There is planet earth, our home.
But, of course, it isn't only OUR home.
Lots of other creatures live here, too.
From huge blue whales
to things so small they can fit on the end of a pin.
There are some creatures we don't have names for,
and have never even seen,
and if we were to travel off into the vast emptiness we call space,
perhaps we would find other creatures.
Creatures so strange,
that at first we may not even think they were living at all.
Ah, well, we know what these are.
These are Clangers.
Wee-oo-ee wee-oo.
And they're playing catch with a ball of Granny Clanger's wool.
I think Small is going for a really big throw.
A really, REALLY big throw.
Oo-ee!
Oops! They won't get that back again.
Woo-oo waa-waa doo-daa-daa-daa.
Small will just have to get another ball.
Wee-oo!
Hold on a minute.
Wee-oo! Tiny Clanger's seen something.
Wow, it's another ball.
A strange, silver ball.
Waa-do-woo wee-daa-daa waa-wee.
Small's going to go and have a look.
Wee-woo da-da woo-woo.
Of course, he's going to go up in the music boat.
SOFT MUSIC PLAYS
There it is.
There. He's got it.
Woo-oo.
Wee-woo. Wee-ee-ee.
Woo wee.
SOFT MUSIC PLAYS
Wee-woo-oo wee-woo-oo wee.
Wee-oo-ee wee-oo-ee.
Dee-doo doo.
Dee doo-doo wee!
Well, it seems to be a very good ball for playing catch.
Oh!
A hole-in-one. Oh, I don't think Small meant to do that.
BALL CHIMES
Oh, it makes a noise.
And it glows.
Woo wa woo?
There's Major Clanger. Woo waa-waa woo?
Major Clanger wants to know what that noise was.
Waa woo?
# Doo daa waa. #
Doo-daa-doo dee-dee waa-waa waa-wee-wee-waa.
Tiny and Small don't know anything about a noise.
They were just playing with a ball they found.
Daa woo-woo.
Wee-waa-waa waa-woo. Waa.
Here it is, Major. Catch.
BALL CHIMES
Ooo!
BALL CHIMES
Woo, daa-daa!
Wee-woo waa-waa woo-woo waa-wee.
Yes. It glows and makes a noise when it bounces against something.
BALL CHIMES
What fun!
Wee woo-woo woo-woo. Wee woo-woo woo-woo.
Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo.
Hmph. Major thinks the ball's fun,
but he's got far more important things to do.
BALL CHIMES
Bra-ra-ra ra-ra-ra-ra.
Hra-ra ra-ra?
Baby Soup Dragon wants to know what they're playing with.
Ee-oo-oo aa-ee-aa.
They don't know what it is, but it's fun to throw around.
Bla-bla la-la-la-la hra-hra.
BALL CHIMES
Hmm. Where's it bounced off to now?
BALL CHIMES
It's bounced all the way to Mother Clanger in her garden.
Oo ee?
Ee oo oo. Ee oo oo.
Ee ii oo?
Ee oo oo. Ee oo oo.
Mother wants to know what it is and where it's from.
But Tiny and Small don't know.
Ee oo.
BALL CHIMES
All they know is it's fun to play with.
Ee oo ee.
Oo oo aa ee oo. Oo oo aa ee oo. Woo woo waa waa ee oo.
Mother says that, if they don't know what it is, or where it's from,
then they should treat it with kindness.
Woo oo ee ee wee wee waa waa.
It might not be just a ball.
It might be a living thing from space, like them.
Woo waa woo. Hra-rra gra-gra.
Woo oo oo.
Hra-ra gra.
Sorry, ball.
BALL CHIMES
Wee hee!
Woo ee, ee oo ee aa oo.
You see? It understands. It is a living thing.
Oo ee?
Here's Granny Clanger. She wants to know what they've found.
Ee ee aa woo-oo-oo.
Wee-oo ee-ee-oo-oo.
Really? Granny has seen these things before?
They ARE living things, just like hoots are.
Oo aa ee-ee?
She wants to know where its friends are.
Wee oo ee oo.
Wee woo. Oo-oo ee.
BALL CHIMES
Oo oo ee ee ee.
Granny wants to know if the ball's friends are here.
Woo-wee-woo! Woo-wee-woo!
It seems the ball understands what Granny is saying...
Oo oo ee ee. Wee-woo.
..and wants the Clangers to follow it.
They're off outside, to see if there are any more balls there.
RATTLE BALL CHIMES
Woo oo.
Oh, look! Granny was right.
There are more balls in the sky.
Woo oo ee aa! Woo oo ee aa! Hra-hra-hra-hra!
Ee ee oo aa.
Granny says they must be waiting for their friend.
Ee ee oo. Ee ee oo.
Yes. Throw the ball up, Small.
Well done. Well done, Small.
BALLS CHIME
Oh.
That ball makes a different noise, and it glows a different colour.
And so do the others.
Hoo-oo! Hoo-oo! Hra-hra!
BALLS CHIME
What a lovely sound.
Wee-oo. Ee-oo ee-oo.
BALLS PLAY A TUNE
Tiny wants to join in.
TREES PLAY ALONG
I think the balls rather like the music from the music trees.
And now they're all playing together.
Well, there you are. Some things aren't always what they seem.
The universe is full of surprises.
That ball is certainly not a toy to throw around.
It is a living thing, that loves to play music with its friends.
And with its new friends, too. The Clangers.
ALL: Oo-aa!