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 > 0:00:18# Over the sea to Struay
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# Katie Morag
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# Far away across the ocean
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# Katie Morag
0:00:24 > 0:00:27# Over the sea to Struay... #
0:00:33 > 0:00:38My name is Katie Morag McColl and I live on the island of Struay.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I suppose it's quite wee, but it's ginormous to me
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and everyone looks out for me
0:00:43 > 0:00:47when I'm out and about having my adventures.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50This is where I live with my family.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53My mum and dad run the shop and Post Office.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56This is the bedroom I share with my brother Liam.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59My mum says it's an absolute midden.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04This is the croft where Granny Island lives with her animals and hens.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08This is the Redburn Bridge where I play Pooh sticks.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14And I think it's the best place in the whole entire world
0:01:14 > 0:01:17and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22# ..Katie Morag. #
0:01:23 > 0:01:28My big boy cousins were coming for the holidays and I couldn't wait.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I reckon they're the best fun cousins in the world.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35You wouldn't believe the adventures they have.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Cos I was just a little girl the last time they came,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I didn't get to go with them,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43but this time it was going to be different.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Do you remember my big boy cousins, Fabbydo?
0:01:46 > 0:01:51That's Hector, Archie, Dougal, Jamie and Murdo Iain. And that's me.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Hector's the biggest. He's just brilliant.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I want to be just like him when I'm older.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I just wish they would hurry up and come.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- Are you sure you've got enough beans? - Do you think I need more?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18SHE LAUGHS
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Just you try feeding five boys for a fortnight
0:02:21 > 0:02:27- and see how amusing YOU find it. - Are they here yet?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Not yet, Mrs Baxter.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Oh, thank goodness for that. I thought I'd left it too late.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Two cartons of milk, please, Isobel.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41I don't know how you put up with those boys. And for two whole weeks?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- Ach, they're all right.- Just a wee bit rambunctious, that's all.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- That's one word for them. Not the word I'd use, though.- Mm.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52COMMOTION OUTSIDE
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Oh, dear! Forget about the milk, Isobel.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56I-I'll do without it... Ooh!
0:02:56 > 0:03:02I've got it right...here. Oh, hello, boys.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03- ALL BOYS:- Hello.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- Hard to believe there's only five of them.- It's a trick of the eye!
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Right, boys. Away through to the kitchen and grab yourself some juice.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- Where's Katie Morag?- I'm here. - Katie Morag?- I'm right here.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Have you seen her?- Afraid not.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30- Hello!- Oh, hey, squirt. Didn't see you down there.- Yes, you did.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31BOYS LAUGH
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- I think you've shrunk!- I have not. - Oh, stop tormenting her.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38And start shifting these boxes. We've got a tractor to load.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Right, let's go.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- Can we buy some sweets?- Oh, aye. A wee sugar rush is all you need!
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Please?- There'll be plenty of time for sweeties
0:03:54 > 0:03:57after the chores are done.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02- Oh, see you later, Katie Morag. - Can't I come, too?
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- I think Grannie Island has enough on her hands.- Och, I don't mind.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10How about you, Hector? Do you mind your wee cousin tagging along?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13You have to be pretty cool to hang with my crew.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- I am cool, honest. - You'll keep an eye on her?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Don't worry, I'll make sure she doesn't get up to mischief.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Well, OK then.- Yes!
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Low five... Too slow! You snooze, you lose!
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Best behaviour, OK?- OK.- Aye.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49BICYCLE BELL RINGS
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Wait for me!
0:04:55 > 0:04:56BICYCLE BELL RINGS
0:04:56 > 0:04:59'We couldn't wait to start having adventures,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02'but everybody wanted to do something different.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06'Hector wanted to go to the Blue Eyed Lighthouse,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10'Archie wanted to build a fort and I said we should play Poohsticks.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14'We decided to let Grannie Island choose,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16'and then we wished we hadn't.'
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Right, boys. I know a brilliant game.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It's called bringing in the boxes.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23BOYS GROAN
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Then there's putting up the tent... - MORE GROANS
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- ..gathering in the firewood... - MORE GROANS
0:05:29 > 0:05:33..fetching in the peats. Oh, that's my favourite.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36And then, you can do anything you like.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Come on then, boys. Let's get busy.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43And don't knock over my plant pots.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Come on, look lively, boys.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51That's it, quick as you can, off into the croft.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Is that all you're carrying?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- Is this the back bit or the side bit?- It's the bottom bit.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09It goes on the floor so your sleeping bag doesn't get wet.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Bit of an expert, are you? - I do know how to put a tent up.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Me and Agnes do it all the time. - Why don't we finish it later?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- But Grannie said.- What Grannie doesn't know doesn't hurt her.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22We should scout the terrain,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- see what's beyond our perimeter. - Our what?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Standard military procedure.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31We need to know if the inhabitants are friendly.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I don't think we have inhabitants in Struay.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38You can't see them, but I can guarantee they can see you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Shouldn't we finish our chores? - Time to step up, soldier.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Are you in or out?- Man or mouse?
