0:00:09 > 0:00:11# Katie Morag
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# Far 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 > 0:00:22# Far away across the ocean
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# Katie Morag
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Over the sea to Struay. #
0:00:32 > 0:00:37'My name is Katie Morag McColl, and I live on the island of Struay.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41'I suppose it's quite wee, but it's ginormous to me.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43'And everyone looks out for me
0:00:43 > 0:00:46'when I'm out and about, having my adventures.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:49This is where I live, with my family!
0:00:49 > 0:00:52My 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 > 0:01:08This is the Redburn Bridge where I play Poohsticks!
0:01:09 > 0:01:13'And I think it's the best place in the whole entire world
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.'
0:01:18 > 0:01:21# Katie Morag. #
0:01:21 > 0:01:25'Mum says, when ever I am cross, I look just like Grannie Island
0:01:25 > 0:01:27'when her tractor breaks down.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31'My lips get all thin and my eyebrows scrunch down,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34'as if they're trying to tickle my nose.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36'And when Liam's cross,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39'she says he looks like Grannie Island
0:01:39 > 0:01:42'when her hens have forgotten to lay their eggs.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44'She's right.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49'But, most of all, Mum says me and Liam are just like each other.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51'Like two peas in a pod.'
0:01:57 > 0:02:00'I like to play on my own sometimes.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04'But Liam gets bored and likes to annoy me.'
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Liam! Stop it!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- What's going on? - Liam keeps annoying me.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Did you ask him to stop?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Yes. But he didn't.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Oh, Katie Morag!
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Look at the mess!
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- I like mess.- I know you do.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Your room's an absolute midden!
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Just play together nicely, you two.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Your dad's off to Uncle Matthew's and Flora's needing a nap.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35'Yes, there are some days that I like to play all on my own.'
0:02:39 > 0:02:41BABY CRIES
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Just a half pound of sugar, please, Peter.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48So, it's Matthew's you're off to, is it?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- Yeah.- Aww.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I remember the pair of you as boys.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Like two peas in a pod, you were.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58How is that brother of yours, anyway?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Haven't seen him since last visit, but he seemed grand then, anyway.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Is that so?- That is so. Why?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Och, well, you know.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Him and his funny ways.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13He's not... Well, he's not...
0:03:13 > 0:03:16He's a bit thon way, you know?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Thon way, Mrs Baxter?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Och, well.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Imagine living like that.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28All alone over there!
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Barely seeing anyone,
0:03:29 > 0:03:34barely coming into the village, not even for shopping.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38And as for that house of his...
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I hear it's a midden.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Well, house work was never his strong point.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Was there anything else, Mrs Baxter?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Oh, no, I must be off.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Now, could you tell Matthew I was asking for him?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I will.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Is it still a midden?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06They won't be putting it in a magazine.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Katie Morag!
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- I'm here!- Oh, right.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Do you want to walk a little way along the road with me?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Can I come all the way to Uncle Matthew's with you?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20It's an awful long walk.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22There and back again?
0:04:22 > 0:04:26You said when I was seven I could come!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I'll bring Uncle Matthew sweeties!
0:04:31 > 0:04:33That's a nice thought.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I'll make a wee picnic. Tell Uncle Matthew to visit us
0:04:37 > 0:04:39and I'll make one of my special stews.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I will!
0:04:41 > 0:04:44It's her special stews that keep him away.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45I heard that!
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Come on, Dad!
0:04:51 > 0:04:54'Uncle Matthew is my dad's brother.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57'I haven't seen him since I was very little.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01'He lives way over on the other side of Struay,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03'and no-one sees him very much.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06'Dad doesn't even talk about him often.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11'I think that's a little strange cos I say things about Liam a lot.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14'Although they're not always good things.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17'I was curious to meet Uncle Matthew.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20'I thought he sounded quite mysterious.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22'The rain stayed off
0:05:22 > 0:05:27'and Dad told me lots of interesting stories about the places we passed.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31'We passed the peat banks, which people dig in the spring
0:05:31 > 0:05:34'to burn on their fires in the winter.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39'And Lobster Point, where folk come to catch lobsters in the summer.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42'We even found the walls of an old cottage.'
0:05:42 > 0:05:46This is the stone where you can make a wish.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50'Dad told me the big stone there was called Na Sgeulachdan,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53'which means "the storyteller."
0:05:53 > 0:05:55'It's been here a long, long time,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58'even since before Grannie Island was born.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01'No-one knows what it was for.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05'Some people say it makes your wishes come true.'
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- What d'you want? Porridgey?- Porridgey.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Mum's. One of Mum's.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Are you allowed to tell me?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- Not sure.- Hmm.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28- I wished Liam would stop being so annoying.- Ah!
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Was Uncle Matthew annoying when you were wee?- Sometimes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Did you send him away?- No!
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- He lives far away because he likes it.- Liam really is annoying.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44I'm not sure I want to send him away to the other side of the island.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Don't worry, we won't.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Oh, what's Mum made? Egg?
