0:00:02 > 0:00:03Attention!
0:00:03 > 0:00:06The My Life In Care videos are about to receive their world premiere
0:00:06 > 0:00:07in the TV room.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11Don't miss these personal takes on what life is really like
0:00:11 > 0:00:13in Ashdene Ridge.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15And next up, it's Mo.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18'I'm Mo Michaels.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21'I've lived here at the Dumping Ground for a few years now.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'And when you think about it...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30'When you think about it,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33'I'm the person here with the most friends by a mile.'
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Mo, with the most friends!? I don't think so.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42I think we all know who's got the most friends here.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Me, obviously.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49'So, yeah. There's Tee.' Night, everyone. Especially Tee.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54And Harry - he's great. And Tyler.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'Bailey and I have always got on pretty well too.' Ow.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- 'Most of the time.'- You're missing someone.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- Someone beginning with an F.- 'And of course, I mustn't forget Finn.'
0:01:06 > 0:01:08What?
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- Nothing.- 'So, there's those five.'
0:01:10 > 0:01:12You're meant to say six.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16'But when you're adding all of my crawly creature mates that
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'takes my number of real friends up into the thousands.'
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Are you OK?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Mo?- Shush.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Do you want to come for ice cream?
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Ants.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Oh. Well,
0:01:30 > 0:01:35if you mean those kinds "friends", then you're welcome to them.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Disgusting.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Mike, Gina. Look what Mo did.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52It's a theme park treasure trail for ants.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Those better not be my baby books...
0:01:55 > 0:01:57'Creepy, crawly, weird-looking.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00'Bring it on. There are no insects that I don't like.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'Not that everyone sees things the same way...'
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- My box - it's empty.- All right, and which box is that?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09The one that Floss left in the hallway.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11That's why I'm always telling you to pick your stuff up
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- and not leave it lying around. - Please, Mike.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16You have to help me look for it. It's really important.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Why? What's inside?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21DISTANT SCREAM
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Tee, just get rid of it. - Carmen, I'm trying.- What is it?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25A stick insect or something...
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Get that away from me. That is rank...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29'It's mad, isn't it? How some people just don't understand
0:02:29 > 0:02:30'how great these guys are?'
0:02:30 > 0:02:31What is it? What's going on?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Mike, they're everywhere. - What are you talking about?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Horrible, little stick insects. Please get it away from me, Tee.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41They're not stick insects.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- It's a locust.- A locust.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48What did I tell you about going into people's rooms?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Of course, it's not just all about those cute, tiny critters.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Even though they are irresistible.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Because let me tell you, I love all animals.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01And I suppose you could say that's my thing.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Nature.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05'If you made me name my favourite creature we've had here,
0:03:05 > 0:03:06'it would be tough.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09'There have been some awesome ones, like the needletail.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11HE MAKES COOING SOUND
0:03:11 > 0:03:15'Having such a rare bird in our garden was really exciting.'
0:03:15 > 0:03:17You're in charge of taking clear photos.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20The bird society needs that to be able to make this an official
0:03:20 > 0:03:22sighting, so you got to be ready at all times.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24'Although, to be fair,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26'the needletail turned out not to exactly what it seemed.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27What's going on?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30He wants to know if we were flying planes yesterday.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- And she threw one...- Wait, wait, wait.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Are you telling me that the bird that stopped
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Floss from getting into the garden all day is the glider?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38And she was the one that left it there?
0:03:38 > 0:03:44- Yeah.- This is brilliant. I can't wait to tell her this.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Mo.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48'Oh, yeah.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51'There was even a magic bird here once.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52'It hatched while I was asleep.'
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- My magic egg, it hatched. - Magic doesn't exist.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Mo thinks he's discovered the next dodo.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09'At least, I think it was magic. It was certainly invisible.'
0:04:10 > 0:04:13You haven't told him yet?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Ladies and gentlemen.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Mo's magic bird
0:04:16 > 0:04:19will now perform tricks for your delectation.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Music maestro... FAIRGROUND MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Whoa! How does he do that?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28That's amazing.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I don't get it.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35'But if you made me choose just one creature as my favourite,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38'I would have to say Rocky the snake.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39'He was the business.'
