0:00:02 > 0:00:03Ha ha ha ha!
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Charlie!
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Lola?
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Charlie!
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Oooh-oooh!
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Ha ha ha ha!
0:00:34 > 0:00:37This is my sister Lola.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39She is small.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Listen, Charlie, listen to my new tune.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47SHE PLAYS LOUDLY
0:00:47 > 0:00:50That's lovely, Lola, but I'm trying to read...
0:00:50 > 0:00:54I SAID THAT'S VERY LOVELY, LOLA.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59I know, Charlie. I am a very lovely recorderer player.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- TOOT! - Do you know it is reading today?
0:01:02 > 0:01:08I am going to get a extremely new book all of my own to read.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And I'll be doing some very grown-up counting
0:01:11 > 0:01:16- and maybe even some writing so we must hurry up!- OK.
0:01:16 > 0:01:2012 polar bears, take away one polar bear...
0:01:20 > 0:01:23hmm, leaves 11 polar bears!
0:01:23 > 0:01:27# 11 polar bears All shivering on the ice... #
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Brrrrrr!
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Then one of them jumped!
0:01:32 > 0:01:35# Because the water looked so nice And then there were... #
0:01:35 > 0:01:3911 take away one leaves...TEN!
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Ten polar bears!
0:01:41 > 0:01:45# Ten polar bears All shivering on the ice... #
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Brrrrr!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And one of them jumped!
0:01:48 > 0:01:50# Because the water looked so nice
0:01:50 > 0:01:52# And then there were... #
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Ten take away one equals...
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Er...
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Er...
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Nine!- Yes, nine.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Ooh, look!
0:02:07 > 0:02:11One of my loopy loops is going all over the page by itself!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Whoooo-whooo!
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Whoooo!
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Oh!
0:02:21 > 0:02:26Once there was a lion who was hungry...
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I'm going to read this one...
0:02:28 > 0:02:32The Rabbit And Her Bunnies!
0:02:32 > 0:02:39Hmmm...this one because it has a tiny, small word on the front.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42"I'm hungry!" said the lion.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- "I am so hungry..." - "Once upon a time..."
0:02:45 > 0:02:48P...I... P...I...
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- Hmm.- ..rabbit.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52..two boiled eggs...
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I... Mmm.
0:02:54 > 0:03:00- I think I'll read my book at home, where I am comfy.- Yes!
0:03:00 > 0:03:04The jumbo jet - the second biggest aircraft in the...
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Could you be extra quiet, Charlie?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I'm reading my new book from school.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11What is it about, Lola?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15It's about a little, tiny, small bird
0:03:15 > 0:03:18who is very sad and, er...
0:03:18 > 0:03:19and small.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Are you sure you're reading it?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Charlie, I am doing reading.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29What's happening then?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Well, so far there are all these words
0:03:34 > 0:03:38and there's a tiny bird who lives in a tree.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Hee hee!
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- And?- And look!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45He's almost probably going to cry
0:03:45 > 0:03:48because he is ever so teeny-weeny
0:03:48 > 0:03:49and, er...
0:03:49 > 0:03:54because he has a feather sticking out of his head.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And, you see, tiny, small bird is singing.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00# I am a tiny, small bird
0:04:00 > 0:04:02# Incey-wincey
0:04:02 > 0:04:04# I can tweet like this
0:04:04 > 0:04:05# Tweet-tweet!
0:04:05 > 0:04:09# But I have a feather sticking out of my head... #
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Lola, I think if you read the ACTUAL words,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14you'd find a different story.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Why don't you try and read the first word?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21P...ick.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Puck...peak.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Oh! Too many big words, Charlie!
0:04:29 > 0:04:33We'll leave words until later when I am bigger.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Oh, and I don't really think I'll go to school tomorrow.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Why, Lola?
0:04:38 > 0:04:45Well, we do this counting up and taking away with big numbers
0:04:45 > 0:04:47and it is not fun.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50It's really good to be able to count up to 100.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54No, it isn't. All I need to know is up to ten
0:04:54 > 0:04:57because I have ten toes
0:04:57 > 0:05:01and I never eat more than ten biscuits in one go.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04What if you had ten dogs around for tea?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08How many dog treats would you need to give them?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10One, two...TEN!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13But what if it starts to rain in the park
0:05:13 > 0:05:16and all the dogs hear the barking
0:05:16 > 0:05:18and THEY come round for dog treats?
