0:00:02 > 0:00:06# 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.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11You see, Jackal always wanted what he did not have.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Look at Hen's nest.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- Jambo, Hen.- Jambo, Monkeys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17HEN CLUCKS
0:01:17 > 0:01:22My, my, Hen, you sure know how to make a cosy nest.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Ooh, I want cosy. Cosy is nice.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29This is my nest, Jackal.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- I'd like to live in a nest. - But you're an elephant.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35- And?- And?
0:01:35 > 0:01:40And it would take Hen ages to build a nest for you, my friend.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Ooh. TORTOISE LAUGHS
0:01:41 > 0:01:44EVERYONE CHUCKLES
0:01:47 > 0:01:48- Oh!- Mmmm.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Jackal? Get up! Get out of my nest!
0:01:51 > 0:01:53But I want it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Well, if I can't have a nest, you can't either.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- HEN CLUCKS IRRITATEDLY - Now, what am I going to do?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Don't worry, Hen, you know Jackal.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05He'll soon want something else.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09STRAINING AND GROANING
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I...just...can't...
0:02:11 > 0:02:14seem...to...get...into...my...
0:02:14 > 0:02:15burrow!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Move, Aardvark. I want this burrow.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21It's my burrow.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Not any more it's not.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I want it. So, trot on. JACKAL MURMURS HAPPILY
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- You.- You see what I mean?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Never please, may I have this? Or please may I have that?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Just want, want, want, want, want.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Mama.- One for you. - CUBS CHOMP HAPPILY
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Ooh! Chops. My favourite.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Mmm. I want one of those.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Hee hee!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Aargh!- Aiii!
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Jackal took my chop.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Jackal! That's the cubs' supper.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Give that back.- Jackal!
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Jackal!- Plus dessert, oh! Ha ha!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Jackal!
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Don't worry, Mama Cheetah.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Jackal will soon want something better.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Enough is enough.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- ANIMALS CONFER - Jackal's a menace.- Mm-hm.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- He stole my nest.- He's mean.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I had to build two nests in one day.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24He squashed into my burrow
0:03:24 > 0:03:26and I had nowhere to sleep.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- Your Majesty, Jackal is also taking food.- Taking food?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34He took a chop right out of the mouth of Mama Cheetah's cubs.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Is this true?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Yes, he did. - CUBS MURMUR AGREEMENT
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Your Majesty, Jackal is never satisfied with what he has.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43This is not nature's way.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Something must be done.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48May I make a suggestion?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Of course, Tortoise.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Bees, has Jackal ever tasted your honey?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56BEES HUM MELODIOUSLY Think about it, it's important.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- BEES:- # No, no. #
0:03:58 > 0:03:59A-ha!
0:03:59 > 0:04:02And your point?
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Is that Jackal has never tasted sweet, delicious honey.- And?
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Once he does, he'll want more and more of it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12And he'll leave the rest of us alone.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- ANIMALS LAUGH - That's brilliant!
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- Bees?- BEES:- # Yes! #- Make some honey into the shape of the moon.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- BEES:- # Honey. #
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Then tonight, when the sun goes down,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24every beast is to line up...
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Wait, wait, here comes Jackal.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32ANIMALS MURMUR IN WONDERMENT
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Wow! Moon honey!
0:04:37 > 0:04:38What are you looking at?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Ssh.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42What are you all waiting for?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Why have you all got your mouths open?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49We're waiting for the full moon to rise.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54- Why is that?- Because, Jackal, the moon is made of pure honey.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm!
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Honey?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Just as it rises,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03a single drop of moon honey
0:05:03 > 0:05:04falls down.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08And moon honey is the most delicious thing
0:05:08 > 0:05:11you will taste in your whole life!
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Moon honey? ALL:- Moon honey.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I want some of that!
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Moon honey!
