0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Come on and get on down to the city
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Where the trains all clatter through
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Hey! Look at that driver driving
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # I want to ride that train of blue - Me too
0:00:12 > 0:00:15# I'm looking way up high to the windows
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Take a peek for an inside view
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# All these people busy working
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# I want to see what they all do
0:00:22 > 0:00:25# Come on, let's weave around the market
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# Do you hear the hullabaloo?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30# Everybody's busy selling
0:00:30 > 0:00:33- # I wanna buy me something new - Me too
0:00:33 > 0:00:36# Look through the arches under the station
0:00:36 > 0:00:38# Down where the pigeons perch and coo
0:00:38 > 0:00:41# Take a taxi ride to the river
0:00:41 > 0:00:44# I wanna drive down the avenue
0:00:44 > 0:00:47# Hey, look at those buses gleaming
0:00:47 > 0:00:50# They look so clean and spanking new
0:00:50 > 0:00:52# All lined up to drive around the city
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- # Let me ting that bell - Ding, ding!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58# Going to ride on round to the school stop
0:00:58 > 0:01:01# Where the children hurry through
0:01:01 > 0:01:03# Sit down, the teacher's teaching
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- # I'd love to learn a thing or two- Me too
0:01:07 > 0:01:09# I love to skip in Riverseafingal
0:01:09 > 0:01:12# Riverseafingal, by the sea
0:01:12 > 0:01:14# I love to skip in Riverseafingal
0:01:14 > 0:01:17# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #
0:01:17 > 0:01:20# Come on and get on down to the city
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- # Where the ferryboat sails are blue - Sails are blue
0:01:23 > 0:01:25# Time to call on Granny Murray
0:01:25 > 0:01:30# She'd love to say hello to you... #
0:01:32 > 0:01:38Hello, honey pie. Come away in and see who's at home today.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Granny Murray's house has two at home to play.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Granny Murray's house is home to...
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Who's here today?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Well, there's Hope and there's Molly.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Don't just sit there pickles, let's have fun!
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- What have we got there?- Cricket bat. - A cricket bat and balls.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Let's play French cricket.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03You stand there, at the side of the bat.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Whoa! You're doing good at this.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07One, two, three...
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Hey! Good one.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Woo-hoo! Now we've got it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19Whoa! And run and get it. We've got Hope and we've got Molly,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22but someone's missing from home today.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Ah, not any more!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Who's coming home to Granny Murray?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Oh, it's Rebecca, yes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32With Mickey John. Hello there!
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Mickey John, hello.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Hi Granny Murray.- And Rebecca.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Come away through, my honey pies.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Come on in, girls, and see who's here.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51That's us. Thank you, my darlings. We're playing French cricket!
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Hey, howzat?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54With a bat!
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Why don't you go and dress Claude up as a French cricketer,
0:02:58 > 0:03:03my wee spinning tops? And we can have tea in the pavilion!
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Come with me, Vicar!- Oooh!
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Talking of cricket, Rudi is coming to the school to play cricket.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16I didn't know Rudi could play cricket.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- He plays a special sort of cricket. - What's special about it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22To be honest, I don't really know.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- I know everything there is to know about ordinary cricket.- How's that?
0:03:27 > 0:03:32I'm captain of the Riverseafingal First XI, so I know the rules.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34In fact, our team played last Sunday.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Oh, how did it go? - We won, of course!
0:03:37 > 0:03:42We were in until we were all out. The other team went in, we got them out.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46I'm sorry, Mickey John, but you've got me completely stumped.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- You're making it too complicated. - Am I?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Yes. Sometimes things are much simpler than you think.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Oh, look at Claude.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Wow! - Hey, you'll hit them for six, Claude.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- Well done, me wee honey puffs. - Here you are.- A ball!
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Thanks, bunny.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12- I'll take this to school with me. - Oh, you can practise your bowling!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Bye, Rebecca. See you later.- Bye.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Come on, then.
