0:00:09 > 0:00:12Here they come, my two intrepid explorers,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Charlotte and Elliot.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18I'm their great aunt Lizzie, you see,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21and I wonder which one is coming to see me today.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Ah, so it's Charlotte's turn.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Here she comes,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31racing to hear another tale from an epic adventurer.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP!
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 > 0:01:03But my most precious possession of all
0:01:03 > 0:01:06is my extraordinary collection
0:01:06 > 0:01:08of teacups.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26You've still got your coat on, Charlotte. Come on.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31No time to count the clouds, we've got stories to tell.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Now...
0:01:32 > 0:01:34let's have a lovely cup of tea.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40But first we need...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42A teacup.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Which one?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01That one.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Oh.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The Bronze Key.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What a choice, Charlotte.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I do really love that story.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23This will be just perfect to drink now.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29So...
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- are you ready?- Ready.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Then let me tell you the story
0:02:35 > 0:02:39of Great Aunt Lizzie And The Adventure Of The Small Bronze Key.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Ahem.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Oh, yes, of course. Let me tell you the story
0:02:45 > 0:02:49of CHARLOTTE And The Adventure Of The Small Bronze Key.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51It all began
0:02:51 > 0:02:52long, long ago
0:02:52 > 0:02:54in ancient Britain,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57an island of green forests,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59majestic mountains, silver rivers
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and tiny villages.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20After trekking deep into the wild Celtic lands,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Charlotte found herself one bright morning
0:03:23 > 0:03:25on a narrow shepherd's track.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27She followed it down from the hills,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30along a dry stone wall,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34past a hut, where an old shepherdess stitching sheepskins
0:03:34 > 0:03:37gave Charlotte a friendly wave.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39On she went
0:03:39 > 0:03:41until, on the edge of a forest,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44she came to a rundown little shack.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45From inside the hut
0:03:45 > 0:03:48came the unmistakable sound of an argument.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Mum's not here any more, we need to move on.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- You know what Mum would want. - We've just not got any money.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58It was Mum's wish for us to stay here together.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01But we need to eat and winter's around the corner.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04We've already eaten the food we saved from summer.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Well, we can just get work nearby, then.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09We've tried all around here, Donalda.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11We don't have ANY choice.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17We're going to have to leave.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21But this is our home.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24And all we have is this key. And if we leave...
0:04:25 > 0:04:27..we'll never come back.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32There was no door in the doorway,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35but where there is a key, thought Charlotte,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37there must be a lock for unlocking.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Excuse me,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I wonder if I can help.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- I hope so.- Have you thought of selling things for food?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- We've already sold almost everything.- What about that key?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52What's that for?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54That's the only thing we DO have left.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56That's the key to the box,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59which our mum hid in the woods from Vikings.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01But she never told a soul exactly where.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Do you have ANY clues?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Not really. Just that we would find it together.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09But we've always looked for it together.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Maybe I could help you look for it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Well, it's worth one more try, I suppose.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Charlotte and the brother and sister
0:05:18 > 0:05:21set off in search of the long lost box.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And, of course, Charlotte had an excellent idea.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Let's split up. You go that way, you go that way, and I'll go this way.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30OK. See you soon.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Round and round they went, without a clue.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38They couldn't find it anywhere.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- This is hopeless, I give up. - Don't go.- There's no point.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47We've already looked everywhere.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50If we leave now, then... we'll never find it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- I'm not looking any more. It's silly and a waste of time.- Donald, wait!
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Charlotte didn't know what to do.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Maybe the brother was right.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Perhaps they were wasting their time.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04We've looked everywhere.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Maybe we should just give up.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I used to love this place.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13We would sit here as Mum collected fruits in the autumn.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Our together place, she called it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20And that was what gave Charlotte one of her brilliant ideas.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Dig!- What? Why?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Your mum said you'll only find it together.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Maybe she meant here in your together place.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Dig!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34They dug like fury.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Might they find the hidden box at long last?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43The box!
0:06:43 > 0:06:47And so Charlotte and Donalda rushed back with their treasure
0:06:47 > 0:06:49to tell the fantastic news.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Donald, look!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- We found it in the together place. - Oh, the box!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56You finally found at! You finally found the box!