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- I had a little intruder in my office earlier.- Rocky.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Yeah, someone left the lid off his cage
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and not for the first time.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Hang on, I thought his name was Mike?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- We changed it.- Because Mike wasn't tough enough.- Yeah.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56He's safe now though, isn't he?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Yeah, but how far could he have gone?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I only agreed to let you keep him
0:05:00 > 0:05:01because you all promised
0:05:01 > 0:05:04that you would take turns looking after him.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05And yet who is it
0:05:05 > 0:05:08that has to clean out his enclosure every month?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Muggins, here.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- But he's so boring.- No, he's not.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15All he does is lie in his cage all day.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17It's because he's thinking.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Fancy saying something like that about somebody who's
0:05:19 > 0:05:22actually in the room. Unbelievable.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25'Anyway, this called for something special to show everyone
0:05:25 > 0:05:27'they were wrong about Rocky.'
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Rocky is now going to perform the most mind boggling stunt you
0:05:30 > 0:05:32have ever seen.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- After three.- Do we have to do this?- Yeah.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- ALL:- One, two, three...
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Jump, Rocky, jump.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43THE OTHERS SNIGGER
0:05:43 > 0:05:45You're going to have to try another stunt, Mo.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Don't encourage him.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48'Shame that we never had the chance to get the snake show
0:05:48 > 0:05:51'absolutely perfect. It never got past the work in progress stage
0:05:51 > 0:05:55'because Rocky went to live with Sid the snake.'
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Let's not talk about Rocky any more.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00It's too sad.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02How about something happier?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I know.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10A lot of people say I'm good at making stuff and...
0:06:10 > 0:06:14I suppose they've got a point. I mean, I build loads of stuff.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You name it, I've made it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18CHILDREN CHEER
0:06:18 > 0:06:19'Like the best scarecrow ever.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23'Although Frank and Tee did help a bit with that one.'
0:06:23 > 0:06:27'Then, there was the mind reading protector helmet.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28'That was 100% me.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31'But there's something that's even better than making stuff.'
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I couldn't get it to work the last time I had it out.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36And away you go.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38'And that's fixing things.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40'People are way too quick to chuck stuff out,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43'when all it needs is a bit of looking after.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45'Like that camcorder that time.'
0:06:55 > 0:06:57And the results can be amazing,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59once you've got old stuff working again.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Do you think your social worker listens to you?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- What's so smart about that? - Yeah, deep.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06They've got to stick around long enough to listen.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I reckon they only listen for stuff they want to talk about.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Yeah, I mean if you want to tell them that something is wrong,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14they're just like, "Oh, OK. Whatever. Bye."
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Unless you've done something wrong.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- I've really enjoyed filming today.- That's great, Mo.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- 'Yeah, the results can be really amazing.'- What's that?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- It's my film.- You're what?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Sorry, Mo, but I've just got to see this.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42'Do you think your social worker listens to you?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44'What's so smart about that?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- 'Yeah, deep. - 'I reckon they only listen
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- 'to stuff they want to talk about.'- Yeah.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51'When you want to tell them something's wrong
0:07:51 > 0:07:52'they're just like,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54'"Oh, OK. Whatever. I don't really care."
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- 'Today on Cooking With Care Kids.'- Oh, my God.- It looks rank.'
0:07:59 > 0:08:01'Are you going to eat that?'
0:08:01 > 0:08:04CHILDREN GROAN AND LAUGH
0:08:04 > 0:08:06'I think that's why I get annoyed
0:08:06 > 0:08:09'when there's stuff that Mo's magical repairs can't fix.'
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Like Talkabot.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14How am I supposed to build it,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16when half of the connectors are missing?!
