0:00:09 > 0:00:13'Here they come, my two intrepid explorers,
0:00:13 > 0:00:15'Charlotte and Elliot.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18'I'm their Great Aunt Lizzie, you see,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21'and I wonder which one is coming to see me today.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25'Ah, so it's Elliot's turn.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28'Here he comes, racing to hear another tale
0:00:28 > 0:00:31'from an epic adventurer.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32TAP! TAP! TAP!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47'And what wonderful adventures they were.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51'So long ago and so far away.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'I collected a few souvenirs along the way.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03'But my most precious possession of all
0:01:03 > 0:01:06'is my extraordinary collection
0:01:06 > 0:01:08'of teacups.'
0:01:24 > 0:01:27You've still got your coat on, Elliot. Come on.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31No time to count the clouds, we've got stories to tell.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Now...
0:01:32 > 0:01:35let'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 > 0:01:47But which one?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01That one.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Oh.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08The Scarab Necklace.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What a choice, Elliot.
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 > 0:02:32- are you ready?- Ready.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Then let me tell you the story
0:02:34 > 0:02:36of Great Aunt Lizzie
0:02:36 > 0:02:39And The Adventure Of The Flying Scarab Necklace.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41A-ahem.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Oh, yes, of course.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Let me tell you the story of Elliot
0:02:46 > 0:02:49And The Adventure Of The Flying Scarab Necklace.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52It all began long, long ago
0:02:52 > 0:02:55in ancient Egypt,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57where towering pyramids
0:02:57 > 0:02:59and gigantic limestone statues
0:02:59 > 0:03:02graced the golden sand dunes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21After journeying for days across the Egyptian kingdom,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23past magnificent temples,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25through the dusty desert valleys,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27under a blue and cloudless sky,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Elliot eventually arrived in a humble village.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Among the mud brick houses, outside a row of shops,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38he found a jeweller called Ketty
0:03:38 > 0:03:42going about the tricky business of threading beads onto a string.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48This is no good. I'll never get any necklaces made at this rate.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50It was a tricky job.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Elliot watched as, again and again,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Ketty struggled to thread those beads.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Oh!
0:03:58 > 0:04:02This is hopeless. These glass beads are just too small.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I keep dropping them.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06My fingers are too big.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Elliot looked at the beads and thread,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and looked at the size of his own hands.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17He was sure he would be able to help the man out.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Excuse me, would you like some help?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Do you know how to thread beads?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Not really, but you could teach me.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Well, what you have to do is...
0:04:28 > 0:04:32pass the thread through the bead, like this...
0:04:32 > 0:04:35and, in no time at all, you should have
0:04:35 > 0:04:37a long string of them.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Ketty just couldn't get the hang of this bead threading.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Elliot, on the other hand...
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Like this, you mean?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Excellent, young man! Excellent!
0:04:53 > 0:04:57And so Elliot helped Ketty thread beads by the dozen
0:04:57 > 0:05:00until there was not a single one left.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Thank you SO much for your help, Elliot!
0:05:07 > 0:05:09That's OK. It was really fun.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Bye.- Bye.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Elliot set off once more
0:05:14 > 0:05:17to explore the little village.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19It wasn't long before he saw two women
0:05:19 > 0:05:22deep in conversation in their house.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24He stopped to have a look.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Kenza, as you are now a young woman,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I want to give you my flying scarab necklace.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- Oh, thank you. - My mother gave it to me
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- and I am passing it on to you. - It's beautiful!
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I hope this flying scarab beetle will bring you good luck.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Wear it with pride. I- will.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- No climbing palm trees.- But...
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- Now you're a grown-up, you shouldn't be so boisterous.- Yes, Mother.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- Grown-ups don't go about being as noisy as you do.- No, Mother.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- Grown-ups sits nicely in the shade. - Yes, Mother.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58But as soon as her mother left,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01all happiness fell from Kenza's face.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Excuse me, are you OK?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- You seem a bit sad. - I am a bit sad.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13My mother gave me this beautiful necklace.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- That shouldn't make you sad. - I love the necklace,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19but it's delicate, so I have to be calm and quiet
0:06:19 > 0:06:22instead of loud and energetic, like I normally am.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Maybe you could be both.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- Sometimes quiet and sometimes loud and energetic.- That's a great idea!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I can be quiet with my mum and loud the rest of the time!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- Kenza liked this idea so much... - Oh, thank you.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38..she forgot just how fragile the necklace was.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Oh, no! It's broken.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I've broken the flying scarab necklace!
