0:00:05 > 0:00:09Here they come, my two intrepid explorers.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Charlotte and Lokesh.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15I'm their Great-Aunt Lizzie, you see.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18And I wonder which one is coming to see me today.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- Off you go. - Ah, so it's Charlotte.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- Hello, Charlotte. - Hello, Great-Aunt Lizzie.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Once upon a time, I travelled the world,
0:00:35 > 0:00:39discovering treasures from long ago and far away.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42And no end of stories to remind me.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47But my most precious possession of all
0:00:47 > 0:00:51is my extraordinary collection of teacups.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Here we are.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09No time to count the clouds.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Let's have a nice cup of tea and a story.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14But first we need the teacup.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17But which one?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- That one!- Ah.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35The Viking ice skates.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Excellent choice, Charlotte.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43Mm, you've been baking, Great-Aunt Lizzie!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Shall we decorate it ,or shall we just eat it like it is?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- Can we decorate it? - Well, it'll need to cool.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54But I can feel the icy Nordic breeze already.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59So, shall I tell you the story
0:01:59 > 0:02:04of Charlotte And The Adventure Of The Viking Ice Skates?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09It all began long, long ago in Viking times,
0:02:09 > 0:02:14when daring Scandinavians lived in a land of bleak winter nights
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and endless summer days.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39It was the end of one such hard winter
0:02:39 > 0:02:42when Charlotte arrived near a fishermen's village.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Not far ahead,
0:02:45 > 0:02:51she saw an elegant young man holding a strangely carved piece of bone.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Oh, true love is so difficult to find, so easy to lose.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Where are you, my love?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Will I ever find you? - But who was he talking to?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05There was nobody there but the trees.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07You, stop right there.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14No.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- Too big.- May I ask what you think you're doing with that ice skate?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21This isn't just any ice skate,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23this belongs to the lady I'm in love with.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Who?- I wish I knew, but I don't.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29I saw her skating a couple of days ago.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33So poised, so graceful.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I just knew I had to marry her.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37But when I got near, she was gone.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Only her ice skate was left behind.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46Well, if she's daft enough to go skating in the spring when the ice
0:03:46 > 0:03:49is melting, she might be daft enough to fall for you!
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I need to find the woman it fits.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Well, it doesn't fit me. Good day.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Alas, she has disappeared into the mist.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I will live a life in solitude, no friends,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09no beloved princess at my side.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Princess?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Excuse me, I was curious.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20If you don't know who she is, how do you know she's a princess?
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Because I'm a prince, Prince Eirik of Morgot.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Oh! I'm honoured to meet you, Prince Eirik of Morgot.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31How do you know the woman who lost her skate is a princess?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I don't. But if she married me, she would be.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40I've been to every village in the land, checked all the ladies' feet,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44but none of them fit. All is lost, I give up!
0:04:44 > 0:04:48What a mystery. And what an ill-tempered prince.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53The skate he left behind was no more than a large bone with laces
0:04:53 > 0:04:55and polished smooth on one side.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Charlotte decided to keep it safe
0:04:57 > 0:05:00until she found the person who'd lost it.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04She came to a house
0:05:04 > 0:05:07where a nervous-looking man was collecting water.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Maybe he would know who had lost a skate.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Excuse me, do you know of anyone who lost an ice skate a couple of
0:05:17 > 0:05:19days ago down at the lake?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Um... Yes! Freydis the midwife.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25She said she'd lost one.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Could Charlotte really be about to solve the mystery so quickly?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Freydis delivers all the babies around here.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37- Looking after my Hildy, she is. - Bjorn! Who are you talking to?
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Come inside!
0:05:38 > 0:05:42She says our baby won't come for a while yet so off she flew over
0:05:42 > 0:05:45the fjords to Alma's. She'll be glad to get this back.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48But I thought the ice was melting?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50So it is. But as long as there is enough ice,
0:05:50 > 0:05:54then that's the quickest way for Freydis to get to Alma's.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Even on one skate!- Bjorn!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I'm coming! I'd better go.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- I only hope that Freydis is back in time for my Hilda.- Bjorn!
0:06:04 > 0:06:06If only she had both her skates.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Charlotte realised she had to get the ice skate back to Freydis
0:06:10 > 0:06:13as soon as possible. But how?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Wait. How can I get to where Alma lives?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19The ice is very treacherous if you don't know what you're doing.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- There must be another way.- There is.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27Up over the peak and down the enormous dreaded valley of Valhalla.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- But you need to be braver than me to face that.- Bjorn! Bjorn!
