A Game of Two Halves Numberjacks

# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room

# There are extraordinary heroes who are standing by to zoom...

# To wherever they are needed They are 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 all be going wrong but you can bet it's not for long

# The Numberjacks are on their way

# The Numberjacks are on their way! #

I think, of all my beautiful things, YOU are the most beautiful.

Hi, Three. What have you got there?

One of my beautiful things.

-Beautiful.

-It's my best one.

-Best.

-And, look,

it can turn into two beautiful things

then fit back together again.

-It's great, Three.

-Great.

I know. And I love it.

I want it.

Oh-oh!

I want it!

You can have this.

No, this.

Two! Bring it back. It's mine.

No, mine.

Oh, no!

-There you go, Three.

-Thanks.

-Grr!

-Hey, Two, let's go and see Seven.

-Oh.

-We could do some painting with her.

Me paint.

Yes, you like painting, don't you?

It's all right, you're safe now.

WHIRRING Oh, someone's got a problem.

I'd better hide you.

You'll be all right there till I come back.

-Three! Where are you?

-Coming!

Agent 14 here. Something's wrong.

-But not for long.

-What's up?

Look at this picture.

-FOUR:

-I'm putting it on screen.

Did SHE paint it like that?

No, it was a whole face when she painted it.

But now part of it's gone missing. How odd!

And look at the fruit.

That orange has been cut down the middle.

But where's the other part of it?

And this too.

What's wrong here, then?

Look at that lunch box.

-We'll send someone right away.

-OK. Thanks.

-I'd love to know what happened to those missing pieces.

-You go, Four.

-Maybe you can solve the mystery.

-Oh, no, I'm not sure if I can.

-Of course you can!

-Oh!

# 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.

SIREN WAILS

Checking it's all clear for launching.

All clear. Nobody about.

Ready, Four.

Four! Three!

Two! One! Zero!

Finding a four to land on.

Got some fours.

Found a four.

Phew! I'm glad that bit's over.

Bits of the sandwiches are disappearing.

We've got another call.

Agent 47 here. Something strange in the cafe.

On screen now.

That's a funny tablecloth.

-Part of it's been taken away.

-Like all the other things we've seen.

And it's a different shape now.

I'll see what I can find out.

Part of her pizza just went missing.

What's going on today?

Have you noticed? When bits of these things go missing,

-the things change shape.

-She's right!

Oh! If things are changing shape, you know who might be changing them.

Psst!

(The Shape Japer's here.)

I was afraid she might be.

(I'm outside the sports centre.

(If you look up there above the door, you can just see her.)

How did you find her?

EVIL LAUGHTER

Not difficult with THAT laugh.

Let's see what we know about her.

# Looks like the Shape Japer's back

# Shape Japer She's really strange

# Shape Japer She loves to make things change

# Changing faces, changing size

# Changing shapes every single time

# Changing shapes is the Japer's game

# The Shape Japer's back again. #

We know the Shape Japer loves to change shapes.

But why has she been taking parts of things away?

I wonder what she'll get up to next.

You've got to try and stop her, Four.

But how?

EVIL LAUGHTER

I'm glad SHE'S happy.

-It's Agent 96 here. There's trouble with the table tennis.

-On my way.

AGENT 96: They've lost part of their ball.

Some of their net's gone too.

And he's lost half his trousers.

What did you just say, Four?

That man's lost half his trousers.

Half his trousers?!

And half a ball and half of the net?

-So that's what the Shape Japer's doing.

-What?

-What?

She's taking away a half of everything.

Oh, dear. If the Shape Japer keeps on taking halves of things,

anything could happen.

People would be left with only half of their favourite storybooks.

And they wouldn't be very comfy if their beds were half beds.

Oh!

And what about the Dancing Cow?

Half the Dancing Cow would only have two legs

and she'd fall over.

We've got to stop the Shape Japer's halving trick.

And how can we get all these half things back to whole things?

Agents ringing in to help.

We've still got one half of all these things.

They need two halves to make them whole.

Can you do it with Brain Gain?

-But what can we use to make two halves of everything?

-I know!

Number Two! I'll fetch him.

I'll get the machine going.

# Brain Gain, Brain Gain To sort the problem use our brains

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

# Brain Gain! #

Go on, Two, have a good jump around.

Me jump.

ALL: Two, Two, Two!

Two halves make a whole.

Two halves make a whole.

Here comes the Brain Gain, Four.

Everyone together!

ALL: Two halves make a whole!

Two halves make a whole!

BOTH: Two halves make a whole.

Two halves make a whole. Whee-ee!

ALL: Hooray!

We did it.

-Everything's back to normal. Well done, Four.

-Just one thing...

where's the Shape Japer?

There's an emergency in the party room.

On my way.

The Shape Japer's spoiling the party.

EVIL LAUGHTER

No! Not the cake!

EVIL LAUGHTER

She's gone too far this time.

I'm going to find her and I'm going to fix her.

-He's really cross, isn't he?

-I hope he doesn't do anything silly.

(Put the Brain Gain machine into reverse.)

That's done. What's your plan, Four?

(She's over there. See?

(We're going to make a whole thing into two halves.)

Brilliant!

Jump, Two.

Jump, jump, jump.

ALL: One whole makes two halves.

Louder. Agents, too.

BOTH: One whole makes two halves.

Here it comes.

SHAPE JAPER MOANS

ALL: Hooray!

Everything back to normal.

Come back now, Four.

You bet!

All clear for landing.

One! Two!

Three! Four!

It's good to be back.

Nice work, Four. You were great.

Let's see it all on screen.

-Parts of things were going missing in the house.

-I went to look.

Then things went missing in the cafe and the sports centre.

The Shape Japer was taking halves of things and changing their shape.

We sent Brain Gain to make the half things back into whole things.

-Two halves make a whole.

-Then the Shape Japer spoiled the party.

You were really cross, Four.

So we split the Shape Japer into two halves. She didn't like that.

-Bye, Shape Japer.

-And a happy ending at the party.

Here I am, my beautiful thing.

Have you missed me?

I want it.

-Oh, no!

-Please me have it?

Well...you were very good on the Brain Gain machine, so...

..you can have half and I'll have half,

-just for a little while.

-Beautiful.

-It is, isn't it?

-That's really kind of you, Three.

OK, out there, you need to know about halves.

Can you fold a piece of paper exactly in half? It's not easy,

so any problems, call the Numberjacks.