Wooden Horse Melody

# Melody, Melody

# Listen to the music

# Let your mind run free

# Melody, Melody

# From a castle or the jungle

# To the Arctic Sea... #

WHALE SINGS

# To be as loud as a storm

# Quiet as a sigh

# As dainty as a dancer

# Or soaring high in the sky

# Melody, Melody

# Listen to the music

# Let your mind run free

# Melody, Melody

# The musical imaginings of Melody. #

Today, Mum has brought me to a carousel!

Yay!

I love the sound of the organ music.

The carousel goes round really fast.

-That's going to be so fast.

-Would you like to have a go?

-Yes, please.

-All right, then.

I can't wait to meet my horse.

Right, here we are. This is your horse.

Up you get. Careful.

-'Mum helps me get on.'

-There we go. That's it!

Pop your leg round.

You've got to hold on to the gold pole. Hold on tight.

-Do you want to know your horse's name?

-Please!

It's called Charlotte. I'm going to pop Fudge down here.

-What's Fudge's horse called?

-Fudge's horse is called Jane.

Jane is Fudge's.

And my horse is called Taren.

Taren the horse. Are you ready?

I'm ready! 'We're ready to go.'

-That's the sound of the bell.

-The bell!

-Off we go.

-Whoo-hoo!

You're going down and I'm up. Look at Fudge!

He's having so much fun.

'The pole feels like twisted rope. Hold on tight!'

Are we going to ride him fast?

'Not only do you go round and round, you go up and down.

'It makes me feel giddy.'

Up, down.

Shall we give him some sugar lumps? Feed him?

Give him a pat.

THEY SING

-Aww, what's happening now?

-I don't want to get off the ride.

It's slowing down. Aww. We had a good, long ride, though, haven't we?

Shall we give them a pat and say well done?

-Well done, Charlotte.

-Fun, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-Mummy, do you have any carousel music?

-There is a piece.

It makes me think of horses galloping.

See what it makes you think of.

This is The Infernal Gallop by Offenbach.

'Look, it's Fudge and I on the carousel!'

MUSIC STARTS

'Did you see that? Those horses nodded their heads.'

'Whoa!'

'Fudge!'

'More horses are jumping off now.'

'We're racing!'

'Come on, Charlotte!'

-'That's my horse.'

-Meow!

'The horses dance, happy and free.

'Swing their tails and heads in the sunshine. They love the music.'

HORSE NEIGHS

'Hold on, Fudge! I think they're going to race again.'

'Stop!'

'I love the horses running free.

'But it's time to go back to the carousel.'

'Oh, dear, this ride is getting really BUMPY!

'SLOOWWW DOOOWN!'

'Oh, no! I think the horses are going to gallop off again. Hee-hee!'

'We're flying!'

'It's a carousel up in the sky.'

'That was the best carousel ride ever.'

That music made me think of an amazing carousel.

What did it make you think of?

BELL RINGS

Oh! Oh...