Captain Dumblewit's Toughest Mission Yet Grandpa In My Pocket

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

Grandpa!

No! Be careful!

Grandpa, stop!

Whoa...

'Today we were playing Captain Dumbletwit Let's Pretend.

'Grandpa was wearing his costume.'

Captain Dumbletwit, off to save the universe!

'Mum came down in a panic.'

I'm in a bit of a panic.

Jason, Jemima, can you tidy up in here?

Our special visitors are due any moment.

'The SPECIAL visitors were Grandpa's old friend Gilbert

'and his granddaughter Martha.'

Oh, you're going to love Granddad Gilbert,

he's got a great imagination.

Will he play Captain Dumbletwit?

Oh, for sure! We'll be able to act out space missions.

If Dumbletwit can do it, so can you!

'Little did we know it was going to be...'

I can't wait to show Granddad Gilbert my treasure chest.

We used to play with these toys.

We were best friends, we even had a special greeting.

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DOORBELL RINGS

'Granddad Gilbert and his granddaughter Martha

'were at the door.'

Martha! Gilbert! How wonderful to see you!

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LAUGHTER

-Are you all right?

-Well, it's our greeting, our...

Don't you remember it?

I can't say I do.

Do you always dress like that?

What? This? Oh, I'm being Captain Dumbletwit for the kids.

I made the costume,

-we couldn't find a big one.

-I don't suppose you could.

Come along, everyone. Come on, Martha.

'Grandpa hadn't seen Gilbert for years and years.'

'There was a long pause.

'Nobody knew what to say. Then, I thought of something.'

Grandpa told us about the games you played, he's got his toys!

Hello, Gilbert. Monkey Albert! You must remember Monkey Albert?

Can't say that I do.

'There was another even LONGER pause. Grandpa was looking fed up.

'Granddad Gilbert was fed up. Then, Jemima thought of something.'

-Do you like Captain Dumbletwit, Martha?

-Yes! It's REALLY funny.

-Why don't we play the Dumbletwit board game?

-I don't like board games.

You can play if you like, but not here - it's noisy.

'So, Jemima and Martha went upstairs and I went to fetch the board game.

You must look at our garden. You can give me ideas.

I doubt it.

'So, Mum took Granddad Gilbert out to show him the garden.'

Ideas, huh! Gilbert used to be full of ideas!

But now he's lost his imagination.

We are going to try and help to get it back again.

There's only one way to do it.

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

'You know what it's like when Grandpa shrinks.

'He gets up to all sorts of things -

'he can ride off in my car,

'he can fly off in my plane.

'What would he get up to dressed as Captain Dumbletwit?'

Come on!

'Mum came back in with Granddad Gilbert.'

Where's Grandpa? He must have gone for a lie down.

When I've come all this way to see him?

He has a lot of lie downs, especially when we have visitors.

Oh, well. I can finish my crossword.

Great! I'll make a start on the lunch.

Sausage, beans and jelly all right?

'Of course, Grandpa wasn't laying down.

'He was standing right above Granddad Gilbert.

'And Grandpa, being Grandpa...

'was bound to have a plan.

'While Granddad Gilbert was busy doing his crossword,

'Grandpa crawled towards the Doojit puppet.

'I had no idea this was going on,

'because I was having fun with Jemima and Martha.

'There was certainly no fun going on downstairs.

'But Grandpa was about to change that.

'He had got right inside the Doojit puppet.

'I checked on Grandpa,

'I tiptoed to the bottom of the stairs.'

I'm Doojit! Captain Dumbletwit's alien pet.

Yes, very funny, Jason. Go away, I'm finishing my crossword.

'Granddad Gilbert thought it was me!

'I had to get Grandpa out of Doojit.'

Give Captain Dumbletwit his spaceship.

'But I was too late.'

Oh, do stop this nonsense.

'This was a disaster!

'Grandpa was stuck inside Doojit.

