Humpty Do, What about You? The Numtums

Honk, honk! Honk, honk!

# Here come the Numtums They're furry and they're fun

# Here come the Numtums Let's start with number one

# Bendy Go!

# Dar Dar!

# Champer!

# Gladdy!

# Little Sandy!

# Flinders!

# Humpty Do!

# Coogee!

# Hobart!

# Nimbin!

# One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

# Nine, ten!

# The Numtums! #

-The new Super Numtum comic is here!

-ALL: Hooray!

Ha-ha. We need to cross this muddy moat.

Then we can sneak into Super Numtum's secret headquarters

and take back all the naughty stuff he's stopped me from using.

We'll go over this rope

so I don't get yucky mud all over my lovely silky fur.

Aha! Let's grab the lot.

Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha!

-Stop right there, Fluffy McTuffy.

-Why should I, not-so-Super Numtum?

My super number vision tells me your rope is only strong enough

to carry ten boxes.

Why should I care?

Because you're carrying one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten, eleven boxes!

Oh. Ten, eleven, what's the difference?

Eleven is one more than ten. And that makes all the difference.

Oh!

-SQUELCH

-Ugh, pops-a-doodles.

I'll take these.

And next time you visit my secret headquarters,

why not use the front door?

ALL: Yeah! Whoo!

Go, Super Numtum!

It says, "Turn to the back page now to find out who won

"the Super Numtum colouring competition."

Who won? Who won?

Humpty Do. Hooray!

It says your big prize will arrive in the post today.

-Hooray!

-Come on, let's go get your big prize.

Ooh!

-Oh, sorry, Hobart. Are you OK?

-No, I'm not OK.

-I think I've chipped a claw.

-Oh.

-Well, I'm off.

It's time for jet-pack, tight-rope go-karting with Cousin Kakadu.

Hobart, you're in charge until I get back.

Oh, you can count on me, Gladdy.

I'll take perfect care of the Tasty Termite.

Really? Last time you turned it into an ice-skating rink for kittens.

-Those kittens were very good.

-No ice-skating kittens.

No sweets before lunch. Just a nice tidy diner, please.

-Oh, Billy. Look at the mess.

-Yeah. Sorry about that.

-We have to keep the Tasty Termite tidy, tidy, tidy.

-Sure thing.

Special delivery for Humpty Do.

-Is it here? Is it here?

-Goodness me. What a great big box.

-A box?

-Oh, goodie gumnuts. I've won a box!

-Boxes are great, aren't they?

My favourite game is with a box.

Do you think there might be something inside it?

-You mean as well as the box?!

-Ooh.

This great big jar contains 100 sherbet termites.

Wow!

By my calculations, it will take you,

hmm...ages to eat all those.

Not if I eat them really quickly.

-Or I could share them with you.

-ALL: Yay!

-Yum!

Yum, indeedy.

But Gladdy said, no ice-skating kittens

and no sweets before snack time.

ALL: Aw!

-Not even one?

-Not even one!

-We'll put them in these bags for later.

-None for me.

They give me a sticky beak. But can I have the box instead? Huh? Please?

-It's all yours.

-Yay! Now I can play my favourite game - Bird In The Box.

Watch. Bird in the box!

-None for me...

-Bird out of the box! Great game, huh? Let's play it again.

Bird in the box!

Like I say, none for me. Sherbet gives me frizzy quills.

Well, I'll share them with all the Numtums, then.

How many are there each if we all have the same amount?

Let's see. That's 100 sherbet termites shared between ten Numtums.

-By my calculations, that means, erm...

-Ten.

-Wow, Hobart.

How do you know that?

Everybody take ten.

Counting to ten, eh? That reminds me of a song.

# One, two What you gonna do?

# Three, four Gonna wiggle my paw

# Five, six Shake it like this

# Seven, eight Shika-shika-shake

# Nine, ten Tap, tap, clap!

# Oooooh Tum-tum tap-tap

# Tum-tum tap-tap

# We do the tum-tum tap-tap

# Tum-tum tap-tap

# We do the tum-tum tap-tap

# Will everybody count along with me?

# We do the tum-tum tap-tap for the world to see

# It goes one, two Numbots on the dance floor

# Three, four parcels at the door

# Five, six caterpillars peeking round a wall

# Seven, eight flamingos standing tall

# Nine, ten Numtums having a ball

# Tum-tum tap-tap

# We do the tum-tum tap-tap

# Tum-tum tap-tap

# We do the tum-tum tap-tap

# Tap-tap! #

So you see, Little Sandy, 100 sherbet termites

shared between ten lucky Numtums is exactly ten sherbet termites each.

-That's really very clever, Hobart.

-Well, I'm not one to brag but...

Bird out of the box!

Yeah. Bird in the box!

As a special treat,

I hid an extra sherbet termite in Little Sandy and Hobart's bags.

But there are still loads left.

I think you should all take an extra one, just for luck.

And when I've shared my prize with everyone,

all the rest will be for me.

Come on, let's go find the others.

-Yay.

-Whoo-hoo!

Phew! Oh, I've been juggling these pineapples for two hours.

Ten more seconds and I'll have the new world record.

I've got sherbet termites for you.

-Oh, yeah!

-What about the record?

Meh. I never liked pineapples anyway. But sherbet termites!

There's ten for you to have after snack time.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,

ten, and one more for luck.

-No, they're for after snack time, Flinders.

-Then I'm off to the diner.

The sooner I eat my snack, the sooner I eat my sherbet termites.

Hmm.

Bird behind counter!

-What are you doing?

-I could tell you weren't enjoying Bird In The Box,

so I thought we'd play my next favourite game -

Bird Behind Counter!

-Nimbin!

-Coogee!

-Hmm. That's interesting.

-Sorry, Nimbin.

-I just wanted to give you these sherbet termites.

-Sherbet termites!

My favourite.

Ten for you and ten for Coogee and an extra one in each bag for luck.

-Oh.

-But we can't eat them till after snack time.

-Oh, well.

-I'll finish my painting while I wait.

-Numtum!

Oh! Looks like I can go to the Tasty Termite

and wait for snack time there.

-ALL: Billy!

-Whoa! Look out. Keep back. Stay away!

Erm, Billy, what are you doing?

Just, er, stretching. Much better.

Well done, Hobart. You've kept the place nice and tidy.

-Phew.

-Gladdy, Gladdy! Humpty Do won a competition.

And he's sharing his prize with us. There are some for you, Gladdy.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,

ten, and one more for luck.

-Oh, thank you, Humpty Do.

-And all the rest are for...me.

-Oh.

-There's only one left for Humpty Do.

-Ooh. Did you give everyone ten?

Yes. And one extra for luck.

Like Hobart said,

100 sherbet termites shared between 10 Numtums is exactly 10 each.

-But you gave everybody 11.

-And remember what Super Numtum said.

11 is one more than 10 and that makes all the difference.

You gave the other Numtums one too many.

-Oh.

-But if we all give our extra sherbet termite back...

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,

and one more makes ten. Yeah!

Then everybody's got the same number.

By the power of the number!

-But Billy hasn't got anything.

-Can I have the empty jar, please?

Of course. But what for?

To keep my bits and pieces all in one place.

-Bird in the box!

-Whoa!

Right. Larry!

THEY LAUGH

Yeah!