Ruairi's Little Friend 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! #

Ah, hello!

Welcome to Big City Park.

-Ah, hello, May.

-Hello, Billy.

-How are you today?

-I'm fine...

-SCREAMING

THEY GASP Wh... What was that?!

I don't know, Billy.

Maybe it's a new bird that's flown in for the summer.

It sounds like a monster!

-Maybe we should go and have a look, before our friends arrive?

-Yeah.

Ruairi, we think there might be a monster in the park!

-Yeah.

-We heard a really loud scream.

Yeah, we did.

Oh. Well, er...

I have never seen a monster in Big City Park in all my years.

THEY SIGH

Yeah, it was probably just, er...

-Agh!

-RUAIRI SCREAMS

What is it, Ruairi? What is it?!

-Nothing, nothing, er...I'm fine.

Oh, look!

A little spider!

Arrgh!

Are you scared of spiders, Ruairi?

Me? No, no, no, no, no.

I just wasn't expecting to see it there,

with its eight legs... and beady eyes...

and hairy back!

Keep it away from me, Billy!

-Hi, everyone!

-Hi, Dara!

-Hi, Katie-Anne.

-Hi.

Hi, Oran. Hi, Ella.

Hi!

Are you ready for a fun day in Big City Park?

ALL: Yeah!

Look who I found in the vegetable patch, everyone!

-Spider?

-Aaah!

Shall we see what other creatures we can find?

ALL: Yeah!

Big City Park!

-Right...

-May?

-Yeah?

-Where's Ruairi?

-Erm...

-I don't know. Where is Ruairi?

I'm coming now, Billy, hold your horses!

-Huh...

-CHILDREN SHOUT EXCITEDLY

MAY LAUGHS

What?

OK! Bags on shoulders!

ALL: Bags on shoulders!

Boots on toes!

ALL: Boots on toes!

-It's time to find tiny creatures!

-Ah!

-So...

-ALL: Off...we...go!

Oh, look, Dara.

Look, come on.

Come and have a look, Ruairi.

Er, no, no. I'm fine just here, thanks. Heh-heh!

Might be some in this pot.

Did I ever tell you about the time

when I got chased by a giant butterfly on a wee island

-in the Pacific?

-Look, Katie-Anne.

-What?

-I think I've found one!

Er... Oh.

Look.

OK...

..let's see what all this fuss is about.

-Here you go, Ruairi.

-Oh. Thanks, Dara.

Mm...

RUAIRI INHALES

Ugh!

Er... Yep. Well, er, er...

That was, er, wonderful,

and, er... So, er...

I have to go and get the Story Circle ready now. Bye!

Wait a second, Ruairi.

What's that on your nose?

Ah!

What is it?

-OK, it's OK, May. It's just Mrs Ladybird.

-Ah!

-ARRGH!

-THEY GIGGLE

Oh...

Oh, there she is!

How do you face up to things you're frightened of?

We might need some help with this one, Dara.

I'm on my way! Ha!

Don't worry, Mrs Ladybird, Ruairi didn't mean it.

We think you're beautiful!

Ah, my trusty bee smoker. I use this to calm my bees down

whenever I'm gathering their honey.

Hopefully it will keep the spiders away from me as well. Yeah.

HE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS

Oh! Dara, ha-ha!

Don't you think you're being a little over the top?

They're just tiny insects.

They're probably more scared of you than you are of them. Oh...

That's what they want you to think, Dara.

See you later, Ruairi.

-HE COUGHS

-Hello? Dara? Where are you? Dara?

Right, let's see. Um...

Insects.

Insects, um...

Ah! "Facing your fears."

That's it! From the fastest fox in Big City Park

to the friendliest friends in the Big City. Tell us what you know.

We're in the Big City. Come with us.

That's the clock tower. I'm going to go all the way to the top.

Go with your sister, honey.

Penelope, it's so high up there. I'm afraid of heights.

Oh, don't worry. It will be OK, I'm with you.

-I'm really scared.

-Don't worry.

It's so high up here.

Oh, keep going!

We're nearly at the top now.

Wow!

-It's high up here.

