The Christmas Castle Mike the Knight

FANFARE

# Mike the Knight, he's a brave young hero

# Too right, too right!

# He's a dreamy knight, but does he show fear, no

# Fear not, dear knight!

# There'll be trouble, double trouble

# But you know it's gonna be all right

# Cos every day is an adventure for Mike the Knight!

# Be a knight, do it right

# Be a knight, do it right

# With Mike the Knight! #

# It's Christmas Eve and snow's on the ground

# Laughter and joy echo all around

# Santa will pull his sleigh through the skies

# And there's still the chance of another big surprise! #

Whoa, Galahad! I love riding around Glendragon at Christmas!

-Yes!

-Everyone's decorating their houses.

Putting up stockings for Santa.

And cooking special Christmas food!

Mmm!

Here's some special Christmas food for you, Galahad!

Neigh!

Oh, hi, Guinevere.

Guinevere? Hussar!

-If Guinevere's here...

-Then her rider must be here, too!

Dad!

-Mike! Hello, son!

-Oh, it's so great to have you home for Christmas!

Yes, Dad! You can help me put up my Christmas stocking.

And give me a hand wrapping presents.

And best of all, you and I can go on a mission, Dad!

Two knights together!

OK, Mike. There will be time for a mission later.

First, let me show you something we can all do together as a family.

-Oh. OK.

-What is it, Dad?

A giant cracker!

Come on, everyone! Pull!

Wow!

It's a game.

A castle game.

You move the counters through the castle.

Starting here in my bedroom.

That's right. And the winner is the first one to get to the finish

here.

On your throne in the throne room.

-Let's play now!

-Well, it does sound fun,

but a mission with you would be much more knightly, Dad!

Let's play the game first, then go on the mission.

-Good plan, Mike?

-Um... OK!

Ooh, can I go first?

A-hem!

Hello, Sparky and Squirt! Do you want to play, too?

No, it's just that Squirt and I need to get something ready in here.

A special Christmas surprise!

Oh. OK, then we'll play somewhere else.

How about my bedroom? That's where this game should start.

Good idea! To Mike's room.

Come on, Mr Cuddles. See you later, you two.

I can't wait till we serve up the special Christmas dinner, Sparky.

I know, Squirt. There are going to be so many delicious treats.

Mince pies and ginger dragon snaps.

-Yip!

-Yap!

Come on, you two.

OK. So first player to the throne wins.

If you land on these squares, you get special presents to help you.

Oh, it looks just like our own castle. It's so exciting!

It is! But it would be more exciting if the pieces looked like us.

I could magic them to look like us.

Magic? Are you sure, Evie?

It'll be easy, Mum. I'll do Dad and Mike's pieces first.

Make these pieces look just like their two players, Dad and Mike.

Look - the game board has changed into a little castle.

Evie, where have Mike and your dad gone?

-Ooh, that felt strange. What happened?

-Where are Mum and Evie?

And why are these game pieces so big?

Dad, look - there are game squares on the floor.

Uh-oh!

Evie's magicked us into the game!

Those pieces aren't big - we're tiny!

STRAINS TO OPEN DOOR

Oh - the door won't open! Mum! Evie!

It's no use. They can't hear us, Mike.

Look - my room balcony's open.

If we get there, they'll be able to see and hear us.

I know how we get to the throne room.

-By playing the game!

-Right! That's where the game finishes.

This means we ARE going to have a knightly adventure together.

By the king's crown - that's it!

I'm Mike the Knight and my mission is to get out of this game with Dad.

Mike the Knight!

Mike the Knight!

Mike - wait! Galahad's...

-Galahad? Uh-oh! I'm in the game. Galahad's...

-Not there!

Oof! Not here.

Never mind. At least I've still got my sword.

Mike the Knight!

A roll of ribbon? That's for wrapping Christmas presents.

Not for a knightly mission.

-Are you all right, Mike?

-I'm fine, Dad.

And this is great. You and me on a mission. Two knights together.

Uh-oh!

Evie? Mum? What are you doing here?

Evie tried to magic you two back into Mike's bedroom.

But I magicked me and Mum into the game instead!

That's good. Now you can magic us all back out again.

No. I dropped my wand. I can't magic us back without it.

We're stuck here and we're going to miss Christmas.

