Sebastian's Pet Mr Bloom's Nursery

CHILD'S VOICE: 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 spade, a fork, my wheelbarrow

# The dressing-up box and a grand piano

# A radio... Well, it's on the blink

# Saucepan, doormat Who brought 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! #

CHILDREN: Get Set, Grow!

-MR BLOOM ON PA:

-'All tiddlers, ladies, gentlemen, mums and dads,

'the time has come where I can say

'the Mr Bloom's Nursery travelling fete is open.'

So, get set, grow!

Today I've brought my travelling fete to Kilmarnock

and I'm just off out to go meet some tiddlers.

Hello! You all right?

Hey, hello, tiddlers. Are you having a nice time?

ALL: Yes!

It's Elena, Jamie and Aaron. Hey, what have you got there, Aaron?

-Tiger lilies.

-Tiger lilies?

-Hey, can you roar like tigers?

-THEY ROAR

Oh, that's good roaring. That's funny, isn't it?

A flower that's named after an animal.

-Have you got any animals at home?

-Yeah.

-What have you got?

-A dog.

-You've got a dog? What have you got?

-A parrot and a dog.

Wow, so you've got some pets? That's great.

I tell you what,

you take those tiger lilies over to the Grow And Tell table,

they'd love to see them.

-OK, I'll see you later on. Bye-bye.

-Bye.

I am buying a teeny-weeny puppy dog and that is that.

-Oh, but puppies need lots and lots of care.

-Walkies bean!

I'm sorry, but you are all wrong. I think it will be easy peasy weasy!

Oh, dear. Mr Bloom, we need your help.

Hey, what's up, Joan? You called?

Mr Bloom, Sebastian wants a puppy

but we don't think he'll have time to look after it.

Well, Joan's right.

You know puppies, they take a lot of looking after

and you're a very busy aubergine.

Mm-hm. And they grow up so fast.

Into great, big, bouncy dogs.

Woofity-woof bean! Ha-ha!

I have listened to what you said and I have thought about it.

And I still think it'll be easy peasy weasy.

Well, perhaps Compo could help.

Compo, where can we find out about things that grow really quickly?

Sebastian here thinks puppies are easy to look after,

but they grow up so fast.

Oh, twizzle my trowel!

Look, it's the Isle of Bute.

I know something that grows very quickly there.

How exciting!

I'm going to need a veggie to come with me, so, who's it going to be?

Compo, over to you.

-VEGGIES:

-Raymond!

Did someone call?

Raymond, Compo's picked you to come on an expedition.

So, what do you say?

-Oh, yippedy dippedy double yippee!

-Well, I'll take that as a yes.

Come on, then. Hey, you veggies play nicely whilst we're gone, OK?

-Bye!

-Goodbye!

-We will.

-Bye, Mr Bloom!

-Bye-bye!

Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof!

But that is not teeny-weeny puppy dog.

That is Colin wearing silly ears.

Captain doggie bean.

Yes, and if you look after Colin,

you'll find out what it's like to look after a real puppy dog.

Oh, very well, if you say so. OK, here goes.

Colin, sit!

COLIN BARKS

No, no, no, I said sit, Colin!

Playful puppy bean!

-Tummy! Tummy! Tummy!

-No, no, no, no!

# 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, Raymond, let's go

# Hmm hmm hmm hmm... #

Raymond, you cuddly butternut squash

Are you excited?

Oh, golly gosh

I can't wait to go out with you

But will there be time for a cuddle or two?

# 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. #

This is the life, isn't it?

Being at sea with the wind in our hair, off on an adventure.

Oh, it's exciting being on a ferry.

-And Raymond, you know, this ferry has even got cars on it.

-Ooh!

Are we nearly there?

Yep, we're almost there, Raymond. Come on, let's go.

Compo has sent us to look at this seaweed,

because it grows really quickly.

-Hi there, Ian.

-Hiya.

We made it. Ian, what are you up to?

-I'm cutting seaweed with my shell.

-I see.

Oh!

I'll pop you down over there and then we'll lend a hand.

-Brilliant.

-Oh, righty-oh.

There's loads of seaweed on this beach, isn't there, Ian?

-Lots and lots. It's because it grows so fast.

-Oh, I see.

I guess when the tide goes out like it is now,

you can see it everywhere?

-Mr Bloom?

-Mm-hm?

Isn't seaweed a weed?

Well, it is because it's seaweed,

but it's a good weed, Raymond.

In fact, it's a really delicious vegetable that you can eat.

Oh, well, maybe it should be called a sea vegetable.

Maybe, Raymond, maybe.

-So, what's next?

-I think we're going to have to get wet.