0:08:16 > 0:08:17I'll never get it to work.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20You know, I didn't have to buy it for you.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- I thought it might actually cheer you up.- Well, it didn't.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- I don't know why I bothered.- Nor do I.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I didn't ask you to, so just leave me alone.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30'I don't know what it was about that robot that got to me.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- 'I really don't.'- What was that?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Mo.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Leave me alone.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47What's going on?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Can you leave me alone, please?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I don't want to talk and I'm not coming out.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Anyway, what's next?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Right...
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Um...
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Don't get me wrong, I love being with all my friends.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Even the human ones are great.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12But there are just some days when I want to be by myself.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Mo.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- Mo, where are you?- Mo.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- There he is.- Leave me alone.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20You can't hide forever.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24'Because living with so many people 24/7
0:09:24 > 0:09:26'can sometimes get a bit much.'
0:09:26 > 0:09:28The bath's supposed to be private.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Should have locked the door then, shouldn't you?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33'And when something hasn't gone right.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35'Like when I couldn't properly fix Talkabot that time,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39'I know that the best thing is to spend some time by myself.'
0:09:39 > 0:09:41What was it that he was so angry about?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44His robot.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I need to get into that room at some point to it sort out.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50WHISPERED: It's probably best not to rush him.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Hi, Mo.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57Why don't you come out when you're ready to talk to us, yeah?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08'It wasn't that I was just fed up about the robot,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11'I was really worried about my mum too.'
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- ROBOT:- How can I help you?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18She's having an operation.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19I mean, I know it's because she's so old
0:10:19 > 0:10:22but I just got a bit scared.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- ROBOT:- How can I help you?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Tell her she's going to be OK.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- ROBOT:- Today will be a good day.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41My mum had one of those.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48'It's complicated, isn't it?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52'The real me needs to get a way a bit,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55but not too far, just in case.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Mo.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Mo, I've got some lunch for you.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Mo?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Come here, kid.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Is Talkabot OK?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23My stuff. How to explain?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Well, I don't really have my stuff. I have something much better.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I have my treasure.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Treasure. 'And my treasure is very, very important to me.'
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Hi, do you want to help me with my treasure?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Not right now.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Everybody says that.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47'I can't remember a time when I didn't have treasure.'
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- Mo, what are you doing? - Looking for treasure.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53'But trouble is,
0:11:53 > 0:11:54'some people don't get
0:11:54 > 0:11:56why I love having all my treasure around me.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58'I guess, it kind of makes me feel safe
0:11:58 > 0:12:01'because the world outside is bonkers.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04'So if you have all your stuff, knowing where everything is,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- 'then the least that something.'- Come on, stop.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09'But then, mad stuff happens.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11'Like went two strangers turned up that time
0:12:11 > 0:12:14'I was visiting my dad in hospital.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Are you Anthony?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Yeah, but they call me Mo.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Peter.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23That's Anthony.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Hang on, now. Are you relatives?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27He's my dad.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31No, no, no. He's my dad.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35My name is Peter.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38And this is Caroline.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40We're your parents.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42No...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44you're lying.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46'This was one situation
0:12:46 > 0:12:48'where all the treasure in the world couldn't
0:12:48 > 0:12:49'help me.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52'But then I got to know Peter and Caroline,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55'or should I say, my real mum and dad, a bit better.'
0:12:55 > 0:12:58We're really glad you came. Aren't we?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03What are they?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Oh, they're my treasures.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10'I get it that life is complicated.'
0:13:12 > 0:13:14And you can't keep it all in order,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16like you can with your treasures,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20but sometimes even the totally bonkers world
0:13:20 > 0:13:22can make complete sense.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I find my treasure everywhere,
0:13:24 > 0:13:28ants in jam jars, shiny stones in the mud,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30And empty yoghurt pots with strawberries on them,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32but not raspberries because raspberries
0:13:32 > 0:13:35are not treasure, because you get bits stuck in your teeth.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I always knew there was a reason why I love my treasure,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39and now I understand why.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Yep, treasure is the best.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44So, I'm off to find some more now.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And I bet I can find someone to help me.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Guys, any takers?