The Real Sword 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! #

# Stand very still

# When you strike a pose

# Don't shake your leg

# And don't twitch your nose

# Till the painting is finished you stay in your place

# And make sure there's a big smile on your face. #

Ah! Yip and Yap! Don't you look lovely?

Perfect for the royal painting.

-Ah, ah, ah!

-Sparky, Squirt.

I need a really knightly pose for the painting.

-Looking good, Mike.

-Wow.

Clip-clop, clip-clop. Woah!

Yip, Yap, no!

Oh!

Oh, Yip, Yap, sit.

Good, now stay.

-Oh!

-Maybe I should take them for a walk to calm them down, Mum.

Good idea, but don't go too far.

I don't want them dirty before the Royal painter starts.

Don't worry, Mum. I'll keep them on the path. Come on, Yip and Yap.

Sparky, Squirt, What about this pose? Here.

Well, you look really brave, Mike, but we can't see your face.

I have no idea how to do a knightly pose for a painting.

Why not look in your book for little Knights?

Good idea, Squirt. Come on, dragons.

Hmm, knightly poses.

-Aha! Here's one.

-That one is very knightly.

-What do you think?

-Well

-A fishing rod?

-I am tired of waiting for Evie's spell to wear off.

She has to change my sword back right away.

I suppose a real sword would look knightly.

Yes, and I couldn't look more knightly than that.

By the King's Crown, that's it!

I'm Mike the Knight,

and my mission is to look really Knightly for the Royal painting.

# Mike the Knight

# Mike the Knight. #

Whoop, whoop!

Yeah!

# Mike the Knight. #

I'm going to look so Knightly with the real sword in the painting.

Come on, let's go and find Evie.

Evie!

Evie! You have to turn my sword back into a real sword.

But, Mike, I've tried that before and it didn't work, remember?

So try again.

Please, Evie, you've got to get rid of this fishing rod

-or I will never look knightly in the Royal painting.

-Well, OK.

Croak, croak.

You two sit up there out of the way. I don't want you getting dirty.

-Hmm, I could try this spell.

-Great!

Be gone, vamoose, I'll say it clear.

Magic, take away what's here.

-Wow!

-Pretty colours.

Hazar!

Oh, it's still a fishing rod. Your magic didn't do any thing, Evie.

But, Mike, where are Yip and Yap?

Oh, no! They've gone. My magic did do something.

Wait, I hear them. They're in the woods. Come on.

Woah, Galahad!

-Oh, no!

-Yip and Yap are in the middle of that muddy puddle.

Oh, no! Mum told me to make sure they stayed clean.

It's OK, Evie, I'll rescue them.

If I had a real sword,

I could chop up a tree to make a raft to rescue Yip and Yap.

Why don't you use the fishing rod to lift Yap and Yap out?

No, that wouldn't be very knightly.

I can find you something more like a sword than a fishing rod.

No, thanks, Sparky.

Oh, I know what we can use for and knightly rescue instead.

You watch yip and yap. I'll be right back.

What if Mike doesn't rescue them?

The Royal painting without the Royal corgis!

The Queen would be so upset. I know, I'll pose for the painting.

I can pretend to be a dog. Woof, woof.

I am not sure, Squirt.

Woof. Bark, bark, bark.

The Queen will never know.

Evie, Mike still needs a real sword to pose for the family picture.

What about a stick that looks like a sword?

Great idea, Evie.

-I'll be back as fast as I can.

-Woof, woof.

Let me see. Yes, that stick looks just like a real sword.

Perfect.

Look, Evie, the trebuchet will make this a really knightly rescue.

The trebuchet?

Yes, I am going to fire myself across the mud, over to Yip and Yap.

What? Wouldn't fishing them off the stump with the rod be easier?

No, this is the knightly thing to do.

-Are you sure, Mike.

-Here, Mike, use this.

Oh, er, yes. Maybe, Sparky, thanks. Now, come on. Fire me.

Oh, OK, Mike.

Wow, yeah, whoop.

Yes!

-Well done, Mike.

-I did it!

Oh, what is it, Mike?

Now I'm stuck in the middle of the mud with Yip and Yap.

If only I had a real sword.

I would chop this tree stump into pieces to make stepping stones.

Evie, you have to change this fishing rod

into a real sword, please.

I tried, Mike, but it only made things worse.

Just use a better, bigger spell.

-Well.

-Croak.

-Oh, OK, I will try.

Thanks, Evie.

Bigger magic fly, I say.

Make that fishing rod go away.

Oh, it's still a fishing rod. Woah!

Oh, no! Woah!

-Oh, no! Evie!

-Well, I am sorry, Mike. My magic didn't quite work.

-Woah, careful, Yip and Yap.

-Oh, no. Woof, woof.

-Oh, Squirt.

-It's OK. It's helping Yip and Yap calm down.

But why are you acting like a dog, Squirt?

He wants to pose for the painting if you can't rescue Yip and Yap.

I will find another spell.

No, Evie, wait.

We're only stuck up here because I kept asking you to magic me

a real sword.

It's not like you to give up, Mike.

No, you're right! A knight never gives up.

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

A real knight doesn't worry about a sword. He just uses whatever he has.

And I have a fishing rod, and this stick.

Oh, but, how are you going to use those to rescue Yip and Yap?

And yourself?

-Hmm, I know! Hook this line to a tree, Sparky.

-OK, Mike.

Oh, keep still, Yip and Yap. Squirt, can you calm them down?

Of course, I mean, woof, woof.

Perfect, Squirt. Here we go, Yip and Yap.

-Enjoy your ride.

-Wee!

-Woo-hoo!

-There, safe and sound.

-Hello, doggies.

-Oh, Squirt!

What about you, Mike?

-No problem. Watch. Wee!

-Whoopee!

Thanks for the stick-sword.

But I don't need it to look knightly.

-Oh! You don't?

-A knight looks knightly with whatever he's got.

Here. So how much more knightly could I look?

# Mike thought that "knightly" meant having a sword

# But a fishing rod's uses he hadn't explored

# Whatever you have you can do quite a lot

# And a true knight will just use whatever he's got. #

# 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 gonna be all right

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