Writing 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 those 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...

# Me too! #

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 is home to... #

Who's here today?

Well, we've got Ellie and we've got Sean.

Don't just sit there, my wee cherubs -

come on, let's get going! What's there, Ellie?

Oh, beautiful CDs.

Swan Lake. Do you like ballet?

Oh, this is beautiful, it's by Tchaikovsky.

Now, wait tilL you hear this.

That's us.

MUSIC PLAYS Oh, is that not beautiful!

It makes you want to dance. Oh, lovely, Ellie!

Oh, that is beautiful, and tippy-toes!

Well, we've got Sean, and we've got Ellie...

..but someone's missing from home today.

Oh! Not any more.

Whose legs are those coming down the steps?

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

Oh, that's beautiful.

Hello, Mickey John!

Here we come.

-Ow!

-Mickey John!

-Sorry about that. What's going on here?

Oh, we're being graceful ballet dancers. Graceful as swans.

But now we'll do something new.

Why don't we dress Claude up as a floaty swan?

And we can float over to our chairs, Mickey John, floaty, floaty, floaty!

Floaty, floaty, floaty, la...

..Oh, oh, my goodness, you're a wee bit clumsy today, poppet.

-Aye, I was just trying to listen to the music.

-Ahh.

Oh, the music!

MUSIC STOPS Is that better?

Oh, it's lovely music, it's just...

-..What music is it?

-It's Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.

-Oh, I must just write that down so I remember it.

-Oh, yes.

There we are.

-Aww!

-Oh, give it here!

Swan...Lake...

..by...Tchaikovsky. There we are.

That's gorgeous handwriting,

I wish I could write like you, Granny Murray.

I learned from Mr Lobat in accounts at Nicholson's department store.

His writing was a work of art.

He taught me, "Less haste, more grace."

-Hmm, yeah, I wish I was graceful, but I'm not...

-Oh, my!

Well, you can learn.

And talking about grace, look at Claude!

Oh, Claude, my friend Louisa would like to have a ballet dance with you!

-Daddy!

-What's this?

-There you are.

-Thank you.

Oh, a beautiful paper butterfly.

Ha, I'll see you later, my little cygnet, bye-bye!

Come on, you!

Now, remember, "less haste, more grace."

Thank you, I'll see you later.

-Bye-bye, my darling, I'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!

Oh! I don't have much time, how can I speed across the river to work?

-TOOT-TOOT!

-That's right, thanks!

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

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

# I'll take a ticket, 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

# Now 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.

Oh! I mustn't forget about Rebecca's butterfly. Now, where did I put it?

Oh, yes, it's in my bag in the filing cabinet.

Yep, there, we are. Carefully does it!

Ah, hmm, all in one piece.

Would you like to spread your wings, Mrs Butterfly?

All right, then.

Hi, Mickey John.

Oh! Ow! Hello, Dr Juno, what can we do for you?

-I popped in to speak to Edgar about our evening class.

-Ah, Mr Grant.

How are the art classes going?

I had prints made of some of my pictures of swans.

Oh! Hmm, not bad! Swans are so graceful, don't you think?

Floaty, floaty, floaty...

-What are you doing?

-Dancing - I've always liked swans.

You know, I especially like the dancing swans in that, eh...eh...

..Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.

That's a fabulous ballet.

Dr Juno, could I borrow one of your lovely swan paintings for my class?

It may help them to come up with ideas for a story later.

-Oh, no problem. Take your pick.

-Hmm.

Right, I'd better go and see Edgar. I'll see you later.

Aww, I wonder how you're getting on, my little cygnet.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal... #

-Och, I think they've had enough now, do you?

-Yeah.

I think so.

'What are you doing now, Daddy?'

Monica?

-And Aoife?

-Here!

Right! Now, we've got a lot to get through today. But first...

Ah! Who can tell me what kind of bird this is?

-A swan.

-That's right, it's a swan.

I want you to write down the story of the ugly ducking

who turned into a beautiful swan.

Now, to remind you of the story.

There was once an ugly duckling,

all the other ducks laughed at him, "Ha, ha!"

But he was ever so sad and wondered why he was so ugly.

Then, he found a barn and fell asleep. "Zzzzz, Zzzzz".

But when he woke up, he had turned into...

...a beautiful swan! And all the other ducks were amazed

as they watched him floating down the river, floaty, floa.. Ow!

Oh, ah, well, you get the general idea, so get on with your writing!

Huh, it's time for me to get on with some hard work, too.

# 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

# Learning about birds and plants and seeds

# Playing games and sports outdoors

# Blowing my whistle and keeping the scores

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' learnin' learnin' when 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

# The jannie fixes The cookie mixes

# And the cleaner keeps us shining

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

# Holding the line in the dinner queue

# While the cookie cooks and serves a stew

# Answering the questions where and why

# How does it work and how does it fly?

# School day, work away

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

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

# School day, work away

# All the children peep and eye me

# As they sit and 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?

Oh, the story! Oh...

I'm here for my lunchtime yoga class.

Oh, I think it's in the hall. I saw the teacher go past a minute ago.

Brilliant. Why don't you come with me?

No thanks, Bobby. You're fit and graceful, not like clumsy old me.

I'd be no good at yoga.

Nonsense. I'm sure if you just tried it you could be as graceful as me.

