0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Way-oh, way-oh
0:00:05 > 0:00:08# Way-oh, way-oh
0:00:09 > 0:00:13# No matter if you're young or old
0:00:13 > 0:00:16# To leave your home is never cool
0:00:16 > 0:00:20# We all get sad, if truth be told
0:00:20 > 0:00:25# Nothing's going to beat your first day at school
0:00:28 > 0:00:31# First days, new days are the very best days
0:00:31 > 0:00:35# New things to discover, new people to meet
0:00:35 > 0:00:39# Don't stress, breathe deep, take it in your stride
0:00:39 > 0:00:43# Life is for the living down at Apple Tree House. #
0:00:49 > 0:00:52TALKING LEAKS FROM HEADPHONES
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Zainab, what song are you listening to?
0:00:55 > 0:00:56TALKING LEAKS FROM HEADPHONES
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Zainab?
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Zainab?
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Zainab!
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- Did you say something?- Yes, what song are you listening to you?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Oh, it's not a song, it's a story.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11It's what people nowadays call a talking book.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14A talking book?
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Yes.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Books don't talk.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Well, no, not really, no.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28But people can record themselves reading books.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29BOOK MUTTERS
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And then I listen to them.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36There's so many interesting things that get spoken into my ears.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:01:37 > 0:01:42Sometimes, I hear stories from all around the world.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Sometimes, I learn about people I've never met.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Once, I even learned how to cook a risotto!
0:01:50 > 0:01:51MAN SHOUTS
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Talking books help me use my own imagination.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00My mum listens to podcasts all the time.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Is that the same thing?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Yes, but I prefer listening to my old portable cassette player.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Huh?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Whoa.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Funny.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Why?- Because I've got loads of cassettes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Aren't those really old?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18SHE CHUCKLES
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Which cassette is your favourite?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24That would be a wonderful old made-up story
0:02:24 > 0:02:29that Mali's grandad recorded for me a very long, long time ago.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Can we hear it?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Of course.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36I keep all my cassettes in this cupboard.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43CRASHING
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Whoops.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Whoops. I might need a hand, kids.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Hmm. Look, you could use them as glasses.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59How does this work?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Ah, here it is, my favourite tape.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06How I've missed listening to this.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17SQUEAKING AND SCRATCHING
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Uh-oh, that doesn't sound good.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25And then let me get you some lunch.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26SHE SIGHS
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Hiya, Mum. What's the matter?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It's not your special one, is it, Mum?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Oh, no.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Mali, do you think your gran's OK?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I think she's upset about her broken cassette.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Maybe we should try and fix it.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55But we know nothing about tapes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57They're like ancient history.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59How hard could it be?
0:04:03 > 0:04:08All we need is careful attention and a bit of science.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09TAPE SOBS
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I could be like a doctor and use a stethoscope thing to find
0:04:13 > 0:04:14the problem.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Then I could untangle the tape and find where it's broken,
0:04:19 > 0:04:25and then one little bandage and a bit of magic.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27And we're fixed. Simple.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Dr Mali to the rescue!
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I don't think that's going to work.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36You'll have to think of something else.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I have an idea!
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Meera, do you know the story that was on the cassette?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Well, yeah, of course I do, it's a family favourite.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Sam, Mali, I have the perfect plan,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51but first we have to know what the story was that Zainab was
0:04:51 > 0:04:53listening to. OK?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Er, OK.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Take it away, Meera!
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Well, it's a story that's very dear to Grandma Zainab because it was
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Mali's grandad's favourite tale.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06It's the tale of the realistic painter.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I love it already!
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Once upon a time, there was an extremely talented painter...
0:05:14 > 0:05:18..and everyone in the village was amazed by how detailed his art was.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22But his paintings were so realistic that one night,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25they started coming to life!
0:05:25 > 0:05:26GROWLING
0:05:26 > 0:05:30When he went to sleep, the mice he'd painted jumped out of the canvas and
0:05:30 > 0:05:34roamed the village, eating all the crops.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36CRUNCHING
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Next night, a dragon leapt off the picture
0:05:38 > 0:05:41and breathed fire all around the houses.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51Next, a picture of the ocean leaked off the canvas and created great big
0:05:51 > 0:05:52lakes of water.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54HE GASPS
0:05:54 > 0:05:58The villagers became very angry with the painter because they had lost
0:05:58 > 0:06:02their crops and their village was no longer a happy place.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03They ran away from him.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05THEY SHOUT
0:06:06 > 0:06:09The painter had no idea what was going on or why no-one liked his
0:06:09 > 0:06:14paintings any more. He decided that if his paintings were making people
0:06:14 > 0:06:17unhappy, he would have to stop painting.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22That night, he was so devastated that he couldn't get to sleep,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25which meant that he saw everything.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32He saw the mice, the dragon and the ocean start to leak off its canvas.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38He realised what was happening, so he decided to, er...
0:06:38 > 0:06:39- Go on.- Yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- Go on.- I can't remember.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Oh, no. That ruins the plan.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- BOTH:- What was your plan?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50I wanted to hear the story so that we could tell it to Zainab
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- and cheer her up.- Oh, well, that's a lovely idea.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Does this mean I can't act as a doctor?
