Who's Been Eating My Porridge? Little Howard's Big Question


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OK.

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Run it past me just one more time.

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SIGHS

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Right. Our computer, who is called Mother,

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and who thinks she's my mother, isn't my mum.

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The woman who's coming round this afternoon,

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the one I call my mum, IS my actual mother.

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Your mother isn't a computer?

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How does that work, then?

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All you need to know is you've got to be on your best behaviour.

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What does computer mother think about it?

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Mum and mother don't get on. They always try and out-mum each other.

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-Is that why Mother's made us packed lunches all week?

-Yeah.

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-And darned the holes in our socks.

-Language!

-No darned means sewn up.

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She's sewn up the holes in our socks.

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So that's why I couldn't get my feet in!

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Hello, Mother! We're back!

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Hello, boys! Your porridge is cooling down, Howard.

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Big Howard, yours is still in the pot.

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Hang on! Who's been sitting in my chair?

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-I can clearly see two buttock marks in my cushion.

-Howard,

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no-one would break in to the house just to sit in your chair!

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And there's no porridge in here!

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-Someone has eaten it!

-There's plenty more. I made eight gallons.

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There's enough porridge here to swim in. Or submerge your head in.

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KLAXON

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I, Little Howard, have come up with one of my BIG questions.

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Who has been eating my porridge?

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I do wish you wouldn't... Ooh, needs some more nutmeg.

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KLAXON

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-# We love porridge

-We love porridge

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-# We love porridge

-We love porridge

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# Oh, that lovely-wubbly, lumpy-wumpy porridge

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-#

-Wumpy porridge

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-# With its milk

-With its milk

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-# And its oats

-And its oats

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# I think that if we all ate porridge

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# We'd have lovely glossy coats

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-# Give us porridge

-We love porridge

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# Lots of porridge, you know that it's the porridge we adore

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# If my love said that she did not love the porridge

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# I wouldn't love her any more

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# Thank you very much! #

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GROWLING

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Ooh, that reminds me of something.

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I think it might have been a horror film I saw. Wait.

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Where are you going? Look at the mess! Today of all days!

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Leave it to Mother, Muggins.

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Oh, that mad woman who thinks she's your mother called.

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-That's my actual mother, Mother.

-No.

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I am your mother. She is as potty as monkey poo...in a potty.

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It's OK, everyone. Whoever ate my porridge is not sleeping in my bed.

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-Worth checking.

-What did my mum say?

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The mad woman said she was coming round at midday.

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-I put her straight.

-My mum is coming round today.

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I've told you that several times and Little Howard....

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-Why have you written Mulberry Bush on the wall in jam?

-I didn't!

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Ooh, didn't you find me under a mulberry bush, Big Howard?

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I, er... Yes, but that is beside the point. If you didn't do it,

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-who did?

-We already know that someone broke in to eat my porridge

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-and ransack your bedroom.

-Be that as it may,

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-I want it cleaned up immed... Ransack my what?

-Oh, yes.

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-I forgot - someone has ransacked your bedroom.

-Why didn't you say?

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-Aghhh!

-That is hardly important now, Big Howard.

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Mother, did you see who ate my porridge?

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No. Sorry. I've been too busy being an excellent mother.

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You're not jealous of Big Howard's mum, are you, Mother?

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Jealous?! Me? Of that daft, lardy... lovely, dear woman

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whom I respect and admire?

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-Thank goodness my sketch pad is safe.

-Your what?

-Um, not important.

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What are we going to have for tea with my mum tonight?

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We've more porridge, if she doesn't mind eating it out of your hair.

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Which she won't, if she's really your mum - which she isn't.

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Oh, look at this! There's a parade of monkeys in the woods at 11.00am.

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And a red herring sale. That's in half an hour.

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I'll just put this somewhere safe and maybe have a shower.

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You two run along, then.

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Don't worry. I've already prepared a special welcome for your "mum".

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Big Howard, was that the mulberry bush you found me under?

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-No, that's not a mulberry bush.

-What about that one?

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-Just think about the monkeys.

-That one must be a mulberry bush.

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What's this mulberry bush business? Is it about where you came from?

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-Because it's time I explained...

