Episode 4 Green Balloon Club Goes on Holiday

# Gather round one and all

# You gotta answer the call

# Listen up, look around

# Here, there's a magical world

# To explore

# There's a major adventure

# Coming your way soon

# So, come and join us

# In this green balloon

# And when we fly we're

-# Higher than the moon

-Moo!

# So join us

# A-a-all

# In our green balloon. #

Hello! We're going on holiday to Arran in our green balloon.

Look, there it is down below. We're coming in to land!

# Let's go together

# Somewhere we haven't been

# Making friends and doing things

# In places never seen

# Oh, it might be for a week

# Or just one day

# Let's go now, the sun is out

# It's good to get away

# Let's go together

# Somewhere we haven't been

# Making friends and doing things

# In places never seen

# Oh, it might be for a week

# Or just one day

# Let's go now, the sun is out

# It's good to get away

# Oh, it's such a lovely morning

# And it's good to get away

# Now, the green balloon is boarding

# It's so good to get away. #

ALL: Hi!

Hi!

ALL: Hi!

Hi, Skipper!

Hi, Megan! Thanks for coming again.

Skipper's so pleased to see you.

I'm really happy to see him.

Megan, could you look after Skipper again today?

We're going on a nature adventure, Skipper won't like it.

I'd love to. Where are you going?

We're going on a boating trip with Sam and Matt.

-Here they are!

-Hi, guys!

-ALL: Hi!

-Let's go!

-Aren't you forgetting something, Lily-Rose?

We haven't done the Green Balloon Club chant!

-Let's do it, then.

-ALL: Yeah!

CHANTING: We love animals, plants and birds,

we love snails and slugs.

Large and small, we love them all

and we never, ever step on bugs.

Cos we're the Green Balloon Club.

Right, guys. Let's go boating.

There you are, Megan. Thank you.

ALL: Bye!

Bye, Skipper. Have fun with Megan.

Bye!

ALL: Bye, Megan! Bye, Skipper!

-CAPTAIN:

-Everyone hold on.

LAUGHTER AND YELPING

HAPPY SCREAMS

-SAM:

-Cormorants! I see cormorants!

Look, there they are.

-Look at that. Look!

-Cormorants!

Sam, where are we going?

Up to Lamlash Bay.

It's very special because it has a no-take zone.

A "no-take zone"? What's that?

Fishermen fish for scallops down in the bay and they destroy everything.

They've conserved it to try and make it beautiful again.

So you can't take anything from the beach or the sea?

-No.

-That means that the wildlife

has had a chance to come back again.

You can see amazing things under the water here.

This is Howard.

He's been finding some interesting creatures to show us.

-ALL: Hi, Howard!

-Hi!

Howard, what have you got to show us?

Sea squirts.

Eugh! They look so weird!

SHRIEKING AND LAUGHTER

-Do they squirt water at you?

-Yeah.

SHE LAUGHS

It's like rain!

Can I have a squirt of one?

Certainly.

LAUGHTER

-Lily-Rose:

-Argh!

What do they feel like?

-Argh!

-Ha-ha!

They have two holes. One on the side, one at the top.

They suck in water at the side and blow water out the top.

-That's how they feed.

-So, what are they, then?

-Is it an animal?

-It doesn't look like an animal, but it is.

And not only is he an animal,

he's very closely related to ourselves.

Should we maybe look at something else?

ALL: Yeah.

-What's next, Howard?

-O-o-oh!

How about that one?

It's a massive one.

Look at it. Its leg's moving.

How many legs has this starfish?

ALL (CHANTING): One...two...three...four...

five...six...seven.

Now what do you think you call that starfish?

-A giant...

-A seven-legged starfish.

-Well done! Hey!

Do you know why they call it a seven-legged?

Because most starfish only have five legs.

-Where is its face?

-Yeah.

It doesn't really have a face, but it has a mouth.

How can it see its food?

It mainly uses feel and scent and touch,

but starfish do have eyes - right on the end of their legs.

These little things help it to find its food?

They move around the sea bed, and sense, using those.

What do you think they like to eat?

Scallops?

-Correct. How do you think it eats the scallop?

-Sucks it out, maybe?

It uses its little feet, its suction feet here, and puts them inside

the scallop and it forces it open.

And then we get the gruesome bit...

It takes the stomach out of the inside of itself

and puts its stomach inside the scallop, eats up the scallop

and once it's finished,

puts its stomach back inside itself.

ALL: Eurgh!

Can you imagine doing that with your cornflakes?! Eurgh!

Look! Wow, it's opening.

It's slammed shut.

Before we see any more creatures, let's see what Jelly's up to today.

This is special reporter, Jelly, reporting for Green Balloon Club.

I'm at the Royal Norfolk Show and it is so exciting.

I'm extra-specially excited because I've got a really important job.

I'm going to be cheerleading for one of our Green Balloon Club members.

They're doing something really special, so let's find him.

# Two, four, six, eight Who do we appreciate? #

JJ!

Not yet, Jelly! You're too early.

-Oh! But you are Joshua John, aren't you?

-Yeah.

All right. I'm Jelly, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Oh, yes, nice to meet you.

