Many Knights Mike the Knight

TRUMPETS

# Mike the Knight He's a brave young hero

# Be a knight, do it right

# He's a training knight But does he show fear? No!

# Be a knight, do it right

# There'll be trouble Double trouble

# But you know it's going to be all right

# Cos every day is an adventure for Mike the Knight

# Be a knight, do it right

HE WHISTLES

# Be a knight, do it right

# With Mike the Knight! #

# Ole, ole, ole, oh-oh-oh-oh

# When Mike plays with his toy knights

# He likes to think he's always right

# One thing you will see is true

# He always tells everyone else what to do. #

-Ha! Gotcha. Ha-ha-ha.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-I'm moving Sparkie the Brave, here.

Wait a minute. Sparkie the Brave should go here.

-Then Sir Squirtie the Second can't see him.

-Oh, OK, Mike.

Well, I'm going to move here. Then no one can get me either.

Ah, yes, but if you move him here,

he's ready to face Knight Michael the Magnificent.

Ha-ha.

-Mike. Hello, Mike.

-What is it, Mum?

I'm playing knights with Squirt and Sparkie.

Wonderful, but I'll need you to stop for just a little while.

Oh, but, Mum, the game's really important.

Ha-ha. So are the jobs, Mike.

I need you to get a pie from Mrs Piecrust's bakery

and get these spoons and forks polished by the blacksmith.

Please.

-Oh, all right, Mum. I'll be back as soon as I can.

-Thank you, Mike.

-Yip, Yap, come along.

-Mike! Look! We've got a postcard from Dad.

-Oh.

-Oh.

Dear Mike and Evie, I've been busy with my knightly work,

luckily, I could tell my men to do some of the jobs while I did mine.

Love, Dad.

Ah, so it's a real knight's job to tell everyone else what to do.

I'm not sure that's what Dad meant, Mike.

And I'm a real knight

I shouldn't have to do the jobs Mum gave me.

I should tell someone else to do them.

By the king's crown, that's it.

I'm Mike the Knight

and my mission is to get my jobs done like a real knight.

# Mike the Knight

# Mike the Knight. #

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Woo-hoo.

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Yeah.

# Mike the Knight. #

A trumpet? I wonder how I'll use this on my mission? Well, we'll see.

Time to do my jobs the knightly way. By telling someone else to do them.

Squirt, please go and get a basket to carry the pie in.

-Oh, OK, Mike.

-And, Sparkie, please guard the toy knights.

-Make sure no one moves them.

-OK, Mike.

Ha-za! That was easy.

Now, who can I tell to do my other jobs?

# La-la-la-la. Do-do-do. #

Ah-ha. Perfect. Evie!

Pick up a pie at the bakery. Get these spoons

and forks polished at the blacksmiths by dinner time.

Wait. Are those the job Mum asked you to do? Why should I do them?

Rrrribit.

So I can get back to my game of knights.

-I think you're being a bossy boots.

-I am not.

I'm being a real knight.

Real knights tell everyone what to do.

Hmph! Then I'll give you someone to tell what to do.

-Magic, make these toy knights real.

-No, Evie, don't!

Then we'll see how Mike will feel.

Cough, cough, cough.

ALL: Aaah!

Oops. They're all Mike the Knights.

# Da-de-da-da-do-do. # Got the basket, Mike. Urgh?

M...

Aaargh!

Uff!

It's all right, Squirt.

This is the best magic spell you've ever done, Evie.

-Ha-ha. Look, they're waving.

-Oooh! See, Squirt, they're not scary.

Hello, Mike. Pleased to meet you, Mike. Lovely day, Mike.

Now I've got my very own knights to tell what to do. Just like Dad.

Except Dad isn't bossy and he does his own jobs. Come on, Mr Cuddles.

Welcome, my brave knights.

I'm Mike the Knight and I tell everyone what to do.

MIKE WHISTLES

I need you to get these spoons and forks polished at the blacksmiths.

And I need you to collect a pie from Mrs Piecrust's bakery.

I am Mike the Knight and I tell everyone what to do.

I need you all to follow me.

What?

ALL MIKES: Hu-hu-hu-huh. Hu-hu-hu-huh. Huh. Huh-hu-hu-huh.

