Maypole Mayhem 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. 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

# My dressing-up box and a grand piano

# A radio that'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! #

Mr Bloom!

All tiddlers, ladies, gentlemen, mums and dads,

the time has come where I can say

that 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 and meet some tiddlers.

Hello! You all right?

Hey! Hello, tiddlers! It's Aaron, Elena and Jamie.

-Are you having a nice time?

-ALL: Yes.

Yeah, there's loads to do out there.

-And what have you got there, Elena?

-A sunflower for you.

That is a beautiful sunflower, look at that.

Why is it standing up so tall?

-The roots.

-The roots.

-How many roots are there, do you think?

-103!

-31!

-31!

Ho-ho! How many do you think, Jamie?

Maybe about 100 or 200.

Maybe you're right, yeah.

They're certainly helping this sunflower to stand up tall.

Tell you what, there's loads going on today.

I don't want you to miss out, so go and have fun

-and I'll see you later, OK? Bye-bye!

-VEGGIES SINGING

I can hear those veggies from out here!

Hmm, better go and see what the matter is.

# Jingle bells, jingle bells... #

Raymond!

What, what, what?

# Oh, what fun it is to ride

# In a one-horse open... #

Raymond! I know you're enjoying wearing these costumes,

but we have to practise our Maypole dancing!

We're dancing?! Nobody mentioned dancing!

I've told you this before, Raymond,

there are special dances going on all day,

and we've been invited to join a dance

with the really mega and amazing Maypole dancers

of Meryl Diddledale!

The really mega and amazing

Maypole dancers of Meryl Diddledale are here today?

Oh-ho-ho-ho!

But how will we practise? We haven't got a maypole.

Not to worry, Tony the handy-marrow is hard at work.

He'll have it ready for the show.

We just need a stand-in maypole for now.

Something tall and thin.

Colin! Colin, can be our maypole!

Maypole bean? No way, maypole bean!

Dancing jingly bean!

Ha-ha!

All right, almost there.

Tony! Not a moment too soon.

We need to start practising our dance.

Not to worry, my dears, I never miss a deadline.

Anyway, must dash, work to do. Enjoy your dancing.

-Eh-up, veggies!

-ALL:

-Hello, Mr Bloom!

Mr Bloom, could you stand our maypole up for us, please?

Yeah, of course.

Oh! That's a bit heavy.

Glad you veggies didn't try and lift that yourself.

Tall bean!

It is very tall, isn't it?

There we go.

Oh! Hang on.

Oh.

It's not standing up.

It's too tall! It keeps falling over.

Oh, no. We're not going to be able to practise our dance.

-We'll be a shambles!

-Your dance?

Yes, we're supposed to be dancing with the really mega...

..and amazing Maypole dancers of Meryl Diddledale!

I heard they were coming.

I'm sure we can come up with a way to get this maypole

to stand up by itself, we just need to have a think.

What things are really tall, but don't fall down?

Oh! The world's tallest stack of pancakes!

No, Raymond, not that.

No, something else, like... Hey! Something like a tree.

A tall tree!

How about you go and find the tallest tree you can

and find out how it doesn't fall over?

Marvellous!

All right, my Compo friend, which veggie's coming on an outing today?

-Raymond, it's you and me, my butternut buddy.

-Raymond bean!

I tell you what, let's leave your hat here.

It's very nice, but we don't want to get it mucky.

All right, veggies, see you later.

Bye, Mr Bloom!

# 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! #

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! #

All right, Raymond. Compo's route finder will take us

to the tallest tree in Britain.

What do you think of that?

Oh! Oh! There's a tall tree, maybe it's that one.

Oh! Oh! There's an even taller taller tree!

But we've to find the tallest. Come on.

71...

72...

-Tiddlers ahead, Raymond.

-Oh, goodie!

Hey, look. It's Tilly and Dylan. Hello, you two.

-BOTH: Hello, Mr Bloom.

-Aww!

-You tiddlers, you live around this woodland garden, don't you?

-Yes.

It's beautiful. What have you found here?

-It's a tree stump.

-That's right.

You know, I think it belonged to those old tree roots there.

There must have been a great big storm to blow it down, eh?

Ooh!

How many rings has it got?

-Well, we've counted up to 79.

-79? Ooh.

The tree, it gets a new ring for every year that it's been alive,

so it tells us how many birthdays the trees have had.