0:05:21 > 0:05:25But you must close your eyes, Jackal. Hee hee!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29QUIET GIGGLING
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Elephant.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- BEES:- # Moon honey, moon honey... #
0:05:37 > 0:05:39I want some.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Uh-uh, eyes closed, Jackal.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Eyes closed.- I want some.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47BEES HUM TUNEFULLY
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Ah! Oooh! Mm!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57That is the most delicious thing
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I have ever tasted in all my jackal days.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Oooh! And I have tasted a lot of things.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09- We know.- But this - this moon honey - is the tastiest thing ever!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Mm. Mm. Mm.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- I must have some more - Uh-uh.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Close your eyes, Jackal. - JACKAL GIGGLES CONTENTEDLY
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Go, go!
0:06:23 > 0:06:25GIGGLING
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Why isn't it coming? Where is the moon honey?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34ANIMALS GIGGLE
0:06:34 > 0:06:37You have to wait until tomorrow, Jackal.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39The moon will rise again.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43And then you'll get your drop of moon honey. Just wait.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Just wait.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Ooh!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Ah! Oh!
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Where is the moon honey?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I must have more of that moon honey.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Looks like someone else wants it too.- Oh!
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Some animal is nibbling away at my moon honey.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Just wait. Just wait. - HEN GIGGLES
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Oh!
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Someone else is definitely helping themselves to that honey.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45I think some lucky animal knows how to get up there.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- They're eating it all up. - But I want some!
0:07:49 > 0:07:52That's my moon honey.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Tomorrow, there'll be even less.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Sad...but true.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Oh. But I want it!
0:07:59 > 0:08:00I want it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Argh! That's my moon honey.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07And somebody's eating it! I've got to get up there.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I want it. I want it.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12ANIMALS LAUGH I want some of that moon honey!
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I...I must have it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I need it. I wa...want it. HE GROANS AND STRAINS
0:08:18 > 0:08:21HOWLS: Moon honey!
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I want it! ANIMALS GIGGLE
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Oh, please, Giraffe, please.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I must get some of that moon honey. Please.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Hee hee! Oh, all right, then.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41I want it. I want it. I want... I want that...honey.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43HOWLS: Moon honey!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45HOWLS: Moo-o-o-n... Argh!
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Hee hee! I'm sorry to break this to you, Jackal,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55but I don't think this is going to work. Hee hee!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I want that moon honey. I want that honey.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I want... Oh! I want it!
0:09:02 > 0:09:03I want to... A-ha!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05HOWLS: Moon honey!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07HOWLS: Moon honey!
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Ooh!
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Oooh...
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Uh-oh.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17JACKAL SPUTTERS I want it!
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I want... HOWLS: ..Moon honey!
0:09:20 > 0:09:23HE HOWLS
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Why don't you just give up, Jackal? - Incredible.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I want moo-o-o-on honey!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I want it! I want it!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I want moo-o-o-o-n honey! HE HOWLS
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Do you think we should tell him? - So he can steal my cubs' food again?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- And sit in my nest? - And push me out of my own home?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- I want that moon honey!- Hm.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I'll leave him.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- "I want" never gets. - Well said, Lion.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I want that moon honey. I want it!
0:09:55 > 0:09:57HE HOWLS
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Mo-o-o-o-on honey! HE HOWLS
0:10:01 > 0:10:04So, nobody every told Jackal
0:10:04 > 0:10:07that the moon wasn't made of honey at all.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10They were so pleased that Jackal was leaving them alone
0:10:10 > 0:10:12that nobody ever told him
0:10:12 > 0:10:14that honey really comes from bees.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Aroooo! Hee hee!
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And that's why Jackal howls at the moon.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Hee hee!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- ANIMALS LAUGH - Poor Jackal.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26JACKAL HOWLS
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- BEES:- # Who wants some honey? Who wants some honey?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31# Who wants some honey? Who wants some honey? #
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- CUBS:- I want it! I want it! - Uh-uh.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35What is it you say, Lion?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38"I want" never gets.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- What do you say? - Please may we try some honey?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Please...may we?- There, my cubs.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Your first taste of honey.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49It's yummy.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Please may we have some more?
0:10:51 > 0:10:55And Mama Cheetah and her cubs? Well, that's a whole other story.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59JACKAL HOWLS, ANIMALS LAUGH
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- # Beneath the Tinga sky... # - Whoo!
0:11:04 > 0:11:07# Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a... # Hee-hee-hee!
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Tales from Africa!
0:11:10 > 0:11:12# Tales from Africa. #
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