A Close Thing 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'm ready to jump.

OK, we need the measurer.

Ah! Don't do that, Measurer.

Measurer, please show Numberjack Two how far he has to jump.

Not too far.

OK, Two, that's not too far... but not too close.

Good luck, Two.

Uh-uhh!

Yes!

Oh, well done, Two!

-Now, Measurer, show Four how far he has to jump.

-Not too far.

Cor! That IS too far!

She's just teasing.

-There you go.

-I could just jump as far as Two's body block.

That's too close for you. Go for yours, Four.

Uhh! Oh, yes!

And now, how far have I got to jump, Measurer?

That's much too close.

She's teasing you now, Six.

Still quite close.

Not very close.

That's quite far.

Very far away indeed.

I can do it!

Huhh!

Yes!

-BLEEPING

-Let's go!

Come on, we've got an agent calling in.

-Agent 58 here.

-Go ahead.

-Things are going wrong.

-But not for long.

There's a girl getting really fed up.

Putting it on screen.

Oh, dear!

She'll never be able to cuddle it if that keeps happening.

-Can you send someone?

-We certainly can. We'll send...

-me!

-Thank you.

Get ready for launching.

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

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

# Here's a problem needs a fix

# Who's going out there?

# Number Six. #

SIREN WAILS

-Good luck, Six.

-Thanks.

Ready for launch. And I'm scanning the room.

It's all clear.

Go for it, Six.

Six, five, four, three,

two, one, zero!

Looking for a six.

And looking...

And found some sixes.

That is a six.

Whay-hey!

Hup!

Oh!

Right...let's get sorting things out.

Oh, dear! More problems.

Agent 37 here. There's a lady who can't sit down.

-Oh, dear!

-Is it her bottom?

No, it's her chair!

It keeps moving.

I can see what's happening.

It's weird.

There's another problem.

He's trying to creep up on it.

Getting close.

He'll never get on his bike.

Agent 18 here, there's trouble at the cafe.

Not another moving chair!

No, moving plates.

I'm definitely putting that on screen.

Oh, dear! What is going on today?

What's happening to the chair, the bike and the plates?

They're all being moved too far away.

People try to get close, but things keep moving too far away from them.

I'll have a look at that bike.

Oh, a blob!

Getting some close-ups on the chair.

-And the plates.

-More blobs!

I think we know what this means.

The Problem Blob!

# If you spot a blob of slime

-# Guess what big slob came by

-Uh-oh!

-# Wet, big and blobbery

-Blobbery

# Making trouble is the blobbery slobbery Problem Blob. #

I'm looking for the Blob.

There he is!

Blob-blob, blob-blob, blurgh-blurgh!

Oh, no! More blobs!

Things could be moving too far away again.

Or maybe this time it might be different.

What's happening now?

-Now things are getting closer.

-That's very close.

Too close to the people.

Oh, dear!

What's going to happen to the plates?

Oh! That IS very close.

Things are either too far away...

Or much too close.

Oh, dear! Anything could happen.

If you were playing in the park,

if your friends were suddenly too far away,

you couldn't play with them.

Or if you were reading and your book got too close,

you wouldn't be able to read it at all.

Or if you were in Africa looking at a wild animal, like a lion,

you wouldn't want it to be too far away to see it properly...

or too close!

You want things just the right distance away.

-We can do that.

-Getting the Brain Gain machine going.

Get things not too close, not too far away.

# Brain gain, brain gain To solve a problem, use our brain

# The way to get your brains all linking

# Lock together joined-up thinking. #

Hitting brain power now.

Not too close, not too far away.

Sending Brain Gain now.

Not too close, not too far away!

We did it!

Actually, I'm not sure we've done it exactly right.

The chair's close enough now, but look...

Oh, dear! What's going wrong now?

The chair's close enough to the lady,

but it's in the wrong position.

It should be behind her,

but it's in front.

What about the man and the bike?

The man needs the bike in the right position.

He wants to be beside the bike to get on,

but now the bike's moved behind him.

And look at the people eating.

The plate should be in-between the knife and fork,

not next to the knives.

I can feel more Brain Gain coming up.

Yes, please!

Plates, in-between knife and fork.

Bike, next to the man.

Chair, behind the lady.

-Yes!

-The lady's happy.

And so is the man.

And they're happily eating.

Well done, Six! We must have sorted things now.

Yes, just got to sort everything out. Aha!

I don't think we've quite got things sorted.

-Where is Six?

-Scanning for him.

He must have been blobbed far away.

He's far away... and far above the ground.

Yes, I'm high up. And I'll need help jumping down.

-We've got to know exactly where I'll land.

-It could be dangerous.

I mustn't land in the water,

or on the rose bush.

We've got to get the Brain Gain exactly right.

OK, if I land near the chair, it should be OK.

Make sure you tell us the position exactly, Six.

Help me to land in-between the rose bush and the water

and in front of the chair.

Here goes.

In-between the rose bush and the water and in front of the chair.

Good luck, Six.

In-between the rose bush and the water

and in front of the chair.

Hup!

In-between the rose bush and the water

and in front of the chair! Phew!

Well done, Six!

And now we need two last bits of Brain Gain.

Ready!

Get the teddy beside the girl.

And get the Problem Blob far away.

Far, far away!

Blurgh! Bleurghhh!

Bleurghhh! Bleurghhh!

Come back now, Six.

One, two,

three, four, five,

six!

-We did it!

-Well done, Six!

And you can see it all on a screen near you.

The teddy was too far away from the girl.

And the chair was too far away too.

-And the bike.

-And the plates.

We got them closer, but they were in the wrong position.

So we put them in the right position.

Behind the lady...

next to the man...

and between the knife and fork.

Then I was in trouble.

But I landed between the rose bush and the water

in front of the chair.

And the Blob was sent a long way away.

OK, Measurer, can you stretch out a little bit

so it's still quite close?

And now stretch out so it's really far away.

Ohhh!

Watch out!

I wanted to see how far out it could go.

Well, it was very close to me!

Sorry.

I wonder...what things are very close to you?

And what things can you think of that are far, far away?

Have a think... and call the Numberjacks.

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