Barmy Balloon Safari Mr Bloom's Nursery

There is a place

Not far from here

I'm sure you know it

It's ever so near

But we're off out

It's time to see

What grows outside

Mr Bloom's Nursery!

Are you coming?

# Such a big adventure

# Come along with me

# With my trusty Compo car

# There is no place I'd rather be

# From north to south And east to west

# I've got what we'll need for our quest

# A spear, a fork, a wheelbarrow

# The dressing-up box and the grand piano

# A radio, it's on the blink

# Saucepan, door mat

# Who broke this sink?

# Come down to my fete

# I'm sure you'll think it's great

# Learn about how things grow

# Pop along and say hello

# There's so much we can see and do

# With my little veggie crew

# Come along and join with me

# Mr Bloom's Nursery. #

All tiddlers, ladies, gentlemen, mums and dads, the time has come

when I can say Mr Bloom's Nursery Travelling fete is open.

So get set, grow!

Today, I've brought my travelling fete to Redruth.

I'm just off out to meet some tiddlers.

Hey! Hello there, tiddlers.

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

-Hello.

It's Jake, Alicia and Johnny. Thanks for coming along today.

-Have you been having a good time?

-ALL: Yeah!

What have you been doing so far?

-We've been planting plants.

-You've been doing some planting?

-What have you brought with you, Johnny?

-Zebra grass.

-Zebra grass?

That's a funny name. Why do you think it's called zebra grass?

Because on the zebra, it's really stripy. So it must be that.

-Stripy like a zebra.

-Yeah.

And I think I can see someone with some stripy wellies. Look at them!

Fantastic. Stripy wellies, stripy zebras and stripy leaves.

I've got to head off. I've got to go and check on the veggies.

-But would you stop by later on and say hello?

-Yeah.

-You will?

-You run off with your mums. Have a lovely time. See you later.

-Bye!

-Mr Bloom!

-Mr Bloom!

-Mr Bloom!

-Hello! Is someone calling me?

-Ooh, yeah.

-I just wanted to say goodbye before I left.

-Goodbye?

-Where are you going?

-Holiday bean.

-Erm, no, Raymond.

-I'm not sure that's a good idea. You don't like sunbathing.

-Oh, no.

I'm not going to the beach. I'm going on safari.

A safari? Oh, my. Now I really am worried.

-Mr Bloom, what's a safari?

-Well, it's a special holiday, Joan,

where people just go and watch animals living in the wild.

Some people, they like to look at the animals from a great big car.

Other people, they use a balloon.

I don't like balloons. Far too floaty.

What were you hoping to see on your safari, Raymond?

Well, I'd like to see some lions and some elephants.

Choppety chop, bean. Come on!

-You'll be going to Africa then?

-Oh, no. Africa's too far away.

I thought I'd just stay around the fete. I'm sure it'll be just as good.

-Right.

-A postcard from Granny Bloom!

-Hey!

-Thank you very much, Mail Marrow.

-What does it say? What does it say?

She says she misses us all and she sends a big hug

-to her favourite veggies.

-Awwwww.

She also says that we should visit the world's biggest greenhouse.

-It's only round the corner and there's a very special balloon.

-Oh!

-Just the word makes me go all funny.

-How exciting! A special balloon.

-Sounds too silly for me.

-Well, it sounds right up my allotment.

-So, who'd like to go with me?

-Me.

-Me.

-Me.

-Me.

OK, Compo. It's over to you.

-Joan!

-Right, Joan. It's you and me. Let's get going.

The sooner we go, the sooner we'll get there. Bye, veggies.

-Bye, Mr Bloom.

-Bye, Joan.

# Off on an expedition

# Me and a veggie On a little mission

# Don't delay, let's make our way

# I wonder what we'll see today

# Off on an expedition

# Me and a veggie On a little mission

# Lots to see, lots to show

# Come on, Joan

# Let's go. #

You're the perfect companion for this trip, it's true.

