An Arabia/In Arabia Botannan Araid Uilleim

# William!

# William's Wish Wellingtons

# William!

# William's Wish Wellingtons

# You know you're gonna have a lot of fun

# When William puts on his wellingtons

# Oh, William!

# William's Wish Wellingtons

# William's Wish Wellingtons! #

William was playing with the sand in his garden, so was Barksure.

"Oh, stop it! No, there isn't room for both of us.

"In a desert, there's lots of space and sand." He wished for a desert.

"Wow! Look at all this sand. Oh, it's cool!

"Oh, and it's hot!

"I can build a sand castle with walls and towers and flags! Ha-ha!

"Now all I need is some water for the moat.

RASPING "Oh! What's that?"

"You can get water from my oasis,"

said the little camel, bursting into tears, "but I've lost it."

"Don't worry," said William, "we'll find it."

They went to look for the oasis.

But it wasn't easy to find. "Oh, dear! We're back where we started.

"We need to be high up to see."

William made a wish and his sand castle grew.

"We'll be able to see for miles from the top...oh, oh, no!

"Agghh!"

He wished again.

"Whoa! This pyramid's much better," said the camel.

"Yeah, you can see the ice cream shop from here. Oh, let's go!"

"In the desert, you see things that aren't there. We call them mirages."

"This looks real," replied William.

"Oh, no, it was a mirage! Oh, but I'd still like an ice cream.

"Hah! Two raspberry lollies, please.

"Ah! ..Oh, no, they're melting!

"Can we have ice creams instead?

"Thank you.

"Oh, watch out! Sandstorm! I've got sand in my mouth. We need water.

"Then go to the oasis," said the ice cream man.

"Oh, that's my home," said the little camel. "Let's go."

"It's a long walk," warned the ice cream seller.

And it was.

"I wish I had a bicycle," said William.

"Oh, no, that doesn't work.

"A helicopter would get us there in no time!

"Oh, but it's blowing all the sand at us. That's no good either.

"Camels are called ships of the desert."

In no time at all, William and the camel were sailing to the oasis.

"That's my home!" said the little camel.

"I've got to go home too, but my boots won't work - must be the sand.

"Oh, there! That's better!"

"Goodbye!"

"Goodbye!"

Barksure was having problems with the sand too.

"Oh-h! Oh, that itchy sand gets everywhere," said William,

"and there's nothing you can do, even if you have Wish Wellingtons."

Subtitles by Sarah Aitken BBC Scotland 2001

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