Flinders' First Sunset 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! #

Tumtum tum tum tum.

We're here at the Half Moon Lagoon

-for Nimbin's Sunset Painting Challenge.

-Oooh!

Flinders doesn't believe that sunsets really happen.

That's right, Larry, he always falls asleep and misses them.

SNORING

-You've never seen a sunset?

-I've seen many things in my life.

Tap-dancing goldfish, carrots that moo, but a sunset?

Well, that sounds a bit too far-fetched to me.

-Why don't you stay awake to see it for yourself?

-And miss my nap?

Hmm, I could try.

Nimbin, is it true that the sun sets

-so quickly there won't be much time to paint?

-Larry, that's right.

-It's going to be quite a challenge.

-So, there we have it.

Will there be enough time? Well, will there?

We will return to Nimbin's sunset painting later.

In the meantime, it's...

The Adventures of Super Numtum!

Wow!

He-he, ha-ha-ha.

Finally, I have my paws on some of Dr Invisible's Invisible Dust.

A few sprinkles and I'll disappear.

Then I can be naughty all the time and no-one will see me.

My Naughty Detector tells me there's some bad behaviour nearby

and I can guess just whose it is.

This time, I'm going to follow the instructions.

A koala needs 10 pawfuls of dust to become invisible.

Use 6 for the body and 4 for the head.

OK, erm...

1, 4, 5, 2, 3, er, 6, 1, 4, perfect!

Stop right there, Fluffy McTuffy, I've got your number.

You're too late, not-so-Super Numtum.

-I have used 10 pawfuls of Invisible Dust.

-Oh!

And now you can't see me.

-Ha-ha!

-I wouldn't be so sure.

-Why are you smiling?

You might want to practise your counting, Fluffy.

You didn't use enough Invisible Dust on your head.

Well, I'll just add more, then. Where's my packet of Invisible Dust?

Lizzy?

Looks like Lizzy has more than enough dust to make her invisible.

Lizzy, where are you? I can't stay like this, Frilly Lizzy!

-Come back here right now!

-Well, you said you wanted to get a-head...

Ha-ha-ha!

Pops-a-doodles!

-Yeah!

-If I was invisible, I'd become a superhero. Bendy Go!

Well, if I was invisible, I'd play hide-and-seek.

I'd be really hard to find.

Hello, Numpups.

Any chance you could help me mix some paint?

Hmm, we need to make ten pots of orange paint for Nimbin.

I know, let's have teams and see who can mix it the fastest.

-Are you up for the challenge?

-You bet your whiskers I am!

You, Little Sandy and Champer vs me and Humpty Do.

Bring it on, Bendy Go!

We're bound to win, I'm the fastest paint-maker in Gumnut Gorge.

According to my calculations, our team is bigger,

so, we'll make 6 pots.

And Humpty Do and Bendy Go should make 4.

But Nimbin wants 10 pots.

When we put our 6 pots and your 4 pots together, it will make 10 pots.

-It's like magic.

-There are lots of ways to make 10.

# 10, so many ways to make it

# 10, so many ways to break it down

# There's all sorts of combinations

# All kinds of variations

# So, let's do a demonstration, see how we can make 10

# 10 Numtums, 2 trees to stand under

# Wherever we stand, there's always the same number

# 5 under the purple, 5 under the green

# 10 Numtums in 2 even teams

# But if Champer bounces from green to purple

# There'll be 4 under the green and 6 under the purple

# So, how many Numtums in total are there, then?

# That's right, 4 and 6 still makes 10

# 10, so many ways to make it

# 10, so many ways to break it down

# There's all sorts of combinations

# All kinds of variations

# Spread the word across the nation

# Express your admiration

# Everybody, on your feet, give it a standing ovation

# There's lots of ways to make 10. #

So, to make Nimbin's 10 pots of paint,

we're making 6 and you're making 4.

Last group to finish are wobbly wombats!

Go, go, armadillo!

There's nothing like lying down under a tree and having a nap.

Don't worry, Flinders, I've written a poem that's guaranteed to

keep you awake for the sunset.

Sleepy, sleepy, feeling oh so sleepy,

Don't fall asleep! Stay awake!

-Ah, isn't nature beautiful, Billy?

-Oh, yeah! It's the best thing ever!

So quiet and unspoiled.

-Get your smoothies!

-Huh?

Get your Sunset Smoothies here!

Don't fall asleep, stay awake!

Oh, staying awake is tiring, wow.

Oh, look, snacks.

6 pots of orange paint, we won.

That's lovely, but I'll need 10.

Humpty Do and Bendy Go will be here soon with the other 4.

6 and 4 make 10.

Yes, that's right! Thanks, Numpups.

Numtum!

Welcome, Numtums and Numpups, and flamingos.

Ahem!

And echidna...

Painting will kick off on the whistle.

WHISTLE BLOWS

And we're off! Nimbin is quick off the mark, using fast brushstrokes.

Do you have any Termite Treats, Billy?

Only Sunset Smoothies or sunglasses.

What do you put in a Sunset Smoothie?

-Erm, stuff.

-Oh...

In that case, I'll take some sunglasses, please, Billy.

Oh, yeah.

I can't see through them, Billy.

Of course you can't, they're made out of cardboard.

Oh, you funny Numpup.

By my calculations, we've won the paint-mixing challenge by miles.

Have you got your 4 pots of...

GASPS

-..paint.

-Oh, 2 pots ruined.

We needed your 6 and our 4 pots to make 10.

You still have 2 pots and 6 of ours,

so, altogether we have 8 pots.

But that's not enough.

It's OK, Humpty Do, if you make 2 more pots of paint, that will

make the 10 pots of paint Nimbin needs.

By the power of the number!

-Numtum.

-Drama, drama, drama!

Here, at the Half Moon Lagoon,

will Nimbin run out of paint before the sunset is finished?

Look, there they are, with 2 more pots.

We've made it in plenty of time.

We are cool. I can't see anything.

-Woopsy-do!

-Whooah, oof!

-Aww...

-Oh, no! The paint has spilled everywhere.

-Wobbling walruses!

-It's OK, we'll run off and make some more, again.

This is interesting.

You don't often see a painter painting without paint.

Numtum.

It's all right, I've got the... Whoah!

-Oh, my!

-Oh! Well...

I like those splats, they're what you'd call abstract.

Thanks, Bendy Go.

Phew! You're welcome.

So, Nimbin used 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 pots

of my group's very orange paint.

And then, 1, 2, 3, 4 pots

of my group's very, very orange paint.

And together both groups made

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

By the power of the number!

Ah, fin.

-Yeah!

-Hooray!

Ah! Wh-what, who?!

Stay awake!

-Oooh!

-It's cool.

-It's orangey.

It's not like any sunset I've ever seen.

Flinders, do you believe in sunsets now?

I've certainly never seen anything like that before.

Oh, yes.

And I'm proud to say that

I kept Flinders awake the whole time.

I was awake the whole time?

Numtum!

He-he-he, you sure about that, Hobart?

LAUGHTER

Yeah!