You need someone to tell you what to do.

You're a sweet little fennel. Did you know that, my dear?

Mr Bloom, stop it I'm shedding a tear.

# Off on an expedition

# Me and a veggie On a little mission

# On my friend I can depend

# It's lovely having time to spend

# We're off on an expedition

# Me and a veggie On a little mission

# Off we go

# Just us two

# On an adventure

-# Me and you. #

-Awwww!

Ah, bless my beetroots. Look at it, Joan.

I tell you, in all my days of shovelling compost,

I've never seen anything like this.

They're like massive circular greenhouses.

They're kind of like a giant glass caterpillar, eh?

They're enormous! I wonder what they've got inside.

Yeah, I don't know. I tell you what,

it's bigger than a tomato plant. Let's go see.

Wow. This giant greenhouse,

it's got plants from all over the world, Joan.

It's amazing. But it's so hot in here. Why is that?

Well, these are all tropical plants, Joan.

They like to live in warm jungles and forests.

This giant greenhouse keeps it nice and hot

so they feel right at home.

I don't think I've ever seen so many plants growing in one place before.

Hey, look, Joan,

this tree has got juicy mangoes growing on it.

It's huge.

Let's see what else we can find.

You're on.

Cocoa.

Cocoa? What's that?

Well, cocoa is used to make chocolate.

Chocolate? You mean that lovely, scrummy chocolate

actually comes from a plant?

I know. It's fascinating, isn't it?

You take cocoa, you add milk and sugar

and he has got a yummy block of chocolate.

Wow.

Oh, look, Joan. Hey, there it is.

That's the balloon Granny Bloom told us about in her postcard.

Oh, incredible.

-Eh, up.

-Hello, Mr Bloom, how are you?

-I'm very well, thanks.

-Joan, this is Dan and he is one of the gardeners here.

-Hello, Dan.

Hello, Joan.

Why would a gardener have such a massive balloon?

That's a good question, Joan.

The trees get so big and tall that we can't always reach the top

when we inspect or prune them so we use a balloon.

Wow. That must be a really fun job, eh? Gardening in the air.

It is, Mr Bloom. In fact, we are doing some today. Do you want a go?

Hey, well, I'd love to. Joan, check me out.

-I am going up, up and away.

-Oh, lovely.

Right, Dan, strap us in.

Oh, I wish I could get up high as well.

Oh. What's that? Oh.

# Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?

# We could float among the stars... #

-All right, thanks.

-See you, bye.

# We can fly

# Up, up and away

# My beautiful, my beautiful balloon

# Up, up and away. #

Thanks to this balloon, I can get to the tops of the highest trees.

Check the leaves, check that it is all growing properly.

Hey, Joan, I'm a real life flying gardener. Hey, hey.

Joan? Where have you got to? Joan?

I'm over here, Mr Bloom.

I'm up high as well. On the top of this platform.

Hey, so you are, you sneaky fennel. What can you see from up there?

Well, I can see the tops of lots of pretty trees.

-This must be what it feels to be a bird.

-You're right.

Right-o, then. Back down we go.

See you at the bottom, Joan.

Whee!

Hey, Joan, you came down quickly.

Oh, I can't wait to tell Granny Bloom about this.

Hey, I know,

there are two ballooning Blooms in the family now, aren't there?

We'd best get back. They'll think we've floated off to the moon.

-Come on.

-Oh!

Everybody is getting to do some gardening at my fete.

Oh, I wonder what the tiddlers are up to.

Push it up from the bottom. There we go. Look.

Come on, Margaret.

-Are going to make another hole in the edge?

-Yeah.

Well done, tiddlers, those hanging baskets look great.

-I think you've done really well, tiddlers.

-Thank you, Margaret.

Are you going to give yourselves a round of applause?

APPLAUSE Yay! Well done, tiddlers.

Right, I think it is time we found Mr Bloom so he can help us

hang these baskets nice and high for everyone to see.

