James Bolam - Wave the Flag and Blow the Whistle

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0:35:08 > 0:35:10Ch-ch-ch-ch!

0:35:13 > 0:35:16Hello, I'm Grandpa.

0:35:16 > 0:35:19Would you like to jump aboard the bedtime story train?

0:35:19 > 0:35:20Hop on, then.

0:35:20 > 0:35:26Tonight's bedtime story is called Wave The Flag And Blow The Whistle,

0:35:26 > 0:35:29and it's by Ronda Armitage and Andrew Gordon.

0:35:31 > 0:35:33"Ready, Tom, ready?"

0:35:33 > 0:35:34"Ready, Grandpa, ready."

0:35:34 > 0:35:38To Blueberry Hill, to Blueberry Hill.

0:35:38 > 0:35:40We're catching the train to Blueberry Hill.

0:35:41 > 0:35:47"I'm ready too," says Spotty Raffe. Oh, dear, nobody hears him.

0:35:48 > 0:35:53Grandpa and Tom, trittity-trot, trittity-trot to the station.

0:35:53 > 0:35:56"What about me?" called Spotty Raffe.

0:35:56 > 0:35:59And he goes galloping after.

0:36:01 > 0:36:04"Tickets, please! Tickets, please!"

0:36:04 > 0:36:10Look, an express train travelling fast. Whoosh! Whee! It rushes past.

0:36:10 > 0:36:13Whisk! Grandpa's hat blows off.

0:36:14 > 0:36:19Here's the train to Blueberry Hill, the train for Tom and Grandpa.

0:36:19 > 0:36:23"Ready, Tom, ready?" "Ready, Grandpa, ready."

0:36:23 > 0:36:30No, no, the train mustn't go. Look outside. Who is galloping? Who? Who?

0:36:30 > 0:36:33Spotty Raffe is coming too.

0:36:33 > 0:36:34WHISTLE BLOWS

0:36:34 > 0:36:39"Hurry, hurry. All aboard! Wave the flag and blow the whistle."

0:36:39 > 0:36:43Poop-poop! Chuggety-chug, going faster, swishing by.

0:36:43 > 0:36:47Look outside, an orange tractor with four fat pigs.

0:36:47 > 0:36:50A yellow digger dig, dig, digs.

0:36:50 > 0:36:54Look inside, Spotty Raffe sees Nellie Fant.

0:36:55 > 0:36:57"Hurry, hurry," says the train.

0:36:57 > 0:37:03Chuggety-chug, chuggety-chug into a tunnel dark as night. Woo! Woo!

0:37:03 > 0:37:07Who is scared? Who is hiding, eyes shut tight?

0:37:07 > 0:37:09"Hurry, hurry," says the train.

0:37:09 > 0:37:13Chuggety-chug, chuggety-chug out of the tunnel, into the light.

0:37:13 > 0:37:15Look outside.

0:37:15 > 0:37:18There is a river, three boats and a crane.

0:37:18 > 0:37:21Cars on a road and a freight train.

0:37:21 > 0:37:26Look inside, Spotty Raffe and Tom play with Nellie Fant and Maisie.

0:37:27 > 0:37:31One granny and one grandpa share a nice cup of tea.

0:37:32 > 0:37:35"Blueberry Hill! This is Blueberry Hill!

0:37:35 > 0:37:37"Everyone off for Blueberry Hill."

0:37:38 > 0:37:42Crying and laughing, rushing and pushing...

0:37:42 > 0:37:44"Wait for me!" called Spotty Raffe.

0:37:44 > 0:37:47"Where's Spotty Raffe?" says Grandpa.

0:37:47 > 0:37:52"Oh, train, don't go, don't go! Look, look! There he is!

0:37:52 > 0:37:54"Spotty Raffe, hello, hello."

0:37:56 > 0:38:00"I'm the Grand Old Duke of York," says Tom.

0:38:00 > 0:38:02"So am I," says Maisie.

0:38:02 > 0:38:05"We'll all march up to the top of the hill."

0:38:05 > 0:38:10TRUMPET PLAYS

0:38:15 > 0:38:18"And we'll all march down again."

0:38:19 > 0:38:23Time to go home now, time to go home.

0:38:23 > 0:38:27Ready, train, ready? Ready, everyone, ready?

0:38:27 > 0:38:30Wave the flag and blow the whistle.

0:38:30 > 0:38:33But, oh, no, the train won't go.

0:38:34 > 0:38:40Ping-ping. Dong-dong. No, no, this train won't go.

0:38:40 > 0:38:42Everyone out at the station.

0:38:43 > 0:38:47The guard on the platform goes ring, ring, ring.

0:38:47 > 0:38:49The children on the platform run, run, run.

0:38:49 > 0:38:53The babies on the platform, chuckle, chuckle, chuckle.

0:38:53 > 0:38:56Tom and Maisie throw, throw, throw.

0:38:56 > 0:39:01Spotty Raffe and Nellie Fant dingle-dangle down-o.

0:39:01 > 0:39:06A squeal and a whoosh! And a poop-poop-poop!

0:39:06 > 0:39:08Another train at the station.

0:39:09 > 0:39:13Tom waves the flag, Maisie blows the whistle.

0:39:13 > 0:39:16All aboard! All aboard!

0:39:16 > 0:39:18This train is ready to go.

0:39:18 > 0:39:21"No, no, don't go, don't go!"

0:39:21 > 0:39:23Tom and Maisie, what can they see?

0:39:23 > 0:39:27Two passengers dangling down from a tree.

0:39:27 > 0:39:29The guard laughs,

0:39:29 > 0:39:33"Hee-hee-hee, catch them if you can and hold them tight."

0:39:33 > 0:39:36This train is ready to go.

0:39:36 > 0:39:39Slow, slow...slowly slow.

0:39:41 > 0:39:46Look inside... Tom and Maisie close their eyes.

0:39:46 > 0:39:49Hushety-hush...hushety-hush...

0:39:50 > 0:39:53Look outside, stars in the sky

0:39:53 > 0:39:58while the moon stands still over Blueberry Hill.

0:40:00 > 0:40:05And that story was called Wave The Flag And Blow The Whistle.

0:40:07 > 0:40:09I hope you enjoyed tonight's story.

0:40:09 > 0:40:13But, now, I think it's time for a little lie down.

0:40:13 > 0:40:16I'll see you again very soon... goodnight.