0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:30# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears!
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together, make things better By working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:38# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hey, DW!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Hey!- Whoa!
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Wh-h-h-h-hy?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Why what, Arthur?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Why do I have to go to a boring party with you
0:01:15 > 0:01:19when it's sunny out and DW gets to go to the lake with Emily?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26There's no kids!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- You said there'd be kids! - Mrs Fox said there would be.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Why?- She probably thought people would bring them.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Why would she think that?
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Questions! Sometimes you can't know the answer to everything.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44And sometimes you can't know the answer to anything!
0:01:53 > 0:01:59OK, Arthur, we'll stay a little while. Just try to occupy yourself.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01How long is "a while?"
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Why can't grown-ups ever just answer a simple question?
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Why can't they say, "Yes, we know the answer and this is what it is?"
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Why? Why? Why?
0:02:13 > 0:02:19Why, Why, Why, Why can't someone give me AN ANSWERRRRRR?????
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Sorry! Just doing a little bit of packing here
0:02:23 > 0:02:26before Mrs Fox and I move to the retirement home.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29"93 Million Miles in a Balloon."
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Got that from Granddaddy when I was your age.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Why aren't you at the party?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Boring old people.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Oh, sorry. Why aren't you?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Boring young people.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Keep it.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46I have to get rid of most of this stuff, anyway.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Be careful with the loose pages.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Weird. Why is there a balloon in the library?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Don't remember.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58"Lord Caleb Trimingham, bored, restless and, as always,
0:02:58 > 0:03:04"aggravated by his house staff's lack of interest in his questions,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06"looked to the ceiling as if for an answer
0:03:06 > 0:03:08"and saw a balloon.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13"A hot-air balloon, to be precise, descending from the rafters."
0:03:13 > 0:03:18What kind of answer is that? And what questions was he asking?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21"Yet before Lord Trimingham could express
0:03:21 > 0:03:26"irritation at the inappropriateness of the balloon, he was greeted."
0:03:26 > 0:03:31Dr Gustavius Boles. Don't bother to get up. Just passing through.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35But what are you doing here?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39How did you get that balloon in that suitcase?
0:03:39 > 0:03:44- Ah, a questioner. Sorry, I've no time at the moment.- No! Wait!
0:03:45 > 0:03:49You didn't answer my questions. Who are you? How did...?
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Dr Gustavius Boles, as I've informed you. I'm a balloon explorer.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- What's that?- Here we are. Thank you for the ride.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01What is this place? What does he do here?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04I don't know, sir. I'm just a driver.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Dr Boles, what are you...?!
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Oh, dear, it's the questioner.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43DAD: OK, Arthur, time to go!
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Already? Why do we have to go right now?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52"As Lord Trimingham bravely tried to brace himself
0:04:52 > 0:04:55"for the crushing waters ahead..."
0:04:55 > 0:04:56WE'RE DOOMED!!!
0:04:56 > 0:05:02That's the first thing you said that isn't a question. Here, take this.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Of course. The Falls of Glomach in Scotland
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- leads to a garden of the Taj Mahal in East India.- The what?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20There are connections between all things in existence.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Your library ceiling is connected to the baboon cage in the Cairo Zoo.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29I presume that answers all possible questions. Here.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33You might want to wear that.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36It provides oxygen and protects the body
0:05:36 > 0:05:38against pressure and temperature.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49I expected to make this exploration without stowaways,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51so be careful, that's my spare suit.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Where are we going?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I've always wondered what the sun was connected to.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Mom! Dad!
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Arthur?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- The end is missing.- Why are you up past your bedtime?- I'm reading.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19That's good, isn't it?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23OK, well, thanks for looking, Mr Fox. Arthur appreciates it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27He can't find pages that might have fallen out.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31And can't remember the ending, except it's something to do with the sun.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- Sorry, Arthur.- But how am I gonna find out what happens?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Yes!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42One copy! "Fiction BOU."
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Yes, apparently 93 Million Miles In A Balloon
0:06:45 > 0:06:50was checked out ten years ago and never returned.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Never returned?
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Whoever borrowed it moved and left no forwarding address.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01But don't worry, if he comes back, I will revoke his library card!
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Oh, uh, thanks. I'd rather have the book.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Can you order another copy? - Oh, no, dear.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11That book is long out of print.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Maybe you can buy a copy on the Internet.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18"Rare copy. Fair condition."
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Order it! Please?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22"1,000 dollars!"
