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# Hello! My name is Mr Bloom | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
# And I'd like to come to see you soon | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
# I'm out on the road, you see | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
# Here and there so that we | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
# Can get together and have some fun | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
# I'll help you out if there's work to be done | 0:00:19 | 0:00:24 | |
# So where is it you like to go? | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
# Call me up and let me know | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
# What is it you like to do? | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
# I'll pop along and do it too | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
# Cities, towns or countryside | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
# I can travel far and wide | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
# I'm all about and everywhere | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
# I'm here and there | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
# Here and there | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
# I'm here and there. # | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
Oh! Hello there, tiddlers. How are you tiddling? | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
Mr Bloom here and I like going out and about. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:59 | |
I like going here and there, doing fun things and finding new places. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
I've been wondering - what do you like to do where you live? | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
Perhaps you like to ride your bike in the park | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
or walk in the woods with your family. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
-BELL RINGS -Brilliant! Someone's got in touch. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
Shall we see who it is? Yeah! | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
My name is Emily and I like visiting Margam Country Park with my family. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:27 | |
-I'm Kirsten. -I'm Georgia. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
We love to visit this part of the park. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
It's called Fairy Tale Land. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
-We love the park, Mr Bloom. -We know you'll love it too. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
-Please come for a visit. -ALL: Yay! | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
Sounds good to me. I'm on my way. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
# Whereabouts will I end up next? | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
# Let's put my routefinder to the test | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
# It could be a beach, a village or a city | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
# Museum or a school A garden so pretty | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
# A church or a station A river or town | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
# I just can't wait till you show me around | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
# Tiddlers, I'm on my way | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
# So where am I today? # | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
Wow! It's impressive here, isn't it? | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
Ah, a signpost. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
Now, I know the tiddlers are in Fairy Tale Land so that is that way. | 0:02:55 | 0:03:00 | |
All right. Let's go. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Hey, tiddlers! There you are! It's nice to see you. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
It's Georgia, Emily and Kirsten. Hello. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
ALL: Hello, Mr Bloom! | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
I've got to say, thanks for inviting me here today. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
This is a great place. I've seen this giant old shoe. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
-Who might be living in that old shoe? -ALL: An old lady. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
With so many children she doesn't know what to do? | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
-Yes. -And who lives in this house? -Snow White. -With the dwarves? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
-Yeah. -Wowee! | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
-There's loads of little houses here. -There's a big house too. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
-Shall we show you? -You bet your wellies you should! | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
-This way. -Come on then. Let's go. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
Well, when you said it was a big house | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
I didn't realise it was this big! | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
-Lady Emily Talbot used to live here. -Ah. Is that so? | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
I tell you, she had a lovely house and some beautiful gardens as well. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
-There's also a lake. -Hey! | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
-Would you like us to show you? -Yeah. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
Do you think we might find some crocodiles? | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
ALL: No! | 0:04:24 | 0:04:25 | |
-Might we find jellyfish? -ALL: No! | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
-What type of things might we find? -Tadpoles? -Tadpoles! | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
-Maybe some baby frogs. -Toads. -Maybe some toads. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
-Fish? -Fish, yeah! | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
-So where do we need to go? -ALL: That way! -Right. Let's go! | 0:04:38 | 0:04:43 | |
We're on our way to the Discovery Centre to meet Jo. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
She's an expert on all the creatures we might find. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
She's been doing a bit of pond dipping | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
to check what's living in the water. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
She's found lots of insects | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
and Jo is going to lead us on an expedition | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
to find something a bit bigger. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
Well, here we are. It's a nice pond. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
-What do you think we might find living here? -Toads. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
-Tadpoles. -Maybe toads. Where would the tadpoles be? -Underwater. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:32 | |
What else might we find on the land? It starts life as a tadpole. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:37 | |
-A frog. -A frog. And what's special about toads and frogs? | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
-They're amphibians. -They are amphibians. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
That means they can go in water and land. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
Yeah, really clever. Today we'll stay on the land. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
We won't search for them in the water. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
-We're not amphibians, are we? -No. -Do we live in the water? -No! | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
-Do we live on the land? -Yes! | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
We've got frogs and toads. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
There's something else that begins with N. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
Do you know what I'm thinking of? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
-Newt. -That's right. Newts. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
-Newts have little tails. Is that right, Joanna? -They have. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
They look like lizards but they have soft skin, like frogs and toads. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
Right. We're off on an amphibian hunt. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
-I see something! -Me too! Me too! Me too! | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
-What is it? -It's a spider. I love spiders. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
Where do you think we should go next? | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
-The long grass. -The long grass. All right. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
Let's be careful as we go. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
Remember, it's important to take care when walking near water. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
Don't get too close to the edge. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
We haven't done well on our amphibian hunt. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
