The Clock Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Hey! Look at that driver driving

-# I want to ride that train of blue

-Me too

# I'm looking way up high to the windows

# Take a peek for an inside view

# All these people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave around the market

# Do you hear the hullabaloo?

# Everybody's busy selling

-# I wanna buy me something new

-Me too

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Hey, look at those buses gleaming

# They look so clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

-# Let me ting that bell

-Ding, ding!

# Going to ride on round to the school stop

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

-# I'd love to learn a thing or two!

-Me too

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Seven o'clock.

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you... #

Hello, honey pie! Come away in and see who's at home today!

# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny Murray's house is home to... #

Who's here today? Well, we've got Sean and we've got Rachel.

Don't just sit there, pickles, let's ride yourself over to the shelves.

What do you see?

That's a good girl. Oh, look!

Wind it up, wind it up, whizz along, don't stop!

Oh, look!

Are you ready to catch? See who wins. One, two, three, go!

They came back round!

Well, we've got Rachel and we've got Sean

but someone missing from home today.

Och, not any more! Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Och, yes, it's Rebecca, with Mickey John. Hello, there!

Hello, Mickey John!

Through you come.

Oh, wow, wind-up toys! Oh, I've always loved these!

I'm always borrowing your wind-up frog to play with, aren't I, Becs?

Oh, does he, Rebecca?

-This one looks amazing!

-Ooh, do you like it?

Now Rebecca's here we'll do something new.

Why don't we dress Claude up as a wind-up butterfly?

There you go, Sean, you dress up Claude for Granny Murray

and we can wind ourselves over to the chairs.

I am a clockwork teacher! Take me to your leader!

Ha-ha! I love wind-up toys!

In fact, I love everything that winds up. Toys, egg timers, clocks.

They're all so fascinating.

Well, I suppose...

-What are you doing?

-Trying to get it open so I can see the bits inside.

Oh, dear. Well, I have a golden rule.

Don't fiddle with what you don't understand.

-Well, yeah, but...

-No, no.

When I was young I had a clockwork train

and it would go round and round till it wound down.

My brother Ben took it apart, then he couldn't get it back together.

And it never worked again.

Well, that's me told.

Oh, looks like Claude's ready for us to wind him up.

THEY LAUGH

Ooh! I don't think we'll wind you up just yet, Claude.

No, he might fly straight out the window.

-What's that, Rebecca?

-That's for you.

Oh, my very own wind-up toy.

Thanks, sweetheart. Whee!

-Have fun with Granny Murray.

-Come on, you, out the door.

Now, remember, don't fiddle with what you don't understand.

Thank you. I'll see you later.

-Bye-bye, my darling. We'll be thinking of you.

-Me too!

Will you keep a wee eye on Mickey John?

Make sure he goes the right way to work?

I don't have much time. How can I speed across the river to work?

FOGHORN BLOWS That's right. Thanks!

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, need to speed to work

# I'll take a, take a ticket on a speedboat

# I'll be, be, be, be, be, be there quite quick

# Hurry, hurry, hurry down the river

# Splashing, splashing, splashing through the waves

# Whining, whining, whining drives the speed up

# Chugga, chugga, chugga slows us down

# Rocking, rocking, rocking to the dock

# Go splashing, splashing to our stop

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work! #

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

And hurry, hurry, hurry, put my tie on!

All dressed and ready to go.

TOY SQUEAKS

Argh! It's a mouse!

-Help, it's a mouse, a mouse!

-Hello, Mickey John, have you seen my mouse?

My CLOCKWORK mouse.

Oh! A clockwork mouse? Oh!

I stopped in at Granny Murray's. She told me all about how you were

planning to teach the kids about things you can wind up!

Well, you certainly wound me up! Can I borrow this to show to my class?

Oh, sure you can!

The children would love to know how things like this work.

It's fascinating.

-Can you tell me how your stick works?

-Oh, yeah, sure.

Well, when I need to use it, I unclip it like that. Da-da!