-Raymond, tell them what we're doing.

-We're trying to find

the tallest tree in Britain. Will you help us, tiddlers?

-BOTH: Yes.

-Yay! Ha-ha!

Come on, tiddlers, let's get looking.

There's lots of tall trees around here.

Hey, this one's the tallest. Ardkinglas Grand Fir.

Take a look at that. The tallest tree in Britain.

-It's tall.

-It's taller than the tallest house I've ever seen.

-Right, I'll be back in a jiffy.

-What's Mr Bloom doing?

All I need to do is climb to the top using this ladder,

-then I can measure it from up there.

-Be careful.

-I will, Raymond.

This is a job for grown-ups. Am I near the top of it?

-No!

-Ha-ha!

You're right. This isn't going to get me to the top, is it, tiddlers?

-How will we measure the tree? Any ideas?

-I know what you can do.

You can get in a plane and fly up and see how tall it is.

An aeroplane! That'd be brilliant.

-Yeah!

-But we don't have an aeroplane.

Oh. Ha-ha!

I've got this diagram. This is our tallest tree.

So what we need to do is walk away from the tree

until we can see the top of it,

by bending over and looking through our legs, because then,

however far away we are from the tree is roughly the same as

how tall that tree is. Tiddlers, we're going to count our paces

away from the tree. Let's go.

One, two, three...

..11, 12, 13, 14...

..33, 34... Right, guys, let's check.

Look through our legs. Hoo-hoo!

Oh, no, you've got to keep going, Mr Bloom.

-We can't see it.

-We've got to get further away from the tree.

All right, let's go.

..44, 45...

..63, 64... OK, over we go.

-Oh, I think I can see the top of the tree, can you, tiddlers?

-Yeah!

-Oh.

-Wow, that's one tall tree.

That tree is taller than six double-decker buses

piled one on top of the other.

So, how do you think that tall tree keeps standing upright?

-Cos it's got huge roots.

-That's right, it's the roots.

The roots go down into the ground and spread out all around the tree.

I wish the maypole would stand up tall like this tree.

Don't worry, Raymond, there's hope yet.

That reminds me, we ought to get going.

Come on, tiddlers, thanks for your help. Let's go back, eh? This way.

Wave goodbye to the tallest tree. Bye!

The sun is shining and there's plenty to see and do at my fete.

Oh, look, the tiddlers are making colourful labels for some plants.

Yellow. I've got yellow.

Once you've drawn your pictures,

what are you going to do with your sticks?

We're going to squash it in the soil, like that.

-Oh!

-Who's going to be first to pop it in the plants?

-Me!

Oh, look! Look at the sticks. Gosh, you've made labels that

stand up in the soil.

-Aaron, do you think your stick will fall over?

-No.

-Why not?

Because I put it in the ground.

Oh, well done, your label sticks are tall and strong.

Aww, the dancing's started!

Ha-ha! Hey, I'd best take the tiddlers to my tent

to help solve the problem of the veggies' maypole. Come on!

Hey, veggies, look who I found outside.

It's Aaron, Elena and Jamie.

VEGGIES: Hello, tiddlers!

Mr Bloom, this maypole is a disaster.

We'll never practise our dance at this rate.

But what about the mega and amazing maypole dancers

-of Merry...Munna-Munna?

-Meryl Diddledale?

Yes, them. They can't dance without us.

Don't worry, I'm sure we can sort something. D'you know what?

The veggies are worried because they're doing a dance

and they haven't practised, as their maypole won't stand up.

Have you tiddlers ever had to do a dance before in front of people?

-Yes.

-Have you? What dance did you do, Jamie?

First, we had to practise, then we had to go on the stage and do it.

-Oh, wow. And was it good fun?

-Mm-hm.

Yes, we'd like to practise too, but we can't do our dancing

-without the maypole.

-Well, we've all learnt a lot of things today,

maybe something will help us.

MACHINE WHISTLES AND WHIRS

Compo's going to show us something.

-Raymond, what did we find?

-We found a really old tree

and a really, really tall tree, and it wasn't falling over.

That's right, it was standing really strong.

You know why? The roots went down into the ground

and they helped it to stand up nice and tall.

Hey, and the sunflower that you brought in had roots we could see,

keeping it standing nice and tall.

Yes, but our maypole doesn't have roots.

