The Hiccups Big and Small

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# 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!

-#

Easy.

Easy.

-Easy.

-Big!

-Aaargh!

Do you think I could eat two million jam and pickle sandwiches?

I don't think so. Not in one go, Small.

Easy.

-Hey, Big.

-Aaargh!

If I did eat two million jam and pickle sandwiches,

do you think I would turn into a pickle or a jam?

Neither, Small, but you'd probably feel sick.

Could you not ask any more questions?

I need total concentration on my tower of friendship.

-I'll be as quiet as a mouse.

-Thank you, Small!

Maybe even a hedgehog.

What's quieter, Big, a mouse or a hedgehog?

Small!

I'm sorry, Big. I won't say another word, OK?

Look. Ziiiip!

Thank you, Small.

OK, take it easy.

And... HICCUP

Oh, Small, look what you made me do! Oh!

MUMBLING: Don't blame me.

Well, then, who was it, Small?

SMALL MUMBLES

That wasn't me. It was our parrot.

But...

..we don't have a parrot, Small.

I know. And why is that, Big? Because we should have a parrot.

Small, I asked you to be quiet and instead you made me...

HICCUP

What?

Wait a minute, that was you! It was you. Do that again.

I can't do that... HICCUP

Oh... oh! Oh, no!

I'm going to ruin the whole house!

I'm going to ruin the whole house, Small.

Big, Big, Big, don't worry, OK?

As you know, I'm an expert on house-wrecking noises.

-Come with me.

-OK. OK.

-HICCUP

Move, move, move, Big!

HICCUP

HICCUP

-Go, go, go, go, go!

-OK.

-This way. This way, Big!

-OK, OK, OK.

What exactly are you an expert in, Small?

You just stay there, OK, while I go and find the cure.

OK. HICCUP

-Ouch! Sorry, are you OK?

-It's OK. Just startled.

Hm-hm-hm.

Ruby, Ruby!

Rugby, you've got to help, you've got to help.

-Why do you have a cake on your head?

-Oh!

It is not a cake, it's a crown! I need a new hat for spring.

Well, it looks cakey.

Anyway, you need to help

because Big keeps making these weird noises like a... Hic, hic!

And when he does, it shakes the whole house.

That sounds like the hiccups.

-The hiccups?

-Mm-hm.

Well, yeah, it's the hiccups. Of course it's the hiccups!

The question is, how do you get rid of them?

Well, the number one way to cure hiccups is to surprise the person.

You have to make Big jump.

Oh, exactly! Yeah! See you later.

I knew that, by the way.

Oh! Hm!

HICCUP

Hmm.

OK, this is what I'm going to do.

I'm going to sneak up to Big and say, "Boo!",

and surprise him to pieces.

Hm?

Go, go, go.

You better cover your ears. This could get loud.

Boo! Ha-ha-ha, he-he-he!

Boo!

Boo!

Boo! Boo!

Booooo!

Oh, hi, Small. Did you find the cure?

Big, that was the cure - saying boo!

Are you cured?

I don't know. Um... HICCUP

Oh... I guess not.

OK, then, I'll go and find another cure, OK? You just wait there.

OK. Good luck.

HICCUP

Ha-ha-ha!

Well, this plastic shark in the pool trick is going to give Big

the biggest surprise of his life. Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Oh, Big! It's ready.

It's nice of you to fill the pool for me, Small.

You know me, Big, always looking after others.

-Right, enjoy.

-Ah, thanks.

This is going to be great.

Obviously he hasn't seen the shark yet

because the minute he does he is going to yell...

Aaaaaargh!

Hey, Small, um, is this your shark?

Um, maybe.

OK. I just didn't want you to wonder where he was. He's cute.

HICCUP

I think Big is completely unsurprisable.

HICCUP Cute!

# What will it take? A worm in a cake?

# A tiger in a shed?

# A goose on the loose?

# Or finding a moose snoozing underneath the bed?

# You've got to jump, Big! Cos the house is falling down

# If you keep on hiccupping it'll tumble to the ground

# You've got to jump, Big! Cos the house is falling down

# If you keep on hiccupping it'll tumble to the ground

# What will it take? A leap in a lake?

# Or ice cubes down your back?

# Exploding cheese

# Or a sudden squeeze from a wild bear looking for a stag

# You've got to jump, Big! Cos the house is falling down

# If you keep on hiccupping it'll tumble to the ground

# You've got to jump, Big! Cos the house is falling down

# If you keep on hiccupping it'll tumble to the ground. #

HICCUP

Ruby, Ruby! Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!

Ruby, I tried my best scares but Big is still hiccupping.

-You have to help me.

-No, I don't!

-Yes, you do.

-No, I don't. You made fun of my hat.

You said I was wearing a cake! Huh!

But I LOVE cakes, Ruby. I love them. I love them!

The whole point was that everyone should wear lovely cakes

on their heads. Yeah.

Oh.

Well, in that case, I suppose I could help.

Really? Great! All right, it's time for Operation Hiccup.

Ah. HICCUP

All right, Ruby...

..I'm going in.

-OK.

-OK.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Surprise! Ha-ha-ha!

Yeah!

Oh, hi, Small. HICCUP

What are you doing?

I'm surprising you!

-HICCUP

-Trying to get rid of your hiccups.

But you, Big, you are completely and totally... I give up!

Unsurprisable.

You're too heavy, Small!

I've tried everything I know, Big.

-Would you stop moving me around, Ruby?

-I can't hold you?

I'm starting to get a little sick here.

Just let me down, will you?

Let me down!

Aaaargh!

-Whoa! Are you OK?

-Yeah! Ha-ha-ha!

Small, Small, are you OK?

-Yeah, I'm fine.

-He-he-he.

That is the funniest thing I've seen in years.

I haven't laughed that hard in a long...

Hey... hey...

my hiccups are gone!

Oh, wow!

That's cos the number two cure for hiccups is laughter.

Ah... see Small? You did cure me. Nice.

I did? I did!

SMALL HICCUPS

Oh, no!

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