-But it's perfectly safe, look.

There's nothing to be scared about. I can see people's chimneys.

The people are really small from up here.

I can see windows.

You know that people live above those shops.

I can see the whole city.

Now I'm going to see my mum and dad. Hello!

Hi, girls.

Mum, Dad, I'm not afraid of heights any more.

-Well done, honey.

-I love it at the top of the city.

Bye!

Ah, thank you.

Bye!

Big City Park!

Oh, wow!

Hello. Heh-heh!

What did you find, Billy?

Wow! Look at that big beetle!

I wish Ruairi was here to see all this.

-Found out for you!

-Found out what, Dara?

My friends showed me Ruairi needs to face his fears

instead of running from them.

-Ah. But how do we make him do that?

-By showing him that there's nothing

to be scared of.

We should take some of the tiny creatures and show them to him.

That is a great idea, Dara.

Right, here is a pot for Katie-Anne.

-One for Ella.

-Thank you.

-One for Oran.

-Thank you.

-And one for me.

Shall we go and find as many tiny creatures as we can?

ALL: Yeah!

May? Let's tell the tiny creatures not to worry.

Cos we'll bring them back to their home afterwards.

OK, Billy. Come on, let's go and start collecting.

ALL: Yeah!

He-he! Ah, a roaring fire, some fruity kebabs,

what else could you ask for?

I think I'll go and call the rest of them back.

Huh?!

Oh, no!

Oh...

Um...

Excuse me, sir. Would you mind moving, kind sir?

Shoo! Shoo!

Oh, OK, Ruairi, be brave. Be brave.

Come on. Come on.

That's it.

Oh...

Oh...

HE SIGHS

Well, this isn't so bad. You're kind of friendly, aren't you, wee guy?

Yeah.

Wow, look at the those ones!

-That one's escaping.

-Look what I found.

-Look at all those beetles you've got.

-Can I see?

They're crawling everywhere! It's on your finger. Pop it in your pot.

How would you like to come and meet the rest of my friends?

Huh?! You would! Heh-heh!

BONG!!

Arrgh!

BELL RINGS

That's Ruairi calling us to the Story Circle.

-Shall we go and see him?

-ALL: Yeah!

-Then we can show Ruairi that there's nothing to be afraid of.

-Yeah!

BONG!!

Arrgh!!

HE GASPS

Oh, sorry about that, pal. I should have warned you.

This way, Billy.

And then I worked as a deep-sea diver off the coast of Australia.

I tell you, they had sharks there the size of tractors.

And after that, I went up to Singapore...

Hi, Ruairi.

Ah, hello, hello, everyone.

I'd like you all to meet my new friend.

Ah, what happened, Ruairi?

I thought you were scared of the little spider.

Well, I was, Billy. But then I realised that they are just

wee, living creatures like you or me. Heh-heh!

There is nothing to be frightened of.

Well, Ruairi, we've bought you some new friends.

Oran, what have you got in your little pot?

Beetles.

Beetles, wow!

-Katie-Anne?

-I've got worms.

-Ella?

-I've got some woodlice and one's just climbing there.

Oh, so it is.

Woodlice!

Oh, and look, Ruairi...

I got some millipedes.

Wow! He-he! This is like a whole new world for me.

I can't believe I was so scared of these wonderful little creatures.

Now, why don't we let these little fellas go,

and settle down for some nice fruit kebabs!

ALL: Yeah!

Here's to friends, some old, some new,

creepy-crawlies, wee spider and you.

Take the time and you'll find quite a treat,

a whole world going on beneath your feet.

ALL: Yay!

BOTH: That was brilliant.

Thank you.

What shall we put in Ruairi's chest to remind us of today?

-Shall I put this in?

-Yes.

-Thank you very much.

-And I'll keep this safe and sound

for the next time we go looking for new friends.

It's been another fun day in Big City Park.

Come and join us again soon.

Arrgh!

What is it, Ruairi? What is it?!

It's hurdled me!

It's furry, with a big long tail, funny little paws,

and big teeth!

It's just a squirrel.

-Ha-ha!

-Oh, Ruairi!

Big City park!

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