-Hey, Bob, there's lots going on.

-Is that Raymond down there?

Oh, oh, dear. Oh!

-Look at him. He is scared of the animals.

-Oh, dear.

His safari mustn't be going very well.

Oh, a balloon. Oh, actually, they're quite pretty.

Oh, a big beast and it is coming this way. Oh!

Big beast? That was just a bumblebee. Oh, dear.

-Hey, veggies, look who I found outside.

-TIDDLERS: Hi, veggies.

-VEGGIES:

-Hi, tiddlers.

-TIDDLERS: Hi, veggies.

Raymond, I thought you were on safari.

Oh, that was the plan but I got chased by a wasp, a ferret

and some tiddlers with balloons.

Scaredy-bean!

Raymond wanted to go on safari today, tiddlers.

To go and see lots of different animals.

-What animals do you like, Johnny?

-Dinosaur.

-Can you do an impression of a dinosaur?

-Rraaargh!

Raargh!

-They're good.

-Oh, yeah, it was such a pity.

I'll never get to see any lions now.

Mr Bloom, there must be some way we can help Raymond with his safari.

Oh, look, Compo's showing us what we did earlier on today, Joan.

-MARGARET:

-What a big greenhouse and such tall trees.

The trees were so tall that the gardeners had to use a very

special balloon to reach the top of them.

Oh, I am not sure about that. I can hardly look.

Raymond, it is only a balloon.

Yes, but it is a big one.

Well, maybe, Raymond. But, thanks to the balloon,

I was able to check some of the tallest trees.

-Hey, maybe balloons can help with your problem too.

-Really?

Flying bean.

It was amazing. I felt like a bird flying up high.

-Do you tiddlers like balloons?

-TIDDLERS: Yes.

-Yeah?

Hey, that's given me an idea, Raymond.

Now, I think I have come up with an idea whereby

-we can help you see lots of different animals.

-Oh.

Yeah! We are going to send you on a balloon safari.

A what?

Or should I say...

..a safari of...

-TIDDLERS: Balloon animals!

-Hey, hey!

By 'eck, tiddlers, you are brighter than a box of begonias.

Clever beans.

Well, Raymond, what do you think?

I love balloons.

We are going to need a whole load more.

-I want a balloon safari.

-ALL: Yeah!

And do you know what? I am not scared of balloons any more.

Well, I'm very glad to hear that, Raymond.

Because I have got something for you.

It's like a hot air balloon.

Made from lots and lots of little balloons. Oh, I love it.

Now all we need is something for Raymond to sit in.

Ah, good point, Margaret. I hadn't thought of that.

Oh, but here we go.

Compo to the rescue.

Oh, look, Compo's showing us what you got up to outside.

We made a hanging basket.

-MARGARET:

-And the flowers looked so pretty.

So, those hanging baskets, they keep the plants high up in the air.

If we want to get Raymond up in the air,

perhaps he could sit in a basket.

Compo, can you help us out with the bits and bobs?

CLUNKING AND WHIRRING

Ooh, 'ey-up. Sounds like he needs some grub.

And sharpish!

Ahem! Hello, hello, calling all tiddlers,

parents and grandparents.

We've got a very hungry compostarium here, and he needs feeding.

So please oblige

and fill the nearest copper funnel

full of lovely compostable bits and bobs.

Thank you very much. Bye-bye.

# Grass and weeds and leaves from trees

# Thistles that prickle and petals that tickle

# Brown stuff, green stuff Sticky stuff, icky stuff

# Crunchy bits, munchy bits Snappy bits, sappy bits

# Yesterday's yums Chopping-board crumbs

# It's not fussy what's in its tum

-# My awesome compostarium! #

-TING!

He's full!

Oh, thanks, Compo. That's cracking.

You know what, tiddlers, I think this basket is going to be

-perfect for our hot-air balloon, don't you?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

And you could use all those decorations to make it look pretty.

