Toys The Rhyme Rocket

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One rocket, one mission -

to search for poetry, one rhyme at a time!

# Blasting through the universe

# Rhyme-collecting, song-detecting

# Grabbing great poems from the planets and the stars

# The Rhyme Rocket!

# Top tongue twisters, super songs

# With Professor Poet and Officer Ditty

# She's Commander Rhyme-a-lot...

# And I'm the one in charge

# The Rhyme Rocket The Rhyme Rocket! #

Officer Ditty, haven't you got any better toys?

Professor Poet, what's wrong with my toy collection?

It's all the same thing.

A zooming rocket, a whooshing plane.

I want something new, something exciting.

How rude!

Don't be in a mood.

Boring, boring, hear me snoring.

HE SNORES

Crew, what's going on?

Commander Rhyme-a-lot, the Professor wants a new toy to play with.

Toys? Oh, boys, we are an elite rhyme-collecting crew.

SIREN BLARES

Now, Officer Ditty, I'm tired of always catching you off guard.

I always keep my eyes and ears open. I never miss a thing.

What's that? It's the rhyme radar!

Don't just stand there, Ditty! What have you just picked up?

It is the rhyme recruits on Planet Earth.

-ALL:

-Yay!

Excellent. Well, what are we waiting for?

Get set for blast off and let's not forget our mission -

to collect poems from across the universe...

-ALL:

-One rhyme at a time!

And Professor, put that rocket down. This is no time for fun and games.

Are you going to join in the blast off rhyme, too? Yes.

Let's get this rocket started

The engine runs on rhyme

Poems are its fuel

They get us there on time

Stand to attention

Yes!

Do your final checks

Check!

Go to the toilet

Flush!

We're ready on the deck

Don't forget your seatbelt

It's going to be fast

Switch, click, push, twist

It's going to be a blast

Ten, nine...

Communicate!

Eight, seven, six, five...

All systems live!

Four, three, two...

Ready, crew?

ALL: Blast off!

Another successful blast off, crew.

But there's no time to sit around.

We need to start filling our rhyme tanks.

I'm picking up some rhyming words,

rhymes about toys from girls and boys.

Lock on and start collecting.

-BOTH:

-Earth calling the Rhyme Rocket.

-Dolly.

-Jolly.

Holly.

I wonder what this word is?

Lolly.

Yes! That's right.

Ball.

-Wall.

-Small.

What's the final rhyming word?

Hall.

Yes! Well done, rhyme recruits.

-BOTH:

-Bye, Rhyme Rocket.

Goodbye, rhyme recruits. And thanks for your rhyming words.

They've helped put some fuel in our rhyme tanks.

Commander, please can I have a new toy?

I've told you, Professor,

there is no time for fun and games on board this rocket.

I'll clean the rhyme tanks.

I'll do the washing up for the next five years.

Five years?

Uh, OK, you can have one new toy.

Yippee! Whoopee!

What will you choose, Professor?

Oh, hadn't thought of that.

SNIFFS

What can you whiff, Commander? A new toy?

No, I can smell a rhyme.

I like toys that make a noise

Noisy, noisy

Noisy toys

I like banging on my drum

Walkie-talkies are great fun

Vroom, vroom, motorcar

Be a star with my guitar

Baby yells, baby cries

Zoom, zoom

Rocket flies

Ring a bell on my new scooter

RINGING

Drive my tractor, honk a hooter

HONKING

I like toys that make a noise

Noisy

Noisy

Noisy

Toys!

The fuel gauge has gone up again.

Ooh, I'm struggling here.

There's too many toys to choose from.

Why don't you choose a toy that makes a good noise?

Noisy toys?

If it's noisy toys you want, let's activate the soundascope...

..and listen to the sounds different toys make.

WHISTLING

Oh, listen to that. The sound of a toy train on a track.

Clickety clack, clickety clack...

Clickety clack, clickety clack,

Clickety clack, clickety clack...

All aboard!

ALL: Clickety clack, clickety clack, clickety clack, clickety clack

Choo-choo!

Hang on, the sound's changing.

SIREN BLARES

Sounds like a toy fire engine with a blaring siren.

Oh, no, there must be an emergency.

Nee naw, nee naw, nee naw, nee naw

ALL: Nee naw, nee naw, nee naw, nee naw

These noisy toys are giving me a headache, Commander.

Have you got anything quieter?

How about a robot?

-MONOTONE:

-I am a robot

And all that I say

Will be spoken to others

In this robot way

I'll hum and I'll buzz

as I'm crossing the floor

Zzz zzz zzz!

Then I'll bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep

Till you open the door.

