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  • Hello, I'm Lucy. I live at 64 Zoo Lane and I have very special neighbours. Look!

  • # There's one with a hump, # # one who can jump, #

  • # and one who is plump #

  • # 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane #

  • # Some like it hot, some like it chilly, #

  • # some like it silly #

  • # 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane #

  • # Some are friendly, # # some are scary #

  • # But not one is ordinary #

  • # 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane #

  • # Some are spotty, # some are stripy #

  • # Prickly...woolly...furry...slimy #

  • # Some are quite big, # # some are small #

  • # And the last one's Georgina, # # who's incredibly tall #

  • # 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane # 64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane. #

  • Bedtime, Lucy!

  • OK, Mum.

  • - Hello, Georgina. - Hi, Lucy.

  • Would you like a SPECIAL slide down tonight?

  • - Oh, yes, please. - Here we go!

  • Whee-ee-ee! Yippee!

  • Yeah! Yeah!!

  • ALL: Hi, Lucy! Great. You're so clever, Georgina!

  • I wish MY neck was bendy like yours.

  • Ah... Ouch! Oww! Careful, Lucy. You'll hurt yourself.

  • I s'pose you have to be a giraffe to do these tricks.

  • Even giraffes have to be careful.

  • Remember when Georgina... WHISPERING

  • ..Yes. That was REALLY silly.

  • What was? WHISPERS AND GIGGLES

  • MORE than just silly.

  • - That was SERIOUSLY stupid. - What ARE they talking about?

  • Well... WHISPERING

  • NELSON: Enough secret whispers.

  • I think Georgina should tell her story out loud so everyone hears.

  • Oh-h... All right, then.

  • When I lived in Africa, I learned to do all sorts of tricks with my

  • long neck.

  • - IN OPERATIC STYLE: - # La-la-la! La-a, la-la-la...! #

  • Bravo! Bravo!

  • All the animals were VERY impressed with my many talents.

  • I was a real star.

  • "Come to the Georgina Giraffe Show today at noon,

  • "near the Blue Mountain."

  • Let's tell everyone! Yeah!

  • WHISPERING A GIRAFFE show?!

  • - HUSHED TONES - Today, at noon?

  • WHISPERING

  • Near the Blue Mountain?

  • WHISPERING

  • Really?! I must tell EVERYONE!

  • There's a giraffe show. Today, at noon, near the Blue Mountain.

  • - GIGGLES AND TICKLES LAUGHING AT EACH OTHER - We know!

  • GIGGLES AND TICKLES CONTINUED

  • Welcome, everyone! Welcome!

  • Thank you all for coming to...

  • My show, starring...ME - Georgina Giraffe.

  • # I am tall, very tall #

  • # I'm much taller than you all #

  • # I can stretch to the treetops #

  • # I can nibble all the leaves off #

  • # I can reach very high #

  • # To the clouds in the sky #

  • # It's a thrill, it's such fun When I play with the su-un...! #

  • - Ouch! It's hot! - Ouch!

  • # I'm a star, I'm unique #

  • # Just look at my physique #

  • # I'm a first-class acrobat #

  • # But I guess you all know that. #

  • And now for the grand finale.

  • # Look at me, can't you see? #

  • # I am pretty, I am witty, #

  • # I'm Georgina, ballerina #

  • # Prima donna, concertina #

  • # I'm so clever, I'm the best #

  • # I'm much better tha-a-an the rest! La-la-la-la-la! ?

  • # La-la-la-la-la La-la-la... #

  • GEORGINA TIED HER NECK IN A KNOT

  • - ALL ANIMALS LAUGHS - It's Not funny.

  • Yes, it is.

  • # We just laugh and laugh and laugh #

  • # Cos you are a daft giraffe! #

  • Serves you right for being such a show-off.

  • Stop it, everyone. Can't you see Georgina's hurt herself?

  • Are you all right?

  • I, I didn't mean what I said about being better than the rest.

  • - I'm sorry. - Don't worry, I'll fix it.

  • Oww! Ouch!

  • Not like that, silly. You're making it worse.

  • Let me try.

  • Ow-w-w...! Ohhh...

  • Maybe some tickles will loosen the knot.

  • - GEORGINA LAUGHS - Oh, no...!

  • Ohh... Ohh... Ohh...

  • Has anyone got any GOOD ideas? Let's think.

  • - Hmm... - Hmm... I know.

  • We could take Georgina to our Uncle, Gordon.

  • - Your Uncle Gordon? - Our Uncle, Gordon is a doctor.

  • And he knows all about knots.

  • So Giggles and Tickles took me to their Uncle Gordon

  • who lived far away, on the other side of the Blue Mountain.

  • Lots of animals were waiting to see Doctor Gordon.

  • - What's happened to you? - I was trying to catch a fly.

  • Me, too! Anyway, we both tried to catch the same fly

  • and we got our trunks into a bit of a knot. And the fly got away!

  • Ahh... Ahh...

  • GEORGINA SNEEZES AT TWO ELEPHANTS

  • Hey, the knot's gone. We can go home now. Bye!

  • We had to wait for a long, long time. Until, finally...

  • Next, please.

  • - Hi, Uncle Gordon! - Giggles! Tickles! What a surprise!

  • We brought our friend Georgina. She's not very well.

  • - She's got a knot. - A knot? You've come to the right place.

  • Now, let's see what the knot book says. ..Is it a TWIST knot?

  • ..Not.

  • Or perhaps a flip-flop slipknot.

  • Or could it be a nutty, naughty knot knotty knot knot knot?

  • Not.

  • Hmm... Can you remember what you were doing

  • - when you got this knot? - I was singing, ? La-la-la-la! ?

  • -And showing off. -Ah, Ha-ha! I see.

  • It's a big show-off knot.

  • Ah, Don't worry. All you have to do is sing the song again,

  • but, this time, backwards. - But what's "La, la, la, la, la" backwards?

  • Um... Here it says, "La, la, la" backwards is "Al, al, al".

  • So that's what you have to sing.

  • Oh. Well, I'll try.

  • COUGHS

  • # Al, al, al, al. al, al... #

  • This way, Georgina. Through here.

  • GEORGINA CONTINUES SINGING IN REVERSE

  • Hooray!

  • Thank you VERY much, Doctor Gordon! - You're the best!

  • Later that day, we returned to the savannah.

  • GEORGINA LAUGHS

  • The animals were SO kind.

  • They put a show on to cheer me up.

  • That's when I realised everyone has a special talent. Good night, Lucy.

  • Sleep well!

Hello, I'm Lucy. I live at 64 Zoo Lane and I have very special neighbours. Look!

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