But I Am Completely Hearing and Also Listening Charlie and Lola

LAUGHTER

Ah, Charlie.

Lola?

Charlie.

Ah, oh, oh!

I have this little sister Lola.

-She's small...

-Brrrr!

-...and very funny.

"Hello, who are you?" He's called Charlie and he's my brother.

-"He's very big, isn't he?"

-LAUGHTER

Look, it's a puppet. Did you think it was a real elephant, Charlie?

-No.

-What is inside the box?

I'll show you in a minute, Lola.

Mmm, mm, that goes here.

-SHE BLOWS OUT

-Is it a minute, now?

Hmm.

Hmm, hmm. Hmm.

-"Can we open it now and see what's inside?

-I said in a minute, Lola.

Excuse me, Charlie. That wasn't me asking that was elephant.

OK, well, Dad has bought this puppet theatre but we can't

play with it yet because we have to put it together first.

It has lots of parts, Lola,

so we have to be careful and do it properly.

I'm sure you know how to put it properly together.

Hm. Hold on!

But I think that will take for ages!

Not if we follow the instructions.

-Here and...

-Are you ready to put it together, Charlie?

Because Elephant would really like to play with the theatre thingy.

OK, now listen. The instructions say we need to put wall A next to

wall B and then attach tabs one, two and three.

Then repeat point three with roof part two and roof B.

-Fix the two roof parts together along line F.

-Oh!

Now take floor section one and bend along folds E, F, G and H.

Stand on flat... Are you listening Lola?

-Lola, I don't think you were listening.

-Yes, I was Charlie but

Elephant is an actual puppet and he knows all about puppet theatres.

-So, he told me exactly just how to do it.

-But you've left a piece out.

Ooh!

"We know where that piece goes."

It goes here.

In fact, I don't think that piece is important.

Ah, now I have to take it all apart and do it properly later.

-You didn't listen. You never listen.

-I do, Charlie.

I am completely hearing and also listening. I'm listening now.

GROANING AND SIGHING

La-de-da-de-da-dum!

-Charlie, guess what's going to happen today?

-I don't know, Lola.

I'll give you a clue. Splat, splat, splat!

We're going to do splatter paintings.

Mum says you need to take your umbrella, it's going to rain.

"What's a splatter painting, Lola?"

It's when you get a paintbrush, full of paint,

and splat, splat, splat all over the paper.

Maybe you should leave your elephant he might get wet.

You can hold the brush in your trunk and splat with me.

-Splat, splat, splat.

-Come on, Mum's waiting.

"Can I come and do splatting with you, Lola?" Of course you can.

We're going to have a really good fun time.

-Oh.

-Oops, I didn't bring my umbrella.

Mum said to bring it, Lola. You weren't listening, were you?

-I was but I was putting Elephant into my pocket.

-Oh, Lola.

He especially asked to come with me

so that he could do splatter painting.

-HORN BEEPS

-Come on.

Guess what I've got in my pocket, Lotta.

Um... Is it a magic genie that gives you wishes?

No, it's an elephant puppet called Elephant.

Uh... Um... Tara!

Oh!

Oop! Oh, dear!

Oh!

Never mind.

OCCUPIED HUMMING

I really love to splat! Splitter splatter splat!

Splat! Splat!

-Look, Elephant, splat splat splat!

-Lola, your water's getting...

You can have a go in a minute. It's really good fun.

-I'll move it for you, Lola.

-# I love splatting! Mmm! #

Whee!

Splash!

Splat! Splat! Splat!

-Splat!

-SHE LAUGHS

-Lola, watch out!

-Splat! Splat!

Lola, I told you watch out for the water!

Sorry.

That's it, Elephant, you'll soon be back to normal,

only a little bit sticky and a tiny bit still wet.

Listen, everybody, I've got the new Batcat game.

The new Batcat game!

My mum says you can all come round and play it.

You have to come as someone from Batcat,

and then we can eat Batcat biscuits that my mum has bought specially.

This is really, really exciting.

What's really, really exciting?

Arnold Wolf has got the Batcat game and we can dress up as Batcat people

and go to his and eat Batcat biscuits.

Come round to my house for teatime,

and then my mum says to get your mum or dad to pick you up at about five.

Five o'clock, OK?

Five o'clock. Oh, can I bring my elephant puppet?

-He loves biscuits.

-Yes, Lola. And Charlie can come.

But your puppet can't have any biscuits

as there are only enough for two biscuits each.

We can ask Mum if we can go to the supermarket to get more biscuits,

then there'll be enough for you too.

I'm going to wear my Batcat mask, Charlie, and paint whiskers.

Oh, and Elephant's going to dress up too as Batcat.

What time are we supposed to get there, Lola?

Mmm. Five o'clock.

Yes, that's what Arnold said.

I can't wait, I can't wait!

"I can't wait either! Phhrr!"

-Hold still, Lola.

-Hold still, Elephant.

-I'm really looking forward to playing Batcat.

-There. How's that?

Come on, quickly, Lola. It's nearly five o'clock.

I love parties. Do you love parties? "Yes, I do!"

-Oh!

-Hello, Arnold.

-Hello.

I thought you weren't coming. This was your biscuit.

Oh, but you said five o'clock.

No, you couldn't have listened properly.

I said come early for teatime,

and then your mum and dad could pick you up at five o'clock.

Everyone's gone.

Oh.

-Lola!

-Oh!

Never mind, Lola, there will be more parties.

Sometimes I don't think I always listen very hard enough.

That's true, Lola, but I know you can.

(Do you want to have another go at building the puppet theatre?")

OK.

-I'll read the instructions.

-And I'll listen.

And so will Elephant too so there will be double listening.

We have to bend the roof part 1 at joint D, then fix the wall in.

SHE LAUGHS

Stick this to this.

This bit goes over here, Charlie.

That goes there.

Ooh!

I'm nearly done.

-Six, seven, eight - tara!

-SHE LAUGHS

It's perfect.

"Hey, why don't you and me and Lola have a puppet show?"

-Good idea.

-"Phhrr!"

Welcome, everybody,

you will be watching a play about listening

called Batcat And An Ear That Has Gone Missing But Nobody Knows Where.

Oh, boo-hoo!

Who are you?

I'm Batcat, the super cat.

Now, what's the matter?

You look like a very upset Elephant.

-Pardon?

-I said, "You look like a very upset Elephant!"

I am. I have lost one of my ears.

I'm a very famous cat and I will find it.

Now, when did you last see your ear?

Well, I think it was in my friend Lauren's coat.

I hope you're listening everybody

because that was a very important clue.

What kind of coat was it, I wonder?

I remember it was raining and I was soaked to pieces.

Maybe it was not a raincoat since you got quite wet.

I think it was woolyish,

but there are so many coats, how will you find it?

I wonder if anyone in the audience can find the coat?

-Me! Me! I can! I can!

-Thank you, audience person.

It's Lola's coat.

Not a raincoat, but a sort of wooly coat.

-Not a green coat?

-Yes, it's not green!

-Did you hear that?

-Hmm.

-It might be red.

-Here it is, here it is! I found it!

-Well done, Arnold.

-There you go.

-You have been a good listener.

Now, I will always be a very good listener indeed.

Oops.