A Special Friend Visits 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! #

Oh, hello there.

Nice to see you here in Big City Park.

It feels as if I've been working on these bushes since my first day.

When I first started working in Big City Park,

I remember Joe telling me that I would always be busy.

Did someone mention my name?

Joe! What a lovely surprise.

I thought I'd surprise you.

Great to see you, sit down.

This is my friend Joe.

Hello there. It's great to be back in Big City Park.

Joe isn't just my friend.

He was the park keeper here in Big City Park before me.

And he is a hard act to follow.

Oh, now, May, it doesn't look as if I could teach you

about looking after a park.

Thanks, Joe.

You know, the last time I saw you,

you were getting ready to go travelling across the world.

That's because I was spending time with Ruairi.

He was at all these exotic places.

And I wanted to go and see them for myself.

And did you?

I rode on the camels in the Sahara desert.

I swam with the dolphins off the Florida coast.

And I danced with the elephants in the African jungle.

Boom-boom-de-dum.

Boom-de-dum-de-dum.

Boom-de-dum-boom-boom.

You have been busy.

And so have you.

Well, I can't think of a single thing I've done, to be honest.

Well, you have a wee think.

And I bet you you'll have a million and one things to tell me.

I'll nip over and see my old friends Ruairi, Dara and Billy.

-So I'll see you later.

-OK.

Boom-boom-de-boom.

Boom-boom-de-boom...

Bye, Joe!

Wow, Joe's done all these exciting things since I saw him last.

And I can't think of one thing I've done in Big City Park.

It only seems like yesterday it was my first day.

Oh, hello.

Lovely to see you.

RUAIRI AND BILLY LAUGH

I'm May, I'm the new park keeper.

And today is my first day

here in Big City Park.

-Did you hear that, Billy?

-Yeah.

-She's the new park keeper.

-Oh.

It's so much more peaceful here in Big City Park.

Ah.

Not with me around, it's not.

Boo!

THEY LAUGH

-Made you jump, made you jump!

-You certainly did.

-I'm May.

-I'm Billy.

-And I'm Ruairi.

-We live here in Big City Park.

-Oh.

Oh, here comes Dara and her friends now.

Hi. You must be May.

I'm Dara.

Hi, Dara. How did you know my name?

Because I'm Dara the fox. And a little birdie told me.

May, would you like to come exploring with us in Big City Park?

I'd love to. Let's go, let's go!

Oh, May!

ALL: It's that way!

MAY LAUGHS

Thank you.

Big City Park!

I had no idea where I was going that day.

But I made really good friends.

That's one thing I have done in Big City Park!

We've had so much fun.

RUAIRI PLAYS PENNY WHISTLE

THEY LAUGH

Did you hear that noise?

It can't be a bumblebee,

because they make a buzzing noise.

Did you hear that, Billy?

A bumblebee!

HE PLAYS XYLOPHONE

And it can't be a dog,

because they say, "woof, woof, woof."

HE BLOWS HORN

THEY LAUGH

Oh, you pair of rascals!

You nearly made me soak myself there.

Did you think we were bumblebees or dogs, May?!

I thought you two were going to help me water these flowers?

Oh, we thought we'd help you water yourself instead.

Big City Park!

And do you know what?

That wasn't the only time I got soaked by that pair of rascals.

THEY LAUGH

Maybe it's not just the rain we need to be looking out for.

That is the funniest rain I ever heard.

You can almost hear it laughing at you.

THEY GIGGLE

Here in Big City Park,

it can be spring, summer, autumn and winter

all in one day.

So that's why...

..I always come prepared.

Big City Park!

We have had lots of fun.

We've done lots of work too.

And we've made lots of things.

Look at my boat.

That's brilliant, Billy.

You ready?

-Ours is going!

-Away they go.

My boat's floating, my boat's floating!

Mine too.

You know something?

We really have done a lot of great things right here

in Big City Park.

Then you pop the carrot seeds into the hole...

..and then you put some soil back on the top.

Then you give the carrots a little bit of water.

And like magic, they grow.

He-he, I just planted some carrots.

-We've just been planting some carrot seeds.

-And some onions.

Oh, that's nice.

And some potatoes.

All in the one place?

Yep, I'm growing a stew!

THEY LAUGH

Big City Park!

Where else except in Big City Park could you find a young badger

growing his own stew?

Or, find your very own brass band?

Doo-de-doo-de-doo.

-Whenever you're ready, Billy.

-Right, band, on your feet.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

-SHE PLAYS BADLY

-One, two, three, four.

Everyone together!

# Sing, sing a song

# Everyone knows one

# So sing along

# Everyone, everyone will have fun

# So don't be shy You just have to try

# To sing a song. #

-Yeah!

-Yay!

We've done so many things together, here in Big City Park.

Bags on shoulders.

ALL: Bags on shoulders.

-Boots on toes.

-Boots on toes.

It's exploring time.

-So...

-Off we go!

I got a big pine cone.

ROBIN SINGS

I can hear a bird singing.

Hurray!

Happy birthday tree!

That's nearly as good as my hedgehog.

Lorna Litter looks cool!

Away we...

go!

Whoopee!

And I've made lots of friends too.

Follow me... Oh!

Billy!

RUAIRI SNEEZES

Ruairi!

Dara's nose looks really big.

One, two, two, two...

ALL: Yay!

I just remembered the time

I went searching for pirate treasure.

Is it ready yet, May?

Plenty to see, plenty to do.

THEY LAUGH

BANG

-Oh... Ah!

-Ahh!

SHE GIGGLES

BELL RINGS That bell!

Not forgetting all the help we got from our friends in the big city.

Tell us what you know!

ALL: Whoo-oo!

We love rain, we love rain!

I love playing with my big brother.

It's going that way.

My boat doesn't sink.

We're finished with our string decoration.

SCREAMING

I came through the hole.

BANG

Oh, yeah!

One.

Two.

Three.

Bye-bye, baby swans.

You can build a den too.

Bye!

Where would Big City Park be without Ruairi's story circle?

THEY LAUGH

It sounds like another fine day in Big City Park.

Full of...

surprises!

-What was your favourite thing that we did?

-Jumping in puddles.

Cuddling the creatures.

Putting the boats in the stream.

Wow, that is fantastic!

Well done, Molly.

What are you all waiting for?

Tuck in, it's my treat.

# Me, me, me, me... #

Aaaagh!

# Hiya-ho... #

Ah, ah, ah!

Ah, ah, where am I?

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Well, I've got so many things to tell my friend Joe

that I don't know where to start.

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

I'm so glad you could share it with me. Come and join us again soon.

Hi, Ruairi. Hi, Billy.

-May!

-Hi, Dara. Hello, Joe.

Big City Park!

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