Colours of the Rainbow Little Prairie Dogs

Beneath the American prairies, deep underground,

the Little Prairie Dogs are stirring.

Come on, Little Prairie Dogs, wake up!

It's time to tell a story of life on the prairies.

SQUEAKING

It's been raining all night on the prairie.

Snow and big brother Ashki have just woken up.

What's that noise, Ashki?

-Ah, rain.

-Oh no, that means we can't go out and play today.

We can't go out and play right now but the rain will go away soon.

Ashki is absolutely right.

In fact it looks like the storm is passing already.

The noise has gone, Ashki. Does that mean the rain has stopped?

I told you it wouldn't be long. I'll go and have a look.

Wow! A rainbow!

What can you see? I'm coming to look too.

Wow! Look at all the amazing colours in the sky.

There are seven rainbow colours, Snow.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Where did it come from?

Mum says rainbows only appear

when it's sunny and rainy at the same time.

-Oh no, Ashki, it's going.

-Remember the colours before they've all gone!

Oh! I know some of them!

Red, orange, yellow and um...

Don't worry, little brother, I remembered the rest.

Hey, Snow, it's given me an idea for a game!

Let's see if we can find the colours of the rainbow out on the prairie.

But I'm really hungry. I've had no breakfast.

I'm not sure I have the energy. HE YAWNS

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find the colours very quickly.

I'm having breakfast first!

I can't resist all this grass. Mmmm...

Mmmm, this is so delicious.

-It's so tasty, it's so...

-It's so what, Snow?

It's so GREEN! Look!

This is our first rainbow colour and I found it! Ha, ha!

It's easy. How good am I?!

And look, the sky...

it's blue! I've found two colours already, I'm winning!

You're not playing fair, Snow.

I let you have green grass but the sky isn't always blue.

It was a very different colour this morning.

-How will we find the other colours?

-We'll have to go out,

-and look for them.

-Come on then! HE PANTS

Oh! Look, Snow, over there. I think I found something.

Right next to our friends.

Can you see it?

A bright red flower. That's my favourite rainbow colour. Hooray!

Brilliant and look...

that bird's got red patches on its face.

I've spotted red too!

Is it time to find the next colour?

The prairie is so big,

Snow and Ashki have a lot of ground to cover on their colour safari.

But Ashki has an idea where they'll find more birds.

And more colours.

Here's the puddle, Snow.

Let's wait to see if any birds arrive.

Yes! There's one, two, three swallows.

Lots of them!

I wonder what they're doing.

Look at their neck and front, they're orange.

Do you think they flew through the rainbow to get that colour?

Ha, ha, maybe!

How many colours have we got now?

Is that enough? I'm hungry again.

Look, the bison have found some nice grass to eat.

I might just have a snack.

Oh, Snow! Not again!

Hey, Mr Bison, we're on a safari, looking for rainbow colours.

Have you seen any?

Close to where the bison feed there's a rare flower growing.

I wonder if the brothers will spot it.

Oh, yes! Look, Ashki.

It's those lovely iris plants Mum told us about.

But what colour are they?

Hmmm, that must be the indigo colour Mum mentioned.

Hooray! That's our fourth colour.

Only three more to find.

Come on, let's go.

-Whoa, slow down, Ashki!

-Look, here!

Right by this burrow.

Flowers and they're violet-coloured.

Another colour already. Not many left now.

You're right, Snow. We've got five.

Green, red, orange, indigo and violet. Time for a snack.

Ashki, listen! CHIRPING

Can you hear that?

I can hear singing.

Snow has tuned in to the beautiful singing of the mountain bluebird.

He sounds very happy today.

There he is!

Behind you, Ashki.

Over there on that burrow. Wow!

Look at that bird. He's the same colour as the sky today.

Blue - that's our next colour. Blue!

And I found it! Blue, hooray!

Well spotted, Snow. That's six of the seven colours of the rainbow.

Now, what's the last one?

-Do you remember?

-I don't know. Isn't that enough for today?

Can't we just go home? I'm tired.

Come on, Snow, we can't give up now. There's only one colour left.

Follow me.

I know where we can get something to eat and our last colour.

Mmmm, these flowers are really tasty.

-What are they called, Ashki?

-They're sunflowers, Snow.

They grow tall and if you look up,

they look like the sun.

Wow! These are the biggest, bestest flowers I've ever seen.

-But I thought we were going to find our last colour.

-We have, Snow!

Where? I can't see it. ASHKI LAUGHS

You're eating it!

There - yellow! Yellow sunflowers.

That's our final rainbow colour. Yellow.

Hooray!

Look, on the petals, there's a yellow spider.

Hello, Mr Spider, what a great end

to our colour safari. A yellow spider on a yellow sunflower.

-Mmm, this is my favourite colour.

-Why is that, Snow?

Because it's the yummiest!

-Yum, yum.

-Oh, Snow! Come on, Mum will be wondering where we are.

What an exciting day Snow and Ashki have had on the prairie.

They've seen every colour of the rainbow. Green grass,

a beautiful red flower,

orange-necked swallows,

rare indigo irises,

pretty violet-coloured flowers,

the tuneful bluebird and finally,

the tall yellow sunflowers.

That colour safari was great fun, Ashki.

Let's try to find rainbows every day.

Look, Snow!

The sky isn't blue any more.

It's changed to my favourite colour.

Do you remember? It's red.

So for now, as the sun sets on the huge open prairies of North America,

goodbye.

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