And when I'm done, fold it up.

-It's like magic.

-Got to get back to the market stall. See you later.

Cheerio!

I've got two clockwork toys now.

I've got Rebecca's penguin and Rudi's mouse.

I hope things are going like clockwork for you, Rebecca.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Oh, look at all the clocks, Rebecca.

-Do you like that big grandfather clock there?

-Yes.

-Me too!

Come on, my darling.

Hello! I'm in to collect the clock I brought in for repair. Is it ready?

-Yes, I'll get it for you.

-Fantastic!

-There you are. That's £20, please.

-Thank you.

Oh, look, Rebecca. You can see all the workings of the clock.

-Your dad would like to show this to his class, wouldn't he?

-Yes.

'Are you working hard, Daddy?'

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Oh, goodness, there's the bell!

Morning, everyone.

ALL: Morning, Mr John.

Right, now, we've got a lot to get through today.

I want you to think about things

that have springs in them to make them work.

This tape measure has a spring. It rolls out...

you measure something, then it goes back. ..Oh!

Now, I expect some of you have a wind-up toy like this mouse at home.

I don't like this.

And hands-up who's got an alarm clock?

Ha-ha! Me too.

I wind up this alarm clock every night, so I'm not late for school.

-ALARM CLOCK RINGS

-Oh!

Sorry.

Now, how do all these things work?

Well, we're going to find out later on, but, first, some hard work.

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the mornin'

# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' learnin' learnin' when I'm teachin'

# I'm teachin' learnin' teachin' learnin' teachin'

# School day, work away

# Teaching to count and teaching to read

# Learn about birds, seeds

# Playing sports outdoors

# Keeping the scores

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' as I'm teachin'

# We're learnin' learnin' learnin' when he's teachin'

# School day, work away

# Oh, the secretary's smiling as she does her organising

# Janny fixes, Cookie mixes Cleaner keeps shining

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning

# In the dinner queue The cookie cooks and serves a stew

# Answering where and why How does it work, how does it fly?

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' learnin' when I'm teachin'

# He's learnin' learnin' when he's teachin'

# School day, work away

# All the children peep and eye me

# As they try their writin' I take a look, I mark their books

# The good ones get a smiley

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the mornin'. #

All right, Mickey John?

-Tina. Oh! What have you got there?

-Well...

I got Granny Murray and Rebecca from the clock shop.

Granny Murray said as you like to find out how things work,

you may want to see her clock.

Oh! Ah! It's amazing!

You can really see how the clockwork works the clock.

Exactly. This clock is a miracle of engineering.

When you wind it up, you actually tighten the main spring coil.

-Huh?

-And it stores up loads of energy

and then that energy's slowly released

and moves through a series of cog wheels,

which makes the hands go round.

-It's simple.

-Thanks for explaining that to me, Tina,

-and thanks to Granny Murray as well.

-Ta-ta.

Oh, what a fantastic clock.

Hmm! I wonder what Rebecca and Granny Murray are up to now.

Let's see how many clocks we can spot from here, Rebecca.

-There's one.

-Oh, so it is, over there, clever girl.

And another one away down there.

Right down there. And there's one over there.

Glad your dad's not here.

He'd take them all to pieces.

'What are you doing now, Daddy?'

-CLOCK CHIMES

-Oh!

How does it do that? I must find out.

Oh, a quick look won't hurt.

CLOCK CHIMES AND CUCKOOS

Oh! This spring has popped out. I wondered what that looked like.

Oh, what's this?

This is interesting.

Oh!

Ha! There's a bigger one.

Oh! All these things have come out of Granny Murray's clock.

Oh, no!

What have I done?

It's hopeless!

I've broken Granny Murray's clock.

Oh, how did I manage that?

Where did the time go?

'At seven o'clock, I dropped Rebecca off at Granny Murray's.

'They were playing with some wind-up toys.

'The children dressed Claude as a wind-up butterfly.

'I tried to take a toy to bits to see how it worked.

'Granny Murray wouldn't let me.