And who is this?

-Blade.

-Blade? Oh, sweet!

You are entering a competition, aren't you?

-What competition is it?

-Young handlers.

This is because you are young and you are handling your cow, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-How old is he?

12 weeks old.

12 weeks? That is a tiny baby, Blade.

JELLY THROWS KISSES

I love you!

-What did you have to do to get him ready?

-Wash him and blow-dry him.

A blow-dry! Whoo!

I can't believe you blow-dried a cow!

He's looking so smart, isn't he?

Yeah, and it looks like you need a blow-dry, too.

-Oh! Me?

-Yes.

Will you do it for me later?

-Yeah.

-I think it's time

you got him ready for the competition.

See you later. Bye!

Thank you, Jelly. Bye!

That's OK. Bye!

Mmm, I'm so excited!

Oh, oh! Here we are at the ring. And we can see Blade.

Come on, JJ! Come on, Blade!

Oh, doesn't he look like the bestest cow there? I just love him!

Oh, he's skipping around a bit.

Oh, no.

-Move round.

-Oh, he's running.

-Move over.

Here he comes, here he comes, here he comes!

Hello!

You're doing really well! Keep smiling, JJ, keep smiling!

Oh, he's skipping around.

Oh, oh, oh!...

Oh, he's dancing! Blade is dancing!

# Two, four, six, eight Who do we appreciate? #

JJ and Blade! Yeah!

Oh, they're lining up now, they're lining up!

Come on, JJ! Come on, Blade!

JJ's doing really well. Oh, he's getting a prize! Oh, look!

Oh, look, they're giving him a rosette!

I wonder what it is?

We have to go and see him. Come on!

Oh, JJ, you were so brilliant!

And brilliant, Blade! Well done!

I'm really proud of Blade.

-And guess what? You won second prize, didn't you?

-Yeah.

-Fantastic!

Thank you very much for cheering for me, Jelly.

But JJ, I've got a surprise for you.

It is a very special prize.

-It is a Jelly rosette!

-Thank you very much. I love it!

-Well done!

We'll definitely go and win first prize next year, won't we, Blade?

Oh, sweet!

This is special reporter, Jelly, and cheerleader, Jelly,

reporting for Green Balloon Club from the Royal Norfolk Show.

Up, up and away!

-Hi, I'm Keiran.

-Hi, I'm John Luke.

We've got our binoculars to look for buzzards.

I can't see one.

I can see one.

It's got beautiful brown feathers and a thick beak.

I can't see one. Where is it?

Over there.

O-o-o-h!

It's Ian, with the buzzard.

Let's go and meet him.

Hi, Keiran. Are you going to introduce me to your friend?

-This is John Luke.

-Hi!

-Hello.

Is it a boy or a girl?

It's a female.

She's 12 years old and she's called Keira.

What does it eat?

Eh, I feed it mainly on meat.

Why is it sitting so calmly?

Cos she's not afraid of me in any way.

She just treats me as something to perch on

and she's always thinking that I'll maybe produce some food.

-Would it hurt if it grabbed on without the glove?

-Yes.

These claws are pretty sharp.

Yep, they are - for catching mice and voles.

Why is it that colour?

It's fairly good camouflage, really.

-Has it got good eyesight?

-Pretty good.

It's got eyes like a hawk.

I'll just put her on her perch.

Good girl.

And we'll walk down here, OK?

She's on a training line, so that she doesn't fly away.

Ian keeps birds to show people like us.

You can often see buzzards on Arran.

Let's watch the buzzard fly.

Now... Keira!

That's a girl!

And if you turn round that way, like so...

Angle your arm and off she'll go.

-Cool!

-Put your hand out and turn round to me, just now.

Keep your meat between the thumb and forefinger,

then you turn to face the bird.

Sometimes, you pat the glove.

Keira!

Hand up... Good guy!

That's cool!

Do you want to go back?

Up!

We're just giving Keira some more food to eat.

We've loved meeting Keira.

BOTH: Bye!

O-o-o-h!

Move your hands, quickly!

-It's going to grab you!

-No, it isn't.

He'd jump out back into the sea.

-What's that one then, guys?

-A common lobster.

That's right.

Beautiful, isn't it?

He's massive.

ALL: O-o-h!

-Move your hands quick.

-He won't be able to get him.

Can you see a difference between the two claws?

One's smaller and one's bigger.

It is, yeah. One's much smaller and one's bigger.

Do you know why?

The big claw, it uses it to catch his prey and crush it,

while the little one's used to eat.

They do. They do do that.

So there's the big crushing claw

and there's the snipping claw.

Now, this one's quite a different lobster,

in that when he was younger, this small claw, he's lost it -

probably in a fight with another lobster or another crab.

This is a new claw. He's grown that new,

probably in the last two years.

Be handy to be able to grown new arms, wouldn't it?

What are those string things coming out from its face?

These are its antennae.

It's like feelers.

And it uses these to feel what's in front of it,

but can also use it to smell the water and see if there's any danger

or see if there's something to eat.

There's its mouth...in there.

It's got, like, two grating...pink, pincer things and it just grates up

its food, so it's smaller, then slowly feeds it into its mouth.

