Dark Bing

-Come on, Flop!

-Coming, Bing.

-Coco!

-Hi, Bing.

Hello, Charlie.

-Hi, Bing.

-Hello, Pando.

-Hello, Bing!

-Sula!

Someone's in a hurry.

-Bing!

-You all right, Bing?

-Yup!

-He's OK.

Round the corner, not far away,

Bing's almost ready for bed today.

-BING GIGGLES

-Come on, Lettuce, time for bed.

Chugger-chugger-chugger.

-Oh!

-Oh, hello, Lettuce. Is Bing ready for bed?

Yup!

Night, Lettuce.

-OK, bath-time done?

-Yup.

-Teeth brushed?

-Yup. Ting!

-Pyjamas on?

-Yup.

-Blankie ready?

Yup. Wooshee.

-And, Hoppity ready.

-Uh, Hoppity. Hmmm.

-Oh.

-Oh, he's not there, Flop.

-Ah, he can't be far.

Oh, I can't find him, Flop.

-Let's have a little think about what we did today.

-Mmm.

-Perhaps we'll remember where he is.

-Um...

We watered all the flowers in the front and the back garden.

-And then I went inside to play cars.

-Uh-huh.

-But Hoppity didn't come inside. I left him outside.

-Ah.

-Well, that's OK, Bing, we can go and find him.

-But it's dark now.

-I know, well, I'll come with you.

-Um...

Hey, look what's come out to help us.

-The moon.

-Ah.

-But Hoppity is really scared of the dark.

-Well, we can use your torch.

-Yes, my torch.

-Yeah, it'll be a big adventure.

We're coming, Hoppity.

OK, it'll be a bit chilly out there.

Here.

-Ah-ha.

-Hello, wellies. We're going out in the dark.

It's an adventure.

-Ready?

-Yup.

-Here's your torch.

-Thank you, Flop.

Come on.

-Erm...

-It's OK, Bing. I'm right here.

OK.

Oh, everybody's gone away.

Yes. They're all getting ready for bed.

-BING GASPS

-Oh!

It's OK, Bing, it's just a car with its headlights on.

BING GASPS AS A CAT MIAOWS AND THEY CHUCKLE

-It's Arlo. Hello, Arlo.

-Oh, hello.

-Arlo's not in bed, Flop.

-Yup, cats like the dark.

-Oh.

They come out to play when it's our night-time.

-ARLO MIAOWS

-Bye, Arlo.

BING GASPS

I've found the flowers, Flop.

Oh, but Hoppity's not here.

-Mmm.

-Where is he, Flop?

-He won't be far, Bing.

-Shall we try in the back garden?

-Yes.

I remember Hoppity was playing in the little tree.

He's having an adventure, just like us. Let's go and find him.

Yes, this way, Flop.

-It's dark. It looks different.

-Indeed.

-Oh, what's that?

-FLOP CHUCKLES

-It's only the shed, Bing, look.

-Oh, yes.

-Yes.

-It's Pando, Flop.

-FLOP LAUGHS

Hi, Pando. We're having adventure.

Hoppity's all on his own in the dark.

-I don't think he can hear you, Bing.

-Night-night, Pando.

THEY GASP That sounds like Froggy.

I can't see her.

-Flop, there's the little tree.

-Oh, yes.

I'm coming, Hoppity.

-BING GROANS

-He's not there.

-Where is he, Flop?

-Well, we'll find him.

-He's here somewhere.

-Where are you, Hoppity? He's all on his own.

-He'll be lonely without me, Flop.

-Oh, it's OK, Bing.

-Hoppity.

-Oh, you just take it slow and steady. Let's look around the tree.

-OK.

There you go.

-THEY GASP

-Ooh.

-Bing, look.

FROGGY CROAKS It WAS Froggy.

-BING SNIFFS

-Hello, Froggy.

-BING SNIFFS AGAIN

-We're looking for Hoppity.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Hoppity! Froggy finded Hoppity, Flop.

-Froggy did indeed.

-Hoppity!

-We were looking for you.

-He has been having his own adventure.

I think he's been vooshing to the moon to see the moon-keeper.

Oh, that's a long way to voosh, Bing. Look.

-Oh, look at the moon, Hoppity.

-Yeah.

Oh, it's beautiful.

-Hoppity wants to go inside now, Flop.

-Good plan.

-Come on, let's go back in.

-Yup.

I left Hoppity in the garden so Flop and I had to go and find him

because he would be scared on his own in the dark.

And the garden looks different in the dark.

So, I had my orange torch and I looked in all the places

but Hoppity wasn't there.

Then, Flop said, do it slowly.

And I finded Hoppity.

Hoppity was pleased I found him because he did like looking

at the beautiful moon but he was ready for his bedtime too.

The dark, it's a Bing Thing!

Oh, I love you, Hoppity.