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# Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a

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# Tinga Tinga is a land

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# Full of stories and surprise... #

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Tell me about it!

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# If you like to wonder why

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# Tinga Tinga is a land of whys

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# You won't believe your eyes

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# Why I swing from tree to tree

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# Why my trunk is long

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-# Why I'm so slow

-Why I tick

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# Why my skin is smooth and slick

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# You ask why, why, why, why, why?

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# Why?

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# You ask why, why, why, why, why?

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-# There's a story

-Lots of stories

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# Beneath the Tinga sky

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-# Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a

-Tales from Africa

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-# Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a

-Tales from Africa

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-# Tinga Tinga Tinga Tinga-a... #

-Look at all my friends!

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-# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. #

-I'll tell you why...

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Move with the beat, Monkey!

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You've got to move with the beat!

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Yeah!

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But, you see, there was a time when Cricket didn't have the beat.

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-Hmm.

-Cricket didn't have the beat at all.

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-Jambo, monkeys!

-Jambo!

-Jambo!

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Jambo, Cricket!

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Jambo, Monkey. Hmm.

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Why the sad face?

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I'm useless.

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I don't have a use.

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No, you're not. No animal is useless.

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You can, um...

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And you're very good at, um...

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And you can also, um...

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See? I have no use at all.

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Oh!

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Wh-wh-what's happening here?

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Birds sing new song tonight.

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Come to the show! Come to the show!

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-I'm definitely going.

-Me too.

-Me three.

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I don't think I'll bother.

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Jambo, monkeys.

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-ALL: Jambo, Giraffe.

-Jambo, Cricket.

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Jambo, Giraffe.

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Oh, dear. Why the sad face?

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Cricket wants to be useful.

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Well, yes, we all like to be useful, dear.

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Every animal has a use.

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I don't.

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Woodpecker taps messages,

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the monkeys swing in the trees,

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and you, Giraffe, look out for the whole of Tinga Tinga

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with your lovely long neck,

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-but me... Hmm. What do I do?

-Well, you, um...

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Now, let me see. Um...you...

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Nothing! I am useless!

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Poor Cricket.

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He so wanted to be useful, he just didn't know how.

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# Honey, go get me honey... #

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Hmm. The bees make honey.

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-Ribbit!

-Frog croaks.

-Ribbit!

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Crocodile snaps.

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Skunk, kindly get rid of Crocodile.

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-Thank you, Skunk.

-Lion rules and Skunk smells.

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-But what can

-I

-do?

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Hmm...

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-# Sing so fine... #

-Birds two.

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-# ..Sing so fine... #

-Birds three.

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Birds three!

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No, no! Birds four.

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# Hummingbird hums a Tinga tree

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# Ooh! Mm-mm-hm-mm... #

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No, no. Over to you, Flamingo.

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Flamingo!

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And a-two, and a-three! And a...

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Eagle, sorry! I missed it again, didn't I?

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Flamingo, you are AFTER Hummingbird.

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I know, but I'm finding it very difficult.

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Maybe I can sing.

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Uh-oh! Eagle! Can I sing too?

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Maybe I can help.

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You are welcome, Cricket. We need all the help we can get.

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Bird three. One, two, three, four...

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Sing so sweet, sing so sweet

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A Tinga treat

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Sing so fine in Tinga time

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Sing so sweet.

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Over to you, Flamingo.

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-And one and... >

-Flamingo!

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One... No! I missed it again, didn't I?

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Yes, you did.

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Good rhythm, Cricket.

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But you were talking, not singing.

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Uh-huh.

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Eagle, this song is too difficult.

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We need something to help us count. We need...

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A miracle! That's what we need. A miracle.

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No, no, no.

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We need a beat. Cricket, do you have a beat?

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A beat? What's that?

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Something to help us stay in time, like a drum.

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No, sorry. I don't have a beat.

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Or a drum. Or anything.

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I'm useless.

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No animal is useless.

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You must have something.

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I don't. I don't have ANYTHING.

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-Hmmm.

-Don't worry, Cricket.

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-Come tonight. The song will cheer you up!

-Or make him feel even worse!

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Now, everyone, once more from the top.

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And keep in time!

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-# Sing so fine

-Sing so fine... #

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In time, I said!

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HIPPO GIGGLES

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Hippo, please! Some of us are trying to have a nap.

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-Ohh.

-Jambo, Cricket!

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-Now, what's bothering you?

-Maybe you can answer this question.

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Do you see how all the animals are good at something?

