Think Again 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. Are you sure we've got enough boxes out?

I think so.

So will you finally tell me?

Why do you want so many boxes?

Well. You know I love my beautiful things.

You've mentioned it once or twice.

-And I love having them in my beautiful things box.

-Yes?

But I think it would be even lovelier to have them in lots of boxes.

-Pff.

-Let's do it!

-Woo!

-Whoa!

-Yeah!

-Argh!

-Ah.

-Ooh.

-Hey!

-Argh!

-Ooh!

-Hey!

-Yeah!

-Whoa!

-Ah.

-Be careful!

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

My dream is to have one box for each beautiful thing

and one thing in each box.

My dream is a quiet lie down.

In a moment, I'm going to see one beautiful thing, in each box!

Huh! Oh...

Oh.

I'm not getting a good feeling.

A beautiful thing looks a bit lonely just one in a box.

-Oh?

-And somehow not quite so lovely.

Oh, dear.

In fact, let's go back to one box with lots of beautiful things in it.

Oh, dear me.

And all these other boxes can be put away again.

But we've just got them out!

Sometimes, Four, you try something out, but it turns out it's wrong.

You just have to think again.

But all these boxes.

ALARM BLEEPS

-Quick! The alarm! Let's go!

-Argh!

We've got an agent reporting a problem.

Agent 58 here. Something's going wrong.

But not for long!

A boy's having trouble with his helmet.

Hold on, I'm putting it on screen.

-Looks all right so far.

-But not now.

-No helmet.

-But now look!

-Two helmets!

He's only got one head!

Two helmets are nearly as bad as no helmets at all!

This is a problem we need to sort out.

Thank you.

I think the Numberjack for the job is...Number Five.

# Hey, Hey

# 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 Five. #

ALARM WAILS

-Are you ready, Five?

-Yes, I'm fine.

Checking it's all clear for launching.

Only Jasper.

Let's go!

ALL: Five, four, three, two, one.

ALL: Zero!

Finding a five to land on.

Got some fives.

Got a good five.

Ooh! Oh.

K, Five?

Five's arrived.

Let me get going to sort that problem out.

There are problems. Keep an eye on the plates.

Looks OK so far.

That's weird.

Very strange.

And getting stranger.

Watch the chairs!

What's going on?

There aren't enough chairs.

Now there's too many!

Too few chairs again!

We've got a call.

Agent 63 here. There's a girl having trouble.

Looks OK so far.

But watch!

That was quite funny.

Four! We're trying to solve problems here.

Sorry.

Agents, can you see a pattern?

Any idea what the problem is?

The trouble is sometimes people don't have enough things.

And sometimes they've got too many.

We need everyone to have one thing each.

One chair each, one lipstick each, one each!

Well, that sounds fair.

But something's making things not fair.

What can it be?

SPOOKY SPOON SINGS

Oh, I think I know.

Ha-ha! Yes, it's me!

We know all about Spooky Spoon.

# Uh-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. #

OK, Five. You've got to stop her!

-Look, Spooky.

-I'm looking. Don't like what I see though.

Everything's getting mixed up thanks to you.

Oh, no need to thank me.

The rule is - everyone should have one thing each.

Oh! Do you think so?

Yes. We're sending Brain Gain to make it happen.

Getting the Brain Gain going.

# 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! #

Sending one thing each, Brain Gain.

One each of everything!

One chair each!

One plate each.

Hooray!

See, Spooky? One each is best.

Oh, yes. I couldn't agree more.

I don't like the sound of that.

Just one each of everything.

SPOOKY CACKLES

What does she mean?

Oh, no. They don't look happy.

They've got one chair and one plate each.

Yes, but look what's on each plate.

Just one bit of cheese, one pea,

one bit of carrot and one bit of spaghetti.

Oh, dear.

You did say one each of everything.

Yes, we did!

Oh...

One...table each! Ha-ha!

-And one waitress each.

-'Oh, dear.'

Oh, I like this idea of one thing each. Ha-ha!

Oh, no.

If Spooky makes everything have one thing each,

anything could happen!

The whole world might have only one tree...

and the tree might have only one branch...

..with only one twig...

..with only one leaf...

-..and only one insect with only one leg!

-Oh.

And there might be only one bird

with only one wing so it couldn't fly.

We've got to stop that Spooky Spoon!

Yes. She's causing trouble making one each of things.

And we thought one each was good!

Sometimes we have to think again, look!

That brush has got far too many bristles.

Ha-ha, ha! Just one bristle!

Ooh. This class has got too many children.

Ha! Just one child.

Huh! And that chair has got far too many legs.

CACKLES

We've got to sort things out.

One each doesn't work.

It works sometimes, but not always.

We need a mixture of Brain Gain.

How about sometimes the rule is one thing each

and sometimes the rule is lots of things each?

I can send that Brain Gain.

One thing each or lots of things each.

Whichever is best.

Got to use this carefully.

He needs just one helmet, but the bike needs two wheels.

The girl needs one brush, but the brush needs lots of bristles.

That man needs one chair, but the chair needs four legs.

And you need one plate, but with lots of bits of food.

And the class needs one teacher, but lots of children.

And what about me?

I think that very tall tree

needs one Spooky Spoon.

SPOOKY YELPS

Everything sorted.

Come back now, Five.

All clear for landing.

ALL: One, two, three, four, five!

Well done, Five.

-You sorted everything out!

-We didn't get it right first though.

We got it right in the end!

And it's all on screen.

The boy didn't have just one helmet.

The girl didn't have one lipstick.

In the cafe they didn't have one chair and plate each.

We thought we'd sorted it with one thing each.

But that meant they only had one bit of each food.

And a brush with one bristle is no good.

Nor is a class with just one child.

Sometimes you need one thing and sometimes lots of things.

It's not always the first rule you think of.

Well! The last of those extra boxes are put away.

I am one Numberjack who is very happy to have one friend who helped me.

Yeah, yeah.

I also like having one box.

But that box is best with lots of things in it.

Oh, beautiful, lovely things.

So, have you got anything that it's good to have just one of?

And things it's good to have lots of?

Have a think and call the Numberjacks.

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