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Hang on, Hildy, hang on!
0:06:36 > 0:06:37What was Charlotte to do?
0:06:37 > 0:06:42She might have solved the mystery of the lost skate, but there was still
0:06:42 > 0:06:46a mountain to climb and the dreaded slide of Valhalla between Charlotte
0:06:46 > 0:06:49and Freydis, the busy midwife.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54You look like you're skating across that cake, Charlotte.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58It's really tricky. Imagine crossing a real frozen lake!
0:06:58 > 0:07:01With just one skate!
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Especially if you're in a rush to deliver a baby.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Sounds like a risky business.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11What about the dreaded slide of Valhalla, Great-Aunt Lizzie?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Do you think that sounds daunting? - Sounds very scary.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16But sometimes names can make things
0:07:16 > 0:07:19seem more scary than they actually are.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23So if it was just a name of a steep slope with a soft landing...
0:07:23 > 0:07:24It would be fun!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27But we can't forget about Prince Eirik.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31We won't. But Freydis really needs that skate to do her job.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34So Prince Eirik will be OK to wait, then?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Absolutely. Charlotte couldn't leave
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Freydis with just one ice skate, now, could she?
0:07:47 > 0:07:52So off went Charlotte in her hat, bag and boots.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Through the pines and spring flowers.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Up and up, Charlotte went.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10When she was almost out of breath...
0:08:12 > 0:08:15..the path ran out!
0:08:23 > 0:08:26There was only one way to get to the bottom.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Charlotte took a deep breath...
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Charlotte stood on a rock high above the frozen fjord.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03But there was no time to admire the view.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Charlotte had to get that skate to Freydis.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17As she trudged on, she heard a strange grating sound.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19What on earth could it be?
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Excuse me, I'm looking for Freydis the midwife.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- She's lost a skate.- I know! So I made her a new one.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28She said she'd pick it up tomorrow.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- You made one?- Just finished it. To replace the one she lost.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- I've been trying to catch her up. - Well, you'll not catch her now.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38See?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44They lit the fire for Alma's new baby.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Freydis will be on her way back across the fjord.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Straight back to the village to see Hilda.- Oh, no!
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Charlotte began to think she had been all that way for nothing!
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Luckily, Ingrid had an idea.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00If you take this new skate to the village,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03she'd have it ready for tomorrow.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05There's always another baby due somewhere.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09And then she'd have a spare, if she ever lost it again.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Very good. She depends on those skates,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15and we depend on her.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I'm on my way. Goodbye.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Goodbye.- Back came Charlotte.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Up and down the mountain
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and through the pines and flowers.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46It was late in the day when she finally returned to the village.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- Excuse me? Are you Freydis? - Do I know you?- I'm Charlotte.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I've been trying to catch you up all day.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Well, I've been a bit busy delivering two lovely babies.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- I've been trying to deliver this. - Oh, excellent!
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Thank you.- And I've got your old one, just in case.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Prince Eirik found it.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07He saw you skating and he's been searching for you all day.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Prince Eirik? - Did someone say my name?
0:11:12 > 0:11:13I think I found her.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Well, we don't know until we try the ice skate.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19May I?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- It fits!- Of course it fits.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- It's mine!- I told you.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Will you marry me...
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- What's your name?- Freydis.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45What a beautiful name.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Will you marry me, Freydis?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- No.- No?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56But I'm a prince!
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- But I don't even know you. - Oh, love, so cruel and vile!
0:12:01 > 0:12:04But we can go skating, if you like.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Is it safe? - As long as you do as I say.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- OK.- Come on!
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- Goodbye, Charlotte.- Goodbye.- Thanks.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44And that was that. The whole kit and caboodle.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47The story of Charlotte And The Viking Ice Skates.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48What happened in the end?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Did Freydis and the Prince ever go skating again?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Yes, they did.- Did they get married?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57No, I'm afraid not. They weren't right for each other.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- Oh! But they became very good friends.- Friends is good.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Oh, my, is that really the time? Come on, you better get going.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18Now, how did they get there? Home time, Charlotte.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- Thanks, Great-Aunt Lizzie! - Cheery-bye, Charlotte!- Bye!- Bye!