Messy Antics Messy Goes to OKIDO

WHISTLES Let's ski-doodle, Okidoodle!

-# Messy goes to Okido

-Find out what you want to know

# Let's all go to Okido

# Okido, Okido!

# Messy goes to Okido

# All the things you want to know

# Come along and say hello

# Let's go see our friends

-# Felix!

-Okido

-# Zoe!

-Okido

-# Zim, Zam, Zoom!

-Okido

# Ba-barap, whoop-whoo!

# Messy goes to Okido

# Let's all go to Okido

# Find out what you need to know

# Messy goes to Okido! #

Ooh. He-he-he. Oh. Hello, busy little ants.

Oh, hello, everyone. You're looking at me looking at ants.

They're doing lots of interesting things.

Some of them are walking in lines.

Some of them are carrying food.

And lots of them are going in and out of that hole in the ground.

Wow. I wonder why the ants are doing all those things?

Hmm. When you need to know, go to Okido.

-Cake.

-Ha-ha. Yes.

It's Mayor Oki's birthday.

So, we're having a picnic.

Yippee. Well, what are we waiting for?

WHISTLES

Let's ski-doodle, Okidoodle!

Food, food, yummy, yummy food.

Socks and cake and sandwiches and cake and salad and cake.

Oh, let's not forget the cake.

-Ha-ha.

-Hello, everyone.

Now that you're here, we're just waiting for the mayor.

Once he's arrived, we can begin the birthday picnic.

I can't wait.

-Huh?

-Huh?

Waa.

Isn't the food you've bought a little, erm, little?

Yes, Messy.

It was easier to carry this way

but don't worry,

I've brought my new invention.

Ta-da!

It's my hand-held shrinker-sizer.

It can now make things smaller or bigger. Watch.

-Wow.

-Wow. Woohoo.

Amazing. You just made all this small food normal-sized.

Exactly, Felix.

Ooh, I want to play with the shrinker-sizer buttons.

What does this one do? And this one? And this one?

No, Messy.

Ah.

Oops. Oh, oh.

Oh,

that button does that.

What happened?

Everything's got really, really big.

No, Zoe.

Remember, the shrinker-sizer can make things bigger and smaller.

The button Messy pressed made us all really small.

Whoops.

Sorry, everyone.

I'll return us to normal size. I just have to climb up.

Ah, wonderful. Ha-ha. Thank you, Zoom.

-Oh!

-Careful, Zam.

Ha-ha.

I'm OK.

-Yay!

-Hooray!

Ha-ha.

Hmm. Oh, dear.

Something in the shrinker-sizer is broken.

It'll take a little while to fix. Hold on.

We need to get things back to normal before the mayor gets

here for his birthday picnic.

What's that noise?

Ah, look.

Ah, wow, ants.

And they're walking in a line.

Just like some of the ants in my garden.

Sometimes, ants follow each other to get to food.

A lot of ants are better at smelling things than

they are at seeing things so ants spray a trail of these

smelly pheromones from out of their bodies onto the ground.

The ants who are behind can follow the pheromones by smelling them with

those long things they have on their heads which are called antennae.

This way, the ants who are following know which way to go.

Oh, so, it's almost like ants use smells to talk to one another.

It's like when a cake smells really good.

It's telling me, "Eat me, Messy. Eat me!"

Speaking of cake, where has it gone?

Hmm. I didn't know cakes can run.

They can't. An ant's got it.

That's the mayor's birthday cake.

You go and get it.

I'll stay here with Zoom and fix the shrinker-sizer.

Come on, everyone.

PANTING

How can that small ant move such a big cake?

Ants are very strong, Felix.

They can lift over 50 times their own weight.

If you were that strong, you'd be able to lift a car all by yourself.

-Ooh.

-Ah.

Aw.

Oh, no. We've lost the ant.

Hmm, maybe we can't see it but I can smell food from a long way away.

Follow me.

Here. The cake went down this hole.

Er, I think before we go down that hole,

we should really think about whether or not...

-Weee!

-Weee!

-Weee!

..we need a torch.

ALL: Weee!

-Ah.

-Ooh.

-Oh.

Ha-ha. That was fun.

Ooh, why did the ant take the cake down here?

Because this is an ant nest. A place where lots of ants live together.

Ants sometimes carry food down here so other ants can eat it.

ALL: Wow!

HE SNIFFS

Hold on.

The cake.

I can still smell it.

It's that way.

Right, lead the way, Messy.

This place is really big.

Yes, an ant nest can be a bit like a city for ants.

In fact, one ant nest can be home to over a million ants.

HE SNIFFS

Hmm. My nose is telling me the cake is in this room.

ALL: Wow!

What's going on?

That is a queen ant.

Oh.

She's much bigger than all the other ants.

That's because she's the most important ant in the nest.

She lays all the ant eggs.

Oh.

But what are those other ants doing?

They're giving her food.

She needs to eat a lot and some ants have the job of feeding the queen.

Oh, look. The cake.

The ant was getting food to feed the queen.

I'm going to ask for it back.

Messy, be careful.

Careful? Of course I'll be careful.

Since when have you known me not to be care...?

THUD

Oh, dear.

Those are her eggs.

-Save them, Messy.

-Okidoo.

GRUNTING

ANTS CHEER

Thank you, thank you. You're too kind.

Ha-ha. I think the ants like Messy.

Ha-ha. Phew.

We are very sorry for coming into your royal chamber, Your Majesty.

But could we have our cake back, please?

It's for the mayor's birthday.

Thank you so much, Your Majestic Highness.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Well, now we've got the cake back,

it's time we went back to the surface.

MESSY GRUNTS Phew.

-Bye.

-Thank you.

-Bye.

Zam, woohoo, Zam!

Zam, Zam, Zam.

Oh!

Careful.

Hello, everyone. Welcome back.

Wow. You two look giant.

I got the shrinker-sizer working.

And I've turned us back to normal size.

Let me turn you back before Mayor Oki gets here.

Ah, thank you, Zam.

Hello, hello, what do you know?

I didn't miss anything, did I?

Er, no, not that much, Mayor Oki. Ha-ha.

Happy birthday, Mayor Oki.

ALL: Happy birthday, Mayor Oki.

Thank you. Thank you, everyone.

Let's get stuck into the cake.

-CHEERING

-That's a great idea.

Oh, that cake really was the yummiest,

scrummiest, in my tummiest cake ever.

Hmm.

This is for you, ants. Thank you.

ANTS CHEER

Ah, well, thanks for the picnic, everyone.

But it's time I went home.

Bye, everyone.

-ALL:

-Goodbye, Messy.

Wow. Ants are amazing.

They're very clever at working together

and following other ants' smell to find their way around.

That's why they walk in lines.

But even more amazing is how they can carry loads and loads of food.

Hmm.

But I'd rather eat food than carry it.

Bye-bye.

Balabalaboomboom!