A Magic Carpet Ride Big City Park

-# Where do we wanna go today?

-Big City Park!

# We wanna play You wanna have some fun

# Let's go on a treasure hunt

# A very special day

# In the big, big city park

# Big City Park!

# So come along

# Let's have a great time today

# In the big, big city park

# Big City Park! #

Ah, hello. Lovely to see you again in Big City Park.

Ooh!

Whooa! May, May, look at me!

Urgh!

Billy?

Billy, are you there?

BILLY LAUGHS

Woo! Here I am, May. Look at me!

He-he-he-he! Oh, urgh! THEY LAUGH

Do you hear those two laughing? I love the sound of people having fun.

Wooo! I'm floating, May. Look at me!

BILLY LAUGHS

Oh, Billy, you're on my funny bone!

THEY BOTH LAUGH

Are you two all right?

THEY LAUGH

Oh, I'm sorry, Ruairi. I didn't mean to stand on your funny bone.

That's all right, Billy. All my bones are funny!

-Here comes Dara and our friends now.

-Come on!

-Hi, Natalya!

-Hi.

-Hi, Sophie.

Hiya.

-Hi, Tommy.

-Hiya!

Are you ready to come exploring in Big City Park?

CHILDREN: Yes!

Big City Park!

A bag for Natalya, one for Sophie, and one for Tommy.

And if we find anything special,

maybe we can keep it in Ruairi's treasure chest.

Of course you can.

Did I ever tell you about the time that I flew to Timbuktu

on a magic carpet?

Why do you get to have all the fun, Ruairi?

You can't just fly on a magic carpet, Billy.

-You have to pass your carpet safety test first.

-Oh.

-What's a carpet safety test?

-Yeah.

You know how people have to pass a test to drive cars

-in the big city, Dara?

-Yes.

Well, to fly a magic carpet you have to pass a safety test first.

Why don't you take us on a magic carpet ride, Ruairi?

I'll have to find my magic carpet license,

the carpet safety helmets and the magic carpet itself.

Which reminds me, where did I put that?

We don't need a magic carpet to have fun in Big City Park, do we?

CHILDREN: No.

Bags on shoulders.

ALL: Bags on shoulders.

Boots on toes.

Boots on toes.

It's exploring time, so...

Off we go!

Come on then! Let's see what we can find.

Look, Billy.

Dara!

DARA SQUEALS

Oh, Billy!

Wow, look at that one.

Ah, it's moving.

Ha-ha-ha-ha! Urgh!

THEY ALL LAUGH

-DARA:

-Billy!

-We've been looking at the clouds.

These sunglasses are to protect our eyes from the sun.

What's so magic about clouds, May?

-You keep looking, Billy, and you'll see.

-Ah.

Why don't we lie here and see what's in the sky?

When I was a wee girl,

-I used to think I had my own special cloud.

-What is a cloud?

What is it made of?

Clouds are made up of lots and lots of tiny water droplets, Billy.

The water on the ground turns into droplets,

and then it floats up into the air,

and gathers with lots and lots of other droplets, making a cloud.

But they're not magic like a magic carpet.

There are lots of things in Big City Park

-that are just as good as a magic carpet, Billy.

-Oh, like what?

A newborn baby bird coming out of its egg,

a flower growing from a tiny seed. Those things are magical.

Oh.

What magical things are there where you live? Dara?

-I think we might need some help to find out.

-I'm on my way!

Now, let's see if we can spot my special cloud.

THEY GIGGLE

Well, I've found my old carpet, but it doesn't look that magic any more.

We need to find out if my friends can find magical things in the city.

Sure, that's easy!

Did I ever tell you about the time I worked as a magician in Australia?

My assistant was Karen Kangaroo.

Did Karen Kangaroo teach you how to jump?

Don't be silly, I taught her how to jump,

and all her kangaroo friends.

Here, Dara,

do you think Billy will be upset when he finds out

my carpet isn't magic any more?

It depends if he can find something magic of his own.

Well, there are plenty of magical things in Big City Park.

See you later, Ruairi. Got to dash!

Oh, see you!

