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0:00:53 > 0:00:58- One morning, I was brushing my teeth - and as I looked at the toothpaste...
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- ..and the water - disappearing down the plughole...
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- ..I thought to myself, - "What's down there?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- "What's down the plughole?"
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- So I went downstairs - to ask my family.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- Taid was the first person I saw.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- "Taid, what's down the plughole?" - I asked.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- "Ah, that's a very good question," - answered Taid.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- "I wondered that myself once.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- "So, I went down the plughole - to see for myself."
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Taid told me - that when he was a young boy...
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- ..he jumped into the sink - and slid down the plughole.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- Down the pipe he went, - around the u-bend.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- He leant this way - and splashed that way...
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- ..until pop, he reappeared - at the centre of the Earth.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- That's where all the pipes lead.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- There were pipes from China, - pipes from Australia...
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- ..pipes from Africa - and India and Sweden.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36- Millions and billions and - trillions and bazillions of pipes.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- But that wasn't all.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- At the bottom - of the centre of the Earth...
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- ..there's a plughole - the size of America.
0:02:47 > 0:02:53- All the water from all the pipes - from every sink in the world...
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- ..goes down this hole - and fills the seas.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- There, the oceans are made.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- When you pull the chain...
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- ..waves are created.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- "Wow," I said, "That's incredible."
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- My big brother, Dil, - was in the living room...
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- ..playing games on his computer.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- I told him what Taid had told me.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- "That's not what's down - the plughole!
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- "I know what's down there. - I've seen it."
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- Dil told me a very different story.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- The toothpaste - that goes down the plughole...
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- ..all joins together - and becomes a toothpaste monster.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17- It's like a huge worm and it - lives in the pipes under the house.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- When everyone is asleep, - the toothpaste monster...
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- ..comes up - and out through the sink...
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- ..and steals hair - from the faces of men like Dad.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- When Dad shaves every morning...
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- ..the toothpaste monster - collects all the hairs...
0:04:36 > 0:04:37- ..and makes a wig.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Of course, that was nonsense.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- Or was it? Dad's head is bald - - there's not a hair in sight.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Well, I decided to ask Dad - if it was true.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Dad was in the garden - cutting the hedge.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08- Out I went to ask him - if the reason he had no hair...
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- ..was because the toothpaste monster - had stolen all his hair.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- "Who told you that?" asked Dad.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20- "Dil," I replied.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- I told him about Taid's story...
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- ..about the pipes - at the centre of the Earth.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- "I know what's down the plughole," - he said.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- "Taid and Dil are wrong."
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- This is what Dad said.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- "When you pour water - down the plughole...
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- "..it goes down the pipe, - around the u-bend...
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- "..into another pipe...
0:05:57 > 0:06:03- .."and around another bend - until it trickles out...
0:06:05 > 0:06:10- "..into the largest water pistol - in the whole wide world.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- "It was built by the King of Spain."
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- "Why does the King of Spain need the - largest water pistol in the world?"
0:06:22 > 0:06:27- "To turn off the sun at night, of - course, because people can't sleep."
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- "How do they switch it on when - it's time to get up in the morning?"
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- There was a long pause.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- "Ask your mother," replied Dad - as he continued trimming the hedge.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Mam was walking through the door - when I returned to the house.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- Every Saturday, - she goes running with our dog, Bob.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- She loves running.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- Bob doesn't.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- It takes longer - than Mam would wish...
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- ..but she says Bob needs - the exercise.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- I told her I wanted to know - what was down the plughole.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- I also told her - what Taid and Dil and Dad had said.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- I asked her which one - was telling the truth.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26- "None of them," she replied. - "I know what's down there."
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- Down the plughole - is the topsy turvy world.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- "Topsy turvy world? - What on earth is that?"
0:07:47 > 0:07:48- "Well," replied Mam...
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- .."In the topsy turvy world, - everything is topsy turvy."
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- "Cats bark, dogs miaow.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- "Both of them fly, of course.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- "The sea is in the sky - and the sky is in the sea.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- "Everyone walks and talk backwards.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- "The outside is indoors - and everyone lives in trees."
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- "But why is that down our plughole, - Mam?" I asked.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- "It's not down our plughole," - she answered.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39- "We're down their plughole."
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- She laughed and hurried upstairs - for a shower.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- I was so confused by now.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Was there a toothpaste monster - down the plughole?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Was there a topsy turvy world?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- Was the largest water pistol - in the world down there?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- On the other hand, that might - well be the centre of the Earth...
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- ..and it's where the oceans - are made.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- It might all be true. - It might all be nonsense.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- My family - might be absolutely bonkers.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- And so, I returned to the sink - to take a closer look.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- I even flashed my torch - down the plughole..
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- ..just in case - the toothpaste monster was lurking.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- It wasn't, of course.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- From nowhere, - a little spider crawled out...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- ..and waved one of its legs at me.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58- "Hello, Mr Spider," I said, - "Can you help me?"
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- "What's down there?
0:10:00 > 0:10:06- "I've asked my family and - I can't say I believe any of them."
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- The little spider peered up - at me and said...
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- .."I've seen many a plughole.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- "I've spent much of my time - down them.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28- "I haven't seen that much at all - - just a red hair and a frozen pea.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34- "A contact lens and a baby's teeth - and Auntie Mali's earring.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- "Some carrots - and toothpaste bubbles...
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- "..a cotton bud - and Heledd's curly locks.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- "Once, a chopstick and a prawn...
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- "..and I've seen more - than my fair share of sweetcorn.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- "I've never seen a monster - and that's the truth.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- "Not a huge pipe - that leads underground.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- "Not a topsy turvy world - or the King of Spain...
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- "..the drain just leads out - to the street.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- "I hope this helps you, my friend...
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- "..now how do I get out of here - - I want to go!"
0:11:16 > 0:11:21- Carefully, I picked the spider - out of the sink...
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- ..and thanked him - for his wise and sensible words.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- And now we all know - what's hiding down the plughole.
0:11:52 > 0:11:52- .