Spring Fling 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! #

HE SNIFFS

Hey, Small, where are ya? You need to come here right now.

I'm here. What's going on? Why did you call me? What's happening?

Small, Small, Small, smell.

HE SNIFFS

Aaah! Don't you smell it? It's the first day of spring.

Look, Small, this is a violet.

You'll always find a violet on the first day of sp...

Oh, wait, wait, wait, I can't get distracted.

-We have important things to do.

-Really? Like, important fun things?

That's EXACTLY what I mean.

Woo-hoo! Like what? Like what?

-Well, I'll tell ya. Are you ready?

-Uh-huh.

-We... are you sure you're ready?

-Oh, I'm ready.

I am SO ready, Big, I am Ready Freddy.

I am ready so lay it on me, big guy!

OK, here we go.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

On the first day of spring, otherwise known as today,

-Yeah?

-We clean the...

HOUSE!

What?!

Come on, I'll show ya.

OK, this is the before picture

and here is after.

-Do you see the difference there, before and after?

-No.

-OK.

Before cleaning.

After.

Before.

After.

Is there any popcorn with this film, Big?

All right, just take it from me that, after a through spring clean,

this house is gonna look great.

But it already looks great, Big.

And besides, I got something else I've gotta do.

-What?

-Something.

HE SIGHS

It's a beautiful day.

A springy-ding day.

A spring-a-ling-a-ding-dong-dingy kinda day.

If you help me clean, I'll show you my plastic pony collection.

-Big, you're gonna have to do better than that!

-OK.

Then...how about I give you a pony?

Oh, your very own plastic pony, Small.

-Fine then, deal.

-All right, deal.

Ha-ha ha-ha, oh, this is gonna be so much fun, Small.

Spring clean day is the best day ever.

-Yeah, but that's because you're sort of strange.

-Eh?!

-Oh, in a good way, Big.

-OK.

Now, once I get this...

HE GRUNTS

..out of the way, we can...

HE GRUNTS

..start mopping. How's the dusting going, Small?

Dusting? I thought you said chucking?

Er, um, well, that's OK.

After the chucking, dust the shelves and put everything back.

Hey, my banana! I was looking for this. Look, Big!

Small, pay attention to what you're doing and do not get distracted,

otherwise spring cleaning turns to summer cleaning, turns to autumn...

Hey, look what I found!

Wow!

A music box!

Waah!

No, even better. It's a jack-in-the-box.

-A what?

-Hee-hee, watch this.

MUSIC PLAYS

-What are you doing?

-Just wait.

-Aaagh!

-Brilliant!

Wow, where did that come from?

OK, see, what you do is, you close the lid like this.

Yeah.

-Put the little guy in there, then turn the handle on the side.

-Yeah.

And then, when you least expect it, a jack comes out of the box!

He's amazing.

I'm gonna try. OK.

I could just spend hours winding and watching and waiting.

MUSIC PLAYS

Whoo! Woo-hoo!

And, ooh!

Ah, whoo!

THEY LAUGH

-I gotcha!

-My turn, my turn.

-OK.

-OK, let's get him in there.

-Yeah, careful, duck.

-OK, there you go.

-OK! Woo-hoo!

OK, here we go.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Oh no, Small, do you see what's happening?

Where? No, I don't see it. What's happening?

We are getting distracted.

Small, we should be mopping the floor right now.

Would you mind giving that a stir? Thank you. I can't believe that.

Hey, Big, look. I made a bubble.

Small, don't you remember what I said? You can't get distrac...

Whoa, interesting!

I wanna try.

Oh!

Wow, Big.

That's huge. That's huge-amongus!

-It's the biggest, hugest, biggest...

-Wait a minute, stop talking!

What am I doing? Getting distracted, that's what. That's it.

Playtime's over. It's all over. The fun ends now.

-I'm going to mop. You are going to vacuum.

-OK.

-OK.

-All right. To the vacuum!

-Right.

Hey, er, Small, you do know how to vacuum, yeah?

Oh, of course, Big.

-Although, mostly no.

-Why do I even ask?

Small, if that's too tricky or the vacuum's too big, we can swap jobs.

SMALL SCREAMS

Small?

Oh, Small!

Waaaaaaaah!

-I'm going outside!

-Small!

Small, be careful. The floors look great, though.

But be careful! Small!

SMALL SCREAMS

Small, where are you? Small?

SMALL SCREAMS

Ha, gotcha!

Hold on. OK. You OK?

Oh, that was the best thing ever. Oh, you've got to try it.

-Really?

-Yeah, like, 600 times really. I'm telling ya.

OK, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Let me just get... OK, here we go.

Hang on.

VACUUM STARTS

-Whoo!

-This IS fun!

-Told ya.

You got that right, Big.

-Whoo!

-Hey, let's vacuum the grass!

-I think that's the best idea you've had all day.

-Ha ha!

-BOTH:

-# Cleaning machine, cleaning machine

# We've seen the signs spring has sprung

# You know what that must mean

# Gonna get that engine running on my cleaning machine

# The flowers will be blooming and the birds will start to sing

# Bring it on, we can't wait, we've got the joys of spring

# The whole wide world is waking up, it's growing and it's green

# And this old house needs shaking up, we're gonna get it clean

# Cleaning machine, cleaning machine

# We've seen the sign spring has sprung

# You know what that must mean

# Gonna get that engine running on my cleaning machine

# The buds are breaking out on the bushes and the trees

# The air is filled with chirping birds and busy buzzing bees

# Creatures started leaping, tadpoles turning into frogs

# There's great big creepy crawly things underneath the logs

# Gonna clean all round the garden Gonna clean up every room

# Spring is here, we've got ourselves a supersonic broom

# So look out lawn, we're on our way to give you such a blast

# Cos vacuuming the grass is a gas, gas, gas

# Cleaning machine, cleaning machine

# We've seen the sign, spring has sprung, you know that must mean

# Gonna get that engine running on my cleaning machine. #

Yeah!

-Whoo!

-Ha, ha!

THEY SCREAM

-Oh, what a great first day of spring, Big.

-Honestly, that was so much fu...

Oh no! Oh no!

Oh, we didn't finish cleaning. I got distracted.

Oh, this always happens.

Should have been dusting instead of playing, I suppose.

-Remember that banana I found?

-Yeah.

-That was fun.

Remember jack-in-the-box? You found a jack-in-the-box.

Oh yeah, and the bubbles that you made.

Oh, and that was the best vacuum ride ever.

You know, I think you're supposed to be distracted on the first of spring.

-You do?

-Yeah, cos you can clean any day, or never.

But spring only comes once a year.

Yeah, I hadn't thought of that.

You're right, Small. Thanks.

Who'd want to miss a beautiful end to the first day of spring sunset?

Yeah.

BIG SIGHS

You still owe me a pony, though, Big!

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