0:00:02 > 0:00:03VIDEO CAMERA BLEEPS
0:00:05 > 0:00:08My name is Tracy Beaker and these are my Survival Files.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Your essential guide to the ups and downs of growing up.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Tracy!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Tracy!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17'Life in the Dumping Ground has taught me a lot about 'stuff'.'
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Tracy Beaker.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20'Scary stuff...'
0:00:20 > 0:00:22SCREAMING
0:00:22 > 0:00:25'..complicated stuff...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27'..stuff that can make you want to scream.' Aah!
0:00:27 > 0:00:30'If you can cope with the stuff that goes down here,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33'you can cope with pretty much anything.'
0:00:33 > 0:00:35I've spent most of my life here.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38First, when I was a kid and now it's where I work.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40'I've learnt a lot about friends...
0:00:42 > 0:00:44'..about enemies...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48'..about what life can throw at you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55'It's not always been pretty.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57'But it's made me who I am today.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'Now I'm passing on my wisdom to you guys in a video blog.'
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Pay attention, I've lived through all this so you don't have to.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10'On the Tracy Beaker Survival Files this time...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13'bickering and bust-ups, scraps and squabbles.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'How to cope when friends fall out
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'or enemies just can't get on.'
0:01:20 > 0:01:22VIDEO CAMERA BLEEPS
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Let's face it, arguments are a part of life.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Love or hate them, you can't avoid them forever.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34At some point, all of us will fall out with someone...big time!
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- Stop!- Get out!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Whoa, Crash, get off him!
0:01:42 > 0:01:43- Freak!- Get off of me!
0:01:43 > 0:01:47See what I mean? Some of that lot could start a rumble in their sleep!
0:01:47 > 0:01:50These days, it's my job to keep the peace,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53but I have to admit that I wasn't always so chilled...
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- TRACY SCREAMS - Get off her!- She started it!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- THEY SQUABBLE - You started it!
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I hate you, Justine Littlewood!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Especially when my archenemy was around.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08You know what I like about you, Tracy?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Nothing.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15# This town ain't big enough for the both of us
0:02:16 > 0:02:18# And it ain't me who's gonna leave... #
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Justine Littlewood, my childhood nemesis.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24We weren't exactly a match made in heaven.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I hated her from the moment I met her.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Call me judgemental, but it saved a lot of time.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32'And so it went on.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34'Our feud lasted for years and years.'
0:02:37 > 0:02:38THEY YELL
0:02:38 > 0:02:40'Everyone got used to it.'
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Are they fighting? - Mm, must be TV time.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48So, when are you going to do something about it?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Mm, about...now!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54THEY SHOUT
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Hey, come on. D'you promise not to attack each other again?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01D'you think we're animals?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07THEY YELL
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Come on!
0:03:09 > 0:03:12People tried to make peace between us. They failed.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17But as usual, nobody failed as spectacularly as Elaine the Pain.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Can we just forget about this silly argument?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23It isn't silly, every TV time she always...
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Me?! You ruin everything!
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Goodness me! All this fighting over a silly old channel-changer.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I'd never get into a fight over something so trivial.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38That's because you're a sad, lonely loser with no-one to fight with!
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It's fair to say, Justine and I had issues.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Our personalities clashed in every way possible.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51The only thing we ever agreed on, was how much we hated each other.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Just write some facts about each other.- Easy!- No sweat.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Eh, nice things!
0:04:01 > 0:04:03You know, positive things?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- How many positive things?- Ten.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Ten?! We'll be here for days!
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Weeks even.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Five things, then. Surely you can manage that?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- THEY MOAN - One thing? One small thing?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Then can we go?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Her hair's nice-ish.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44And one thing about Tracy?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Her sensitivity(!) BOTH: Hmm!- Well done.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Eh...- No, I'm going out the front! - Stop that!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57'Then, one glorious day, Justine moved out to live with her Dad.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01'Was there any sign of the Beaker-Littlewood Million Years War
0:05:01 > 0:05:02'letting up?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03'What do you think?'
