Memory What's the Big Idea?

-Hello, Hugo!

-Who, me?

-What do you know?

-Let's see...

# I know there's a lot I don't know

# I like questions that lead to questions

# Ask away, let's see where we go! #

OK.

# What is work, what is play? Why do walls get in the way?

# Where is love, what's a friend? Will my questions never end?

# What is fear?

# Why do we laugh?

# Why do I hate to get wet But never in the bath?

# Why is this not that? Why is that not this?

# Who, where, when, how? What's the big idea? #

Yes!

# What's the big idea? #

BOTH: Hello, Hugo.

Hi, Felix. Hello, Lily.

Why do I remember things?

You remember some things because you want to feel happy, Hugo.

HUGO LAUGHS

Like the time I went to the seaside.

And you remember some things because you need to.

Like where you left your skateboard.

I knew it.

And it's always good to remember somebody's birthday.

And to remember things that keep you safe.

Like looking both ways before you cross.

HUGO LAUGHS AND SIGHS

That was close. I'll remember not to do that again.

But how do I remember things?

There are lots of ways to remember things, Hugo.

She's remembering different things by looking at videos on a computer.

Like the time she performed in front of a large audience.

Sound is a brilliant way of remembering things too, Hugo.

RUMBLING

That sound reminds him of hearing his first thunderstorm.

RUMBLING

But it was just a yeti snoring.

YETI GRUMBLES

HE SNIFFS

And smells! Smells can help us remember things, too.

Like my favourite food - Grandma's cabbage soup.

Mmm.

HE SNIFFS

Urgh!

SHE LAUGHS

Urgh! Dad's stinky fish stew.

That's one memory I didn't want to remember.

So, there are lots of ways to remember.

And sometimes we remember things we'd rather forget.

But are all my memories important?

Memories that you have today might not seem important, Hugo.

But when we get older, memories help us remember how we grew up.

They're all pictures of me.

You were a cute baby, Hugo.

And memories can help us remember the people who are important to us.

Like Grandma and Grandpa.

I like looking at photographs.

It's great fun remembering all those happy memories.

Uh-huh.

So maybe photographs are memories, too?

Urgh! There's Dad's stinky fish stew again.

That's one memory I'd like to forget.

It's only a photograph, Hugo. You can delete it.

-Phew, so I can delete any photo I don't like.

-That's right.

But can I delete the memories I store in my head?

What do you think?

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