The Pom Pom Tree Iconicles

# Let me take you to a world that I've seen

# My best invention the Iconi-Screen

# They're friends and animals The Iconicles

# So come along with me and I'll tell you more

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# There's Rumple and Miss Moo Splish and Splash and Skitter too

# I'll show you their worlds The Iconicles

# I just can't wait for you to meet them all

-Ho-ho!

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Oh. Hi, there.

The rubbish collectors are coming,

so I have to sort out all my rubbish for recycling.

Recycling means reusing things instead of throwing them away.

This is great. It helps the environment.

You can't recycle all your rubbish, but there's plenty you can recycle.

It's easier for the rubbish collectors

if you sort out your rubbish according to what it's made of.

Plastic. Cardboard and paper.

And metal.

Although you might sort yours out differently.

I've got lots of rubbish to sort out.

Most people have to sort their rubbish out by hand, but not me.

Now, out of all of my inventions,

this is probably the most useful.

The Recyclo-Sorter!

Rubbish goes in the top here.

A bit of cardboard.

Just like that.

And then it comes out sorted here, here and here.

Prepare to be impressed.

WHIRRING

Hm. Looks like I'll be sorting out my rubbish for recycling by hand.

Hm. Many hands make light work.

To the Iconi-Screen!

# With a wave of my hands Let's explore

# Wonderful lands never seen before

# The Iconi-Screen My most amazing machine

# The I I-I I-coni-Screen

# Wild wilderness Around the garden bench

# Down on the farm and by the Water's Edge

# Guess which Iconicle is coming to play

# Can you guess which world we'll visit today? #

Now, this is where the fun really begins.

So, which Iconicle could come and lend a hand with my recycling?

Who would you like to catch up with?

Ah! Splish and Splash.

We haven't seen them in ages.

-Whoo-hoo!

-Whoo-hoo!

THEY GIGGLE

BOTH: Whee!

BOTH: Wh-ee-ee-ee!

THEY GIGGLE

THEY GIGGLE

Hi, Splish! Hi, Splash!

-Hi, Nat.

-Hi, Nat.

Wow! What's all that mess?

Er, well...

Let's go and have a look.

Scotty wouldn't be pleased if we made this mess on the shore.

I wasn't too pleased myself, Splash.

I was trying to sort out all my recycling

into these plastic, paper and metal boxes.

But things didn't exactly go to plan.

What's recycling, Nat?

Oh. It's means reusing things instead of throwing things away.

Look.

There's paper.

There's plastic.

And some metal foil.

I was hoping you two might help me sort all this out.

-Help sort rubbish?

-Yeurgh!

Well, we could make a game of it.

-A game?

-Yes, please!

-RUMBLING

-Just a sec. What's that noise?

Sounds like Salty snoring to me.

It's coming from the Iconi-Screen. Let's check it out, shall we?

It's coming from the Wild Wilderness.

SNORING

Oh! Oh! What?

# It's Pom-Pom Fruit Day! Pom-pom fruit today!

# Pom-Pom, Pom-Pom, Pom-Pom Pom-Pom, Pom-Pom Fruit Day. #

THEY LAUGH

Don't be such a grumpy-rumpy Rumple.

The darling little pom-pom fruits

are falling ploppety-whop from the tree.

It's the bestest, most pom-tastic day of the whole year!

It is! And as it only happens once a year,

we should make sure we have fun.

Last one to the pom-pom tree is a grumpy old rhino!

THEY LAUGH

# Pom-Pom, Pom-Pom, Pom-Pom, Pom-Pom Pom-Pom Fruit Day. #

Pom-pom fruit is great for so many things.

Like, like...

They're delicious to eat, but you don't have to eat them.

I like to use them for dusting behind my ears.

They're so good for that!

Dusty-hoof polishing or sniffy-nose wiping.

# It's Pom-Pom Fruit Day Pom-pom fruit today

Pom-pom pom-pom pom-pom pom-pom Pom-Pom Fruit Day. #

Oh, I can't decide what to do with it.

Wow! I've never ever seen so much pom-pom fruit.

GIGGLING

Erm, the pom-pom tree is laughing.

MUNGO GIGGLES

Pom-pom fruit! Too tickly!

Ooh!

Oof.

I'm not ticklish.

-ZEE LAUGHS

-Oh! Stop!

MUNGO AND TWINKLE LAUGH

Hey, shh. Rumple's coming. Let's play a trick on him.

-Group pom-pom tickle.

-Quick, hide.

Where? Where?

Hide!