'Any second, Granddad Gilbert was going to find him.

'I had to do something.'

Let me go! Let me go!

I knew it was you.

Now stop it. Really.

'The good news was that Granddad Gilbert hadn't seen Grandpa.

'The bad news was that he'd shut him in the treasure chest.

'I had to get him out.'

Oh, no, you don't.

Upstairs with you, go on.

'There was nothing I could do, I was worried about Grandpa.

'But Grandpa, being Grandpa, was bound to have a plan.

I've run out of sausages, beans AND jelly! Ha-ha! Won't be long.

'I was right, Grandpa DID have a plan!

'And now Mum had gone, he could put it into action.

Let me out!

KNOCKING Let me out!

KNOCKING

Please let me out!

Jason!

Please let me out!

Thanks! Oh. Was getting mighty stuffy in there.

Name's Dumbletwit, Captain Dumbletwit.

'Granddad Gilbert thought Grandpa was a toy!'

What an amazing toy!

'Then, he tried to grab him.

'Grandpa ran and Granddad Gilbert ran after him!'

'He watched Grandpa run along the shelf and peep out.'

'Then, he lost him!'

'Grandpa jumped onto the chair.'

Stop. Come back. Come here!

'But Grandpa had other ideas.

'The lights on Captain Dumbletwit's spaceship

'started to flicker.'

Oh!

'Grandpa had climbed inside.

'When Grandpa is small, he can use his magic to make my toys go.

'Sometimes it's my plane, sometimes it's my car...

'and now it was my spaceship!'

'Granddad Gilbert couldn't believe his eyes!

'This time Grandpa had gone too far

'and he was about to go even further.'

I've never seen anything like it in my life.

Who are you?

And WHAT are you?

The name's Dumbletwit, Captain Dumbletwit.

I'm on a mission to give you back your imagination.

My imagination?

Yes.

I wouldn't be the space hero I am if I didn't have an imagination.

And you need one too.

Do I?

Why?

To play with your granddaughter and to have fun.

I'm too old to have fun, I've forgotten how.

Nonsense! Just remember what it was like when you were a child,

you knew how to have fun then.

Yes. Yes, I suppose I did.

Ha! My best friends and I did play some wonderful games.

'And he started to remember all the fun

he and Grandpa had had together.'

Well... We'd pretend to be knights

or explorers in the jungle.

We even made up our own funny greeting.

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See! Your imagination is coming back to you already.

What did I tell you?

If Dumbletwit can do it, so can you.

Now you're ready to go and play with Martha.

Yes. Yes, I will. Thank you, Captain Dumbletwit.

Oh!

You know, you're not as dumb as you look.

Martha!

-Mission accomplished.

-Martha!

'Granddad Gilbert rushed upstairs.

'and Grandpa rushed to take his costume off.'

You'll never believe what I've just seen!

Captain Dumbletwit!

He was flying in his spaceship and he even spoke to me.

"If Dumbletwit can do it, so can you."

That's what he said. He's right.

Em... I'll think I'll just go see if lunch is ready.

'I ran downstairs as Grandpa took off his cap

'and came back to normal.'

What have you been up to?

I've been on a mission. It was tough, but I succeeded.

And thank you for rescuing me from Doojit.

I did what I could.

-Teamwork, eh?

-Teamwork!

'Soon Grandpa was back in his normal clothes

'and everyone was downstairs.'

-Grandpa!

-Did I miss anything?

Yes! Granddad Gilbert's been telling

brilliant stories about Captain Dumbletwit.

I did meet him! I did!

He was right here. He flew the spaceship and everything!

-Gilbert has a fantastic imagination.

-How about we play?

There's some wonderful old toys in here.

Oh! I remember this old boat.

We could sail this on the pond!

I love playing with boats! Will you play with us, Grandpa?

Em, maybe a bit later, Martha. I'm tired at the moment.

Tired?! But, Grandpa, you haven't done anything!

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