Rubbish Playground Rastamouse

# Zooba zooba zooba dan

# Zooba zooba zooba day

# Rastamouse and Scratchy and Zoomer

# Also known as the Easy Crew

# Crime fighters They're very special agents

# Playing reggae when the work is through

# Give it up, give it up

# Give it up for the Easy Crew

# Solvin' mysteries in the neighbourhood

# Always there to make a bad thing good. #

Rastamouse, the only thing them orphans got to play on

is one measly swing!

Dat's a rubbish playground!

If queuing was fun, they'd be havin' a great time!

Well, they get so much practice!

-Yo! Carlton!

-Hey, Rastamouse, Bandulu.

-Carlton! What go on?

Me try to clean up the whole of Mouseland

but there's still rubbish everywhere!

Who thought Mouseland had so much rubbish in it?

Dat's da truth. Thanks for picking up this bed.

Me can't repair it no more.

Good mouse, Bandulu.

Give dat rubbish to Carlton and he'll take it away. See you around!

Bandulu, me try and tink of somewhere for the orphans to play.

Thanks, Rastamouse.

-What can be done about the orphans' playground?

-Or lack of it.

-Exactly!

-Dem need more things to play on!

-OK, let's lay down some riddims.

Cool!

-Irie, man.

-Wicked!

-Check it out!

-I love this!

-Ohh!

'Rastamouse, come in, come in. Are you reading me?

'Message from President Wensley Dale. Come immediately!'

Let's put this song aside, and ride!

Yah!

Come on, Easy Crew.

Look-a out for the cement! Mamma mia, me-a lovely new path!

Phew! Bravissimo - is-a nice skating, Easy Crew!

-Eh, irie, Wensley Dale?

-No. Me is not irie. Me is very far from irie.

Them old tyres and that drum blocking me presidential front door!

Me can't get out and do the tings that presidents have to do!

Like opening things by cutting ribbons and saying,

"Me declare this...open."

-Hey, Wensley Dale. Me declare this door open.

-Ta-dah!

-Very funny.

-But me nah happy.

-Why's that?

Not only is me door blocked,

more rubbish has been dumped all over town!

-Wha?! Me not like the sound o' dat.

-No-one does!

And Carlton, him working overtime!

Do we got any idea who's dumping the rubbish?

Nah, but when we get hold o' dem, dey is in BIG trouble!

Stay cool. We need to tink who's doin' it.

-So, the rubbish in the garden was...

-An oil drum and some old tyres.

Hey, that's the sort of stuff used at the garage. Perhaps Fats be to blame.

Me doubt that, but it's a good place to start.

-The Easy Crew are on the case, Wensley Dale.

-That's good.

Get out dere and clean up this island!

-Irie, Fats.

-Hey. Da Easy Crew are in da house. Or rather, the garage.

-Gettin' rid of old tyres, Fats?

-Nah. Me gonna repair this one.

Why d'ya ask?

We found some old tyres and a drum in the President's garden.

-What the President want wi' dose?

-They been dumped.

We wondered if you knew anything about it.

-Why would me know anyting?

-What we mean is, can ya help us?

Someone's dumped that rubbish and we want to find them.

If me could 'elp, me would 'elp. Me hate the rubbish.

Me was furious to see some dumped ropes

and nuff nuff ting out by Little Rock.

Did you see anybody doin' the dumpin'?

Nah, but if me do, me let you know.

-Tanks, Fats. Little Rock, ya say?

-Yah, dat was it.

Easy Crew, let's take a look.

-So, who uses ropes?

-A tightrope walker!

Why would a tightrope walker leave them on the ground?!

They mighta been practising on the ground, in case they fell off!

-Unlikely!

-What about a tug-of-war team?

-Nah.

These are the sorta ropes used on ships at sea

-and the nearest ship is...

-The Jammin' Dodger!

-Ah!

Me not dump them. Me never throw anything overboard.

