Storm

0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Melody, Melody

0:00:04 > 0:00:06# Listen to the music

0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Let your mind run free

0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Melody, Melody

0:00:11 > 0:00:13# From a castle or the jungle

0:00:13 > 0:00:14# To the Arctic Sea... #

0:00:14 > 0:00:15WHALE SINGS

0:00:15 > 0:00:18# It could be as loud as a storm

0:00:18 > 0:00:21# Quiet as a sigh

0:00:21 > 0:00:23# As dainty as a dance step

0:00:23 > 0:00:27# Or soaring high in the sky

0:00:27 > 0:00:31# Melody, Melody

0:00:31 > 0:00:37# The musical imaginings of Melody. #

0:00:38 > 0:00:41We've come out to the seaside today.

0:00:41 > 0:00:46I love feeling the wind on my face and listening to the waves.

0:00:46 > 0:00:49But first, there's a big sculpture to explore.

0:00:49 > 0:00:53If you feel your hand all the way round, trace it round.

0:00:53 > 0:00:56Let's get you up and see if you can guess what it is.

0:00:58 > 0:01:02- It's a doughnut!- It's got a hole in the middle like a doughnut.

0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Hello.- And here we've got the sea.

0:01:05 > 0:01:09I asked Mum what happens if you're out at sea

0:01:09 > 0:01:11and the waves get bigger and bigger.

0:01:11 > 0:01:17She tells me that if people get into trouble, they send them a lifeboat.

0:01:17 > 0:01:21- Hello, there.- Hello.- Welcome to Shoreham Lifeboat Station.

0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Have you come to have a look round? - Here we are at the RNLI.

0:01:24 > 0:01:27I hope we're going to see some lifeboats.

0:01:27 > 0:01:32- This is Linda, she's going to show us around.- All of these wonderful kits.

0:01:32 > 0:01:35You have a feel because it's all waterproof.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39Linda shows us the clothes that you have to wear on the lifeboat.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41This is called a drysuit.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44All the crew members are highly trained volunteers.

0:01:44 > 0:01:48They have a life jacket on the top to keep them nice and safe.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50Then she shows us a lifeboat.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55But it's a bit smaller than I thought it would be.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58This is our inshore boat. Do you want to have a feel?

0:01:58 > 0:02:02It's a bit like a bouncy castle, it's filled up with air.

0:02:02 > 0:02:03And a balloon.

0:02:03 > 0:02:07And then this is...oars, they've got two oars on the side.

0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Did you want to get in? - Yes, please.- Thank you.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12I wondered if there was a bigger boat.

0:02:13 > 0:02:17Well, now you've got your life jackets on, you can come with me.

0:02:17 > 0:02:21- Right, excited?- Linda took us to a much bigger lifeboat.

0:02:21 > 0:02:25I pretended to steer it. And then we went inside.

0:02:25 > 0:02:27This is where the crew would get strapped in

0:02:27 > 0:02:30cos it can get really bumpy at sea.

0:02:30 > 0:02:32I've never been in a storm out at sea but,

0:02:32 > 0:02:37Melody, I do have a piece of music all about a storm.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40Have a listen to this.

0:02:40 > 0:02:44This is Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten.

0:02:44 > 0:02:46MUSIC PLAYS

0:02:48 > 0:02:50ALBATROSS SQUAWKS

0:02:51 > 0:02:56It's a very stormy day, the clouds are racing across the sky.

0:03:02 > 0:03:06Fudge and I are in a little boat being tossed about on the waves.

0:03:06 > 0:03:08Hold on, Fudge!

0:03:08 > 0:03:12MUSIC CONTINUES

0:03:16 > 0:03:20It's a thunderstorm. Did you see that lightning?

0:03:23 > 0:03:29There is a red buoy on the sea, the big wave makes its bell ring.

0:03:29 > 0:03:35Our little boat flies up and down. There's not a lot we can do.

0:03:35 > 0:03:37We'll just have to ride it out, Fudge.

0:03:43 > 0:03:48Even the albatross lets himself get blown about by the wind.

0:03:56 > 0:04:02I try and send a signal to the lifeboats. I hope somebody sees it.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11Oh!

0:04:11 > 0:04:14MUSIC GETS FASTER AND LOUDER

0:04:16 > 0:04:19Oh, no! A wave has crashed into the boat.

0:04:35 > 0:04:38I'll have to bail us out, Fudge.

0:04:56 > 0:04:58MUSIC SLOWS AND CALMS

0:04:58 > 0:05:00I think the waves are getting smaller.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03Perhaps the storm is leaving.

0:05:04 > 0:05:08Just then, we hear the boat - the lifeboat.

0:05:13 > 0:05:15Go on, Fudge, climb aboard.

0:05:21 > 0:05:24I can't believe the lifeboat crew saw our flare.

0:05:54 > 0:05:58Safe. Wet but safe.

0:06:23 > 0:06:25SHE GIGGLES

0:06:32 > 0:06:36That music made me think of a storm. What did it make you think of?

0:06:36 > 0:06:37Come on, then.

0:06:40 > 0:06:42WHISTLE BLOWS

0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Oh, it's coming out! - Aye-aye, captain.

0:06:46 > 0:06:48Oh, oh!

0:06:50 > 0:06:52That's crazy.