Wheelchair Exercises Topsy and Tim

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-Hello!

-Hello!

BOTH: It's us!

-Topsy...

-..and Tim.

Mr Rosen is coming - come on.

DOORBELL RINGS

-He's here.

-You two finish your lunch.

-I'll go and answer the door.

-OK.

We love it when our friend Mr Rosen comes round.

He always has good ideas of things to do.

I've finished. Hello, Mr Rosen.

-Hello, Topsy and Tim.

-What's that?

-Oh, well, it's a wheelchair, isn't it?

-Hi, Mr Rosen.

I need it to help me get around. Hello, Tim.

-Do your legs hurt, Mr Rosen?

-Yes. A bit.

-Mr Rosen had a fall.

-I did.

And I had to go to hospital, but don't you worry -

I'll be up and about walking very soon.

And there's lots of fun we can have while I'm in a wheelchair.

-Do you have a ball?

-Oh, yes, I'll get it.

-Topsy, give me a push.

-Yes.

-Over here. That's good.

-This is fun.

-Whoa!

-Is it like a rollercoaster on there?

-This way.

Mr Rosen, would you like a cup of tea?

Oh, lovely, thank you.

Oh, very good, Topsy.

Tim, perfect. That's just right for my special exercises.

Special exercises?

Special exercises.

The doctors told me I had to do exercises to stay strong

and get fit again.

Now we can go back into the living room. Bring the ball, Tim.

-To the right, Topsy. Straight ahead.

-This is a tight space.

-All right.

Left. Whoa!

That's wonderful.

Here we go. Whoa, that's enough.

Thank you very much. Brilliant.

-Oh, now, give me the ball, Tim.

-Here you go, Mr Rosen.

-Thank you.

If I do this with the ball, right -

up and down again,

up and down again - it keeps my arms strong.

-Here's your tea, Mr Rosen. I'll pop it up here.

-Thank you, Joy.

Now, Topsy, your turn to try my special exercises.

Up, down.

Up, down. Up, down.

-Tim's next.

-Catch.

Up, down.

Up, down. Up, down.

Do you have any more special exercises, Mr Rosen?

Well, there's the touchy finger exercise.

The touchy finger exercise? What's that?

It's to make my fingers strong so they can do things,

like hold a cup of tea.

You see, you touch your fingers to your thumb one at a time.

One, two,

three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Yes, one, two, three, four.

-BOTH: One, two, three, four.

-Great work.

You'll have strong fingers too.

Oh, there's one more important exercise. This one's for my legs.

I'll need a bucket and...

Oh, some of those building blocks.

-I'll get the building blocks.

-I'll get the bucket.

-Is one box OK, Mr Rosen?

-That'll be fine, Topsy. Thank you.

Here.

-Here he is. Well done, Tim. Now, can you hang it on my foot, please?

-Yes.

-Perfect.

-Are these OK?

-Yes, those are OK.

-Drop a couple in the bucket, please, Topsy.

-OK.

That's it. And put the bucket back.

Great, perfect.

Now, then, that's enough, that's fine.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

Up. Down.

Up. Down.

-It's good for my legs, you see.

-Good work.

Do you think Little Moon Bunny

will be able to have a ride in the bucket as well?

-Why not? All aboard.

-We'll get him.

-We'll get him.

'My name is Teddy.'

Here we are, Mr Rosen.

Mr Rosen...?

-He's asleep.

-Mummy.

Oh, sh! Don't wake Mr Rosen up, Topsy and Tim.

-He was playing special exercises.

-I know, but just let him rest.

He must be a bit tired.

He's still not very well, you know, and maybe if he has a little sleep,

he'll be able to play with you a bit more later.

-Out we go.

-But we were having fun.

-Yes.

I know, but let him rest and you can play later.

I want to make Mr Rosen a get-well card.

-No, Topsy, we can make him a get-well bucket.

-Oh, yeah!

-A get-well bucket?

-Yes, and stick things on it and decorate it.

Oh, yes, great idea, Tim!

I'll get my make-and-do...

my make-and-do box out.

A special bucket.

'It takes a long time for us to get

'Mr Rosen's exercise bucket just right.

'We draw pictures of him and stick them onto it.'

Hooray, Mr Rosen!

Look, Mummy.

I put a butterfly on the handle.

All the colours!

-It looks cool.

-Yeah!

Can I see?

Oh, that is lovely, Topsy and Tim.

Hello.

-Oh, hello, Mr Rosen.

-I'm so sorry, did I go to sleep?

-It's all right, Mr Rosen.

-What have you got there?

-Well...

Oh, what's that?

It is an exercise bucket.

It's a special one that we've decorated.

-It's for you, Mr Rosen. It's a get-well bucket.

-Thank you.

It's beautiful!

And useful.

I'm going to use it every day

to do my exercises

and think of you two, Topsy and Tim.

I hope your legs get better soon, Mr Rosen.

Well, Tim, it does take a bit longer to get well again

now that I'm older.

'And that's what Mr Rosen said.

BOTH: ' "I want to be out of this wheelchair

' "by the time you two start school.' "

I want to be out of this wheelchair by the time you two start school,

Topsy and Tim. And do you know why?

-BOTH: No.

-Well, I can stand at my window

and see the children walk to school over the footbridge.

And I'll be able to watch and wave to you both

from my window every day...

when my legs are better.

And we'll wave to you every day

from the footbridge on the way to school.

-We promise, we really, really, promise.

-And I promise too.

That will be something really nice for me to look forward to.

Now, let's use my new get-well bucket

-and start some more exercises, right?

-Yes!

BOTH: ' "And that," said Mr Rosen, "was that." '

Hello.

Are you good at remembering?

Can you remember what happened to us today?

This is our Topsy and Tim memory game. Let's play.

Today, our friend Mr Rosen came round in his wheelchair.

Can you remember what we made for him?

Was it a get-well bucket?

Or a get-well card?

The answer is behind the jigsaw piece.

Look, the answer is a get-well bucket.

Watch this.

-A get-well bucket?

-Yes, we can stick things on it and decorate it.

Oh, yes, great idea, Tim!

I need to get my make-and-do box out.

A special bucket.

I know.

'It takes a long time for us

'to get Mr Rosen's exercise bucket just right.

'We draw pictures of him and stick them onto it.'

Hooray, Mr Rosen.

Look what I made.

I put a butterfly on the handle.

'Great game!'

-That was good fun.

-See you soon.

# We can play

# Day after day

# And the fun will never end

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends for ever. #