I Love Going to Granny and Grandpa's It's Just That ... Charlie and Lola

Oh, Charlie!

Lola?

Charlie.

Ah! Oh-oh! Oh.

(Ah, this one. Here.)

I have this little sister, Lola.

She is small and very funny.

Today, we are going to Granny and Grandpa's house by the sea.

-Ah! Oh!

-Lola loves going to Granny and Grandpa's house.

-Don't you, Lola?

-Mmm.

This time, something seems to be on Lola's mind.

Oh! Oh, it's no good, Charlie. We can't go to Granny and Grandpa's,

because my hoolie hoop will not fit in my suitcase.

We could just put it in the car, Lola.

I know, but I really need it to go in my suitcase.

Lola, the sooner we leave, the sooner we'll be at their house.

Oh, er...

SHE SIGHS

Lola, I hope that Granny makes us some of her apple pie and ice cream.

I do really love it! It's my favourite, it's my best.

Mmmmmm!

-Yummy!

-Oh, yummy!

Mmmm, so come on, Lola.

But, Charlie, you can eat TOO much apple pie and ice cream.

And then you can also pop.

POP!

Only if you eat mountains of it, Lola.

And it's such fun playing in Granny's painting room, isn't it?

'Granny allowed me to play dressing up all day,

'with absolutely no stopping.

-'Do you remember Grandpa's record player?

-Oh, yes. Yes.

'We did dancing to music, didn't we?'

(Ah, this one.)

ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYS

And we danced and danced and danced.

Yes, that was a lovely day.

But it did make me very tired.

And my feet were a little hurty after.

You didn't need your feet, because Granny let us go on the ponies!

Yes! And your voice went all wiggledy-woggledy, didn't it?

-Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh...

-LOLA LAUGHS LOUDLY

Uh-uh-uh, hu-u-rry up, Lola, Keep up with me-e-e.

Yeah! I'm trying, Charlie.

Make him go faster, Grandpa, make him go faster!

Yes, but I think you know that all the ponies really do like me.

But when you do go on a pony ride, you have to choose just one pony.

It's hard to choose just one pony.

What about all the other ponies? They're all so sweet.

Well, you might have time to go on all the ponies if you hurry up.

-Are you ready?

-I'm almost nearly ready, Charlie.

But what about my hoolie hoop?

-I told you the Hula Hoop can go in the car.

-Oh, hmm...

What's the problem? You love going to Granny and Grandpa's.

Yes, yes, I do, it's just that...

er, it's just that I think you've forgotten about Soren Lorenson.

'Soren Lorenson is Lola's imaginary friend, they go everywhere together.

'No-one else can see him.'

He would really, really absolutely miss me

far too much, if I went away.

Why can't Soren Lorenson come with us, Lola?

He has to look after Mum and Dad, Charlie, while we're away.

I know what you can do so Soren Lorenson won't miss you.

There's a way you can tell Soren Lorenson

-what you're doing at Granny and Grandpa's.

-(Come on.) ..What is it?

Postcards. You can send a postcard every day.

-You can tell Soren about jumping in the waves.

-We've been there!

Your sandcastles.

-Look at all the ponies!

-And, of course, the ponies!

Oooh! You'd like to get a postcard every day, wouldn't you?

Especially the one with ponies on it.

Oh, oh, I see.

We're not extremely sure if Mum and Dad will be all right,

with just Soren Lorenson here and without me.

They all quite miss me, too.

But you can write to them, too.

You stick the stamp there.

-There.

-And you can write our address here.

Mum and Dad,

7A Crocodile Street.

And this is where you write Mum and Dad a message.

-There.

-That's good, Lola. Then you pop it in the post.

Then Mum and Dad and Soren Lorenson will know we're having fun,

-and that we're thinking of them.

-Mmmm!

Er, the postcards are good, Charlie.

It's just that... they won't be talking.

And I need to talk to Mum and Dad every day.

-That's fine, because Mum and Dad can call us on the telephone.

-Oh.

Er, Charlie, Soren Lorenson and me must talk to each other on our own.

Come on, Soren Lorenson.

I'm looking forward to getting all the postcards,

especially the one with all the ponies. I love ponies.

Soren Lorenson, I think the postcard idea is a very good one, too.

I know you'll be fine with Mum and Dad.

And Mum and Dad will be fine with you while I'm away.

It's just that...

maybe I will miss Mum and Dad, too.

Oh, I see.

Maybe you should tell Charlie you'll miss them.

Yeah.

Charlie, Soren Lorenson thinks that I might miss Mum and Dad too much

and maybe I shouldn't go to Grandma and Grandpa's at all.

In fact, maybe none of us should go - maybe we should all just stay here.

Granny and Grandpa could come and see us.

Is that what Soren really said?

He didn't actually say all of that.

-Yes, Lola?

-It's just that...

I think that I will miss Mum and Dad if I go to Granny and Grandpa's.

Come here.

'So I said...'

I know something that will really help.

Ah, look at that.

Look at all Mum and Dad's stuff.

-HE SNIFFS

-Mmmm, Mum's scarf.

SHE SNIFFS Mmmm, this smells of Mum.

Why don't you take it with you? To remind you of Mum.

That's a good idea. Er... And this will remind me of Ead.

SHE SNIFFS Mmmm, it smells of clean.

'So Lola chose one thing of Mum's and one thing of Dad's,

'so she could think about them every single day when we were away.'

Soren Lorenson is going to keep my hoolie hoop to amind him of me.

Because I can't fit it in my suitcase.

-Ready, Charlie!

-Well done, Lola.

-# La-la-la-la. #

Finally we got in the car and went to Granny and Grandpa's.

-Mmmm-mmmm-mmmm.

-Ah.

Granny's apple pie and ice cream is my favourite and my best.

-Wow, raspberries.

-Me, too, please.

-Mmmm.

-Yummy.

Grandpa says we can make as much noise as we like.

THEY LAUGH AND SING

Yes, that one, because I've got to show Soren the seagulls.

And that one with the beach. And the waves, and the one with the ponies.

Faster, Grandpa! Make him go faster!

You can't beat me, Lola.

# Hum-hum-hum. # CAT PURRS

TELEPHONE RINGS

Ooh, Casper, that has made my picture all very nice indeed.

Mum and Dad are on the phone. Do you want to speak to them?

Can you tell them I'm far too busy to talk on the telephone right now?

But I will call them later, otherwise I know how much they'll miss me.

# Hum-hum-hum. #

Subtitled by Louise Seddon Red Bee Media Ltd - 2005

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