Takeaway Numberjacks

# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room

# Extraordinary heroes are standing by to zoom

# To wherever they're needed they're speeding out today

# The Numberjacks are on their way

# They will help you with your problems

# They are waiting for your call

# No problem is too big for them

# No problem is too small

# Things may be going wrong but it's not for long

# The Numberjacks are on their way

# The Numberjacks are on their way! #

Beautiful things. I love my beautiful things!

They don't do much though.

What they do is be beautiful.

There, very good. And beautiful.

But not as interesting as, say...

the boing-ball.

You're not supposed to play with that in here.

I can if I'm careful. And I'm always careful.

-Ow!

-Careful!

Oh! Oh, no!

-Oh, Four!

-Sorry!

-Watch out!

BOING-BOING

-Ow!

-Sorry. I'll try and catch it.

-Whoops!

-Hey!

My beautiful things don't look quite so beautiful now.

If they weren't all over the floor, I wouldn't have trodden on one.

-All right then. You can take one beautiful thing away.

-Right.

-And it's fair if I take one thing from you.

-I suppose so.

I'll take the boing-ball.

There we are. # La-la-la-la-la! #

-Hang on. You've still got lots of things to play with.

-Yes.

And I've got nothing. It's not fair!

You took one thing away and I took one thing away.

-That must be fair.

-But...

Agents calling in!

-But you took... I mean...

-No time now. Come on!

-We've got a call.

-Come on, Four!

-He's got a lot to think about.

Agent 28 here. Things are going wrong.

-Not for long.

-Tell us the problem.

-Look what happened to this girl.

-Hold on. I'm putting it on screen.

THREE: Nice toys!

Look what happens next!

Oh! The doll's been taken!

Is he going to have something taken?

The truck!

-If things are being taken, we'd better get out there.

-Thank you.

It's not very nice when things get taken away.

-You know about this sort of thing, Four?

-I certainly do.

-Then you'd better get on the mission.

-I'm not sure.

You can do it, Four. Afterwards, I'll give you your boing-ball back.

-In that case, I'm sure. I'm going out.

-Hooray!

# We've got a problem What shall we do?

# Who's going out there? Who do we choose?

# We've got a problem to solve Who's going out there? #

'Number Four!'

-Good luck, Four.

-Thank you. Just get my boing-ball ready.

-OK.

-Are you ready?

-I'm not really sure. But why not?

Checking everything is clear...

All clear. Off you go!

Four, three, two, one...

Zero!

Scanning for a four to land on...

-Hurry up, Five!

-Found a four.

-That's very strange.

-Is the four still there?

-Yeah, the four is.

OK, Four's got somewhere to land.

-Oh!

-Watch out, Four. There are strange things going on.

-Somebody took the one.

-Lucky the four was still there!

I'm off to find that girl.

-We need to know what's going on.

-Look again at what happened.

-Why did they take the doll?

-And the truck?

Is something the same about them?

Could be something to do with that one disappearing from the door.

Both times one toy was taken.

Both times it was a toy there was one of. One doll, one truck.

Thanks. That's very useful.

Four, we've got a clue.

-Good.

-Whoever is taking things, they are interested in ones.

If there is only ONE thing, that gets taken.

Yes. There's more of it going on, one thing being taken.

I'm on my way.

What's going to go here?

That poor man!

-Four, are you there?

-Yes, I'm here.

Things are being taken, but only one thing every time.

And look! I can see who is taking the things.

It's the Number Taker!

-Be careful, Four!

-You've got to stop him taking things!

-But how?

-We'll think of something.

At least it's one thing at a time.

If he keeps on taking things, what else might he take?

We've only got one sun. What if a giant Number Taker took that?

It would be dark everywhere. We don't want that.

It would be much better if he took one cloud.

We'd still have quite a few clouds left to bring us rain.

If we could get the Number Taker to take one raindrop,

we've got so many of them, we'd hardly notice one being taken.

Yes, that's it.

-What is?

-If we can't stop the Number Taker taking things,

let's get him to take things that there are lots of.

-It won't matter so much.

-I'll start Brain Gain.

-Four!

-What's the plan?

To stop the Number Taker taking things if there's only one of them.

I'll track him down.

# Brain Gain, Brain Gain To solve a problem use a brain

# The way to get your brains linking up together, joined-up thinking! #

'Getting brain power now! Brain Gain!'

No taking if there's only one. No taking if there's only one.

Not if there's one, not if there's one!

There he is. I'll get the Brain Gain into his mind.

No taking if there's only one. No taking if there's only one!

I think it's working. Looks like he's going for one of the balls.

That's OK. At least there's a few of them.

There's four of them.

He's taken a ball, but there's still three left.

-The man can still do his juggling.

-Hooray!

Oh, no! He's taking away another one.

-He's taking one thing at a time.

-He's doing it lots of times.

There's only two balls now!

-At least he won't take the last one.

-But it's not a great show now!

Poor man!

-Where's the Number Taker going now?

-The cafe.

He's after that fruit again!

There's quite a few grapes.

If he takes them one at a time, it's going to take him a long time.

Not if he does it very fast.

That meanie Number Taker!

He's taken nearly everything one by one.

Make him take things there are so many of, it will take him too long!

Any things in the cafe that there are lots and lots of?

Anyone got any ideas?

There are lots of grains of sugar.

Yes! Four, spill the sugar!

-Grains of sugar!

-Lots and lots of grains of sugar!

He'll go loopy trying to take the sugar one grain at a time.

-It's very hard.

-He doesn't like it.

-He's heading for the builders.

-Anything that there's lots of?

-Grains of sand.

-Grains of sand.

Grains of sand!

-He's really struggling!

-He's going to the park.

Anything that there's lots and lots of?

-Blades of grass.

-Blades of grass!

Lots and lots of blades of grass.

There are lots and lots and lots of blades of grass!

He'll never take them all!

-That sorted him out.

-Come back now, Four!

-All clear for landing!

-One, two, three, four!

-Well done, Four!

-That Number Taker is strange.

-It's all on screen.

The Number Taker was only taking one thing.

There was one doll and one tractor.

We had to get him to take things there were a few of.

He took the juggler's balls, but he kept on taking them.

-He took the grapes as there were a few of them.

-I'll spill the sugar!

The Number Taker couldn't take lots and lots of grains of sugar.

-Or the sand.

-Or all those blades of grass.

Hooray! That sorted him out!

-ALL: Yeah!

-And everyone got their things back.

There you go, Four, your boing-ball back, like I promised.

-Thank you. Here's your beautiful thing.

-Oh, it's so beautiful!

-Oh, no! Help!

-Stop it!

Finally, is there anything on your body that you've only got one of?

And anything you've got lots of?

Have a think and call the Numberjacks.

# The Numberjacks are on their way

# The Numberjacks are on their way! #