Going Wrong, Going Long Numberjacks

# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room,

# Extraordinary heroes are standing by to zoom!

# To wherever they are needed They are speeding off 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

# The Numberjacks are on their way The Numberjacks are on their way! #

I am, you know! I am! I AM!

Three, you are not taller than me.

I am. Look.

See? Taller. Taller!

That's not being taller, that's jumping. Stand still a minute.

-See? We're just the same height.

-Maybe.

# I say 1, say 2, say 3, 4, 5.

# We're the numbers and we're alive... #

-Like your singing, Five.

-# I say 6, say 7, say 8, 9, 10

# Gotta say those numbers all over again. #

-I bet I could sing for longer than you, though.

-Oh, no!

I could sing for ages... starting NOW!

-# La la la-la, la la la la... #

-A-a-a-g-h.

-# La la la-la, la la la la... #

-I'm going mad!

A call coming in, a call coming in!

Let's go!

Got an agent ringing in to help.

Agent 16 here. I think I've spotted a problem.

-OK. Tell us about it.

-There's a boy having trouble with his pencil.

Hold on, I'm putting it on screen.

AGENT 16: See? Pretty weird!

-Don't worry, we'll be right there.

-Great!

What's the problem? A nice long pencil. What's wrong with that?

-But WHY is it growing longer?

-I don't know.

We HAVE to know so we can put things right.

-I'll go and put things right.

-You're not a big enough number

-to go out there.

-Huh!

-How about you, Four?

-I'm not sure.

-I'll do the scanner if Four's going out.

-Oh, all right.

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

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

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

-Number Four! #

ALARM WAILS

-Are you all right up there?

-Yeah.

Are you sure you're ready?

-Yes.

-GO!

-Three, are you going to check it's all clear for launching.

-Oh, yeah.

-All clear!

-Let's go!

-I wish I could do that.

-Three, you've got to find a 4 for him to land on!

Oh, yeah.

I can't find a 4, I can't find a 4!

I'll call agent 16.

Agent 16 here.

Quick! Get the boy to write a 4!

-Why?

-We need an emergency number for Four to land on.

Four's running out of energy!

'The pencil's getting too long. It's hard to write.

-'He's got to write a 4.

-Come on! He's got to do it!'

THREE: He's done it!

We've got a 4 to land on, Four.

-Can you see why the pencil's growing?

-No.

Agents ringing in to help.

Agent 28 here. You've got to know more about what's going on.

Find out exactly what made that pencil get longer.

Agent 53. Look really closely.

Closely, eh?

OK, then.

-Look! Slime!

-Slime?

Not just any slime. A blob of slime from the Problem Blob.

Putting it on screen.

# If you spot a blob of slime

-# Guess what, this blob can lie

-Uh-oh

-# Great, big and blubbery

-Blubbery

# Making trouble He's the blubbery, slubbery

# Problem Blob! #

-Eugh!

-Do you think you can deal with the Problem Blob

if it comes back, Four?

Er...I'm not quite sure.

Well, you need to sort this pencil out first.

THREE: Oh, agents ringing in!

That pencil's too long. You've got to make it the opposite.

You've got to make it shorter.

Short is the opposite of long.

The pencil's getting even longer. I'm going to need some help here.

-Get the Brain Gain machine going.

-I can do it. Just watch me!

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

# Or wait and get your brains all linking up together. #

Getting brain power now!

-We need to make things shorter.

-I got it! Shorter. Shorter.

-Getting you lots of Brain Gain.

-Shorter. Shorter. Shorter! Shorter!

Sending Brain Gain.

Yes! Shorter. Shorter!

Ha!

HE MOUTHS

-Well done, Four! Yeah!

-You did it, Four.

Well, perhaps I'll pop back home now.

You must sort out the Problem Blob first.

Oh, will I?

Another call coming in.

Oh, dear.

I've got another problem. Something else is getting longer.

Putting it on screen.

MAN WHISTLES

CREAKING

I bet it's that Problem Blob again.

Prob-ob blob-ob-ob!

-There it is!

-Burp!

It's splatting slime.

Where did the slime go?

SPLAT! On the mop! Problem slime.

CREAKING

I'm on my way!

MOP CREAKS

MOP TAPS CEILING

-The Problem Blob's up there!

-Prob-blob.

-Oh, dear.

It's made the man's mop grow longer and longer.

Ow!

Oh, no! That mop could get longer and longer and end up anywhere!

Someone's nose might get longer.

Atchoo!

Or the dancing cow might get longer!

Moo!

Or a bike might get longer.

Oh! Oh!

Or it might get taller.

Whoa!

Whargh!

We must stop that Problem Blob!

Bthzz bthzz blllrrpt! Bthzzpht!

UNHEARD CONVERSATION

SPLAT!

STRAW CREAKS

Sending you more Brain Gain.

Shorter! Shorter!

I'm going to need lots.

Let's get some agents to help.

-AGENTS:

-Shorter. Shorter.

Ah!

-Done it!

-Now, shrink the Problem Blob.

Shorter! Shorter!

-AGENTS:

-Shorter. Shorter. Shorter. Shorter.

Aim at the Blob!

That's really short!

-Shorter! Shorter!

-That's enough, Three.

Oh, no! That's too much shortening!

Now what do we do?

-AGENTS:

-Longer. Longer.

Longer!

Longer!

MOP CREAKS

NUMBERJACKS: Yey-hey! Whoo-hoo! Whoa-ho! Hurrah! Yes!

-That's it!

-Bringing you back Number Four.

Don't mind if you do.

All clear for landing.

ALL: One, two, three, four!

-Well done, Four.

-You sorted everything out.

-Yeah?

-Look.

-That pencil getting longer.

-Lucky he wrote a four for you to land on.

-FOUR:

-That's me!

It was all that Problem Blob's fault.

Always making trouble that Blob is.

And we all had lots of work to do.

But there were lots more problems.

Brain Gain sorted them out!

-And sorted out the Problem Blob.

-ALL: Yeah!

-Did the trick.

-Thanks to everyone who helped.

-I helped a bit too much.

And everything back to normal.

-Are you sure everything's back to normal?

-Yes. Look!

See? The pencil is just the same length as all the others now.

But what about the mop? Are we sure it's back to normal?

Yeah, look. He's got a twin brother with a twin mop.

See? Same length. Everything back to normal.

-Those twins were just the same height.

-Just like you and me.

-That's worth singing about. # La la la la-la la-la-la... #

-Oh, no!

# La la la la-la la-laaaa! #

Can you find two things that are the same height or two the same length?

If you can, call the Numberjacks.

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd - 2006

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