Snails Mr Bloom's Nursery

There is a place

Not far from here

I'm sure you know it

It's ever so near

Come down the path

And you will see

A little gate

To Mr Bloom's Nursery!

Hello!

# This is my allotment

# There's such a lot to see

# With my Compostarium

# There is no place I'd rather be

# Have you been here before or not?

# Let me show you what I've got

# A spade, a fork and my wheelbarrow

# Cabbage, runner beans Tomatoes and a marrow

# A watering can A trowel, some seeds

# Radish, lettuce A couple of weeds

# With my veg and plants

# I can sing and dance

# See them sprout Watch them grow

# Pop along and say hello

# There's so much they can teach us all

# We'll laugh and learn We'll have a ball

# It's such a special place to be

# In my veggie nursery. #

Raymond, will the tiddlers like our new strawberry plant?

I'm sure they will.

Oh, wait! I've just remembered!

I need to water it.

It's MY turn to water the strawberry plant.

Really? I'm sure it's my turn.

No, you watered it yesterday.

-No, I thought that was Colin.

-And it was Margaret the day before that.

Now you mention it, I do remember.

And it's my turn after Margaret.

Oh, yeah. Good point. Sorry, Joan.

-It's definitely your turn.

-Raymond, I know it's my turn

-so I'll...

-JOAN GASPS

You cheeky Wee MacGregors!

It was my turn to water the strawberry plant!

GURGLE, TOOT-TOOT!

-What's that, Compo? The tiddlers are here?

-Yay!

Come on, tiddlers. In you come.

Hello, tiddlers!

Hello, Joan. Hello, Raymond.

Hi, tiddlers.

Hey up, veggies! All right?

Ooh, that's a lovely looking strawberry plant there.

-It's our pride and joy.

-I know.

You're doing a great job of taking care of it.

-We can't wait to eat the strawberries.

-Eat strawberries?

-Not yet, Colin. They've still got a lot of growing to do.

-Yeah.

-Tiddlers, do you like eating strawberries?

-I don't.

-Do you not, Millie?

-I do!

-But you do, Mohammed.

-Do you like strawberry jam?

-Yeah.

I love strawberry jam on my toast!

Hey, I tell you what, I know somebody else

who would like to eat the whole strawberry plant.

ALL: Who?

Who? Well, hold there one moment.

Who could it be?

Hello, my beauties. Here we are.

-They're trying to escape!

-They are, aren't they?

Me and the tiddlers found these outside

-with our friend Ahmed, didn't we?

-Yeah.

-They're trying to escape.

-Snails love eating strawberry plants.

Snails!

THE VEGGIES SHOUT IN PANIC

What's wrong?

Tell you what, tiddlers, can you help me give the veggies a cuddle?

I don't know what's the matter.

-You weren't scared when we found the snails, were you?

-No.

Joan, Raymond, Colin, we're coming.

THE VEGGIES SHOUT AND WHIMPER

Snails! Argh! Snails!

Hey up, tiddlers.

It's Mohammed, Ahmed and Millie.

Hello! Excuse me, I was just finishing my lunch.

I've been very hungry today,

but I tell you, I'm not the only hungry one in this nursery.

Come and have a look at these lettuces. Who can tell me

what that little fellow is, there?

It's a snail.

-Snail.

-A snail! That's right!

Do you know what that cheeky little snail had for lunch?

-Um, cabbages.

-That's right!

He's been eating my cabbages and he's been eating my lettuces.

Yeah, he's very naughty!

He's a very naughty snail!

And he's green and he's really sticky.

What snail experts! That's right!

These were for my dinner,

but it looks like the snails will eat them all first.

So we need to round up all these snails.

-Who feels like being a snail searcher?

-Me!

Good! Come on, let's go find those snails.

We need to remember snails like sliding where it's smooth

and hiding where it's dark and damp. Where could that be?

-Shall we have a look under those leaves?

-Yeah.

Ohh, what's that there?!

-A snail.

-It's a little snail, isn't it?

All right, you hold that

and I will get Mr Snail off the cabbage leaf.

Hello!

-DEEP VOICE:

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

Where do you think the snails might be around here?

-There's some leaves. Shall we go and have a look?

-Yeah.

Can you see one?

-Yeah!

-Where is he?

-There!

Ohh! Shall we turn this leaf over?

-Hello! He was hiding, wasn't he?

-Yeah.

-What do you think this snail's called?

-CC?

Hello, CC. I hope you don't mind but we need to put you in here.