0:06:45 > 0:06:49'I wasn't a man or a mouse, but I didn't want them
0:06:49 > 0:06:54'to think I was scared, and it did sound exciting.'
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- I'm in.- Excellent.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Follow me, lads. Mouths shut, heads down and serpentine.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- What do you reckon?- No cover. Anyone could see us.- Camouflage?
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Right, lads. Branches, leaves, anything you can get your hands on.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- I don't understand.- Ssh!
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Bushes don't move.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- Aren't folk going to notice? - They will if you keep chatting!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Bandits at three o'clock!- Run!
0:07:45 > 0:07:48BOYS SCREAM
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- Hello there, Mr McMaster. - Hello there, Katie Morag.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01COW MOOS
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Right, let's go.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15THEY SHOUT
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Just jump it!
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Come on, guys. Hurry up!
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Are you coming?- Just a sec. - Katie Morag!
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- We have to shut the gate.- Just leave it.- We're not supposed to.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Who's in command here, me or you?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47SHE SIGHS
0:08:47 > 0:08:48COW MOOS
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Aren't we going to put the tent up?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56First things first, we're all hungry and rations are low.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Jamie, Dougal, Murdo Iain, Archie -
0:08:59 > 0:09:01south sector, see what you can scavenge.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Katie Morag, follow me.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- What about our chores? - I have bigger things to worry about.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10What things?
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Survival. We'll be out of rations when reinforcements arrive.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17'I was more worried about Grannie Island arriving,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20'especially if we hadn't put the tent up.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24'But Hector said it wasn't my job to worry, my job was to follow orders.'
0:09:24 > 0:09:29- Guys, over here! I think it's a dinosaur egg.- No, it's not.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Velociraptor, probably.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It's a goose egg. You shouldn't touch them.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- There's another one. - There's another one.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Must be swarming with dinosaurs.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41We're so far away from civilisation.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45It must have lived here undisturbed for millions of years.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49If there were dinosaurs in Struay, somebody would've seen them by now.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Maybe they have. Maybe they just haven't lived to tell the tale.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Anyone you know that disappeared recently?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Well, Mr Todd went away last Easter to go and work in Oban.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- That's what they told you. - You're being silly.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06You shouldn't touch those eggs anyway.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08She has got a point, though.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- Dinosaurs are territorial, especially the mothers.- So?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15See that egg? What if she smells it off you?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17She'll know who's been touching them.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- You take it.- I don't want it. - I don't want it either.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22What's all this?
0:10:22 > 0:10:23- SMASH! - Oh!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28COW MOOS
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Oh! Get off my plant pots!
0:10:32 > 0:10:36And get out of my parsley, you great, hulking brute!
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- Who left that blasted gate open?- And who tore the branches off my tree?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I can explain.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59'I did try to explain, but it just made Grannie Island crosser,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03'especially the bit about dinosaurs.'
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Right. Before I decide what to do,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11does anyone else have something to say?
0:11:11 > 0:11:17None of it was Katie Morag's fault, she even tried to stop us.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Is that true, Katie Morag?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21'It was kind of true, but not exactly true.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'They didn't make me go with them
0:11:24 > 0:11:27'and they didn't make me tear the branches off the tree.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30'They didn't even make me leave the gate open,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34'I just sort of did it because I didn't want to be left out.'
0:11:34 > 0:11:40I did everything they did, so I reckon it's my fault, too.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Right. Let's get you lot to work.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Come on. Out you go.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59'And when Grannie Island said work, she really meant work.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03'By the time we finished our chores, we were absolutely exhausted.'
0:12:03 > 0:12:10Finish setting the table and then you can get started.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12And that was very good work.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Maybe you're not such a useless bunch of big galoots after all!
0:12:17 > 0:12:21And tomorrow, when the chores are done,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25we'll maybe go fishing and see what we can catch for tea.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Right, who'd like an egg?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32ALL LAUGH
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Oh!
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- I've never felt so tired in my whole, entire life.- Me either.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- I could stay in bed for a whole week.- Squirt?- Yes?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53What you did today - saying it was your fault as well
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and taking the punishment with the rest of us - that was cool.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- Really?- Very cool. Now everyone, be quiet.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04I've got some serious sleeping to do.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17'You'd think after all that had happened,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21'I would have been sad that night, but I wasn't.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26'In fact, I couldn't remember ever being happier.'