Babysitting Squoosh Kate and Mim-Mim

# Lift me up into the sky

# See the world through my eyes

# Mimiloo is where we'll fly

# And the chances are you're

# All I'll ever need

# Funny bunny friend of mine

# We will always be

# You and me - Kate and Mim-Mim. #

Look, Mum, the bluebird's back.

I wonder why she doesn't want to go to the birdhouse we made.

Is there something wrong with it?

She probably just hasn't noticed it yet.

But what if it's too big? What if it's not colourful enough?

I know.

We'll paint a bluebird on the side.

-Then she'll know it's for her.

-Ha-ha! I'll go get the paints.

Hm? But what if it's not the colour or the size?

Maybe our friends have some ideas.

Mim-Mim, funny bunny friend

It's time to come to life again.

Kate and Mim-Mim, me and you

-Let's twirl away to Mimiloo.

-Whoa!

LAUGHING

Huh? Hey, it's a flutter pod.

Hi, Kate and Mim-Mim. Don't mind Boomer.

He didn't mean to do that.

He's throwing an old flutter pod around and it went wonky.

Huh-huh! Sorry.

Let me see.

Tee-hee! It must like it up there.

I bet it's super comfy between my ears.

I'd like it up there, too, Mim-Mim.

We're trying to find new flutter pods today.

They only grow on the tops of the tallest trees

but sometimes you can find one on the ground.

-Want to help?

-Yeah, we'll help you look.

Hee-hee-hee!

Flutter pods, where are you?

Oh. Hi there. What are you?

Ah-ah.

Kate, you've found a squoosh.

A squoosh? Oh, I love squooshes.

- Erm....what's a squoosh? - They are amazing creatures.

They're all squooshy.

Huh! Two squooshes.

The one I found is a baby and that must be its mama.

Looks like she's making a nest.

Well, she's trying to anyway.

Hi, Mama Squoosh. I'm Kate and these are my friends.

ALL: Hello.

I like the nest you're building.

It must be hard to do that and watch your baby.

If you'd like some help, we could babysit for you while you finish.

SQUEAKING

Great. So what do you need us to do for her today?

SQUEAKING

Got it. You want us to brush baby's teeth.

I think she means feed her.

With a spoon? Slurp.

-Can do.

-What else, Mama Squoosh?

SQUEAKING

Blow her nose. Gotcha.

I'm not sure she has a nose.

Oh, oh, oh. A nap. She wants her baby to have a nap.

SQUEAKING

When would you like us to bring her back?

Sun...down.

When the sun goes down at sunset. No problem, Mama Squoosh.

So, Baby Squoosh, ready to come and spend the day with us?

SQUEAKING

I'll take that as a yes.

See you at sunset, Mama.

SQUEAKING

Gobble and I will keep looking for flutter pods.

I can't wait to show Baby Squoosh how to play with one.

See you later.

Say "Hi" to your chair, Baby Squoosh.

Get it? "High chair." Ha-ha-ha!

It's perfect, Tack. Now we're ready to feed her.

SQUEAKING

What do squooshes eat, Kate?

They eat...erm...

Uh-oh. I forgot to ask.

You can't go wrong with mushy food.

I have some delicious mushy squash in the fridge.

It's for those times when I'm too tired from inventing to chew.

Yum-yum-yum...

Huh!

I was, erm...just making sure that it's not too cold.

It's not.

SQUEAKING

It's yummy time, Baby Squoosh.

Pretend the spoon is an airplane, Mim-Mim.

Good idea. Pilot Mim-Mim coming right up.

Brrm-brrm-brrm! Whoosh!

Flying through the sky. Weeee!

Soaring above the clouds.

Swerving around the birds.

-Lending in the mouth would be good.

-Right. Heh-heh!

The plane's coming in for a landing. Open wide!

SQUEAKING Huh? It's yummy.

Super yummy. You'll like it. Hey!

She doesn't like it.

LAUGHING

She's on the bed. Let's get her to nap now and feed her later.

Something about her wild jumping tells me she's not ready to nap.

Don't worry, Tack. She will, once we sing her a lullaby.

# Little baby go to sleep

# Close your eyes and count your sheep

# All your favourite dreams will start

# To make you happy in your heart. #

Ah! Get back!

-Close the door!

-Duck!

That baby is bouncier than the bounciest invention I have.

-We have to catch her and get her to eat and nap, quick.

-Yes!

OK. I'm ready to catch Baby Squoosh.

On three, you open the door and Baby Squoosh will bounce into the net.

One, two, three!

LAUGHING

Nice catch.

Ah!

Ho, ho, ho!

-More squooshes!

-Oh, no!

We can't have lots of Baby Squooshes or Mama won't be happy.

We could just moosh them together and, you know, smoosh them into one.

LAUGHING

Oh, good slide, Little Squoosh.

That's it. Hey, squooshes, look at Boomer.

Everyone follow him.

Go down the slide. You'll see.

Follow me.

-Hooray!

-Yay! It worked.

Uh-oh. The sun's going down and I promised Mama Squoosh

we'd feed and nap Baby Squoosh by sunset.

We have to hurry.

Where's Squoosh?

Baby Squoosh! Where are you?

SQUEAKING

Is she lost?

Where did she go?

GIGGLING My chair's all giggly.

Huh? Why is my chair all giggly? Whoa!

SQUEAKING

-Wowie-wow!

-It's Squoosh!

Again!

Oh, hi, me.

Huh? Me?

Come back!

Where do I think I'm going?

I went that way.

Baby Squoosh, where are you?

Uh-oh. Oh, there you are.

Oh, and there I am.

Everyone, after me.

Everybody stop!

We're just chasing her around.

-We've got to get her to stop.

-Oh, but how?

Yeah, she just won't do what we want her to do.

Well, except go down the slide. She liked that.

Yeah. That's because she wanted to do that, Mim-Mim.

LAUGHING

That's it. What she wants to do right now is play.

So, maybe we can get her to do what we want her to do

by making a game of it.

Why not?

Baby Squoosh, you're great shape-changer.

What other shapes can you change into?

LAUGHING

Tee-hee-hee!

YAWNING

Hey, look.

Doing it her way worked. All that running around made her tired.

QUIETLY: Hooray!

SNORING

Hi, everyone.

I hope your baby-sitting went better than our flutter pod search.

We looked all day and we couldn't find any.

SQUEAKING

Look who it is.

There you go, Mama Squoosh. She had a very nice nap.

Ah. You're welcome. But we couldn't get her to eat.

We didn't know what to feed her.

SQUEAKING

GIGGLING

-Flutter pods! So that's how they come down.

-Amazing.

And that's what squooshes eat!

Wowie-wow.

Boomer do.

No wonder it's so hard for us to find flutter pods.

The squooshes eat them all.

SQUEAKING

Oh, you want to share them with us? Thanks, Baby Squoosh.

We can show you how to play with them before you eat them.

LAUGHING

Ready to start painting the birdhouse, Kate?

Actually, Mum, I think we should see what the bluebird wants to do first.

Wonderful idea.

Ha! And speaking of the bluebird, look.

Ah!

She does want to visit it. She's starting to make a nest.

She likes it, Mum.

Oh, she doesn't just like it - she loves it.

BIRD TWEETS