-All right, then. I'll see you later.

-Bye, Bobby.

Oh, I wish I could flutter off and see what you're up to, Rebecca.

There we are, darling. Oh, sorry, Louisa!

-No worries.

-That's you, my darling,

we need to hurry up and get our tutus on as we need to get start.

Do we start with a plie?

Oh, no. Before we start dancing we first have to stretch our muscles.

Oh, I see! I was in too much of a hurry, wasn't I,

just like your dad is sometimes, Rebecca!

'I miss you, Daddy.'

Have fun at the ballet, my little tutu!

Oh, it's time for me to read my class's ugly duckling stories.

Right, eh...

"Once upon a time there was a..." Oh, what does that say?

"An ugfol duplu"? I can't read this writing, I'll try another one.

Ahh, "A long time ago there was a... smallec dougle..." Hmm.

I can't read this one either, I'll try another.

"There once was an awful plopus..."

Oh, I give up!

I told them to write their stories, and they might be great.

But I can't tell as I can't read the writing.

Where did the time go?

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

They were getting ready for ballet later,

so they dressed Claude as a graceful swan.

And Granny Murray played me some lovely music from Swan Lake.

At eight o'clock, I got to work.

Dr Juno showed me pictures she'd painted of swans.

I asked to borrow one to give my class ideas for a story.

At nine o'clock my class arrived.

There was a lot to do and I was in a hurry,

which made me clumsier than usual!

I told them the story of the ugly duckling,

then they all started their own stories.

At 12 o'clock I collected the stories from my class.

Bobby invited me to join her yoga class. She's brilliant at yoga!

So graceful. But I wanted to eat my lunch instead!

At one o'clock I tried to read the stories, but I couldn't.

I couldn't read their handwriting! What am I going to do?

'Now remember, less haste, more grace!'

"Less haste, more grace."

Of course! I made the children rush their stories,

I need to give them longer and teach them to be more graceful. But how?

-Bye!

-Bye, Bobby...oh, Bobby!

-Yes?

-You're just the person. I need your help.

I need you to teach me to be more graceful...oh!

What, you? Clumsy old Mickey John?

All right then, but it's a race against time!

You're right there, Bobby, it IS 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'm going to beat that bong

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

# Do we think he's gonna do it?

# Do that job that needs to be do-o-ne?

# Will he know how to fix it?

# Will he finish what he has begun?

# Yes, as sure as we are friends he will get there in the end

# Because he knows what he should do and work it through

-# I'm going to do it

-He's going to do it

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

-# I'm going to sort it

-He's going to sort it

I'm going to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job Before I finish this song. #

Right, you've all done some lovely ugly duckling stories.

Problem is, I can't read them,

so we're gonna practise our handwriting.

Now, the secret to clear writing is, "Less haste, more grace."

We're gonna start with the letter 'S'.

'S' for swan, with music.

SWAN LAKE PLAYS

Oh, beautiful!

I wonder what you're up to, Rebecca?

Well done, Rebecca!

You're like a little swan!

-Do you like dancing?

-Yeah!

Me too! Oh, my, Louisa has got us looking so graceful.

Maybe you could lift me up, Claude?!

Oh, dear, I think your dad would like this, don't you, Rebecca?

-Yeah!

-So do I.

'I miss you, Daddy.'

Mickey John, come away through!

-Look who's here, Rebecca.

-Hello, beautiful girl!

Hooray, how are you? Have you had a lovely time?

-Oh, you bet we have, eh?

-Say thank you to Granny Murray.

Come here, my darling. Good girl!

And it's thanks from me too.

Your saying, "Less haste, more grace", saved the day!

Well I never did! Come on, now, you'd better be off.

-Looking forward to next time!

-Me too!

Come on, let's chat about our time away.

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

# Well, there was...

# Waving, greeting, hello, meeting

# Bye-bye, closing, waking, dozing

# Eating, sleeping, fetching, sketching

# Painting, stretching, glueing, chewing

# Sticking up and wiping ro-o-und

# Washing up and sloshing down

# Then there was...

# Hugging, squishing, walking, pushing

# Dancing, dusting, sharing, choosing

# Talking, picking, drying, cleaning

# Saving, failing, loving, joking

# Losing things and rushing ro-o-und

# Picking up and putting down

# Then there was...

# Playing, running, creeping, jumping

# Chasing, painting, laughing, giggling

# Bathing, dressing, singing, swinging

# Rocking, sliding, hunting, hiding

# Jumping up and turning ro-o-und.

# Dressing up and sitting down! #

What was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as a swan,

because we were getting in the mood to do some Swan Lake ballet dancing.

Mickey John wanted to write down the name of the music we had on

but he was rather clumsy today, so I showed him my beautiful handwriting.

Later, we went to feed the ducks in the park

and we saw some gorgeous swans as well.

They were so floaty and graceful, as they swam on the water.

Later, Louisa came to show us some ballet dancing.

The children got dressed up,

but we couldn't do ballet dancing straight away.

First, we did some exercises to warm up our muscles,

then we all did some ballet dancing.

Louisa showed us how to be graceful, like the swans.

Even Mickey John learned not to rush things.

"Less haste, more grace."

I hope you enjoyed yourself? Me too!

Bye-bye, honey pie!

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