0:00:09 > 0:00:12Here they come, my two intrepid explorers -
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Charlotte and Elliott.
0:00:16 > 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 > 0:00:25Ah! So, it's Elliott's turn.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Here he comes,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30racing to hear another tale from an epic adventurer.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34CLINK, CLINK, CLINK!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And what wonderful adventures they were!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50So long ago and so far away...
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I collected a few souvenirs along the way...
0:01:00 > 0:01:05..but my most precious possession of all is my extraordinary
0:01:05 > 0:01:09collection of teacups.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27You've still got your coat on, Elliott. Come on!
0:01:27 > 0:01:31No time to count the clouds. We've got stories to tell!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Now, let's have a lovely cup of tea.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- But first, we need...- A teacup!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48But which one?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01That one!
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Mmm...
0:02:05 > 0:02:07The Roman Scales.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10What a choice, Elliott.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I do really love that story.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23This is just perfect to drink now.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30- So, are you ready?- Ready!
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Let me tell you the story of Great Aunt Lizzie
0:02:33 > 0:02:36and The Adventure Of The Roman Scales.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Ahem, ahem!
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Oh, yes, of course!
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Let me tell you the story of ELLIOTT
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and The Adventure Of The Roman Scales.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51It all began long, long ago in an ancient empire,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55where towns and cities of marble and gold nestled among the hills
0:02:55 > 0:03:00and fields in a land we now call Italy.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22After trekking across the Roman Empire, with its mosaic domes
0:03:22 > 0:03:27and majestic colonnades, Elliott arrived one sunny morning
0:03:27 > 0:03:29in a small town.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35The streets were still quiet, but just then his eye was caught
0:03:35 > 0:03:40by a couple surrounded by a large pile of luggage.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42How curious!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45So exciting to be finally moving to Rome!
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- A new start in a big beautiful city. - No more apple juice.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Although the apple juice shop has been good to us -
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- it's paid for all this.- True.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59And we have a successful business to hand over to Giuliana.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02She'll take to running the shop like a duck to water.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Where's my purse? - Our daughter is a good girl
0:04:06 > 0:04:08and she's wonderful at making apple juice.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- But not without this she won't. - The apple juice recipe!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Our family's secret apple juice recipe.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17But if she doesn't have the recipe,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20she cannot make the apple juice. We have to take it to her.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25We can't go back to the shop now! We'll miss the carriage to Rome!
0:04:25 > 0:04:26What are we going to do?
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Always eager to assist in a crisis, Elliott offered to help.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Excuse me, I could take it back for you.- Really?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Oh, that would be wonderful.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40It's the apple juice shop next to the Roman Baths,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- you can't miss it. - OK. I'll go straight there!
0:04:46 > 0:04:51Elliott raced along until he found the little apple juice shop.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Inside, the couple's daughter, Giuliana,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57was waiting nervously for her first customer.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02My first day in charge of the shop! I'm so excited.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Elliott was about to go in to give her the recipe,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07when a rich man arrived.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14- Good morning. I'd like to try some apple juice, please.- Of course.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17This is our family's famous apple juice.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25That is delicious! I'm having a Pomona Festival party tonight
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- and I'd like YOU to provide the apple juice.- Yes, of course!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Three of those pots should be enough.- Three?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Three whole pots?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37If you could drop it by this evening, that'd be wonderful.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Thank you. Good day.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Bless Pomona! Three whole pots of apple juice!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46On my own.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50I've never made any on my own before and now I've got to make
0:05:50 > 0:05:52three whole pots!
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Well, first things first, she decided to begin with the recipe.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Right... Where is the secret recipe?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Not surprisingly, she couldn't find it.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Fortunately, Elliott was there, ready and waiting.- Hello!
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- I've got it! Your mum and dad asked me to bring it to you.- Oh, thank you!
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Thank you so much!
0:06:16 > 0:06:20It's not going to be easy, but at least we've got a chance now.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- I can help you.- Wonderful.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26If we've all this apple juice to make before tonight,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29we better get started! First, the apples.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Giuliana and Elliott squashed and squeezed and sieved
0:06:35 > 0:06:38until after hours and hours of hard work,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42they were ready to taste the first batch of juice.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- It's very sour! - It needs more honey and cinnamon.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51That doesn't taste like my family's apple juice at all.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- What are we doing wrong? - I know, we forgot the scales!
