0:00:02 > 0:00:03All aboard!
0:00:06 > 0:00:09It's Driver Dan's Story Train!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19- Hello, everyone! - Hello, Driver Dan!
0:00:25 > 0:00:29# Which of our friends are we going to see?
0:00:29 > 0:00:33# Which of our friends do you think it will be?
0:00:33 > 0:00:37# Climb aboard and travel with me
0:00:37 > 0:00:40# All aboard the story train!
0:00:40 > 0:00:44# All aboard the story train! #
0:00:44 > 0:00:46TOOT-TOOT!
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Looks like Twinkle's spotted someone. Can you see who it is?
0:00:52 > 0:00:54They're really bouncy.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And hoppy too!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Loopy's hoppy. Is it Hop?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01She's really hoppy.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05You're right, it's Hop! Precious is here too.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Now watch this! You can't stop the Hop!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10You CAN'T stop the Hop!
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Whoo-hoo!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hee-hee-hee! Hop, stop making me laugh.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16My hump is aching!
0:01:21 > 0:01:22TWEET-TWEET!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Hi, Hop! Hi, Precious! That looks fun.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Now, where there's a Hop, there's always a...
0:01:29 > 0:01:34- Always a Hip!- That's right. But where is he?
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Have you seen Hip?
0:01:36 > 0:01:41- No. He was here earlier.- Just before Hop started her funny hopping.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Hmm. I'll have a look in there.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Who is it?
0:01:45 > 0:01:49It's Driver Dan. Is everything all right, Hip?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I'm counting my pebbles.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Oh... Hip always counts his pebbles when he's upset about something.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It's just I...
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I wish I was funny like Hop.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05I wish I could make people laugh and want to play with me.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10- If you don't make someone laugh, it doesn't mean they won't play.- Oh.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16- Hip! Come and see my skipping. - You'll love it. It's so funny!
0:02:19 > 0:02:22OK. Who wants to go to Story Corner?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Yes!- Oh, yeah!- Me!- Me, please!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Hip, what do you think? Would a trip to Story Corner help?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Yes, please, Driver Dan.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34All right, then. We need to pick someone else up first.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Maybe then you'll feel like joining in again.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45TWEET-TWEET!
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I wonder who our last passenger will be?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I think it'll be Sweetie.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- How do you know? - I always guess right.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Let's find out!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- TWEET-TWEET! - OK, Twinkle, I'm coming.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Are you ready too? Then let's go!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07ALL: All aboard the Story Train!
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Ooh! Driver Dan!
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Amazing! How did you guess it would be Sweetie?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Because we're brilliant. - Yeah, we guess right.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Are we going to Story Corner? Are we?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Oh, yes. And that's not all.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37- Hop! Come and show Sweetie your skipping.- Come on, Hop!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Yay! Don't stop the Hop!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41THEY GIGGLE
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Hee-hee! It's the funniest thing ever.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48You're so funny, Hop!
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Hip! Come and play with us!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56You'll really like it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It's fun!
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I'll be out when I've finished counting my pebbles.
0:04:01 > 0:04:0736, 37, 38...
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- I haven't seen Hip yet.- Hmm.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Who is it?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- It's me again!- And me too.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Why don't you want to play with us?
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Oh, you don't want me. You want Hop.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Are you sure about that?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Why aren't they laughing or skipping?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Because they all miss you, silly!
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- Come and play. - It's not the same without you.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Oh, is there room for me to skip too?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44For as long as you like!
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Who wants to see my flop-eared flip? - THEY GIGGLE
0:04:53 > 0:04:57I think Hip is just as funny as Hop. Don't you, Twinkle?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59TWEET-TWEET!
0:04:59 > 0:05:04All he needed was to remember that his friends love playing with him.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Come on! Why don't you all get on the Story Train together?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Coming! Hooray!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Oh-ho-ho-ho, yes!- Yeah, yeah!
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Everyone's on board, Twinkle. Are we ready to go?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Are you ready too? - ALL: Yeah!
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Then let's go! All aboard the Story Train!
0:05:25 > 0:05:27All aboard!
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- I love a good story. - I would like one about skipping.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Skip, skip, skip!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35One about playing together.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37ALL: Yeah!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Here we are. Story Corner.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Who's ready for a story then?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56We are. Is it about funny skipping?
0:05:56 > 0:06:01No, not skipping. There, I know just the book!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Is everybody settled down, and ready to listen?
