Captain Dumbletwit's Dress-Up Party Grandpa In My Pocket

TOGETHER: Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

GRANDPA: Catch me if you can!

Come down, Grandpa!

THEY GASP

Grandpa!

'Today, I was feeling really excited

'because our big cousin Jemima had come home from fashion college.

'She'd made us all Captain Dumbletwit costumes.'

-Mwa-ha-ha!

-Oh, no! It's Diabolical Dave!

I'm coming to get you, Captain Dumbletwit!

Oh, no, you're not! You'll never catch me!

'And Elsie was Panicer, Captain Dumbletwit's pot plant alarm.'

-Waa! Waa!

-Oh, it's Panicer! Let me see.

' We were going to Miss Smiley's cafe for...'

-Where's Doojit, my trusty alien pet?

-I'm here, Captain Dumbletwit!

'Captain Dumbletwit is everyone's favourite cartoon.'

DOORBELL RINGS

I'll get it! Doojit to the rescue!

-Mwah-ha-ha! I've captured Captain Dumbletwit's spaceship.

-Oh, no!

'Then, another Captain Dumbletwit cartoon character turned up.

-'An alien poodle!'

-'Really, it was Mr Mentor the Inventor.'

Oh, you all look fab-idiculous!

'Mr Mentor doesn't just invent things, he invents words too.'

-I'm afraid I've come with some bad news.

-Bad news?

Don't tell me the party's been cancelled!

Oh, no, nothing like that. Someone is back in Sunnysands.

-Someone who might try to steal my inventions.

-ALL: Who?

-Mr Greator the Creator!

-ALL: Mr Greator the Creator!

Shouldn't you be back at the lighthouse guarding them?

Oh, no. No need. I've invented a brilli-oso burglar blaster.

It's an alarm. I got the idea from Captain Dumbletwit's Panicer.

Does that mean it goes like this. Waa! Waa! Waa!

Oh, exactly like that, only louder.

Loud enough to be heard all over Sunnysands,

so, when I'm out, I'll know that Mr Greator is up to mischief.

-I'd really like to see this brilli-oso burglar blaster.

-Me too.

And me. Can we go to the lighthouse on our way to the cafe, Jemima?

-Please!

-But what about Grandpa? He can't get up all those stairs.

Oh, don't you worry about me.

-I'll have a little lie down then I'll get a taxi to the cafe.

-OK.

-Dad, we're ready to go now!

-We should go too!

-'I knew what Grandpa was thinking.'

-I want to make sure that

the brilli-oso burglar blaster is working properly.

Knowing Mr Mentor, it probably isn't.

Mr Greator the Creator is always trouble and he's got to be stopped,

but it's all right, because I've got this.

THEY GASP

BOTH: Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

-'You know what happens when Grandpa shrinks.'

-Come back!

'He runs about so fast, I can't catch him.'

'He zooms about in Jason's toy car...

'..and chuff-chuff-chuffs in the Sunnysands train.'

'He uses his magic to make things fly.'

'He even makes my Mrs Ostrich fly, which is amazing,

'because ostriches don't fly, actually.'

'And my helicopter.'

'And Gordon, the seagull.'

GORDON CRIES

'But because he was being Captain Dumbletwit today,

'he took the spaceship.'

Captain Dumbletwit, off to save the universe!

'Grandpa zoomed out of the window

'and flew off to the lighthouse at top speed.'

'Mr Greator was already there, but nobody knew

'because the brilli-oso burglar blaster wasn't working.'

'Then something really bad happened.

'The spaceship flew in and Mr Greator the Creator saw it.'

Goodness gracious and golly gosh!

A Captain Dumbletwit spaceship that actually flies!

Mr Mentor is cleverer than I thought.

'The spaceship landed and Grandpa ducked out of sight.'

'Mr Greator wanted to know how it worked.

'He was about to look inside and see Grandpa,

'but then, he heard us coming up the stairs.'

Oh, double dollop of drat!

'He put the spaceship down, climbed up the ladder and hid upstairs.'

No "Waa Waa" whine.

Oh, and no flashing lights, which means that

Mr Greator the Creator hasn't been here and everything is safe.

Is this the brilli-oso burglar blaster?

It is, and it is truly brilli-oso.

'There was Grandpa, but we couldn't talk to him.'

Josh, Elsie, come and look!

'We had to go and look at the burglar blaster.'

Are you sure it works? I mean, have you tested it yet?

No. Why? Do you think I should?

Well, your inventions, they sometimes take a while to get going.

That's absol-uply true. They are very lazy. I'll test the "Waa Waa Waa".