-Ooh, look! Monkey parade!

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-I've never had pickled red herrings. Brilliant!

-And I love monkeys!

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How did they know?

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Ooh.

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I can't see any monkeys round here.

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Hello? Monkeys?

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Aghh! Trapped!

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Like a mouse!

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A plastic mouse!

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Ah!

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Little Howard, we meet at last.

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Goodness gracious!

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Here's an ad.

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Come to Barry B.Nobo's World of Monkeys,

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chimps, gorillas and maybe more! (May not contain monkeys.)

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Ride the gorillas, have lunch made for you by an orangutan.

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Race a silverback! It's the day out to end all days out.

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Especially if you aren't a gorilla.

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Oh! I... You... I...

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I've got a big question, Little Howard.

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Why can't I be you?

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SQUEAKING

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-There's something wrong with your klaxon.

-Shut up!

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You're another cartoon boy.

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-You look...

-Just like you, I know!

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But this is brilliant.

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You are in a cage.

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Yes, I was going to mention that,

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but I didn't want to spoil the moment.

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Why am I in a cage?

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Because now it's your turn. I've watched you all my life,

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with home-made binoculars, hanging upside-down

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from a tree in the rain with nostrils full of water.

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I have watched your house clinging to the underside of passing cars.

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-Even after they fitted the speed bumps?

-Yes.

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-They may calm traffic, but they make me angry!

-You must be...

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I've just worked it out. You've been eating my porridge!

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That was porridge? I thought it was some sort of organic cement!

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-I used it to shore up the walls in the games room.

-Games room?

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-This house is amazing. You're so lucky.

-Lucky?!

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I had to build it myself out of twigs, porridge and cuckoo spit.

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Have you ever tried annoying a cuckoo so much it flobs at you?

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-I must admit I haven't.

-I'd rather have a proper house like you

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and a TV show and a proper klaxon.

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Mine's made of leaves and pine cones.

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It sounds like a wasp doing a guff.

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SQUEAKING A lady wasp, at that!

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You made a klaxon out of leaves and pine cones? That's very clever.

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I wondered why I had nothing and you had everything.

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Then I thought, "Why don't I take everything that is yours?

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"Become you, take over your life and leave you to rot in the woods?"

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-What?!

-Little Howard! Where are you?

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Ah, my future is calling me. Farewell!

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-You'll never get away with this.

-I think you'll find I will!

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Or my name's not...

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FANFARE ..Little Albert.

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Sorry, your name's not Little Albert?

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No. My name is Little Albert. Or rather, it was Little Albert.

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Because now...I'm Little Howard.

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-Sorry, I'm confused.

-We'd better get this straight.

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I was Little Albert, but now I'm stealing your identity

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and everything you hold dear, so I am now...

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FANFARE ..Little Howard!

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So who am I, then?

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You? Why, you're nobody!

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-EVIL CACKLE

-Little Albert!

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-What about...

-Little Howard!

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These red herring salesmen!

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Signs for red herrings are a complete waste of time.

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-Ah, Big Howard. We meet at last.

-I saw you five minutes ago!

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Of course. Seems like forever.

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Aw... How was the monkey...

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-Ooh, you look a bit different.

-Do I?

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-Yeah. Oh, is that your first nose?

-You can't grow a nose, you idiot!

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-Well, what's that, then?

-It's just a spot with two holes in it.

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OK. No.

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-And your hair looks a bit...

-Yes.

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I thought I'd try a new colour.

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Do you like it? It is the colour of the wolf!

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Wolves are grey, aren't they?

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Those are grey wolves. This is the colour of the red wolf.

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-A red wolf? Are you all right, Little Howard?

-Fine!

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I'm definitely Little Howard.

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I wasn't suggesting that you weren't Little Howard.

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Your voice sounds a bit funny.

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It's what happens if all you eat is pine cones.

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You should have eaten... Pine cones?! They're dangerous!

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Oh. I won't have to eat pine cones any more.

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-Big Howard! Help!

-What was that?

-It was nothing.

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Probably just the cry of a feral boy raised in the forest by wolves

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and driven mad with envy and rage.

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Oh, you! Come in, let's go home.