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Ready, Dan!- Ready and waiting!
0:06:08 > 0:06:12And all of you? Sitting down comfy and ready to listen?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- ALL: I'm ready, Dan. - It's story time!
0:06:14 > 0:06:18This story is called The Little Weed,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22by Dave Ingham, with pictures by Vivienne Heath.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Sitting in the middle of a dry, dry field,
0:06:26 > 0:06:31Weed looked up to the sky. "Ooh," it said. "What a wonderful place.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33"And what's this I spy, spy?"
0:06:33 > 0:06:36"Hello, Weed," said a dry, dry voice.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41Weed saw Lizard and gasped. "Ooh!" said Weed. "What marvellous marks.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44"I wish I had marks like that."
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Is the little weed sad?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50No, I don't think so. It just wants to look like the lizard.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Sitting in the middle of a dry, dry field,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Weed had grown this high.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01"Ooh," Weed said. "What a wonderful place. And what's this I spy, spy?"
0:07:01 > 0:07:04"Hello, Weed!" said a flitting voice.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Weed saw Hummingbird and gasped. "Ooh," said Weed,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12"What fabulous feathers. I wish I had feathers like that."
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Sitting in the middle of a dry, dry field,
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Weed had grown quite high. "Ooh," it said. "What a wonderful place.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22"And what's this I spy, spy?"
0:07:22 > 0:07:25"Hello, Weed!" said a sniffling voice.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Weed saw the mouse and gasped.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30"Ooh," said Weed, "Your whiskers rule!
0:07:30 > 0:07:32"I'd like some like that."
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Ooh, this weed wants to be like everyone!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Apart from itself.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Sitting in the middle of a dry, dry field,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43the weed grew really high.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49"Ooh," it said, "What a wonderful place. And what's this I spy, spy?"
0:07:49 > 0:07:52"Hello there, Weed," cried a high-up voice.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Weed saw Canary and gasped.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00"Ooh," said Weed, "I wish I could fly. I wish I could fly like that."
0:08:00 > 0:08:01TWEET-TWEET!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Yes, we know you can, Twinkle!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Sitting in the middle of a dry, dry field,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09the weed now touched the sky.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14"Ooh," said voices all around, "What can we spy, spy?"
0:08:14 > 0:08:18"My marvellous marks aren't a patch on that."
0:08:18 > 0:08:21"And my feathers now seem old hat."
0:08:21 > 0:08:26"And I feel I've lost my hum, and my whiskers feel humdrum."
0:08:26 > 0:08:29"I think you'd better take a peek
0:08:29 > 0:08:31"before I drop this from my beak."
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Sitting in the middle of a dry, dry field,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Weed was now in bloom.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40"Ooh," said Weed. "Are you sure that's me?!"
0:08:40 > 0:08:43"Yes!" said the crowd. "And we all agree
0:08:43 > 0:08:46"we all wish we were you!"
0:08:46 > 0:08:49And that's the end. What did you think?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- With hummingbirds.- Wow!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Hum-hum-hum. Flap like a canary!
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Where's Hip? He's not sad again?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00And I'm me!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02THEY ALL LAUGH
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Ha-ha! There can only ever be one Hip.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11And now it's your turn. Which bit did you like best?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Come on, it's time to show me the story.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21I'm as tiny as a little weed. Look!
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Look at my canary wings. - I'm a canary too.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- I'm flying around.- So am I!
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I'm a lizard, creeping about.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I'm cleaning my little mouse whiskers.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37And I'm running like a mouse.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41I'm not a weed, I'm a beautiful flower.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I'm getting taller and taller and taller!
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Wow, what a lovely flower. It's very pretty.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Thanks for showing me the story. All those wonderful creatures.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58The canary, the hummingbird, the lizard...
0:09:58 > 0:10:03The little weed soon cheered up when he knew that everyone liked him.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08He was special, wasn't he? His friends liked his lovely flower.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12That's right, Hip. He just needed to remember that he was special too,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14just like everyone else.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Glad you all enjoyed the story, everyone.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23But now it's time to go. All aboard!
0:10:23 > 0:10:26ALL: All aboard the Story Train!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28All aboard! All aboard!
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Bye, everyone, it's time to go. Let's come back soon,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37because we all love stories!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40ALL: Bye, Driver Dan! Bye!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I like the silly rhyming stories.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I like stories with happy endings.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I like stories about flowers.