0:00:09 > 0:00:13Here they come, my two intrepid explorers -
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Charlotte and Elliot.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18I'm their Great Aunt Lizzie, you see,
0:00:18 > 0:00:22and I wonder which one is coming to see me today.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Ah, so it's Elliot's turn.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Here he comes,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30racing to hear another tale from an epic adventurer.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32CLINK, CLINK, CLINK!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And what wonderful adventures they were,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51so long ago and so far away.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I collected a few souvenirs along the way.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04But my most precious possession of all
0:01:04 > 0:01:07is my extraordinary collection of teacups.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26You've still got your coat on, Elliot. Come on.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31No time to count the clouds, we've got stories to tell.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Now, let's have a lovely cup of tea.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- But first, we need...- The teacup!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47But which one?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- That one.- Mmm.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06The Seal Matrix.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What a choice, Elliot.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I do really love that story.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22This will be just perfect to drink now.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30So, are you ready?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Ready!
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Then let me tell you the story of Great Aunt Lizzie
0:02:36 > 0:02:38And The Adventure Of The Seal Matrix.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Oh, yes, of course!
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Let me tell you the story of ELLIOT
0:02:45 > 0:02:48And The Adventure Of The Seal Matrix.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53It all began long, long ago in ancient Britain,
0:02:53 > 0:02:58an island of green forests, majestic mountains, silver rivers
0:02:58 > 0:03:00and tiny villages.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Elliot had travelled this magnificent landscape,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28past rolling hill and gentle slope
0:03:28 > 0:03:32when, finally, he arrived in a village of tiny houses.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41The village smelled as fresh as the forest that surrounded it.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45As Elliot approached, all was quiet and all was peaceful,
0:03:45 > 0:03:49and that was the way it stayed, until...
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- You useless great lump.- Ow!- I came all the way into town with a man
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- who smells like one of his own pigs! - I told you, I didn't have time.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Then we couldn't find the place.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I've never spoken to the clerk in my life!
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- How am I supposed to know where he lives?- You could've asked someone.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I don't see why we need to sign the letter now, my family have run
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- that farm for years without signing a thing.- Well, you do now,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16it's the law. Are you sure you can't read it?
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- Nope, I can't read a word.- Really, Billy? What are we going to do?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Elliot wondered if he could help.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- Excuse me.- Hold your nose or you'll faint from the smell.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44- I can read, if that helps.- You can? - But it only says Carmunnock.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Oh, that's the name of the village.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51We're looking for the clerk's house.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53There's got to be more signs in the village.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58And it didn't take Elliot long
0:04:58 > 0:05:02before he found what they were looking for.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05As the swineherd and his wife went in to see the clerk,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Elliot had an inkling things might not go exactly to plan.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Oh, what is that stench?
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Oh, I'm sorry, I'm a swineherd, a pig farmer.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20So I gather. THE SWINEHERD CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I have a letter I need to sign and give to you.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27We have to have it done today, if we're to keep farming. It's the law.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Yes, I'm quite aware of that. Come along, then,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33before you have the whole place smelling like a farmyard.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40Yes, it all seems acceptable, just sign your name at the bottom
0:05:40 > 0:05:45to take responsibility for the farm and then you can be on your way.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Quickly, man, quickly. - I can't write.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Well, don't you have a seal matrix?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54It's my farm, I shouldn't have to sign a piece of paper!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Well, I'll let you tell that to the king.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00No signature, no letter, no farm.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Out, out, I can't stand that smell a moment longer. Good day!
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Now look what you've done. Why couldn't you have had a bath?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15What difference would that make? I can't sign it, bath or no bath.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18They'll stop us farming. They will.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Excuse me, what did he mean about a seal matrix?
