0:00:09 > 0:00:11# Katie Morag
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# Ride away across the ocean
0:00:13 > 0:00:15# Katie Morag
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Over the sea to Struay
0:00:17 > 0:00:19# Katie Morag
0:00:19 > 0:00:21# Far away across the ocean
0:00:21 > 0:00:24# Katie Morag
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Over the sea to Struay. #
0:00:32 > 0:00:34My name is Katie Morag McColl
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and I live on the island of Struay.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I suppose it's quite wee
0:00:39 > 0:00:40but it's ginormous to me
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and everyone looks out for me when I'm out and about
0:00:43 > 0:00:46having my adventures.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48This is where I live.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52This is my family - my mum and dad run the shop and post office.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55This is the bedroom I share with my brother, Liam.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58My mum says it's an absolute midden.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01This is the croft where Grannie Island lives
0:01:01 > 0:01:04with her animals and hens.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07This is the Redburn Bridge where I play Pooh Sticks.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13And I think it's the best place in the whole entire world
0:01:13 > 0:01:15and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21# Katie Morag. #
0:01:26 > 0:01:31One of the best things about living on an island like Struay
0:01:31 > 0:01:35is that you know everybody and everybody knows you.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Most of the time, anyway.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Who on earth could that be?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48This was a mystery all right and I was going to solve it.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Do try and keep up!
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Morning.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Neilly!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Didn't recognise you there.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11It's a bit chilly outside.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15How can I help you?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Er...I'd like to buy...
0:02:18 > 0:02:20string.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- String?- String.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Hi.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- There you go.- Thank you.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Lovely, lovely.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Would you happen to have any...
0:02:34 > 0:02:37any potatoes?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38How many would you like?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Just the one.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Lovely.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Lovely tattie, eh?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Anything else?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01You wouldn't happen to have a thing called...
0:03:01 > 0:03:04gentlemen's aftershave?
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Aftershave?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08You know, yon stuff that makes you...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- HE SNIFFS - Smell nice.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Any particular type?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Oh, no, just something fresh.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Maybe with a wee hint of mystery in it, though, eh?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Ha-ha-ha!
0:03:25 > 0:03:26How much?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Er, 6.99.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Just keep the change. Thank you.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34That was mystery number two
0:03:34 > 0:03:36because in all my seven years,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40three months and 14 days on the island of Struay,
0:03:40 > 0:03:46never once has Neilly Beag told anyone they could keep the change.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00Mystery number three was an unexpected visit from Grandma Mainland.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Grandma Mainland!
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Ha-ha!
0:04:04 > 0:04:05What are you doing here?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08She never visits unexpectedly
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- but that's the kind of mystery - I- like.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15What a lovely surprise! Oh, how ARE you?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Are you sleeping in MY room again?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24If you like.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Can you braid my hair like you did last time?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Oh, I'd love to but not right now, though.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35There's a few bits and pieces that I need to take care of.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36What's the book?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Whatever the bits and pieces were,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46by the time she got home I was already in bed.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Where have you been?! I've been waiting ages!
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Oh, I'm sorry, sweetheart.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It all took a lot longer than I expected.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01What about my hair?!
0:05:02 > 0:05:04We'll do it tomorrow.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05That's a promise.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Nighty, nighty!
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Pyjama, pyjama.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19We can make some seashell bracelets too, if you like.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23And some pirate hats made out of rhubarb leaves.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Grandma Mainland?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Grandma Mainland?!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32SHE SNORES
0:05:32 > 0:05:34'But she was already fast asleep.'
0:05:34 > 0:05:36SHE SIGHS
0:05:40 > 0:05:44'Now, some grannies always get up bright and early.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46'Grannie Island, for example.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48'She always says, "Lose an hour in the morning
0:05:48 > 0:05:51'"and you'll be all day hunting for it."'
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Morning, Grandma Mainland!
0:05:53 > 0:05:58'But Grandma Mainland is not one of those grannies.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01'She never gets up before she HAS to.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07'In fact, sometimes she doesn't even get up THEN!
0:06:07 > 0:06:09'So where on EARTH could she be
0:06:09 > 0:06:12'at THIS time in the morning?'
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Gone for a walk?!
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Grandma Mainland never goes for walks.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Well, she did this morning.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24But her shoes are in my room.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26She borrowed a pair of wellies.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Wellies?! Grandma Mainland never wears wellies!
