A Different Sort 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! #

-Ohh!

-Right. If you are sure you are in a sensible mood...

THEY GIGGLE

..then I will allow you to look after my beautiful things.

Numberjack One. I've sorted you all with the shapes with straight edges.

Straight.

And Zero, you look after the ones which have curvy edges,

cos you're very curvy yourself.

HE GIGGLES

These are all the curvy ones.

And these are all the...

all the straight ones.

And this one is curvy.

So it goes with the...

No, you're supposed to be looking after them.

HE GIGGLES

All right. If you like, we could sort them by colour instead.

Zero, you can have all the greeny ones to look after.

Greeny.

And One gets all the bluey-purpley ones, to match your colours.

Green.

Purpley-blue!

Purpley-blue.

Green.

Green.

See, now they are sorted differently.

All the ones with the same colour together.

Whoo!

Oh. I wish you'd get a bit more into things.

Into it. Yes?

BLEEPING

Oh, no, see you later.

Come on.

Zero and One weren't very helpful with my beautiful things.

Really? Well, we need to be helpful now.

-What's up, Agent 12?

-Things are going wrong.

But not for long!

The girl's toys are behaving strangely.

Putting it on screen.

The toys keep on moving all by themselves.

It's not really by themselves.

Something's moving them. We're on our way.

Thank you!

And who's it going to be?

Today, it's...Number Four!

Whoo-hoo!

# We've got a problem What shall 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!

ALARM BLARES

-Good luck, Four!

-Thank you! I'll probably need it.

Checking the room is clear.

Only Jasper on the sofa.

-Hello, Jasper.

-Otherwise, all clear.

'Four, three, two, one,

'zero!'

Scanning for a 4 to land on. Found a 4.

Aaagh!

Are you all right, Four?

Yes. Yes, I am.

-Better check those toys out, first.

-I'm on my way.

What's happening with the toys?

Why do they get into different groups?

It's very strange. We may need some help from the agents.

Agents, why are things making different groups?

Agent 108 here.

They're in groups because there is something the same about them.

What is the same about these toys?

They're all toy animals.

Yes, and the others are all toy trucks.

I get it.

Aagh! They're in different groups now. Sorted out differently.

Now, all the big toys are together, and all the small toys are together.

OK, we're getting somewhere.

Sounds like more problems.

Agent 63, here.

There are problems at the picnic in the park.

Problems at the picnic in the park? I'm on my way.

Putting it on screen.

The people keep getting moved into different groups.

Four, there are problems with the people.

Problems with people at the picnic in the park?

Can anyone work out how these people are being sorted? How about now?

Looks like one group is all grown-ups.

And the other group is all children.

Yes, but watch out for the groups changing.

What's the same about people in each group now?

-Maybe it's their clothes?

-Yes, yes!

One group is people wearing red tops.

And in the other group everyone is wearing blue tops.

Whoa! Back to grown-ups and children again.

This is spoiling their picnic.

Who could be doing this mean stuff?

HIGH-PITCHED LAUGHTER

I know that laugh.

You-hoo! It's me-ee!

'Spooky Spoon!'

-Better check what we know about her.

-Uh-oh!

# 1, 2, 3 She's mean, she's bossy

# She's very cruel

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

# She only plastic but she thinks she's fantastic

# Who does she think she is?

# Spooky Spoon! #

Well, hello, little Numberjack Four!

You've got to stop mixing things up.

But I'm not mixing them up.

I'm sorting them out.

Trouble is, I keep changing my mind

how I want them sorted out -

by colour...

..or by how old they are.

So hard to choose!

SHE LAUGHS

You're spoiling their picnic!

-Really?!

-Yes, and it's not very nice.

It isn't. Oh, you're right, Four.

Naughty, naughty Spooky Spoon.

I'll go away now and leave everyone in peace.

Oh... Good!

Toodle-ooo!

Well, I think we've sorted that out.

Are you sure, Four?

Oh, yes. Sometimes it just needs a few sensible words

from someone like me.

-'Don't want to worry you...'

-Oh, it's no worry for me!

Argh! They've been mucked about again.

Yes. Ha-ha!

I get bored so easily.

'How are they being sorted?'

I think it's by how old they are.

'Yes, it is.'

It's not now.

'Why have these two been put together?'

'And those two?'

You'll never work it out. Ha-ha-ha!

We've got to work it out so we can sort it.

-Maybe it's the things they're holding.

-On screen.

What is it about these things?

-Oh! I know! It's like my beautiful things.

-What?

The ball and the Frisbee are curvy things,

and the kite and the book have got straight edges.

Great! We know what Spooky Spoon is up to.

If she keeps grouping things in different ways,

anything could happen.

Spooky might group people because of their hair.

People with straight hair together...

and then people with curly hair.

On the road, she might group all the cars together

and all the trucks together.

And then into new groups - all the blue vehicles together

and all the silver ones.

We've got to stop that Spooky Spoon.

I'm ready. Send me some Brain Gain.

OK. I'll get the Brain Gain machine going.

# Brain Gain, Brain Gain, to solve the problem use our brains

# The way to get your brains all linking up together

# Joined-up thinking. #

Getting brain power now. Brain Gain!

Let's get some Brain Gain to stop Spooky grouping things.

Making Brain Gain to stop Spooky grouping things.

Wait! There's a problem with Four.

Waiting for your silly Brain Gain, are you, Numberjack Four?

Might be.

-The Brain Gain's building up.

-We can't hold it much longer.

Well, I'm afraid you can't wait here.

-But...

-This place is for, mm...

big things like benches, and you're not big. Ha-ha.

So go away, hm?

Ahh!

We've got to send it now!

Sending Brain Gain now.

Oh, no! Four isn't there to use the Brain Gain.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

I'm back! But I need more Brain Gain.

I've changed my mind. I only want green things here, like the grass.

I can be green!

Huh! I only want tiny things!

You can't get rid of me!

-Big things!

-I can fit in with anything you say.

Er, all right, then. Wibbly-wobbly things. Ha-ha!

I can do it, I can make myself wibbly-wobbly.

-Oh!

-Send that Brain Gain quick!

Sending Brain Gain.

Stop Spooky putting things in groups.

No more problems for the picnic people in the park!

No more problems for the girl!

-And as for you, Spooky...

-What?

We're putting you in the group of things that are...a long way away!

Ah-ha-ha, ooh. Ahh! Ahh! Whoa-ah-ah!

-That's better.

-Come back now, Four.

One, two, three, four!

-Great work, Four!

-Thanks.

-I liked it when you were wibbly-wobbly.

-I didn't.

We've got it all on screen.

The toys were being put in groups - animals and trucks.

In the park, the people were grouped by age.

The children together, and the grown-ups.

Then it was the curvy things together,

and all the straight-edged things.

Spooky tried to send me away because I wasn't big.

You kept changing to whatever sort of thing she said.

-Even wibbly-wobbly!

-The Brain Gain got everything back to normal

-and sent Spooky to be with the things that are far away.

-Hooray!

-We've come to help you sort your beautiful things.

-Great!

Maybe you could do some sorting - sort us Numberjacks.

Can you think of different ways of sorting us?

What things are the same about SOME of us, but not others?

Sort us out in different ways and call the Numberjacks.

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# The Numberjacks are on their way

# The Numberjacks are on their way. #