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 > 0:00:36# Climb aboard and travel with me
0:00:36 > 0:00:40# All aboard the Story Train!
0:00:40 > 0:00:45# All aboard the Story Train! #
0:00:45 > 0:00:47TWEET-TWEET!
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Twinkle has been looking for our friends. Who has she found?
0:00:52 > 0:00:57- Look, it's Sweetie.- Yes, and she's got a tennis racket.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59But why does she look so sad?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01There's Hip and Hop!
0:01:01 > 0:01:04They look sad, too.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09You're right, they do all look very sad. Let's go and find out why.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- SWEETIE SIGHS - Hello, Driver Dan.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22- Hello.- Hi, Driver Dan. - Hello, everyone. What's the matter?
0:01:22 > 0:01:26We wanted to play a hitting and catching game with our tennis racket
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- but we can't find our ball. - We've looked everywhere.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Oh, dear. I might have a ball on the Story Train. Shall we go and see?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Yes, please, Driver Dan!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Now, then. Hm.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Now, it should be in here somewhere.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Hm, not there either.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Must be in this one.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Oh, I've just remembered - I gave it to Loopy.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Sorry about that.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Oh, then we can't play our game, after all.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Why don't we go on the Story Train, and see if we can find Loopy
0:01:59 > 0:02:00and the ball?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- That's a brilliant idea.- Let's go! You can be first hitter, Sweetie.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Thanks!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Would you like to come, too? - Yes, please!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Twinkle? Are we all hooked up and ready to go?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17TWEET-TWEET!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23TWEET-TWEET!
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I wonder if Twinkle's seen Loopy. Can you see?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I can see a carriage.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30But it's not Loopy's carriage.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33No, it's Bippity's carriage.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- Look, there he is. - He's getting his Makerer ready.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Oh, let's see if Bippity knows where Loopy is.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Bip-bip! Hello, everyone!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Hello, Bippity. Have you seen Loopy?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54He's got a ball we want to use for our game.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Sorry, I haven't.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Oh, we'll never be able to play our game now!
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Hm... Bip-bip! Maybe I could make you a ball.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Wow! Thanks, Bippity.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Bip-bip! This won't take long.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Bippity-bip! In a zip!
0:03:15 > 0:03:16- ALL:- Hurray!
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Great, Bippity! You can throw, Sweetie can hit it
0:03:20 > 0:03:22and we'll catch. Come on.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Yes! I'm ready.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Bip-bip! Here we go!
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Oh!- Oh!- Oh!
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Ohhh!
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Bippity-bip. What happened?- Oh? Woah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39That's a very heavy ball, Bippity. No wonder the strings broke.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Bip-bip. Oh, dear.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I'm very sorry, everyone.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46That's OK, Bippity.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50But what are we going to do? We don't have a ball OR a racket now.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I'll fix the racket first.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01There. Bippity-bip.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Oh, no!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05What is it, Bippity?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- THEY GASP - Oh, no!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11How did you do that?
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Bip-bip. Oops. That wasn't supposed to happen.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19We'll never be able to play our catching game now.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Thanks for trying to help, Bippity.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Bip-bip. Wait a minute.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27This reminds me of something.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Bippity-bip! That's it!
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Soapy water!
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Soapy water? What do you want to wash?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Nothing, but I've had an idea.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Bip-bip! We need soapy water to make it work.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- Soapy water? OK. - What is your idea, Bippity?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47It's a catching game with the racket, just like you wanted.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50But we haven't got a racket, or a ball.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Here we are.- Thank you, Driver Dan.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56How can we play a catching game with a bucket of water?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59HE LAUGHS You'll see. Watch!
0:05:02 > 0:05:04And the game is...
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- catch the bubbles!- Yay!- Yay!
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- THEY GIGGLE - No, that's my one! I'll get that one!
0:05:13 > 0:05:14I caught one!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Me too!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21DRIVER DAN LAUGHS
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Oh, that's a fantastic game, Bippity. What a brilliant idea.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- Thanks, Bippity. That was amazing. - Can we play it again, Driver Dan?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33TWEET-TWEET! >
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Yes, you're right, Twinkle. It IS time to go to Story Corner.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- Story Corner!- Story Corner! - Yay!- Bip-bip!
0:05:43 > 0:05:47We're all hooked up. Twinkle, are we ready to go?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48TWEET-TWEET!
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- Are you ready, too? Then let's go! - All aboard the story train!