0:06:56 > 0:06:57SHE GASPS
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Act, that's it! Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Yes! Let's get that stethoscope thing.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09No, we can act the story for your gran.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11That's better than my doctor idea.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- But we still don't have an ending. - Maybe we can make up an ending?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Oh, I'm not sure about that.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Why not? It could be a special Apple Tree House version.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Oh, OK. As long as it feels and looks just right.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29All right, so, what would your gran say?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- ALL:- Let's get solving!
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Dad! Dad!- Hi, baby. - We need your help.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Have you done any acting before?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Have I done any acting before?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00HE CHUCKLES
0:08:00 > 0:08:06Of course! You're looking at the lead actor of my school play.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09"To be or not to be."
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Perfect. Oh, can we borrow this?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Yeah, sure.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Oh, and Bella, don't forget the ending.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Don't you want me?- And we need an invite.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Why?- For your grandma.- OK.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33To be or not to be, that is the question.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Romeo...
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Come on, Bella.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39BELLA HUMS
0:08:39 > 0:08:41We need an ending for Grandma!
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Yeah.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And then we need to find somewhere to do the acting.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- Hiya, Flo.- Hello.- Um, got a bit of a favour to ask.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Do you think we could use your cafe for a very special
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- performance tonight?- Performance?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02That sounds very exciting.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08- Do you hear that, Frank?- Huh? - A performance at our place.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Yeah!
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- That's a yes from both of us. - Oh, great, thank you.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- I'll see you later.- Bye.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Mali, can you pass me that tape, please?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- What are you up to? - Nothing.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- Where are Sam and Bella?- Nowhere.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I haven't seen them all afternoon.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- What have they been doing? - Nothing, absolutely nothing.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Oh, really?- And they're definitely not planning a surprise for you.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Come on, Bella.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46GIGGLING
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Dear Miss Zainab, you're cord...?
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- Cordially.- Cordially invited to a special performance by the
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Apple Tree House story crew. - Happening now.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Right away.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- This instant.- At Flo's Cafe.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Come on, Grandma, let's go.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05SHE CHUCKLES
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Yeah, let's go!
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls and pets,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18we present to you the Apple Tree House story crew performing the
0:10:18 > 0:10:21story of the realistic painter!
0:10:21 > 0:10:22CHEERING
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Once, there was a painter who painted really realistic paintings.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35LAUGHTER
0:10:40 > 0:10:42He painted animals...
0:10:42 > 0:10:43LAUGHTER
0:10:45 > 0:10:47..and dragons.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- AUDIENCE:- Oooooo!
0:10:49 > 0:10:54- Oh!- And he painted an ocean.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57But his paintings were so realistic that one night,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59they started to coming to life.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01AUDIENCE GASP
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Oh!
0:11:05 > 0:11:07THEY GROWL
0:11:08 > 0:11:11The next morning, the villagers were very angry.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- AUDIENCE:- Ooooooh!
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Mr Painter! I am very angry because all of our crops have been eaten
0:11:19 > 0:11:25and there are lakes of water everywhere and there is a-a
0:11:25 > 0:11:28dragon, rahh, breathing fire all over the village,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30um, and it is all your fault.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Huh? But what did I do?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36This worried the painter.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37HE SIGHS
0:11:37 > 0:11:40He had trouble getting to sleep.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42HE SHIVERS
0:11:42 > 0:11:44But in the middle of the night...
0:11:44 > 0:11:45GROWLING
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Squeak, squeak.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Whoa! My paintings, they are coming to life!
0:11:54 > 0:11:58That is why all the people in the village are so angry!
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Now, I would like to invite a special guest to the stage.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Zainab, please, tell us what happens to the painter!
0:12:07 > 0:12:08CHEERING
0:12:10 > 0:12:16Well, Bella, the painter then decided to paint the tastiest
0:12:16 > 0:12:20crops and the nicest houses, so that he could give them to the villagers
0:12:20 > 0:12:23as a way of apologising. Better still,
0:12:23 > 0:12:30he put his power to good by painting big clouds and a bright yellow sun
0:12:30 > 0:12:35so that he could create the perfect conditions for the crops to grow
0:12:35 > 0:12:37all year round.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40That's perfect.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Just right, the end.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:12:46 > 0:12:48That was incredible!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Bella, thank you so much.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Well, I couldn't have done it without my Apple Tree House crew.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:13:04 > 0:13:08And to guarantee you never forget it, we've recorded the whole
0:13:08 > 0:13:11performance for you and installed it onto an MP3 player.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I don't know what to say.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I can show you how it works.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17No need, I know all about these things!
0:13:17 > 0:13:18LAUGHTER
0:13:24 > 0:13:26GIGGLING
0:13:30 > 0:13:31THEY LAUGH
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Bella's idea was pretty amazing.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Totally, and we did a good job working as a team.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I'm glad Grandma's books are talking to her again.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41THEY GIGGLE
0:13:44 > 0:13:49- You're a good friend, Mali. - And you're a great friend, Sam.