Oh, Mr Bloom, I can't go swimming.

I haven't got my bronze butternut squash saving badge yet.

OK, Raymond.

Tell you what, you wait here, OK? Somewhere I can keep an eye on you.

-Righto.

-And guess what I've got?

Walkie-talkies!

So, we can keep in touch.

So, Roger that, I'll see you in a bit.

Roger? No, I'm Raymond, Mr Bloom!

Well, how does this work?

Wow, I can feel all this seaweed under my feet, Ian.

-There's lots of it under your feet.

-It's a bit slippery.

There we go. So what type of seaweed have we got here?

This one's called sea string.

-Sea string?

-Oh, look at that.

Hey, look at this!

Mr Bloom to Raymond,

'come in, over.'

Oh, oh, oh! Hello, hello!

Mr Bloom, is that you? Over.

'Raymond, look, I've found some seaweed.'

It's fantastic. And you know what? It's a really speedy grower.

Speedy seaweed, like speedy Colin. Over.

I tell you what, I'm going to bring it back.

We need to rinse it off, OK?

'So, I'll meet you by the waterfall, over.'

OK. I'm on my way over...

'Over.'

All right, see you then. OK, we'll see you later on, Ian.

-Thanks a lot.

-Bye!

Hello, Mr Bloom, over!

Hi, Raymond. Hey, what do you think?

Oh, it's brilliant. It's long and thin, like brown spaghetti.

Why are you washing it?

It's good to wash vegetables before we eat them.

Mr Bloom, are we going to eat it?

Well, we can give it a try.

-I'll bring it round here.

-All right.

It's like we're having a picnic, Mr Bloom. A seaweed picnic!

-I love your hat.

-Thank you, Mr Bloom. It's my picnic hat.

So, I'll get some of this seaweed, here.

There it goes.

Oh, it's turning green.

That's right, Raymond. That means it's perfect to eat.

-Oh, sizzling seaweed!

-Mm! That's right.

But you have to be careful.

When you've got hot water and you're cooking,

you have to let a grown-up do that.

I hope I like it, Mr Bloom.

-Open wide, try this.

-Aaahh!

There we go. Have a go.

Mmm! Oh, it's yummy!

Oh, yeah! Mmm! That's yummy seaweed, that.

It's brilliant weed!

I wonder how those brilliant veggies are getting on back at the fete.

-Come on, let's get this packed up and we'll go and see.

-Righty-o.

Sebastian, where's Colin the puppy?

Oh, he is fast asleep on his blanket, of course.

Oh, dear! I was so busy, I forgot all about him and now he's gone!

COLIN BARKS

Dog stick. Colin doggie bean! Ha-ha!

Hey, I wonder what the tiddlers are up to.

Hello, tiddlers!

What are you doing?

-We're putting crass into a fish.

-Are you going to put crass in?

-Yeah.

Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle.

We've got to sprinkle it nice and quickly.

How clever!

It's going to grow up in the shape that you've cut out.

What shape will the cress grow now?

-TIDDLERS:

-A fish.

Like that.

So, you'll have a fish shaped cress.

Oh, that's lovely.

-COLIN BARKS

-Doggie bean! Ha-ha!

Ha-ha-ha-ha! Yap, yap, yap, yap! Racing around bean!

No, Colin, don't do that! Get down! Get down! Good boy!

Veggies, look who I found outside at the fete.

Look, it's Aaron, Jamie and Elena.

VEGGIES: Hello, tiddlers.

-TIDDLERS:

-Hello, veggies.

Oh, my word, what's happened here?

Oh, Mr Bloom, it's a long story, but let's just say, Joan was right.

Looking after a puppy's too hard for an aubergine.

Now, if you will all excuse me, I must go and lie down.

-Naughty puppy bean.

-Oh, you weren't being naughty, Colin.

No, you were just being a bit mischievous.

Oh, yes, like a real puppy.

Although, I don't think you needed to chew on Mr Bloom's slippers.

Sebastian was really wanting to get a dog as a pet,

but pets can take a lot of looking after.

Mr Bloom, do you think we could find Sebastian another pet?

Something that's easier to look after.

Yeah, like a rhino!

Or a giraffe.

Well, I think it'd have to be a little bit smaller

than a giraffe or a rhino.

Smaller than a rhino and a giraffe...

Oh, gosh, that's tricky.

Why don't we have a look at what we did earlier on today?

Maybe that'll give us some clues.

COMPO BOINGS AND WHISTLES

Now, this is what me and Raymond did before.

Mr Bloom waded into the sea to get lots of slippery seaweed

that was growing under the water.