0:05:03 > 0:05:07It'll be a fantastic party, cos Justine's leaving forever. Whoo-hoo!
0:05:07 > 0:05:10You're just jealous cos you're the only one of the old crowd
0:05:10 > 0:05:12left in the Dumping Ground.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I've had heaps of fostering offers, just waiting for the right one.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18You mean, heaps of fostering failures!
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Your Dad and Carrie only want you home as a baby-sitter!
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- Can't you both be nice to each other for once?- BOTH: No!
0:05:25 > 0:05:28All these years and I was losing my best enemy.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I couldn't imagine the Dumping Ground without Justine.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Everything felt weird, which is probably why this happened.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Why can't you be friends with me?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39You never said you wanted that.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- If I did, you'd be nasty. - No, I wouldn't!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45We even fight over being nice to each other.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Maybe it was just a bad habit, us being mean.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Habits can be broken.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Oh, that was spooky.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02THEY LAUGH
0:06:03 > 0:06:05No, you didn't imagine it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Justine Littlewood and Tracy Beaker actually hugged!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Don't tell anyone. I've got a reputation to think of.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Justine wasn't the only one in the Dumping Ground
0:06:14 > 0:06:15who liked to wind me up.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I clashed with Crash.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20And rowed with Roxy.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25But no-one could make me see red...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29..like Amber.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30COMPUTER BLEEPS
0:06:30 > 0:06:33'One day, I was minding my own business in my room...'
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Whaaaah!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39'Doing some wildlife studies as I remember.'
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Tracy?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Ooh, hiya, Duke.- A slight problem. I'm going to need your help.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I've told Lol, to get onto level two you have to go
0:06:47 > 0:06:51through the Gates of Doom, WITH the poisoned apple.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55It's not the computer. I need you to share your room...with Amber.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58We've got to do a graffiti clean in hers.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02I'm NOT sharing with Amber! You're just asking for trouble.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Being stuck in a bedroom with Amber was a nightmare for both of us.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Neither of us liked to share and neither of us would ever give in.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18'And Amber was an evil genius when it came to pushing my buttons.'
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Amber! I don't believe that you've been ready my diary!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25You shouldn't leave it lying around.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29I didn't, I left it under MY pillow, on MY bed, in MY room!
0:07:29 > 0:07:33What you belly-aching about, apart from the funny bits like,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36how you're going to be rich and famous - yawn -
0:07:36 > 0:07:39and how your Mum'll whisk you away in her helicopter,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42it's the biggest slop I've ever read.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Hilarious!- This room's not big enough for both of us.
0:07:45 > 0:07:51She knew just how to get to me. And how to cause maximum pain.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Take a walk, Tracy, unless you want me to share your song
0:07:55 > 0:07:57with the rest of the Dumping Ground?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00# I suppose you think I'm singing this song
0:08:00 > 0:08:03# Just because I'm blue, a-wooh-oh-wooh-oh-wooh. #
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Oh, and Duke told me to tell you
0:08:06 > 0:08:09that he won't be finished painting my room until tomorrow.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Bad luck, roomy. DOOR SLAMS
0:08:11 > 0:08:14What was I to do? She was older and bigger than me,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17and knew exactly how to make my life a misery.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20But, my time with Amber taught me many valuable lessons,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24such as - revenge can be totally awesome!
0:08:24 > 0:08:27'Amber thought my song was funny but she wasn't laughing here.'
0:08:27 > 0:08:29A one-two-three-four...
0:08:29 > 0:08:31# We know a song that will get on your nerves
0:08:31 > 0:08:34# Get on your nerves Get on your nerves... #
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Morning. We've got a new song, especially for you.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38From the top, boys!
0:08:38 > 0:08:42# We know a song that will get on your nerves
0:08:42 > 0:08:44# Get on your nerves Get on your nerves
0:08:44 > 0:08:47# We know a song that will get on your nerves
0:08:47 > 0:08:49# And this is how it goes
0:08:49 > 0:08:51# We know a song that will get on your nerves... #
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Tracy, it's half past six in the morning!
