0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Tinga, Tinga, Tinga, Tinga-a
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Tinga, Tinga, Tinga, Tinga-a
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Tinga Tinga is a land
0:00:11 > 0:00:14# Full of stories and surprise... #
0:00:14 > 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 > 0:00:35# You ask why, why, why, why, why?
0:00:35 > 0:00:39# You ask why, why, why, why, why?
0:00:39 > 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 > 0:00:59- # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. # - I'll tell you why...
0:01:04 > 0:01:07One. Ha-ha! Two.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12You see, there was a time when Zebra didn't have stripes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Zebra was as white as white can be.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Aren't you playing hide and seek, Zebra?
0:01:17 > 0:01:22No. I just want to eat my grass in peace, thank you very much.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24That's all Zebra wanted to do, graze...
0:01:24 > 0:01:26and graze!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Nine, ten.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Coming, ready or not!
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Found you, Zebra! Ha-ha!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Oh, I'm not playing, Elephant. I'm grazing.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Big news! Big news!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Like you've never heard before.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Oh, there you all are.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Ha-ha, whose go is it now? Whose go is it now?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- Elephant!- Ssh!- Eagle's got big news!
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Lion sent me. Magical things are happening in Tinga Tinga!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The great cave is full of presents.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Like mangoes?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01ALL: Oooh!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Better than mangoes!
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Horns and coats, tails and furs. It's a miracle.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I'd like a whole new look.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Hoo-hoo, what could I get? What could I get?!
0:02:12 > 0:02:14A slightly bigger brain.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Oh, don't listen to him, Elephant.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- Let's go to the cave! - The cave, let's go!
0:02:19 > 0:02:21See you at the cave!
0:02:21 > 0:02:26That's not fair. Mama Cheetah's definitely going to get there first.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I'm not sure I want anything.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32If you don't want anything, then don't go. It's just not fair.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Ohh, and what about me? Huh?! I'll never get there.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- I'll stay with you, Tortoise.- No, no, you will do no such thing.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45You, Elephant, will go ahead and make sure you save something for me.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- Anything special?- A new shell! Ha-ha! And make sure it's shiny!
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Chop-chop, Zebra. Hurry up, you might miss out.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58I just want to be left alone to eat my grass.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03You never know, Zebra, you might find a splash of colour in the cave.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07White is so spectacularly boring. Wait for me!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Zebra, don't you want a present from the great cave?
0:03:10 > 0:03:15All I want is fresh, juicy, delicious grass.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I'll be there, I'll be there.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- OK, then.- See you later. - Come on, monkeys.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25# Grass, glorious grass
0:03:25 > 0:03:27# Grass, glorious grass... #
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Oh, it's exciting!
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Now, as you all know this is a very special day.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35A magical day. Is everybody here?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Yes!- Yes, Your Majesty.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Very good. Monkeys!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Here!- Here too!- Here three!
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Very good. Zebra?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Zebra said he would be here in a minute,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48but there was a lot of grass on the way.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50And he was eating rather a lot of it.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53You mean he was eating a lot of a lot of it!
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Well, we can't wait for greedy Zebra.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Well said, Lion, well said.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Now every beast will go into the cave. First come, first served.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- So Cheetah first. Then Elephant. - Hoo-hoo!
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Hippo.- Oh, I'm just happy the way I am, Your Majesty.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Very good, Hippo, very good.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18And may I say, Your Majesty, you two are simply perfect the way you are.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Ha-ha, thank you, Hippo.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Thank you. Now, where was I?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Mama Hen, Warthog!
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Tickbird. And...
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Me. Peacock!
0:04:28 > 0:04:33No, you sit tight, Peacock. You're too spoilt already.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Oh! But-but-but...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- No buts!- Oh!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Now where is Zebra and poor old Tortoise?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Eh, Zeb...
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Zebra...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Sc... Um...
0:04:46 > 0:04:51I can't believe I'm going to say this, but...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54ZEBRA! Could you get a move on, please?!
0:04:54 > 0:04:58But this grass is the juiciest and greenest grass ever.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Why can't you all just leave me alone to chomp on it?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05May I make a suggestion?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09You might find something to wear in the great cave
0:05:09 > 0:05:11that'll make you less easy to spot.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Then you could eat all the grass you like!