'At eight o'clock, I got to work, Rudi played a trick.

'He scared me with a clockwork mouse and wound me up.

'He let me borrow it to use in my class.

'At nine o'clock, my class arrived.

'I showed them things that have springs inside them.

'At twelve o'clock, Tina brought Granny Murray's clock.

'Tina explained how the clock works. I didn't understand.

'At one o'clock, the clock chimed.

'It was lovely. I wanted to see how it worked,

'so I looked inside and pieces fell out.

'I've broken Granny Murray's special clock. What am I going to do?'

Now, remember, don't fiddle with what you don't understand.

Don't fiddle with what you don't understand.

Well, I've learned my lesson. I won't fiddle any more.

But that won't get Granny Murray's clock fixed. Hmm!

I need to find someone who knows how clocks work.

Tina knows about clocks. I'll give her a ring.

It's a race against time.

# I've got to do it I've got to do it

# I've got to beat the clock before the chime

# I've got to sort it I've got to sort it

# I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'll beat the bong

# I'll finish it before I finish the song

# Do we think he's going to do it, do the job that needs to be done?

# Will he know how to fix it? Will he finish what he has begun?

# He'll show his friends he'll get there in the end

-# I'm going to do it

-He'll do it

# I'm going to beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm going to sort it

-He'll sort it

# I'm going to do the job on time

-# Tick-tock!

-Like a busy bee I'll beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job Before I finish this so-o-o-ong! #

Some of you have been asking how a clock works.

To be honest, I don't know, but I know someone who does.

Take it away, Tina.

Thanks, Mickey John.

OK, now this is a wind-up clock,

which means that to make it work, we wind it up, using this key here.

Turning this key tightens this spring just here.

-The spring coils up.

-Oh, like a snake. Ssss!

-CHILDREN LAUGH

-Sorry, Tina.

Slowly, the spring uncoils and loosens,

which makes those cog wheels here turn the hands of the clock,

so that we can tell the time.

Hurrah! So, that's how a clock works. Brilliant, Tina!

Oh, I can't wait to tell you how a clock works, Rebecca.

I wonder what you're getting up to, darling.

Oh, that's us!

What do you think?

-# Hickory dickory...

-..dock

-# The mouse ran up the...

-..clock

-# The clock struck...

-..one

-The mouse ran down

-# Hickory dickory...

-..dock! #

-Good girl.

We'd better not let your dad see this clock. He's scared of mice.

'I wish I was with you, Daddy.'

Mickey John, come away through!

-Look who's here!

-Hello, beautiful girl!

-How are you, my friend? Had a lovely time?

-Yes.

You bet we have!

Say thank you to Granny Murray.

Come here, my darling. Good girl.

And it's thanks from me too.

-"Don't fiddle with what you don't understand" worked!

-Well, I never!

Come on now, you'd better be off.

-Looking forward to next time.

-Me too!

Come on, Rebecca. Let's chat about our time away.

I suppose you'll want me to tell you about my time too?

# Well, there was...

# Hugging, squishing, sharing, choosing

# Talking, cooking, drying

# Laughing, joking, and rushing around

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as a wind-up butterfly.

We were playing with wind-up toys as Mickey John dropped off Rebecca.

Mickey John loves things that wind up.

He was doing a class about them today.

I told him off for taking the toy to bits to see how it worked.

Then Rebecca and I went to the clock shop.

There were so many clocks ticking and chiming! Bong! Bong!

We picked up my see-through clock that had been in for repairs.

Mickey John showed it to his class.

We counted all the clocks we could see.

They all struck one.

Back at home, we made our own paper clock with a mouse running up it.

We had a good giggle singing Hickory Dickory Dock.

When Mickey John picked up Rebecca, he said he'd learnt his lesson.

Don't fiddle with what you don't understand.

Oh! I'm not fiddling with my clock. I'm winding it up.

I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Me too!

Bye-bye, Honey Pie!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the ferryboat sails at noon

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say goodbye to you! #

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