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 > 0:00:29- # Why I'm so slow - Why I tick
0:00:29 > 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...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Ouch! Hee hee!
0:01:04 > 0:01:08You see, there was a time when Porcupine was not prickly.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13In fact, she had the softest coat in Tinga Tinga.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- Ah!- Ah!- Gently, Monkeys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- Hmmm. So soft. - Mmmm. So beautiful.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22THEY MURMUR WITH PLEASURE
0:01:22 > 0:01:25No beast ever calls my coat beautiful.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27That's because it's not.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- It's grubby...- Messy... - And a little bit yucky.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34MONKEYS GIGGLE
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I want a beautiful coat.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40We've told you before, Jackal, I want never gets.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- And Jackal never listens. He never listens.- Hm.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47We'll see. We'll see!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Mm.- Ah.- Mmm.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Oh, a nit! I'll eat it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Careful, Monkeys.- Sorry.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58It's only a nit, Porcupine.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Oh! Wha-wha-wha! What is going on?
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Monkey, even the tiniest little thing can hurt Porcupine,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07because her skin is so soft.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12Oh, Monkey hasn't ruined Porcupine's beautiful coat, has he?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- That would be a tragedy. - A disaster.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18No, no, no, Monkey hasn't ruined my coat at all.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It just needs a wash, that's all.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I don't know. The number of times I have to wash this coat.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Sometimes I wonder if it's really worth all the fuss.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I really do.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Elephant, you can put Monkey down now.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Yes, you can put Monkey down now.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Oh, OK.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Asante, Elephant. - THEY CHUCKLE
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- Not too hard, not too hard, not too hard.- Not too hard, Elephant.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Be careful of Porcupine's fur.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Sorry. Turning it down.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Turning it down. - MONKEYS GIGGLE
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Ooh, that's lovely. Hee hee. Thank you, Elephant. Asante.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- Blow dry? - ANIMALS:- Elephant! No!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Oh! Oh!
0:03:04 > 0:03:05- Elephant!- Sorry.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Big head, tiny brain, see? - RATTLING
0:03:07 > 0:03:10MONKEYS LAUGH Don't worry, Elephant.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Sometimes I wish I didn't have such a beautiful coat.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15How can you say such a thing?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19But it's too soft and too difficult to look after.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21THEY LAUGH
0:03:24 > 0:03:28That beautiful coat would look much better on me.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- I want it.- I want never gets.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33We'll see, hee hee!
0:03:35 > 0:03:36I'm off.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38# Wet, wet!
0:03:39 > 0:03:40# Muddy and wet
0:03:41 > 0:03:45# Happiest hippo the wetter I get
0:03:45 > 0:03:47# You'd better find yourself some shelter
0:03:47 > 0:03:49# Don't wanna get that coat all wet again. #
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Thank you, Hippo.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I shall go and dig a hole until the rain stops.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59That coat is too good for an animal that lets it get all wet.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04THUNDER RUMBLES
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- Eh? - TORTOISE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- What you doin'?- I'm so sorry, Tortoise.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I thought you were a rock.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Happens all the time.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Now, hurry, Porcupine, and get that coat out of the rain.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Oh, oh, OK, sorry.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Don't dig under the tree, Porcupine. The ground is too hard.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Try by the river.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Thank you, Monkeys, OK.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38I want that beautiful coat.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Porcupine, my friend, your coat, it's getting wet.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48And you must be getting tired.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Oh, this coat. I'm exhausted.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Why don't you come to my cave where it's nice and dry?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Thank you, Jackal.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58After you, ha ha. Ho ho ho!
0:04:59 > 0:05:03If that coat gets any wetter, it will be ruined forever.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Be careful, Porcupine.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09That Jackal always wants what it can't have.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Do you know? Sometimes I wish I didn't have such a beautiful coat.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- MONKEYS:- Be careful, Porcupine!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Jackal always wants what he can't have.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Thank you for inviting me into your home, Jackal.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It's very kind of you.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Be careful, Porcupine! Jackal...! Oh, never mind.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Probably too late anyway.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Hm, nice cave, Jackal.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I'll just make a nice, dry bed of grass for...
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Oh! ..you to sleep on.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Oh! Hee hee hee!