0:05:53 > 0:05:55We're going to have a story!
0:05:55 > 0:06:01- Maybe it'll be about a chasing game. - Or a story about bubbles.- Yeah!
0:06:05 > 0:06:07TWEET-TWEET!
0:06:11 > 0:06:13THEY GIGGLE
0:06:13 > 0:06:16What shall we read today?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19I'd like one about making things.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- But not heavy things. - THEY LAUGH
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Aha! I know just the book.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- Is everybody settled down and ready to listen?- Yeah, I am!- Bippity-bip!
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- And all of you? Sitting comfy and ready to listen?- Ready, Driver Dan!
0:06:34 > 0:06:38This story is called Efuru's Treasure.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43It was written by Esther Ahanti and the pictures are by Ghadi Ghosn.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Efuru and her father were at the market, buying fish for dinner.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Efuru watched as the woodcarver set out his stall.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55He laid out smooth, round bowls and patterned plates,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58delicate carvings and fanciful creatures.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03"Please can I go and see?" she asked her father, excitedly.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Efuru stood shyly at the stall.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Her eyes grew wide like saucers,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11for upon the sheet lay more than she could imagine.
0:07:11 > 0:07:17Chessboards and masks, crocodiles and giraffes, cheetahs and chimps.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Oh, lots of lovely animals.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24"Oh, carver, make me a rocket to travel afar.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27"I'll fly to the moon, the sun and the stars!"
0:07:27 > 0:07:32But the carver just smiled, as he sawed and spliced the wood.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Efuru asked again,
0:07:34 > 0:07:38"Oh, carver, make me a horse with your clever hands.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41"I'll gallop so fast and see distant lands."
0:07:41 > 0:07:45But the carver just smiled, as he hammered and honed the wood.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49"Oh, carver, make me a ship, won't you, please?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52"I'll cast off and sail upon the high seas."
0:07:52 > 0:07:57But the carver just smiled, as he sharpened and shaved the wood.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00I'd like a ship like that. Ahoy, there!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Ahoy, Captain Hip! - THEY LAUGH
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Finally, she begged,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08"Oh, carver, I know what will be best.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11"Make me a crown - I'll be a princess."
0:08:11 > 0:08:15But the carver only smiled, and painted the wood.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Efuru sighed.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20"Oh, carver, will you make nothing for me?" she asked.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24The woodcarver looked at Efuru and stretched out his hand.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27In his palm lay a spinning top.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30It was smooth and perfectly polished.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32It glimmered in the afternoon light.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36"Oh, thank you!" gasped Efuru in delight,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39as she twirled the top on the ground.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41For her spinning top shone and shimmered
0:08:41 > 0:08:44brighter than a fiery rocket.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47It flipped and flew faster than a horse.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50It's glide was more graceful than that of a ship.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54And as Efuru and her father walked home, hand-in-hand,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Efuru clutched her treasure tightly.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01She felt richer and happier than any princess.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The end. Did you enjoy that story?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I liked the horse best. He looked really fast.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12I liked the carpenter. He could make anything he thought of.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16I thought you might like him, Bippity. And now it's your turn.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22Which parts did you like best? Come on - it's time to show me the story.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Look over there! - It's the woodcarver's stall!
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- We're in the rocket.- This is fun!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Hello.- Hello.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- I'm riding on my horse.- Look at me!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Clippety-clippety-clop.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- Let's be pirates.- Yes, on the boat!
0:09:40 > 0:09:41A-harrr!
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- A-harrr!- Arrr!
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Arrr!- I'm being a pirate, just like Efuru.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Here comes Princess Efuru.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Your Majesty.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'm being really spinny!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Round and round and round.- Wheeee!
0:09:58 > 0:10:00That looked great fun.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Thanks, everyone. You were great at showing me the story.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Efuru ended up with a carving she didn't expect,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09but that made it even more special.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11A bit like our catching game.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Yeah - Bippity's game was really special.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15It was, wasn't it?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Yeah. Thanks, Bippity.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Oh, thanks everyone, bip-bip!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24All right, everyone. Time to go. All aboard!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27All aboard the Story Train!
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Bippity-bip-bip.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Bye, everyone.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35It's time to go but let's come back soon,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37because we all love stories!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Bye, Driver Dan!- Bye!
0:10:47 > 0:10:50I really like stories about dogs.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I like funny stories.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I like pirate stories best.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I like stories about spinning tops.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd