Making a Choice ZingZillas

# Zak!

# Tang!

# Panzee!

# Drum!

-# Welcome to the band

-ZingZillas

-# Let me show you round

-ZingZillas

-# Each one lends a hand

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound

-# What's that in the glade?

-ZingZillas

-# Who's that playing now?

-ZingZillas

-# Sending out the waves

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound

# We'll be practising

# For The Big Zing

# Till the time to rock

# Count down with the coconut clock

-# Now you've met the band

-ZingZillas

-# Now you've seen around

-ZingZillas

-# Join us, lend a hand

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound. #

Ha-ha, ha! Ah-ha, ha-ha!

I'm very excited about hearing the musician in the glade, are you?

Zak?

Zak?!

Are you listening to me?

Ha-ha! Yeah, yeah.

Ha-ha, ha!

Zak, are your legs made from marshmallows?

Yeah.

Ha-ha, ha!

Zak, do you smell like a banana?

Yeah.

Ha-ha, ha-ha!

Oh, what?!

You're not listening to me,

you're more interested in your comic than what I'm saying.

Come on, Zak, Tang and Drum are waiting for us in the glade.

We're going to hear DJ's guest musician.

Oh, yeah!

I love going to the glade.

Oh. But I also love reading my comic.

But we always go to the glade, Zak.

I know, but this comic is brilliant.

It's about Edward the Elephant.

-Every time he sneezes... Achoo!

-Ah!

..he magically disappears and reappears somewhere else.

Today, Edward's gone to the moon.

His friend Leo the Leopard has magic running boots,

-and Leo ran to the moon after Edward!

-Ha-ha!

But, Zak, you can't stay here and read your comic AND go to the glade.

You've got to make a choice.

Um...

Comic or glade?

Comic or glade?

OK, I'll go to the glade.

Hooray!

-I'll finish my comic after we've heard today's musician.

-OK.

Let's go!

Oh, great!

Morning, Todd!

What ARE you doing?

Well, there's nothing left to fix today,

so I thought I'd paint a picture.

What are you painting?

Hmm. Well, that's the problem.

I don't know whether to paint the jungle vines

or the sun in the sky or my cave.

Just can't choose.

Ooh! Maybe I can paint you!

Oh, sorry, Todd. We're on our way to the glade!

If you still haven't chosen by the time we get back,

maybe you could paint me then.

Oh, um... Thank you!

Have fun in the glade!

-Hey!

-Hello, ZingZillas.

I've a real treat for you today.

A stringed instrument with a long neck.

-DRUM:

-Like a giraffe!

Yes, Drum.

And people have been playing this instrument for a long, long time.

It's a very, very old instrument.

Even older than Todd?

-THEY LAUGH

-Oh, yes! Much older.

The instrument has been played for over 700 years!

Wow! Can we listen to it?

Of course.

Let the music begin.

SITAR PLAYS

That instrument is called a sitar.

Ha-ha, ha! Don't you mean guitar?

-No! It's a sitar.

-Oh.

-DRUM:

-Sitar.

That's right, Drum.

A sitar is similar to a guitar,

but has a slightly different sound and shape.

-Wow!

-Listen to my good friend, Jonathan.

ZINGZILLAS CHEER

I love how beautiful it looks,

like a giant pretty earring.

The strings sounded sort of bendy, like they were made of rubber bands.

They twanged and jangled.

And I could hear a low droning sound.

Like a buzzing musical bee!

Sitar Big Zing! Sitar Big Zing!

You're right, Drum.

It's the perfect new sound for The Big Zing.

A sitar Big Zing!

Let's go and write today's song!

ZINGZILLAS CHEER

Ooh, the ZingZillas are in a rush today.

That's why...

TOGETHER: It's coconut number one!

Three more coconuts and it's time for The Big Zing.

They'd better start writing the Big Zing song.

Hey! Maybe we could sing a song about the stories in my comic!

What do you mean?

We could sing about going to the moon!

Or running fast in magic boots!

Fun ideas for song!

-OK. Well, while you choose what to sing about, let's boogie!

-Yay!

THEY JAM

-Um...

-ZAK SIGHS

Oh, your music really helped me think.

I've come up with great ideas for a song.

Tell us!

OK, we could sing about building a spaceship out of coconuts

and flying to the moon!

I love that idea!

Or... Or we could sing about magic boots. When you put them on,

you can run faster than a leopard!

Very fast!

And you could run to the moon!

-They're fantastic ideas for a song, but which one shall we choose?

-Um...

Um...

Oh, we can't decide!

Don't worry, you go off and enjoy yourselves,

I'll stay and finish the words.

Thanks, Zak.

-Come on, let's get some juice down at the Coconut Hut!

-Yeah!

Come on, Drum. Bye, Zak!

Bye-bye!

Have fun!

Oh...

Hi, Todd!

Can we see your painting?

Oh, it's um... not quite finished yet.

Oh. Nothing there.

Oh, OK.

I admit it.

I still haven't chosen what to paint.

Todd, come to Coconut Hut.

Yes, Todd! We're off to the Coconut Hut for a yummy fruit juice.

Why don't you come?

Oh, thanks, but I'm going to stay and try and decide what to paint.

Oh, OK.

Bye-bye.

I'm not sure what to have.

I love the strawberry and seaweed slush,

but I also love pawpaw and papaya pop.

And I can't decide between a pineapple and palm leaf juice

or a guava smoothie.

Banana crush.

At least Drum's chosen hers.

# One banana crush

# And for you? #

I'll have pawpaw and papaya pop.

Oh, no.

