0:00:02 > 0:00:03# Worlds away from anyone
0:00:03 > 0:00:06# They were burning themselves out in the sun
0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Worlds away from anyone
0:00:08 > 0:00:12# They were burning themselves out in the sun
0:00:12 > 0:00:18# There was just enough to get that far away
0:00:19 > 0:00:22# Ooh... #
0:00:31 > 0:00:35'Night-time here is usually when Mother Nature gets together
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'for a jam session.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41'Tonight, her loudest members packed their instruments away.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45'When things get this quiet, you think about things
0:00:45 > 0:00:47'you don't want to think about.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51'Like your best friend kissing your girlfriend.
0:00:51 > 0:00:57'And with so many thoughts in your head, you can't sleep.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59'I wasn't the only one.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14'Egg couldn't take it any more. He decided he needed to be punished,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16'and so, like Mother Nature's band,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19'he packed away his instrument too.'
0:01:25 > 0:01:26No more air guitar.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31- Lockie. How come you can't tickle yourself?- What?
0:01:31 > 0:01:38You can't tickle yourself. If someone else tickles you, it's ticklish,
0:01:38 > 0:01:43- but if you try to do it yourself, it doesn't work.- Go to sleep.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49'Phillip and me weren't the only Leonards keeping vampire hours.'
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Things to do tomorrow. Iron the breakfast, fold the bed,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57change the kids' lunch, send Cyril off to school,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00tie up Phillip to eat grass... What else?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I think you've got it covered, Joy.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05'And as for Cyril...'
0:02:05 > 0:02:08'Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, twenty...
0:02:08 > 0:02:12'Um... Er...
0:02:12 > 0:02:16'One, two, three...'
0:02:19 > 0:02:24"Insomnia is the inability to sleep, commonly caused by worry,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- "loud noise..."- Noise? You can erase that theory.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30It was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34"Other causes include bright light and caffeine."
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Caffeine?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Maybe it was the cola chicken last night.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42STOMACH GURGLES
0:02:42 > 0:02:47What do you think I am? I feed my family caffeine-free casseroles.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Sorry, Joy. It was a beautiful dish.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Very inventive. - STOMACH GURGLES
0:02:53 > 0:02:56These are due back at the library.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Read it.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Read it.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Read it.- Read it.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01- Ribbit.- Ribbit.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Ribbit.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Ribbit.- Ribbit.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06That's it!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08We can't sleep cos of the frogs.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Their croaking helps send us to sleep at night.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16Now they've gone quiet, we've become insomniacs.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18And to think their croaking used to
0:03:18 > 0:03:21keep us awake at first!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23FROGS CROAK
0:03:23 > 0:03:26But the question remains.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29What is causing the silence of the frogs?
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Good question, Sarge. But it will be answered.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37MOSQUITO BUZZES
0:03:37 > 0:03:38THWACK!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41'Phillip wasn't the only one on a mission.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44'Vicki was determined to forget the kiss happened.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47'Convincing Egg was another matter.'
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I have to tell Lockie it was my fault.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- No, you don't.- My dad's the rev.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Confessing is in my blood. If we're honest about it...
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Nothing happened. If we tell him,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01he'll stop being friends with both of us.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Is that what you want?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05'All right, come on, Lock.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09'Nothing has to change if no-one mentions it.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11'They're your friends.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13'Just act nice and normal.'
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Hi, guys.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- A picnic. What a great idea. - Yeah, with kites.- Ah.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Something we've never done. - It's not weird
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- or anything?- No.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Totally normal.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I thought it'd be fun, try something active.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30But Lockie,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- there's something I need to tell you.- Good, eh?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Isn't this fun?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39'It wasn't just the frogs who were silent.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43'With Vicki's sandwiches, we kept the truth hidden
0:04:43 > 0:04:46'as long as we could.'
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The frogs are still here, just silent.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53STOMACH GURGLES
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Sorry. Perhaps the frogs are responding to
0:04:56 > 0:05:00a negative change in their environments.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03So we need to give them something new to react to.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Something worth croaking about.- Exactly.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12"Oh, magnificent creatures of the swamp.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16"What is it that you seek? A little shady place to hide
0:05:16 > 0:05:20"from the dreaded wing or beak?
