[whimsical music]
[gasp]
- Oh!
[giggling]
♪ Dancing through spring time flowers ♪
♪ and rays of summer sun.
♪ Catching wet snowflakes on your nose! ♪
♪ Running through autumn leaves ♪
♪ that float from trees on high ♪
♪ with a love that is bigger than the sky! ♪
♪ Guess how much I love you.
♪ Guess how much I love you!
♪ Guess how much I love you.
♪ Guess how much I love you!
♪ Guess how much I love you.
- [Little Nutbrown Hare] Feather Your Nest
- [Narrator] One morning, Little Nutbrown Hare
and his father Big Nutbrown Hare,
were out discovering the sweet smelling spring flowers.
[inhale]
- Ahh. What a lovely smell.
- Oh?
[inhale]
Lovely.
[gasp]
Look at this feather, Little Nutbrown hare.
- It's beautiful!
It's so soft! And so many colors!
This is my special feather.
Thank you Big Nutbrown Hare!
- [chuckles] You're welcome.
- I'm going to show it to Little Field Mouse.
[whimsical music]
Little Field Mouse!
I've got something to show you!
[pants]
Where are you? That's strange.
She said she would be here.
Are you hiding?
Huh? Hmm.
[pants]
Where are you Little Field Mouse?
- Here I am!
[laughter]
- Little Field Mouse!
Look at my special feather.
- It's so beautiful!
Oh. Its flying [laughs]
- Follow it!
[playful music] [laughter]
- [grunts] Got it!
- [laughs] I wonder what else it can do.
[gentle music]
Look! It floats!
- Wow! That's amazing!
- [Little Field Mouse] Oh no! Its floating down the river!
- How will we get it back?
[harp strum] [water splash]
- [Little Nutbrown Hare] Yay! - [Little Field Mouse] Woohoo!
- Oh thank you Otter!
[laughs]
- Oh, its all wet! We better dry it.
[blowing] [laughs]
Thank you Otter!
- Your welcome. [laugh]
- Oh look! It draws too!
- Can I have a turn?
- Of course.
[whimsical music]
- Ta da!
- Oh! You drew a feather.
- Not as special as yours though.
[giggles]
[birds chirping] [snoring]
[grass rustling] [giggling]
- Shh! [laughs]
[sneaky music]
[piano trill] [laughter]
[piano trill]
[groans] [laughter]
[playful music]
- Did you see his ear?
[laughter]
- And his nose!
Your feather tickles too!
[laughing]
[groans] [gasps]
[harp music]
- Oh no!
[gasps]
[playful music]
- Yay!
We might have lost it!
- Thank you. My special feather!
- Touch your nose Little Nutbrown Hare!
- Do you want me to make a promise?
- Yes! A promise to look after your special feather!
- I promise!
- Now, you have to hop to that tree and back!
[laughing] [grunting]
- My feather!
My special feather!
[panting] Come back Little Red Bird!
[whimsical music] [panting]
Little Red Bird!
Please give me back my feather!
- The bird can't hear you Little Nutbrown Hare,
its too high up!
- My special feather is gone.
- I know! We may not be able to climb the tree
and ask for your feather back,
but I know who can!
[panting] [playful music]
- Wait for me! [panting]
[whimsical music]
- Its up there little gray squirrel!
- What does your feather look like Little Nutbrown Hare?
- Its big and soft.
- And very colorful!
- With spots!
- Its very special!
- I won't be long!
- I'm going to get my feather back!
I'm going to get my feather back!
- Yay! Feather back! Feather back!
- I'm going to get my feather back!
- Hello, what's going on?
[laughter] - Hello Little Redwood Fox!
[piano trills]
- Oh, there are lots of feathers.
I wonder if Little Nutbrown Hare's
special feather is here.
[triumphant music] - There it is!
Its big, soft, colorful, and spotted!
- Hello?
Little Red Bird!
Anybody home? Hmm.
Hello?
- Little Nutbrown Hare's special feather can fly!
- And it can float!
- And it can draw!
- Oh!
- And it can tickle!
[giggles]
- It sounds like a very special feather!
[giggling]
- Little Gray Squirrel!
- Where's my feather?
- Well there were quite a lot of feathers up there.
- Yes?
- Including yours.
- Yes?
- I knew it was yours because it was big,
and soft, and colorful.
- And spotty! Yes! Yes!
- But I don't have it.
- You don't?
- You see, the Little Red Bird wasn't there.
I couldn't take the feather when no one was home!
- Of course, you couldn't do that!
- But will I ever see my special feather again?
[sighs]
- Did you say there were other feathers up there?
- Yes!
- Then I have an idea!
- Oh!
- If Little Red Bird loves feathers,
she's sure to come and take this one!
- Oh!
- And when she does, you ask her for
Little Nutbrown Hare's very special feather back.
- That's a great idea!
Where's Little Red Bird?
- She'll be along soon, we must sit and wait.
- How long do we wait for?
- And we must be quiet.
- Oh.
[pensive music]
- Have we waited enough yet?
[pensive music]
[flute trill]
[groans]
[bird chirping] [excited music]
[gasps]
- Little Red Bird!
- Its Bluebird, not Little Red Bird!
- What are you doing with that feather?
- I'm building my nest with it.
- Your nest?
- That's what we birds do in spring.
We make nests to lay our eggs in
and feathers make the nest so soft and warm!
- Like a soft, warm bed for the eggs?
- Yes, soft and warm.
- That's sounds very nice!
- Yes, that would be good.
- Cozy and comfy!
- Eggs need to be look after!
- There's a bird that's just finished building her nest!
See?
[excited music]
- That's where my special feather is,
in Little Red Bird's nest.
- She made a bed for her little eggs!
- And when the eggs hatch
it'll be a warm bed for her chicks
- That's wonderful!
- What a lovely bed! - Soft and warm!
- But, did you say it was your special feather?
- Oh yes!
Its big, soft, colorful, and spotty!
- Then I'll go up and ask the Little Red Bird for it back.
I'm sure she won't mind.
- No, please don't!
Little Red Bird can keep my special feather.
It's for her and her family, I don't need it back.
- Oh, that's very kind of you.
I must get busy now, goodbye everyone!
- Bye! - Thank you Bluebird!
[flute trill] [whimsical music]
- [Narrator] That afternoon,
Little Nutbrown Hare was feeling as happy,
and proud, and excited, as could be.
- Ah! Here's a big hug, and I don't need it back!
[chuckles]
- Why?
[laughing]
- Remember my special feather?
The one that could fly, and float, and draw!
- Don't forget tickle! [chuckles]
[laughs]
- Well, this Little Red Bird
took it and used it to build her nest.
- And you let her keep it?
- Yes! And now its even more special,
because it can make baby birds feel
soft, and cozy, and warm.
- That is special.
- Guess how much I love you!
- Hmm. As much as the special feather?
- As much as all the feathers in all the nests in the woods,
and all the chicks they keep warm.
[sighs] - Oh look!
[sighs] [gentle music]
[playful music]
[dog barks]