Well, carpet, my old friend,

better to have been magic once than never to have been magic at all.

Hmm, what magical things can we find?

Here it is,

"We find magical things when we play outside."

That's the one.

From the fastest fox in Big City Park,

to the friendliest friends in the big city.

Tell us what you know!

-BOTH:

-We're playing outside.

We're going to play with this magic carpet tube.

Got it.

I'm lifting with one hand.

There's a fire, there's a fire!

Let's go to the magic fire engine.

Come on, Billy.

We're going down the magic fire pole.

Come on, Jack.

That's it.

Come on, Jack.

Put your seatbelts on.

Good driving, Billy.

We're in the magic fire engine.

There's the fire! Get the hose!

I'll turn the hose on. Psst! Psst!

OK, ready.

SPRAYING

-BOTH:

-The water's coming out.

SPRAYING

Put down the hose.

-BOTH:

-Bye!

Bye! See you soon.

Big City Park!

THEY GIGGLE

Ah, look, May.

I can see the biggest cloud in the sky.

Maybe that's the Big City Park cloud.

DARA BREATHES DEEPLY

Found out for you, May.

My friends in the big city

can make magical things out of stuff they find,

-like a cardboard box can be a fire engine.

-Oh.

-If we want a magic carpet, why don't we make our own one?

-Yes!

We collect all the beautiful, colourful things we can find,

then we mark our carpet out with stones, and there we are.

-How will it be magic?

-We're the ones who make it magic, Billy.

-Let's go and make the Big City Park magic carpet.

-Yes!

FIRE CRACKLES

What is keeping them?

I hope they're not too disappointed with my magic carpet.

Did I ever tell you about the time when the magic carpet and myself

travelled to the biggest cloud in the sky?

Oh, that was the comfiest bed I ever slept in.

A bit wet, right enough.

I was wetter than a dolphin having a shower in the Indian Ocean!

Brilliant, we've done it.

It looks great.

Oh, wow! This is really lovely, Billy.

Yeah!

Ah, lovely baked apples stuffed with tasty raisins. Yum yum!

Maybe I should call everyone else back

before I eat these tasty treats!

DONG

Aaargh!

DISTANT DONGING

That's Ruairi calling us to the Story Circle.

-Shall we go and see him?

-Yes!

Maybe we could have a ride on our magic carpet before we go!

That's a lovely idea, Billy. Come on, let's fly.

-OK, are you ready?

-Yeah!

So close your eyes, away we go!

Whoopee! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

-May?

-Mmm?

Are we there yet?

MAY LAUGHS

-Oh, Billy!

-Billy!

DONG

Aaargh!

I did it again!

Sorry we're late, we were having fun on our magic carpet.

Oh, I'm afraid my magic carpet is, erm...

just a carpet now.

But I know how to make it magic, Ruairi.

Do you, Billy?

Go.

Go!

See, Ruairi? It can take me any place I want to go. Whoopee!

How could I forget?

The best times me and the carpet had

was when I just closed my eyes and let it take me away.

So your carpet IS still magic after all!

What is magic, then, Ruairi?

Magic is whenever you close your eyes and you're already

on a snow-capped mountain,

or when you find an old rock and it becomes an eagle,

and flies you to the sky.

Magic is letting yourself be wherever or whoever you want to be.

We made our own magic carpet

-from things that we found in Big City Park, didn't we?

-Yes!

Wow.

-What was your favourite thing we did today?

-Flying on the magic carpet.

Well, it sounds like another wonderful day in Big City Park.

Get these treats eaten! They're not going to eat themselves!

I looked up here, and I looked down there.

I searched for magic everywhere.

And in all the years I've been around,

I should remember what I have found.

The magic that is there to see

is all of you, and all of me!

THEY ALL CHEER AND CLAP

Shall we put this stone from our magic carpet

-in Ruairi's treasure chest?

-Yes!

It'll remind us of all the fun we've had today.

It's been another magical day here in Big City Park.

Come and join us again soon.

Who would like some more of Ruairi's treats?

ALL: Me!

What about some marshmallows?

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