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Go back to sleep while we rehearse, just ignore us!
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Go for it, Bounce.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Aah!
0:09:00 > 0:09:03# We know a song that will get on your nerves... #
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Bounce, you pauper, get off!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Sorry, Amber!- Get off!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Hey, roommate, can I borrow your new leather jacket?- No!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12We always share everything.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Nothing's private in a care home... REMEMBER?!
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Shame she didn't like our song.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I think it had potential for Christmas Number One.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21But it did the job.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Argh!- Where you going? - Back to my old room!
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- But we've still got loads more songs.- Forget it!
0:09:27 > 0:09:29'I enjoyed making Amber's eardrums hurt.'
0:09:29 > 0:09:33And my fights with Justine were just part of my daily routine.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37But when you fight with somebody you love - that's not so good.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Like me and Cam.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I hate falling out with her, and she hates falling out with me.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Not that that ever seems to stop us!
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Tracy, can I have a word? - Have two, bog off!
0:09:49 > 0:09:53'I love her to bits but we can argue over just about anything.'
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Right, I've had it!
0:09:55 > 0:09:59'We've even had arguments about what we've been arguing about!'
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- Cam, we've had our tiffs over the years.- You can say that again!
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Cam, we've had our...- Very good, Tracy. Did you have a question?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Certainly, Camilla. What I want to know is - after a big fight -
0:10:11 > 0:10:14what's the best way to sort everything out and make up?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Well, first thing is to try to keep calm.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21The more you hurt the other person, the longer it'll take to make up.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25So it's best to control your anger. Don't say anything you might regret.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Hmm. The voice of experience talking there.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32'You have four new messages.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34'Message one...'
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- CAM:- 'How dare you use my credit card!
0:10:37 > 0:10:39'Is that why you've turned your phone off?'
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- 'Message two...' - 'Just pick up the phone.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45'I'm trying your mobile, your mobile's not on.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48'You need to ring me as soon as you get this, OK?'
0:10:48 > 0:10:52You don't regret anything that time we had the misunderstanding?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Misunderstanding?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Yes, when I borrowed your credit card.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59When you TOOK my credit card without asking,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01and I got stranded in New York with no money?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Em...yeah.- Well, I was upset.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- 'Message three...' - 'Where are you?!
0:11:08 > 0:11:10'I'm so mad at you I feel like screaming!
0:11:10 > 0:11:15'You better ring me back or I don't know what I'll do when I get home!'
0:11:15 > 0:11:17And I suppose I was disappointed in you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I couldn't believe you'd been so thoughtless.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I trusted you, and you let me down.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25'Message four...'
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Tracy, this is serious. Pick up the phone NOW!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33KEYS JINGLE
0:11:33 > 0:11:34So, I got angry.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Yeah, you hit the roof. - You stranded me in America!
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- So there was the odd cross word or two.- Or a million.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45My point is - when I said those things on the phone,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48it only made a bad situation worse.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I soon calmed down, but then I started to worry about you.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55By which time you'd stormed off who knows where.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58HEAVY BREATHING
0:12:01 > 0:12:04SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Oh, ah!
0:12:08 > 0:12:11SHE PANTS
0:12:16 > 0:12:19You're right. Thanks to you shouting at me, I ran away.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23I was homeless and broke and if anything had happened to me,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25it would have been all your fault.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I will admit, I wish I'd handled it better.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Because once you've said those things, you can't unsay them.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35This wasn't the first time I'd upset Cam and it wouldn't be the last.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39I'd run away before, I'd told lies, I'd even set her kitchen on fire.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Twice.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43But taking that money was the biggest mistake I made.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46And for a while, I thought Cam would never forgive me
0:12:46 > 0:12:48and that I'd blown it for good.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52I decided to crash at the Dumping Ground. Not that I got much sleep.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56And when I did, I had nightmares like you wouldn't believe.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58CRASHING
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I couldn't stop thinking about how angry Cam was.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Although scared, I knew in the end,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21I'd have to face up to my mistakes and brave the wrath of Cam.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Aah!
