Watch the Birdie Boj

# Boj! Hey, buddy, are you looking for a friend?

# Boj! Together, the fun will never end

# He popped up in Giggly Park with Mimi and his Pops

# Boj has lots of buddies now The laughter never stops

# Rupa, Denzil, Gavin, Mia love his muddy, messy games

# Everybody's different but he digs us all the same

# Boj! Together we can make and do and mend

# Boj! Together, the fun will never end

# Boj! Together, we are making you a friend

# Boj! A-boom! The fun will never end! #

Boo! I'm Boj.

Today I'm a Giggly Park Ranger.

I've got a bronze badge and a silver badge for spotting wildlife.

And Rupa and I are going for gold.

Better get going.

POPS SINGS TO HIMSELF

-Good luck, Boj.

-Thanks, Pops.

Huh?

What are you doing with all those soapy bubbles, Pops?

I'm just giving my whistles a good wash, Boj.

LONG WHISTLING NOTE

THEY LAUGH

Soon have them clean as a whistle.

Try this one.

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

It sounds all bubbly squeak!

Hey, you better get moving.

Oops, can't be late. See you later, Pops.

-Hoy, hoy, Giggly Park Rangers.

-BOTH: Hoy, hoy, Commander Cloppity.

Now, Rangers, you have your bronze and silver wildlife spotter badges,

but to get your gold, you will have to...

photograph the never-spotted long-legged runner bird.

The never-whated long-whated what-y bird?

-Never-spotted long-legged runner bird.

-What does it look like?

It's all in here, Ranger Rupa.

Your official runner bird spotter book.

Did the book help you spot it?

Sadly, Ranger Boj, I've never seen one.

THEY GASP

That's why I don't have my gold spotter badge.

But my loss is nature's gain.

The majestic runner bird remains unseen, unspotted,

free to roam the forests and...

-BOJ CLEARS HIS THROAT

-Oh!

-Shall we get going, Commander Cloppity?

-Yes, quite right.

-Rangers, are you ready?

-BOTH: Hoy, hoy, Rangers, do our best.

Oh...

Hmm, it says that the never-spotted long-legged runner bird

has large webbed feet, eats cabbage, has white and grey feathers,

is very shy and has a distinctive and strange call.

Did you say large webbed feet?

-Hmm.

-Come on, let's follow these tracks.

-No, no, wait.

Let's check the handbook first.

It says...

-"You should follow the tracks."

-BOTH: Let's go!

-This is easy.

-LOUD FOOTSTEPS

Listen, Rupa, I can hear it.

LOUD FOOTSTEPS

BOTH: Oh, no.

It's Gavin, he's going for a swimming lesson.

-GAVIN:

-Yippee!

-LOUD SPLASH

BOTH: Oh...

THEY SNIFF DEEPLY

I can smell cabbage. The runny bird loves cabbage.

Wait, Boj, let's see what the book says.

It says...

-"Follow the smell of cabbage."

-BOTH: Come on!

It must have sneaked into Ruby's Diner.

We can photograph it when it leaves.

-MRS WOOF:

-Yoo-hoo, Boj. Yoo-hoo, Rupa.

Would you like a bowl of this delicious cabbage soup?

I've just made some.

Oh, that cabbage smell was coming from Mrs Woof.

Thank you, Mrs Woof, but we can't stop.

We're trying to spot the runny bird.

Oh, that's very hard to spot.

BOTH: Oh, we know.

We'll never get our gold spotter badge at this rate, Boj.

Don't give up, we've still got other clues to follow, like...

Look!

Grey and white feathers over there!

The runny bird has grey and white feathers.

-Let's go!

-Wait, Boj, we better check.

Oh, yes.

-Let's go!

-BOTH: Come on.

LOUD SQUEAK

Yippee!

Oh, no. It's the Twitchlets.

Oh, come back with my cushions this instant, you lot!

Oh! Hear what I said? Come back.

THEY SIGH

What does the book say next?

Whee, whee!

Look how high I'm going.

You're not helping, Boj.

The handbook doesn't say anything about looking for the runner bird

from the top of the playground swings.

I can see for miles.

I can see my house and Denzil's and a runner bird and Gavin's house and...

The runner bird! Rupa, I see it, I see it!

Where? Where? I want to see it.

There, just by that tree.

Yes, yes, I see it. I see it!

Come on.

I'll bring the camera.

It was over here.

Sh, I can hear rustling.

Me, too. We must be getting close.

BOTH: Ah!

BOTH: Oh, it's you I heard.

Oh.

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLING

-BOTH: Oh!

-Huh?

Oh, we've just missed it. It's too shy. We'll never get a photo.

Oh, no, but I've heard a noise like that one before.

And it's just given me a brilliant Boj-a-boom idea.

Be right back.

The runny bird is really shy and keeps running away.

But my Boj-a-boom idea will soon help us make friends.

Let's get Bojing!

POPS HUMS TO HIMSELF

Boo!

Pops...

can I borrow this whistle? Can I, please?

-Be my guest, Boj.

-Thanks.

Rupa, Rupa, just listen to this.

LOUD WHISTLE

Hmm, that's nice, Boj. Shall we go and look for the runner bird now?

It sounded just like the runny bird before when Pops was washing it.

Oh, it was soaking wet before. Have we got any water left?

I think so.

Here it goes.

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

-Wow!

-It sounded just like it, Boj. Do it again.

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLING

BIRD GIVES BUBBLY WHISTLE

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

BIRD GIVES BUBBLY WHISTLE

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

Oooo!

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

BIRD GIVES LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

WHISTLING CONTINUES

-Hoy, hoy, Rangers.

-Oh, no!

-Come back!

Just come to give you a few tips on how to sneak up

on the runner bird unobserved.

-Mr Cloppity, it was here!

-We saw the runner bird.

Oh, wonderful.

Did you get a good photograph of it?

I sort of...forgot.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

I believe you, but to get a gold badge, you need a photograph.

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

-I've heard that noise before.

-BIRD GIVES BUBBLY WHISTLE

The never-spotted long-legged runner bird!

I've waited all my life to meet you.

You can chat to him, if you'd like.

Oh.

LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

BIRD GIVES BUBBLY WHISTLE

Oh!

Watch the birdie!

Fellow Rangers, friends, it is my pleasure to present these

gold spotter badges to Giggly Park Rangers Rupa and Boj.

Whoo, whoo, whoo!

And it is our pleasure to present Mr Cloppity

with his runner bird gold spotter badge.

-Oh.

-And here's the proof. Ta-da.

-Oh, well, I never.

-Never say never, Mr C.

Hoy, hoy.

-Here we go.

-GUITAR MUSIC STARTS

That's it.

# If you're doing something tricky And you feel like giving in

# Like trying to spot a birdie And you think you'll never win

# Or drinking chunky, lumpy smoothies

# Through an itty-bitty teeny straw

# Or walking in your new shoesies When your feet are really sore... #

Come on!

# Keep on, keep on, keep on going Keep on going with a friend

# With every step, you can bet, you'll get there in the end

# Together we can make it through Hand in hand, me and you

# We'll have fun and get it done Don't give up, it's time for you to

# Keep on, keep on, keep on Keep on, keep on going

# Keep on going with a friend

# With every step, you can bet, you'll get there in the end

# We'll get there in the end. #

-LOUD BUBBLY WHISTLE

-Hoy, hoy!