Coming Home Topsy and Tim

# This is our street

# It's where we live

# We love to play together... #

Quick, Tim!

# Just like you

# Just like us

# We'll be friends for ever... #

Go, Tim!

# We can be anything

# If we close our eyes and dream

# We can play day after day

# And the fun will never end

# This is our street

# It's where we live

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends for ever. #

BOTH: Hello! It's us!

-Topsy!

-And Tim!

'Topsy's coming home today.'

'Dad and I are collecting Topsy from the hospital.'

OK, in you get please, Tim, let's go, go, go.

'Mummy's been staying with her, and I can't wait to see them both.'

-Thank you.

-Right... Oh, no, look at the mud on me!

-Agh.

E-e-eurgh! Ha-ha!

-We need to get this car washed.

-Yeah, we do.

-Mm.

PHONE RINGS Oh.

-Hi, love! It's Mummy.

-Oh...

-We're leaving right now!

-A-aow!

-Agh!

-DAD LAUGHS

-Sorry, say that again.

Yep, yeah, I can get them. Do you know where Topsy keeps them?

Yeah, OK, I'll look there. See you in a bit, bye.

I need to get a few things for Topsy, Tim.

-You wait here, OK?

-OK, yeah.

-I won't be long.

-Afternoon, Mr Fen.

-Hello there, Brian.

Er, Mr Fen, would you mind keeping an eye on Tim for me, please?

-I'll be two minutes.

-No problem.

-Thank you.

Ooh! Er...

'Whilst Dad's in the house, getting things for Topsy,

'I see two people walking along the road.

'I can't see who they are until they get closer,

'and then I recognise them.'

Oh! Hi, Josie!

'Josie's a year older than Topsy and me.

'She's one of our neighbours.'

Are you going to see Topsy?

Yeah, we're going to bring her home right now.

-You're wearing glasses.

-Yeah, they're the same colour as my bike.

Oh, yeah, red and red.

-Hello!

-Hi.

-Hi, Brian.

We've got to go.

-Topsy and Joy are waiting for us at the hospital, sorry.

-OK.

Ooh, your new glasses really suit you, Josie.

Thank you, Mr Odell.

-I can see everything really clearly when I wear them.

-That's great.

Right, Tim, are we ready?

-Yes, we are!

-Yes, we are!

-Yes!

-OK, see you later.

-Say hi to Topsy from me.

-I will.

-Bye.

-Bye-bye.

Bye, Mr Fen!

-Right!

-Hmm.

Here we come.

I can't wait to bring her home.

Bye!

'At the hospital, we use special hand gel

'so we don't take any germs into the ward.'

Yeah, it's Brian Odell and Tim for Topsy, please.

Thank you.

-Mummy!

-Oh, hi, Tim!

Is Daddy with you? Hi!

-Mummy, erm, where's Topsy?

-Oh, she's in the play zone with Molly.

-Can I go and find them? Please?

-Of course you can.

-Don't run, Tim!

-Oh, sorry.

-Topsy, hi!

-Hi, Tim, do you like our masks?

'Molly has a tiger mask.

'Topsy looks like Little Moon Bunny.'

-Oh, Brent, please can I have a mask?

-Yeah, of course you can.

Come with me.

There you go.

-There's a pig one that we made earlier.

-Oh, thank you.

Oh, brilliant, thanks! TIM OINKS

-Wow, I love it, thanks, Brent.

-No problem.

GIRLS LAUGH

-TIM OINKS

-Boing, boing, boing!

-Come on, let's go and show Mummy and Dad.

-OK!

Come on!

TIM OINKS

Oh! Hello, piggy!

Hello! DAD OINKS

-Look at you guys!

-You look great!

DAD GASPS AND LAUGHS

-Boing, boing, boing!

-Topsy, here's the, er, notepad you asked for.

-Oh, thank you, Dad.

-You're welcome.

-Molly, we can write to each other on my doggy paper.

-Yes!

-And we can be pen pals.

-Thank you.

MUM: Ooh, Brian, did you bring that other thing for Topsy?

Oh, yes, I did! Now...

-Oh, did you bring it?

-I did, I had him here somewhere.

-There, there, there!

-I can't see him. Where?

-In the bag!

-He's in there!

-In there? No-o-o!

-There!

-There he is!

-Oh, there's Little Monkey!

-Hello, Little Monkey!

-SQUEAKY VOICE

-"Hello!"

"I'm looking for a friend. Can you help me?"

Ooh, I know the perfect friend for you!

'I give Little Monkey to Molly so he can swing on her crutches.'

Thank you, Topsy, I love him!

-OK, guys, time to go.

-Oh, Brian, can you take that bag for me, please?

-Thank you.

-Bye, Molly.

-Bye.

-Goodbye.

Bye, Molly, get well soon.

Thank you. Bye.

-Write to me!

-I will.

-See you.

-Bye, thanks for everything, take care.

-Bye!

-Bye!

Plenty of rest now, Topsy, take it easy. Bye-bye.

-Bye!

-Thanks so much for that, bye.