No, we won't - not with two knights here.

Dad and I will rescue you.

DOGS YAP

Listen! It's Yip and Yap.

Dogs have really good hearing. Call them.

-THEY CALL:

-Yip! Yap! Here, you two!

Yip! Yap! Fetch Sparky and Squirt!

-Yip!

-Yap!

-Go on! Fetch Sparky and Squirt!

As soon as they fetch the dragons, we'll get your wand, Evie.

Is the table ready, Squirt?

Almost.

Will you put this plate of pies on it, please?

I've got more cooking to do.

THEY SNIFF

OK. Now, should this go here or here?

There.

Now the pies.

Ow! Ooh!

How did that trolley move?

Squirt, are you OK?

Yes. But the pies - they moved!

Oh, Squirt, who could have moved them?

Everyone's up in Mike's bedroom.

We need to get to the balcony so Sparky and Squirt can see us.

But the doors are stuck shut!

Don't worry, Evie. We'll soon get them open.

Yes. You've got two knights with you.

Oh, we'll never get out of here in time for Christmas!

And that means no presents, no Christmas stockings,

no Christmas fun at all.

Don't worry. Dad and I will get us all back in time for Christmas.

Look at this, everyone.

-Oh. It's a mixed-up picture.

-If you land on the stable in the game,

you have to solve a puzzle to get out.

So if we solve this puzzle, maybe the doors will open.

Um...

It's a picture of a knight. So it'll take a knight to make it right!

But it's just as mixed up as before, Mike.

Maybe another knight should try. Dad?

I've got a better idea. How about we give your mother a turn, Mike?

Mum? But...

Hmm.

And...

There!

How lovely!

A knight by a Christmas tree.

Ribbit!

-Mum, that was amazing!

-I didn't know you were good at puzzles.

Best in Glendragon. Much better than me!

Oh!

It worked! And we got a present, too.

Can we open it?

Why don't we save it? We can put it under our real tree for Christmas.

Oh, yes. It'll remind us of our adventure.

It was really clever of Mum to get the doors open, Dad.

-This was going to be our knightly mission.

-Don't worry, Mike.

I'm sure we'll need some knightly skills before this game's over!

Dad, Mike, these doors won't open, either.

We need to get through them to get to the throne room.

Then you need a brave knight!

Coming through! Charge!

Rarghh!

Ooh! Oh! That didn't work.

-Maybe we need to solve another puzzle.

-And I've found it.

It's a jigsaw. It's missing a star-shaped piece.

And where do you find stars?

In the sky.

But it's just Mike's bedroom, because we're still in the game.

There's somewhere else you'll find a star at Christmas.

At the top of the Christmas tree.

But how are we going to get it down?

A knight can help with that.

Go, Mike!

You can do it!

This is harder than I thought.

Oh! Are we ever going to get back to our real Christmas tree, Mum?

Don't worry, Evie. Even if we can't get this star down

it won't be long before Yip and Yap bring Sparky and Squirt.

You'll see.

You've made a lot of pies, Sparky.

Because they're so delicious, Squirt.

Everyone always asks for seconds.

I hope they like my Christmas crackers.

The king's were so good, I made some too.

They look very Christmassy.

Shall I put them in the middle of the table?

Yes. Good idea.

Come on, Squirt. Let's make the ginger dragon snaps.

Oh, wait, Squirt. I forgot the trolley.

-What?

-Huh?

-How did it get down there?

Ha! Perhaps Evie put a spell on it!

She's probably having too much fun playing that game to do any magic.

Still...can't...quite...reach.

My silly magic is going to make us miss Christmas, Mr Cuddles.

-Don't worry, Evie. We'll get out of here.

-Yes.

All we need is for me to be a bit, um, taller.

But how are you going to get taller?

Wait! It's not someone tall we need. It's someone small.

-Someone small?

-Yes. What do you think, Mr Cuddles?

Ribbit!

Go get that star!

Uh, please.

Wow, that IS a good idea.

Go, Mr Cuddles!

Hussar!

-Ribbit!

-Oh, Mr Cuddles!

Look, it's Santa.

I hope we get back in time for me to hang up my Christmas stocking.

We will be. The jigsaw piece worked.

Another present to put under our tree, Evie.

To the throne room!