You know, seaweed grows really fast.

Even faster than a puppy!

Raymond even tried some of the seaweed to see what it tasted like.

-Oh, yes, it was a delicious sea vegetable.

-Yeah, that's right.

Seaweed grows underwater.

Something else that lives underwater could make a good pet for Sebastian.

What did you tiddlers get up to at the fete?

Did you see anything that might help?

We had to cut out a little fish shape

and then we sprinkled seeds around it

so when it grows, it'll make a shape of a...

-Fish.

-..fish.

Has that given you any ideas

how we can help Sebastian with his pet problem?

-We can give him a fish.

-A fish!

Why would fishes be a good thing?

Because it lives in a fish tank and there won't be any mess.

Good thinking, tiddlers.

We're going to need something to put them in.

What do you think, tiddlers, what would do?

What about, you could maybe use a fish tank?

A fish tank - now that's a good idea, Aaron.

I know just the person to get us a fish tank.

-Who do you think?

-Compo.

-Oh, yeah!

-That's right!

COMPO WHIZZES AND BOINGS

Uh-oh, it sounds like he's a bit peckish.

OK, so if Compo's hungry, we'd better feed him.

# 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!

# ..is full! #

Here we go, tiddlers.

Now, I knew this old fish tank would come in use.

Ta-da! So, looks like we've got everything we need

to make an underwater aquarium for Sebastian's new pets.

-Shall we get cracking?

-Yeah.

Tip them in. Woo-hoo!

In it goes. That looks like a little bridge.

What if we put that like that?

Oh, I think Sebastian is going to love his fish tank!

Who's in the mood for doing some underwater gardening?

-ALL:

-Me!

Do you want to put yours down the other end there, Aaron?

What do we need now?

-ALL:

-Water.

Those plants are like the seaweed Mr Bloom collected.

Oh, the water's near the top. Well done, tiddlers.

I think that looks like plenty.

So, now we just need to let the water settle and go nice and clear.

I tell you what, that's going to leave us just enough time

to get into the underwater mood with some dressing up.

Would you like to do some dressing up before we add the fish?

-Yeah, and I love mermaids.

-Really? You love mermaids?

I've got some costumes, some underwater costumes,

round here somewhere.

Wow, you tiddlers look brilliant.

Octopus bean!

Well, that is top dressing up, tiddlers. And you, veggies.

Although what are you supposed to be, Raymond?

-A sponge.

-A sponge!

Oh, well, you know what tiddlers?

I've tested the water in the aquarium

and it is perfect for these little fellas.

Shall we put them in? OK.

Woo-hoo!

-Aww!

-Yeah! Oh, yeah!

-They look cute.

-Yeah.

We've got our tiddlers to thank for this, haven't we, veggies?

You tiddlers give yourselves a big pat on the back.

Sebastian's coming! Quiet, everyone.

One, two, three...

ALL: Surprise!

Surprise? What surprise is this?

Look, Sebastian, these are your new pets.

Oh, my! Oh, mercy me! Oh, what wonderful fishy friends!

Oh, I am so happy. Oh, thank you, Mr Bloom. Thank you, tiddlers.

Oh, thank you, everyone!

Well, they won't grow as quickly as a puppy.

And they won't make a lot of mess.

But you will need to look after them. Won't he, tiddlers?

-ALL:

-Yes.

What will he have to do, Aaron?

You have two make sure the water's the right temperature.

-Oh, of course.

-And feed the fish.

-Feed them.

-And what about you, Jamie?

-Make sure the water's clean.

Of course, I have to make sure the water is clean.

And take them for long walks, and buy them lots of juicy bones...

-Raymond, are you still thinking about the puppies?

-Am I?

Oh, yeah, sorry!

So, Sebastian, what are you going to call these fishes?

Oh, er, let me see...

Well, this one looks like a Fido

and that one, he looks like a Rover.

Oh, you funny aubergine, you!

You know what, I think it's time to have a sing and a swim, eh?

A one, a two, a one, two, three, four...

Yay! Come on, let's have a boogie!

# A puppy dog is not so easy as a pet

# Like seaweed on the beach

# They grow so fast and make a mess

# I got some fish instead

# In an aquarium

# 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

# 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.

Oh, settle down, you cheeky Wee MacGregors!

It's time for a snooze.

Oh, will you cuddle me, please?

-Ahhhh! And did you like dancing as a mermaid?

-Yeah.

Can I have a nice cuddle?

That's lovely.

-# Nap time, veggies

-Oh, thank you, Jamie.

# Sleep tight, veggies

# Just listen to my gentle tune

# Nap time, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# You'll wake up and play soon. #

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