-Right. Ooh, what have we got here?

-A snail!

We have. Can you pick him up for me?

-Yes.

-Let's get a good look at him. Ohh!

-He's a big one, isn't he?

-He's fat.

Shall we put him in here with his friends?

We're getting quite a snail collection.

Mohammed, come on! Well done, my little snail searchers.

-Shall we see how many snails we got?

-Yeah.

ALL: One, two, three, four, five!

Five snails. That's brilliant.

Now, I think we need to make a snail barrier so that we can stop

any more snails sliding up to these plants.

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

-Wood.

-Flowers!

Flowers? They'd gobble it all up, and I haven't got any wood.

But how about this?

Look, I've got some gravel.

Would snails like to slide all over that, Millie?

-No.

-No!

-They like it where it's smooth, don't they?

-Yeah.

Why don't you have a feel of this gravel? Stick your hands in.

How does it feel?

-Cold and wet.

-It's a bit rough, isn't it?

So what we could do is we could take some of this gravel here

and we can pop it on the ground around the plant.

So the gravel's all around it and there's no other way

-to get on the plant.

-That's right, Mohammed.

If a snail tried to slide over this gravel, it'd be very uncomfortable.

-Yeah.

-Okey-dokes.

Shall we get down to business and get building some barriers?

-Yeah!

-Yeah! All right, hold out your hands. Here's your gravel.

There we go.

Very good.

All right, Millie, could you build me a barrier around this plant?

-Yeah.

-Yes? All right, then, hold out your hands. Here it comes.

Boop-boop-boop-boop!

There we are. Put some around this side.

I'll lift the leaves up for you.

Here comes a big delivery of gravel. Pah-pah-pah-pah!

Ohh, there's loads.

Put it around the bottom of the lettuces.

We can't leave any gaps.

Let's have a look at our barriers. We're not snail searchers any more.

We're snail stoppers! There we go.

Well done, tiddlers. All these plants are safe from the snails,

and we managed to clear up the nursery too.

-Scared bean, tiddlers!

-Agh!

Oh, it's all right, Colin. Hey, calm down.

That jaggedy gravel barrier that we made outside

soon stopped the snails from getting to our lettuces.

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

-Now, Colin, take a deep breath for me.

-Deep breath?

-In...

-..and out.

-Ahh!

-Ah, yeah.

-Does that feel better?

-Oh, yeah, I'm calm now.

Oh, that's good.

Er, Raymond, I really don't think the helmet's necessary.

# Stay away, you hungry snails... # Hup, two, three, four, hup, two...

Look, look, I know you like looking after your strawberry plant,

-but you needn't be scared of a snail.

-Agh, snails!

-Agh, agh, agh!

-No, no, I think Mr Bloom is right,

we shouldn't be scared, not at all. Besides,

we'd easily spot a snail

-if we saw one. We know what they look like.

-Joan...

-We'd see them

-with their big brown shells. What is the matter?

-It's a, a, a...

-a snail!

-Oh, Raymond, don't be silly... Agh!

S-s-snail!

THEY ALL SCREAM

Oh, dear, oh, dear! What a to-do! Look, veggies, it's OK,

cos I've got with me a pair of top snail-searchers, haven't I?

-Yeah.

-Ha-ha! Mohammed, could you pick up them snails for me?

-Yeah.

Oh! Oh!

-Hang about, they're not snails, are they?

-No.

Hee-hee!

-It's the naughty Wee MacGregors!

-The cheeky radishes.

-That's right.

-They're playing a cheeky trick.

-Hee-hee!

They're not snails. They're eggshells

-painted with snaily swirls! There's no need to panic, my veggies.

-Phew!

Oh! I knew all along

-they weren't real snails! I was just pretending to be scared.

-Me too.

The only snails in here are safely tucked away in Mr Bloom's tub.

Yeah, that's right.

Oh, wait a minute...

Oh!

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Oh, dear!

Oh, dearie, tiddlers, look,

-the real snails have escaped!

-THEY ALL SCREAM

All right now, calm down, everyone! Never mind. We'll find them, OK?

-Veggies, you stay and protect the strawberry plant, OK?

-OK.

-Tiddlers,

-you're with me. Let's find them snails!

-If you find them, tell us.

OK, Mohammed. Right, veggies...

-#

-We'll protect this strawberry plant

-Hup, two, three, four! #

-Oh, look, those radishes are up to their tricks again!

-No, Joan,

-the Wee MacGregors have gone.

