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 > 0:00:20# Katie Morag
0:00:20 > 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. #
0:00:31 > 0:00:35'My name is Katie Morag McColl and I live on the island of Struay.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'I suppose it's quite wee, but it's ginormous to me
0:00:39 > 0:00:41'and everyone looks out for me
0:00:41 > 0:00:44'when I'm out and about having my adventures.'
0:00:44 > 0:00:46# Katie Morag. #
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Ten, nine, eight,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51seven, six, five,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54four, three, two, one. Ready or not...
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'It was just about the summer holidays
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'and my big boy cousins were already in Struay for their summer visit.'
0:01:10 > 0:01:11'I love it when they come.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14'Every day we're out playing hide and seek
0:01:14 > 0:01:18'or skimming stones or blowing dandelion fairies high into the sky.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'And at the end of the day we go home ravenous for our tea.'
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Where do dandelions go when you blow them up to the air?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Well, they land all over the place.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33They're wee seeds with wings.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I like dandelions. They float in the wind.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Well, take a look at this then.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Miss Campbell has organised dancing classes in the village hall.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Dancing classes?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48'I wasn't sure if I liked the sound of that at all.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51'Summer holidays were for playing games and building sandcastles,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53'not for going to classes.'
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Tea's ready.- Ah.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Oh, I used to love dancing when I was a girl.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I'll bet you were great.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02I had my moments.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- Why don't you show us? - Oh, oh, no! I couldn't.- Oh...
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Oh, all right, then.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12(Why's her arms like that?)
0:02:12 > 0:02:15(She's supposed to look like a stag's antlers.)
0:02:15 > 0:02:18(She looks like she's hanging the washing.)
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Music, maestro.- Oh, right.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24HE HUMS A JIG
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Come on, join in!
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Now...fingers to thumbs...
0:02:37 > 0:02:40..wrists down
0:02:40 > 0:02:42and...
0:02:42 > 0:02:44peg the clothes higher,
0:02:44 > 0:02:45higher,
0:02:45 > 0:02:49and higher!
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Higher!
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Looks like your washing's fallen on the ground.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Oh, well done.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59You were fabulous.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Maybe I'd like to do dancing after all.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03What a wonderful idea!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05And I'll make you a ballet costume.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- A ballet costume? - Trust me, you'll love it.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14BELL RINGS
0:03:14 > 0:03:16No way that's real.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Course it is.- Hold this.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Oh!
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- So?- There's no way that's real.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41What have you got there?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Netting. 40 yards of it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45The colour's way too bright.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48That will frighten the fish away.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I'm not making a fishing net, I'm making a tutu.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- A what-what?- A tutu.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56It's a ballet skirt.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00It floats on the air like a spider's web.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Isobel, pass me the other parcel, please.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I didn't know you could sew.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Well, I don't really. But how hard can it be?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16How many skirts are you going to make?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Just the one. It's for Katie Morag.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Do you think that's her style?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Are you giving me fashion advice?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31I suppose I'd better just look at my seeds.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I think that's probably for the best.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42And you're sure you know how to work this?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Oh, yes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Oh, dear.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I've done it wrong.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Neilly Beag, could you hold this for me?
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Me?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Well, there's no-one else here, is there? Um...
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Hold it up.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Ah...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I've got it right this time.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20That's lucky, because I've run out of hands.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26That's more material for you, Mum.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28More?!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30BALLET MUSIC PLAYS
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Have I got a surprise for you!
0:05:38 > 0:05:39What is it?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Well? What do you think?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Hmm...- I know!
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Some of the needlework isn't absolutely perfect,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55but isn't it gorgeous?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Maybe just needs a few more frills.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05I looked like a ginormous pink fairy
0:06:05 > 0:06:07as if someone had covered me in glue
0:06:07 > 0:06:10and dropped me in a bathtub of cherry blossom.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12It can't have been that bad, surely!
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Why does everything just have to be so pink?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Granma Mainland never had a little girl of her own.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Now she's got you, well,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22maybe she's gone a little bit over the top.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24A little bit!
0:06:24 > 0:06:28How about you grin and bear it just this once?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Let her get all that pinkness out of her system.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32I suppose so.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Then when you finish with the dress,
0:06:34 > 0:06:35we'll bring it home and plant it.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Your mum loves cherry blossoms.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43'It just so happened that the night before the first dancing class
0:06:43 > 0:06:45'there had been a great big storm,
0:06:45 > 0:06:46'so I had to stop and check
0:06:46 > 0:06:49'if anything exciting had got washed ashore.'
0:07:20 > 0:07:24'Of course, exploring the beach isn't always the quickest of jobs.'
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Bye, Mrs Campbell.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Katie Morag!
0:07:34 > 0:07:37You've missed the ballet class. Where have you been?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Sorry, Mrs Campbell.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I was down beach co... I was down...
