0:00:09 > 0:00:13'Here they come, my two intrepid explorers,
0:00:13 > 0:00:16'Charlotte and Elliott.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18'I'm their Great Aunt Lizzie, you see.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23'And, I wonder, which one is coming to see me today?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26'Ah! So it's Charlotte's turn.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27'Here she comes,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31'racing to hear another tale from an epic adventurer.'
0:00:32 > 0:00:33TAPPING
0:00:44 > 0:00:47'And what wonderful adventures they were!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50'So long ago and so far away.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'I collected a few souvenirs along the way.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04'But my most precious possession of all
0:01:04 > 0:01:08'is my extraordinary collection of teacups.'
0:01:24 > 0:01:27You've still got your coat on, Charlotte! 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 > 0:01:41The teacup!
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Which one?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01That one.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Ooh.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The Roman amphora.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What a choice, Charlotte.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I do really love that story.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22This 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 > 0:02:34Then 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 Roman amphora.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40A-hem!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Oh, yes, of course!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Let me tell you the story of CHARLOTTE
0:02:46 > 0:02:49and the adventure of the Roman amphora.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53It all began long ago, in an ancient empire,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56where towns and cities of marble and gold
0:02:56 > 0:02:59nestled among the hills and fields
0:02:59 > 0:03:01in a land we now call Italy.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09BIRDS CHEEP
0:03:20 > 0:03:22It was a fresh, bright spring morning
0:03:22 > 0:03:26when Charlotte arrived in the imperial city of Rome.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Away from the towering marble columns and beautiful statues,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Charlotte went to explore the cool, narrow backstreets,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37where the traders sold their wares.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Along a quiet lane, a young woman called Fortuna
0:03:40 > 0:03:44had a stall full of giant carrot-shaped pots.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47If you're looking for the finest fish in olive oil,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- you came to the right place. - How do you know this is fish?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- There are no labels.- Ah! My dad showed me how do that.- Oh?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Give it a tap and listen to the sound. Simple.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59HOLLOW TAP, DULL TAP
0:03:59 > 0:04:01So, what's in these?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Er...
0:04:03 > 0:04:06this is preserved fish and this is apple juice.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Are you sure?
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Yeah.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11DULL TAP
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- This definitely has fish in it. - OK. I'll buy it.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18An amphora of fish in oil.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20This should keep Cook happy.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21She's always accusing me of
0:04:21 > 0:04:25bringing the wrong ingredients from the market.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Well...not this time!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Can I get you anything else?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35No, thanks. I'm going to the rug seller at the end of the market.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Nice doing business with you. - Thanks.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Nobody noticed the pot was leaking.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Hello. That's a really clever trick.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Thank you. My dad taught me.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49It's all about the sound.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50- HOLLOW TAP - Juice.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51- DULL TAP - Fish.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52- DULL TAP - Fish.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- HOLLOW TAP - Juice.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55That's amazing!
0:04:55 > 0:04:56It never fails.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57See?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Juice.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Fish?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09If I thought the fish was juice and the juice was fish...
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- You must have given juice... - ..to the young man who wanted fish!
0:05:13 > 0:05:16My first day and I've got everything muddled up!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19My dad won't be happy with me. I can't leave here
0:05:19 > 0:05:21until he's back. What am I going to do?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24I could warn the young man about the mix-up.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I'm sure he'd understand.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29That would be great, because I am in a mess.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Tell you what, why don't you swap the unlabelled one for this one?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35This definitely has fish in it.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38You could draw a picture of a fish on the fish ones
0:05:38 > 0:05:39and an apple on the juice ones.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42That way you'd never get mixed up.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Charlotte was sure she could wrap this problem up in no time.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Phew! This is really heavy! - Yeah, sorry.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01He said he was going to the rug seller.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- Do you know where that is? - At the far end of the market.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Don't worry. I'll find him. See you soon. Bye!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11She went straight to the rug seller's shop.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15The long street seemed to be deserted and she started to worry
0:06:15 > 0:06:19she may have missed Lucius, but just then she heard a voice.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20- No, no, no!- It was him.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24What do you mean you haven't finished it? How long will it take?
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Let me see. Er...
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Six feet long by three feet wide.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- I think maybe two hours.- Two hours?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Can't you be any quicker? - No. It's a lot of work.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Two hours it is, then.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- It will give you a chance to clean your tunic.- What?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40That one is a mess.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Oh, no!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46That amphora must've sprung a leak!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Those fish smell like apples.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Excuse me?- Yes.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Fortuna, the young woman who sold you fish,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59wanted me to warn you there might be a problem.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02You're telling me. It's leaked all over my tunic!