-Oh...

Oh. In that case, I've found a snail! Oh, Mohammed, Mohammed!

-Where? Here?

-Yeah.

Oh! You put it safe in the tub... Oh, thank you, Mohammed, you're my hero!

Snails, where are you?

Here he is!

Snails, where are you?

Millie, thank you, number two. Look, number one's getting out,

can you put it back in again?

Stay there, little snails!

Three!

No...

Here he is!

-Come on.

-Oh, well done, Millie!

Oh-ho, what a sticky snail!

-He's trying to climb out.

-They're all trying to climb out.

-There we go. Give 'em a good rinse.

-Rinse, rinse, rinse.

-There we go.

Turn that off.

Pop them in there, in the towel...

-That's better.

-Hello!

-Ho-ho! Well done, everyone.

You know, I think that's it. Shall we see how many snails we've got?

Let's count them.

-We've got...

-ALL: One, two,

three,

four...

-Oh, dear.

-Oh, four.

-That must mean there's one still out there.

-Oh, there's a snail on the loose!

-Mr Bloom,

-how are we going to protect the strawberry plant?

-Ooh.

-Ooh...

-WHIRRING

TOOT-TOOT!

Eh, come down here, tiddlers.

Now, what do we have here?

-Eggs!

-Eggs!

-That's right, and I think they're hard-boiled eggs,

so Compo must want us to use these to help protect the plant. Come on,

let's take a closer look at the Make Table. Right...

So, here are our eggs. Mine's a bit broken, are yours as well?

-Yeah.

-A little bit.

-Look. Look what's happened to the shell.

It's all coming off, and it's feeling very jaggedy.

It's feeling just like that jaggedy barrier of gravel we used outside.

-Do you remember?

-Yeah!

-We put it around the lettuces. So maybe

if we peel off all this eggshell, we could create a jaggedy barrier

-around our plant.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-It will roll your eggs around

-until that shell gets nice and broken up.

-Or you can do like that.

Yeah, you can crack it.

Now, very gently with your finger and thumb, can you peel it off? Oh!

That's good work, Mohammed.

The eggshell's all jaggedy. And those snails don't like sliding over

-jaggedy surfaces, do they?

-No.

-Right, come on, tiddlers,

we've got everything ready to protect this strawberry plant,

-haven't we?

-Hello, vegetables!

-Hello!

-OK...

-Hello!

-Take some of this egg shell then.

-Hello...

-Reach over, Mohammed.

Then sprinkle it around the strawberry plant.

-Ooh!

-Look at this, veggies.

-Yeah.

-Clever.

-Do you need some more, Mohammed?

-Yeah.

-Here you go.

-Do you think this plan is going to work?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-They don't like rough things.

-Oh.

-Put some down there...

-They'll get itchy feet.

-Right.

There we go!

-Top work, snail-stoppers!

-And just in time, Mr Bloom, look!

THEY ALL GASP

THEY ALL SCREAM

-All right, let's sort this out. Come here, you!

-Ew!

-Now, you've been scaring my veggies!

-Yeah.

-You don't need to be afraid.

Pop him back in there with his other four friends.

-He's with his friends now, isn't he?

-Yeah. In his play park.

-Yes,

-with his giant cabbage leaf. Ha-ha!

-Yes.

-Well, I think, Millie, that's the last of the lot.

-Yay!

Well done, my snail-stoppers, the strawberry plant is saved!

ALL: Yeah!

Eh, I think this calls for a celebratory song.

-Sebastian, can you help us out?

-Ah, but of course I can!

One, two, escargot!

Woo-hoo!

-#

-We had to stop the snails from munching fruit and veg

-#

-They like smooth surfaces so we made one with a jagged edge

-#

-Our eggshell barrier will help get the job done

-#

-Now, 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

# 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... #

One more time!

# ..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!

-#

-So now, you veggies must be bedded down for the night.

-#

Come on, Margaret, Colin, Raymond,

-Joan and Sebastian.

-CHUCKLING

Eh, settle down, you cheeky Wee MacGregors. It's time for bed.

Can I have a kiss?

Mwah!

Night-night, Mohammed...

Oh! Thank you.

-Night-night.

-Night-night.

-Night-night, Millie.

-#

-Night-night, veggies

-#

-Sleep tight, veggies

-#

-And listen to my gentle tune...

-# SNORING

-#

-..Night-night, veggies

-#

-Sleep tight, veggies

-#

-We'll see you again soon.

-# SNORING

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