:06:45# Ding-ding! Ding-ding! Always gets us home
0:06:46 > 0:06:51# So, let's get solving, claim ourselves this victory
0:06:52 > 0:06:55# Let's solve the mystery
0:06:55 > 0:07:00# The question of how the driver gets us home
0:07:02 > 0:07:05# So, stop, look and listen
0:07:05 > 0:07:07# Look out for that sign
0:07:07 > 0:07:11# The secret to wisdom is yours all the time
0:07:11 > 0:07:13# Let's get solving
0:07:13 > 0:07:15# Let's get started
0:07:15 > 0:07:18# Let's get solving
0:07:18 > 0:07:20# And find out how the driver gets us home
0:07:20 > 0:07:22# Let's get solving
0:07:22 > 0:07:25# Let's find out how the driver gets us home
0:07:25 > 0:07:27# Find out how the driver gets us home
0:07:27 > 0:07:29# Find out how the driver gets us home
0:07:29 > 0:07:31# Whoa, let's get solving
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- # Whoa, driver gets us home - Let's get solving
0:07:35 > 0:07:38# Let's find out how the driver gets us home. #
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Did you observe anything?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43No. And all the buses look the same.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Mm-hm.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47And it's so busy.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I just wish I could fly.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53'Oh, yeah, how cool would that be?
0:07:53 > 0:07:58'Yes, I'd be high above all that traffic, like a pigeon.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03'Then I can look down on all the buses to see which one was ours.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05'I'd love that.'
0:08:05 > 0:08:08MALI SIGHS
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I think it's time for the cafe.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Yeah!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15This way.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Can we have a cup of tea and three juices, please?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Oh, and some of those home-made oat biscuits.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Sure. I'll bring them over.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Come on, you lot.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38The answer's somewhere.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Maybe it will help if you finish your drawings.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Look, my bus is red and it has four wheels and two doors.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50One at the front next to the driver, and one in the middle to get off.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54And yours has passengers. So has mine.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57But yours is double and mine is single
0:08:57 > 0:09:00and mine is longer and bendy in the middle.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Hello, everybody! ..Cup of tea please, Flo!
0:09:06 > 0:09:09So, how are you guys getting on?
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Well, we're still observing and solving.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Kobi, look, we've drawn pictures.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22And there's still nothing to tell us how the bus knew where to go.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Look, Mali, up there.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Where?- There, on the wall.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Oh, yeah, wow!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Flo's got a bus photograph.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33That looks really old.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- Is that your picture, Flo? - Now that was a long time ago.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Frank was a bus driver.- Wow!
0:09:41 > 0:09:45And I was what they used to call a bus conductor -
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- a clippie.- What?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49On the old buses,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54we had a person who rang the bell for the buses to stop and start.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56They walked about collecting fares
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- and giving tickets to the passengers.- Wow.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- You and Frank worked on the same bus?- Yeah.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06So, you can tell us how the bus knew where to go?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Well, a long time ago,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12buses were painted in different colours
0:10:12 > 0:10:16and different-coloured buses went to different places.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20But because of competition between different bus companies,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22one of the biggest operators
0:10:22 > 0:10:28painted their entire fleet of buses red in order to stand out.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31But now, all the buses looked the same
0:10:31 > 0:10:34no matter where they were going.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37So they decided to put numbers on the front
0:10:37 > 0:10:39to show the different routes.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43If you look closely at the front or the back of the bus,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48you'll see a number and that's how you know where the bus is going.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50The numbers!
0:10:50 > 0:10:52That's the difference!
0:10:52 > 0:10:56As you can see from the photo, Frank and I were on the 239.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59The 239 omnibus.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01So, you don't have to know the driver?
0:11:01 > 0:11:06No, you just have to get the bus with the right number.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Can we go on a bus journey to see where all the buses go?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Sure! Let's catch the bus back into town
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- where we can jump on a different number bus.- Cool.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Then, we can take the long way back home,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26but you have to choose the route by picking the right buses to take.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27SHE GIGGLES
0:11:30 > 0:11:35# Oh, we're really happy that we solved this mystery
0:11:37 > 0:11:39# Solved this mystery
0:11:39 > 0:11:43# Oh, of how the driver always gets us home
0:11:43 > 0:11:47# Ding-ding, ding-ding, always gets us home
0:11:48 > 0:11:52# So, now we're done, let's claim ourselves this victory
0:11:53 > 0:11:56# Claim we solved this mystery
0:11:56 > 0:12:01# The question of how the driver gets us home
0:12:04 > 0:12:06# So, stop, look and listen
0:12:06 > 0:12:08# Look out for that sign
0:12:08 > 0:12:12# The secret to wisdom is yours all the time. #
0:12:14 > 0:12:16So, we don't have our own bus.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21- Or driver.- That doesn't stop us making a bus, does it?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Check this out! Ha-ha!
0:12:24 > 0:12:26THEY GIGGLE
0:12:32 > 0:12:35We could paint them any colour we want.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Purple.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Or green.- Or red.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41ALL GIGGLE
0:12:44 > 0:12:46And we get to drive our own buses.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51And go anywhere we want.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Yay!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03That was fun, riding on the different buses.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Getting to choose the bus with the right number was great.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10And we didn't know any of the drivers.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11THEY LAUGH
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Your dad was right about observing.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Yes, the answer was right in front of us all the time.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21THEY LAUGH
0:13:21 > 0:13:23You're a good friend, Mali.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26And you're a great friend, Sam.