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...
0:01:06 > 0:01:09VOICES BELOW, LAUGHING: Look at them!
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Not like that!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Shake and ruffle, like this!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20CHICKS CHIRP
0:01:20 > 0:01:23What are you doing, Mama Hen?
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Shush, Monkey! She's trying to teach her little ones how to keep clean.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30But they're filthy dirty!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35They are so adorable!
0:01:35 > 0:01:38All made out of sweetness!
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Ahhh, Hen looks happy, doesn't she?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43That's because she is.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Funny way to get clean, though...
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- ELEPHANT TRUMPETS - Ooh!
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Bath time!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Ooh! Ha-ha-ha!- Good shot, Elephant!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Jumbo Monkeys? Do you fancy a blast?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- ALL:- No! No!
0:02:03 > 0:02:06It's cleaning time!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08It's boring!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- Monkeys...- Ooh...
0:02:10 > 0:02:13All animals must take care of themselves.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14It's nature's way.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- But I don't want... - No buts!- OK, sir.
0:02:18 > 0:02:24Hey, hey, Tickbird! You look a bit muddy too.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Oh! Ooh! Ha-ha!
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Thank you, Lion. Asante.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Elephant!
0:02:32 > 0:02:37HEN: And roll, and ruffle.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41THEY COUGH AND SPLUTTER
0:02:41 > 0:02:43How are we supposed to get clean
0:02:43 > 0:02:47if Mama Hen and her chicks keep covering us in dust?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Oh, Monkeys.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51We all have our different ways of cleaning.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I lick, you pick,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57and Mama Hen and her chicks? Well, they just dust.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Hee-hee! That's good.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- PEACOCK:- Oh! Poor hen. So grubby.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07And so completely, utterly, all-consumingly...brown.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I may not have fancy feathers like you, Peacock,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13but at least I have friends!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Dear Hen, utter not another word!
0:03:15 > 0:03:19You're a born mother! So no need to worry yourself about how you look.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24And brown is such a practical colour. Covers the stains!
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Peacock? I think you owe Hen an apology.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Do I?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33HIPPO: Yes! You were really mean!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- ELEPHANT:- I think brown is a rather nice colour.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Blends in with everything.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Elephant...- What?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Delightful observations.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46But I think you've all forgotten a teensy-weensy little something.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I am Peacock. I don't do apologies.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I do beautiful!
0:03:53 > 0:03:55HEN SIGHS
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Thank you for trying, dear friends.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59We'll be heading home now...
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Come on, little ones.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- HIPPO:- Oh, poor Hen!
0:04:06 > 0:04:10He's right, you know. I'm plain and brown and dirty.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I've told you, Hen.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18Don't mind Peacock. He just loves himself way too much.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22How about you come visit my nest, eh?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Oh...
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Come on. I'll take you there on my back.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29You'll do that for me?
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Just this once!
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I've built this new nest, and I think it's rather spectacular,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37even though I do say so myself!
0:04:39 > 0:04:40HEN LAUGHS EXCITEDLY
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- Thank you, Eagle. Asante.- Climb on!
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Hee-hee! This is flying!
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Oh! Look, look!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Hold on!
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Whooooo-hoo!
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Oh! Oh, my!
0:05:06 > 0:05:09It's truly beautiful!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18And you did this all by yourself?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Just me!- How did you do it?
0:05:20 > 0:05:25It's a precious secret. I've never told another living animal.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Eagle, please? I promise, I won't cluck to anyone!
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- EAGLE CHUCKLES - Oh all right, I'll show you!
0:05:35 > 0:05:36HEN GASPS
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- What is that?- A needle!
0:05:40 > 0:05:46Magpie dropped it, and I discovered I could sew all sorts of things!
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Look!
0:05:52 > 0:05:53EAGLE CHUCKLES
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Eagle, I know it's a lot to ask,
0:05:57 > 0:05:59but can I borrow your needle?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Sorry, Hen. It's just too precious to me.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I'll be extremely careful!
0:06:06 > 0:06:10There's only one of these needles in the whole of the Animal Kingdom.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I cannot let it out of my sight!
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I'll look after your needle,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17as if it were one of my chicks!