0:13:24 > 0:13:26THUNDER RUMBLES
0:13:26 > 0:13:28KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:13:28 > 0:13:31'We'd been through so much together -
0:13:31 > 0:13:33'we couldn't possibly throw it all away.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36'Especially over some silly little thing
0:13:36 > 0:13:39'like mislaying a few thousand pounds.'
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I am so, so sorry, Cam.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- I'll pay back every penny. - Too right you are!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58So what have we learnt so far about falling out
0:13:58 > 0:14:00to put in my Survival Files?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Falling out happens to all of us but if it happens to you,
0:14:04 > 0:14:06there are things you can do to sort it out.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Don't end up shouting.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12If you lose your temper, you lose your self-control. Apparently.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Anyway, in the heat of the moment,
0:14:14 > 0:14:18you might just end up saying something you'll regret later.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20When people fall out, they can only make up
0:14:20 > 0:14:22if somebody is prepared to back down.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26So if you do fall out, think about meeting the other person half way
0:14:26 > 0:14:29by saying sorry or being ready to forgive.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Then the argy-bargy will be over much more quickly.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37And if me and Justine Littlewood can find a way to get along,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39then anyone can.
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0:14:45 > 0:14:48People can fall out because they are too similar
0:14:48 > 0:14:50or cos they're too different.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Or sometimes, one group of people will gang up on another.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55For example, boys versus girls.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57When it comes to bust-ups,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00the battle of the sexes can be the scariest of the lot.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04One day in the Dumping Ground,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07we decided to do away with the rules altogether.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Elaine said that was against the rules,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12but cos there were no rules any more, nobody listened.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18So, if there's no rules, when do we eat?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20When WE say so.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23'But no rules and no set mealtimes meant a problem.'
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- We could if there was anything to eat!- Someone's nicked the lot.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- Who'd do that?- Boys, of course.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Typical, they're all the same.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Yeah, greedy and selfish!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Hey, that's sexist!
0:15:35 > 0:15:38You girls have got a serious attitude problem.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41'And before you knew it, it had all kicked off.'
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I'll give him attitude!
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- They think they run this place. - Girls - typical!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I suppose we could share with them...No!
0:15:53 > 0:15:55ALL LAUGH
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- Yeah, right. Good one! - Let's get cooking.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Oh, looks like we're just in time. Make mine two eggs, sunny-side up.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07- In your dreams.- But we're hungry.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08OK, here you go.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- Enjoy.- Hang on, there has to be a solution.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Yeah, we'll fight you for it.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17OK, game on.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Leave them alone, come on.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22We could whip this bunch anytime!
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I said let's go!
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Yeah, go on, run off! - Yeah, you bunch of girls!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30BOYS LAUGH
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Some believe that boys and girls' brains are differently wired.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36That we see the world in contrasting ways.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I'm not sure that's true, but I've noticed loads of boys
0:16:39 > 0:16:42think they're better and cleverer than girls,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44whereas we girls KNOW we're better.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- What are they going to do?- Exactly.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50We'll stuff ourselves, then veg out with telly and computers.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Oh, no.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- She wouldn't...- They haven't?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Lookin' for one of these, boys?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Give us that!
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Wait, wait! Wait-wait-wait-wait! I think you need to discuss this.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Hello! Anyone?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- How's the meal, boys? - Give 'em back.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Fight you for 'em. - You can forget veggin' out.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16- You can't do this!- You can only get one channel without the remote...
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Wildlife!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20And don't even bother trying to use the toilets.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23'Getting the better of them was just too easy.'
0:17:23 > 0:17:26So, Elaine called for peace talks. Fat chance!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Elaine couldn't even handle me on my own -
0:17:28 > 0:17:31what chance did she have against the whole Dumping Ground?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Anyway...it's time to negotiate.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- How about a compromise? - Good idea.- Yeah.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45You can have half the food... IF you cook all the meals.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46How about you bog off?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48This is war, Beaker!
0:17:48 > 0:17:50That suits us.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51'Not good!