These are brilliant!

I'm going to write to Molly as soon as we get back.

That is a really good idea.

'I'll miss my new friend at the hospital,

'but I can't wait to go home.'

-Where is our car, Dad?

-Hmm.

-Good point.

In the car park.

Er, where's...?

Oh, it's there, look.

No, it does look a bit like it,

but our car is much dirtier than that!

-I can't see it.

-Where is it?

-There it is!

-Ah!

-Well spotted, Topsy.

-Well spotted.

-Good girl.

OK, let's get these bags in the boot.

Look, the Mud family are smiling now!

-I did that.

-Did you?

It's just like us, isn't it?

Our family all back together again, happy.

I wonder if you'd all like a quick trip through the car wash...

-Yes, please!

-..on the way home to clean our poor muddy car!

-Yes, please.

-OK.

-Yes!

'But then I see something.'

But look at our wheel.

-Oh!

-Oh, no.

I think we've got a flat tyre.

-Oh, no!

-Oh...!

It's flat, Dad.

-I wanted to go to the car wash.

-I know, sweetie, I know. One second.

'Then Dad has an idea. He makes a call to Help for Drivers.'

Are all the buses out?

Great, OK, no, we've picked up Topsy from the hospital

and I've got a flat tyre.

Yeah, I can fix it here, but if you can send a bus for Joy

and the kids that'd be great.

Rhiannon's free, she'll be here in five minutes.

-Oh, brilliant, thank you.

-OK, thank you very much.

Bye-bye, bye.

-OK, shall we get you guys in the shade?

-Go and sit in the shade

and I'll get your car seats out ready for Rhiannon.

'We sit down and wait for Rhiannon to come and collect us.'

I spy with my little eye something beginning with S.

'While we wait, we play a family game of I Spy.'

Er, sausages!

OK, erm, I spy...

-He-ey!

-I spy with my little eye something beginning with B.

-Bus!

-Yay!

-Very good, OK, let's pick a seat.

Take it easy, Topsy.

-Can I take a seat?

-Yeah, of course you can.

-You take yours.

-OK.

Steady on, darling.

-He-e-ey!

-Hi, Rhiannon!

-Hi, Rhiannon!

-Topsy?

-You OK?

-Great, thank you. You?

Yeah, good, thank you.

-We can go to the car wash another day.

-Yes, we can, exactly.

-Hi, Rhiannon, thanks for rescuing us.

-You're very welcome.

TIM: 'Rhiannon drives us home, and Dad stays to change the tyre.'

'When we get home,

'Topsy gets into bed and falls straight to sleep.'

Thanks, Tim. Topsy will sleep really well tonight

-back in her own snugly bed, won't she?

-Mm-hm.

I'm so glad you and Topsy are back now.

-Aww!

-Me too.

Come on, into bed.

Oh! Slippers off.

Mum, Dad?

-Can I tell you both something?

-Yeah.

Yeah, of course you can.

Well, I don't think my eyes are working properly.

I can't see things very clearly.

OK, when did you first notice this?

Well, I couldn't really see the white board at school...

So, we've got three words on the board now.

Tim, can you read them out for us?

Do you want to come and sit at the front?

Do you want to try again?

Water, hospital, appendix.

Excellent, well done, Tim.

And...

..I also couldn't really see Josie Miller walking down the road.

Ooh, er...!

Oh! Hi, Josie!

Hi, Tim!

And do you remember? I couldn't even spot our car today.

-Where is our car, Dad?

-Mm!

-Good point.

-In the car park.

Oh, it's there, look.

No, it does look a bit like it, but our car is much dirtier than that!

-Can't see it.

-Where is it?

-There it is!

-Ah!

-Well spotted, Topsy.

-Well spotted.

I don't think you've got anything to worry about, Tim.

You might just need to wear glasses sometimes like Josie.

Yeah, and Josie's wearing red glasses to match her bike.

MUM AND DAD LAUGH

'And that's when Mummy said, "I'll book you an appointment to

"get your eyes tested as soon as possible."

Tell you what, Tim, I will book you an appointment to

-get your eyes tested as soon as possible, OK?

-OK. Thanks.

Then I can wear glasses like Josie Miller,

and little Stevie Dunton...

-Yeah.

-..and Mr Morris, my teacher.

Yeah, you might!

OK, off to sleep. Mwah!

Night-night.

'And that, said Dad, was that.'

BOTH: 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, I came home from hospital.

'Can you remember what animal mask Tim wore at the hospital?'

Was it a pig mask?

Or was it a tiger mask?

The answer is behind the jigsaw piece.

Look, the answer is a pig mask! Oink-oink!

Watch this.

-Oh, Brent, please can I have a mask?

-Yeah, of course you can.

Come with me.

There you go.

-There's a pig one that we made earlier.

-Oh, thank you!

Oh, brilliant, thanks!

TIM OINKS

-Wow, I love it. Thanks, Brent.

-No problem.

Great game!

That was good fun.

See you soon!

# We can play

# Play all today

# And the fun will never end

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends for ever. #