0:04:16 > 0:04:23Now, remember, sometimes things are much simpler than you thought.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- Thank you. I'll see you later.- We'll be thinking of you, darling.- Me too.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34You keep an eye on Mickey John, make sure he goes the right way to work.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41# I'm on my way to work today
0:04:41 > 0:04:44# Walking my shoes through the city views
0:04:44 > 0:04:49# Stepping along and swinging my arms
0:04:49 > 0:04:53# Singing my way through the city's charms
0:04:53 > 0:04:57# Getting there is just so fine
0:04:57 > 0:05:02# I so enjoy my walking time
0:05:02 > 0:05:06# I always go the way I know
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- # Can you show me the way I go? # - Hey!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12OK, which way?
0:05:12 > 0:05:16# ..Do I go left now? Or do I go right?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20# Which way is wrong now? Which way is right?
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- Right! - # ..OK, right, to the school
0:05:24 > 0:05:27# I'm on my way to work today
0:05:27 > 0:05:31# Looking this way and that-a-way
0:05:31 > 0:05:34# Hello, alley
0:05:34 > 0:05:36# Hello, doors
0:05:36 > 0:05:39# Hello, steeple
0:05:39 > 0:05:40# Hello, walls
0:05:40 > 0:05:43# Hello, people
0:05:45 > 0:05:49# He's on his way to work today
0:05:49 > 0:05:52# Looking this way and that-a-way... #
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Hey!
0:05:53 > 0:05:57# ..Do I go up now? Do I go down?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01# Which way's a smile now? Which way's a frown? #
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- Up!- OK, that way. Up!
0:06:03 > 0:06:07# You told me the way to go
0:06:07 > 0:06:11# Thank you! You've shown me the way I know. #
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Thanks for that.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Now, what have I got to do?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Ah, yes, time for a tie.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Hiya, Mickey John.- Morning, Tina. - What have you got there?- A ball.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- Raymond said to drop it off. - What sport is it for?- Cricket.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- You're playing a match.- We are, but I've never seen a ball like that!
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Maybe Raymond got confused.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Maybe this ball is for our next show,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48an extravaganza of music, song and dance!
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Ah, yes! This ball would make a perfect prop.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55RATTLING
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- You're making a lot of noise when you move.- Yes!
0:06:58 > 0:07:03It's suddenly gone very quiet. Something WAS making a noise.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- I think it might be this ball. - BALL RATTLES
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Yes, it rattles!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11If you played a game with this ball, everyone would hear it coming.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14That's very confusing.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17It doesn't matter. I'll sort it out later.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- There you go, Mickey John. Bye!- Bye!
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Oh, hello. Love your hair!
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Hello!- Morning, everyone! Come on, let's get sat down. Hurry, hurry.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Lovely.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I wonder what Rebecca's doing?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36# I love to skip in Riverseafingal
0:07:36 > 0:07:39# Riverseafingal by the sea
0:07:39 > 0:07:41# I love to skip in Riverseafingal
0:07:41 > 0:07:44# Riverseafingal that's for me. #
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Hello.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Bye-bye, Rebecca. Have a lovely day.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52BELL RINGS
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Bye.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20What are you doing in school, Daddy?
0:08:20 > 0:08:25OK, everyone, you're going to help me do some counting this morning.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I'm going to run up and down the classroom, like a cricketer,
0:08:29 > 0:08:34and you're going to write down how many runs I make. OK, here I go!
0:08:34 > 0:08:37CHILDREN: One...
0:08:37 > 0:08:38two...
0:08:38 > 0:08:40three...
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Ooh! You stopped me in my tracks there, Chuck.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47You'd have tripped up on my line-marking machine.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Your line-marking machine? Yes, - I've brought it over
0:08:50 > 0:08:53so you can mark the cricket pitch for the game with Rudi.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Thanks, Chuck, that'll be very useful.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59How exactly does it work?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03You decide where you want the line, then push along.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07If I pulled it instead of pushing, would the line come out backwards?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11No, no! It makes no difference. A white line's still a white line.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14You press the button to release the paint.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Where's the control to make the lines thicker?- There isn't one.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19It's just off or on.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25OK, Chuck. So there's switches, lines, paint, pushing, pulling...
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Oh, it's all very complicated.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Can you move the line-marker into the corridor? I'll sort the pitch later.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35As you like. I hope the game goes well. Bye!
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Bye! Thanks for your help. Time to get down to work!