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Yes.

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Home!

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Big Howard!

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He-e-e-elp!

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OK. Best behaviour now. My mum will be here any minute and...

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I don't believe it!

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"Stay away from Howard, you loopy old bat."

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Right!

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Hello, boys! Who wants a snooze?

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So! ..No, thank you.

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This is your surprise for my mum, is it?

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-No, that's my surprise for the woman who thinks she's your mum!

-Ah!

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Little Howard's Big Question klaxon.

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The woman who IS my mum will be here any moment.

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-So I don't want any major disasters.

-KLAXON

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Your klaxon!

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Nothing bad happened to me!

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This is fantastic!

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BEEPING, FLUSHING AND CLATTERING

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Ow!!

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Mum!

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Are you all right? Little Howard!

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Oh, that wasn't Little Howard. I did that - on purpose!

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Just dropped in to tell you that my plan is going exactly to...plan.

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What does it feel like, trapped in the woods all on your own?

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Gone insane with envy and rage yet?

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No. I was just seeing what bark tasted like.

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All that saved me was the wolves.

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-Wolves?!

-Yes.

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I was raised in these woods by wolves.

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-In Purley?

-Yes.

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-Very short red wolves.

-Red wolves?!

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-Did they have bushy tails?

-Of course!

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-Like I say, they were wolves.

-Sounds like foxes.

-Does it?

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They said they were wolves. Can't trust any woodland creatures.

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Those tiny, ginger nut-eating swine wolves!

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They ate nuts? Now they sound like squirrels.

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They were wolves! Ginger, vegetarian, tree-climbing wolves

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with bushy tails. Got that?

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Yes! I like how you've made these things out of bracken. Very clever.

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What good has being clever done me?

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You and your dolt friend have lived in the lap of luxury -

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well, near the lap -

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on the shins of luxury, and I've been stuck here. But not any more.

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-Where are you going?

-Why,

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I'm going to pop off and finish erasing you from existence for ever!

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EVIL LAUGH

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I'm starting to think Little Albert doesn't like me.

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Must escape!

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-Are you sure you're all right, Mum?

-Stop fussing! I'm fine!

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Takes more to worry me than a buffoonish practical joke

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from a jumped-up toaster with airs!

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What did you call me, you human woman?

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If you two mums can't be nice to each other, there'll be...

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no more knitting or cake-baking for a week!

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-Oh, that is so unfair!

-Unfair!

-She started it!

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You've brought it upon yourselves. Mum, I'd like a word with Mother.

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Now you're for it!

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-Shut up!

-Make sure you take that brassy gadget down a peg or two!

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Mother, is it possible that you're a bit jealous of my mum?

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-Ha! Jealous?! Of that dappy old fish-wife?

-Mother,

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mum is my mum.

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But in a spurious, made-up, fictional in your own head way,

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so are you.

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-You're just saying that.

-Well,

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yes, I am, but I'm saying it in a very sincere way.

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That computer's got him wrapped round its little...

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And how have you been, Little Howard? Still six?

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Silence, serving woman! What is for feeding time?

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Well, if you watch your lip, we're having your favourite.

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Fajitas!

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Ah, some kind of Spanish tree beetle. Ah! Dragonfly!

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Hand me a spear! Where is my spear?

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Come here, my beauty!

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Mother, having my real... my other mum here,

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doesn't mean I love you any less.

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Because I don't think that's possible.

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Oh, Big Howard!

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Try that on her circuit board!

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That boy's behaving oddly, as well.

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-He is a cartoon, Mum.

-No, but he's more different.

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He has been acting up. He messed up my room and wrote on the wall

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and says someone's eaten his porridge.

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-There's something funny about him.

-He's not as funny as he used to be.

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Of course, you weren't in the first series, were you?

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I wonder why?

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-Did I get it?

-No.

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Curses!

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I'm sure you're worrying about nothing, Mum!

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It's no use!

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I'll be trapped here for ever!

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And Big Howard will never remember what the real me is...

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Oh!

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I must find Big Howard before it's too late!

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There's a lot of branches on the ground,

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so I must be careful not to fall over!

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What?!

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Help!