The Commander's right -

I would like a toy robot.

We could talk to it in robot speak.

-MONOTONE:

-Hello, Officer Ditty. How are you today?

MONOTONE: I am very well, Professor Poet, thank you for asking.

Hey, watch this.

Sizzling satellites, what are you doing?

I'm dancing like a robot.

Dancing? Is that what you call it?

Hey, where's my toy catalogue?

I need to order my robot on the galactic inter-web.

I think you left it over there somewhere.

Ooh, I know a limerick about a robot.

There once was a robot called Fred

Who was trying to sleep in his bed

But his legs made of tin

Made a terrible din...

RATTLING

And so did his arms, feet and head!

RINGING

That should've topped up the rhyme tanks nicely.

Wow, this robot comes with extending arms,

two-speed legs, a head that flashes red,

and it can even wash your underpants.

That's incredible.

SIRENS BLARE

Whoa!

We're being sucked into a rhymehole!

Look at all that rhyming rubbish.

This is great, I love it.

Brace yourselves, boys. We'll have to rhyme our way out.

Oh, OK.

Oh, there's some yummy chocolate,

a building block, and some kind of apron.

Yes, that's an artist's smock.

Choc, block, and an artist's smock

Choc, block, and an artist's smock

Oh, look, a tick-tock clock

And a smelly sock

And an alligator?

No, it's a crocodile

Clock, sock and a smiley croc

ALL: Clock, sock and a smiley croc.

-Oh, there's a great big frying pan.

-That's a wok.

And some knees that knock.

A great big wok and knees that knock

A great big wok and knees that knock.

We're nearly there. They're great rhymes for the rocket.

One more time, boys!

Choc, block and an artist's smock

Clock, sock and a smiley croc

There's a great big wok and some knees that knock!

Somewhere out there's my family doc. Doctor!

Are we through?

Yes, we made it!

Thanks to that rocking rap, our tanks are almost full.

Woo-hoo!

All we need to do now is find the rhyme recruits.

Ditty, where are we headed?

The rhyme-nav says they're located in a city called Salford.

Excellent.

They can help us create a poem all about toys.

Yes, and then they can help me find a word that rhymes with robot.

-TANNOY:

-Entering Earth's atmosphere.

Stand by for entry. Stand by for entry.

Oh, no, I haven't ordered my robot yet. How do you turn this on?

Quiet, crew, I have an announcement to make.

Greetings, Earthlings.

This is the Rhyme Rocket, ready to collect your words.

No, it's not working.

Hit the brakes!

We've reached our destination, Salford.

Woo-hoo!

Your mission is to beam down and perform a poem

all about toys with the rhyme recruits.

But, Commander...

Don't worry, Professor, I'll order your toy robot while you're gone.

You won't forget?

Goodbye!

# If you go down in the woods today

# You're sure of a big surprise

# If you go down in the woods today... #

Sorry, I might have rewired the flight deck a tiny bit this morning.

Ditty! Try again. Goodbye.

Behind you! The rhyme recruits are waiting!

# Rhyme Rocket, Rhyme Rocket

# We've been whizzing through space

# With a smile on our face from Planet Rhyme to Earth

# Great poems we have got, thanks to Rhyme-a-lot

# From across the universe

# And now we've found our rhyme recruits

# So we're really aiming high

# Stand up and shout our words and sounds

# Let's get our rhymes to fly! #

Robot legs

Made of tin

Walk around

Make a din

Squeaky joints

Drop of oil

Bendy arms

Silver foil

-Whizz.

-Bang.

-Whir.

-Beep.

I can't wait to take a peep

Make a silly robot sound

Then move your robot arms around

-Beep.

-Beep.

-Beep.

-Beep.

-ALL:

-Beeeeep!

Fantastic poem! Well done, recruits!

Oh, it's filled up our rhyme tanks.

-ALL:

-Yay!

Crew, time to head home.

Rhyme recruits, do one last thing for us.

Never stop rhyming!

# Everyone here had brilliant rhymes

# They're the best we've ever heard

# But now, recruits, we'll say goodbye

# And rocket from your world

# We'll go whizzing through space with a smile on our face

# From Earth to Planet Rhyme

# Cheery bye, got to fly must dash, in a flash

# And see you all next time

# The Rhyme Rocket The Rhyme Rocket! #

Mission complete.

Now we're back on Planet Rhyme,

your new toy should be ready to be beamed aboard.

Be my guest.

Oh, wow.

How do you switch it on?

Oh, no.

What?

It says batteries not included.

Well, where can we get batteries?

Er, the only place they sell them is Planet Earth.

# The Rhyme Rocket. #