Spotlight on Stretchy 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-and-bolt tree

-# Now turn on the sunshine...

-Wow-EE

-# Little Robots,

-Little Robots

-Little Robots,

-Little Robots

# Little Robots! #

GIGGLING

Look, Sparky One! Stretchy's coming.

Oh, so he is, Sparky Two. Very slowly.

THEY GIGGLE

Oh...

-Who's there?

-It's only us, Scary, just waiting for Stretchy.

Um... Well, you're making far too much noise.

-I'm trying to think!

-What are you thinking about?

Ah, wait and see. But I can assure you, it's something really big.

Oh, yes! Big's the word.

Stretchy's here, Sparky One.

HE HUMS TO HIMSELF

GIGGLING

-Hurry up, Sparky Two!

-Any use?

-Er, yeah! Looking good!

-Here! What are you...?

-Hi, Stretchy!

-What are you doing holding me up like this?

-We're helping you.

If we just borrow these, you won't have to sort them.

We're making a surprise for Tiny! Aren't we, Sparky One?

The rules are you don't take things till I sort them! Put them back!

-Don't be mean, Stretchy! Honestly, you're no fun, you know!

-No fun?

-She's right! You're not fun at all! Bye!

-THEY GIGGLE

Am I really no fun?

Hmm...

Well, we'll see about that!

-Need some help, Tiny?

-Hi, Stretchy. These bolts have all worked loose.

Ah! You'll need a big spanner for them!

Let's see... Number eight should do it.

-GIGGLING

-I hope Tiny likes his surprise, Sparky One.

Course he will, Sparky Two. He loves being in the spotlight. GIGGLING

-Er, Tiny.

-Yes, Stretchy?

-Would you say that I'm fun?

-Fun?

-Yes - fun.

Er... Well, you're good at sorting and organising,

and you're a very good friend, Stretchy, but fun...

-Thought not.

-HE SIGHS

I'd like to be fun to be with. But what would I have to do?

I mean, Noisy's fun, isn't she? And Scary, of course.

Yeah, I suppose there are lots of ways of being fun, aren't there?

-You could be cheerful all the time.

-Hooray!

-Or you could play tricks on people like the Sparkys do.

-Oh...

-Or you could make yourself fun to look at.

-Huh? Oh!

HE LAUGHS

I think I can safely say I now look like a robot who is fun to be with

-and fun to look at! Yes, indeed!

-LAUGHS

# I'm a little robot, long and thin Watch my tracks and see me grin

# No-one else is as tall as me I can reach a nut-and-bolt tree. #

I say, did you hear that ghastly...? Aa-a-agh!

Huh?!

-Great Scott!

-Hey!

Stretchy, dear boy!

How, um... How original.

Fun, hey?!

I knew you'd like it, Scary. Your sort of thing, eh? Eh? Eh?

What about the song? All right, was it?

Ah, the song, yes. That's why I came out.

The thing is, Stretchy, I'm very busy trying to think.

-Planning a new show, you see.

-And you want me in it!

Ah, er... Possibly, dear boy, possibly.

But just for now, would you be a good fellow and sing somewhere else?

Oh... Get some more practice in! No problem, Scary. See you later.

Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

# I'm a little robot Long and thin!

-# Watch my tracks and see me grin... #

-THEY LAUGH

Stretchy! What do you think you look like?!

-You weren't wrong, were you?

-Wrong?

Ye-es, I'm a lot of fun now, aren't I? Go on, admit it.

-Fun?!

-I'd stick to sorting if I were you, Stretchy.

THEY LAUGH LOUDLY

The Sparkys are right, Tiny.

-HE SIGHS

-I've gone and made a fool of myself, I'm afraid.

No, you haven't, Stretchy. You tried to be fun,

and the Sparkys didn't think it worked, that's all. Oo-o-oh!

Hey-hey! It's fun when you do that, Tiny.

TINY LAUGHS

SNORING

GIGGLING

Hey!

What's going on?!

-GIGGLING

-Ah, another Sparky trick.

-Come and have a go with our new invention, Tiny!

-Oh, well. Why not?

-You just love doing this kind of thing, don't you?

-I suppose we do.

It's what we're best at, really - larking about.

-Flashing lights, practical jokes, you know!

-Doing what you're best at.

Well, that makes sense.

Listen... Will you help someone else to be fun doing what he's best at?

-Oh, I'd love to, Tiny.

-Who is it?

-Stretchy.

-Stretchy?!

-You upset him when you said he was no fun.

-We didn't mean to.

-He WAS no fun.

-And then, you laughed at him.

Oh, dear! He told you, didn't he?

But he looked so silly. Not like Stretchy at all.

Oh, we've gone too far again. Better put it right.

HE HUMS TO HIMSELF

-That's what Stretchy's good at, isn't it?

-BOTH: Sorting!

So, how do you help him to be fun doing what he's good at? Any ideas?

Give me three, Sparky!

-It's a very good idea, indeed, Sparkys.

-But will you help us?!

Oh, yes. It's much bigger and better than the thing I've been working on.

I'd be happy to. BOTH: Hooray!

-It's nearly time to start. Everyone ready?

-Ready.

-Indeed.

Oh, I'm not sure.

Don't worry, Stretchy! Just be yourself!

-But will I be fun?

-Yes - promise!

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you all for coming.

It's going to be a very special show.

And now, a big hand please for Stretchy!

Thank you.

Welcome to Stretchy's world!

A world of - over here - untidy mess.

And - over there - perfect order.

How does the dear fellow do it?

Who better to explain than the tallest little robot himself?!

-CLEARS HIS THROAT

-# Take a sprocket, hold it carefully

# I throw it neatly! Watch it rock!

# See it land, as it should do

# Right beside the sprocket pot

# Here's a widget, very useful

# Now, never let a widget go

# Flick it sideways, nice and easy

# Straight into the bucket so

# Now we all see sorting's very clever

# It's not a silly thing to do

# Sorting keeps the junk in order

# And moves it on from him to...you! #

Well done, Stretchy! You're a star!

-But am I fun?

-Hmm... Let me see.

Oh, all right - you are.

Hooray!

-LAUGHTER

-Stretchy, well done! Hooray!