Measured Response 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! #

Right, Five, you watch what my Buddy Blocks can do.

I'm watching.

One,

two,

three,

four,

five,

six!

Oh, wow! They look different.

Yeah, when they're like this, I call them my Buddy Sticks.

And watch them move!

That's fantastic!

And they love lining up.

Line up by...

the stairs!

One, two, three.

-Well, that's great!

-You have a go!

Yes, please!

Line up by...

the jumping platform!

One, two. That's really good, Six.

I love my Buddy Sticks.

One day, I might let them come on a mission with me.

-ALARM GOES OFF

-Hey, an agent calling in.

-Let's go!

We have the call coming in.

-Hi, agent 72 here.

-Go ahead.

-Things are going wrong!

-But not for long!

-There's a girl trying to do some drawing.

-Putting it on screen.

Oh, I hope it's a good picture.

-Oh! It won't be now.

-The pen keeps changing.

She's doing her best!

She's not going to be able to draw if the pen keeps changing.

-We'll get someone out there right away.

-Thank you.

-Who's going, Six?

-I think this is a mission for me!

# 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. #

ALARM GOES OFF

Good luck, Six!

-My Buddy Sticks are coming later.

-Ready for launch!

And I'm scanning the room...

..and it's all clear.

Here we go, then.

Six, five, four,

three, two, one,

zero.

Looking for a six.

Looking...

and yes! Found a six. There you go.

Huh...uh! Right, I'm ready to get things sorted.

More problems!

There's a man at the hotel.

Watch his trousers.

Oh, dear!

-That's not good.

-And look at this.

-It's the knife and fork.

-They look all right.

It's not easy to eat like that.

Or like that!

Oh, no! More problems?!

It's the cleaner. He has problems too.

Six! There's lots going wrong.

I know. What's happening with the cleaner?

I think I can guess.

I was right.

And I bet...

..yes.

-Things keep changing.

-Can anyone see HOW things are changing?

Things keep getting longer.

And then shorter.

Things are changing length.

There are pairs of things with the same length.

Then one thing in each pair changed,

and they weren't the same length any more.

Who could be doing this?

I think I know.

-Ha, ha!

-The Shape Japer!

-Ha, ha, ha!

Data on screen.

Looks like the Shape Japer's back.

# Shape Japer She's really very strange

# Shape Japer She loves to make things change

# Changing faces, changing size

# Changing shapes every single time

# Changing shapes is the Japer's game

# The Shape Japer's back again. #

We can beat the Shape Japer!

We've got to get the things back to the right length.

But how do we know what the right length is?

Agents! Any ideas?

-We do know what lengths the things WERE...

-How?

-Each pair of things started off the same length.

-Oh, yes!

So, make the thing that changed match the thing that didn't change

and it will be back to the right length.

We can do that.

Hang on, Six. We'll be sending you Brain Gain very soon.

# Brain Gain, Brain Gain To solve the problem, use our brain

# The way to get your brains linking up together - joined-up thinking. #

Getting brain power now! Brain Gain!

Make the pairs match in length! Make the pairs match in length!

Sending Brain Gain now!

Make the pairs match in length!

The two things are the same length.

Make the pairs match in length!

The girl's got another pen we can match lengths with.

Did the trick!

Hooray! We sorted the Shape Japer.

Oh, no, we haven't.

Things are changing length again!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Oh, no!

Can we make the tie the right length again?

No. We don't know what the right length is.

We haven't got anything to match it with.

The cleaner's having more trouble.

Ha, ha, ha, ha!

Oh, no! How can we make the mop the right length again?

We haven't got another mop to match it with.

Oh, dear. If the Shape Japer keeps changing the length of things,

anything could happen.

A slide might get very short

or it might get very long and a bit too whizzy...

Or trees might get very short...

..or get very tall...

Or roads might get very long...

..or very short!

We've got to stop the Shape Japer changing the length of things.

Yes. She's up to her tricks with lots of people's ties.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

She's changing the length of lots of people's mops.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Ooh!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Oh, no! Everybody's ties and mops have changed length.

We could change them back to normal if we knew how long they were before.

But they've ALL been changed. We've got nothing to match them with.

Wait a minute, wait a minute!

I've found one man the Shape Japer has missed,

and he's got a tie AND a mop!

I'm on my way.

Yes! We can find out how long things are supposed to be

and change them back.

We can borrow the man's tie and mop.

And we can use them to measure everybody else's.

Oh, no! Ooh! Ooh! We've got a problem! Whoa!

The man won't lend us the tie and his mop.

-Why not?

-He's worried the Shape Japer will see them and change them too.

We can't use them to measure the things that have changed.

Is there any way we can do it

-without taking them away?

-Use the Buddy Sticks.

They're good at measuring things.

Wow! Yes! Buddy Sticks! Buddy Sticks!

OK, Buddy Sticks, your mission is -

measure this man's tie

from one end to the other.

One,

two.

-The tie is two Buddy Sticks long.

-Now the mop, Six.

Measure the mop!

One,

two,

three,

four,

five,

six!

The mop is six Buddy Sticks long.

OK. We know how long things are supposed to be.

Let's get some Brain Gain out there!

Ties are two sticks long! Ties are two sticks long!

Two sticks long!

Two sticks long!

Two sticks long!

-Don't forget the mop, Six.

-We're on the case.

Mops are six sticks long! Six sticks! That's hard to say.

Six sticks long!

Six sticks long!

Ooh!

Six sticks long!

Your measuring sticks are brilliant, Six!

Yes, watch them measure the Shape Japer.

One, five!

Ha, ha, ha, ha...

-ooh!

-One, five!

-One, five!

-Ooooh! Ooooh!

Come back now, Six.

ALL: One, two, three,

four, five, six!

-Well done, Six.

-And the measuring sticks.

I've left them to finish off the measuring job.

Let's see what the problem was.

The girl's pen changed length.

-So did the trousers and the knife.

-And the brush.

But we matched them up and got them back to the right length.

But the ties didn't have anything to match up with,

-because all the ties had changed.

-And so had all the mops.

Except, there was just one of each,

which the sticks could measure and go and sort things out.

ALL: Hooray!

-Lucky we had your sticks to help us measure, Six.

-Yeah.

Have YOU got some things that are long and thin

you could use as measuring sticks?

If you have, do some measuring - any problems, call the Numberjacks.

# The Numberjacks are on their way The Numberjacks are on their way. #