You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks Big Barn Farm

# This is Petal She's a piglet and she's brave

-# She can be cheeky

-But she never misbehaves

# This is Gobo He's a very bouncy goat

-# He loves to butt

-And eat too much...

-#

BURP! Pardon?!

# There's a dinky little donkey Name of Dash

-# If you're in trouble

-Will he help me?

# In a flash!

# This is Digger He's a happy little pup

-# Is he cute?

-Dead right

-# Can he bark?

-Not quite

-# When you put them all together

-And they love to be together

-# They'll be friends forever

-Down on Big Barn Farm.

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It's a lovely day at Big Barn Farm. But someone's got a problem.

They've been scratching a little bit too much.

Can you guess who? Gobo?

Not me.

Digger?

Oh, no, not me either.

So who could it be?

It's Old Pop.

I feel daft with this on

but I shouldn't have been scratching my ear so much.

This thing is to help me stop.

I wonder how Old Pop's going to do all his jobs around the farm

with that collar on. Hmm.

I think I know someone who'd like to help.

-I can do your jobs, Old Pop. I can do them.

-I thought as much.

Don't worry, Old Pop. You can count on me.

-Thank you, Digger.

-Ah, er, what's the first job?

Oh, I know, yeah!

Where's he off to?

But there are so many jobs to do on the farm,

Digger doesn't know where to start.

Well, the first thing Old Pop does every day

is get the newspaper. Do you want some help?

No, thanks. This is dogs' work.

Hmm, I might keep a little eye on him just in case.

First job, this way!

So far, so good.

The paper boy has left the newspaper in the gate, as usual.

HE PANTS AND GRUNTS

Digger's doing really well so far

but he hasn't reached the farmhouse yet.

Go, go, Gobo! Keep watching him.

Uh-oh. What happened here?

Oops, I dropped it in a puddle.

Digger! You ought to be more careful.

No time to be careful. I've got a lot of important jobs to do.

Now there's a puppy that should slow down a little.

-Hello, Digger, what are you up to?

-Hello, Petal.

I've just delivered the farmer's paper to help Old Pop.

Er, Petal, what other jobs does Old Pop do?

Well, he also watches the vegetable patch, to make sure the birds

don't eat the plants.

I can do that too! I can do that too!

-Do you want some help?

-Thanks for offering, Petal,

but scaring birds from vegetable patches is a job for a dog.

I'm off!

Perhaps Petal had better go along too.

I'll just keep an eye on him.

CLUCK! Be careful!

How did Digger get on with that newspaper?

That looks a bit wet.

Yes, it's all soggy.

Looks like he could have done with your help.

I DID say I'd help.

What a very tidy vegetable patch.

Someone spent a lot of time over that.

Here comes Digger, still helping Old Pop by doing his jobs.

Look up there, Digger,

those birds have their eye on the vegetables.

Shoo!

That's it, protect the patch from those birds.

Old Pop normally chases them off.

Digger's going to make a real mess.

Shoo! Go away, birds!

Go away!

Shoo!

Shoo!

He's dug up all the vegetables!

I hope he tidies it all up.

No time to tidy up!

Lots more jobs to do!

Such a mess!

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Old Pop often helps the farmer's wife

and today, Digger's doing Old Pop's jobs.

So he thought he'd take the washing down.

Careful, Digger. What ARE you doing?

Can't stop now, Dash!

Whoa!

Calm down, calm down.

No time to calm down, Dash. I've got lots more jobs to do.

Are you sure pulling down the washing is helping?

I thought Old Pop's jobs were more like rounding up the sheep?

Not throwing clothes around the garden!

Of course, I must round up the sheep!

-Would you like some help?

-No, thanks, Dash.

Rounding up sheep is definitely a job for a dog.

Hmm. Oh, dear.

He's made a complete mess of the washing. Hmm.

Old Pop often has to round up the sheep and get them into a pen.

As Digger's doing Old Pop's jobs, that what he has to do.

Oh, there are a lot of them, aren't there?

It's very important that you don't lose any of them.

Why don't you let us help you round up the sheep?

It'll be much easier with four of us.

Digger's a clever pup. He's bound to let them help this time.

No thanks. I know it would be easier with four of us,

but rounding up sheep is a dog's job

and I'd better do it on my own.

Oh, dear! Make sure you don't lose any.

Oh, I'm going to count them first.

Well, if you're going to count them, you'd better get them to be still.

OK, sheep, freeze!

Wow! That's clever.

So that's one sheep,

two sheep,

and three sheep, four sheep...

That's not a sheep, that's a chicken!

CLUCK!

That makes a big difference, especially for a chicken.

