0:00:02 > 0:00:07Beneath the American prairies, deep underground,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10the little prairie dogs are stirring.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Come on, little prairie dogs, wake up!
0:00:16 > 0:00:20It's time to tell a story of life on the prairies.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01All the prairie animals seem to have woken up in a very playful mood.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10No school today. It's Saturday, so Sage and younger brother Tate
0:01:10 > 0:01:13have a whole day of fun ahead.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Sage is wide awake and ready to play.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Morning, everyone! Oh! All the prairie dogs must still be asleep!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Come on, Tate, I want to play prairie games!
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Oh, Sage, why are you always so awake first thing in the morning?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I need time to wake up!
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- You'll wake up while we're running around, Tate.- OK, OK!
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- I'm coming.- Let's play Rough-And-Tumble!- OW! OOH!
0:01:44 > 0:01:47No, Sage, you always win.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51And it... OW! ..hurts!
0:01:51 > 0:01:55I want to play Musical Statues, that's my favourite.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59We can't play that yet, Tate. Look, no-one's up yet.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04We'll have to wait. While we're waiting, how about we play You're It?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07I'll run first, you'll have to catch me. GO!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11That's not fair. I wasn't ready.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I'll get you, though. I will. I'll get you!
0:02:16 > 0:02:21Oh, Sage, you're too quick and your legs are longer!
0:02:21 > 0:02:23I can't run as fast as you.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Let's play something else. Something we're both good at.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Like Musical Statues!
0:02:30 > 0:02:34..Sage? Where are you?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Hello?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- BOO!- ARGH!- Ha-ha, got you!
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Sage, you're so mean.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Hey, look over there, Tate, there's our cousins, Snow and Ashki.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55What are they playing? It looks like a lot of fun.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58They're playing Hide and Seek, in their town.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Let's stay here and spy on them.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05So Sage and Tate peer over the hill and spy on their cousins,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Snow and Ashki, playing Hide and Seek.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13I'll count first, Snow, and you can go and hide.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15SNOW: GREAT! I love hiding!
0:03:18 > 0:03:22I'm going to stand behind this tree-stump, and count to 100.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- Good luck finding an empty burrow to hide in.- I don't need luck!
0:03:27 > 0:03:31I'm going to find somewhere really good, where you'll never find me!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34One, two, three...
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Over there! I can hide in that hole in the ground!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Ashki will never find me there.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Oh, no, that's no good, there's someone in it.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47The owl got there first.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50There's no way I can hide there.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I'll have to find somewhere else...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- 16, 17...- ..and quick!
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Oh, no, I have to find somewhere!
0:04:00 > 0:04:05- ..29, 30, 31...- Quick! Inside that mound! That looks like a good place.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Wait, what's that rattling sound?!
0:04:11 > 0:04:12ARGH! Silly me!
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I should have known that rattling was a rattlesnake!
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- He won't want to share his burrow with me!- ..75, 76...- Oh, no!
0:04:20 > 0:04:25If I don't find somewhere, Ashki will come looking and I won't be hidden!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Well, what about here? I'll hide in here!
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Oh, no, a spider has blocked the entrance with his big, sticky web!
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I can't even get in there! Why are all the burrows busy?!
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- ..88, 89...- That one!
0:04:40 > 0:04:46It has to be the one, if it has no owls, snakes or spiders!
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- Oh, at last. Ashki will never find me in here.- ..99, 100!
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Here I come, ready or not!
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Perfect!
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Hmm, I wonder which way he went?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06He could be anywhere.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Oh, I need to get up high
0:05:11 > 0:05:12and look out.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15I can't see him yet.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16LOUD BREATHING
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Hold on a minute.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21What's that noise?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Down there, I can hear something.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25LOUD BREATHING
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I knew I could hear something.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Ha-ha! I'm going to get him.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36This is taking ages, I'm going to take a peek outside.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Boo!
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Ha-ha, found you! - Oh, Ashki, that's not fair.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I knew you were in there.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I just wanted to keep you waiting.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Ashki, you're mean.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It took me ages to find somewhere to hide.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57All the burrows had animals living in them, like you said.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- There was no room for me.- I told you.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02THEY LAUGH
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Wow, Snow and Ashki's Hide And Seek looks great fun!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11They're lucky cos they've got those tall burrows
0:06:11 > 0:06:13to hide behind.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Our burrows are smaller. We'll have to come up with another game.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I know, I know, Musical Statues!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Look, Tate.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26The whole town has woken up, so we can play Musical Statues now.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Let's round everyone up.- Hooray!
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Hey, guys! - Who wants to play Musical Statues?
0:06:33 > 0:06:34BOTH: Come on!
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I want to play.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38OK, I'll be the judge.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41When the music starts, you all have to run
0:06:41 > 0:06:45as fast as you can and when it stops...stand as still as statues.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Everyone ready?
0:06:47 > 0:06:48ALL: Yeah, ready.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50And... Go!
0:06:50 > 0:06:52MUSIC PLAYS
0:07:00 > 0:07:02MUSIC STOPS
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Cara, you're out. No eating!
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Oh, dear, it was just a nibble.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And you two at the back, you're out.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16MUSIC PLAYS
0:07:25 > 0:07:27MUSIC STOPS
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- Zak, you're out.- Oh, no!
0:07:34 > 0:07:39I'm not moving... Not moving.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Look elsewhere cos I am a complete statue.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Oh, look at that!
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Oops! Oh, no, I hope no-one saw.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52He-he-he, I think I got away with it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53MUSIC STARTS
0:08:06 > 0:08:07MUSIC STOPS
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I am so good at this.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Still as a statue.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20You're out, Billy.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Oh!- And you, Harry.- Oh!
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Tate, you're the winner.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Well done!
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Now I know why you wanted to play Musical Statues so much.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33You're so good at it. Come on, Tate,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35let's go home and get some dinner.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Tate? Tate?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I am good, aren't I, Sage?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Yes, Tate. Now, come on, we've finished.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- It's time to go home.- Oh, OK.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51But I am good!
0:08:51 > 0:08:54We've had a great day, haven't we, Tate?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Lots of fun and games.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Days like today are my favourite.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Especially when we play Musical Statues.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Thanks for the fun and games, everyone!
0:09:04 > 0:09:06ALL: You're welcome!
0:09:06 > 0:09:11What a perfect day on the prairie for the Little Prairie Dogs.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13A whole day of playtime.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18After all that excitement, it's time for us to say, "Goodbye",
0:09:18 > 0:09:21from the North American prairies.
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