0:09:38 > 0:09:42# Oh, what joy when I go to school in the morning
0:09:42 > 0:09:47# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning
0:09:47 > 0:09:48# School day
0:09:48 > 0:09:50# Work away
0:09:50 > 0:09:54# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching
0:09:54 > 0:09:58# I'm teaching, learning, teaching learning, teaching
0:09:58 > 0:09:59# School day
0:09:59 > 0:10:01# Work away
0:10:01 > 0:10:04# Teaching to count and teaching to read
0:10:04 > 0:10:05# Learn about birds and plants and trees
0:10:05 > 0:10:08# Playing games and sports outdoors
0:10:08 > 0:10:09# Blowing my whistle and keeping the scores
0:10:09 > 0:10:12# School day, work away...
0:10:12 > 0:10:15# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching
0:10:15 > 0:10:18# We're learning, learning, learning when he's teaching
0:10:18 > 0:10:20# School day
0:10:20 > 0:10:22# Work away
0:10:22 > 0:10:26# Oh, the secretary's smiling as she does her organising
0:10:26 > 0:10:29# The jannie fixes, the cookie mixes and the cleaner keeps us shining
0:10:29 > 0:10:33# Oh, what joy when I go to school in the morning
0:10:33 > 0:10:37# All in a line in the dinner queue While the cookie cooks, serves us too
0:10:37 > 0:10:39# Answering the questions where and why?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41# How does it fly?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43# School day, work away
0:10:43 > 0:10:48# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching
0:10:48 > 0:10:52# He's learning, learning, learning when he's teaching
0:10:52 > 0:10:54# School day, work away
0:10:54 > 0:10:58# All the children peep and eye me as they sit and try their writing
0:10:58 > 0:11:04# I take a look and mark their books The good ones get a smiley!
0:11:04 > 0:11:07# Oh, what joy when I go to school in the morning! #
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Hi, Mickey John.- Hi, Louie.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- Is it lunchtime?- Yes, the children are having their grub.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Rudi asked me to give you these wickets.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24That's kind. They're a lot bigger than than the wickets I usually use.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28And they're bright orange! Are you sure they're not for some other game?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32I don't think so, Mickey John. They're just wickets.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- Thanks for bringing them in. - No probs, dude. See you later.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40These are a bit too complicated to think about at the moment.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44I think I'll just store them here at the side of my desk.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Oh, there's Rebecca's ball.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I wonder what she's doing now.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53# I love to skip in Riverseafingal
0:11:53 > 0:11:57# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Look at all the cars going under the bridge, my darlings.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Whoa, they're so fast. It's like a river of cars.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10I know a good game. Let's see if we can count all the red cars.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15I'd better get my notepad out. That's the way.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17There's one. One.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Oh, there's one over there...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Three...
0:12:22 > 0:12:27This is what your daddy does when he's an umpire at a cricket match.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32He writes down all the scores. He's very good at it.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- Mickey John.- Rudi!- I wanted to see if you were still up for the match.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50- Of course! I'm really looking forward to it, but...- What's the matter?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I'm a bit worried, Rudi.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Tina brought me this rattling ball,
0:12:55 > 0:13:00and Louie brought in this gigantic orange wicket. But the trouble is,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04I think blind cricket must be a very complicated game.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10You've got no worries. Blind cricket is much the same as ordinary cricket
0:13:10 > 0:13:12except the ball's a bit larger
0:13:12 > 0:13:16and it's got ball bearings in it so the players can hear it coming.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- But what about the wicket? - The wicket needs to be this size
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- so the players can feel it, and know where they are.- That's not too hard.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28It's not! At the end of the day, it's just cricket.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I'm looking forward to it.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35I hope you've marked out the pitch ready for the game. See you later.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Oh, no! Lunchtime is nearly over
0:13:37 > 0:13:40and I haven't marked out the cricket pitch!
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Where did the time go?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47At eight o'clock, I went to Granny Murray's to drop off Rebecca.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51The children had been playing French cricket.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56That reminded me Rudi was coming to play a special game of blind cricket.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Rebecca helped to dress Claude as a cricketer.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I tried to explain the rules of cricket to Granny Murray
0:14:02 > 0:14:05but she said I'd made it sound too complicated.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09At nine o'clock I arrived for work. Tina popped in.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12She'd brought a special cricket ball.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17I thought I could hear a rattling noise. It was the ball.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20At ten o'clock, Chuck arrived with a line-marking machine.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23She showed me how to work it but it got too complicated
0:14:23 > 0:14:26so I asked her to put it in the corridor.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30At 12 o'clock, Louie came with some extra-large wickets.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35They didn't look right to me. Blind cricket seemed very complicated!
