0:00:06 > 0:00:09# If you're in trouble and you need someone to help you out
0:00:09 > 0:00:13# There's no need to whistle and there's no need to shout
0:00:13 > 0:00:17# Hey, hey, hey, hey Help is on its way
0:00:17 > 0:00:21# Don't call the piranha brothers Call the koala brothers
0:00:21 > 0:00:25# Call the koala brothers Call the koala brothers
0:00:25 > 0:00:28# Help is on its way! #
0:00:34 > 0:00:38One sleepy day in a sleepy outback town,
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Josie the little Joey had decided there was something
0:00:43 > 0:00:45she really wanted to do.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Josie had never skipped before but she really wanted to now.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Ha! Oh!
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Skipping's not easy when you've got big feet!
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Oh!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hmm!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hi, Josie! Hi, Mitzi.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Will you skip to the water hole?
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- I'd like to but... - Oh, come on, Josie!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Come skipping! It'll be fun!
0:01:24 > 0:01:28I can't. I haven't got a skipping rope.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Oh, yes you have! Look!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Ah! Well, I'm busy. Maybe later?
0:01:37 > 0:01:42OK. If I come back later, will you promise to come skipping?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Yeah. OK.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49I-I-I promise! Oh, goody! Bye!
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Josie watched Mitzi skip away towards the water hole.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56She was a good skipper
0:01:56 > 0:02:00but Josie couldn't skip and now she'd made a promise.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Back at the homestead,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06it was washing day for Ned, Frank and Buster.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Hi, Ned!- Oh, Hi.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Would you mind hanging our washing? - But...
0:02:11 > 0:02:15- We're in a hurry - and have to patrol.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- But...- We're low on petrol so we'll have to fill up.- We'd be grateful!
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- Oh, OK then!- BOTH: Thanks, Ned! Get ready for takeoff!
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Chocks away, Buster!
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Chocks away, Frank!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- Get the gate, Ned. - I'm getting the gate, Frank!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Buckle up, Buster!- Buckled up!
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Fill her up, Josie.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Josie, are you all right?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17No.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- What's wrong?- You can tell us.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I can't skip.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- But you can run and hop! - And you're the best jumper in town.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I can't skip and I really want to.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- Why?- I promised Mitzi I'd go skipping with her this afternoon.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Don't worry, Josie. We'll think of something by then.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Really? - Sure.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43After all...we're here to help!
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And Josie was quite sure
0:03:46 > 0:03:50that the koala brothers would find a way to help her.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Back at the homestead, Ned was having problems of his own.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Hmm.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- FLY BUZZES - Ah!
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Josie decided that she needed more room to practise her skipping
0:05:06 > 0:05:10and, in the outback, that's not too hard to find.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14One, two, three...jump!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Oh! Try again.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Jump! Ow!
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Jump!
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Oh, dear! You tripped!
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Hi, George. I keep on tripping.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Can you skip, George?
0:05:35 > 0:05:41- Well, um...I, um...I used to skip when I was a young turtle.- How?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45As I recall, I, um... I just, um...jumped.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Oh!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I tried that. It didn't work.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Just keep on practising, Josie. Practice makes perfect!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Oh! Ooh!
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes knots.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Josie, what are you doing in the middle of nowhere?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I'm learning to skip but I can't.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Can you skip, Alice?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Well...I could.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Oh, show me!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28How do you do it?
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Just a little hop, skip and jump! Your turn, now, Josie.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Go on, you can do it!
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Hop, skip and...
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Oops!
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Funny - a hop, skip and jump always works for me.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51- But it doesn't work for me! - Just keep practising, Josie.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Practice makes perfect!
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Oh, I hope Frank and Buster can think of a way to help me!
0:06:59 > 0:07:04Back home, Frank and Buster found someone who needed help first.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07The line's not long enough, Ned.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- We've got a problem, Buster.- We've got a problem, Ned.- A big problem.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17I've got it! We need two ropes joined together.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- BOTH: Two ropes? - Yes, to make a longer washing line.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Wow, Buster! You're brilliant!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Thanks, Ned! Always here to help.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- Buster! We said we'd help Josie to learn to skip!- By this afternoon!
0:07:34 > 0:07:36BOTH: Oh, no!
0:07:36 > 0:07:42- Maybe we can send her to skipping classes?- There's no time!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Hmm. Buster?
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- Have we got any more lengths of rope?- Why?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I've got an idea!
0:07:56 > 0:08:01- How are you getting on, Josie? - I've tried and tried.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I still can't skip!
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Well, we've got something that might help.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Here you are.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Ooh! It's a very long rope, Frank.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16If you've got big jumping feet, Josie,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20you need a long rope for it to go right over your head.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Oh, it won't work.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Go on. Try it.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Hey!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- You've got it!- You can do it!
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Oh, look! I can skip! Thanks, Frank! Thanks, Buster!
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Hi, Josie! You promised you'd come skipping. You said you would.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Oh, yes! Catch me if you can!
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Wow!
0:09:02 > 0:09:07I've never seen anybody skip as fast as you can, Josie. You're the best!
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Beat you to the water hole, Mitzi!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Hey! Wait for me!
0:09:16 > 0:09:19With help from the koala brothers,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Josie DID learn to skip after all.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And if you ever happen to be in the outback
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and someone whizzes past like lightning,
0:09:29 > 0:09:34it could well be Josie - the fastest skipper in the outback.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Subtitles by Laura Jones BBC Broadcast 2003
0:09:39 > 0:09:44E-mail us at subtitling@bbc.co.uk