0:06:54 > 0:06:58'We walked up hills, past the loch,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01'through the bruichy bog,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03'until finally we were there.'
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Oh, it's beautiful!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Eh?- It's like a fairy cottage!
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- It doesn't even have an inside toilet.- Toilets are...
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Toilets are boring!- Well...!
0:07:20 > 0:07:24You won't be saying that in an hour.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- Hello.- Hello there.- Hello! What brings you two strangers here?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Oh, just happened to be passing.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45This can't be Katie Morag!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47How old are you now? 15?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Seven, silly!
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- I've brought you some sweeties.- Oh!
0:07:53 > 0:07:57D'you know, you've always been my favourite niece.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- I'm your only niece! - Oh, aye! That's right!
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Now, who would like a draught of my elderflower potion?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Don't worry, it tastes better than it sounds.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Sit there, I'll be two minutes.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17CORK POPS
0:08:18 > 0:08:20POTION SPLASHES
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Stop!
0:08:26 > 0:08:29You have to remember this moment.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32From here on in, your life is in two parts.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Before I tasted Uncle Matthew's potion,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37and after!
0:08:44 > 0:08:45It's nice.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Nice.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53I suppose that'll have to do.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57I see you've, er, tidied the place(!)
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Aye, well, I knew you were coming.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Do you know, Katie Morag, some grown-ups just don't see
0:09:03 > 0:09:07the beauty in all the careful arrangements in this place.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Just don't understand it.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14My mum said this place is a midden, just like my bedroom.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18THEY LAUGH
0:09:21 > 0:09:25'It was good to see Dad and Uncle Matthew laughing,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29'though I wasn't quite sure what they were laughing at.'
0:09:32 > 0:09:36'Uncle Matthew showed me some of the pictures he had painted
0:09:36 > 0:09:38'on the canvas sails.'
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Lobster Point, the old cottage, the storyteller, Na Sgeulachdan.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Very good.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I made a wish there. I wished I hadn't.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Aye, it's a tricky one.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Are you allowed to tell me?
0:09:55 > 0:10:01I wished Liam would stop being so annoying and ruining all my stuff.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Aye, well, I know what that's like.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Really?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Your dad was a nightmare.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- Jealous of my talent.- Hoi! I taught him everything he knows.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14THEY LAUGH
0:10:14 > 0:10:16'They went on like that for ages,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19'joking and teasing each other,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22'and every time they laughed, it reminded me
0:10:22 > 0:10:25'what Mum had said about peas in a pod.'
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I'm going to get the green.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32'We had the best fun ever.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35'Uncle Matthew asked me to paint a picture of my room,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38'and Dad helped too.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41'A Midden At A Midden, he called it.'
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Oh, look at that, artful skills.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47'I think they liked being together.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51'Maybe it reminded them of sometime a long time ago,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54'when they were little, like me and Liam.'
0:11:04 > 0:11:07THEY LAUGH
0:11:09 > 0:11:11'I wanted to stay longer,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13'but Dad said we had a long walk back
0:11:13 > 0:11:16'and he didn't want it to get dark.'
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Well, it was nice to see yous.- Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Mum worries if I don't check in on you. So does Isobel.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Well, tell them not to. I'm absolutely fine.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Can I come back and see Uncle Matthew?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33You'd better! And next time, we'll listen to the plants growing.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36You can't listen to plants growing.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- No, YOU can't, cos you live in a metropolis.- What's a m-m...?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42It's a big city.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49- I live in Struay post office. - Exactly! All that commotion!
0:11:49 > 0:11:54But with a wee bit of practice, you can learn tae tune it oot.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57And then you can hear the plants growing.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Now, I've got you some strawberries, dear.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03'Then Matthew gave me some strawberries for Mum,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06'and sunflower seeds to plant in the window.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10'He said if me and Liam listen really carefully,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14'we might hear them growing into beautiful big sunflowers.'
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- Aye, well!- Yeah.- Good seeing you. - All the best, eh?- Aye.- OK.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- Cheerie-bye!- Goodbye!- Bye-bye, now.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43That's us, sweetheart. What a day, eh?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47That was great.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00These are the nicest strawberries I've ever had!
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Next time he comes down to the village, Grannie Island
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and I will go up and give his place a good scrub.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I told Uncle Matthew that you said
0:13:11 > 0:13:14his hut was an absolute midden.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- SHE GASPS - Oh-ho-ho, don't worry! He laughed.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21'But Mum's face went as red as the strawberries.'
0:13:25 > 0:13:29'We planted Uncle Matthew's sunflower seeds, and Liam said
0:13:29 > 0:13:33'he was going to stay up all night to see if he could hear them growing.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38'Mum says we're like two peas in a pod, and that makes me really happy.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41'I think my wish did come true.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44'He isn't so annoying after all.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49'I think he's the best wee brother in the whole wide world.'
0:13:53 > 0:13:55(Good night, Grannie Island.)
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