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Now all we need is the key to open it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08But no matter how hard they tried,
0:07:08 > 0:07:09the lock wouldn't budge.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15The key's bent. Donald, you must have bent it!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- I didn't! You must've bent it just now.- No, I didn't.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Maybe I can find a blacksmith to fix it.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- I don't know where you'd find one. - We've never used one.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I saw a shepherdess on the hillside,
0:07:26 > 0:07:29she might be able to tell me where I can find one.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Can I take the key?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Charlotte looked at the bronze metal key.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37It was little and felt rough.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41She was amazed how something so small could be so important.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'll be as quick as I can.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Charlotte thought that getting the key mended
0:07:46 > 0:07:49would be as easy as falling off a log,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52but, of course, it was never going to be as easy as that.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Hello, young lady.- Hello.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I'm looking for a blacksmith to mend a key.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- There's a blacksmith in the next village.- Great. Thank you.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04But the only way to get there from here
0:08:04 > 0:08:06is to cross the meadow in the glen
0:08:06 > 0:08:10and follow the steep path up the mountains.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12It's a very hard journey just to fix a key.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17It wasn't even lunchtime, and already it had got so messy.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21She had persuaded the brother and sister to look again for the box.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23This is hopeless, I give up.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- She had worked out the together clue from their mother.- Dig!
0:08:27 > 0:08:31She'd helped the sister dig out the box, but the key got damaged.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35And she had thought getting a new key would be a doddle.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37But she couldn't just leave them
0:08:37 > 0:08:40with an unopened box and a bent key, could she?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45There was nothing else for it but to set off to the blacksmiths
0:08:45 > 0:08:46over the hills and far away.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57So off went Charlotte in her old battered boots.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02She scrambled across the ancient highlands until...
0:09:02 > 0:09:05when she was almost out of breath...
0:09:05 > 0:09:06the path ran out.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14There was only one way to get to the other side.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Charlotte took a de-e-ep breath.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44Safely across, she set off once more until high up on the moors
0:09:44 > 0:09:48she found the small town where the blacksmith lived.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53But there was no time to stop to admire the scenery.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Charlotte had to mend that key.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58The afternoon sun was shining
0:09:58 > 0:10:01when Charlotte made her way into the village
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- and found the blacksmith's shop. - Hello?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Hello?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Can I help you?- I've got the key, but it's bent.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Do you think you could mend it for me?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15I should think so. Let me have a look.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Oh, yes. I can straighten that, no problem.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23But I'll have to clean the edges, or else it will bend again.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Only problem is I need oil for that,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27and I've just ran out.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30So near and yet so far.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33But Charlotte wasn't beaten yet.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37She looked in her trusty bag
0:10:37 > 0:10:40and brought out a little can.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- Is this enough?- Oh-ho-ho! It certainly is. Thank you.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48All sorts of tapping and scritching and scratching noises
0:10:48 > 0:10:51came from the workshop. But, quick as anything,
0:10:51 > 0:10:56the blacksmith handed Charlotte a perfect little bronze key.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- That should do the job. - Thank you.- My pleasure.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02- Bye.- Bye-bye.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Back came Charlotte in her old battered boots,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13across the ancient highlands and down the mountainside.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19With weary legs and a determined smile,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21she got back to the little shack,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23where Donald and Donalda would be waiting.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26They were STILL arguing.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I got it mended.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- BOTH:- Thank you!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Now we can finally open the box.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38What ever is inside,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- we're going to share. Agreed? - Agreed.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- And no more arguing?- Agreed.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Carefully does it.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Wow!
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Gold!- Two huge gold coins!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55This is enough to buy everything we need!
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- You mean, we can stay here? In this house?- Of course!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Let's eat all the nuts right now
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and tomorrow we can go buy lots more.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Yes. Let's.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And that was that, the whole kit and caboodle.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Charlotte And The Adventure Of The Small Bronze Key.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- I thought that brother and sister would argue for ever.- So did I.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23- I like the way the blacksmith mended the key.- Yes, that was very clever.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26He could make lots and lots of different keys.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30My goodness, time does fly when you're having fun.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Come on.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Your mum will be here in a minute.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Your coat.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Now how did that get there?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Home time now, Charlotte.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Thanks, Great Aunt Lizzie!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Cheery-bye, Charlotte!