The Sound Snatcher Clangers

There's our planet.

The planet Earth.

It's a place with lots and lots of things for people to enjoy -

and a bit of what you like always does you good.

And I've no doubt that if we were to

take ourselves off into the depths of outer space,

we would find other creatures who also like to enjoy

a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

BUZZING Look!

There's a strange-looking creature buzzing about.

Let's go and see what it's up to, shall we?

It's a very strange-looking creature.

It looks a bit like... Well, bagpipes.

UPBEAT MUSIC Oh, it's heard something.

Some music.

MUSIC CONTINUES

CLUCKING

The music's coming from the Iron Chicken's nest.

Nice. Very jazzy.

CLUCKS ALONG WITH MUSIC

The creature seems to like it too.

Oh! Cluck-oh.

The Iron Chicken's saying, "hello".

MUSIC STARTS TO SPEED UP

Hang on, is it... Is it actually eating the music?

Sucking it up like a vacuum cleaner?

MUSIC STOPS

How peculiar!

CLANKING

IRON CHICKEN CLUCKS

CLUCKS ECHO

BUZZING

No, it's not very interested in the cloud.

I wonder why.

BUZZING

Ooh, it's heard some more music.

GENTLE MUSIC

This time, the music's coming from the Music Trees.

MUSIC SPEEDS UP

Yes, that's exactly what it's doing, it's sucking up music.

Well, I never.

And that music bag it has is getting bigger.

BUZZING

MUSIC PLAYING

More music.

That sounds like Tiny Clanger's flower friends.

HIGH AND LOW-PITCHED SQUEAKS

No, it's not interested in Major Clanger.

Or Granny.

It wants more music, I think.

That's all it's interested in.

And Major's going to follow it to see what it's up to.

FLOWER FRIENDS SINGING SWEETLY

Ah, yes, the singing is coming from Tiny's flower friends.

SINGING CONTINUES

Interesting. Very interesting.

It's doing it again! What a surprise for Tiny and Major.

SINGING SPEEDS UP

SINGING STOPS

BUZZING

Tiny is a bit annoyed.

She thinks the creature's rather rude,

slurping her singing friends' music

without so much as a please or thank you.

There's Mother Clanger in her garden.

I wonder what she'll make of the strange creature.

BUZZING

BUZZING

No, it's not very friendly, is it?

Tiny tells Mother it's a strange, music-eating thing.

It's seems to quite like the Glow Buzzers.

Old friends, perhaps?

MUSIC PLAYING

Ah, but of course - it's much more interested in music.

CLUNKING, MUSIC BECOMES MUFFLED

SCRUNCHING

Oh, dear. The creature's bag of music is so full,

it's stuck in the hole.

POP Ooh! Just squeezed through.

CLANGING

The creature's heading off into space

after the Hoot music.

HOOT MUSIC PLAYING

And, of course, the Hoot music is coming from the Hoot planet.

Yes, Major, there's lots of music to be had up there.

HOOT MUSIC

It's doing it again.

HOOT MUSIC SPEEDS UP

And that music bag's getting bigger and bigger.

Major's right - it's sucking up too much music.

MUSIC STOPS

And now the creature is so full up with music,

it can hardly move.

It's just floating hopelessly in space.

Yes, quite right, Major - that thing needs help.

Time to launch the Music Boat.

MUSIC PLAYING

Nearly there.

Hm, what to do now?

I think Major's had an idea.

He's telling the creature to blow -

then it can blow all that music out of its bag.

But I don't think the creature understands.

Oh, dear.

Tiny thinks they should show it how to blow.

THEY GIGGLE

BUZZ

BUZZ

GARBLED SOUNDS

PLONK

Ah, that's done the trick.

Well, there you go. It's learned how to blow

and its music bag is back to its normal size again.

Thank goodness.

Yes, well done, buzzing thing.

Perhaps it won't be so greedy in future.

MUSIC

The Hoots are celebrating the only way they know how -

with music.

That's right - don't start eating music again, you silly thing.

Just sit and listen.

HOOT MUSIC CONTINUES

ALL JOIN IN

Ooh, no!

MUSIC STOPS

But this time, I think the creature is just breathing in.

BUZZES, INHALES

MAKES MUSIC

Breathing in so it can breathe out and sing.

And what a sweet voice it has too.

ALL PLAYING AND SINGING

They do make a lovely sound together.

Ah, music. That creature certainly likes its music...

..to eat.

Is there a lesson to be learned from all this?

You know, I think there is.

It's nice to have a bit of what you like, but not too much.

Woo-ooo!