Will we put him back in the water?

ALL: Yeah.

Let's see what else we've got. Ow!

It's very prickly.

Wow!

-And here's a smaller one.

-It's a baby one!

So what are those?

Sea urchin.

-Well done. Sea urchins.

-What do they do?

I think sea urchins are like the sheep of the sea.

What do sheep do?

-Eat the grass.

-Eat grass.

What under water would they graze on?

Does it eat seaweed?

Seaweed. Well done.

They walk over the rocks, using their spines,

and eat the seaweed, graze it off the rocks, as they move around

very, very slowly.

You wouldn't think that would move.

The sea urchins are closely related to starfish.

-Starfish.

-A starfish.

Can you feel the little bits of hard there?

What does it feel like, Cat?

A little bit prickly,

-but not...

-Prickly, but soft, isn't it?

-Can you hold them

or are they too prickly?

No, you can hold them.

It's really small.

Oh, it's really wet and slippery.

Try and hold it in here.

Oh, it's having a wee!

Lily-Rose, do you want to hold this one?

We need to put all this back.

As you know, this is a no-take zone

and the creatures need to go back into the water.

-I think a no-take zone is brilliant.

-Yeah.

I think it's fantastic.

We should get back - see what Megan and Skip are up to.

Bye! Goodbye!

-CHILDREN: Bye, Howard!

-Bye, Howard! Bye!

-Hello!

-Hello!

-My name's Abbey.

-My name's Erin and this is my baby lamb, called Cooper.

Come and play.

'Erin and Abbey have a little lamb,

'his fleece was white as snow.

'Everywhere where Abbey and Erin went,

'Cooper was sure to go.'

Got ya!

Keep Cooper... Bye!

Ha-ha!

BOTH GIGGLE

We're going to make Cooper's milk.

'First, we need a cup of milk powder.'

'It's just like Cooper's mummy's milk.'

'Then we add water up to the 500 millilitre mark.'

Stop!

'Then, we whisk it.'

WHISKING

WHISKING

You don't want any lumps.

I'll hold the bottle.

'Now, fill up Cooper's bottle.'

I think Cooper's going to like this.

'Put the lid on.

'It's ready!'

There!

BOTH: All done!

'Cooper's mummy died, so we have to feed him, instead.'

'We've looked after him since he was born.'

BOTH: Cooper, Cooper!

Come on!

Erin, put it up a bit.

He likes feeding. You have to hold on tight, cos he's really strong.

He wags his tail because he really likes the milk.

All gone! Cooper's finished!

Thanks for coming to meet Cooper.

BOTH: Bye!

ALL: Hi, Megan!

-Hi!

-Hi, Megan!

-Hi!

Did you have a nice time with Megan, Skipper?

-Woof!

-What's that you found?

She found a stick on the beach.

She really likes it.

Oh no, Skipper.

You can't take that. This is a no-take zone.

That means you can't take anything off the beach. Not even a stick.

Let it go.

Good girl!

CHILDREN CHEER

Good girl, Skipper.

I think it's time to go back to the balloon.

ALL: O-o-o-oh!

There is time for one more thing, I suppose...

ALL: Time for a song!

# Let's go together

# Somewhere we haven't been

# Making friends and doing things

# In places never seen

# Oh, it might be for a week

# Or just one day

# Let's go now, the sun is out

# It's good to get away

# Oh, it's such a lovely morning

# And it's good to get away

# Here on the Isle of Arran

# Surrounded by the sea

# We can dive for nature's treasures

# Hear the oyster-catchers shriek

# And in the height of summer

# We'll watch the seals sunbathe

# Lying on the rocks What a life they've got

# Splashed by the waves

# From the cloud-covered mountains

# To the floating volcano

# There's waterfalls and stepping stones

# And streams so clean and pure

# But be careful of the anthills

# When you're walking through the glen

# Gonna have such fun I know we'll want to come back again

# Let's go together

# Somewhere we haven't been

# Making friends and doing things

# In places never seen

# Oh, it might be for a week

# Or just one day

# Let's go now, the sun is out

# It's good to get away

# Oh, it's such a lovely morning

# And it's good to get away

# See the red deer by the castle

# As squirrels jump and pose

# And Highland cows put their tongues right out

# And stick them up their nose

# On the beach, the crabs and starfish

# Are hiding in the sand

# And the ducks and gulls

# Spread their wings as they're coming in to land

# It's such a lovely island

# So full of wondrous things

# It makes me feel so happy

# Wanna dance and smile and sing

# So next time you feel grumpy

# And things don't go your way

# Don't feel sad Just pack your bags

# It's time to get away

# Let's go together

# Somewhere we haven't been

# Making friends and doing things

# In places never seen

# Oh, it might be for a week

# Or just one day

# Let's go now, the sun is out

# It's good to get away

# Let's go together

# Somewhere we haven't been

# Making friends and doing things

# In places never seen

# Oh, it might be for a week

# Or just one day

# Let's go now, the sun is out

# It's good to get away

# Oh, it's such a lovely morning

# And it's good to get away

# Now, the green balloon is boarding

# It was good to

# Get away. #

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