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The Flumps
Episodes 9-13
Lend a Hand:- Includes the "Hands" Song.
Mother Flump is baking in the kitchen and asks Pootle for ahand. She is very pleased with the help he gives her. He then goes and helpsGrandfather Flump with the polishing of his Flumpet. Grandfather Flump showshim some tricks with some cards. Pootle goes off to see if anyone else needs ahand or two. Father Flump is sanding down some wood. He is not really able tohelp as Father Flump is doing tricky work. Pootle then goes and helps Posie butgets all tangled up in Posie's wool.
Pootle goes and watches Perkin who is busy planting in thegarden. He helps with some potting. Grandfather Flump arrives to offer somehelp as well. Pootle finds that he is a little tired after all the morning'swork. He goes and plays with Posie, before going in for some nice freshly bakedjam tarts.
Quiet Please:- Includes the "Flowerpot" music played bythe Flumps.
It was a very noisy morning at the Flumps. Father Flump wasbusy cutting wood. Pootle was busy walking on squeaky creaky floor boards.Grandfather Flump is playing the Flumpet rather loudly. Posie and Perkin areplaying snap with a pack of cards. Only Mother Flump is being quiet and shetells everyone that she has a headache. Father Flump suggests a rest in hiscomfy chair whilst he goes and makes her a cup of herb tea. The other Flumpsall promise to be quiet in order to let Mother Flump rest. Just as Mother Flumpsettles down, Father Flump wakes her up by pouring water into the kettle. Thecreaky floorboards walked on by Pootle, awaken Mother Flump again. Pootle sayshe is sorry and the children leave the room.
Posie shows Pootle a book about animals and the noisesthey make. Mother Flump eventually comes into the room. She has had a good restand her headache has gone much to the delight of the other Flumps. Father Flumpand Grandfather Flump decide to fix the squeaky floorboards.
Grandfather's Birthday:- Includes the "No one hasremembered my Birthday" Song.
Grandfather Flump got up rather late today. He is the lastto finish breakfast. He suddenly remembers that it is his birthday today. Thereare no presents, no cards and no one has wished him a happy birthday yet.Everyone must have forgotten him. He decides to go and jog their memories.Mother Flump is in the kitchen and Grandfather Flump tries to find out if sheis baking anything special. Mother Flump avoids the question and gives him theimpression that she does not know what today is apart from being tomato soupday. He goes away and finds Perkin. Perkin is making a picture for GrandfatherFlump. Posie sees him coming and quickly takes the picture away. GrandfatherFlump tries to see if Perkin has remembered but goes away disappointed. He nextfinds Posie, Father Flump and Pootle but none of them give the game away. Hasno one remembered his birthday?
Grandfather Flump goes outside and believes everyone hasforgotten his birthday. He is really sad and is feeling sorry for himself.Pootle and Posie eventually come out and bring Grandfather Flump in. A surpriseparty is waiting inside for him. He is overjoyed and so pleased that they allremembered.
What a Carrot:- Includes the "The Dreaded Blight"Song.
The plants in the Flump's allotment are not growing verywell. Father Flump and Grandfather Flump are very perplexed as to the reasonwhy. They all decide to get their morning break (seed cake slices). MotherFlump reads them a poem about a great gardener called Uncle Weatherby. Hisgarden was superb but he always wanted to grow plants that would not normallygrow. Posie suggests that they talk to the plants in order to encourage them togrow. Perkin does the talking, whilst Pootle pretends to be a rain cloud whilstPosie pretends to be the sun.
Grandfather Flump finds that the plants will not growbecause of "The Blight." The book gives them a method of dealing with thedreaded blight. The potion works a treat and all the vegetables are splendid.One vegetable, the carrot, however, has not made an appearance so Father Flumptries out his new potion on the carrot plant. Some days later Pootle remembersthe carrot and so tries to pull it up. Pootle cannot, so Perkin has a go. Hefails and so everyone pulls together and eventually the biggest carrot you eversaw comes out of the ground.
Where's Grandfather:- Includes the "Where isGrandfather" Song.
Mother Flump is Spring cleaning the family home. Everywhereshe looks, she finds things the children have lost. She decides to start a lostproperty box. Father Flump arrives in the room. He has a sore throat and seemto be losing his voice. Pootle suggests that he looks for it in the lostproperty box. Mother Flump has some medicine that will make him feel better.Grandfather Flump has lost his glasses, they are actually on the back of hishead but he does not know they are there. Grandfather Flump gets everyone mixedup when he cannot see who they are. Posie can see the glasses and so canPerkin. Pootle finally tells Grandfather Flump where they are. The childrendecide to play hunt the thimble. Pootle hides it and Posie and Perkin searchfor it. Pootle has hidden the thimble on his hat and eventually Posie spots it.
Perkin is not happy and so decides that they should playhide and seek. Posie counts to twenty whilst Pootle and Perkin hide. Shereaches twenty and then goes off in search of them. It is not very easy to findthem and she is about to give up when she sees them behind the wall. The boysthen count to twenty whilst Posie hides. Perkin and Pootle cannot find her.Eventually she turns up when Mother Flump arrives looking for GrandfatherFlump. It is tea time and the bread pudding will get cold if he does not hurryup. The children go and hunt for Grandfather Flump. They search everywhere butcannot find a trace of him. The children stumble across a newspaper, apolishing cloth and then they find the Flumpet. These are all clues as to whereGrandfather Flump is. Suddenly they can hear the sound of snoring from someonein the workshop. Inside they find Grandfather Flump having forty winks. Perkinshouts that it is teatime and Grandfather Flump wakes in an instant. they allhead in for tea with hot bread pudding.
So ends another true gem of a childrens television program.Comments, thoughts, corrections, suggestions can be made to the usualaddress.
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