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 > 0:00:11# Tinga Tinga is a land
0:00:11 > 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...
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- Always on the lookout, Monkey. Always on the lookout.- Hee-hee-hee.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13- But there was a time when Meerkat was never on the lookout.- Oooh.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- Oooh.- Do you think the sleeping stones are really sleeping?
0:01:18 > 0:01:24- I don't know.- Lion says no animal must ever touch the sleeping stones.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- Oooh.- Oooh.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- 'Whoopee!'- Oooph!- Oooph!
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Jambo, Monkeys!- Meerkat!- Meerkat!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37In fact, Meerkat was always running all over Tinga Tinga
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and bumping into things.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41What are you doing?
0:01:41 > 0:01:46We were wondering what would happen if you touched the sleeping stones.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49No, we weren't! We were just going to...
0:01:49 > 0:01:52see the birds doing their singing practice.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Oh, oh! I want to go, I want to go. - Oh, Meerkat, look out!
0:01:56 > 0:02:01- Mind the prickly bush! - Weeee! Woo-hoo! Yeah!
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- Mind the log!- Weee!
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- It's not a log, it's Crocodile.- Huh!
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- Oh, and watch out for... - Ooooph!- ..Lion.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18- Hmm, good morning, Meerkat. - Jambo, Your Majesty.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Were you playing near the sleeping stones?
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- No.- Because you know you must never touch the sleeping stones.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Yes, Your Majesty,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30I was going to the birds' singing practice.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36- Very well.- Woo! Yay-hey! - Meerkat, be careful, please!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Never mind, ha ha ha.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Birds! Singing practice. Let's start with the dawn chorus.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47The sun is rising, and...
0:02:47 > 0:02:50# Good morning, habari good morning
0:02:50 > 0:02:52# Another brand-new day... #
0:02:52 > 0:02:57- I love it when the birds sing. - I know, it makes you feel all, ooooh!
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Ha ha ha.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03More harmonies, birds, more harmonies.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07# Habari, habari, habari. #
0:03:07 > 0:03:09There's nothing better than growing old
0:03:09 > 0:03:12to the sweet sounds of the birds.
0:03:12 > 0:03:18173 years I've been listening to them, 173!
0:03:18 > 0:03:20'Has it started?'
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Wow, ah, eee!
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Be careful, Meerkat! - Watch where you're going!
0:03:25 > 0:03:31- Wow.- Ohhh.- Owww, Meerkat!
0:03:31 > 0:03:37Umm, it was me, actually, I didn't mean to make a smell.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's not your fault, Skunk.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43You've got to look where you're going.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Oops, sorry. Woo-hooo! Yay!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49It just slipped out, I couldn't help it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Don't worry, Skunk. I do it all the time.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Ha ha ha!- Ha ha ha.- Hee-hee.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Keep going. Dig, Mole. Dig, Aardvark.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04How deep is the hole now? How many digs?
0:04:04 > 0:04:10- 330.- 331.- 332.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Keep going, keep going.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15We need to know how many digs makes the deepest hole.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- Don't stop counting! - Guinea Fowl, Guinea Fowl. Wow, ooh!
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Careful, Meerkat, watch where you're going!
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Aardvark and Mole are digging a very big...hole.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Oh, waa, hey, wooo!
0:04:28 > 0:04:36- 345.- 346.- 340... Oooph! Oh, Meerkat!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38What are you doing?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Counting how many digs make the deepest hole!
0:04:41 > 0:04:43And...how many is it?
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- Ummm...I can't remember. - Oh, no! I've lost count!
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- So how many digs was it? - We can't remember!- Meerkat!
0:04:53 > 0:04:58Ooops! Sorry! Oh.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00We have to do something about Meerkat.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Your Majesty, Meerkat never looks before she runs.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08She never looks before she does anything!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Yes, it has come to my attention.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- May I make a suggestion, Your Majesty?- Please do, Tortoise.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20We choose an animal to keep watch over young Meerkat.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Teach her to look before she leaps.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27But Meerkat doesn't stay still enough to listen to anybody.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We must try. Any volunteers?
0:05:30 > 0:05:35I'll watch over Meerkat. Maybe I'll find out why she never looks out.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Excellent idea, Guinea Fowl,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40maybe you can persuade her to change?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- I love a challenge, Your Majesty. - Well, now you have one.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50But do not let young Meerkat go anywhere near those sleeping stones.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- We don't want her waking up the stones.- What would happen?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55What would happen?
