Summer Holiday Big City Park

# Where do we want to go today? #

Big City Park!

# We want to play We want to 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!

This doesn't feel right without May.

No, er, what about you?

Welcome to, er, Big City Park.

Yes, er, it's a park.

Plenty to see! Plenty to do!

Billy? Can't you act your age? I've got important stuff to do.

Act my age?!

Did I ever tell you about the time when I jumped second highest

-in the Grasshopper Olympics?

-Yes, second highest! Ha!

Whoa, oo-oe-er! Whoooaah!

CRASH!

Can I not leave you two for five minutes?!

It's May, who's on holiday!

-Aren't you supposed to be on holiday?

-In a big boat.

It was a ferry. But there was something wrong with the engine,

so, it's been cancelled. I thought I'd come back to Big City Park

and cheer myself up. Not a moment too soon by the looks of things!

I'm really sorry about your holiday, May.

But I'm really glad that you're back!

That makes two of us!

No, that makes three of us!

-Oh, hi, Emma!

-Hi!

-Hi, Bruno.

-Hi.

-Hi, Amelie.

-Hi.

-Shall we go exploring in Big City Park?

-ALL: Yes!

Big City Park!

If we find anything special,

maybe we could keep it in Ruairi's treasure chest!

-Yeah!

-Would that be all right, Ruairi?

Of course you can!

Maybe I can give you something from it just now!

Let's see where it is...

Ah!

-Here we go!

-Ah! Ha-ha!

Where did you get those, Ruairi?

Ach, sure, I have a million and one things in my treasure chest, May.

-You should know that by now!

-BILLY WHISPERS

-May?

-Yeah.

-We thought, because you can't go on your summer holiday...

..then we'd bring your summer holiday right here to Big City Park!

Oh! What a lovely thought!

Oh! Oh! Did I ever tell you about the time whenever I went on holiday

with the strawberry snowman, the raspberry reindeer

and the melon moose? I had the best smoothies

this side of the banana bridge.

We don't have a banana bridge in Big City Park!

There was a banana bridge whenever I was a lad.

Now, where is that smoothie machine the lads gave me...? Um...

Well, what are we waiting for? Sunglasses on.

Bags on shoulders.

ALL: Bags on shoulders.

Boots on toes.

ALL: Boots on toes.

It's holiday time, so...

ALL: Off we go!

Another feather!

Look! I'm swimming! BILLY LAUGHS

Yay!

I want to give May the best holiday she's ever had, Dara.

Me, too.

Everyone close their eyes.

We're lying on the deck of the ferry

and it's a lovely sunny day.

Listen... Can you hear the sound of laughter?

DISTANT LAUGHTER

Of people having fun? Of seagulls singing their songs?

SEAGULLS SQUAWK Lying down listening to seagulls?

I'm not sure about this.

And you feel so relaxed looking up at the beautiful blue sky.

So relaxed...that you...

-BILLY SNORES

-Not that relaxed, Billy!

WAKE UP!

What day is it? Oh... Oh...

What interesting things have you done on holiday?

I went to Spain.

I swim and climb trees.

THEY GASP

My favourite was deep-sea diving.

THEY GASP

The water was so clear that you could see right to the bottom.

-There were lots of colourful and beautiful fish to see.

-Wow!

That sounds brilliant! Doesn't it, Billy?

Yeah. I wish I had a holiday.

Oh. Then you'd be the best deep-sea-diving badger in the world!

And you'd be the best water-sliding fox!

THEY LAUGH

Not everybody goes away for their holidays. Some people stay at home.

But they still find fun things to do.

What fun things do you find to do

when you stay at home for your holidays? Dara?

-I think we might need some help for this one.

-I'm on my way!

Ha-ha! Now, I missed out on going on my ferry.

So how about we make some little boats of our own?

ALL: Yay!

RUAIRI LAUGHS

Well, I didn't find my smoothie machine,

but I found an album of my old holiday photos.

We need to find out what my friends do when they holiday at home!

Sure, that's easy. Did I never tell you about the time whenever

I went snorkelling with... Sammy the swordfish?