Twinkle? Zee?

-Surprise! He-he-he.

-Brr.

-Surprise!

-Brr.

-Surprise!

-Hmm.

Stop wasting the fruit.

There's only one pom-pom tree

in the whole Wild Wilderness.

So, we should enjoy it while we can.

But when it's gone, there won't be any for a whole year.

Don't worry, Rumple. We will take good care of it.

Tickle, tickle, tickle!

Brr. I'm not ticklish. Look at all this fruit you've wasted already.

I know, but there are so many.

Gazillions of them.

-They are fun.

-And tickly.

RUMPLE LAUGHS

You ARE ticklish!

I am.

Pfff! Oh, dear. It'll all be gone, soon. You need to take care of it.

-We will.

-As soon as we have played pom-pom Twinkle.

TWINKLE GIGGLES

Hey! Don't waste any more.

I thought you were going to take care of the fruit.

THEY LAUGH

That pom-pom fruit looks tasty.

Certainly does.

I hope they'll be some when I visit the Wild Wilderness.

May we play the sorting game now, please?

Yes, sorting rubbish for re...re...recyc...

What was it called again, Splish?

Recycling, Splash.

That's it. Come on, you two.

Right, you two. This is a game we can play,

to help sort out all the rubbish to get it ready for recycling.

I'll hold up a piece of rubbish

and you tell me whether it's plastic,

paper...

..or metal.

And of course, you can play too. Ready?

BOTH: Ready!

Right, OK.

Here we go.

-Oh, that's...

-Plastic.

Correct.

-I know, that's paper.

-Correct.

And...

And that's shiny.

It's metal.

Correct.

Plastic!

Paper!

Plastic!

It's metal.

Plastic!

That was quick. Good job.

Thanks, Nat.

We're good at recycling, because we do it at the Water's Edge.

We once recycled rubbish from the beach to make an amazing snow castle.

Hey, I bet I've got a picture of that in my files.

Ah! Found it. There's your snow castle.

Salty made a picture of himself using recycled seaweed.

There it is, see? We try not to let anything go to waste.

That reminds me.

I wonder if they've stopped wasting fruit in the Wild Wilderness.

Oh! Ha-hoo!

I'm going to pick some more.

Look at me,

Zee, I'm dancing in pom-pom fruit.

Incoming!

Whee! He-he-he!

Watch me fly!

Come and bounce, Rumple. Come on!

You said you were going to be careful with the rest.

There are oodles and oodles left. Oh!

Oh. There's nothing useful you can do with squashed pom-pom fruit.

And that's all you'll be left with.

Hey! Let's play keepy-uppy!

Maybe we should listen to Rumple and not waste any more.

I'm the queen of keepy-uppy.

TWINKLE TRUMPETS

Oopsy-daisy!

At least someone has some sense.

Well done, Rumple.

Oh! Hmmmm.

-Hey, I'm hungry.

-Me too.

You know what I feel like?

Lovely, juicy, delicious...

ALL: Pom-pom fruit!

-Oh, no! It's all gone!

-No!

-Up there.

-Mine!

I saw it first.

-You did not.

-Did.

-Zee, you heard me.

You were both so quick.

It's mine.

It's mine!

Ooh!

Aaah!

We've broken the tree!

We? It's all your fault.

-Isn't.

-Is.

-No, no, it's my fault.

Our fault.

We should have been more careful.

TREE CREAKS Oh!

CRASH!

Oh, no. What are we going to do?

-I can't believe they wasted all that pom-pom fruit.

-Me neither.

Well, we're not wasting anything around here. Come on, you two.

Whee! Thanks to you two, all my rubbish is sorted out

and ready to be collected for recycling.

You know, that snow castle of yours, it gave me an idea.

There is another way you can recycle.

You can reuse things at home.

-Really?

-Like what?

What could I make out of this? Any ideas?

OK, you two. I want you to try and guess what I'm making.

I'll give you a clue. It's something you'll find in the Wild Wilderness.

You've got lots of pieces of paper.

It's something flat. Is it a big flat lake?

No, it's not a lake.

And now you're rolling the paper around that cardboard roll.

It's long and thin.

Is it Mungo's tail?

No, it's not a tail.

Can you guess what I've made?

Is it something very tall?

That's right.

Wow! It's a tree.

Yes, yes, a tree made of paper.

-It's like the trees in the Wild Wilderness.

-Oops!

Nat, look out! The paper tree fell over.

Just like what happened to the pom-pom tree.

I think it'll take a bit more than glue to fix a pom-pom tree.