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Little biting ants.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54What a perfect place for Porcupine's bed.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Ho ho ho! Oh.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Oh, is that for me?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Thank you again, Jackal.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Wait, wait.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06You are still wearing that soaking wet coat.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Let me take it to dry out overnight.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12What a good idea. Asante.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Night night. Sleep tight.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Don't let the bed bugs bite.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23PORCUPINE MURMURS DREAMILY
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Oh, oh, oh.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Oh. Oh. Oh, yes.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Oh, yes. This is the coat for me.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Beautiful. He he he!
0:06:39 > 0:06:43You see! I want DOES get. Sometimes.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Hee hee hee!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49JACKAL LAUGHS GLEEFULLY
0:06:54 > 0:06:57PORCUPINE MURMURS SLEEPILY
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Oh. That's really itchy.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I've been bitten all over.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Where's my coat?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Oh, it's gone!
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Oh!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Jackal must have taken it.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Hey, hey, look at my co-o-o-at!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16HE CACKLES GLEEFULLY
0:07:16 > 0:07:21My beautiful, beautiful new co-o-o-oat. Whoo-hoo!
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Oh, poor Porcupine.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Ooh, just looking at you makes me all itchy.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29It's unbearable.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31We're good at scratching.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32- How's that?- Oh.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- What about that?- And that? - Jambo, everyone.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- ALL:- Jambo, Tortoise!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Oh, Jambo...- It's Porcupine.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Porcupine? Why you look like you slept on an ants' nest?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- She did. - Jackal made her take off her coat
0:07:47 > 0:07:50and then she slept all night on a nest of ants.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52He's nasty, that Jackal.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56I'm afraid that might be the last time
0:07:56 > 0:07:58you see that lovely coat of yours.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Oh, never mind the coat.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02It's the itching.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Got any ideas?- Mmm.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- May I make a suggestion? - Please. Please. Ow.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Elephant, break off one of those leaves from the quill bush there.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Uh-huh.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Which bush? This one?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Ha ha, this one?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21This one? Or this one?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22The quill bush!
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I am not very good at plants.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- That one! Oh, but mind the...- Ouch!
0:08:28 > 0:08:29..mind the spikes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Ooh.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Now squeeze the plant over Porcupine's skin.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40The milk from the quill bush soothe a lot of problems for the skin.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Ooh, that does feel nice.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47It has a soothing quality which takes all the itching away.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Uh-oh. It's run out.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52But the thing is, the milk is terrible sticky, you know.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You have to be careful about the spikes...
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I've got to have more!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Lots more!- Porcupine? Porcupine!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- I've got to have more! - No, no, no, no, no.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Ooh. Ow.- Don't crash about in those bushes.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07That milk is sticky!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09PORCUPINE LAUGHS MERRILY
0:09:09 > 0:09:10And I'm telling you...
0:09:10 > 0:09:16If...if those quills snap off, it can get very messy.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19PORCUPINE CONTINUES LAUGHING
0:09:24 > 0:09:26PORCUPINE GIGGLES
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Whoa!- Whoa!- Whoa!- Ooh.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Now, that is what you call a sticky situation.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36No. I think THAT is what you call a prickly situation.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- A very prickly situation indeed. - ANIMALS CHUCKLE
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- I'll help you get those prickles out.- No, Monkey, don't.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- Oh! Stand back, everybody. - But no beast can get near you.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Exactly. No animal can touch my sensitive skin
0:09:52 > 0:09:54or bite me every again.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58That's brilliant. Do it again. Do the spiky thing again.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02They're quills, Elephant. They're called quills.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Ha ha ha! Do it again, do the quilly thing again.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10ANIMALS LAUGH Good, isn't it?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14ANIMALS LAUGH
0:10:14 > 0:10:16HOWLING
0:10:16 > 0:10:17What's that?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It's Jackal.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- JACKAL HOWLS - Look at my coat, my beautiful,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26beautiful new co-o-o-oat.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29That Jackal, he's always been a trickster.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Look at him, the cheek!
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Give that coat back! It's Porcupine's coat!
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Oh, pfui to the coat.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39It's a nightmare to keep soft and you've got to wash it all the time.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I'd much rather keep my quills.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44ANIMALS CHUCKLE
0:10:44 > 0:10:47And that's why Porcupine has quills.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Well, I still think we should get that Jackal back.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Oh, his day will come.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Don't you worry. - HOWLING
0:10:56 > 0:11:00And that's a whole other story. Hee hee.
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