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0:00:53 > 0:00:56- One morning, ten-year-old Tomi...
0:00:56 > 0:01:01- ..who had always done - what Mam had told him to do...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- ..wanted to go out to play.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- To kick a ball and run around.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- He could also go and climb a tree.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- After all, he was ten years old.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- The only strange thing about him...
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- ..was that Tomi - never looked behind him.
0:01:22 > 0:01:28- This morning, without a doubt, - that would have helped him out.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Mam said, - "Now then, Tom, wrap up warm.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- "Don't catch a cold, - plenty of clothes."
0:01:44 > 0:01:48- "A jumper, a scarf or gloves?" - asked Tomi.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- "All three," replied his mother.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05- Off he went to climb some trees - and kick a ball with his two feet.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11- He ran back and forth happily - and tried to throw a stick or two.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18- The first throw was rather poor - as he threw it high up to the sky.
0:02:18 > 0:02:25- The stick stuck to Tomi's glove - and pulled off a strand of wool.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- The brown stick stayed - stuck to Tomi's glove.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- It was completely stuck.
0:02:37 > 0:02:44- I don't think Tomi had even noticed - as he played his silly games.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- The stick followed him - wherever he went.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- He couldn't get rid of the stick - at all.
0:02:56 > 0:03:03- On the grass that day, was a pretty - poodle belonging to Mrs Gronw.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Do you know what the dog said?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- "I'll chase the stick - on Tomi's glove."
0:03:09 > 0:03:14- Off it went and unbeknownst to Tomi - the stick and dog were pulled along.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- The more Tomi felt like running...
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- ..the more the dog - followed his glove.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- They all ran like the wind - behind him...
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- ..the dog, the glove, - Tomi and the stick.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Every dog followed - the one in front...
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- ..and soon, there was - a chain of dogs barking happily...
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- ..like a train - of fur, tails and legs.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- The last dog - had such a bushy tail...
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- ..it was caught up in a sack - carried by Aneurin the postman.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- He was sitting on a bench but now - he was being pulled along by Tomi.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Tomi was having such a good time...
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- ..but knew nothing - about what was happening behind him.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- No idea at all that he was - still stuck to the stick.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- All Tomi did was play and play.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- He had no idea about the postman - and his letters...
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- ..or the corgis, the spaniels - or all the dogs behind him.
0:04:27 > 0:04:33- It's incredible what you can - pull along on the thread of a glove.
0:04:33 > 0:04:40- The postman's bag got caught up in a - boat which was bobbing on the lake.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- It wasn't sailing, - it was just there.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50- But imagine how its owner felt when - he saw his boat shooting past...
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- ..with a postman, a bench - and some dogs on board.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59- That's where they all went, as one, - straight through the zoo's gates.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04- A crew and a half, in they went, - to see the shark and kangaroo.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Tom was hoping to see - a lion in its lair...
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- ..and maybe feed an elephant or two.
0:05:13 > 0:05:19- Behind Tom, the woolly chain - was getting longer and longer.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- In the zoo, the boat was in trouble - and the chain was twice as long.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- It ripped open the gates - on the cages...
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- ..of the tigers, monkeys, - bats and boars.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- It pulled along a gorilla - which was munching a banana...
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- ..and a hippo which was wallowing - in a pool of mud.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- The wool snagged the big lion...
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- ..and the children's train - which was puffing by.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- It went around the zoo - every morning and afternoon...
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- ..and the chain - became longer and longer.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Tomi had no idea, - despite the deafening noise...
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- ..that the dogs, the frogs - and the various bears...
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- ..the postman, the tiger - and a lion or two...
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- ..were being pulled through the zoo.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Don't forget the sailing boat...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- ..which was resting quietly - in the park earlier.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- Tomi pulled the lot behind him, - pulling and pulling as he went.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Here and there, without a clue...
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- ..that he was causing - so much trouble.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- He had no idea that his woolly glove - was caught in the stick.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- That in turn had dragged - everything in its wake...
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- ..but now it was time - to head home for tea.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- As he headed for home...
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- ..I can't believe that Tomi had ever - considered snagging an aeroplane...
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- ..which was about to leave - the airport heading to Dublin.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Of course, everyone on board - looked down as they flew away.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- They saw Tomi's glove and the crew - that was following it...
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- ..and they in turn - started following them.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- The chain grew longer, - zig-zagging and straight...
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- ..and with every step Tomi took, his - glove would snag a car or lamppost.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36- It also snagged the fence outside - the house of Archibald Spence.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- It got wrapped around - the bell on the door...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- ..and then it took the bell - and the door.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- When Tomi arrived home - for his tea...
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- ..Mam came to the door - and looked behind him.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56- Tom, his glove, a stick, a dog, - a dozen more dogs and a black toad.
0:07:56 > 0:08:03- A frog or two and a crocodile - and a rather splendid aeroplane.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Monkeys, two bears and one bird...
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- ..one boat with its sails - at full mast.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- A car, a lion - and a tiger from the zoo.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- "What have you done?" asked Mam.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- "Why don't you ever - look behind you?"
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- He looked back - and to Tom's surprise...
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- ..he could see the chain - all tied up in the wool.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Everything he'd pulled - behind him all day...
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- ..through the zoo and the bushes, - over the hills and the fields.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- They all smiled at him.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- "I'll have to put everything back," - said Tomi.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- "I know precisely - how I can do that."
0:08:52 > 0:08:58- He ran backwards through the zoo and - put the animals back in their cages.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- He said goodbye - to the bird and the monkey...
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- ..the camel - and an old whale from turkey.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40- He put the train back on the tracks - and the plane continued its journey.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- He put the boat back on the lake...
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- ..and the bell on the door, - it was meant to be there.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- All the dogs returned to the park - one by one...
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- ..and Tomi went home - happy once more.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Mam kept his tea warm in the oven...
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- ..and Tomi ate it all - when he got home.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- That was the story - of ten-year-old Tomi...
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- ..who's always done - what his mother has told him.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- He always looks behind him - wherever he goes.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- I know why.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- And so do you.
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