The Shy Noodle Oodle Bird Old Jack's Boat

Ah! And a good day to you.

# This is the place to be For Salty Dog and me

# Down by the harbour we'll be there

# Round every corner there's something to share

# Give us a cheer Our friends are here

# Just Salty Dog and me... #

Ha-ha, come on, Salty!

# This is the place to meet

# Down at the end of the street

# Seagulls flying up in the blue

# There's always a cup of tea waiting for you

# Out in the sun, having some fun Just Salty Dog and me

# Haul away, haul away Sing the song of the sea

# Hoist the sail, I'll tell you a tale of Salty Dog and me

# This is the place to go And these are the people we know

# The village is busy with things to see

# And there's the Rainbow down by the quay

# There's stories to tell, join us as well, just Salty Dog and me. #

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Come on, Salty. Let's have a look now.

Come on.

Oh, look, it's Emily. Ha!

Come on, Salty. We'll go and say hello.

BOING! Ooh!

-Ernie?

-Ladder emergency!

Ladder emergency!

Ernie, just put your feet down.

-Ah!

-I don't know why you insisted on

using that ladder in the first place, Ernie.

Any opportunity to use my equipment, Emily.

What were you up to anyway, Ernie?

Ernie's trying to squeeze my new sweets onto the shelves

but there's not much room.

Here, try and get this one on here.

-Whoa! Good catch, Emily!

-We'll never fit this lot up there.

It's too crowded. I think you're going to have to

-get rid of some of the jars, Emily.

-Oh, good idea, Ernie!

Let's take down the ones that don't have many sweets left in them

and put full ones on instead.

THEY LAUGH

-Done.

-Done.

-Done. What am I going to do with those?

You've got lemon chewies, orange fizzlers, lime sherbets.

You've got every colour of the rainbow.

I'll have to have a think.

Come on, Salty, we'll come back later. If we're lucky,

I might get an orange fizzler and you might get a dog biscuit.

-See you later, bye-bye!

-See you later, Jack.

-Emily, can I just have one?

-Just one.

There she is, the Rainbow.

What have you got for us today, me dear?

SHIP BLOWS HORN

Come on, Salty.

HE HUMS

Here we are.

There you go, Salty. Let's get comfy.

All that talk in the sweet shop about rainbows has got me

thinking about a rainbowy adventure

we had a long, long time ago.

Yeah.

Let me get comfortable and I'll tell you the story. Ah, yes, Salty.

This is going to get your tail twitching.

Once upon a twinkly time, the Rainbow set off from Staithes,

waved goodbye to Whitby and disappeared over the horizon.

It was one of those "sunny and rainy at the same time" days

and a huge rainbow curved across the sky.

So we sang a happy song.

# Just Salty Dog and me

# Upon the briny sea

# It's up with the anchor and off we go

# With the sky up above and the waves below

# We're a happy old pair with the wind in our hair

# Just Salty Dog and me. #

Just then, Thelma the dragon flew by.

"I'm extremely excited!" she cried.

"I can't wait to get my teeth into that delicious rainbow."

Now, I don't know what your favourite food is,

but Thelma the dragon likes to feast on rainbows.

Crunch, munch, crunch.

"Whoa! Slow down, Thelma!" I said.

"You know what happens when you eat too much rainbow."

But it was as too late.

Thelma had eaten nearly all of it.

And do you know what happens to dragons

if they eat too much rainbow?

Their wings won't work any more.

Thelma started to spiral downwards and she dropped into the sea

where she bobbed around like a scaly island.

"Oh, dear," said Thelma, with a bulging tum.

"I won't be able to fly for the rest of the day.

"My little dragon will be home from school later,

"I need to get back to Smoulder Island."

Now, Smoulder Island was a long way away.

"In that case, we'll just have to find a way to help you fly again,"

says I.

"But there is no way," said Thelma.

"Unless..."

Thelma explained that right in the middle of the swirling sea

is an island where the Noodle Oodle bird lives.

"She's incredibly kind and one of her magic feathers will make me

"fly straightaway," she said.

Now, Salty and I had heard of the Noodle Oodle bird.

We knew that she had a beautiful tail of magical, colourful feathers.

Well, there was no time to lose

so we set off at top speed heading south,

scudding along the waves, feeling the sea spray on our faces.

And then suddenly, up ahead I spied the whirling of the swirling sea.

The waves spun wildly like water round a giant plug hole.

"Giddy gumions, watch out for my bunions!" I cried,

as the wild, winding wind took us spinning upwards,

higher and higher, and then spinning downwards, lower and lower until...

Splash!

