United Little Robots

# Under a pile of scrap There lay this little chap

# He had a broken arm But he made it good

# Then fixed his friends Like robots should

-# Little Robots,

-Little Robots

-Little Robots

# There's Tiny, Messy Sporty, Stretchy

-# Rusty, Stripy, Noisy, Spotty Scary...

-Oo-ooh!

-..Flappy the Bat

# The Sparky Twins, and that's that

-# Little Robots,

-Little Robots

-Little Robots

# They made a world from junk

# With a bang, a twang and a clunk

# They built their homes Round the Nut 'n' Bolt Tree

-# Now turn on the sunshine...

-Wow-EE

-# Little Robots,

-Little Robots

-Little Robots,

-Little Robots

# Little Robots! #

-Morning, Stripy.

-Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup!

-Hi, Stripy!

-Um, thank you all for coming.

I've got a very important question to ask you.

-ALL: Yes?

-You know Tiny's my best friend?

After Teddy, of course.

Tiny's EVERYBODY'S best friend.

Yes, but...but...I don't know what I'd do without him.

So I want to give him a present

to thank him for being my friend.

A very nice idea, Stripy.

It WOULD be a nice idea, Stretchy, if I knew what to give him.

I'd give him a nice, shiny bucket. They're handy for tidying up.

A new thwack-it stick?

He might like a sorting box.

I'd really like my present to remind Tiny of me.

Why don't you give Tiny

a big bunch of your finest roses-zinc drops?

What a good idea, Stretchy!

Thank you.

If that's settled, I'll carry on jogging to the wasteland. See you!

- I'll get back to my sorting. - I'll stay and help you.

Thank you, Spotty.

They're not very tall, are they?

I'll just turn the bolts a bit more.

Oh, they're not growing, Spotty.

They're stuck! Look - they're all rusted up.

You'd better oil them right away.

-Oil?

-You must have some oil in there.

No, it's empty.

But I think I've got some in my oil tin.

A drop on each flower bolt should do the job.

Oh, no! It's empty too!

-You'll just have to get some more.

-Where from?!

-I

-don't know.

Tiny would know. He knows everything.

-Ask him.

-But if I ask him, it'll spoil my big surprise.

You don't have to tell him why you need the oil, Stripy.

Just tell him you need some, and leave it at that.

Come with me, Spotty.

No. I've got to go home and do my rolling exercises.

You can do it.

Just don't mention the roses-zinc drops.

Hello, Stripy! How are you?

Fine, Tiny.

Er, I-I-I need some oil.

-Why do you need oil?

-For my, um...

my knee bolt.

That's it - my knee bolt needs loosening up a bit.

Well, I haven't got any oil.

-Oh...

-But I do know where you can find some.

-Really?

-Yes. I saw a small pool of it yesterday in the wasteland.

Follow me.

The oil was probably from an old tin can.

-It didn't look like there was a lot of it.

-Oh, I don't need much.

Just a drop or two.

Clang, rattle and bang it!

That plunger's fallen onto the pool of oil.

-Can't we pull it out?

-We can try.

-Don't run away, Teddy.

-Ready, Stripy?

-Ready.

-A-one, two, three...

PU-U-U-ULL!

We'll need help to shift this thing.

Hey, robo-birds!

Can you fetch Stretchy? He'll manage to pull this plunger out.

Please, be as fast as you can.

Stripy! All this fuss just to loosen up your knee bolt!

-NERVOUSLY:

-Ha, ha, ha-ha!

Let's see...

SQUAWKING

What are you doing here?

Stop that!

Get off! Get...! Look...! Oh!

I hope this isn't a silly game - I've a lot of work to do, you know.

Tiny, Stripy, what is all this about?

Oh, Stretchy, there's some oil underneath that plunger,

and I really need it.

Could you help us get it out?

No worries, I'll have it out in a flash.

-It's harder than you think.

-We'll help you.

-Ready, team?

-Ready.

Ready!

Pull!

THEY GRUNT

It's no good. It's stuck tight.

We need somebody else to help us.

Who?

Hup, hup, hup, hup!

Sporty - that's who!

-Hi there!

-You see that, Sporty? We need to pull it out.

Ha! Leave it to me!

We'll help you, Sporty.

PU-U-U-U-U-U-ULL!

We need another robot to help us.

Who shall we ask now?

ALL: Spotty!

Did somebody call my name?

Take a deep breath.

Now...

PU-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-ULL!

It's no good. We'll have to get somebody else to help us.

Who?

Teddy!

-Teddy can help.

-Um, I don't think so.

I'll hold Teddy, like this,

and we'll all pull together. ..Won't we, Teddy?

Three, two, one...

Go!

We did it!

THEY ALL CHEER

BUBBLING Ssh! I can hear something.

Oil!

-Now I'll be able to oil my rose...

-Ssh!

Whoops.

There.

Time to take my big surprise to Tiny's house.

Stripy!

-What's all this?

-It's a very special present

to say thank you for being my friend.

Thank you. STRIPY GULPS

-I don't know what I'd do without you.

-Aw-w-w!

Thank you for being MY friend, Stripy.

They're the finest roses-zinc drops I've ever seen.

I'm going to leave them there, so that everybody can enjoy them.

You wouldn't have them at all if you hadn't found that pool of oil.

(Stripy's flowers were all rusted up.)

So that's why you were making all that fuss about oiling your knees!

-I was pretending!

-THEY ALL LAUGH

Anyway, it was a team effort. We all pulled together.

But we couldn't have done it without Teddy.

SQUAWKING

He was the one that made all the difference.

Thank you, Teddy.