0:06:54 > 0:06:59You need scales to make sure you have the right amount of everything.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Where are they?- Oh, no!
0:07:01 > 0:07:06They're usually right here, hanging on a cloth back on the counter.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09My mum and dad must have taken it with the recipe book!
0:07:09 > 0:07:14I'll try and catch them before they leave. I'll be as quick as I can!
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Elliott thought getting the scales would be as easy as apple pie.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22But, of course, it was never going to be as easy as that.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26He made it back to the town square, imagining they would still be
0:07:26 > 0:07:30waiting for the carriage to Rome, but he was too late!
0:07:30 > 0:07:32They had already gone.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It wasn't even midday
0:07:35 > 0:07:38and already it had got so complicated.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42He had taken the recipe back to the young woman in the apple juice shop.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47He'd watched as the rich man ordered three whole pots of juice.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50He'd helped the young woman make the apple juice,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53but it hadn't tasted right at all.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55It's very sour!
0:07:55 > 0:07:58And he thought getting the scales back would be
0:07:58 > 0:08:02easy-peasy lemon squeezy, but he was wrong.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05He couldn't go back to the apple juice shop
0:08:05 > 0:08:07without the scales, could he?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09There was nothing else for it
0:08:09 > 0:08:14but to get a wriggle on to Rome to find the couple in their new house.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23So, off went Elliott in his old battered boots.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28He scrambled up the rugged mountain paths until...
0:08:28 > 0:08:31when he was almost out of breath,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33the path ran out!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35ROCKS TUMBLE
0:08:35 > 0:08:38There was only one way to get to the other side.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Elliott took a deep breath.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS
0:09:01 > 0:09:03BOARDS CREAK
0:09:06 > 0:09:12Safely across, Elliott set off once more until, there before him,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15was the Imperial city of Rome.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24But there was no time to catch his breath.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Elliott had to get those scales!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The afternoon sun shone on the little back street,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36as he found himself outside Vitus and Octavia's new house.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40They were still sorting out boxes when Elliott arrived.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44They were astonished to see him so far away from their hometown.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- Hello. What are you doing here?- I've come to get the scales.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53- I think you packed them by mistake. - Let me see if I can find them.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Not here... Not here...
0:09:56 > 0:10:01Oh, bless us, they're right here! We packed them.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Elliott watched as Octavia set up
0:10:03 > 0:10:06the complicated black, bronze scales.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11- Your daughter has to make three whole pots of apple juice.- Three?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- She'll certainly need the scales for that!- Hang on, they're broken!
0:10:15 > 0:10:18They must have got broken in the move.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22You can't weigh anything with these - the weight is missing.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28What a calamity! To have come so far and still not have the scales.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Suddenly, he saw something in the bottom of the little cloth bag -
0:10:32 > 0:10:37it was heavy and about the size of a plum.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- Is this it? - Yes, that's the weight.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45They added the weight to the bronze scales
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and Elliott was in business again.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Back came Elliott in his old battered boots,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57across the open plains and down the mountainside.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It was the end of a long,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06long day when Elliott made it back to the apple juice shop,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09where Giuliana needed those scales to weigh
0:11:09 > 0:11:13the ingredients for the special recipe.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14I got the scales!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Oh, that's wonderful. Thank you!
0:11:16 > 0:11:20As quickly as he could, Elliott set up the scales.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Carefully, they weighed the ingredients...
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Just the right amount of honey...
0:11:26 > 0:11:30..and added everything to the pot - honey, juice and spices.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Two cinnamon sticks...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39And now the moment of truth, we taste it.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50- Mmm! Delicious!- Perfect! My family's famous apple juice.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- Shall we have a proper cupful? - Yes, let's!
0:11:57 > 0:12:00And that was that, the whole kit and caboodle.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Elliot And The Adventure Of The Roman Scales.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07I liked when the rich man ordered all that apple juice!
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Imagine moving to Rome and taking the secret recipe with you!
0:12:10 > 0:12:12And the bronze scales.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15But you managed to get them both back, weigh the juice,
0:12:15 > 0:12:19add the ingredients and make enough juice for a party.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21We did! And it was delicious!
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Well, I never! Is that the time already?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Come on, your mum will be here in a minute.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Your coat.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Well, how did that get there?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Home time now, Elliott.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- Thanks, Great Aunt Lizzie! - Cheery-bye, Elliott!