0:05:18 > 0:05:22You need more dog treats now, don't you?
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Hmm. Maybe I DO need to count up to some bigger numbers.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Charlie, at school, we also have to do writing
0:05:31 > 0:05:35which is all loopy and my loops are all over the paper.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38But, Lola, if you learn how to write,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41you can send letters and cards to people you like.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44But I like to talk on the telephone
0:05:44 > 0:05:47because it is more friendly and straightaway.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49But you like to get cards. Mmm!
0:05:49 > 0:05:52It's nice to tell people what you've been up to.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Dear Granny and Grandpa, I am on holiday.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01I am licking an ice lolly and I am hot.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Love, Lola.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I think I would like to do writing,
0:06:06 > 0:06:10but I am still not keen to go to school tomorrow.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11But why, Lola?
0:06:11 > 0:06:17Because I think the reading bit is too extremely hard.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Hmm! Do you remember when you couldn't play the recorder?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23No.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26RECORDER SQUEAKS
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Oh!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31But you practised and you tried and tried and tried
0:06:31 > 0:06:34and then you became really good.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Hmm, that's true.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Nobody can read straightaway.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39It's like the recorder.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42You have to practise.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44P...U...
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I...K...
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Ohhh.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50But some of the words are really big
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and the letters get all jumbly!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55P...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57S...I...K...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Mmm... Ahhh!
0:06:59 > 0:07:02That's exactly how I felt when I started to read,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06but now I can read all kinds of things.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Sound out the letters, Lola, bit by bit.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Go on.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14C-A-T!
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Cat!
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Yes!
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Try this one.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22G...O...
0:07:22 > 0:07:25F...ish.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Fish... Fish, Charlie!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Yes. What type of fish?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34G...O...L...D...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37G...O...L...D...fish.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Gold! Goldfish!
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Very good!
0:07:41 > 0:07:44P...O...P...A...
0:07:44 > 0:07:47O...P... P...O...P...
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Pops... Puffer Pops!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54K...A...P...O...W...
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Kapow!
0:07:58 > 0:08:02P...I...col...
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Piccolo...
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Piccolo!
0:08:05 > 0:08:11The...Bird...Who...Could...
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Could...Not...er, Sing...
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Ahh!
0:08:18 > 0:08:25Piccolo...was... a small...tiny...bird
0:08:25 > 0:08:29with a small...tiny...V-O-I-C-E...
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Voice!
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Aw, poor Piccolo!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Charlie, the little bird is called Piccolo
0:08:35 > 0:08:40and he cannot sing because his voice is so small and tiny.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42That's good!
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- OK. In the morning... - In the morning...
0:08:45 > 0:08:50all the...other birds sang and sang and sang,
0:08:50 > 0:08:56- but Piccolo never sang a sing... - A single note.
0:08:56 > 0:09:03He told his mother, "I don't think I will ever be able to sing."
0:09:03 > 0:09:06"Of course you can sing, Piccolo!
0:09:06 > 0:09:10"Do you remember when you could not even fly?"
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Oooh!
0:09:12 > 0:09:16"Well, you can fly now," said his mother.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19"You'll be able to sing too.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22"You just have to keep trying."
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Phhhhhrt!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27"Hmm," said his mother.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30"You'll have to sing louder than that."
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Now, remember - nice and loud!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Phhhrrrt!
0:09:38 > 0:09:42He tried all day and he tried all night
0:09:42 > 0:09:45till the sun came up,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48the time when all the other birds start to sing.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56And he opened his beak and he took a deep breath
0:09:56 > 0:09:59and he sang!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Toot-toot-toot-toot!
0:10:01 > 0:10:04He sang and he sang and he sang and he sang!
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Toot-toot-toot!- Toot-toot-toot-toot!
0:10:13 > 0:10:15The...End!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Well done, Lola! - But I haven't finished yet.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20OK.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26Piccolo is p...printed in China.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- It costs...- Lola!- Tee hee hee!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd 2006
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