0:14:35 > 0:14:39At one o'clock, when Rudi arrived, he told me blind cricket was simple.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43It wasn't that different from ordinary cricket.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Players use a special ball and larger wickets.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52Rudi hoped I'd marked the pitch, but I hadn't. It was too complicated!
0:14:52 > 0:14:58Remember, sometimes things are much simpler than you thought.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Simpler than you think.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Of course! I've been worrying about the rules of blind cricket.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08But they're simple. Marking out the pitch should be simple, too.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10It's a race against time!
0:15:10 > 0:15:12# I gotta do it, I gotta do it
0:15:12 > 0:15:15# I gotta beat the clock before the chime
0:15:15 > 0:15:16# I gotta sort it
0:15:16 > 0:15:20# I gotta sort it I gotta do the job on time
0:15:20 > 0:15:23# Like a busy bee I'm gonna beat that bong
0:15:23 > 0:15:26# I'll finish this job before I finish this song
0:15:26 > 0:15:30# Do we think he's gonna do it? Do the job that needs to be done
0:15:30 > 0:15:35# Will he know how to fix it? Will he finish what he has begun?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38# He has to show his friends he'll get there in the end
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- # He knows what he should do - I'm gonna do it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43# He's gonna do it
0:15:43 > 0:15:45# I'm gonna beat the clock before the chime
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- # I'm gonna sort it - He's gonna sort it
0:15:48 > 0:15:50# I'm gonna do the job on time
0:15:50 > 0:15:52# Like a busy bee I'm gonna beat that bong
0:15:52 > 0:15:56# I'm gonna finish this job before I finish this song... #
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Right, ready to play.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00You bowl, Rudi.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Oh, good one!
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Oh, nice one.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Oh, no!
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Oh, that's it. And again.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Oh!
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Well played, Rudi.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I wonder what games Rebecca's playing.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29When the music stops, you have to go...
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and the rest of us will all shout your name.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:37 > 0:16:40MUSIC STOPS Gary!
0:16:40 > 0:16:43MUSIC STARTS
0:16:45 > 0:16:48MUSIC STOPS Rebecca!
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Mickey John.- Hi, Granny Murray. Come away through.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Look who's here, Rebecca.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Hello, beautiful girl.- Hello, Daddy.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- Have you had a lovely time? - You bet we have.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17- Say thank you to Granny Murray.- Thank you, Granny Murray.- Clever girl.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20And thanks from me, too. Your saying -
0:17:20 > 0:17:25- sometimes things are simpler than you think - saved the day.- I never did!
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Come on, let's get you home.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37- Looking forward to next time! - Let's chat about our time away.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42And I suppose you'll want me to tell you all about my time, too?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44# Well, there was...
0:17:44 > 0:17:46# Playing, running creeping, jumping
0:17:46 > 0:17:47# Chasing, painting laughing, baking
0:17:47 > 0:17:48# Moving, dressing singing, swinging
0:17:48 > 0:17:50# Rocking, sliding, hunting, hiding
0:17:50 > 0:17:53# Jumping up and turning round
0:17:53 > 0:17:55# Dressing up and sitting down. #
0:17:58 > 0:18:02But what was really special about today? Well...
0:18:02 > 0:18:07Claude was dressed up as a cricketer after our game of French cricket.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09When Mickey John and Rebecca arrived,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Mickey John told us all about
0:18:11 > 0:18:16being captain of the Riverseafingal First XI,
0:18:16 > 0:18:21and how Rudi was coming to school to play a game of blind cricket.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24At nursery, Rebecca played catch.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28We counted how many red cars we saw driving under the bridge,
0:18:28 > 0:18:33and that reminded us of how Mickey John counts the runs in cricket.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Once Mickey John stopped worrying about rules and marked the pitch,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41he was able to play blind cricket with Rudi.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46I hope you enjoyed yourself. Me too. Bye-bye, honey pie.
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