We haven't found any frogs, no toads, no newts. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
It's quite sunny and they're probably hiding in the shade near the pond. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
But luckily I was out earlier on and I found something. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
-Would you like to see? -Yes! -Yes, please. -Just over here. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
Jo has been keeping them safe in the shade. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
-Shall we see what I found earlier on then? -Yes. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
We've got...what's that? | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
-A baby frog. -A baby frog. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
He's tiny isn't he, tiddlers? | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
Yeah. How old is it? | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
Well, that was probably from this year, | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
so he was probably frogspawn in a pond at the start of the year. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
-He may not even be one! -No. -He's a tiny frog. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
-And how old are some frogs? -They could get up to about six years old. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:36 | |
-How old are you, tiddlers? -ALL: Six! -Wow! | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
Just think, there are some frogs and toads that are the same age as you! | 0:07:40 | 0:07:45 | |
-What have we got here? -A newt! -A newt. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
-It is a newt. -And look, he's got a long tail, hasn't he? | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
And what do you think the last thing is that I've got in my bucket? | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
-A frog. -We've got frogs. -We've got frogs, we've got newts. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
-What haven't we got? -A big toad! | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
A toad! Let me wet my hands again. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
Here he comes. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:09 | |
-Oh! -Ah! -So, it's a... | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
-Toad! -Yeah. -And he has beautiful golden eyes. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:19 | |
And you see the spots on his back? | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
Oo-ooh! He made a jump for it. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
We need to be nice and quiet so we don't scare them. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:28 | |
Wow, look at that toad. He's a lot bigger than the frogs. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
-Yeah. -And how old might this toad be, Joanne? -Oh! | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
-I have heard about toads living up to 40 years old! -40 years old?! | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
-And they can get about that big. -That big? -Even bigger than that! | 0:08:39 | 0:08:45 | |
-BELL RINGS! -Oh, hey-oop, it's the route finder. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
Ah, and it's going to show us more | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
about the creatures that live by ponds and lakes. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
These newts are called Great Crested Newts. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
They like to come out at night and swim about looking for food. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
Hey, look at his frilly back! | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
He looks like a tiny dragon. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
Toads like the night-time, too. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
These natterjack toads make fantastic sounds | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
-when they call to their friends. -HE MAKES A WHIRRING HUM | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
They're quite rare, as their habitat - | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
that's where they live - is disappearing. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
So it's important we look after them. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
There aren't as many toads around as there used to be | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
because we've taken away some of their habitats | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
by building our houses. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
How can we help the toads? Any ideas, tiddlers? | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
-We could make a house for them. -A house? | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
What type of house could we make? | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
Would it be a house that you and I live in? | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
-No. -A smaller house. -Good idea. -Yeah. -Yeah. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
-So maybe we could make a really small house for these toads. -Yeah. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:54 | |
Ooh, I've got an idea. We could call it a toad abode | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
cos abode is another word for house. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
So who's up for making a toad abode? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
-ALL: -Me! | 0:10:03 | 0:10:04 | |
So, Jo, what do we need to do? | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
So, to make our toad abodes, we need something for our toads to live in. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:16 | |
So we've got these very lovely gardening pots. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
Just small, about 20cm across. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
-And that's going to be the walls of the toad abode. -Ooh! | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
-Do you think we should add anything? It's a bit bare. -Yeah. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
-What might toads like? -Leaves. -We could. -Sticks. -Sticks. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
-Some soil? -And soil would be a really good idea as well. -Grass? | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
-And grass! -Yeah, some grass. -Who needs a flowerpot? -Me. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
-OK, there you go. -Me! -Here's one for you. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
We're using brand-new pots | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
but you can use any old pot to make a toad abode. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
-Hello, tiddlers! -Hello. -Hello, Mr Bloom. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
We have to tear them up. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
Scrunch them up and make a nice nest | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
for Mr Toad to bury himself in. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
Hey, they're looking good to me! | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
You'd normally dig a little hole, | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
a little bowl shape in the ground, | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
and you could rest your pot in there so it doesn't roll around. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
We can put them by a fence or a wall. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
You could do. That would be a really nice, shady spot. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
So somewhere by water and where it's nice and shady. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
There we go, tiddlers, it's our Toad Abode Road! | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
We'll put them in place later. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
Well, Georgia, Emily and Kirsten, have you had fun today? | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
-ALL: -Yeah! | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Oh, I'm glad cos I have had a top time. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
So a big thank you for inviting me along. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
And to you, Jo, cos we've seen some amazing things. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
But the time's come, I've got to go. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
So you join me soon, when I'll be... | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
-ALL: -Here and there! | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
-That's right, tiddlers. Bye-bye! -Bye! -Bye, Mr Bloom! -Bye! | 0:12:00 | 0:12:05 | |
# Where is it you like to go? | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
# Call me up and let me know | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
# What is it you like to do? | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
# I'll pop along and do it too | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
# Cities, towns, the countryside | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
# I can travel far and wide | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
# I'm all about and everywhere | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
# I'm here and there. # | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 |