0:05:20 > 0:05:23"A lily pad is sure to offer the safest place to jump.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25"Or perhaps the soft, damp mud
0:05:25 > 0:05:28"will call to lure you from your stump.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30"And won't you treat us to your song,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33"as your chimes are like a spell?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37"So we can rest our heads again and know that all will be well."
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Never mind, Sarge.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53At least your mother's responding well to the sudden change.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55We need to get the frogs croaking.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57If their mouths are shut...
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- ..they're not catching mosquitoes.- Exactly.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03MOSQUITO BUZZES
0:06:03 > 0:06:07'While things at home were getting quieter,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10'things at school were getting weirder.'
0:06:11 > 0:06:15OK. Today we're going to try something different.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It's called silent music.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22It's all about imagining the music rather than playing it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24This group will be on violins,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and this group cello.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Egg, you'll be on air guitar.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I don't want to play air guitar.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Maybe I can play the air triangle?
0:06:35 > 0:06:42Stop what you're doing and listen very, very carefully.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44It's come to my attention that
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Ms Archer was callously and heartlessly
0:06:49 > 0:06:53locked in her room last week...
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Help! Help! Help!
0:06:58 > 0:07:02..and the culprit is still at large amongst us.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07But don't be afraid, my little sparrows.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Justice is imminent.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14'Egg's guilt levels were at an all-time high.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17'He had to do something.'
0:07:17 > 0:07:18I have a confession.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- No, you don't.- Yes, I do.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- No, you don't.- I do.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27It was me. I locked Ms Archer in the music room.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Oh, that!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Yeah, I suppose you might have done that.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33See?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- It's in my blood.- 'At last,
0:07:36 > 0:07:37'Egg told the truth.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39'Well, part of it.'
0:07:39 > 0:07:42FROG CROAKS
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Why does one frog croak and no others? It doesn't make any sense.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54It defies all natural amphibious tribal behaviour. Hmm.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00There's nothing to show that the oxygen levels aren't normal.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Maybe it's mystical.
0:08:02 > 0:08:08Right. Yes. What do we need to measure mystical?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Like the great silence of 1856.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12The great silence?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16It's not in any history books. Nobody spoke or wrote about it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19But I remember it well.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22That started with the frogs.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- They stopped croaking.- Yeah? - Dogs stopped barking,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29cats didn't miaow, birds stopped chirping, it was
0:08:29 > 0:08:31like a contagious disease.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35So what happened? How did the silence get broken?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39That's the strangest thing of all. I can't remember.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Shall we have a chocolate crackle?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49'Like Marjorie warned, nothing was safe from the silence.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- 'Even Ms Archer's bell.' - BELL RATTLES
0:08:56 > 0:08:57THUD!
0:09:04 > 0:09:10- Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you OK? - Yes. It was totally my fault.
0:09:10 > 0:09:16My bell wouldn't ring. I really ought to have it, er... Seen to.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20BOTH: As long as the recorder's OK.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Lemon chicken.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I love lemon chicken.
0:09:28 > 0:09:35- Me too!- What a coincidence! - I should have it again.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Some time soon.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43When do you think that one day might be?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46When I'm hungry, I suppose.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Perhaps even tomorrow night?
0:09:50 > 0:09:56So, er, what time do you usually find yourself hungry?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Around seven.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00That's interesting.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Well...
0:10:02 > 0:10:07And again, I'm so sorry. If there's anything I can do...
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I'll see you soon?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Perhaps?- Yes. Perhaps you will.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37What are you doing here? I thought you hated surfing.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40'Vicki feared Egg would go on confessing.'
0:10:40 > 0:10:44How about on Friday, we have lemon chicken at the Chinese restaurant?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Just you and me - my shout.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49But I thought you wanted to do more active things.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Yeah, well, all that eating will keep us busy.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58- Lockie!- Hey, Egg.- Hi. - I hear you got detention.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02It was stupid. It's not the only stupid thing I've done lately.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- Lockie, last week at the eclipse... - Egg...- ..I kissed Vicki.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09'The truth had started to come out.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- 'And apparently...' - CROAKING
0:11:11 > 0:11:14'..it was something worth croaking about.'
