Hot and Sticky Day Big Barn Farm

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

# 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 eats too much. #

Burp! Pardon?!

# There's a dinky 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 for ever down on Big Barn Farm! #

Quack, quack, quack, quack.

It's a really hot and sticky day on Big Barn Farm.

Ba-a-a-a.

Bok-bok-bok-bok-bok.

I'm soooooooo hot.

Me too.

Me three!

Me even more than that. Huh.

But why is everyone feeling so hot?

I think we're all feeling hot because we're all staying still.

PANTING

I'm not sure running around will make you feel any cooler, Digger!

He certainly doesn't look cooler.

Do you feel cooler, Digger?

No, I feel hotter.

Burp. Oops. Excuse me.

I know, it's Gobo burping out hot air that's making it feel hot.

Don't be silly, Digger.

I may burp a lot, but not enough to make all this hot air.

Burp. Oops! Pardon.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

I think I might have worked it out.

Let me show you.

What's Dash up to?

Here under the tree it's darker and cooler.

But over here it's brighter and hotter.

See? Brighter, hotter.

Darker, cooler.

So why is it cooler under the tree?

Er, well, because...

because it is.

That's not much of an answer.

Let's go and ask someone about it.

Good idea, Digger.

The first person they find to ask is Madame.

-# Moooooo

-La, la

-# Moooooo

-La, la

-# Moooooo

-La, la

# It's Madame the cow. #

-Hi, Madame!

-Bonjour!

Why is it so hot today, Madame?

Because it is summer.

Sometimes on summer days the sun can get very hot.

But Digger wants to know why it's cooler under the tree.

A-ha! It is cooler there because the branches

stop the sun shining down on you.

< You're in the shade.

-The shade?

-Mm-hm. Now I am off to stand in the shade,

because at the moment, oof, I am one hot cow.

You see, Digger?

No.

Thanks, Madame.

They've found one way of keeping cool on a hot day,

just stay in the shade.

But when they go back to their shady spot under the tree...

someone else is there.

The Mrs Chickens.

They've taken our place in the shade.

Oh, I like a bit of a shade.

Especially on a hot sunny day.

Yeah, very sunny today.

Very hot.

Cooler in the shade, though, isn't it?

Could the Mrs Chickens budge up a bit and make some more room?

I could butt them out the way.

I wouldn't do that if I were you, Gobo!

We must be able to find some shade somewhere else.

Let's go and see!

The problem is, everywhere they look,

the best shady spots are taken.

Lester is in the shady spot by the tractor.

Harrumph!

Mrs Snuffles and her piglets have plenty of shade in their pig-sty.

Quack, quack, quack, quack.

And the duck girls are in the shade in the horse box.

Cool here.

Yeah, my beak was well hot in the sun.

-My tail was hotter.

-It's hot, hot, hot.

As the ducks say, it's hot, hot, hot.

And everyone wants to be in the shade!

That's great (!) All the best shady spots have been taken.

And that was hard work, running round the farmyward when it's so hot!

Sure was! I'm thirsty.

Me too.

Me three.

Me four.

Er... I'm thirsty...ten?

Ah... follow me!

Petal knows the best place in the farmyard

to get a drink of cool water

is the water trough.

Looks like Mack's beaten them to it.

Oh, it's Mack. >

Excuse me, do you mind if we drink some water, too?

Go ahead. You should drink lots of water in this hot weather.

Mm. Lovely water.

-That's good.

-I was so thirsty!

-Mm.

Yeah. Very cool.

SO that's another way of keeping cool in hot weather.

-Drinking cool water.

-Clever pup! You're doing well, Digger.

# Big Barn Farm. #

I've got an idea. Drinking cool water makes you feel cool, yeah?

Certainly does.

There's something else you can do with water to keep cool.

What, give the tractor a good wash? It certainly needs it.

No. Follow me!

Where's Petal leaving them? Any ideas?

The pond.

-The pond?

-The pond?

Yes. But how can the pond keep you cool, Petal?

The pond is full of cool water.

-But we can't drink the pond water.

-No, I drank some once by accident.

-Ergh, yuck! It tasted of frogs.

-We don't have to drink it...

Ahhh, nice and cool. Come on, everyone - the water's lovely!

That's a great way to keep cool -

dipping your trotters into the cool pond water.

Mm, I'm going to have a go.

Ahhh, that's good.

I can do that! I can do that!

Ah...

Are you sure there's nothing that will bite our toes?

I don't think so, Dash!

-That does feel good.

-As good as staying in the cool shade?

Or drinking lots of cool water?

I like paws in cool water.

-And trotters!

-And hooves!

How else can you stay cool?

Is there something in the garden that can help?

-Hmm. I know! I know! Snow is cool.

-So?

-So let's find some!

-Digger, we're not going to find any snow today!

Oh. Why not? Is it because it's nearly dinner time?

-No, because it's too hot for snow!

-Nice thought, Digger!

Er, what about rain?

-I don't think we're going to get any rain today.

-Well, we might.

What's that over there?

It's the farmer's wife and son out in the garden,

enjoying this hot sunny day.

SPLASH

SPLASH

-They're going back inside the farmhouse.

-Let's go and explore!

Oh dear!

Should we?

Well, everyone else has, Dash!

Wow! This stuff looks F-U-N!

Yeah. I wonder what it's all for.

-Gobo's going to take a closer look.

-Mmm. Something smells good!

-He he!

-Hey, wait for me!

Come on, Dash!

Well, I don't know, I shouldn't really...

All right then.

Digger looks like he's enjoying the shade of the umbrella.

And what about Gobo?

He's guzzling down that cool lemonade.

Mm, very cool.

Careful, Gobo, don't knock over the..

-lemonade!

-Oops.

And Dash is trying out the paddling pool.

Aw, lovely.

Petal thinks the pink sunhat looks lovely.

Watch out, Petal!

Ooooh!

Now I'm feeling cool, and looking cool too!

Mm. This is cool too. Mm.

SLURPING

Mm.

Come on, Digger. Plenty for everyone.

-Hic! Hic!

-Oops.

-Hic!

-I think that lemonade has given them all hiccups!

-Oops, I didn't mean (hic!) to!

-Hic!

-Hic!

-Hic!

Hey, you lot, look who's coming back!

It's the farmer's wife,

and I don't think she's happy with the mess.

I reckon we're in real trouble!

Petal, Gobo, Dash and Digger are a bit worried.

They didn't mean to make a mess or spill the lemonade,

they were just trying to keep cool.

Oh no, the farmer's wife's come to tell us off.

I don't think she has, but what is she up to?

-Wow!

-It's a rain-making machine!

I told you it might rain! Come on, let's go and play in it!

-Ha, ha!

-Come on, you lot! It's lovely and cool!

-Wow!

-Oh, here I go!

It looks like Digger and the farmyard bunch have finally found

-the perfect way to keep cool on a hot and sticky day.

-Woo-hoo!

-Ha, ha, ha!

-Ha, ha!

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 be bark?

-Not quite

# The ducks are splashing in and out the pond

-# And 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 Mack

-the horse

-# And last, not least, their friends

-The sheep. #

BAAAAA

-# Now you've seen them all together

-And they love to be together

-# They'll be friends for ever

-Down on Big Barn Farm! #

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