Fair Shares 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! #

This is a good book.

And this is a good collection of beautiful things.

So I've heard - lots of times.

-Lovely.

-If they're so lovely, perhaps you should share them.

Well, that's one for me and that's one for me...

-That's not very fair.

-And that's one for me.

-Three,

-you're being a little bit selfish.

-They are my beautiful things

and if I gave any of them away they'd be sad. So sad.

-They'd probably enjoy the peace and quiet.

-Yes.

I'm so sorry, Four, but I can't share any of my beautiful things.

-You can't share anything!

-I can! I can! For instance...

-Six, can I borrow your buddy blocks?

-Yes!

Thank you!

So, sharing the buddy blocks, like this. One for you...

-and one, two, three, four, five for me. Shared.

-Shared?

It's not fair sharing.

Oh, now he wants me to do fair sharing!

That's the whole point.

You share things equally so everyone gets the same.

We've got to have the same number. Do it like this.

One for you...and one for me.

One for you

and one for me.

And one for you

and one for me.

I've got one, two, three

and you've got one, two, three.

-Fair shares.

-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do you think I can have my fair share of peace and quiet?

No, none of us can. Come on.

-Come on, you lot.

-Who's calling in?

Agent 28 here.

-Go ahead.

-Things are going wrong.

- But not for long. - It's the children on the beach.

I'm putting it on screen.

Sandwiches - yeah!

They're sharing them fairly. Oh, yes.

-But look!

-Oh, no.

-She has no sandwiches.

-The boy has them all.

-He's trying.

-But it's not working.

-This needs sorting out.

-So...

-We'll send someone. Don't worry.

- Thanks. We need your help. - The Numberjacks are on their way!

-Hey!

-And which Numberjack is it?

-Today...

I think it's going to be me.

So much for fair shares!

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

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

# There's a problem we need to fix

-# Who's going out there? #

-Number Six!

Good luck, Six.

Checking the room's empty...

-All clear!

-Let's go!

Six, five, four, three, two, one, zero!

Looking for a six...

That's the one for us.

Ha! OK, ready to sort things out.

-I fancy a paddle on that beach.

-We've got work to do!

I'm watching out for things going wrong. They seem all right.

-Oh, no!

-She's got both spades.

-What's going on here?

-Agents, call in. We need some help here.

Agent 101 here. Things aren't being shared fairly.

Instead of people having the same number of things each,

one person has got all of them.

-That boy had all the sandwiches.

-And the girl had both the spades.

Even when they try to be fair, things aren't working out.

Six, can you see anything? What is causing all the trouble?

I can spot something...

Look at that spade.

-What is it?

-Going in closer.

Oh yes, look, a blob. That's what made the spades go wrong.

And look at the plates.

A blob of slime.

-Which means...

-Yes, look.

-Yucky yucky!

-Getting the data on screen -

all about the problem blob.

# If you spot a blob of slime

# Guess what - this slob can lie

# Great big and blubbery

# Making trouble is the blubbery slubbery problem blob. #

Yucky yucky yuck!

That problem blob is going to take some sorting out.

Yes, and quick. He's been blobbing problems all over the place.

-Tell us about it.

-The gardener's in a lot of trouble.

Getting it on screen.

He's dividing the plants between the two pots.

Three plants in each pot. That's fair so far...

- What's the problem? - Here's the problem.

Blobs.

-The plants are on the move.

-Those plants won't stay divided fairly.

Those pots haven't got their fair shares of plants.

And now the plants are too crowded.

The problem blob is stopping things being shared fairly!

More problems, more problems.

-She's divided her bags up - two on each arm.

-Checking for blobs...

Spotted some blobs!

Spotted some blobs!

Oh no, now the bags aren't shared fairly.

-Poor lady!

-Mean blob!

BLOB LAUGHS

Hey, there's a very boring game of football on the beach.

-That was an easy goal.

-That's cos the players have been blobbed!

They're nearly all on one side.

Five against one?

That's not fair.

If the problem blob keeps stopping things being shared out fairly,

anything could happen.

There might be two bulls with two horns each.

Then one bull would get three horns

and the other bull is left with just one!

Or instead of two cars having four wheels each,

one car would have six wheels and the other car would only have two!

Or instead of two clocks with two hands each,

you'd have one clock with four hands and one clock with no hands,

and you couldn't tell the time with either of them!

-That problem blob has got to be stopped.

-Yes.

-Send me the Brain Gain and I'll do it.

-We need to share things fairly.

I'll get the Brain Gain machine going. Powering up...

# Brain Gain, Brain Gain

# To sort the problem use our brains

# The way to get your brains all linking up together

# Joined-up thinking... # Getting brain power now!

Share things fairly. Share things fairly.

Share things fairly. Share things fairly.

Fair shares. Fair shares.

Sending Brain Gain now...

Share the sandwiches fairly!

Share the spades fairly!

Share the plants fairly!

Share the bags fairly!

Divide the players up fairly!

That's better!

-We did it!

-Hurrah!

Hang on, I think there's going to be another problem.

-Those children and their flippers!

-They need to share the flippers out.

-But look!

-Oh, no!

They won't share out fairly now.

That's not very fair.

Let's share those flippers fairly!

-But there's three children to share them.

-Oh, dear. Now what do we do?

No problem. To share them out equally...

One each, one at a time. That's the way to be fair.

OK. One each, one at a time.

One each, one at a time.

Yes! Two each, shared fairly.

We've still got to deal with the problem blob.

He's near the gardener.

Share out its blobs of slime until they're all gone.

Yes! A blob for every blade of grass in the garden.

That's loads of blobs!

Share the blobs. Share the blobs.

A blob for every blade of grass in the garden.

It's using up a lot of blobs.

It's used up all the blobs!

He won't be making trouble for a long time. We did it!

-THEY CHEER

-Come back now, Six.

All clear for landing.

One, two, three, four, five, six!

That was scary!

-Sharing did the trick.

-We've got it all on screen.

There was trouble with the sandwiches - not shared fairly.

Nor were the spades.

And those plants were a problem, all in one pot.

That lady's bags were a problem too.

And so was five playing against one.

We sorted things, even when three people were sharing.

One each, one at a time! He won't be making trouble for a long time.

And then something really strange happened.

-More!

-You were right, it is a good book.

-And so is the book that Five's reading to us.

-We're sharing books.

-Three Numberjacks reading this book.

-And three reading this book.

-Did I hear there's reading going on? Love a good book!

-Yeah, me too.

-Which book are you going to read?

-Mmm...

Wow, now there are eight Numberjacks.

If we are all shared out fairly,

how many Numberjacks will be reading each book?

Work it out and call the Numberjacks.

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# The Numberjacks are on their way

# The Numberjacks are on their way! #