The Voice Doctors Lulu Zipadoo

-# Lulu... #

-Lulu, Lulu!

Lulu!

# Lulu! #

-Lulu!

-Lulu!

# Have you all 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?

# Lulu, we're all coming, too

# Lulu, always on the go

# And if you want to find her

# Call Lulu Zipadoo! #

Lulu Zipadoo!

A mysterious robber had phoned the Count to tell him

he would return his special painting for a lot of money.

But Inspector Snoops was sure that he knew who it was.

So...

..the next morning,

he decided to see absolutely everybody at the Count's castle.

He looked at them with his big eyes and said,

in a very deep voice... SHE COUGHS

"I know who took the painting."

-ALL GASP:

-Wow!

Well, it's time to go home, children.

I'll tell you the rest of the story tomorrow.

What?!

-But Miss, we want to know who took the picture.

-That's right!

We can stay a little longer, if you want.

Actually, my throat's beginning to be a bit sore.

So for tomorrow, you must think hard and try to work out who did it.

It's a great exercise for your brains!

You know, I just couldn't get to sleep.

-I kept thinking about Inspector Snoop's mystery.

-Me too!

-I didn't sleep for a second!

-Yes, you did. You snored all night!

I wasn't snoring! I was thinking.

You were thinking really loud, then.

BEE BUZZES

-I'm in a hurry to get to school this morning.

-Me too, Barry.

So, what do you think? Who took the painting?

The Count's neighbour. There's a hole in the hedge, near the castle.

He could have gone through that and taken the painting.

It could be the mysterious person who lives near the Count's castle.

I think it's him, too.

I think it was the gardener.

They had an argument the day before about that painting.

Well, we think the cook did it.

Everybody knows that each castle has a cook.

-And they know exactly where the paintings are.

-I know who did it!

Really? Who was it?

-HE PANTS

-Well, um, I did, I did!

HE LAUGHS

Oh, I wonder where the teacher could be.

She's never late for class.

Ah, there she is!

-Great, now we're going to find out who took the painting.

-He-he!

Morning, children.

I was looking for you outside, and you're already in class.

The teacher has something important to tell us.

The answer to the mystery of the disappearing painting.

We've all been thinking about it all night, you know.

Well, I got some bad news for you. The teacher's not here. She's ill.

Oh no! That's awful!

Oh, it's not that bad. She has a very sore throat.

-She's lost her voice.

-So she can't talk?

Nope, but don't you worry. She'll be back here tomorrow.

So we're going to have to wait? This is a real disaster, you know!

Funny! I thought you'd be happy to have a day off school.

What are we going to do?

What about a picnic?

How can you think of eating right now, Hugo?

We have to find a solution to the mystery, don't you think?

No, I don't.

Oh! Wait! I have an idea.

We'll take care of the teacher's sore throat.

She can tell us who took the painting.

But, um, we're not doctors. What can we do?

Well, when I have a sore throat, my grandmother gives me honey.

It works really well.

Well, my mum makes me some lemon juice with hot water.

That works really well, too.

My dad says, "A special cup of tea is good for the voice."

We've got something better!

An old cure that's been passed down.

You have to take a pine cone.

Not just any old one found on the ground!

One that you go and get from a tree.

Put it in the left hand of the ill person.

And in the right hand, you put a small, smooth stone from a river.

And it works?

We don't know.

In our family, we never get sore throats.

All right, I say that we try your cure. And all the other ones, too.

We should do everything we can to make the teacher feel better.

I can get some honey. I've got a pot at home.

And my mum bought lemons at the market yesterday.

-I'll come with you.

-Perfect!

And in the meantime, Hugo and I will go and get some nice tea for her.

Oh! Why don't we look after the picnic?

EVERYONE: Oh!

Look at that one! It's perfect!

Yeah, but it's really high.

I have an idea.

-SHE WHISPERS

-Oooh!

To the right.

No, more to the left.

Higher!

I said higher!

Ouch!

THEY LAUGH

It's funny.

The teacher is quiet, like one of the characters in the mystery.

-Really? Which one?

-Oh, you know!

The nice neighbour, who was seen driving around in the castle

the night the painting was taken.

Right! Anyway, he couldn't have phoned the Count to tell him

the painting was gone because he can't talk.

Exactly! Except that he could...

-SHE GASPS

-Of course, it's obvious!

Why didn't I think of that before? It's as clear as anything!

Why, it's all so clear now!

What's all very clear?

SHE LAUGHS

Lulu?

Aren't you talking any more?

So suddenly you can't talk either?

SHE LAUGHS

That's the stone we need.

Freda? Yoo-hoo?

Wow! You've got the stone!

Well done, Freda! Hoo-hoo!

All right, Lulu. We have everything we need.

-What seems to be the problem, Hugo?

-I don't know.

She lost her voice all of a sudden.

That's funny!

It's just like the nice neighbour in the mystery of the painting.

That's just what Lulu said earlier.

One thing's certain, it definitely can't be him.

He can't speak, and so couldn't have phoned the Count.

Yes! That's exactly what I said to Lulu.

And that's when she stopped talking.

SHE LAUGHS

Ah! Of course!

That's it! THEY LAUGH

What is it?

What are you all talking about?

Why is everyone losing their voice now?

Oh! Of course!

It's clear now.

-I understand everything, too.

-HE LAUGHS

All right, we have the pine cone and the round stone.

Now we can make the teacher better.

What's going on? Do you have a sore throat, too?

Oh, no!

That means we'll have to find more pine cones and stones.

-Come on, Freddy. Let's go.

-Come on, back we go.

THEY LAUGH

Hello, there.

You all seem happy.

What's happening?

-Lost all your voices?

-No, we're just pretending.

-Really? Why?

Because we're pretending to be the man

in the mystery of Inspector Snoops.

Isn't he the one who did it, Miss?

He pretended he couldn't speak so everyone would think he's innocent.

People who can't talk can't make phone calls.

So no-one thought he'd taken the painting

because he said he phoned the Count afterwards.

-Well done, children! You've solved the mystery.

-What detectives!

-Are you better?

-I rested my voice. I'm feeling better.

Oh, but Miss! We found all sorts of things to make you better.

It's great!

We solved the mystery! We were just as clever as Inspector Snoops.

All right, we got everything we need

to make your sore throats better.

Don't worry, we've got our voices back.

And so has the teacher.

And that's not the only thing we found out.

We know who took the painting.

It's the man who doesn't speak who took it.

I don't believe it!

Oh, dear, Freda. Sounds like you're starting to catch a cold.

Is she losing her voice as well?

Good thing we have everything to make you feel better, Freda.

We'll make you a special cup of tea.

And if that doesn't work, you can always try your own cure.

Yes, it'll give you a chance to see if it really works.

Good idea! We'll try it now. All right, Freda.

You put the pine cone in your left hand,

and the stone in your right hand.

THEY LAUGH

That's it!

So, is it working?

Are you feeling any better?

No.

That's because you've swapped hands!

Let's try Auntie's cure.

She says you have to roll around in the grass

while singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

-I think I'm feeling a lot better all of a sudden.

-Really?

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