# Ohhh... #

Um, strawberry and seaweed slush.

-BEACH BYRDS CHIRRUP

-Or do I want a satsuma slurp?

Make your mind up, Tang.

I'm having a pineapple and palm leaf juice. No, wait...

I'll have a guava smoothie. No. Oh...

I don't know, either!

BOTH: We can't choose!

Oh, I can't choose what to sing about.

Flying to the moon. That song would be out of this world!

Magic boots? That would be a fast and funny song.

They're both great ideas. What do you think, Yapple?

I know! If I head to the glade and listen to the sitar again,

that'll help me decide on the words for a song!

Ah, brilliant.

Oh, wow! You've painted a snowball! Oh, great!

-What? No!

-Ah-ah! Don't tell me! It's a cloud!

No. It's not a cloud OR a snowball.

Oh, Zak. I've been here all day trying to decide what to paint.

But I can't choose. I was about to come and ask you to pose for me.

You want to paint me?

I would be a great subject for a painting.

I mean, who wouldn't... want a picture of me -

the lead ZingZilla singer? Of course I'll pose for you.

Wonderful! Now, I need you to stand just there.

Don't move a hair.

No, no. No moving, please!

Oh, dear. It looks like Zak's forgotten about the song!

He's more interested in being in Todd's painting.

Oh, and there goes another coconut. It's...

BOTH: Coconut number two!

Only two more coconuts to go. The Big Zing's getting closer!

There won't be a Big Zing if there's no song!

Zak's too busy posing, and Tang and Panzee haven't chosen their drinks!

Drum finished. Go help Zak with song.

We'll meet you when we've chosen our drinks.

-And drunk them.

-OK. Bye-bye.

OK, I've made up my mind.

Can I have...

# Yes? Yes? Yes? #

..a few more minutes to decide?

Oh.

-Hi, Drum.

-Don't move.

-Big Zing song?

-Oh, no! I forgot all about The Big Zing.

-Zak!

I couldn't choose between

an exciting song about flying to the moon

or a fast and funny song about magic boots.

-Uh-oh!

-Oh, Zak, where are you going?

I'm sorry, Todd, but I really need to go to the glade

to help me write the words for today's Big Zing.

But, Zak, I really need you to stay here so I can finish the painting.

I've got a lot of fixing tomorrow, so I have to finish the painting today.

Oh... Now I really don't know what to do.

A-a-a-ahem.

Paint Drum instead.

-But I've already started painting Zak.

-It'd really help me out, Todd.

-OK.

-Yay!

-Thanks!

-Yes, thank you, Drum. you've saved the day.

Hm. There's the sitar, but no-one to play it.

Hey, Zak. Jonathan is taking a nap before The Big Zing.

Oh, no!

I was hoping the sitar music would help me write words for the song.

Why don't you ask Tang and Panzee to help you?

After all, three heads are better than one.

-Great idea!

-Marvellous. If you go back to the clubhouse,

-I'll tell Tang and Panzee to join you.

-Thanks, DJ.

I think we're ready to order.

There's no time for juice, my friends.

Oh, well we've only just chosen what to drink.

Zak needs your help to write the words for The Big Zing.

He still hasn't written it, then?

-He can't decide what to write about.

-We'd better help him, quick!

-Yeah!

# Oi! #

Oh, Granite. I hope the ZingZillas write their words soon.

-It's...

-BOTH: Coconut number three!

Only one more before The Big Zing!

-Zak!

-Stay still, young Drum.

BOTH: Hi, Zak!

Oh, hi. I'm glad you're here. I can't choose what to write about.

-Uh-oh!

-I've found it impossible to choose whether to write

a song about magic boots or a trip to the moon.

-We found it hard making a choice, too.

-Yes!

-We took

-so

-long choosing our juices, we had to leave before drinking them!

I'm still really thirsty!

Drum have banana crush. Mm!

You're not the only ones who found it hard to make a choice.

Look.

Wow!

I couldn't choose, so I put a bit of Zak and a bit of Drum in my picture.

It's, er, Dak or Zrum.

THEY LAUGH

Sometimes, it's very hard to make a choice, isn't it?

Yes!

I've got it! We can sing about how hard it is to make a choice!

-Write song now!

-We will, Drum.

That's been the easiest choice all day!

It looks like they've chosen their song just in time.

That can only mean one thing.

BOTH: It's the last coconu-u-u-ut!

ALL: It's time for The Big Zing!

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It's that time of the day when we like to say,

it's Big Zing time!

So take it away.

-Hello, everybody!

-ALL: Hello!

Oh, it took us a long time to decide what to sing about today.

We finally decided on a song about choices!

And to join us is our special guest, Jonathan Mayer, playing the sitar!

# Do I sing about the spaceship Or the magical boots?

# Paint the jungle Or the sun in the sky?

# Do I order guava smoothie Or a pineapple juice?

# Well, sometimes it's so hard to decide

# You've just got to make that choice

# So stand up and find your voice

# Say what you feel inside What will you decide?

# There's nothing for you to lose It's not what you got to choose

# Say what you feel inside What will you decide?

# Oh, yeah

# You've just got to make that choice

# So stand up and find your voice

# Say what you feel inside What will you decide?

# There's nothing for you to lose It's not what you got to choose

# Say what you feel inside What will you decide?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

ALL: That was the best Big Zing ever!

What shall we have for breakfast tomorrow?

I'm going to have grapefruit.

Mango!

Zak, what would YOU like?

Er...I can't choose.

THEY LAUGH

Night, Todd.

Goodnight, ZingZillas.

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