-Let's go and find out.

-NAT LAUGHS

Just a little bit this way. Just a little bit that way.

CREAK! CRASH!

Look! This is terrible. What have you done?

-I was just trying to reach the last fruit.

-So was I.

We all were.

Well, because of you three, the tree is broken and the fruit is all gone.

We are so sorry, Rumple. Breaking trees is bad.

And there will never be pom-pom trees

in the Wild Wilderness ever again. Oh.

Twinkle!

Pfff.

There's nothing we can do.

Yes, there is.

Oh, I mean, there is something we can do, isn't there?

If we could find some pom-pom seeds in all this mess,

we may be able to grow a new pom-pom tree.

Lot's of new pom-pom trees.

-What was that? Couldn't hear you. Ear full of pom-pom seeds.

-Don't!

Let's not waste anything else today.

One, two, three, four.

That's one each. Or two for Mungo.

Or maybe Rumple can have three and...

-One each.

-Super.

Remind me, Rumple,

how do we turn this little seed

into a big tree?

First, you'll need to dig holes.

Hey, watch out, Twinkle - I just finished digging that hole.

Oops. Sorry, Mungo.

Then we plant the pom-pom seed.

Then you plant the pom-pom seed.

Yeah, Mungo first! Ooh!

Do we sprinkle them with water now, Rumple?

Yes, first the hole,

then the seed, and now it's time

to sprinkle it with water.

-Bleurgh!

-Oops! Sorry, Mungo.

It's all right, Twinkle.

Is it time to use sticks from the old pom-pom tree now, Rumple?

Yes, Zee. The stick will give the new pom-pom trees

something to grow up.

Maybe next time a smaller stick would be better, Twinkle.

-Oops, sorry.

-Now we fill the holes.

-What do we do now?

-Wait.

-How long?

Until after the big rains

fall five times.

That's a long time.

A long, long time.

Trees grow very slowly.

It's a shame there is nothing we can do with all this squashed fruit.

Hmm. There is one thing.

ALL: Pom-pom fruit bubble bath!

More bubbles?

-Yeah!

-Yes!

Rumple, we are sorry

about all the damage we caused.

Sorry for all the waste.

Sorry for not listening.

I think you've learned your lesson.

And won't waste pom-pom fruit or anything else again.

We'll have to wait a gazillion years until new ones grow.

Lucky for everyone that I saved a few for you.

-Wow!

-Oh, Rumple!

-Cool.

Never much like the taste, myself.

Thank you, Rumple-Wumple.

Wowee! Delicious!

If he doesn't like pom-pom fruits, how come he saved some?

He knew that we wouldn't and that we'd be sad.

And maybe he uses it for horn polish or wrinkle remover?

Ah, peace at last.

No-one can disturb me

when I wear ear-mufflers,

made from pom-pom fruit.

He-he-he.

THEY LAUGH

Rumple had a clever way of reusing the pom-pom fruit.

Just like you with using the paper, Nat.

ALARM BEEPS

BOTH: Games alarm!

Hey, do you want to play a game with us?

We have to beat the clock.

And it's already ticking. Let's get started.

First question. When does Pom-Pom Fruit Day happen?

Ooh, er... It's once every year.

Let's see if you're right.

It's the bestest, most pom-tastic day of the whole year!

It is, and as it only happens once a year,

we should make sure we have fun.

Oh! Right answer!

Yay! THEY GIGGLE

Did you get it?

OK. Next question.

Why were there some pom-pom fruit left over at the end?

Hmm. Can you remember?

Ooh, I can. It was because someone saved some.

Rumple!

Let's see if you were right.

I think you've all learned your lesson

and won't waste pom-pom fruit or anything else again.

We'll have to wait a gazillion years until the new ones grow.

Lucky for everyone that I saved a few for you.

-Wow!

-Oh, Rumple.

-Cool.

-Never much liked the taste myself.

Thank you, Rumple-Wumple.

It WAS Rumple. Well done, Splash.

Well done, you two.

Oh! It's almost time for the rubbish collectors to arrive.

I've got to get my recycling boxes ready.

Hmm.

BOTH: Paper box!

Actually, I think I'll keep this. It's pretty.

It looks great, Nat.

Come on, Splish. Time to go home.

-Bye, Nat.

-See you, Nat.

Bye, Splish. Bye, Splash.

THEY GIGGLE

See you soon.

BOTH: Bye! Wahoo!

Right. Just got to put these boxes outside the front door,

ready for the rubbish collectors. See you again soon. Bye!

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