0:05:55 > 0:06:00No beast knows and no beast needs to know.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Well, I'd be interested to find out, because...
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Tortoise, no beast touches the stones! It is nature's way.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Yes, Your Majesty. Of course, Your Majesty.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Now, lala salama, everybody. Time to sleep.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19'Wee! Woo-hoo!'
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Ha ha ha ha! Woo! Yip, yip!
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Slow down, Meerkat, why do you have to run everywhere?
0:06:26 > 0:06:31Oooh, ha-ha! Weee!
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- Ohh, watch out for Warthog! - Hee-heeee!
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- Sorry, Warthog. - Huh! Meerkat! Humph!
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Wee! Ooh-hoo-hoo.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Now, Meerkat, slow down, and look before you...
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- step on Tortoise! Sorry, Tortoise. - That's OK, I'm used to it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- Woo, ha, woo-hoo!- Huhh.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Meerkat, you really must look out for others.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05That animal doesn't stay still long enough to listen to anybody!
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Come back here, Meerkat. Come back right now.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- I want to find the monkeys. - The monkeys are back there!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15'They could be this way.'
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Ohhhh, oh, Meerkat, slow down! I'm not sure where we are.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25We could be miles away, we could be... Oh! No! The sleeping stones!
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Don't worry, Guinea Fowl, we're not that far away.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35- Meerkat, the sleeping stones! Look out!- Huh-ha ha, woo-oo.
0:07:35 > 0:07:43- Woo-huuhh, woo, wow! Oooh!- Oh, no!
0:07:43 > 0:07:50Hrrrrr. Ooooh, uhhh. Rrrroooaaaa...
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- Meerkat. Listen.- Huh!
0:07:55 > 0:08:01You have awoken the stones. Now you must listen.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Are you listening?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Mmmm, yeh, mmmm, yeh.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11In the past, Meerkat, you have never looked out for anyone or anything.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15But now, you must hold your nose high.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21And you must always be on the lookout. Do you understand me?
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Huhhh, uhhh, ooh, I must hold my nose high
0:08:26 > 0:08:28and always be on the lookout.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Always on the lookout, always on the lookout.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Always on the lookout. - Ha-ha-ha.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Very good, Meerkat. Mmmm...
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Incredible! - I know! The stones spoke to me!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51What did they say?
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Nose high, and always be on the lookout.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58And for the very first time you listened?!
0:08:58 > 0:09:02It was hard not to! Did you see how big those stones were?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05You've got to be on the lookout, Guinea Fowl,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08you've got to be on the lookout.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Ha-ha, very good, Meerkat, very good.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Huh. Hmm.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Look out for those puddles, Guinea Fowl, look out for those puddles.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Thank you, Meerkat.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Oh! There's a branch!
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Look out for the branch, Guinea Fowl!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Thank you, Meerkat, asante.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Always on the lookout, always on the lookout.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Ah! Nasty rocks ahead! Look out for the rocks.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- It's remarkable.- Hee-hee-hoo-hoo.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51And then, Your Majesty, Meerkat kept on running!
0:09:51 > 0:09:55And she ran straight into the sleeping stones!
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Huh!- The sleeping stones!
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- She touched the sleeping stones?! - I did, I did, yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03And what happened?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Well, they woke up and they said,
0:10:06 > 0:10:13"Meerkat, you must hold your nose high and always be on the lookout!"
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Wise words.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19So from now on, instead of us having to look out for Meerkat,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21she can look out for us!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Always on the lookout.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Well done, Meerkat!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30That's why Meerkat is always on the lookout! Hee-hee-hee!
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Always on the lookout!
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Always on the lookout!- Ha ha! - # Always on the lookout.- #
0:10:36 > 0:10:38From the day she woke up the sleeping stones,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Meerkat became the lookout for the whole of Tinga Tinga.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48- Monkey, who are you talking to? - Hee-hee-hee!- I can't see anyone.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Who are you talking to? And why are you talking to them?
0:10:52 > 0:10:56And Guinea Fowl and her questions, that's a whole other story.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Hee-hee-hee!
0:11:01 > 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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