0:17:51 > 0:17:53'But then a miracle happened.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58'Completely by accident, Elaine the Pain said something clever.'
0:17:58 > 0:18:01You must be able to find some common ground.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04A like you share.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06A dislike, then.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Surely something in here makes you go mad?
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Now you mention it...
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Yeah, there is.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Great, so...why don't you resolve your differences and unite?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Sounds good to me.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- OK, I'm up for that.- Great.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25We got thinking - we had plenty of common ground.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28For a start, none of us could stand Elaine the Pain.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- There was other stuff, too. - GIRLS: Charge!
0:18:31 > 0:18:33'Let's face it - nobody's going to turn down
0:18:33 > 0:18:36'the chance of a massive water fight.'
0:18:36 > 0:18:37KIDS SHOUT AND SCREAM
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Off already?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Just typing up my notes, all going...brilliant-ish!
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Mark, save yourself. Get out of here!
0:18:43 > 0:18:48'The Dumping Ground kids were never shy about getting some water action.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49'Check this lot out!'
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Oh!
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Ooh!
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Ah!
0:18:53 > 0:18:54THEY SCREAM
0:18:54 > 0:18:57KIDS SCREAM
0:18:57 > 0:19:00An unexpected shower diffuses the tension every time.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03It worked when I was a kid, and it still works today.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Like when everyone in the Dumping Ground
0:19:06 > 0:19:08was falling out with everyone else.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- How'd you know where Jeff hid? - It's only a game.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Which had nothing to do with you!
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Hey, Gus.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Why'd you mess up my room? - I didn't mess it up.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Why would I do that, stranger boy?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Yeah, it's all your fault, smelly Carmen!
0:19:24 > 0:19:28You're all mean, nasty, selfish people. I hate you all!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30'Uh-oh. I guessed what was coming.'
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Especially you, Tracy Beaker.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Oh!- 'Thought so! All it took was one water missile.'
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I did not mess up your room, Johnny Taylor!
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Oh!- 'Make that two.'
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Oh!- 'All right, three.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47'And before you knew it, everyone was smiling again.'
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Oh, all right, just get it out of your system!
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Aah! What are you doing?!
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Your trainers are in a pickle.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- What the...why'd you? - HE LAUGHS
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Oh, the good news is - Gus just made a joke.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02The bad news is he's ruined my trainers.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Well, almost everyone was smiling again.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Most kids just needed to let off steam.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10But Carmen's problems went a bit deeper.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12And they weren't so easy to sort.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Bye, Rosie.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19'It all started when Carmen's best friend left the Dumping Ground.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23'Lily, Poppy and Rosie went to live with new foster parents.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29'Great news for them maybe, but Carmen took it badly, very badly.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Don't forget to call me!
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Carmen was so sad when Lily and the girls left.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38They were such a big part of her life.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41But that's the kind of thing that happens in this place.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- ALL:- Bye!
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I don't think I've ever seen Carmen so upset.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Me and Jeff felt so sorry for her.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59The rest of us didn't help as much as we could have
0:20:59 > 0:21:02but that's cos we were tied up with our own problems.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- I know loads of card games. - Good for you.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- D'you want to play one?- No.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Should I help you with this one?- No!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Put the Eight of Hearts... - Which bit of "No" don't you get?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24'Looking back, we should have known
0:21:24 > 0:21:26'that Carmen was about to blow a fuse.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28'But nobody picked up on it at the time.'
0:21:36 > 0:21:37VACUUM RATTLES
0:21:43 > 0:21:46'It's not like Carmen to be destructive for no reason.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52'But she was feeling so angry and alone
0:21:52 > 0:21:56'that she had to let her feelings out in any way she could.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03'And still, nobody realised what was going on.'
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Nobody'll play with me!
0:22:04 > 0:22:08In a minute. I've just got to go and find Johnny, OK?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22'Eventually, Carmen decided to make everyone notice
0:22:22 > 0:22:26'by taking stuff that was really important to them.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32'Like the watch Frank's grandad had given him.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41'A picture of Johnny and Tee.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45'Sapphire's phone.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48'Even Jeff!'