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Blimey! I'm seeing double!

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I must have banged my head on this...coleslaw!

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-What's your name?

-Hi, I'm Tilly.

-What's your name?

-Lotty.

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-Have you been cloned by a mad scientist?

-No, we're twins.

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-You look exactly the same. Is it good being a twin?

-Yeah.

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Do you have any magical powers?

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-Sometimes we think the same things.

-Wow! We've got to test this.

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Both say a number between one and ten at the same time

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and we'll see if you say the same. One, two, three, go!

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-BOTH TOGETHER: Seven.

-Oh, spooky!

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-One, two, three, go!

-TOGETHER: Three.

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If it happens one more time, you're psychic mind-readers. Go!

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-Five.

-Six.

-Oh, close! Only one out.

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I think that nearly proves that twins are a little bit magic.

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-Are either of you evil?

-No.

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-Good. Does your twin ever try to eradicate you from existence?

-No.

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Good. Cos my kind of half twin does.

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I'll go and try to build a nice relationship with him like you.

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-Thanks very much. Nice to meet you. Bye!

-Bye!

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Ow! No need for that! Flippin' frisbee-wielding evil twins!

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I'm so glad you two mothers have patched things up.

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I'll pop the kettle on, shall I?

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I mean, you two have got so much in common.

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SCREAMING AND SHOUTING

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Mum, are you still on decaf?

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-You nasty piece of work!

-I'll scratch your pixels out!

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I'll take that as a no. Come on, that's enough.

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-Break it up!

-Let me at it!

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Right. Mother is going in the shed.

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And you, no more Alan Titchmarsh novels for a week!

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Oh, that is so unfair!

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Weirdos! Lovely dragonfly sandwich.

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DOORBELL RINGS

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You?

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Those are my slippers!

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There can be only one!

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-Stop it, Little Albert. We're like twins. We should be friends.

-Never!

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-Purley isn't big enough for both of us!

-It is! It's got three stations.

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Just an overblown typewriter in a week!

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Oh!

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I knew it!

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I knew you weren't yourself. You ate Little Howard's porridge!

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What have you done to her?

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I call this my walnut whip!

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It whips walnuts at people at upwards of 100 miles an hour.

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Now, get in the cupboard!

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I'm sorry about Mother, Mum. I dropped a trifle on her once and...

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Mum!

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That was the unmistakeable sound of Big Howard slumping unconscious.

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I'm the only one who can do that.

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I'd hoped to replace you seamlessly, Little Howard,

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but now there are witnesses and that can never be.

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My hand has been forced and now I must destroy you all!

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I will have to summon my killer wolves of death!

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No-o-o-o-o!

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Oh, that is so annoying!

0:20:230:20:26

I can't stand it when that happens!

0:20:260:20:28

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-Don't you hate it when they do that?

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-Don't you hate it when they say, "To be continued"?

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-I find it so rude

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# Yes, I hate it when they do that

0:20:370:20:41

# Yes, I hate it when I find it's in two parts

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# It breaks our hearts

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-We both hate it when they do that

0:20:460:20:49

# It's so inconsiderate, the writer is an idiot

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# Idiot, idiot!

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-We both hate it when they do that

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-Does that tell you that maybe we're both the same

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-It's such a shame to fight

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# Yes, I hate it when they do that

0:21:020:21:05

# But you'll never stop me stealing your name tonight

0:21:050:21:09

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-We have so much in common and I think that you should summon up

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-The common sense to tell yourself that we are both alike

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# We're not alike, we're different An eagle and an elephant

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# A genius and under-educated little tyke

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# We are so not alike

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# And if I had my way I would impale you on a spike

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-If we both hate it when they do that

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-Does that tell you maybe we should make amends

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-Perhaps be friends?

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# Yes, I hate it when they do that

0:21:350:21:38

# But I tell you that is where the likeness ends

0:21:380:21:41

# It will not mend my heart, it's just the start

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# Wait till you see the second part

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# Yes, I hate it when they do that

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# That just tells me there's another cartoon boy

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# I must destroy! #

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Ha, ha, ha!

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Come, my pretty wolves! Come and devour them!

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I knew they were squirrels!

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