Time Trouble Numberjacks

# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room

# Are extraordinary heroes 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 don't know what you mean, I can't keep quiet for two seconds!

What I mean is you're always talking.

You always say that.

Because you're always talking.

And this will prove you can't keep quiet.

WHOOSHING

Oops. What's that?

That is the Beeper.

Beep.

-Hello, Beeper.

-Beep.

-What does it do?

-It's a timer.

It will time how many beeps you can keep quiet for.

Loads of beeps. I could be quiet for ages and ages.

OK, what about ten beeps?

No problem.

Ooh, ten whole beeps of silence.

You're the one talking now!

Right, ten beeps starting...now!

One, two,

three, four...

five,

six,

seven, eight, nine...

SHE SHOUTS

I knew you couldn't do it. I knew it!

If the Beeper can time me being silent,

it could also time me being noisy!

-Oh, no!

-One...

There we are! Argle bargle boo! I love making noise, don't you?

Noisy, noisy, noisy! Nooble wooble wooble!

ALARM RINGS

Oh, thank you, alarm, thank you.

-I could've carried on.

-I know! Come on.

Beep.

ALARM CONTINUES

I could keep talking for ages.

Yes, yes.

Agent 38 here. Things are going wrong.

-But not for long.

-Look at this.

On the screen.

WHIRRING

Look, he's doing up his shoe.

He hadn't finished doing his shoe up.

She didn't give him much time.

And look at this.

-That wasn't enough time.

-We're on our way.

-I'm up for it.

-Great!

-Thanks.

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

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

# Need to get out there Who will it be?

-# Who's going out there? #

-Number 5!

ALARM SOUNDS

ALARM STOPS

Checking it's clear for launching.

All clear. Stand by.

Five, four, three, two, one, zero!

Looking for a 5 to land on.

There's a good one.

WHOOSHING

OK, I'm here. I'll look for those children.

Wait, we've got another agent calling in.

Agent 54 here. We've got problems at the cafe.

'That looks nice.

-'Oh, no!'

-What's going on?

The boy and his shoe. The girl and her coat.

The man and his food. What happened to them all?

Agent 79 here. Somebody stop them.

They didn't have enough time.

OK, now we need to find out who's doing this.

SHE CACKLES

-And I think I'm beginning to guess.

-Spooky Spoon!

Putting the data on screen.

# Oh-oh One, two, three

# She's mean, she's bossy She's very cruel

# She thinks she's great She thinks she's cool

# She's only plastic but she thinks she's fantastic

# Who does she think she is? Spooky Spoon. #

Oh, well, if it's not my numbery friend, 5.

I'm no friend of yours, Spooky Spoon.

Ooh, charmed, I'm sure.

Well, let me tell you, 5,

I'm having fun today.

I'm making sure nobody's got enough time to do anything!

Spooky Spoon makes you seem quiet.

People need time to do things properly.

Well, they're not going to get it, are they?

SHE CACKLES

'I didn't let her have enough time to get dressed.'

SPOOKY SPOON SNIGGERS

'Nor him!'

We've got to stop Spooky Spoon.

It's Agent 95 here. They all need more time to do things.

Getting the Brain Gain machine going.

HUMMING

# 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. Brain Gain!

BUZZING

Give them more time! Give them more time!

Give them more time! Give them more time!

Ooh, ooh, ooh!

So, you want people to have more time.

Next.

'The waitress is taking too much time now.

'The food will be freezing by the time it gets there.'

SHE LAUGHS

We haven't stopped Spooky Spoon.

If people don't have enough time or have too much time,

anything could happen.

If there was never enough time to wash your face,

in the end you'd get so dirty,

plants might start growing on your face.

And if there was never enough time to get dressed,

you'd have to go out in your pyjamas.

And then, if Spooky Spoon gave you too much time outside,

you'd be out there for ages and ages

and get covered in snow.

We've got to stop that Spooky Spoon messing about with time.

You've got to find out exactly how much time things take.

If you time things, you know how long they take.

Of course! We can use my Beeper!

Do some timing! Do some timing!

5, can you find someone who Spooky Spoon hasn't messed up yet?

A woman over there looks OK.

'OK, let's time her drinking.'

Ready for timing.

-'Here she goes.

-Start timing.'

One, two, three...

four, five.

-Five beeps.

-OK, now we need to find someone dressing.

'That boy's doing his coat up.'

Starting timing.

'One, two, three...'

four, five,

six, seven, eight.

That's eight beeps for that boy doing his coat up.

Now we know how much time things take.

Well, time for me to have a bit more fun.

Oh, no, it isn't.

Get ready with Brain Gain.

I can make people take as much time as I want them to.

Like drinking.

-Oh, no, you can't.

-The lady drinking takes five beeps.

Take too much time.

Take five beeps.

One,

two,

three,

four, five.

SHE SCREAMS

We've fixed the time things take.

No!

Hmm! I'll fix this child getting dressed.

Doing up coat - eight beeps.

'One,

'two,

'three,

'four,

'five,

'six,

'seven, eight.'

SHE SHOUTS ANGRILY

We can time anything, Spooky Spoon,

and stop you messing it up.

Oh, can you?

Ha! Can you stop me messing you up?

Run for it, 5!

I'll catch you, 5!

Let's make you blink

for a very long time.

-I can't see!

-She's near the edge!

-She's going to fall!

-Make her fall take lots of time!

Lots of time! Lots of time!

Oh, no!

'One,

'two,

'three,

'four,

'five,

'six,

'seven,

'eight,

'nine,

-'ten.'

-'Yeah!'

Taking lots of time, nice and slow!

Ooh! You Numberjacks think you're so clever.

We are, because we use our brains to think.

Well, think about this -

I am going to be around

for a very long time.

-Not if we can help it.

-Set the Beeper to zero beeps.

Spooky Spoon's going to be around for no time at all.

-No time at all.

-Zero time.

I am going to be around making trouble for... Ah!

-For no time at all.

-Come back now, 5, well done.

Here I come!

All clear for landing.

-ALL:

-One, two, three, four, five!

-Well done, 5.

-I needed a lot of help.

A lot of thinking going on back here.

Now see it on screen.

Spooky was stopping people having the time to do things.

No time for eating.

Or for getting dressed.

We made Spooky give people more time.

But they had too much time. That's when the Beeper came in handy,

so we could say exactly how long things should take.

Spooky was after you.

-I couldn't see.

-Lots of time to fall slowly.

No time at all for Spooky Spoon.

Now what I've done, 5, is set the Beeper to zero,

which means 3 can be noisy for no time at all.

-I see.

-No time at all.

No time at all for being silent?

No, no time at all for being noisy.

I prefer no time for being silent.

So lots of time for being noisy!

-Oh, no!

-Yes! Yargle bargle bingle bangle boo!

I love making noise! Don't you!

What can you find that shows how much time something takes?

Have a look for things and call the Numberjacks.

..bingle bangle boo!

# The Numberjacks are on their way

# The Numberjacks are on their way. #