Lofty's Banana Tree Bob the Builder: Project Build It

# Bob the builder - can we fix it?

# Bob the builder - yes, we can!

# Scoop, Muck and Dizzy and Roley too

# Lofty and Wendy join the crew

# Bob and the gang have so much fun

# Working together They get the job done

# Bob the builder - can we fix it?

# Bob the builder - yes, we can!

# Pilchard and Bird, Travis and Spud

# Playing together like good friends should

# Bob the builder - can we fix it?

# Bob the builder - yes, we can! #

Lofty, today we're building a hothouse

-for keeping tropical plants.

-Ooh!

What are tropical plants, Bob?

Ones that usually grow in hot, wet places.

Like this one! HE LAUGHS

A banana tree.

Mr Beasley and I are gonna be growing them.

But is Sunflower Valley hot and wet enough?

Not quite, Lofty, but a hothouse will be.

Now, let's get this banana tree down.

We'll keep it here during the build, nice and safe.

Where would you like to go? Somewhere sunny?

Will it take long to build the hothouse?

Oh, yes. A little while.

-Then can I look after the banana tree until then?

-Course!

Packer, let's get the other plants.

Right-o. Pack me up and watch me go-go.

I'm going to call you Mr Banana Tree.

You can be my special friend.

Hello, Flex. I thought you'd be along.

Plants are my hobby, Farmer Pickles.

-Wow! A Musa lolodensis.

-Um...what, Flex?

Musa lolodensis. That's this plant's proper name. All plants have one.

Cocos nucifera. Aspidistra umbrosa.

-I call him Mr Banana Tree. I'm looking after him.

-Want any help?

-I know lots about plants.

-Oh. Um...

Thanks, but I'll be OK.

Oh, well, I'll leave it to you, then. But any problems - just ask.

Time to start the build, Lofty.

-Build?

-The hothouse. We've got to concentrate. It's a big job.

OK, Bob. ..I'll be back as soon as I can.

A hothouse full of tropical plants -

-it'll be the horticultural highlight of Bobland Bay!

-Oh-ho-ho, yes!

-I love rare plants. Can't get enough of them.

-Really?

First we build the metal frame, Lofty.

Then there's the sprinkler system, then the glass panels. Ready?

-Yes, Bob. But do you need me right away?

-Not till the concrete dries.

OK. I'll be right back.

-Hi, Lofty.

-Hello, Sammy and Saffron.

-Flex is telling us about flowers.

-How's Musa lolodensis, Lofty?

Mr Banana Tree? I'm going to see him. I've been busy with the build.

You're looking after a tropical plant AND doing a build?

-It's all right. Really.

-Does your plant need water, Lofty?

Water? Um...

A Musa lolodensis needs lots of water. Lofty knows that!

Yes, um...sort of. Sammy, can I borrow that watering can?

-OK. There's some water in it, too.

-Thanks.

There we are, Mr Banana Tree.

You're wet and I've put you in the sun, so you're hot, too.

-Bob to Lofty.

-Lofty to Bob. Hello.

-We're ready to build the frame.

-On my way. ..Bye, Mr Banana Tree.

-Mr Banana Tree's nice and wet.

-And hot?

-Yes. I put him in the sun.

-But Lofty, the sun moves.

Those flowers were in the sun, but now they're in the shade.

The shade?! Mr Banana Tree will get cold!

-Shall I help?

-No, thanks, Flex. I'll be there as soon as I can.

Yes. I'll have a Lythrum salicaria and a Daphne tangutica...

Oh, I'll call you back.

-Is this the last bit, Bob?

-Whoa, careful!

There. Well done, Lofty!

Lofty?

Flex was right! You're in the shade.

Sorry, Mr Banana Tree.

-Bob to Lofty.

-Oh! Lofty to Bob.

-Time to put the sprinkler system in.

-On my way.

THEY SQUEAK

I'll have four spotted begonias

and a Crocus nudiflorus. ..Oh, I'll ring you back.

-A hothouse! That's amazing!

-These pipes are for the sprinkler system.

-They'll love that.

-I'm sorry! Er...sorry...sorry I'm late.

Can't I help with Musa lolodensis? This is a difficult build.

-You haven't got time...

-No, no, no. Me and Mr Banana Tree are fine.

Squirrels!

-Go away!

-RADIO:

-'Bob to Lofty.'

I'm on my way back, Bob.

Um...er...

Boo!

More squirrels! They must have heard about Mr Banana Tree's bananas.

I must hurry!

-There we are. The first glass panel.

-Those will keep our plants warm.

Here I am! Time for the glass squirrels.

-"Glass squirrels"?!

-Oh, I mean panels. Is this the first one?

-Where does it go?

-Hang on. I haven't checked my plans.

Oh...

-Oh, no!

-SMASH!

-Oh, no!

-How can we finish it now?

-We'll need to order more glass.

Oh, Bob, I'm sorry. Um...you'd better come with me.

Oh, shoo!

I thought I could help you AND look after Mr Banana Tree, but it's hard.

-The squirrels will see the bananas aren't ripe.

-There's another problem.

The hothouse won't be ready for ages.

-That banana tree will have to stay out after dark.

-In the cold?

-Musa lolodensis won't like that!

-Not just Musa lolodensis, either.

-Here we go - mango trees, kiwi trees, papaya bushes...

-Oh!

-They've nowhere to go.

-Don't worry, Lofty. But I don't understand.

Flex would have looked after the banana tree.

I wanted Mr Banana Tree to be my special friend.

I thought if Flex looked after him, he'd be friends with him, instead.

Oh, Lofty! If you want to be a plant's friend,

-you should do what's best for it.

-Oh, er...yes, Bob.

That can mean getting another friend to help.

Another friend?

-Here you are, Bob.

-Thanks, Lofty.

-Lofty to Flex. How are the plants?

-Good. They have lots of water.

-Are they hot enough?

-Still a bit of sun left.

-And the squirrels?

-They gave up on the bananas.

We're keeping them off the mangos and kiwis, too.

-Go on! Get away!

-Oi! Get off there!

-Go on!

People will come from all over to see this -

the Bobland Bay Jungle Experience!

And not just a jungle experience, either.

Oh-ho-ho! MORE rare plants!

You said you couldn't get enough,

so I ordered a few more that can be kept outside.

Visitors will not only see tropical plants in our hothouse.

They'll walk among these plants outside

in our botanical garden.

Oh, it's Musa lolo...

-I mean, it's Mr Banana Tree!

-Thanks for looking after him, Flex.

Thanks for letting me, Lofty. He's your special friend, after all.

Do you think he's trying to say something?

-Maybe he's saying, "Thank you, Lofty."

-Yes. And thank YOU Flex, too.

-It's not every day you make friends with a banana tree!

-Ha-ha-ha! No.

It's not every day you make friends with a banana tree expert, either!

THEY LAUGH

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