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Going for a walk, putting on wellies.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43There were so many mysteries, I could hardly keep count.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Hello, Katie Morag. What are you up to?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Oh, just looking for Grandma Mainland.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50I just saw her a few minutes ago.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52She was out past the High Farm.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54What was she doing there?!
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Oh, I didn't ask, I just waved and went on my way.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Was she all right?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Yes, she looked fine.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04In fact, I believe she was whistling.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Anyway, best get on!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09You probably guess what's coming next.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13That's right. Grandma Mainland never whistled.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16In fact, if you'd asked me,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I would have bet a whole week's pocket money
0:07:18 > 0:07:21she didn't even know how.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Think you can give up on me, do you?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Just because you're old and grey...
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Well, I'm twice as old
0:07:35 > 0:07:38and every bit as grey as you are,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41so you can save all that nonsense for...
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Something funny's going on!
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Ah! You gave me the fright of my life.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I don't mean "funny ha-ha", I mean "funny strange."
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Right. We best get inside.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57That woman never wore Wellingtons in her life.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00I know, and then Nurse met her past the High Farm
0:08:00 > 0:08:03and would you believe she was whistling?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Whistling?!- Mm-hm.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Yes, and that's not all.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Neilly Beag came in the other day
0:08:09 > 0:08:12and asked my dad to keep the change.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14The change from what?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19One tattie, a ball of string
0:08:19 > 0:08:22and a...what do you call it? Gentlemen's aftershave.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Aftershave?!
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Yes.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Fresh, with a hint of mystery.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Oh! There's something not right here.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I know, that's what I'm trying to tell you here!
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Right, come on with me!
0:08:36 > 0:08:37What about my porridge, eh?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40You can eat it on the way, come on.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45We tried the High Farm,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48the Seabird Cliffs, the Blue Eye Lighthouse,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51we even tried the Boggy Loch.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55But there was still no sign of Grandma Mainland.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I began to think we'd never find her.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04But I'd forgotten just how clever Grannie Island is.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06..Cos we're going to solve this mystery
0:09:06 > 0:09:09if it's the last thing...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11SHE SNIFFS
0:09:11 > 0:09:13What is it?!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Can you not smell it?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Not sure.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Fresh...
0:09:19 > 0:09:22with a hint of mystery.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24'All I could smell was Grannie Island's old tractor.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27'But when she gets THAT look in her eye,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29'you're best not to argue.'
0:09:30 > 0:09:32We're going in the right direction now.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34That's it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Anything?- Nope.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Are you sure?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Oh, my goodness!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52What is it?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Katie Morag...?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Oh! Well, wrap me in a clootie and call me a dumpling!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Does that mean they'll have to get married?
0:10:20 > 0:10:24'Me and Grannie Island had a long talk about who we should tell.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27'But we decided not to tell anyone.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31'Grannie Island said Grandma Mainland would do it herself
0:10:31 > 0:10:33'when the time was right.'
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I thought wellies suited her.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Did you think wellies suited her?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I think they kept her feet dry.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Sit...
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Mm, something smells good!
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Clootie dumpling.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Katie Morag's idea.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15What have you been up to all day?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17This and that. What about you?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Mm...the same.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23This and that.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34It turns out Grandma Mainland wasn't a terribly good whistler.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37But maybe with all the practice she was getting,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40it wouldn't be long till she was the best whistler on Struay.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45There!
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Like a Tyrolean mountain girl.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48What's a Tyrol? Tryol?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Tyrolean!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53The place in Austria.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Big, snowy mountains.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57As big as ours?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Bigger!
0:11:59 > 0:12:00As snowy as ours?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Snowier.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Any more questions?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Just one.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Are you going to marry Neilly Beag?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I think we'll take these out.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17You don't want to be lying in bed with the pigtails in.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Ay! Aw!
0:12:20 > 0:12:25She didn't say she was, but then she didn't say she wasn't, either.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28In fact, she didn't say much of anything at all
0:12:28 > 0:12:31but she did ask me not to mention it to anyone
0:12:31 > 0:12:35because there really wasn't anything worth mentioning.
0:12:35 > 0:12:41Which is just the kind of confusing thing grown-ups say.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I decided to ask Teddy if he understood it
0:12:44 > 0:12:48but I couldn't find him anywhere.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51And then I did.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04I couldn't ask Teddy,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07so I'd have to figure it out all by myself.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09But it wasn't going to be easy.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Understanding grown-ups never is.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Sometimes I think they're the biggest mystery of all.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26(Good night, Grannie Island.)
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