Ned Finds His Whistle The Koala Brothers

# If you're in trouble and you need someone to help you out

# There's no need to whistle And there's no need to shout

# Hey, hey, hey, hey Help is on its way

# Call the Koala brothers Call the Koala brothers

# Call the Koala brothers Call the Koala brothers

# Help is on its way! #

One shiny bright morning in the outback,

Ned the little wombat woke to find something in the air.

< WHISTLING

It was the sound of whistling.

Everyone was whistling for one reason or another.

George was whistling because he was happy...

HE WHISTLES

..Frank, to get Buster's attention,

and Buster, because something looked good.

HE WHISTLES

Ned really wished he could whistle too, but he couldn't -

no matter how hard he tried.

-Best be off. See you later, Frank, Buster.

-Bye, George!

HE BLOWS

-Hello, Ned. What are you up to?

-I'm trying to whistle, but I can't.

Don't worry, Ned. I'll teach you!

Now, you get two fingers, like so...

and pop them in your mouth and blow!

LOUD WHISTLE Argh!

-That's terrific, Frank.

-Did somebody whistle? What's going on?

Frank's teaching Ned.

Can't you whistle, Ned?

-No. That's why I need lessons. I'll have a go now, Frank.

-Right-o.

-Pfffrrr.

-Is that it?!

-What?

-Maybe I'm using the wrong fingers.

Yeah, you should be using Frank's!

I really thought I'd be a good teacher.

Don't worry, Ned. I'll show you how to whistle.

The trick is to have something fabulous to whistle at...like this.

HE WHISTLES

-Great cake, eh?

-You have a go, Ned.

Pfffrrrt.

I reckon it was better with fingers.

Maybe we should give you something else to whistle at. Try this.

Hee-ooo...

-How about this, then?

-Yeah, that's really yummy!

Woo-ee-wooo.

Ned, it's ice cream!

Oh, it's not working.

There's got to be something we can do. I heard George whistling.

-Maybe he can teach you.

-Yes, George is a good whistler.

Right. Let's go and find him.

George will be able to do it.

So Frank and Ned set off in search of George.

Look, Ned! There he is!

Luckily, he wasn't too far behind.

-Hello!

-G'day!

The way to whistle is to relax like I do when I'm wandering along.

The tunes come by themselves. Here, I'll show you.

HE WHISTLES A MERRY TUNE

See?

Oh, George, that was simply thrilling!

Thank you, Lolly.

Do you reckon he can do it?

-Now you try.

-OK.

-Fingers crossed.

-Go for it, Ned.

Hoo-hoo-hoo...

Ouch!

Are you all right? I'm coming!

So how did it go? Can you whistle now?

Ned tried his very best. He really did, but...

I still can't whistle.

-I'm sorry, Ned.

-Yeah, and I bumped into a tree.

-Tree?!

Tree - leaves - that gives me an idea!

Come on, Ned. I'll have you whistling in no time.

What you do is grab the gum leaf with both hands and pull it really tight.

Then you blow across it - not too hard, not too soft.

WHISTLING SOUND

Now, do exactly as I did - no more, no less.

Yes, Mitsy.

Atchoo!

I didn't sneeze, Ned!

-It was an accident.

-Well, try again.

-Atchoo!

-Ned!

Nah, he's never going to learn to whistle.

It was then Frank and Buster realised

it was going to take more to make Ned whistle than they first thought.

Don't worry. Whistling isn't everything.

-There are lots of things you can do besides whistling.

-Like what?

-Um...

There's... ..Frank?

-Yodelling.

-Yodelling?! But I really want to whistle.

But you might be good at yodelling. Yodel-ay-hee-hee! Have a go, Ned!

-Yodel-ay...

-HE COUGHS

I'd bet you'd be good at coo-eeing, Ned. Everyone can coo-ee.

I don't much feel like coo-eeing.

But it's fun! Look!

Coo-ee!

Coo-ee!

-Why not give it a whirl?

-Yeah, try, Ned.

Coo-oo-oo...

-Everyone can coo-ee!

-I want to be able to whistle.

-Sorry, Ned.

-Yeah, sorry, Ned.

Ned decided to make himself a nice cup of tea to cheer himself up.

KETTLE WHISTLES

Even the kettle could whistle! So Ned went off to bed

to sleep away his troubles.

THEY WHISTLE

-I wish we could help Ned to whistle like we can.

-Too right, Buster.

-Hey, what do you reckon that is?

-I reckon we should take a look.

WHISTLING

He's whistling, Frank! He's whistling in his sleep!

Ssh!

So Ned can whistle after all - just doesn't know it!

-If only we can get him to do it when he's awake.

-Good thinking.

I reckon I know how.

Later that day, with a clever plan in mind,

Frank invited some friends around for some afternoon tea.

He especially wanted Ned to be there.

Ah...lovely!

Now we all have our tea, how about a party game?

Yeah! Oh, I love party games!

Yeah, let's play - as long as I can keep eating my lovely cake.

-Of course you can. How about you, Ned? Will you play?

-Well...

-Go on, Ned.

-I guess.

-Great! Now let me explain the game.

-Each person takes it in turn to make a noise.

-Ooh!

I choose what noise. Buster, you go first.

I'd like you to make a hiccupping noise.

I can do that.

Hic!

Hic!

Hic! Oh!

Good one, Buster!

You next, Mitsy.

Ready!

I'd like you to do a raspberry.

A raspberry?! I love blowing raspberries!

Pffffrrrrrrrrtttttttttt!

Huh! Luckily I swallowed my cake first.

Now, Ned, I wonder if you can make a snoring noise.

Yes, Frank, that's easy.

But I can only do it if I close my eyes.

HE SNORES AND WHISTLES

ALL: Ned, you can whistle!

So I can!

Oh... Am I late? I hope I haven't missed anything.

George, I can whistle! I could do it all along!

I just didn't know! Listen!

HE SNORES AND WHISTLES

That's mighty good news, Ned.

Congratulations.

-Yeah, congratulations, Ned.

-Well done, Ned.

Now he just has to learn to do it with his eyes open!

And so with the Koala brothers' help,

Ned learned there had been a whistle inside him all the time!

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