That's the important bit.

'While Mr Mentor was testing the "Waa Waa Waa",

'Grandpa started to make funny signs at us.'

'But we couldn't understand what he meant.

-'Then Mr Mentor said...'

-Oh, the "Waa Waa Waa" is not working.

-Oh, how disappoint-able.

-Maybe it just needs a new battery.

- GRANDPA: No, it doesn't. - A new battery, of course!

I'll pop down to the shops and buy one.

-Oh, if I can find some money.

-I think we should go the cafe now.

I've gone to all this bother with your costumes,

there's no way we're missing the party. ..Oh.

'Then Jemima saw the spaceship.'

I didn't know you brought this with you, Josh.

A Captain Dumbletwit spaceship! Spect-opular!

-Come on, everyone!

-Yes, let's go!

-We can't miss it!

'But Grandpa needed the spaceship so that he could get

'away from the lighthouse, so I put it back on the table.'

'As soon as we had gone, Mr Greator the Creator

'climbed down the ladder.'

'Grandpa had to fix the brilli-oso burglar blaster

'before he ran off with all Mr Mentor's inventions,

'so he sneaked inside.'

'At Miss Smiley's cafe, we were admiring everyone's costumes.'

'And, at the lighthouse, Mr Greator was stealing all the inventions.'

'Grandpa fixed the brilli-oso burglar blaster

-'and ran back into the spaceship.'

-'All he had to do was

'wait for Mr Greator to open the door and the alarm would go off.'

'Back at Miss Smiley's cafe...'

Josh, what have you done with Jason's spaceship?

-You haven't left it at the lighthouse, have you?

-Er...um...

I thought it might be needed.

By Captain Dumbletwit? I don't think so.

'Mr Greator the Creator had got all of Mr Mentor's inventions

-'and was ready to leave.'

-'He opened the door and this happened.'

MACHINE WHINES

'Mr Greator went into a panic. He didn't know what to do.'

Argh!

That's the brilli-oso burglar blaster.

I told you it needed a new battery. Mr Mentor must be testing it out.

What if it's not a test? What if it's an actual burglar?

It could be Mr Greator the Creator.

I'll go and see. Maybe Mr Mentor might need some help.

Oh, double dollop of drat! Stop it!

'Mr Greator was trying to stop the brilli-oso burglar blaster,

-'but he wasn't having any luck.'

-'So he decided to make

'a run for it instead, but Grandpa stopped him.'

Out of my way! Oh, get off!

'Just then, in came Mr Mentor with the new batteries.'

-Mr Greator the Creator!

-Mr Mentor the Inventor!

'Jason rushed in. He stopped the brilli-oso burglar blaster.'

What are you doing here, Mr Greator?

Oh, um, I was just passing by and I thought I'd pop in

and say hello.

Hello!

Anyway, I'd better be off.

Wonderful inventions. Wonderful. That spaceship!

-I don't know how you do it, Mr Mentor.

-No, neither do I.

Well, have a nice day.

Bye!

What a very strange man he is!

Now, I must take a closer look at this spect-opular spaceship.

'Suddenly, it took off. Grandpa had to get away fast.'

Follow it, Jason! Follow it!

'He flew the spaceship all the way to Miss Smiley's cafe

'and landed on the pier. He didn't want to miss out on the party.'

'Everyone was dancing to the Captain Dumbletwit music,

'so nobody saw Grandpa running across the cafe

'and into the storeroom.'

'Nobody, that is, except us. We went to talk to him.'

Cap off, Grandpa! Quick! 'He came back to his normal size.'

What happened? Did you catch the burg-lier?

Sort of. I stopped Mr Greator stealing Mr Mentor's inventions

and fixed the brilli-oso burglar blaster.

-I don't think he'll be back.

-Great job, Grandpa!

Well, you helped.

I would have had no chance without the spaceship. Teamwork, I call it.

ALL: Teamwork!

'Mr Mentor was telling everyone the story.'

The spaceship flew out of the lighthouse window.

It flew all the way to the cafe by itself.

We found it outside on the pier.

I must have invented the flying bit without realising.

'Everyone was very impressed.'

And my brilli-oso burglar blaster fixed itself. Quite remarka-bubble.

-Yes, remarka-bubble.

-Captain Dumbletwit, you've arrived.

-What took you so long?

-Sorry. I was saving the universe!

-Very funny. So you managed to get a taxi, then?

-Something like that.

Well, you've missed all the excitement.

Sit down and I'll tell you all about it.

ALL: Teamwork!