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ELEPHANT TRUMPETS

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Elephant trumpets, Tick Bird ticks and Hippo...

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And that hippo is too good at splashing!

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Sorry, Tortoise!

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-What can

-I

-be good at?

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Well, you can, um... You...you can, um...

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You see? Nothing!

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I am a useless cricket.

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Don't be silly, Cricket.

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Every beast has a use. You just haven't found it yet.

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LOUD TRUMPETING

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Tortoise! Tortoise, look what I've found.

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Maybe there is no use for a cricket at all.

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Watch out, Cricket. Elephant's coming.

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That usually means I'm about to get...squashed!

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Oops!

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MUFFLED: Lift up your foot, Elephant.

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Sorry, Tortoise.

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Gagh!

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It's not just me you squashed this time.

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Look what you've done to poor old Cricket.

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What...? I...

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-Ah!

-Oh, no! Are you all right, Cricket?

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Oh, yes, I'm fine,

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but my legs are a little bent.

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Ooh, Cricket. Your legs are all bent at the back.

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Oh, dear. Try straightening them.

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CRICKET STRAINS

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Go on, you can do it. Go ahead.

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CRICKET STRAINS

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Go on, Cricket! Push on those back legs of yours.

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-You can do it.

-Just try.

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-Go on.

-Please do it.

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CRICKET STRAINS

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Oh!

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-Wow!

-That's it. That's it.

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Do it again! Do it again!

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Ohh...

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THEY GIGGLE

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CRICKET LAUGHS

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Oh, that feels good!

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LEGS CLICK

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Oh, wow! That sounds great.

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-It makes you want to...

-ELEPHANT TRUMPETS

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-It makes you want to...

-MONKEYS CHATTER

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It makes you want to... HIPPO HUMS

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Oh, that feels nice.

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CACOPHONY OF CALLS

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Those legs of yours have got rhythm.

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Cricket, you have got the beat!

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Ah-ha! The beat.

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I've got the beat.

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Don't stop, Cricket. It feels good. Every song has to have a beat.

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You're right! Every song HAS to have a beat!

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CRICKET LAUGHS

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See you all later!

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Thanks, Elephant!

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Karibu! You're welcome!

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What's he thanking me for? I squashed him.

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I think that might have been the best thing that ever happened to Cricket.

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Really?!

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Eagle, it is no use. It will never work.

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You will have to cancel the song tonight.

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I'm never going to get it right. We need a beat.

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Eagle, I think I might be of some use.

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But you tried to help us earlier.

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That was earlier. This is now!

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And I have found the beat. I have got the beat, Eagle.

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I have got the beat!

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# Sing so fine, sing so fine... #

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Now, that is sounding sweet.

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Birds, Cricket, the song is back on.

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But I'm never going to get it right. I'm useless.

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Uh-uh-uh, Flamingo.

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No animal is useless.

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Now, don't you worry. I'll count you in.

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I hope so, Cricket. I hope so.

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AUDIENCE CHATTERS

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EAGLE TAPS ITS PERCH

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Animals of Tinga Tinga, tonight I am proud to present

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Cricket and The Birds!

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THEY CHEER

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I thought I'd bring along a few friends.

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The more, the merrier. Ready?

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Here we go. A-one, a-two,

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a-one, two, three, four.

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-# Sing so fine... #

-That's good.

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-# ..Sing so fine

-Sing to the crickets

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# Sing so fine in Tinga time

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# Sing so sweet... #

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-THEY ALL SING IN TIME

-# ..Sing so sweet, a Tinga treat

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# Sing so sweet, a Tinga treat... #

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Take it away, Cricket! Take it away!

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CRICKET SKATS

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Brilliant!

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# ..Sing so sweet... #

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CRICKET SKATS

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# Sing so sweet, a Tinga treat... #

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That was for you, Elephant.

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You gave me the beat.

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You gave me the beat!

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I didn't mean to.

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But I gave you the beat! I gave you the beat!

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And that's why Cricket chirrups!

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From the day Elephant stepped on him,

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the birds gave us the music,

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but Cricket gave us the beat.

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THEY BOTH SKAT

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Oh, yeah!

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Don't forget to count me in, Cricket.

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Here it comes, baby! Over to you, Flamingo.

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A-one, two, a-one, two, three, four!

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Go, girl!

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# Sing so sweet... #

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And Flamingo? Well, that's a whole other story.

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# ..A Tinga treat... #

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Yeah!

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