0:06:23 > 0:06:28- Yes, what was that about? - It's a little stamp.- Oh.- Oh.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30My mother has mine.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33What?! I didn't know we'd need to bring it
0:06:33 > 0:06:37and I don't see why I should have to sign a piece of paper, it's MY farm.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41It's not going to be your farm for very long. What are we going to do?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44We have to tend the pigs, we can't do that AND go to your mother's.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I could go.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Elliot thought getting a seal matrix from Billy's mother
0:06:50 > 0:06:52would be as easy as A, B, C,
0:06:52 > 0:06:56but, of course, it was never going to be as easy as that.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59She lives in a house in the woods with my little sister.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- Three valleys away, Billy. - Yes, three valleys away.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07What a to-do. The sun was barely up
0:07:07 > 0:07:10and already things had got terribly messy.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14He'd read out the village sign to the swineherd and his wife...
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Carmunnock. - ..he'd helped them find the clerk,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21he'd asked Billy what the clerk meant when he talked about
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- a seal matrix... - It's a little stamp.- Oh.- Oh.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29..and he had thought getting the seal matrix from Billy's mother
0:07:29 > 0:07:30would be a doddle.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35He couldn't let the swineherd and his wife lose the farm, could he?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39There was nothing else for it but to get cracking,
0:07:39 > 0:07:44over the mountain to the little house in the woods.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53So, off went Elliot in his old, battered boots.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58He scrambled across the ancient Highlands until,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01when he was almost out of breath,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03the path ran out.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11There was only one way to get to the other side.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Elliot took a deep breath.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Safely across, Elliot set off once more.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44From between the trees, the valley opened, bathed in the midday sun.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54But this was no time to stop and admire the view.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Elliot had to get that seal matrix.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05- Hello? Hello?- What was that?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Hello?- Who said that?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Oh, hello.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16- I'm looking for the swineherd's mother.- She's not here.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22- I'm his sister.- Oh, dear. He needs something called a seal matrix.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26It's to sign a letter, or else he loses his pig farm.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Forget it, did he?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30I knew it, I knew he would need it
0:09:30 > 0:09:33but he never came back, troublesome brother.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- It's always one calamity or another. - Do you know where it is?
0:09:36 > 0:09:41Time was ticking by, but all Elliot could do was wait and be patient.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- Luck was on his side - she was back in no time.- Here it is.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- It's heavy.- It is, but it's also delicate, so you need to be careful.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- You see that mark on the bottom? - Mm-hm.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58That's to make a signature, for people like me, who can't write.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03- So, it'll work for your brother as well?- Same family, same seal.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07It's a handy thing. You just press it into the wax to sign the letter.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Wax?- Mm-hm.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Have you not got any?- No.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Had you there!
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Thank you.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Back came Elliot in his old, battered boots.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Across the ancient Highlands and down the mountainside.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Time had almost run out
0:10:38 > 0:10:42when Elliot arrived back outside the clerk's house.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45The swineherd and his wife were waiting anxiously.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48This time, he was as clean as a whistle.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I got it.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- Oh, thank you, Elliot, thank you. - Just in the nick of time.- Billy.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Sorry, thank you.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Well, don't YOU scrub up well?
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Still got your letter, but can you sign it?
0:11:07 > 0:11:12No, but we've got a seal matrix that Billy's sister gave me.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Very well, just stamp your seal.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And that's exactly what they did.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25They pressed the seal matrix deep into the soft wax
0:11:25 > 0:11:29and handed the papers back to the clerk.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Congratulations, you can now officially farm pigs.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I think this is the most wonderful thing I have seen in my life.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I don't know how to thank you.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45We could start by having some of my famous apple pie.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Those apples are for the pigs. - Billy.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- Or we could use them to make apple pie.- Yes, let's.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59And that was that, the whole kit and caboodle.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Elliot And The Adventure Of The Seal Matrix.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- So, William's seal was just like a stamp?- Exactly.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- And he could sign whatever he liked with it?- That's right.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- I'll bet he stamped his name all over the place.- I'll bet he did.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16He wouldn't have needed the clerk's help any more.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I'm glad he had a bath in the end, though.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Yes, I think everyone's glad about that.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28My goodness, time does fly when you're having fun. Come on.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Your mum'll be here in a minute.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Your coat.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46How did that get there?
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Home time now, Elliot.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Thanks, Great Aunt Lizzie. - Cheery-bye, Elliot.