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Oh, I'm sorry, honey. We tried.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29And that's the only used copy available.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- What about posting on a message board?- Good idea. Let's try it.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Hey, look! There's a movie, "93 Million Miles in a Balloon"
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- We can rent it on 16 millimetre. - What's 16 millimetre?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50It's 25 years since I've used this 16 millimetre projector!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- Hope it makes it! - It's such a cool book.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Wait'll you see, he rides this balloon into a waterfall
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- and out into space and...- What? I can't hear you!
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Never mind! You'll see!
0:08:03 > 0:08:05# Flying high, flying low!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08# Broadway rhythms go, go, go!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10# 93 million tapping feet
0:08:10 > 0:08:13# Make a sound that can't be beat! #
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Oh, Caleb, I've always wanted to star in a Gustavius Boles show!
0:08:18 > 0:08:23I know, Sally, and 93 Million Miles in a Balloon is his biggest hit yet!
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I thought they were gonna fly into the sun?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28This isn't in the book!
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Sing it, Sally! This show is gonna make you a star,
0:08:32 > 0:08:37or my name ain't Gustavius Boles, the biggest producer on Broadway!
0:08:37 > 0:08:40# It always seemed that old Broadway
0:08:40 > 0:08:43# Was 93 million miles away
0:08:43 > 0:08:50# But with the help of this balloon, I'll get to Broadway soon! #
0:08:50 > 0:08:53"93 Million Miles in a Balloon.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58"The exploration plot was dropped by producer Bugsby Brown
0:08:58 > 0:09:03"and turned into a backstage musical to showcase his writing skills."
0:09:03 > 0:09:05ARRRGHHH!!!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Well, I'd rather see a good musical any day
0:09:08 > 0:09:12than some silly story about balloons in outer space!
0:09:12 > 0:09:16It's not right to make movies about flying into the sun,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- what if some poor kid imitated it? - What about the ending?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23There couldn't be a logical ending to that book.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26It is impossible to fly into the sun.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28But there is still an ending.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Just because you didn't read it doesn't mean...
0:09:31 > 0:09:36- Yeah, if a tree falls in the forest, does anybody hear it?- Of course!
0:09:36 > 0:09:41Buster means if it falls and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44What, there's not even insects there to hear it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47What forest has no mosquitoes?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I just wanna know the ending!
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- MUM:- Uh, Arthur. I found the pages.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57- I just washed your jacket and looks like they were in your pocket.- No!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59No!
0:09:59 > 0:10:00No-o-o!!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I'm sorry, Dr Boles.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I didn't think to look in my jacket and now...
0:10:06 > 0:10:11- Foolishness is no excuse. Well, we'll just have to keep going.- Wait!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14How can we when we don't know what the ending is?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19If an explorer only proceeded knowing what he was to discover,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21no discoveries would be made at all.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25But there's nothing to discover! There's NO ENDING!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27We'll find another one.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31There's only one ending to a story, Dr Boles.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Good news. Somebody responded to your post on the board.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43A woman in Shelbytown found a copy when cleaning out her garage.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44I can't believe it!
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I'm actually going to find out the answer.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Sure was nice to drop off the book.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55That clan of eight kids must really keep her busy!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Well, aren't you gonna read it?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13NOOOOO!!!!
0:11:13 > 0:11:16This is kind of what historians go through -
0:11:16 > 0:11:20piecing together the past from clues. They reach dead ends too.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24But this isn't history. This is a story!
0:11:24 > 0:11:27With an ending! We KNOW there's an ending.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Well, we know there were endings in history, too,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34we just don't know what they all were yet. It's exciting.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39- I'm never gonna find the ending, am I?- You don't know that.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44It's hard to predict. There's nothing to stop you imagining what you want.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46You know, maybe you're right.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51I mean, maybe I could write myself an ending. Kind of a sequel...
0:11:51 > 0:11:56- There you go. You've found yourself an answer.- Goodnight.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Lights off? ARTHUR LAUGHS
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- What's so amusing?- The ending.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10I finally found it and it was completely colored by babies!
0:12:10 > 0:12:14You know, you're right, Dr Boles, let's keep going.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18The future's out there. The unknown. Let's explore it.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Sometimes people can't tell you the answer to something
0:12:23 > 0:12:27and you have to find it out for yourself. All right!
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Yeah!
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Subtitles by Laura Jones Red Bee Media Ltd 2006
0:12:34 > 0:12:37E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk