The Wishing Well Lulu Zipadoo

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?

# 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!

# Here comes the month of May The leaves are here to stay

# Here comes the month of May Your heart wants to play

# Ooh, flowers, blow away Up and far away

# Ooh, flowers, blow away Fly all through the day... #

Stop, Freddy.

-That's not funny.

-It's fun to splash each other when it's hot.

-Here comes more. Ha-ha!

-Yeah, that's right!

THEY LAUGH

Way-hey! Ha-ha!

Argh!

Splish, splash! Ha-ha! Oh!

-Everybody, look at that.

-Huh?

Wow. It's a load of treasure.

Yes, look. It's all shiny.

I'm sure it's treasure that belonged to a knight or a pirate or a prince!

-Hello, kids. You all right?

-Come and see, Brendan

-We found some treasure!

-Ooh, some treasure.

Ho-ho, They're just a few coins

thrown in there by walkers who believe in the legend.

-A legend?

-What legend?

-You don't know the legend of this wash house?

LULU SIGHS

-No.

-They say if you throw a coin in this wash-house basin

and you make a wish, it comes true.

All the wishes you wish?

Of course.

I wish for the world's best snorkel collection.

No, Frieda. You have to throw in a coin, not a stone.

What if you don't have a coin?

Here. You each get one, and everyone can make a wish.

-ALL:

-Thanks, Brendan.

What about you, Lulu? Don't you want to make a wish?

Um, yes. Oh, thanks, Brendan.

All right, have a good time, kids, and make some good wishes.

All right, I'll go first.

Um...I want to stay in bed late every day of the week.

I want to be a giant so I won't have to be the smallest.

I want my feathers to shine in the night.

Me? I'd like to travel on a cloud.

I want to have the best collection of snorkels in the world.

And I'd... I'd, um... I'd like to be...

-A ladybird! Uh, can I ask for that?

-Yes, of course.

You can ask for whatever you want because it doesn't work.

Why do you say that?

I've known about the legend for a long time.

Last winter I came and made a wish.

I wished that spring would come back right away.

Well, you all saw it for yourselves.

Spring didn't come back right away.

The lucky wash house, well... it just isn't lucky.

I'm sorry, but that's the truth.

The important thing is that the nice weather is back.

That's why it's a good time to be playing outside.

All right, see you later.

It's a shame Lulu doesn't believe in the legend.

Right. Just because of her, all our wishes might not come true.

-Why don't we change Lulu's mind?

-Great idea.

What if we made one of Lulu's wishes come true?

Then she'd have to believe the legend.

Oh, right. So, we'd better get her back here.

Well, um... Wow, I don't know. What can I wish for?

-Ask for what you want and you'll get it.

-But, wait!

If it's too big a wish, we can't do it.

Oh, I know. I want a house.

A huge house where we could all live together. That's nice, isn't it?

Um, Lulu, your coin is very small,

so you have to wish for something small.

R-Really, much smaller. Understand?

Really?

Oh, now I know!

I'd like to find a chocolate cake on my window sill tomorrow morning.

-ALL:

-Great idea!

Well, I'm glad you like it.

But don't get too happy because it doesn't work anyway.

Oh, wow. It's late. I have to go home. See you all tomorrow!

-ALL:

-See you tomorrow, Lulu!

-Come on, we have to get organised.

-Who'll make the cake?

-We will!

Perfect, Freddy and Frieda.

We'll all meet tomorrow before school in Lulu's garden, all right?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

-What are those two doing now?

-Maybe they didn't wake up.

Or ruined the cake.

If that's what's happened, it's all over.

-Here it comes!

-Shush! Not so loud!

Lulu will hear us.

THEY GASP

Mmm. Oh, there is a chocolate cake! I don't believe this!

THEY LAUGH

Look out, here she comes!

Look, everyone! My wish came true!

-ALL:

-Wow, what a surprise!

Yes! I still can't believe it.

We told you the old wash house was lucky.

Yes! And we're going back there straightaway.

I've got all my pocket money,

we can make loads of other wishes. Quick!

Hmm, carrots and lettuce. I never thought about that.

-So. I wish for... What am I wishing for?

-Um...

Lulu, wait!

You can only make one wish per day.

-Brendan told us.

-Really?

-But I don't remember that.

-Anyway, it's time to go to school now.

-We'll be back later.

-No, I want to make a wish

and since it's time to go to school

I wish that all my maths homework gets done all by itself.

-Oh!

-Just great(!)

Why? Why did she choose maths?

Right, we have to pretend we're secret agents.

One, we go into the classroom. Two, take Lulu's maths notebook.

After that, we'll see. Any volunteers?

-Me!

-Thanks, Freddy, but you made the cake.

-Made it and ate it, too.

-Mmm!

We need someone who's light and can fly.

SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

Ah!

Oh. A two-digit adding sum.

-That's very difficult.

-Quick, Barry.

-Break-time's almost over!

-Oh. Let's see. 23 + 11...

4 + 10 and then 20... That makes, um...

33! No, 34! Yes, that's it. 34.

Oh!

Children! Break-time's over!

Well, let's see if my last wish came true!

SHE GIGGLES

I hope I didn't make a mistake adding things.

All right, now you can do the maths question

that I asked you this morning.

Take your time, because it's not easy.

-Um, 34!

-Oh, well, fantastic, Lulu!

-That's the right answer!

-Well done, Lulu.

-Good going, Lulu!

-Ha-ha! Listen, everyone. I think we can be proud of ourselves.

-Yep.

Everything went to plan. Lulu didn't see a thing.

Oh, by the way, where's Lulu now?

Maybe she went to make another wish.

Carrots and lettuce! Quick!

Lulu, we said one wish per day. Just one!

Yes, I know. But as this is an enormous wish,

I'd better start today. Ha-ha-ha!

THEY GASP Enormous? Can you tell us what it is?

It's an enormous and beautiful wish.

I want... I wish...

I really want...

winter to come back!

-ALL:

-What?!

I didn't get spring in winter, so I'll have winter in the spring.

No! We can't do that! Hugo, I think we have to tell her the truth.

What are you talking about?

Listen, Lulu. The cake and the maths homework...

We're the ones who did them.

-SHE GASPS

-We just wanted to make

your wishes come true.

Oh.

I should have realised.

It was too good to be true.

We're sorry, Lulu.

Wishes don't ever come true.

I knew that already.

Huh?! I don't believe it!

Winter is back!

Winter is back!

Winter is back!

Huh? Snow in the spring?

Has anyone ever seen that?

-No.

-Never.

-Anyway, Lulu's wish came true.

-Yes. I found that a little strange.

We should talk to Brendan.

Maybe he didn't tell us everything about the legend.

Barry's right. Let's go.

Heh-heh-heh. Oh, don't worry, kids.

-It's not Lulu's wish that made winter come back.

-Really?

-What happened?

-It's called late frosts.

It's to do with the weather in spring.

Gardeners know not to plant until mid May

because it can turn cold again all of a sudden. A cold snap.

A cold snap? That's a very funny idea.

It can destroy all the seeds that are growing,

and that's not funny at all.

Well, we'll just have to tell Lulu everything.

You think it's a good idea to tell Lulu, and right now?

Barry's right, we made her sad yesterday with what we said.

-And I'm busy playing.

-And I'm too busy, too.

So, you see? Looks like the wash house really is lucky!

I told you so! You know what? I still have one more wish.

I want my friends to play with me in the snow. Coming? Ha-ha!

You know what? We'll make her wish come true.

THEY LAUGH Come on, everybody!

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