We landed in a little island cove.

We went ashore.

There was only one path amongst the fuzzy rainbow trees,

so we followed it.

The air was buzzing

and whirring with the wild calls of strange birds and busy insects.

And then suddenly, Salty heard something.

It was the soft Noodle Oodle call of the Noodle Oodle bird.

We followed the sound through the fuzzy trees

and found her sitting on a noodly nest.

"Hello, O glorious Noodle Oodle bird," I said.

"Our friend, Thelma the dragon, would very much like one

"of your colourful, magic feathers to help her fly again, please."

"Oh! Noodle-eedle-oooh!"

whispered the Noodle Oodle bird.

"I've been giving away my magic feathers for many, many days,

"but luckily there's one magic feather left."

We looked at the Noodle Oodle bird's tail and, sure enough,

there was just one lonely-looking red feather. All the rest were grey.

The Noodle Oodle bird said, "Take me to Thelma

"and she can have my last feather."

"You are a very kind bird," I said.

"I'm not looking forward to sailing that swirling sea again.

"Almost turned our whiskers curly," says I.

"Don't worry," said the Noodle Oodle bird.

"If we catch the right swirl, we can fly all the way."

So we jumped back on board the Rainbow

and we set off into the swirling sea, didn't we?

Yes, we did.

"Hold steady and sail into the next swirl,"

said the Noodle Oodle bird, and suddenly there was

a huge swirl right before us and we sailed into it and - whoosh!

We twirled up and up and up so high that the fluffety clouds were

all around us and then we floated gently downwards.

"There's Thelma!" Salty woofed.

And we landed with a splish gently beside her.

"Thank goodness you've come," said Thelma.

"I must get back for my little dragon."

"I'll help you," said the Noodle Oodle bird kindly.

"Pluck the feather from my tail."

And the Noodle Oodle bird offered Thelma her lonely tail feather.

But it was gone.

"Oh, dear!" Salty gasped.

"It must have got lost in the swirling sea," I said.

"Oh, I'm sorry," sighed the Noodle Oodle bird.

"I'm afraid I need rainbow magic to make my feathers colourful.

Thelma sighed. And a little puff of smoke

escaped from her nostrils.

It was colourful rainbow smoke

and looked magical.

Salty's whiskers starting whiffling.

She was having one of her bright ideas.

"Breathe out lots of smoke, Thelma," she woofed.

So, pfff!

Thelma puffed and out blew beautiful rainbow smoke.

It curled and it twirled upwards and downwards

and all around the Noodle Oodle bird

and when it cleared, well, ha!

You'll never believe it.

The Noodle Oodle bird's tail was a fountain

of colourful, magical feathers.

-YODELLING:

-"Noodle-oodle-eedle-ooh!

"You've given me magic feathers!" cried the Noodle Oodle bird.

"Thank you, Thelma! I can help many people now!"

Thelma, ha! She looked very pleased with herself

and what's more, she started to beat her wings

and she began to rise up into the sky.

She didn't need the magic feather after all,

because breathing out the rainbow smoke

had made her tummy feel lighter again.

"I'm off to Smoulder Island to my little dragons", she roared.

"Thank you!"

"I must fly too! But I will always save a magic feather for youuu!"

the Noodle Oodle bird told us.

Ha! And before we knew it,

she had gone in a flurry of rainbow tail feathers.

"Well, Salty", I said,

as we set sail towards the horizon,

"we've had oodles and noodles of excitement today!"

And we headed off to Staithes and home.

And don't forget, if you see the Noodle Oodle bird,

don't forget, just say hello, right?

Good.

BOAT TOOTS

Did you like that story, Salty?

All true, of course.

Mind you, my stories always are.

Oh, look!

Come on, girl.

JACK HUMS TO HIMSELF

There we are, come on. We're still tacking.

Hello, Emily!

Hello, Jack!

Did you manage to solve your problem about what to do

with all those leftover sweeties?

I certainly did!

Here, look, I've saved something for you.

It's my new sweet selection range.

It's called Rainbow Mix!

I put all the leftover sweets together

and they're all the different colours of the rainbow!

Thank you! I must say, they look delicious!

SALTY BARKS

It's all right, Salty. I've got some...

rainbow dog biscuits for you!

There you go, Salty. Aren't we a lucky pair?

We'll save these for a little treat after supper. Thank you.

-I'll see you soon, Em. Thanks again.

-Bye, you two!

-Come on, then.

Well, Salty, that's it for today.

We'll see all our friends again next time.

Oh...

and we'll see you next time as well.

Bye-bye!

Come on, girl.