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Er, no. That's not the problem.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08She thinks she may have given you apple juice instead of fish.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Oh, great(!) Can this day get any worse?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Charlotte knew she couldn't do anything about the tunic,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19but she thought swapping the amphora would be a piece of cake.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22All we have to do is swap the leaky apple juice one
0:07:22 > 0:07:24with one I've brought full of fish.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28But, of course, it was never going to be as simple as that.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30But I don't have the amphora any more.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Cook was heading home early, so I gave it to her.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Charlotte wondered how things had got so complicated.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39She'd tried to help Fortuna by catching Lucius up
0:07:39 > 0:07:43to let him know that his amphora had juice instead of fish.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45She'd even taken a replacement.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Phew! This is really heavy!
0:07:47 > 0:07:50But by the time she'd found him at the rug seller's,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53he was covered in juice from the leaky amphora.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Oh, no!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Worse still, Cook had whisked it away to the villa on the hills.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00What was Charlotte going to do?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03She had to find a way to swap the amphora, didn't she?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09There was nothing else for it, but to set off
0:08:09 > 0:08:11to find the cook and swap that amphora.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22So off went Charlotte in her old, battered boots.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25She scrambled up the rugged mountain paths until...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30..when she was almost out of breath...
0:08:30 > 0:08:31the path ran out!
0:08:37 > 0:08:40There was only one way to get to the other side.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Charlotte took a DEEP breath.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Safely across, she set off once more, until there,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11among the olive groves, was a beautiful Roman villa.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19But there was no time to admire the view.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Charlotte had an amphora to deliver.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28She could hear the clang and clatter of the busy kitchen.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32At the back door, she spotted a cook preparing lunch.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Hello, you must be the cook.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38I'm afraid there's been a mix-up over the amphora at the market.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40What is that boy like?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Lucius makes mistakes all the time.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47It wasn't his fault. The stallholder made the mistake.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48She got the amphoras mixed up.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I'll tell him not to go back there,
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- if they don't know what they're selling.- But it was her first day.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I'm sure she'll get better at telling them apart
0:09:58 > 0:10:01and she gave me a replacement amphora to give to you.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04The cook was suspicious about Charlotte coming all that way
0:10:04 > 0:10:07just to replace an amphora.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10She wondered if it was some kind of trick.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12No.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14I don't think I need another one, thank you.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18I'm sure the one from the market will do just fine.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Maybe you could just check th... - I am not going to break open
0:10:21 > 0:10:26a new amphora of fish just to check if you're telling me the truth.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28But of course it wasn't fish.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Charlotte knew that the cook was making a mistake.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33But how could she get her to understand?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Then she had an idea.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38DULL TAP
0:10:38 > 0:10:39HOLLOW TAP
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I may not be able to tell you what's in it,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44but I can tell if it's empty or not.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Empty?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Yes, it had a leak.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49It must have all leaked out on the way here.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51HOLLOW TAP
0:10:51 > 0:10:52See?
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Oh, no. You're right.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01But I've got a replacement full of fish right here.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Thank you. And can you thank the stallholder for me?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Of course. And I'll take this one back to Fortuna at the stall.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12And, with that, Charlotte packed the empty amphora
0:11:12 > 0:11:14into her backpack and set off to Rome.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Bye!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Back came Charlotte in her old, battered boots,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23over the plains and down the mountainside.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31She returned to the quiet backstreet,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34where Fortuna was busy labelling amphoras on her stall.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Fortuna! Guess what I've got?
0:11:38 > 0:11:39- Oh, good news, I hope.- Yes.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I managed to find the amphora you sold to Lucius
0:11:42 > 0:11:45and swap it with the fish one he wanted.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Oh! Thank you, Charlotte.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I was worried Lucius would have got in trouble
0:11:50 > 0:11:52for buying the wrong thing.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57I explained to the cook that it was your first day.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Unfortunately, the amphora you gave them also had a leak.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Oh, dear.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05All my hitting them with sticks must have loosened the lid.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Thank goodness I've got another.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12And I definitely know what this is. Labels? Such a good idea!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15What do you say we have a lovely cup of apple juice?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Yes. Let's!
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And that was that. The whole kit and caboodle.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Charlotte and the adventure of the Roman amphora.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I liked the part where I proved it was empty
0:12:27 > 0:12:29by tapping it with a stick.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Empty as an old tin, as it turned out.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Those amphoras were so heavy, even when they were empty.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Can you imagine carrying your lunch
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- to school in one of those heavy things?- No, thank you.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Well, I never! Is that the time, already?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Come on!
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Your mum will be here in a minute.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Your coat.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Now, how did that get there?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Home time now, Charlotte.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Thanks, Great Aunt Lizzie!
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Cheery-bye, Charlotte!