0:06:43 > 0:06:45The poor girl was devastated.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Her mum had only just given her that necklace
0:06:47 > 0:06:49and already she'd broken it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54But Elliot remembered the jeweller whom he'd helped only that morning.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Maybe the jeweller Ketty can fix it.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- I could take it.- Really?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Oh. Thank you.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Kenza gave the precious scarab necklace to Elliot.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Please be quick.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12If my mother finds out I've broken it, she'll be so upset.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13I'll be as quick as I can.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Elliot went as fast as he could back to the jewellers.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Excuse me, my friend's broken her necklace.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I was wondering if you could fix it.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28He thought that getting the necklace repaired would be easy.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Well, it's certainly a lovely piece.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34But, of course, it was never going to be as easy as that.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38I'd love to help, but... I'm afraid I can't.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- You see, it's made of blue faience. - Faience?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44It's a special kind of pottery and I don't have any.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Where could I get some?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48The only place I know is miles and miles away.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52They make it in hot kilns, like big ovens, up in the hills.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54My friend, Den, works there.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56It was still morning
0:07:56 > 0:08:00and he wondered how things had got so complicated.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Elliot had helped the jeweller thread his glass beads,
0:08:03 > 0:08:08and he'd watched as Kenza's mother had given her the necklace.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- He'd never expected the necklace to be so fragile.- Oh, no!
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Now it turned out that the jeweller
0:08:14 > 0:08:17didn't have the material he needed to mend it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22He couldn't take the broken necklace back to Kenza, could he?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27There was nothing else for it but to set off to the hills
0:08:27 > 0:08:31to where the hot kilns were, miles and miles away.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38So off went Elliot
0:08:38 > 0:08:40in his old, battered boots.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44He crossed the desert peaks until...
0:08:44 > 0:08:47when he was almost out of breath...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49the path ran out.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58There was only one way to get to the other side.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Elliot took a de-e-ep breath.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06CREAKING
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Safely across, Elliot set off once more
0:09:26 > 0:09:30until, high on the hills, he could see a huddle of huts.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37But there was no time to waste.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Elliot had to get that faience.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43The afternoon sun was beating down
0:09:43 > 0:09:45as Elliot made his way to a hut,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47where the man the jeweller had spoken about
0:09:47 > 0:09:49was scratching his head.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Excuse me, are you Den?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Certainly am. - Ketty, the jeweller, sent me.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Did he? How can I help you?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00My friend broke her flying scarab necklace
0:10:00 > 0:10:04and I wondered if you could make some faience to fix it for her?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05I'd really like to help,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08but I'm having trouble getting my kiln hot enough.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I've been trying all day.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Elliot was amazed that on such a hot day, the kiln wasn't hot enough.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I need more firewood to make the fire bigger.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18I could get you some.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21If you do that, I'll work the oven.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Elliot was hot enough to boil
0:10:28 > 0:10:31as he set about gathering as much wood as he could carry
0:10:31 > 0:10:34to where Den stoked up the kiln.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Armful after armful,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43the faience-maker's kiln swallowed up the wood.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Here's another load.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47That's it.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52My goodness, it was a relief to sit still after all that hard work.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54And as Elliot sat there,
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Den created something amazing out of nothing but heat and sand.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Here we are.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04A new flying scarab wing.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Thank you.- It's a pleasure.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- And thank you for helping me with the fire.- That's OK.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Thank you again. Bye.- Bye.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Back came Elliot in his old, battered boots,
0:11:17 > 0:11:22over the desert peaks and down the mountainside.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24The day was nearly over,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26but Elliot's quest wasn't finished.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32He still had to make a visit to Ketty, the jeweller.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35With the new faience, it didn't take Ketty long.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37He made the necklace even stronger
0:11:37 > 0:11:41so Kenza wouldn't need to be quite so careful.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47As soon as it was done, Elliot hurried off to Kenza's house,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49where the worried young woman was waiting.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- I've got it!- Oh, thank you!
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Look. The jeweller made it stronger than before.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Good as new.- Better.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Now you can wear it and do what you want.- Fantastic!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06But after all Elliot had done for her,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Kenza realised she should take more care.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Let's get a drink.- Yes, let's.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16And that was that, the whole kit and caboodle.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Elliot And The Adventure Of The Flying Scarab Necklace.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- What was the necklace made out of, again?- Faience.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- Oh, yeah. It was clever how he made the faience in his kiln.- Yes, it was.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30And it was clever of you to help him.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33After the jeweller fixed it, it'll be much stronger.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Strong enough for Kenza to wear and do everything she wanted to do.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Blow me down with a feather! Is that the time already? Come on.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Your mum will be here in a minute.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Your coat.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Now, how did that get there?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Home time now, Elliot.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Thanks, Great Aunt Lizzie!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Cheery-bye, Elliot!