Ha-ha! Oh, Ruairi...

Do you think May will be upset about missing her holiday?

I'm not sure, Ruairi.

If only I could find my smoothie machine.

I could give her a taste of holiday heaven!

I hope you find it, then! And maybe save a little drop for me?

-THEY CHUCKLE

-Got to dash!

Right, what do you do when you stay at home for your holidays?

I wonder...

Here we are! "We find fun things to do when we holiday at home."

That's it! 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! Come with us!

We're not going on holiday,

so we're playing in the city instead.

We like to play near our house.

-We are pirates!

-We're going on our ship.

Yo ho ho! We're going on our ship.

Yo ho ho! We're going on our ship to sail and look for treasure!

DARA LAUGHS

-We made it to the top! Hi, Mum!

-Hi, boys!

-We're going to the captain's room.

-We're going to plan our journey!

-We're in the captain's room! Hi-ya!

-Hi-ya!

-Konark, can you be the captain?

-OK.

Zach, I think you should be the telescope man.

OK. I'll look for the city. Konark, I love playing pirates with you.

Come on, let's find the city.

This is my telescope. I can see things far away with it.

-There's treasure in the city.

-We're getting closer, captain.

There's the city! I can see people!

There's a bus!

There's a car!

BOTH: We made it to the city!

Now we're going to play somewhere else! Bye!

Oh, thank you! Ha-ha!

Big City Park!

Wow! These boats are really cool, May.

But you can't fit into them and they can't take you on holiday, either.

That's very sweet of you, Billy! But I'm having a lovely time here

with all of you.

SHE PANTS

-Found out for you, May!

-Found out what, Dara?

My friends Zachary and Konark, who live in the big city,

are staying at home for the holidays. They have fun pretending

to be sailors on a pirate ship and singing pirate songs.

Yo ho ho, me hearties!

THEY LAUGH

I know! We've been making our own boats.

And what do boats do?

ALL: Sail!

Why don't we go to our beautiful stream and sail our boats there?

ALL: Yeah!

Oh, what is keeping everyone? I couldn't find my smoothie machine,

so I've turned myself into one!

HE LAUGHS

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

Did I ever tell you about the time when I had to wash my dirty clothes

in the Atlantic Ocean? I couldn't get the stains out of them

so I made my hands go as fast as they could. I spun and I spun

and I spun and I spun...

Oh, and I had to have a wee lie down afterwards. Ha-ha!

-Wee!

-Ha-ha! Mine's gone over on the side, look.

-Mine is... Oh.

-Mine's stopped! Look!

Ha-ha! Look at your one, Bruno!

Ah! This is brilliant, May!

I'm really glad you didn't go away on holiday.

Me too, Dara!

-BELL CHIMES

-Argh!

That's Ruairi calling us to the story circle.

Shall we go and see him?

ALL: Yay!

Argh!

Oh! I did it again! Oh...

Hi, Ruairi!

Hello, hello!

Sorry we're late, but we had to sail our boats one last time.

Where did all these deck chairs come from?

It is your holiday, May, and it's only the best for you.

Thanks, Ruairi!

-What was your favourite thing?

-Sailing on our boats.

Sailing our boats!

-Swimming in the grass.

-Swimming in the grass!

-I loved that, too.

-Well, it sounds like another wonderful day

in Big City Park.

Now, have some of my home-made smoothies.

I've made them from my own fresh strawberries,

raspberries and blackberries. You'll never taste a yummier smoothie,

-no matter where you go on holiday, May.

-Ha-ha! Thanks, Ruairi!

Now, May was set to go away

On her well-earned summer holiday

To roam the seas in sun or hail.

But the silly ship did not set sail.

Big City Park, not sea and foam.

The best holidays can be at home!

THEY CHEER

-Emma, shall we put your boat in Ruairi's treasure chest?

-Yes, May!

-Thank you.

-There we go.

That will remind us of all the fun we've had. Thanks, Ruairi.

-Thank you.

-It's been another very special day here in Big City Park.

Come and join us again soon,

especially if you're spending your holidays at home.

Big City Park!

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