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Hmm, maybe you are right, Tortoise.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19If I wasn't so easy to see,
0:05:19 > 0:05:24maybe I could eat grass all day long and no-one would bother me.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Ah-ha! Now, come on before it's too late.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Mmm, look at my new lovely whiskers!
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- Fine whiskers, Mama Cheetah! For a fine cat.- Thank you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Ha-ha, look at my pretty new tail.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Yeah!- Takes away from the face, I suppose.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Peacock!- Ha-ha-ha! I couldn't find a bigger brain,
0:05:47 > 0:05:52but I did find these lovely big teeth! Hee-hee! Look at them!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55They're called Tusks, Elephant! Tusks!
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Well, whatever they're called, I like them. They go with my ears.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02THEY GIGGLE
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Can we go in? Can we go?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Can we go, please?!
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Yes, monkeys!
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Come on!
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Jambo, everyone.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Ah, Tortoise, you made it.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16It's been quite a journey, Your Majesty.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Look at the size of Zebra's tummy!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Ah-ah! Enough grass for now, Zebra.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Go with monkeys and Tortoise into the great cave. It's getting late.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Let's see if I can find myself a nice new shell.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I did look, Tortoise, but there's not very much left.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Don't worry, Elephant.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Oh, nice tusks, by the way, they really suit you!
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Asante, thank you.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Into the cave!
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Ha-ha, that's a big tummy.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53- Oh.- Aw.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55There's nothing here!
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Hoo-hoo! Oh...
0:06:57 > 0:06:58No grass.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01No shiny new shell.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Everything's been taken.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07There is something! Look what I've found. A black coat.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10A very dull black coat.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Oh, boring!
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Ooh, Zebra! You should try it on.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I was hoping for something a little big more...
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- exciting.- Well, it might make you a little less obvious.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26It's too small.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29No, no, no. It will fit.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Oh, all right, then.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Come on, Zebra.- That's it.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It will fit! I know it will.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Come on, Zebra!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42That is a very big belly!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- It will fit. - Yes, it will. Yes, it will.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47It's not working.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Oh, no.- It's definitely too small.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Zebra, we've come all this way, we're not giving up now.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58On the count of three, take a really big breath in
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- and then hold your tummy in. Right? - Mmm.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- One.- Two.- Three.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Huh!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Hold your tummy in. Hold it in!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11This is in!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18We've done it!
0:08:19 > 0:08:21How does it look?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I don't know. We can't see you at all now.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Let's go outside, let's go outside.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Come on, let's go outside.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Birds and beast,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36can we present to you the new Zebra!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41THEY GIGGLE
0:08:41 > 0:08:43THEY GASP
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Zebra, is that you?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47How do I look?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Um...a lot smaller and a lot blacker.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Oh, all that squeezing has made me hungry.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Uh, I don't think bending down is a very good idea!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Let me help.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13THEY GASP
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Uh-oh!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Oh, my goodness!
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Ah! Ha-ha-ha!
0:09:37 > 0:09:39THEY LAUGH
0:09:39 > 0:09:42You've gone all stripy!
0:09:42 > 0:09:45It's definitely an improvement.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Oh, and it's so much easier to breathe!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50I think I'll just go over here
0:09:50 > 0:09:54and have a little more of that delicious grass.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56And that's why Zebra has stripes.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01His white tummy actually burst out of his new black coat.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Making stripes.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04THEY LAUGH
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Don't do another stripe!
0:10:06 > 0:10:11I just want to be left alone to eat my grass. Thank you very much.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Zebra! Move a little to the left.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Now move to the right.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Left again.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21You know what, Zebra?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25You are quite difficult to see in the shade with those new stripes.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Perfect.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34And from that day on, Zebra's new stripes helped him hide,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36so he could eat grass all day long.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Hee-hee!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Sorry you didn't get your new shell, Tortoise.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I was rather looking forward to it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45You wouldn't look the same
0:10:45 > 0:10:47with a nice new shiny shell.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48No, we like you
0:10:48 > 0:10:49just the way you are.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Oops, sorry!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Thank you, my friend. Ha-ha!
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- And Tortoise's broken shell?- Ha-ha!
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Well, that's a whole other story. Hee-hee!
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- # Beneath the Tinga sky... #- Whoo!
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- # Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a... # - Hee-hee-hee!
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Tales from Africa!
0:11:10 > 0:11:13# Tales from Africa. #
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