Cheer Up Hattie Lulu Zipadoo

Lulu!

Lulu?

Lulu!

-Lulu?

-Lulu!

# Have you ever seen Lulu, Lulu Zipadoo?

# The cutest little tortoise will always be there for us

# She's looking out for fun, for her and everyone

# Oh, Lulu, look at her go

# She's on a new adventure, who knows where it will end

# She loves to go exploring

# With Hugo, her best friend

# She heads out far and wide

# With just one wish in mind

# Along with all her friends

# Lulu, where you going to?

# Do do do-do-do, do do, do-do do-do

# Lulu, we're all coming too

# Do do do-do-do, do do, do-do do-do

# Lulu, always on the go. #

And if you want to find her

Call Lulu Zipadoo.

Lulu Zipadoo!

HE WHISTLES

You'll see, with all these,

my mama will make a delicious chestnut puree.

You're in a good mood today, Barry.

Oh, you know, there are days when you feel like whistling.

-And others when you feel like...

-SHE SIGHS

-Exactly. That's just what I mean, Spike.

-I didn't say anything.

Oh, no!

SHE SIGHS

Huh?

Patty?

SHE SIGHS

Oh, what's the matter?

Another one.

-What is she talking about?

-I don't know. It's us, Patty.

-What's going on?

-Another one!

Oh, no!

All right, I'll go and get the others, OK?

-Patty?

-SHE SIGHS

She sounds like my mother when she reads my school report.

Another one.

-She keeps saying the same thing over and over.

-Just like my mother.

Except she talks about my low marks.

Another one! Oh, another one!

THEY LAUGH

But what is Patty talking about?

-Well...

-I have no idea.

-It's me, Lulu.

-Don't you recognise me?

-That won't work, she can't hear you,

she's deep in thought. Do you want me to try?

If she won't talk to us, why would she want to talk to you?

Talking to people to make them talk back is difficult.

You don't understand, but I've done this before.

-HE LAUGHS

-Done it before? Of course!

All right, let me do it. Just look and learn.

-So, Patty, is everything all right?

-Another one!

-What are you counting exactly?

-The falling leaves.

ALL: Oh! So that's it!

That's a good game. Why does it make you so sad?

Leaves falling means it's the end of the summer.

The end of the summer means goodbye to hot sunshine,

to games in the fields,

picnics, flowers in the valley...

-Well, now we know why Patty is sad.

-Yeah, we worked that bit out.

Don't worry. I'll make her more cheerful, you'll see.

You shouldn't worry, summer is not the only season.

-Autumn is a very nice season.

-Huh?

Those leaves that fall, those flowers that go over,

the days getting shorter... And soon it will be winter.

The cold, freezing weather. The wind. It's... It's...

It can be quite nice.

So that's how he does it then(!)

Quite nice, Squawk? Quite nice, you say?

-It's horrible!

-You're right. Summer's over and winter will soon be here.

It's horrible!

BOTH: Another one!

What did he say? That he would cheer her up?

Well, we could ask the teacher to help.

She might know how to cheer them up.

-And if we made them laugh?

-A huge laugh!

That's a great idea, you two!

-Oh, really?

-Of course!

Freddy, do you realise? We actually had a great idea!

-We are the best, Freda!

-Yes, it's a great idea.

-How are we going to make them laugh?

-We could put on a show.

That's pretty good. But we need some kind of stage.

We've got one already!

THEY LAUGH

Oh, that's funny, the branches are like curtains.

Now we have to prepare the show. What are we going to do?

I can do some juggling. It isn't really funny,

but it's always nice to look at.

Yes, and I can tell some jokes. I've got one that makes everybody laugh.

I can make some funny faces. My parents always laugh when I do them.

-We've got something that makes us laugh.

-Really? What is it?

Trust us, Lulu. It's a great idea!

-We are experts at great ideas!

-What should I do?

You've got the most important part -

convince Squawk and Patty to come to our show.

-You'll be perfect!

-But that won't be a piece of cake.

BOTH: Did you say cake?

THEY LAUGH

Listen, you two, to cheer you up, we prepared a little show for you.

Want come along?

BOTH: Another one!

All right, I see.

You know what also follows at this time of year? Apart from leaves.

Owls and nightingales!

All right, come with me nice and quietly. If you don't,

we can't start the show.

And now, you sit down and you watch.

All right, Lulu, they're ready!

-All right, I'm counting on you, Hugo. Make them laugh!

-OK.

Ta-da!

Wow, what a happy crowd(!)

All right, well, here we go.

This is the story of Jeremy who comes home from school happy.

He says to his mum,

"I was the only one to answer the teacher today."

"So, what did she ask?" says his mother. "Well..." Hmmm...

Oh.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT Well, let's see. Hmmm...

Lulu, do something! I forgot the end of the joke.

All right, Spike, take over. Go on.

I'm going to make my funniest faces. You'll see, they're very funny.

I don't understand. I don't understand what happened.

I just froze!

BARRY LAUGHS

SHE SIGHS

HE SIGHS

So Jeremy says, "I knew the answer." No!

I don't understand, my parents love that.

Oh, yes! Jeremy says, "This is great lemonade."

No, that's not it.

-Oh, what does Jeremy say?

-This is a disaster!

-Freddy and Freda, your turn.

-Don't worry.

-We'll make them laugh.

You know, the show still hasn't finished yet.

THEY SIGH

I'm going on. OK, here I come!

Now it's Lulu, the champion juggler!

Oh, just look at me go!

-Let go of my tail! Wait! Whoa!

-That's not the show, watch this!

The best juggler in the world!

-Oh.

-BARRY LAUGHS

Ta-da!

Here I come again. Don't worry, Lulu, I remembered the end of the story.

So, we're back with Jeremy, who comes home and says to his mother,

"I was only one who could answer the teacher's question."

"What was it?" asked his mother.

"Why is the Earth round?" answers Tommy. That's it!

Oh.

-Carrots and lettuce! I think I mixed up two jokes.

-It's a nightmare!

It couldn't be worse!

-THUNDER ROARS

-Huh?

ALL: Oh!

Oh, I'll take that back. It can be worse!

BOTH: Oh!

Help!

Ah!

THEY LAUGH

Huh?

-THEY LAUGH

-You lot are so silly!

It's true! And you're really funny!

They're making fun of us, aren't they?

Perhaps, but they're laughing. That's pretty good.

THEY LAUGH

Oh, look! There's a rainbow!

And the trees are really beautiful with all their red leaves.

And the wet ground smells really good.

SHE SNIFFS Hmmm!

And I think there's going to be lots of mushrooms around now.

Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!

-Autumn is pretty nice after all.

-Winter, too, with the snow and all.

You're right. Summer and spring are not the only fun seasons.

You know, my friends? I feel much better, and it's thanks to you!

ALL: No!

Yes, your show was really funny.

-Really? You really liked it?

-A lot.

But I'd like to find out the end of Hugo's joke.

Who stuck their gum on my chair?

HE LAUGHS

-Who stuck their chewing gum on my chair?

-Sorry, Hugo?

That's the end of the story. Jeremy had put it there.

The chewing gum. On the chair.

Well, it's... You get it, don't you?

Pretty funny, isn't it? ALL: Oh yes!

Oh, really, you guys are no fun. No fun at all!

That's why he was the only one who could answer the question!

Well, one of you got it.

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