Transport The Rhyme Rocket

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One rocket, one mission -

to search the universe for poetry,

one rhyme at a time!

# Blasting through the universe Rhyme connecting, song detecting

# Grabbing proponents 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! #

# Blast off into the... ooh-oh... #

Oh! A pocket size rocket!

Cool!

Preparing for blast off in three, two, one...

Whoosh!

Careful, that's my transport collection.

And a very nice collection it is. Officer Ditty?

First Officer Ditty, actually.

How fast does the Rhyme Rocket zoom through space?

Slower than the speed of light, one hundred...

If we were to have a race, who would win?

-A race? What sort of race?

-Would it beat a shooting star?

Huff!

Well, I suppose it depends on the...

Would we outpace a racing car? Vroom!

What about a plane? Zzooom!

-Ha-ha!

-Ha-ha! Or a choo-choo train!

-Choo-choo! Choo-choo!

-Or a supersonic fall of rain.

ALARM

-A double-decker bus?

-Much slower than us.

A-ha! Officer Ditty!

First Officer Ditty.

Pay attention, it's the rhyme radar!

A message through the galaxy! It looks like Planet Earth to me!

BOTH: # Earth calling the Rhyme Rocket. #

Fire up the rhyme tanks and set a course.

Let's not forget our mission - collect poems across the universe.

ALL: One rhyme at a time!

Let's get going!

# 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. #

Ooh!

Crew, blast-off positions!

# Don't forget your seat belt

# 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?

-One!

ALL: Blast off!

Aah! Oh! Ooh!

Aah! Ooh! Aaaah!

BOTH: # Earth calling the Rhyme Rocket. #

Note.

-Goat.

-Bloat.

I don't apple bob in the school.

-That's when the apples float on the water.

-But I didn't get one.

Boat.

Float.

Note.

-I write notes to people when it's my birthday.

-I love birthdays.

You get cake.

BOTH: See you later!

We will see you later.

Oh, I can't wait to get to Earth!

Quack, quack, quack! Quack, quack! Baaa, baaa, baaa!

Baaa! Quack, quack! Moo, moo!

Professor, stop!

What are you doing?

I'm pretending to be a car or a train...

I don't know which one my favourite is!

But your noises don't sound quite right.

Planes don't bleat when they are in flight.

Trains don't go "Quack!" they go "Choo-choo!"

And as for cars, they don't go "Moo!"

But I'm pretending.

I have a place where I like to go.

It only makes sense to me, I know.

Where chickens go "Woof!"

Then say, "Hello, mate!"

Where buses have legs,

but they never run late.

Where trams are on sleighs,

and cats walk on stilts.

Where aeroplanes "Baaa"

But they also wear kilts!

But it's my pretend place

where I like to go

and it only makes sense to me, I know!

SNIFFING

I can smell a rhyme!

Oh, I thought so! It's the Rhyming Pair Planet!

Everyone on the lookout for aliens that rhyme.

Car.

Star.

Car... Star.

Do you think these two aliens rhyme? Yes!

-Car! Star! Excellent!

-Yoo-hoo! Ha-ha!

More rhymes for the rocket!

Leaving the Pair Planet!

Heading for a poem by Michael Rosen next!

Chugga, Chugga!

We're on a steam train trip,

we're on a steam train trip.

Listen to the whistle blow.

Pip! Pip! Pip!

Listen to out steam train.

Chuff! Chuff! Chuff!

Listen to our steam train.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

We wave out the window.

We wave to the cars.

And when it's getting dark

we wave to the stars.

Chuff! Chuff! Chuff!

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Pip-pip! Pip-pip! Pip-pip!

Wheeeeeeeeee!

There's a lot of rhymes out there.

And a lot of sounds. Let's activate the sound-o-scope!

Oh, I really like this bit!

LOUD ENGINES

Oh, it sounds like a racing car!

Go! Go! Go!

Watch your speed!

Hang on, the sound is changing.

SIREN

It sounds like a police car.

Stop! Stop! Stop!

He-he. I told you you were going too fast.

Look! I'm not moving at all.

But this little boy is!

William went up in a rocket

to see where it would go.

It flew round and round and round the sun

and burnt his left big toe.

Then he flew round the moon

to see if it was made of cheese.

He crashed landed in some Camembert

and William hurt his knees.

Then he flew round the Milky Way

and caught a trail of stars.

He brought them home to his cosy house

where he keeps them safe in jars.

Very good! More rhyme for our tanks!

Oh, it's the Rhyming Pair Planet! I like this one!

I wonder how many rhyming pairs we'll see this time!