Me sure ya don't, but what do ya do with ya rubbish?

Me store it up and give it all to Carlton. Him take it away.

-That what you're supposed to do!

-That's right.

And when me see 'im next, me tell 'im about

the old sacks of sand and planks me saw dumped on the Grove.

-That is dread!

-Hm. We go take a look. Tanks, Little Patch.

Come on, Easy Crew.

-So, who uses sand and planks?

-Someone who makes sand castles!

-Then...puts...planks in them.

-Hee-hee.

-Me not know anyone like that!

-No, nor me.

-Oh! Mikey Angelo!

-Where?

-Oh!

-We saw him fixing up the path with this stuff.

-That's right!

-Let's go question him!

-Hold on der, Easy Crew.

-Mikey Angelo not to blame. Look at this.

-What is it?

It's the little bed from the orphanage.

Me seen this ting today get put on the back of Carlton's truck.

-Yo der, Easy Crew!

-Yo, Carlton!

-Look there!

Easy Crew, we need to stop that truck, and quick!

-Hey, Carlton! Hold up, man!

-Easy Crew, speed up!

-Come on! Yeah!

-Me know a good short cut.

-Yo, Carlton! Carlton! Yo!

-Rastamouse?

-Hello!

-Me just wave to ya back der.

-That's right.

-And now me in front of ya here.

-Eh?

-Tanks for stoppin', man.

-Nah worry.

But me can't stop long. There's still so much rubbish to clear up.

Oh, yes. There really is.

Every time I turn around, there's more rubbish behind me!

That's because all of the rubbish is dropping off the back of you truck!

-Nah way!

-Sorry, but yes way!

-How you know it's from me truck?

This leg is from the bed you picked up at the orphanage

-It was dumped at the Grove.

-Me can't understand how this could happen.

See, the back of your truck is broken

and the rubbish keep fallin' out.

-Me... Me... Me nah believe it.

-Well, it's true. Me saw it and everyting!

-Me shocked!

-In that case, you need a nice cup of sweet tea!

That's good for shock.

Fancy dat - me truck causin' all that mess!

Nah worries. We got it sorted.

But what happens to the rubbish once you pick it up?

-Me take it to the island dump.

-Hmm.

-Have you ever thought about reusing it?

-Eh? Reusing it?

-Sure ting!

Me not with you.

Most tings can be recycled. Me have an idea how you could

take the rubbish to make something useful

and start to make a bad ting good.

But how can me make all that dump rubbish useful?

-Yeah, how?

-They got a point - how?!

-You'll see.

But first, me have to chat to the President.

PHONE RINGS

Greetings. Rastamouse. Oh, thank goodness. Mm-hm. Mm-hm. Aha!

That plan there sound proper, Rastamouse!

Irie, man! Catch ya later.

-Yo, Carlton, you got those drawings, man?

-Sure.

OK, let's get to work.

And me was stuck in the house for nearly 20 minutes! It was terrible.

-The worst 20 minutes o' dat whole hour!

-Will you ever forgive me?

Thanks to this plan you and Rastamouse have thought of,

course me will.

Oh, that's good, because me wonder if you could do us a favour.

To reuse tings that you throw away, you have to admit it's clever.

Me can now declare this playground open.

It's the best rubbish playground ever.

-Hey, Carlton.

-Eh?

Me going to tink of a way to reuse this ribbon me just cut.

That's good, Mr President. Good!

Hm. Looking crisp, Wensley. Looking crisp.

Easy Crew, come in. Come in.

Are you reading me?

'Message from President Wensley Dale. Listen up, you tree.

Rastamouse, come in. Come in. Me loved your rubbish plan!

-'This recycling thing is smart.'

-Tanks, me love dat. Irie, man!

# Give it up, give it up

# Give it up for the Easy Crew

# Solvin' mysteries in the neighbourhood

# Always there to make a bad thing good. #