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Please, Eagle, please?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22EAGLE SIGHS
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Only because it's you!
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Oh, Eagle, thank you!
0:06:29 > 0:06:31So, what are you going to do with it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33You'll see!
0:06:36 > 0:06:40# Shona, shona, sew and sew
0:06:40 > 0:06:44# Fuma, fuma, weave and weave
0:06:44 > 0:06:49# And sew and weave and weave and sew
0:06:49 > 0:06:53# Pole, pole, here we go
0:06:53 > 0:06:57# Shona, shona, sew and sew
0:06:57 > 0:07:01# Fuma, fuma, weave and weave
0:07:01 > 0:07:06# And sew and weave and weave and sew
0:07:06 > 0:07:11# Pole, pole, here we go
0:07:11 > 0:07:15# Pole, pole, here we go. #
0:07:16 > 0:07:18THEY SIGH CURIOUSLY
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Ha-ha-ho!
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- ELEPHANT:- Mama Hen!
0:07:24 > 0:07:26ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:07:28 > 0:07:29HEN CHUCKLES SHYLY
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Away we go!
0:07:32 > 0:07:35HEN CHATTERS EXCITEDLY
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Yeah!- Come on!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Come on, Monkeys!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47THEY CHATTER EXCITEDLY
0:07:51 > 0:07:54And who...who are you?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Don't you recognise me, Peacock?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Well, what on earth? Hen?
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Not so brown now, am I? Hee-hee-hee!
0:08:05 > 0:08:07PEACOCK COUGHS
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Well, talk about from rags to riches!
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- LION:- Ha-ha-ha! That put Peacock in his place!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Now I can strut too!
0:08:16 > 0:08:19THEY CHATTER EXCITEDLY
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- Hey! Careful! ELEPHANT:- Sorry, Tortoise!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28# Sew and weave and weave and sew
0:08:31 > 0:08:34# Shona, shona, sew and sew
0:08:34 > 0:08:36# Fuma, fuma, weave and weave
0:08:36 > 0:08:41# Pole, pole, here we go! #
0:08:42 > 0:08:44His face was a picture!
0:08:44 > 0:08:48That will teach Peacock with his fancy "I don't do apologies"!
0:08:48 > 0:08:50THEY LAUGH
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Now, think how impressive I would look if you, Mama Hen,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58sewed all of nature's beauty into my glorious mane!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I could never do that...
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Whyever not?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Because it's Eagle's precious needle,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06and I promised to never let it out of my...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10HEN GASPS Oh, no! The needle! The needle!
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Where can it be?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Oh, no!
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Chicks! Search! We must find the needle.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Oh...erm...
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Don't worry, Hen. We'll find it.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Is it here? No.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Er...no.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Uh-oh...
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Must find the needle!
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Must find the needle...
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Jambo, Hen!
0:09:36 > 0:09:40I hear you're quite the talk of the jungle.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42So, can I have my needle back?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I had the needle, and then I didn't have it!
0:09:45 > 0:09:50And I mean I was looking after it, obviously, but it just...
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- You've lost my needle, haven't you? - Sorry, Eagle.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57I trusted you with the most precious thing I had in the world.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I know, but I will find it.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I'm sorry, Hen. Until you find that needle again,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05our friendship is over.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I'll find the needle...
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I promise!
0:10:10 > 0:10:14So that's why Hen pecks the ground!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17She's always trying to find the needle for Eagle.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23And Eagle never flew down again to speak to her friend...
0:10:23 > 0:10:28waiting for the day her needle would be returned.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Must find the needle!
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Deary me. Pecking in the dirt in a coat like that.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37She's got to find her friend's needle!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40You may be beautiful on the outside, Hen,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42but you're still brown on the inside.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- Peacock! You don't understand friendship.- Says who?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Eagle said it.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Like I give a hoot!
0:10:50 > 0:10:52PEACOCK SINGS TO HIMSELF
0:10:52 > 0:10:57And fancy-pantsy Peacock? Well, that's a whole other story!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04# Beneath the Tinga sky
0:11:04 > 0:11:06# Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a... #
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Tales from Africa!
0:11:10 > 0:11:11# Tales from Africa. #
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Subtitles by Graham Spencer Red Bee Media Ltd
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