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I like Carmen, but just cos your friend's gone
0:22:50 > 0:22:54doesn't give you an excuse to go on a nicking spree.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57That watch was my grandad's
0:22:57 > 0:23:01and I was not happy.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04I have to say, I'd never take other people's stuff,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06no matter how upset I was.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09And from little kids, too. That's low.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I missed Jeff.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17'By the time I arrived at the Dumping Ground the next day,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20'everyone was going ballistic.'
0:23:20 > 0:23:21THEY ARGUE
0:23:21 > 0:23:25No, listen. Stop it. Guys, this isn't working.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- What's going on?- Carmen nicked our stuff!- She what?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- What's going on?- Please.- QUIET!!
0:23:33 > 0:23:36A 'Gina special' made them shut up for a minute -
0:23:36 > 0:23:39but Carmen had barricaded herself in her room.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Shouting at her was never going to be enough.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- KNOCKING AT THE DOOR - (OUTSIDE DOOR) Carmen, let me in.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51I know why you've done this but just let me in and we can talk.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54SHE SIGHS
0:23:58 > 0:24:03Look, I know you miss Lily but this is so not you.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09- Would you like to speak to her? - I can't, can I? She's gone!
0:24:09 > 0:24:10I'll call her.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13I'll call her and you can speak to her.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- No.- Why not?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17She'll think I'm stupid.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21No, she won't. She'll she that you're missing her.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Are you missing a friend?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24She's not just a friend.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26What d'you mean?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Lily was like a sister to me.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34I understand now.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I do, just...please let me in.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43So what was the story, Carmen?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I kept trying to tell people how I felt about losing Lily,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48but no-one would listen.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Sometimes when that happens
0:24:49 > 0:24:52it's cos people have their own stuff going on.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Yeah, but when you did finally listen,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57it felt like a weight had been lifted off me.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00But I didn't know how to tell the others.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Stealing their stuff was pretty bad.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Ooh, you've got mail.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19"Dear Carmen, we are playing a card game in the living room
0:25:19 > 0:25:22"and would very much like you to play with us."
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- I haven't done too good this time. - Me neither.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Read it and weep.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33The best! It is really hot in here, cos the champ has arrived!
0:25:33 > 0:25:37THEY MOAN AND ARGUE
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I am watching you!
0:25:51 > 0:25:52I'm sorry.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Anyway, got a new car.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02'In most arguments, there is something to be said for both sides.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05'It's unusual for one side to be completely in the right
0:26:05 > 0:26:08'and the other one to be all wrong.'
0:26:08 > 0:26:10So being a good friend is sometimes about
0:26:10 > 0:26:13trying to see other people's point of view.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16And that's what they all did with Carmen. I was so proud of them.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Carmen, Lily is on the phone.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24HE MOUTHS
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Lily?
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Who wants more?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Are Rosie and Poppy OK?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40So what have we learnt about falling out
0:26:40 > 0:26:42to upload to the Tracy Beaker Survival Files?
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Well, firstly, if you fall out with someone close to you, don't panic!
0:26:47 > 0:26:51It happens to everyone and there are things you can do to sort it out.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Don't get angry. Instead, be ready to say sorry and to forgive.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Take a step back.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Don't let your own opinions stop you seeing the whole picture.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Try to see things from other people's point of view.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Like I always do. Mostly.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Even if the other person is Justine Littlewood.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Most importantly, when you're arguing,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16try to listen to what the other person is saying.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19It might just be that they are right and you are wrong.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22So that's the Beaker guide to bust-ups
0:27:22 > 0:27:26safely uploaded to the Tracy Beaker Survival Files.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31More gems of wisdom from my experiences next time.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35And let's not fall out about this - you know you mustn't miss it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39And remember, I've been through all this so you don't have to.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40# Shut your mouth
0:27:40 > 0:27:43# Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth
0:27:43 > 0:27:47# Wooh, shut your mouth, shut your mouth
0:27:47 > 0:27:51# Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth... #