Say What You Mean 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! #

It's a bit squashy here.

-You could budge up a bit.

-OK.

-Not that way.

Budge up the other way. Away from me.

Well, you should've said what you meant!

-Please, budge up the other way.

-OK!

-Is that it?

-What?!

You only budged up a tiny bit.

You didn't say how big a budge you wanted!

-Well, I...

-You've got to say what you mean!

-I'll show you what I mean.

I mean budging up this much!

OK, I see how much you mean now.

Well, well...aren't you going to budge up?

-Why? You've already done the budging.

-Yeah, but...

No point me budging up now, is there?

I suppose not.

But if you really want me to...

-I will budge up.

-Thank you.

-ALARM SOUNDS Oh, well, next time.

-Oh!

-Come on!

-We've got a call.

-Who is it?

Agent 34 here, we've got something going wrong.

Hold on, I'm putting it on screen.

She needs a bigger brush than that!

That's what she thought and this is what she got.

It's definitely a bigger brush.

But it's much too big, she'll have even more trouble now.

What's she doing?

That's very clever.

But she's not going to brush her hair properly like that.

And there's another problem.

This boy was drawing and he ran out of paper.

So he wished he had a bigger bit. And now it's too big.

There's something strange going on.

So will you send someone out?

Yes, how about you, Four? Ready to go on a mission?

I suppose so, why not?

-Four is on his way.

-Thanks.

# Hey! Hey! We've got a problem. What should we do?

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

# We've got a problem To explore

-# Who's going out there? #

-Number Four!

ALARMS BLARE

Checking everything's clear. All clear. No, wait!

Wait there, Four.

Ready when you are.

OK, all clear now.

Stand by, Four.

Off you go!

Four-three-two-one-zero!

Scanning for a four to land on.

Found a four!

-Ooh!

-Good luck, Four.

-Keep your eyes open.

I will. I'll go and help that girl and boy.

At least that piece of paper will be recycled.

Her friend's helping.

They're doing their best but it's not great.

Things aren't right out there.

-Right. Let's sort this out.

-We need to know why things went wrong.

Agent 47 here. I bet the girl wished for a bigger brush.

She didn't say how much bigger she wanted it.

The boy must've wished for a bigger piece of paper.

He didn't say how much bigger.

I bet they're right.

That girl and boy didn't say clearly what they wanted.

Got another call coming in.

The man who does the cleaning, he's in trouble with his brush now.

Putting it on screen.

That brush was too big to sweep into his pan.

Did he want a different brush?

Yes. He wished he had a smaller brush.

He wasn't very clear how small he wanted it.

He's going to be sweeping for AGES with that brush.

He's unlucky he got such wrong brushes.

I don't think they were unlucky.

I think something made them have a problem.

-What did?

-The Problem Blob, look!

Yeuch!

Putting the data on screen.

# If you spot A blob

# Of slime

# Guess what?

-# Big slob Came by

-Uh-oh

# Great Big And blubbery

# Blubbery

# Making trouble

# Here's the flobbery Slobbery

# Problem Blob. #

Look! The cleaner's got slime on him. That's why things are going wrong.

The girl and boy must have been slimed too.

He's getting very hot. All that sweeping with a tiny brush.

I bet he's wishing he had something to wipe himself with.

Oh, no, what size will it be?

-Bigger than he expected.

-A lot bigger than he expected!

All because he didn't say what size he wanted.

You've got to say what you want,

or the Problem Blob will make sure it's not right!

-More problems!

At the cafe.

The lady's just asked for a few beans with her meal.

Look! She's been slimed.

So something will go wrong!

She asked for a few beans so she'll get...

Three beans! That's not very many.

If you're not clear what you want,

the Problem Blob makes you end up with something silly.

She's asked for more beans.

-Did she make it clear how many more beans she wanted?

-No.

Oh, dear.

Uh-oh!

If you don't make it clear what you want, that's when things go wrong.

Thanks to the Problem Blob.

If you're cold in bed and you wanted a blanket.

You might just get a doll's blanket that was far too small.

Or someone might wish for a bike and they'd get one that was far too big.

Or someone might wish for some ice cream.

And the Problem Blob would make sure they got far, far, far, too much!

You've got to be clear in what you say.

We've got to sort this Problem Blob out.

-There are problems at a picnic.

-I'm on my way.

Be careful what you say!

I bet the Blob is there somewhere.

-There he is!

-BLOB BLOB BLOB

He'll make things go wrong again.

The sandwiches are different sizes.

That's a very small one.

That's a very big one.

And that's a very long sandwich!

These sandwiches need sorting out.

How can they make all the sandwiches the right size?

Make them all about the same size.

Yes, make them all the size of your hand.

Brilliant! We'll send Brain Gain to sort it out.

I'll get the Brain Gain going.

# Brain Gain Brain Gain

# To sort the problem use a brain

# A way to get your brains all linking up together

# Joined up thinking. #

Getting brain power now! Brain Gain!

All sandwiches got to be the size of a hand.

BOTH: The size of a hand.

ZZAPP!

ZZAPP!

ZZAPP!

ZZAPP!

-ZZAPP!

-Yes! Sandwiches the size of a hand!

-The sandwiches are going well.

-The Blob won't like that.

How are they going to share the drink out fairly?

If they all have one cupful, it should be all right. Shouldn't it?

What could go wrong?

Look!

That's a cupful, but it's not very much.

And there's another cupful. That's not very fair.

But it is very heavy.

The Problem Blob liked that.

HO-HEE HO-HEE HO!

The cups have got to be the same size too.

-Make the cups about the same size as your hands.

-Like this.

Sending Brain Gain. Make the cups the size of your hands.

The size of your hands.

ZZAPP! ZZAPP!

Cups are all the size of hands. The picnic will be good.

Not if we don't get rid of the Problem Blob.

Send the Problem Blob away! Send him away!

Away, away!

ZZAPP!

ZZAPP!

-Ooooh...

-THE BLOB MUMBLES

Oh, no, we didn't say how far away!

-Send him so far away, we can't even see it!

-So far we can't even see it.

ZZAPP! ZZAPP!

Oooh!

-Yes!

-Done it! Come back now, Four.

Here I come.

All clear for landing.

One-two-three-four!

-Well done, Four.

-We told our Problem Blob EXACTLY where to go.

We got it all on screen.

The girl wanted a bigger brush - but not that big!

And the paper was much too big.

The cleaner needed a brush to match his pan.

And he didn't need a giant handkerchief.

It was all the Problem Blob's fault.

He was making the picnic go wrong too!

All the sandwiches were the wrong size.

Till we made them the size of a hand. And we sent the Problem Blob away -

so far we couldn't see him.

Everything back to normal.

You must be tired, Four, after all that rushing about.

Do you want to sit down?

-I do.

-Well, we'll budge up.

-To make exactly enough room for you.

Thank you.

Very good.

One last thing.

Can you find anything in your house that's about the size of your hand?

Find out and call the Numberjacks.

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