Ooh, hee-hee-hee! Oh, I can hardly wait.

Put it there.

Hey, Johnny, would you like to go on a hot-air balloon?

-Yeah.

-Would you?

Yeah, being up high's great fun.

Ooh, this safari's going to be brilliant!

Hey, there we go. Jolly good. I think we're done there, Jake.

So, this is going well, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-All we need now are some balloons, so you stay here.

Woo-hoo! OK!

So, I reckon...

Maybe... Could you decorate that giraffe?

Put some spots on him for me.

-What do you think we could make out of this?

-I know, a tree.

-A tree?

That's a good idea! We could make a palm tree, couldn't we?

Right, so, this is going to be one of our leaves.

-Do you think you could hold onto it for me?

-Yeah.

-There we go.

-I'll put you in some handcuffs. But your hand through there.

-Ah!

And through there. You stay there for me, all right?!

-You've got your hands in the leaves of a palm tree.

-Put it on me!

-There we go. Pop it on there.

-Whoa, I've got two set of leaves!

What do you think of the show so far?

Safari...sa-goody!

THEY LAUGH

-My name's Flingo-wingo!

-Flingo-wingo?!

Ooh-hoo-hoo! Those balloons are very noisy!

-We've got our palm tree!

-Yaaayyy!

-Hoorayyyyy!

-Oh, well done, Mr Bloom!

The tiddlers and Mr Bloom are getting on great down there!

Let's go see what's happening outside.

-Ooh, it's busy!

-That's what I like to see!

Oh, right!

Hey, come on, Barbara.

-Yaaayyyy!

-You know what, that is a basket fit for a king.

-So, well done, tiddlers.

-Mr Bloom, I think we're all ready to go.

Right you are. Johnny, let him go.

And there he goes! Up, up and away!

-Hold on, Raymond!

-Wow. Ooh, it's a long way down.

I can see giraffes over there.

Oh, there's an elephant. Oh, wow.

Oh, wow, what's that? No, it can't be. It is!

It's a lion!

I've seen a lion! Oh, yippee!

Hey, Raymond, can you see these beautiful birds down here?

Do you know what they are?

Oh, yes, of course I do! They're sparrows.

Ha-ha! Sparrows aren't pink!

And they don't have great long necks.

-Those are flamingos!

-Hey, steady as you go.

-Oh, he's floating away!

-Where's he going?

-Do you like my mini cactus, Barbara?

-It's fascinating.

-Careful, Raymond.

-Ooh, hello, Raymond.

Come and have a look. Bring your balloon over here.

POP! Ooh-hoo-hoo!

-AIR HISSES

-Ooh, I say!

-Here I come!

Down he goes.

ALL CHEER

Hey, Mr Bloom, you know the perfect way to end a balloon safari?

With pop music, of course!

-I like your style, Sebastian.

-Hit it!

-MUSIC STARTS

-Hey, here we go!

# Raymond wanted animals a safari holiday

# So we used big balloons to send him up, up and away

# Now he's back down to earth it was a job well done

# So I think we all deserve to sing and dance and have some fun

# La la la la la la-la

# La la la la la la

# La la la la la la-la

# La la la, la la la

# La la la la la la-la

# La la la la la la

# La la la la la la-la

# La la la, la la la

# We've had a busy day

# How the time flies

# You veggies must be tired

# Let's bed you down shut your eyes

# Come on, Margaret, Colin, Raymond Joan and Sebastian

# Ohh, settle down you cheeky Wee MacGregors

# It's time for a snooze... #

Thank you for helping to make my balloon basket.

-It was brilliant, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

Colin has made his own balloon bean! Look! Ha-ha!

Night-night, Johnny.

-# Nap time, veggies... #

-Night.

-# Sleep tight, veggies... #

-YAWNING

-# Just listen to my gentle tune... #

-Night-night.

# Nap time, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# You'll wake up and play soon. #

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