Counting Wussywat the Clumsy Cat

Wossat? Hello.

-Oh.

-Hey!

-Sorry, Ortus!

Hey, Duckadile! Oh, no.

Ooh. Hi, Ird.

Hello.

It's a bright sunny day in the garden

and Wussywat is playing happily.

One branch, check.

Two branches, check.

Erm, what are you doing, Ird?

Ird is counting, Wussywat,

counting her branches.

It's not just ordinary counting, you know. I'm stocktaking.

Oh, sorry, Ird. My mistake.

Ooh, wossat?

It means, I'm counting my branches to check they're all here.

There should be ten.

I'm at branch number three now.

-Check!

-Oh, I like counting to 10.

-It looks fun.

-I like counting, too.

Oh, what do you like counting?

Squirts!

-HE LAUGHS

-One!

Oh! I wonder what I can count.

Hmm, need to think.

Erm...stones!

No, too stony.

Er...flies!

No, too buzzy. Erm...

Yip-yip! Ball, ball!

-But you've only got one of them, Oggy.

-One ball!

I need ten things to count, Oggy. Like...

Like the clouds! Look.

I can see lots of them in the sky.

One cloud, check.

Two clouds, check.

Three clouds...whoa-a-h!

You've done it now, Wussywat! I've lost count of my branches, I have.

-WUSSYWAT SIGHS

-You're clumsy.

Oh, now all the clouds have gone away.

What am I going to count?

I'm sure you'll find something, Wussywat.

Why don't you have a look around?

Maybe leaves.

Or... Or... What about the lilies?

The flowers on Duckadile's pond.

There must be ten of them.

That's a good idea.

-Oh!

-Two squirts!

Not so fast, Wussywat, the lilies are mine to count.

One lily...pah! Two lilies...pah! Three!

-HE LAUGHS

-Squibbly lilies!

Oh, Duckadile, but can't I help you?

Well, there's not that many of them really and...

you'd be too near the pond, anyway, so...

Duckadile's right -

you should always be careful around the pond, Wussywat.

What about the snails?

There's loads of them for counting.

Yay! I can count the little snails.

One snail, two snails,

three snails... Ooh, four now.

Hey, snails, can you wait a minute, please?

I just need to count you.

Ha-ha. Your snails are escaping, Wussywat.

Where to? Where did they go?

-Erm...thataway.

-Right.

Oh, yuck, the slimy snails gave me a soggy botty!

Three squirts!

Looks like slimy snails don't like being counted.

Yes, I think you're right, Duckadile.

I'll never find something to count to ten with now.

Don't give up. What about asking Ortus for help?

He's always full of good ideas.

Oh, yes.

One potato, two potato,

three potato, four.

Wossat?

I'm stocktaking, too, Wussywat, to see how many pot...

Oh, but they are not potatoes, Ortus,

-they're flowerpots.

-Quite right, but my little dance helps me, er...

-Remember, Ortus?

-Exactly.

Why don't you have a go, Wussywat? Come on, follow me lead.

-BOTH:

-Five potato, six potato,

-seven potato...

-Ooh.

Agh!

Oh, Ortus, I think I've made a mess of your pot counting.

-Sorry.

-Never mind, Wussywat.

You just need to practise your timing a bit. That's all.

Ortus is right.

You're not a bad little dancer.

Wait a minute!

That gives me an idea.

Everyone, everyone! Come join in my great new game.

Ooh, a new game! That sounds fun.

Does it involve squirting?

-IRD CHUCKLES

-Oh, it better not!

It's a counting game to count the parts of your body. Come on!

One paw, two paws, three and four,

now my eyes are five and six,

then my ears - seven and eight,

here's my nose for number nine

-and then my tail.

-ALL:

-Then it's ten!

Hooray!

Oh, Wussywat, what a fun way to count to ten.

You are a clever cat!

Yay!

Bye-bye!