Um, Mike.

It's OK, Squirt, they'll do my jobs even faster if they all go.

I wonder where my knights are?

-Perhaps they've finished my jobs already.

-Look, there's a Mike,

-Mike.

-ALL: Ha-ha-ha-ha.

-You must polish it with this.

-Huh?

You must use that cloth to polish the Queen's spoons and forks.

-But, Mike, this cloth is too dirty.

-I tell you what to do.

-Err, Mike.

-Oh, no, what's this? Two Mikes!

-Err, yes. Evie did some magic and...

I'm Mike the Knight and he must do what I tell him.

No! I'm the real Mike the Knight and I tell everyone what to do.

And I order you to go back to the castle.

No, you go back to the castle and wash the floors.

Err, Mike, I think you'd better come out here.

-What's happening at Mrs Piecrust's?

-Make it an apple pie.

-No cherry pie.

-Excuse me.

-Apple.

-Cherry.

-But, Mike.

-Mikes.

-I already...

-What's going on?

-Oh, no, not another one.

-It's OK, Mrs Piecrust, it's me.

Ahem. I am the real Mike the Knight

and I tell everyone what to do.

And I order you to go back to the castle.

BOTH: No, I am Mike the Knight and I tell everyone what to do.

-Ah!

-No!

-Now, go and wash your face.

-No. You go and wash yours.

My pies!

You go and polish your dirty boots.

-Oh, no, help!

-Aah, what now?

Oooh! Aaah! EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE

-Pick them up.

-Don't tell me what to do.

-I will.

-No, you pick those up.

Oh, what a mess!

Everyone's telling everyone what to do, but nothing's getting done!

EVERYONE SCREAMS AND SHOUTS

Stop, knights, stop!

-They stopped.

-Well done, Mike.

-Now listen to...ah!

Ah!

-Ah!

-Phew, that was close.

-Urgh!

-Aaah!

Hmmm, strawberry. Delicious.

Hmm-hmmm.

Let's hide behind those crates.

Oh, what have I done?

I've got to fix this mess and do the jobs myself.

-Mike, you don't have to do everything on your own.

-We can help.

Just like your Dad's men helped him with his jobs.

Oh, Dad's men must have wanted to help.

They weren't being bossed around.

It's time to be a knight and do it right.

TRUMPETS

I really hope Evie can turn all these Mikes back into toys.

I'll go and ask her to help, right now. He-he!

Ah, but, Mike, the Queen will be calling us for dinner soon.

Hey! I always stop what I'm doing when I hear Mum's trumpet call.

-Maybe these knights will stop for mine.

-Great idea, Mike.

-It's working.

-I'll help you round up the Mikes.

-Thanks, Squirt.

-Galahad, would you like to help me too?

-Neeiiigh!

MIKE PLAYS TRUMPET

-Ha-za! We did it!

-Oh, Mike, I brought Evie.

-I'm sorry, Evie.

You were right, I was being bossy,

but I like these knights a lot better when they're toys.

Will you help me?

Of course I'll help. Now that you're being nice.

See these big Mikes standing tall. Magic, make them still and small.

Oh, I think my spell needs some work.

-They still look like you, Mike.

-I sort of like them like that.

-Ha-ha.

Great job, Evie. Now to put these toy Mikes where they belong.

-Nice meeting you, Mike. Oh, and Mike.

-See you later.

-Bye, Mikes.

-Ha-ha. All set to go home.

-Thank you all for helping me.

There, nice and shiny. Just as the Queen likes them.

Thanks, Mr Blacksmith.

TRUMPETS PLAY

Ah! It's Mum! Sparkie, I need you to do one of my jobs for me.

One of YOUR jobs.

Yes, bring home your favourite pie from Mrs Piecrust's bakery.

And I'll help Mike clean up this mess.

-I'll help.

-Me too.

ALL: Ha-ha-ha.

# So Mike has learnt a lesson today That being bossy is not the way

# Don't tell everyone else what to do

# Let them decide for themselves To help you. #

He-he-he-ho.

# Be a knight, do it right

# You can be a hero too

# Never rest on a quest

# Do the best that you can do

# They'll be trouble, double trouble But it's going to be all right

# Every day is an adventure for Mike the Knight. #