So Evie thought of the way to get the star down, Dad.

Yes. Clever, wasn't it?

Yes. It's just we didn't use our knightly skills

and I was hoping to have a knightly mission with you.

The game's not over yet, Mike.

Dad, Mike! The throne room door is closed as well!

Hey, maybe this will be our chance to be knightly.

Look at these game squares.

They go in and out of the wall.

There's one more place to visit before we get into the throne room.

The hidden garden. Evie?

One, two, three!

WALL SLAMS

There must be a knightly challenge in here.

-What was that?

-Look - that square has the king's crown on it.

Ribbit!

It did it again, when Mr Cuddles sat on a square with a frog on it.

-Here's one with a wizard's hat.

-And one with a queen's tiara.

I just need one with - yes - a knight's helmet.

Yes! I knew it would be a knight who got that wall to open.

I'll get the key.

What? No!

Ah! I think if any of us step off our squares,

the wall closes.

-Ribbit!

-Then how can we get the key?

Oh, I can't believe it.

I was sure this was my chance to be a brave knight and rescue everyone.

All I wanted was a knightly adventure with Dad.

Now we'll never get out of this silly game castle.

We're going to miss Christmas.

You two! The most important thing about Christmas

is all being together as a family.

That's true. And we have all been together playing this game.

And what a family we are.

Your mum, a queen, solved the puzzle in the stable.

And Evie, a wizard, realised Mr Cuddles could get the star down.

Yes. So now Mike...

Now it's a knight's turn. My turn.

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

And I think I know what we need to do.

Open the presents.

-Open them now? Why?

-Because I'm sure they'll help me get that key.

Well, in that case, I think it will be OK.

Thanks, Mum. You open them, Evie.

It's a bow. So the other one must be...

..an arrow!

How will those help, Mike?

-You'll see, Mum.

-A-ha! Clever plan, Mike.

-Yes!

-What a shot!

Hussar!

Ribbit!

-Well done, Mike! That was very knightly.

-Thanks, Dad!

Let's see if this key opens the throne room door.

Go on, Mike. Try it.

OK. Here goes.

ALL: Hussar!

Come on, then. To the balcony!

What? No! That's not fair.

-We got to the end of the game.

-Wait.

Not quite. Remember how you win?

Of course. By being first to the throne.

Dad, you have to sit on it.

-Me?

-Yes. We all had a turn. A queen, a wizard and a knight.

And you led us all the way. So now it's your turn.

A king, to sit on a king's throne.

Well, if you insist.

FANFARE

We've all won the game!

Hussar!

Now, where are Yip and Yap?

You were a great help with these dragon snaps, Squirt.

Yes. They'll be so nice after the mince pies...

Oh, Yip! Yap?

Oh, you...

Yip!

Yap!

-I see my wand!

-Yes, there it is, on my bed.

Bring back those pies, you naughty doggies!

Yip! Yap!

-There you are!

-But where's everyone else?

Here!

Mike?

Evie's wand?

Mike? Evie?

Everybody?

Oh! You're all...tiny.

Yes, so we need you to hold my wand and say a spell to get us big again.

-Us? Say a spell?

-ALL: Yes!

Ready?

Uh, ready.

Magic make us rise and rise.

Magic make us rise and rise.

Till we're all our proper size.

Till we're all our proper size.

No! We've made them disappear completely!

-Did the magic work?

-We're on the balcony.

What?! We're still on the balcony?

Yes, but the balcony of the real castle!

Hussar!

There you all are!

Just in time for a Christmas feast.

Oh, good. I'm quite hungry after that adventure.

Adventure? It was a mission with Dad.

And it was even better because you and Evie were on it, too!

-It was a family mission.

-Well said, Mike!

You know, it's been a great Christmas already.

Oh, not again!

# Christmas is a time for many things

# Dogs and dragons, knights and kings

# Everyone has something special to bring

# So all together, everyone, let's sing

# Merry Christmas

# Merry Christmas

# Merry Christmas

# Merry Christmas! #

Yes, merry Christmas, everyone!

# Be a knight, do it right

# You can be a hero, too

# Never rest on a quest

# Do the best that you can do

# There'll be trouble, double trouble

# But it's gonna be all right

# Every day is an adventure for

# Mike the Knight! #