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I'm so sorry, Lockie. It was all my fault.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- Right. It was totally Egg's fault. - It didn't mean anything.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- It was like kissing my brother.- If I had a brother - just like that.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30As a personal punishment, I banned myself from guitar - all forms -
0:11:30 > 0:11:34real, air, or shower.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39I know that withdrawal's hard, but it's what I have to do.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42'All right, Lockie.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45'Time to tell some truths of your own.'
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Guys,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I know.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54I saw you at the eclipse, and I understand. It's no big deal.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- 'Cue more frogs croaking.' - SILENCE
0:11:57 > 0:12:00'But the frogs knew better.'
0:12:00 > 0:12:04You knew all this time and you didn't say anything?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I didn't want anything to change.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11- You're not angry...at all? - No. Why would I be?
0:12:11 > 0:12:16I can't take it any more. Kick me. If I could kick myself, I would.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23I'm not going to kick you. It didn't mean anything, so why make a fuss?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27'I'd told the truth and forgiven my friends.'
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Come on.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33'Everything was back to how it was before. The silence of the frogs
0:12:33 > 0:12:35'could officially end.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39'But it didn't, because some of us weren't telling the whole truth.'
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Where are you going?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Nowhere.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Somewhere. With no-one in particular.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Well...
0:12:50 > 0:12:53someone...I think.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57It's an apology, with lemon chicken.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Trust me - apologies are overrated.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04So...how do I look? Is this colour me?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Who's this apology to?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Ms Archer.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Ms Archer? As in my music teacher
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- Ms Archer? - I can cancel if you prefer.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22You can go on an apology with anyone you like.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26'Neither of them were being completely honest,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29'and they both knew it.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32'Back at our house, there was still no talking.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35'We were all too tired to communicate.'
0:13:35 > 0:13:38MOSQUITOES WHINE
0:13:38 > 0:13:41CHINESE MUSIC PLAYS
0:13:41 > 0:13:43'We've all heard of blind dates.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46'But a date that was completely silent?'
0:13:48 > 0:13:51BOWL RINGS
0:13:56 > 0:13:58BOWL RINGS
0:14:01 > 0:14:04SHE TAPS FOUR TIMES
0:14:04 > 0:14:06HE TAPS FIVE TIMES
0:14:06 > 0:14:09THEY TAP TOGETHER
0:14:09 > 0:14:14'Despite their inability to speak, Rev and Ms Archer found
0:14:14 > 0:14:16'a unique way to communicate.'
0:14:20 > 0:14:23'At least Vicki and I were back to normal.'
0:14:23 > 0:14:27How weird is it that someone else kissed me, that wasn't you?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I told you. I totally understand.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34How long were you planning on not telling me you knew? For ever?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Have I done something wrong? - No. Do you think I have?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Are you mad at me? - Why would I be mad at you?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43It was Egg's fault.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- He's the one with the problem. - I guess so.- If anyone needs help,
0:14:48 > 0:14:49it's him.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- Do you want to help Egg? - Yeah, totally.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55It's what friends are for, right?
0:14:55 > 0:14:59We need to get him back to being Egg.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Make him happy. That way, all of us can be happy.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04I'd like us to be happy.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08OK. Well, I'll help you to help Egg.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- Great.- Have you got any ideas?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16None. It's hard to help someone serving 23 years of detention.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Hey, I've got an idea.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23'Vicki's plan was dangerous, cunning,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26'ruthless, and exactly what we needed.'
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Lockie!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42HE GRUNTS
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- I thought he was on yard duty. - Hurry up!
0:16:04 > 0:16:05FEEDBACK WHINES
0:16:05 > 0:16:08ROCK GUITAR PLAYS OVER TANNOY
0:16:08 > 0:16:11# You know you're the one they need
0:16:11 > 0:16:16# Yeah, won't you be the one?