Oh! Hey, Compo's showing us what you did outside.

Oh, you made labels. They look great.

Oh, I see. You stood them in the pots and they stood up tall.

So, tiddlers, how do you think we can keep the veggies' maypole

standing up nice and tall?

A big pot of soil.

A big pot of soil!

That's a tip-top idea, Aaron.

Yeah!

I could be a jiggly squash, after all. Ha-ha!

We could put the maypole in some soil in a pot.

-That will help it stand up tall.

-Oh!

And you know what?

I know just the contraption to give us the bits and bobs we need.

Oh! You know what? It looks like we're going to have to feed someone

before we get our bits and bobs. Stand by for an announcement!

'Hello. Hope you're having a lovely time, fete-goers.

'No need to be alarmed, but I need to bring

'to your attention there's a hungry compostarium on the premises.

'So if you've got any biodegradable bits and bobs,

'put them in the nearest copper funnel, at your convenience.'

Thank you!

# 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...

..is full.

Right, shall we get filling this flower pot full of soil,

-so we can stand this maypole up?

-Yeah.

-Come on, then, tiddlers.

That's it, grab your trowels.

There's lots and lots of soil.

Fantastic!

So now, this can stand up by itself. Good job, tiddlers.

Now, Jamie, grab that tea towel and give your hands a wipe. Yeah?

They're doing well, aren't they?

So now we need to start picking some ribbons, don't we?

-Oh, yeah.

-Lovely ribbons.

-I like the red.

-Thank you very much.

-Yellow, my favourite.

-Ah, lovely.

Hey, there we go, Joan. What do you think?

It's standing up. Oh, hooray!

It's perfect. I love it.

Oh, can we start rehearsing now, Mr Bloom?

-My bells are all sad because they're not jingling.

-Of course we can.

Positions, everyone! Oh, what about Mr Bloom and the tiddlers?

I wish they could join in.

WHIRRING

-Oh!

-Oh! Sounds like Compo's got something else for us too.

Oh! Oh, my!

Now, tiddlers, what do you think these might be for?

Us to join in.

That's right, Helena.

I think Compo wants us to join in with the dancing.

Come on, Mr Bloom, get togged up.

-We need to practise.

-Right, you are.

Don't you worry, Mr Bloom, the really mega

and amazing maypole dancers of Meryl Diddledale will wait for you.

-What's going on outside?

-There's loads going on.

Hey, Tom, look.

There's other tiddlers taking tiny bits of tree and making them

stand up, to make little butterflies.

Are butterflies made of real butter?!

-Oh, you're a daft spud, you!

-Come on, let's go.

-Oh, all right.

Right, Joan, we're all ready.

Way-hey! Everyone got your ribbons? Ready?

Skipping towards the maypole!

Here we go!

In towards the maypole and skipping backwards.

Knees up high, skipping on the spot.

-That's it. Dancing.

-Keep it up.

Come on, Aaron, skipping. Towards the maypole.

This is hard work.

-Jingle those bells and skip back.

-Round we go.

Turn around on the spot.

Turning. Here we go.

Ribbons in the air!

-Brilliant.

-And a nice big bow.

-Well done, tiddlers.

-That was fantastic!

I came because I heard all the jingling.

-Is it Christmas already?

-No, it's not, is it, tiddlers?

-We were practising for the maypole dance later.

-Of course,

what a silly aubergine I am!

I want you veggies to have a little snooze, OK?

So you're ready and rested

-for the dance later on.

-ALL: Oh!

-We don't need a sleep!

-Eh! Whoa, whoa, whoa.

It's OK, we've plenty of time. I won't let you miss it.

Mr Bloom, may I suggest we have a little song and dance,

to help us veggies have a snooze?

-Oh. Oh, well, I don't know.

-ALL: Please, please!

-Oh, OK, then.

-Hit it!

Here we go!

# A maypole wooden standard fell down to the ground

# But roots help trees stand up, just like the one that Raymond found

# The tiddlers made a pot that was so big and strong

# 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.

Oh, settle down, you cheeky wee tiddlers.

It's time for a snooze.

This is a lovely, little, gentle cuddle.

That's lovely, Jamie. Oh, thank you. Thank you for coming to see us.

Oh!

# Naptime, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# Just listen to my gentle tune

# Naptime, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# You'll wake up and play soon. #

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