0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Tinga Tinga is a land
0:00:10 > 0:00:13# Full of stories and surprise... #
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Tell me about it!
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# If you like to wonder why
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# Tinga Tinga is a land of whys
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# You won't believe your eyes
0:00:23 > 0:00:25# Why I swing from tree to tree
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# Why my trunk is long
0:00:27 > 0:00:28- # Why I'm so slow - Why I tick
0:00:28 > 0:00:31# Why my skin is smooth and slick
0:00:31 > 0:00:33# You ask why, why, why, why, why?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35# Why?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38# You ask why, why, why, why, why?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41- # There's a story - Lots of stories
0:00:41 > 0:00:43# Beneath the Tinga sky
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- # Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a - Tales from Africa
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- # Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a - Tales from Africa
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- # Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a... # - Look at all my friends!
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. # - I'll tell you why...
0:01:09 > 0:01:12You see, Tickbird didn't always sit on Hippo's back.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14LAUGHS
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Look at us.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Two fine birds.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And such beautiful, calm water.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Oh, my favourite time of day.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29You'd never, ever see Tickbird near hippo.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31If she could help it.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34A nice, quiet morning drink.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36LAUGHTER
0:01:36 > 0:01:38RUMBLING
0:01:38 > 0:01:40LAUGHTER
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Oh hoo!
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Woo hoo!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Hippo! Not again!
0:01:51 > 0:01:53In fact, there was a time
0:01:53 > 0:01:58when Tickbird and Hippo weren't friends at all.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Woo hoo!
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Hippo!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Ho ho ho!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Hippo, it's not funny.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It's not funny!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09A tick.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Mmm...
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Tasty!
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Tick...tick.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14LAUGHS
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Get off! I have ticklish skin!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I don't like being stood on.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Stop splashing, it's not funny.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- It's not funny, I tell you. - Get off, get off!
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I'm ticklish! Arh-ha-ha!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Don't like it, huh?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Peace and quiet at last.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43Maybe now we can have a drink before Hippo starts splashing about again.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Ah!
0:02:49 > 0:02:53It would be nice if we could ALL have our breakfast in peace.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56So snappy!
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I think we're safe.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Woo hoo!
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Oh!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07That's enough!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Let's find somewhere else to drink.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13HIPPO LAUGHS
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Oh...
0:03:26 > 0:03:30A water hole that stretches as far as I can see.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35At last, a peaceful drink.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38THEY COUGH AND SPLUTTER
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Salty water! Yuck!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41LAUGHTER
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Well, why do you expect from the sea?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Tortoise?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47This is the sea?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Oh, yes.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I like to come and warm my shell on the sand.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Just as the sea is going out.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Going out? Where to?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Who knows? But out it goes and in it comes again.
0:04:00 > 0:04:07Twice every day. You see, before, the sea came all the way up to here.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10And now look how far away it is!
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Ha ha!
0:04:11 > 0:04:12It's so clever!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14They call it a tide, you know.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16That's all very well,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20but I don't like the taste of the salty sea for my breakfast.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23What's wrong with the water at the water hole?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Hippo is in it.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27She ruffled our feathers this morning.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30All that splashing and sploshing and splishing.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31I know, I know.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35It's about time some beast told Hippo to stop.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37That's it!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39And I'm going to tell her.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Oh!
0:04:40 > 0:04:45It's high time some little beast taught that big beast a lesson.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- Come on! - Tickbird? What are you doing?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Woo hoo!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Hippo? Hippo! Please Hippo, stop.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Hippo!
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Hippo won't listen. You'll just get sploshed again.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Hippo!
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Stop sploshing and splashing every beast.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09It's not funny. Not funny at all.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10EVERYONE GASPS
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Quite right. Well said, little bird.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Ha ha ha!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Sploshing is not funny.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Get off! I have ticklish skin.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24I don't like being stood on. Ha ha!
0:05:24 > 0:05:27You don't like me standing on you?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Eh?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30No, I don't. Not at all.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Get off!
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Please!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Ha ha!
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Then I challenge you to a contest.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Ha ha! A contest?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Ha ha ha! You?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Challenge me?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Ha ha ha ha ha!
