I Spy a Firefly 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 wanna have fun, it doesn't matter at all

# You got it, Big

# Why, thank you, Small

# 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 wanna have fun, it doesn't matter at all

-# Cos here we are, we're Big and Small.

-Yeah!

-#

-OK?

-OK, I'm almost there.

-Easy!

-Easy! OK...

-Need a bit of help, there, Big.

-Hoick me up.

-Up you go.

Ah, there you go. You be careful, I'm gonna look over there, OK?

Where are you? Ah! There you are! Come here!

OK, OK, I gotcha.

Oh! I gotcha, I gotcha, I gotcha. Hey! Wow! Ha-ha!

HE SCREAMS

HE PANTS

Oh! I caught one.

I caught a firefly.

Big! Big, look at this!

Hey, Big! Look at this! Yeah! Woo! Hey, Big! Look at this! Ha ha!

Hey, Big! Hey, Big! Look, look, look!

Hey, did you get one? I did. The best one, probably.

Yeah, I got some too, Small. They're everywhere.

-Aren't they beautiful?

-So what now? Do they live with us?

-Should we give them the guest room?

-I'm not sure.

-Probably we should let them go free.

-Big, you can't let something go

that you just caught. It doesn't make any sense.

Course it does, Small. Don't worry, we can catch more tomorrow.

If you love something, Small, you have to set it free.

If it returns to you, it was meant to be yours.

And if it doesn't, then...

Oh, stop! HE SIGHS

OK, I'll let you go.

Come back any time! We live in that house over there.

I'll wait up for you! Don't be a stranger!

BIG SNORES

Every time that I find something I want to keep,

I have to let it go.

It's not fair, Big. It's just not fair.

# Cyrille the skunk, he lived in a trunk

# But the stink was so strong, well, he couldn't stay long

# I couldn't have been fonder of my whale, sweet Wanda

# But she couldn't fit in my pond, so she quit

# Tonight I can't sleep, I've tried counting sheep

# But I keep thinking back to the things that I lack

# The things that I just couldn't keep

# And Maurice the moose, I had to let loose

# Said he needed more space but oh, what a face

# Tonight I can't sleep, I've tried counting sheep

# But I keep thinking back to the things that I lack

# The things that I just couldn't keep. #

You came back!

Hey, Big! Wake up! Wake up!

BIG!

BIG GROANS AND MUMBLES

-It's my firefly.

-What?

He came back!

I knew it. You want the guest room, don't you?

Well, it's this way. Come on, it's really comfortable.

There's a tiny little pillow in it...

-Um...

-Well, you could stay in this room.

-Is that OK, Big?

-Yeah, that's... Wow.

I don't think he wants either room.

-Oh! Hey, hang on...

-Oh...ah...

-What does he want, Big?

-I dunno, Small.

I think, though, he's trying to tell us something.

Excuse me, um, could you talk real words?

Because we don't understand Blink.

-Small, I know who can help us! Come on!

-OK.

-You're putting my face in leaves.

-You put them in my ear.

-Don't move your head, OK?

-OK.

Twiba! Excuse me, Twiba!

Wha...wh...wha...what? Big? Small? My hair is in curlers!

Oh, my goodness. Haven't I told you to knock?

Um, sorry to wake you, Twiba,

but do you know how to talk to fireflies?

Well, even though I shouldn't answer someone who refuses to phone ahead,

-I will say that yes, I do.

-That's good. Do you know why?

This little firefly's been blinking at me

and I've no idea what he's saying. Go ahead, firefly.

Go on. That's right. Go...

Oh, no. That's bad.

That's very bad.

W-w-what's he saying?

Shhh. OK, yes. Yes. Um-hmm.

Of course. I think they'll help you.

Uh, they're usually quite nice.

Well, yes. All right.

Well, I find this too incredible to believe.

Almost. But he says that someone put him into a jar.

-It was Big.

-Small, it could have been you.

-It was by accident.

-Well?

-Well?

Well, somebody put him into a jar

and separated him from his best friend.

Now he can't find her, so he needs your help.

He needs us to find him another firefly?

But they're everywhere, look!

Well, not just any firefly. His firefly. His friend.

She blinks just exactly the same way that he does.

And, well, I suppose that's how you'll find her.

SHE YAWNS

Good luck, kiddos.

-Hmmm. We're gonna need a pencil.

-And a huge piece of paper, Big.

-Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.

-I told you not to catch so many fireflies.

I knew this would happen, Big.

-I'm sorry.

-I've told you many times - don't put fireflies in jars.

That's what I say.

OK, Small, I'm ready.

OK. Firefly, you need to blink as slowly as you can

so we can write it down. OK?

And you can help, too.

Just count the blinks to see if you can find a pattern.

OK. Blink, blink, blink.

Blink, blink, blink.

-Oh, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.

-Five.

Blink. Blink, blink, blink. Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.

Blink.

Wow, wait! Small, you did it. You found the pattern.

OK, listen. He blinks three times then five times really fast.

Then once. Then three times. Then five times really fast.

Then once. Three, five, one. Three, five, one.

OK, so - now all we have to do is find another firefly

who blinks in exactly the same way.

-OK.

-All right.

OK. Attention, fireflies.

-Ready?

-Yes.

-Good.

Anyone who blinks like this - three blinks, then five rapid blinks,

then one blink, please report to us. We have your friend.

Thank you for your attention.

Big, this is impossible. There's like a gazillion flies out there.

Oh, we'll never find the right one. Do you know what I mean, Big?

HE SPLUTTERS

-Small, Small, I've got an idea! Ha Ha!

-What?

BIG GRUNTS AND STRUGGLES

This big torch, Small.

I made it for talking to stars. It's very bright.

Wow!

OK...

-I think I see something.

-Hmm?

SMALL GASPS

Wow.

Wow.

SMALL LAUGHS

Bye, firefly. Come again sometime.

-Did you see that, Big?

-Uh-huh.

-I think he likes me.

-He might come and visit sometime.

-Yeah, I think he might.

Ah!

Hey, Big? If you lost me, would you blink for me?

Of course I would.

Good.

BIG YAWNS

OK, how about two blinks, then one blink, then three blinks?

OK. All right. Oh, or it could be two, one and four.

-I like four.

-OK. Four it is.

-Two, one, four. Great.

-Great.

I think we also need a five, Big. So, two, one, four, five.

Oh, and a seven. Two, one, seven, four, five.

29.

OK, that'll be our secret code. OK, Big?

No one will ever know.

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