0:16:17 > 0:16:24# Yeah, you got no reason to be late this time
0:16:24 > 0:16:27# Oh, you only got the time
0:16:30 > 0:16:37# Oh, oh, you've got to see yourselves again, again,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39# Oh, whoa... #
0:16:43 > 0:16:45GUITAR SOLO
0:16:48 > 0:16:52'OK, so it was slightly against the rules...'
0:16:52 > 0:16:56You three - get down now!
0:16:58 > 0:17:00'But it was worth getting detention
0:17:00 > 0:17:03'to get things back to the way they used to be.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10'Not that there weren't consequences.'
0:17:10 > 0:17:14We need to talk to you downstairs, young lady - presto, pronto.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22You know we're going to have to ground you for that incident today.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Right after lemon chicken. All right?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Sarge, I'm busting! TOILET FLUSHES
0:17:34 > 0:17:38'Mum's cola chicken was still causing Sarge trouble.'
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Wouldn't go in there if I were you, son.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43STOMACH GURGLES
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Argh!
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- KNOCKING - I'll get it!
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- What's wrong?- My dad's sending me off to boarding school.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11He's been looking for any excuse, and after today, he got one.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12HORN TOOTS
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I've got to go.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Now? - ANGRY HOOTING
0:18:16 > 0:18:20If I'm not there for assembly tomorrow, I lose my place.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I'm sorry.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- You can't go.- Try telling my dad.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- HOOTING - Vicki...wait.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33- Is there something you want to say first?- No. I mean...
0:18:33 > 0:18:36HOOTING
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I've got to go.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Vic, stop.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45'And then the words just came -
0:18:45 > 0:18:50'how I really felt all along, what I needed to say, the honest truth.'
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I hated seeing you and Egg kiss.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58I don't want you to kiss anyone else but me, ever. Except maybe your mum.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13- I promise I'll only ever kiss you, Lockie Leonard.- Me too.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- You know what I mean.- Always have.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I have to go.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29'I'd never felt so close to Vicki, just at the moment she was leaving.'
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Wait!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33LIQUID SPLASHES
0:19:33 > 0:19:35ZIP ZIPS
0:19:35 > 0:19:37FROGS CROAK
0:19:41 > 0:19:46'And it was only then, when the whole truth was out,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50'that the frogs started croaking again.'
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Vicki! Your flowers!
0:20:11 > 0:20:13She forgot her flowers.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19THEY BOTH SIGH
0:20:19 > 0:20:21'I didn't know it then,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25'but at the same time I spoke the truth to Vicki,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28'the Rev admitted the hard truth to Egg.'
0:20:28 > 0:20:30It was a successful apology,
0:20:30 > 0:20:35except for the fact it was really a date - a proper, enjoyable date.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39And...there may be some more.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53'Now the truth was out there, the frogs were back on song,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57'and Mum could finally put away the mosquito repellent.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59'Even Cyril was happy. Meanwhile,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01'Phillip had his own theory.'
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I came up with a formula consisting of water,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08creatinine, potassium and a few other compounds.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Just did the trick, I guess.- Hmm.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- Hey, Lockie...- Hey. - Want to give it another go?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- Yeah, sure.- I don't know, Lock,
0:21:20 > 0:21:25- it doesn't feel the same without Vicki.- That's cos it's not the same.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Well, we'll see her during the holidays.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31And absence makes the heart grow fonder.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Although the jury's still out on that one.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I reckon we'll get these suckers up this time.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41By the time Vicki gets back, we'll be pro.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45'Then, out of nowhere, it came to me. I knew what we both needed.'
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Ow!
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- What was that for?- You asked me to. Begged me to. Remember?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Oh, yeah.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55# Where did I go wrong?
0:21:55 > 0:22:00# Where did I go wrong? #
0:22:07 > 0:22:11'Without Vicki, things were going to be different from now on.'
0:22:11 > 0:22:13FROGS CROAK IN CHORUS
0:22:15 > 0:22:18'But at least some things were back as they were.'
0:22:21 > 0:22:24CACOPHONY OF CROAKING
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