Um...OK.

Four sheep,

five sheep,

six sheep,

seven sheep.

And one sheepdog.

How many did you count, Digger?

Well, I think there are seven sheep.

Well done, Digger.

All you have to do now is round up seven sheep.

This should be easy!

Oh, really? We'll see!

-Come on, Digger!

-Come on, this way!

-We don't want to be rounded up!

-We don't want to go in the pen!

-This way!

-They're getting away!

Go, Digger!

HE PANTS AND GASPS

-This way, this way!

-Come on, Digger! Make up your mind!

Oh, dear.

Come on, girls, let's show this wee puppy a thing or two.

Looks like they don't like being told what to do.

-Well done, girls.

-Oh, dear.

What went wrong, Digger?

Oh, I don't understand. They won't do what they're told.

Maybe you'd better ask someone what to do.

You're right, maybe there's something I'm doing wrong.

-I'll ask Madame.

-Do you think she'll know?

She's French. She knows lots of things.

-# MOO!

-La la!

-# MOO!

-La la!

-# MOO!

-La la!

-#

-It's Madame the Cow!

-#

Bonjour, my little friends.

-Hello, Madame.

-What can I do for you?

I wondered if there's a secret to rounding up the sheep.

'Ow should I know? I'm a cow, not a sheepdog!

I thought she might say that.

Why don't you ask your little friends to 'elp?

So Digger finally asks Petal, Gobo and Dash if they'll help him.

I thought you said rounding up sheep was a job for a dog.

It is, but it's also a job for friends.

Well, why didn't you say? Go, go, Gobo!

Piglet power!

Come on then, we've got sheep to round up.

Oh, no, there are four of them!

Come on, sheep!

This way!

Come on, sheep, there are four of us now.

Run, this way!

Excuse me, ladies, do you mind going this way, please.

Come on, sheep!

Come on. Listen to the goat. This way.

Oh, no, you don't.

-Do you mind going into the pen, please.

-Well, as you ask so nicely,

we will.

That's right!

And gate shut.

We've done it!

And it was fun, too.

Digger's learnt that doing things with your best friends

-is far more fun than doing them alone.

-Oh, dear!

-What's wrong, Digger?

-I wish I'd got you all to help earlier on,

-when you offered.

-Why's that?

Because maybe then, I wouldn't have made such a mess of Old Pop's jobs.

Sometimes you don't have to ask your friends to help you.

What do you mean?

Come on, we'll show you.

The soggy newspaper is all dry.

How did that happen?

It was me.

I separated all the pages so they could dry in the sun.

Then I put it all back together again.

Oh, thanks, Gobo!

And you remember keeping the birds off the vegetable patch, Digger?

Yes, Petal, I accidentally made a mess.

Well, don't worry.

-I saw to that vegetable patch. It's all tidy again now.

-Thanks, Petal!

That's not all, Digger. Do you remember the washing?

Yes, Dash, but I pulled it all down and left it on the ground.

No need to worry. I put it neatly in the basket.

So you all helped me, even when I told you I didn't need any help

and tried to do everything on my own. Why?

-Because we're you're friends.

-That's what friends are for, Digger.

Here's Old Pop. It looks like his ear's better

because his collar has gone.

-How well does he think Digger's done today?

-Well, Digger,

I'm very impressed. You did a grand job.

Thanks, but it wasn't just me.

My friends did a grand job, too.

Well, you were clever enough to get your friends to help.

You won't believe this, but when I started doing jobs around the farm,

I tried to do them all on my own. Can you imagine anyone being so silly?

I won't say anything if you won't, eh, Digger?

That's all for now. See you again soon down on Big Barn Farm.

# This is Petal She's a piglet and she's brave

-# She can be cheeky

-But she never misbehaves

# This is Gobo He's a very bouncy goat

-# He loves to play

-And eat all day...

-#

BURP! Pardon?!

# There's a dinky little donkey Name of Dash

-# If you're in trouble

-Will he help me?

# In a flash!

# This is Digger He's a happy little pup

-# Is he cute?

-Dead right

-# Can he bark?

-Not quite

# The ducks are splashing in and out the pond

-# The Mrs Chickens

-Gossip, gossip all day long

-# Madame is French and lovely

-Ooh la la

# And we all know who Goes cock-a-doodle-doo... #

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

# Mrs Snuffles and her piglets come to play

# And Old Pop makes sure that everyone is safe

-# Who's the tallest of them all?

-It's Mac, the horse

-# And last, not least, their friends

-The sheep

BAAAA!

-# Now you've seen them all together

-And they love to be together

-# They'll be friends forever

-Down on Big Barn Farm.

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