0:07:44 > 0:07:45FERRY HORN
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Never mind.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56It will brush up as good as new.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I heard a mermaid was spotted on the beach.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04They say someone was dancing with her.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16'The next Saturday, I set off in plenty of time for the class,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19'but some naughty sheep had got out of the field,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21'so of course I had to put them back.'
0:08:21 > 0:08:23SHEEP BAA
0:08:29 > 0:08:32'And I was late for the class again.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34'But when I did arrive,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37'it wasn't at all what I was expecting to see.'
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Oh, Katie Morag. You've missed the ballet class again.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Sorry, Miss Campbell.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- What are they doing?- This is tap.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- It looks like fun. Can I play? - Dressed like that?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Of course you can.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Just watch what we're doing and then try and join in.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Ready?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Toe, ball, heel, tap.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Toe, ball, heel, stamp!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Toe, ball, heel, tap.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Toe, ball, heel, stamp!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11'I liked the look of this tap business
0:09:11 > 0:09:14'a lot more than I liked the look of ballet,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17'but I didn't want to upset Granma Mainland.'
0:09:17 > 0:09:19You try, Katie Morag.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Toe, ball, heel, stamp.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Toe, ball, heel...tap.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Toe, ball, heel... BOYS LAUGH
0:09:25 > 0:09:28'And I just didn't have the right shoes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32'I decided that this was one of those times
0:09:32 > 0:09:35'when I just needed a little chat with Grannie Island.'
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Grannie Island!- Ooh-ya!
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- I've got a problem.- So have I!
0:09:41 > 0:09:42It's the dancing class.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Ach, well, I was never much of the ballet dancer myself.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Neither am I. That's the problem.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Ah, come on inside.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53There's not many problems can hold out against a nice cup of tea
0:09:53 > 0:09:56and a porridgie, eh?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00'Well, I told Grannie Island all about walking to the hall
0:10:00 > 0:10:01'and the storm
0:10:01 > 0:10:03'and the beach
0:10:03 > 0:10:05'and the sheep...' Baaaa baaaaa.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07'and the torn dress
0:10:07 > 0:10:09'and then missing the ballet
0:10:09 > 0:10:12'and about the tap dancing...' Toe, ball, heel...
0:10:12 > 0:10:14'..and how I couldn't make the proper sound.'
0:10:14 > 0:10:16See what I mean?
0:10:16 > 0:10:17I do.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21It looks more like flap dancing than tap dancing.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23What do you reckon?
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Hold on.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Give the porridgie time to work.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Mm-hm.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33I think I've got it.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Right, what have we got here?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40That lock would definitely come in handy for something.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Ah-ha!
0:10:42 > 0:10:46My rubber duck. I wondered where it had got to.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Ah, yes. Here they are.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- What are they?- Segs.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54You put them in the sole of your boot
0:10:54 > 0:10:56to stop them wearing out.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59SHEEP BLEAT
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Vibrant velour.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Have you finished yet?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Don't rush me, Katie Morag.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Rome wasn't built in a day.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33What does that mean?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36It means patience is a virtue.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Right.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Now I'm finished.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47BOOTS TAP
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I'm so proud. She's been working awfully hard.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54So I hear.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Welcome, all of you, to the final class
0:11:59 > 0:12:02of this year's summer dance project.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05We are going to start off with a wee bit of a surprise.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Agnes.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13One, two, three, four,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15five, six, seven, eight...
0:12:15 > 0:12:17# Toe-ball-heel step
0:12:17 > 0:12:19# Toe-ball-heel step
0:12:19 > 0:12:21# Toe-ball-heel step stomp
0:12:21 > 0:12:23# Toe-ball-heel step stomp
0:12:23 > 0:12:26# Five, six, seven, eight
0:12:26 > 0:12:28# Toe-ball-heel step
0:12:28 > 0:12:30# Toe-ball-heel step
0:12:30 > 0:12:32# Toe-ball-heel step stomp
0:12:32 > 0:12:34# Toe-ball-heel step stomp
0:12:34 > 0:12:36# Toe-ball-heel step
0:12:36 > 0:12:38# Toe-ball-heel step
0:12:38 > 0:12:40# Toe-ball-heel step...#
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Wellies!
0:12:41 > 0:12:43She's wearing wellies to dance in!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45She sure is.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Very good she is, too.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14APPLAUSE
0:13:18 > 0:13:20BALLET MUSIC PLAYS
0:13:21 > 0:13:24'I will always remember my dance class that summer
0:13:24 > 0:13:28'cos I learned three really important things.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30'I learned that no matter how hard
0:13:30 > 0:13:34'I tried to be what other people wanted me to be,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37'I was better off just being myself.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39'I learned that patience is a virtue.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42'And most important of all,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45'I learned that there's not much that's impossible,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48'so long as you have the right pair of wellies!'