Car! Star!

There they are! They rhyme!

Car! Star!

Yoo-hoo! Yeah!

Oh, no! Who's this?

Car... Star...

-Bed! That doesn't rhyme!

-Aaaah!

Quick! Get away!

Hang on, who is this?

Bed. Red.

-Yes, they found a rhyming pair!

-Yeah!

Red.

Bed.

Bed. Red.

-More rhymes for the tank. Full speed ahead!

-Yoo-hoo!

Look, crew, look! The Rhyme Rock!

An incredible place where the poetry is ace.

Performers eager to take centre stage.

To help us boost our fuel gauge.

Officer Ditty, ready the transporter

and beam aboard today's performer, Chief Chebe!

Aye-aye, Commander!

# When I was born I used to cry and cry

# My mother used to say "My son! Don't cry!"

# She picked me from the ground And tied me to her back

# She carried me to the farm Along a little track

# When I was a baby I crawled on the ground

# When I was one I took My first steps in the compound

# When I was two I walked to the borehole

# When I got to the borehole I fetched some water with my bowl

# When I was five I cycled to the school

# On a very hot day I swam in the pool

# When I was ten I rode a donkey to the market

# When I got to the market

# I tied it to the gates and laughed like a clown

# When I was 20 I went on a bus to Accra

# When I got to Accra I learned to drive a car

# When I was 30 I flew to Glasgow On a jumbo jet

# Now that I'm 40... Shhhhhhh!

# I wish to fly in a rocket I wish to fly... Oooh! #

-Oh!

-Ah!

Thank you, Chief! That was grand!

-Now, you have flown in a rocket.

-Your wish is our command!

Time to beam him back down before we get out of range!

Hold your nose, Chief!

Next stop, Planet Earth!

Oh, I'll check the rhymenav.

Oh, it says we need to hone in on a transport museum

in a place called Belfast.

-This is where Earthlings put old modes of transport.

-Ah?

Ways of getting around - cars, trains, planes...

I get it! The perfect place to collect rhymes about transport.

DING-DONG

-TANNOY: Entering Earth's atmosphere.

-Aaaah!

Stand by for entry!

-Aaaah!

-Quiet, please! I have to make an announcement!

-DING-DONG

-Greetings, Earthlings.

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

DING-DONG

Hit the brakes!

Remember, crew, your job is to collect rhymes! Ready?

# The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round... #

Stop!

# Mou, mou, he-he. #

Don't tell me, Ditty, you rewired the flight deck this morning. Grrr!

I'll try again. Are you ready?

Good!

'The rhyme recruits are waiting for you!'

Get a move on!

# Rhyme Rocket!

# Rhyme Rocket!

# We've been whizzing through space with a smile on our face

# From Planet Rhyme to Earth

# With poems we've got thanks to Rhyme-a-lot from across the universe

# And now we've found Our rhyme recruits

# And we're really aiming high

# Stand up and shout our words and sounds

# Let's get our rhymes to fly! #

-Plane.

-Bike.

-Car.

-Tram.

-Bobbing boats.

-Traffic jam.

-Squeaky wheel!

Train on tracks.

-Whizzing by.

-Clickety-clack.

The wheels on the bus...

# Go round and round. #

High, low.

Fast, slow.

Lots of ways for us to go.

-Zooming.

-Booming.

-Jumping!

-Zipping.

-Nipping.

-Bumping.

-Sailing.

-Skipping, ha-ha!

-Poems that motor...

-Racing lines...

BOTH: Climb aboard to feel the rhymes!

Well done, recruits!

Yeaaah!

Thanks to your rhyming verse we've poetry for the universe!

Rhyme tanks full.

Crew, our work here is done.

I'm firing up the rhyme tanks.

Recruits, do one last thing for us!

BOTH: Never stop rhyming!

# Everyone here had brilliant rhymes

# They're the best we've ever heard

# But now, recruits we will 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! Gotta fly! Must dash in a flash!

# See you all next time!

# The Rhyme Rocket!

# The Rhyme Rocket! #

Commander, I wonder what strange transport noises

the Professor will come up with next.

Maybe a car that goes "Quack, quack!"

-Quack! Ha-ha-ha-ha!

-Quack, quack!

-Or a train that goes "Woof! Woof!"

-Woof! Woof!

Oh, look, look.

I bet he goes "Moo! Moo!"

-Mooo!

-Moo!

Moo?

Everyone know buses don't moo.

They go "Vroom!" Vroom! Vroom!

# The Rhyme Rocket!

# The Rhyme Rocket! #

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