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Yes. And if you win, then you can splash all you like.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Ha! Is that it?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57No. If I win, I can stand on you forever.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01If you win? Not a chance.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04What is this challenge, Tickbird?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06The challenge is...
0:06:06 > 0:06:10who can drink the most water in a single gulp.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13HIPPO LAUGHS
0:06:16 > 0:06:18You'll never drink more than me!
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Woo hoo!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Ha ha ha!
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Do you accept the challenge?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Of course I accept.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Because I will win. No doubt about it.
0:06:29 > 0:06:35You have all heard. Hippo has accepted the challenge.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38You, Tickbird, must choose the time and place.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43We will go to the sea.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44And the time?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Tomorrow, breakfast time.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Attention all.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49ALL: Hmm?
0:06:49 > 0:06:50The challenge is set.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Tomorrow, breakfast time. At the sea.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Ha ha ha!
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Mmm hmm...
0:06:56 > 0:06:59So what are you thinking, Tickbird?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02If you have a plan I would like to know.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03I do have a plan.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04But it's a secret.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07We won't tell anybody.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09What are friends for?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Well, I chose the sea because of what Tortoise said.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Ah, clever Tickbird. The tides.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Uh huh.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18The tides?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21The water going up and down, twice a day.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Huh? Sorry, still don't get you.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Big head, see? Tiny brain.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28RATTLING
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Don't worry, Elephant. I don't understand it either.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33HIPPO: Woo hoo!
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Shh! You have to wait and see.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38HIPPO: See you at breakfast!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Woo hoo!
0:07:42 > 0:07:44MONKEYS GIGGLE
0:07:47 > 0:07:52This is a contest to see who can drink the most water in one gulp.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Not much of a contest if you ask me.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I didn't ask you, Hippo.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Now...
0:07:58 > 0:08:00you will drink first.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02If Tickbird wins...
0:08:02 > 0:08:03HIPPO LAUGHS
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Ahem... Tickbird will be allowed to stand on Hippo's back, forever.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Hmmm.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10But if Hippo wins,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Hippo can splosh and jump as much as she likes.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Is it understood?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- It is.- It is.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Hippo, it is time for you to take your drink.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Ooh, the challenge!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25TORTOISE: Oh, Elephant, watch this! Watch this!
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Ha ha ha!
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Ah!
0:08:35 > 0:08:37THEY GASPS
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Ha ha ha!
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Beat that, little bird!
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Hmm...
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Right.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Come on, Tickbird.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Yeah, Tickbird.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Not yet. Not yet.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Hmm?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Hmmm...now!
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Come on, Tickbird!
0:09:06 > 0:09:08THEY GASP
0:09:12 > 0:09:13CHEERING
0:09:13 > 0:09:16What? It can't be!
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Hippo drank the water from this line, to this line.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23And Tickbird drank the water from this line,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26all the way...
0:09:26 > 0:09:27to this line.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29CHEERING
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Well done, Tickbird.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Ha ha!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35CHEERING
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The difference is clear.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I declare Tickbird the winner.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41CHEERING
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Well done, Tickbird.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Tickbird can now stand on you any time she likes.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Oh...
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Ooh hoo!
0:09:48 > 0:09:51It's not fair. It must be a trick.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Shh, Hippo.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55You must honour the challenge.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Oh, yes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01THEY LAUGH
0:10:01 > 0:10:05And do you know, from the day of the great water challenge,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07every animal was happy.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Because Hippo didn't splish and splosh all day.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Tickbird was happy...
0:10:12 > 0:10:17because she had all the food she could eat.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Yummy, yummy ticks! Mmmm!
0:10:21 > 0:10:22And Hippo was happy...
0:10:22 > 0:10:28because Tickbird ate all the tickly ticks.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Ah!
0:10:29 > 0:10:32And that's why Tickbird sits on Hippo's back.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I still don't get it.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Tickbird didn't really drink half the sea.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It was the tide going out.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41But going where?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Never mind, Elephant.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Tickbird won, and that's all we need to know.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48MONKEY: Every animal was happy...
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Out of my way!
0:10:50 > 0:10:51- Yah!- Oh!
0:10:53 > 0:10:54..Except Crocodile.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58But that's a whole other story.
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