Frog Fight Big and Small

# It doesn't matter if you're tiny or tall

# It doesn't matter if you're big or small

# If you want to have fun it doesn't matter at all

-# You've got it, Big!

-Why, thank you, Small!

BOTH: # Skipping, flipping, climbing up a rope

# Hiding, riding, sliding down a slope

# Skating on an ice cube Swinging on a star

-# It makes no difference what size you are!

-Nice!

# If you want to have fun it doesn't matter at all

-# Cos here we are We're Big and Small!

-Yeah! #

OK, don't need that, um, don't need that.

A banana! What's that doing there?

-If I put that there and attach...

-Hey, Big!

-Hmm?

-What you making?

Well, my little orange friend, I am making...

..a cross-o-meter!

Oooh! What's a cross-o-meter?

Hmm? Oh.

Well, it's a machine that tells you whether a person is slightly upset

or a trifle furious or even hopping mad.

Oh! Well, why would you want to know that?

Well, why do we need to know about...

Oh, well, it could be used for information.

It could stop a row

or...fix a prob... HORN HONKS

It's working!

It's working! It's working!

IT'S WORKING!

-Oh!

-Look at that, Small.

-Somewhere, somebody in the world is...slightly upset!

-Wow!

BIG LAUGHS Slightly upset! That's great.

FROGS CROAK

You see! You see!

My machine clearly indicated that the frogs are absolutely hopping mad.

So what now?

Now, we stop the row.

Er, excuse me, excuse me, frogs!

Hello! Could I have your attention, please?

Oh, good. Thank you.

Um...I just wanted to say that, in general,

if you're upset with someone, it's a good idea to tell them,

but not too loudly, because then it can only make things worse.

Thank you.

FROGS CROAK

QUIET!

You guys are breaking my ears.

Now, I don't know what your problem is,

but I do know what it's like to be cross with a friend.

Like when Big said I couldn't store worms in his shoes.

-Well, I was cross.

-What?!

And when he said, "Don't eat cake in the bath",

-CROSS-O-METER BEEPS

-and then one minute later he said,

"Don't eat it in the bed either." I mean, make up your mind, Big!

BEEPING FADES

-Hmm.

-So, anyway, what I'm trying to say is stop fighting.

The end.

Phew!

-See that Big?

-Yeah.

-I am GOOD.

-Wow!

So, if you need any more advice, frogs, come and see me any time, OK?

Small - super frog-helper. That's me.

Yep. We can go now, Big. Our work is done.

SNORING

FROGS CROAK AND CROSS-O-METER BEEPS

THEY GASP

I'm up! I'm up, OK.

Hey, frogs! When I said, "Come and see me any time,"

-I meant a different "any time".

-Yeah!

Can't you make it stop, Big?

Uh, hold on.

BIG GRUNTS

There's no off switch! The machine won't be quiet until they're quiet.

Well, then go and take it downstairs. It's too loud!

Right! OK!

Hey, frogs! We'll talk about this in the morning, OK?

But right now, it's sleepy-time!

HE SIGHS

HE YAWNS

HE SIGHS

The frogs must have worked everything out

because everything is finally quiet.

Oh, yeah, thank goodness!

HE YAWNS

I don't think I could take another frog.

-No. Toast?

-Oh, yeah!

-Yeah.

FROG CROAKS

This is fine. This is all right. We can handle this.

One frog we can handle.

Now, TWO frogs would be a problem.

Yeah, because then they'd...

FROG GULPS

BIG WAILS

Because then they'd start rowing again!

CROSS-O-METER BEEPS

Oh, no! Ahh!

No, no, no, no, no!

-Run, Big, run!

-No! No! No!

Run for your life!

Aah! Aah!

We have to get them to stop rowing!

Well, it would help if we... Oh.

It would help if we knew what they were rowing about.

So, maybe what we need to do is think like frogs.

OK. We have to put ourselves in their shoes.

Frogs don't wear shoes, Big.

Besides, I have a better idea.

You see, if the frogs are in our house...

CRASH!

..then I'm moving to their pond.

HE SIGHS OK. How to think like a frog.

A froggy green frog, just sitting on a log.

# I'm gonna think like a frog

# Yes, to think like a frog would be wise

# I'm gonna think like a frog

# And see the world through their froggy eyes

# Does one frog have a loud snore

# Which the other frog just can't ignore?

# And having no rest They're angry and stressed

# Maybe that's why they're so sore

# I'm gonna think like a frog

# Yes, to think like a frog would be wise

# I'm gonna think like a frog

# And see the world through their froggy eyes. #

-HE PANTS

-That's the last of it, Big.

All of our stuff's now down at the pond.

HE SIGHS

Hey, what's the matter?

Well, I've been trying all afternoon,

but I just can't think like a frog.

Well, that's because, Big, you're not a frog.

To think like a frog...

..you've got to LOOK like a frog!

Does this really make me look like a frog?

Well...

it makes you look frog-ish, Big.

Now, pick a hat.

Hmm? Oh, right.

Can't be a frog without a hat.

Yeah.

That's right.

SMALL GASPS

BIG GASPS

BOTH: The hats!

FROGS CROAK

SMALL LAUGHS OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.

OK, frogs, we've figured it out.

-Relax!

-Easy, easy!

-Shh! Shh.

-Easy!

-Shh.

And now...

and...

OK. OK.

BEEPING FADES

BIG AND SMALL SIGH

Wow! And all this time, they had the wrong hats.

No wonder they were so cross!

Wearing the wrong hat can really ruin your day.

HE WHISTLES

Yeah. I'm glad that's over with.

I'm going back to bed, Big.

OK.

Oh! Er, Small! Small! Small!

What's the matter?

Er...the bed.

-Oh, yeah.

-Yeah.

SMALL SIGHS

We can move everything back tomorrow.

-Oh, yeah. But hey, Big?

-Hmm?

-What did you do with the cross-o-meter?

-Oh, that.

I gave it to the fish.

If I never hear that thing again,

I will be very, very happy.

Yeah, me too.

-Good night, Big.

-Good night, Small.

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