1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: That morning. The sky was a clean blue, with a 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,639 few little clouds drifting slowly like boats on the sea. 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,880 A playful little breeze was blowing, the kind that messes 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,399 up your hair and makes you giggle. Ziggy, Lily, Sky, 5 00:00:17,719 --> 00:00:20,960 and Dash were in the garden, sitting on the grass, 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,679 building kites out of the biggest leaves they could find. 7 00:00:25,839 --> 00:00:29,760 Look at mine, said Ziggy, holding up a leaf tied 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,000 to a blade of grass. It almost flies by itself. 9 00:00:35,359 --> 00:00:39,560 Mine is prettier, said Lily, who was strong and never 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:46,200 gave up. It has three leaves stuck on Sky quiet 11 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,320 as always, stroked her leaf with one finger as if 12 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:54,920 it were a sleeping butterfly. Dash, on the other hand, 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,320 ran back and forth, making his kite flutter, and every 14 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:03,240 now and then he tripped and rolled on the grass Laughing. 15 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:10,079 Around them trotted Ziggy's four cats. Sophia, the little black cat, 16 00:01:10,359 --> 00:01:16,040 purred against his legs, Dora, the brave tabby cat, swiped 17 00:01:16,079 --> 00:01:21,200 at the air to catch the leaves. Poldo, big and heavy, 18 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:27,120 just sat and watched, too comfy to move. And Milo, 19 00:01:27,599 --> 00:01:31,319 tall and quick now and then made a huge jump 20 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,879 to catch a kite in the air. It was right 21 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:41,640 then that they heard a familiar sound, chew, chew. From 22 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:46,480 behind the hedge came Toby the magic train, all colorful 23 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:50,599 with smoke puffing out of his chimney in little clouds. 24 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:55,879 He whistled happily and stopped next to the children. Then, 25 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,719 as always, he spoke in rhyme, good morning, children, what 26 00:02:01,879 --> 00:02:06,560 a breezy day to day we fly, so hop aboard 27 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,639 and stay up in the clouds. I'll take you fast 28 00:02:10,719 --> 00:02:14,599 and free. A trembling friend is waiting there to see. 29 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:21,159 The children clapped their hands. A trembling friend up in 30 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:26,400 the clouds. What could that mean? Let's go, Let's go, 31 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,280 cried Ziggy, and in a flash they were all on 32 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,840 the train, cats and all. Poldo had to be pushed 33 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:38,000 a little by Milo because he didn't feel like moving. 34 00:02:39,439 --> 00:02:43,680 Toby whistled again and set off, but instead of going 35 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:49,360 along the tracks, he went up up high into the clouds. 36 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,719 His wheels turned in the air, as if by magic. 37 00:02:53,879 --> 00:02:58,319 The children looked down, the garden grew smaller and smaller, 38 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:04,360 then disappeared completely under a carpet of soft clouds. When 39 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,599 the train stopped, the children climbed down and stood with 40 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,199 their mouths wide open. They had arrived in the cloud 41 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:18,759 flower garden, a garden floating among the clouds. There were 42 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,400 flower beds made of soft cloud trees that swayed in 43 00:03:23,439 --> 00:03:27,840 the wind with leaves of cotton candy, and all around 44 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:33,159 a fence made of rainbow. The sun shone bright and 45 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:38,479 warmed their cheeks like a warm hug. Far far away, 46 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,520 you could hear a thunder storm grumbling softly, like a 47 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:49,520 hungry tummy, rumble, rumble, But it was so far off 48 00:03:49,879 --> 00:03:55,199 that it was almost funny. How wonderful, said Sky, her 49 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,960 eyes shining. Ziggy did a somersault right onto a cloud 50 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,879 flower bed and sank in like a giant pillow. It's 51 00:04:04,919 --> 00:04:09,240 all soft, Come on. But just as they were jumping 52 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:13,639 and rolling, they heard a strange noise. It came from 53 00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:19,839 behind a cloud bush, a noise that went shake, shake, shake. 54 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,720 The cats pricked up their ears. Dora, brave as ever, 55 00:04:26,079 --> 00:04:31,360 went first. Behind the bush was a checkered blanket, all 56 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:36,959 curled up on itself, trembling like a jelly. Oh, said Lily, 57 00:04:37,639 --> 00:04:43,360 a trembling blanket. The blanket squeezed itself even tighter. Duh, 58 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:48,160 don't look at me, it said, in a shy little voice. 59 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:54,600 I'm terribly scared. The children came closer, slowly so they 60 00:04:54,600 --> 00:05:00,319 wouldn't frighten it. Hello, said Sky in her sweet voice. 61 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:06,800 I'm Sky, Who are you? The blanket lifted one corner, 62 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,839 like some one peeking out from under the sheets. I'm 63 00:05:11,879 --> 00:05:16,199 the flying Blanket. At night, I fly up in the 64 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,000 sky to tuck in the stars so they don't get cold. 65 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:31,040 But but last night something terrible happened. What happened, asked Ziggy, curious. 66 00:05:31,439 --> 00:05:35,759 The blanket pointed up with a little corner. Look at 67 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:41,680 the stars. They've all gotten messy. The children looked up. 68 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,439 Even though it was daytime, among the clouds, you could 69 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:51,279 still see a few pale little stars, and sure enough 70 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:56,120 they were all scattered about, mixed up with no order 71 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:01,720 at all. Usually the stars make luve lovely pictures, the 72 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:07,759 blanket explained, there are shapes, the little bear, the spoon, 73 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:14,240 the butterfly. But last night that playful little breeze came 74 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:20,560 along and mixed them all up. Now the pictures are gone, 75 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:23,439 and I should go up there to put them back. 76 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:30,160 But I'm too scared. It's so high up. What if 77 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:37,519 I fall? And it started to tremble again? Shake, Shake, Shake, 78 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:44,920 Sky sat down beside it and stroked one corner. Don't cry, 79 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,040 We'll help you. Meanwhile, Ziggy was looking at the sky 80 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:56,000 and inside his head something started to turn. He stared 81 00:06:56,079 --> 00:07:01,879 at the scattered stars, frowned, scratched his head, and then 82 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,600 all of a sudden, a little light lit up in 83 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:11,439 his eyes. Aha, he shouted, jumping to his feet. I 84 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,759 have an idea. The stars are like the dots in 85 00:07:15,839 --> 00:07:18,639 that game, you know, the one where you join the 86 00:07:18,639 --> 00:07:22,079 dots with a pencil and a picture comes out. We 87 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:24,759 just have to line them up in the right order 88 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:30,000 and the pictures come back. But they're way up high, 89 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:34,879 said Lily. How do we get there? Ziggy looked at 90 00:07:34,879 --> 00:07:38,879 the soft clouds, one on top of the other, rising 91 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:44,920 toward the sky like big white steps. We'll climb. The 92 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,399 clouds are soft. We can jump from one to the other, 93 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:53,959 like on a bouncy castle. Dash jumped for joy. How 94 00:07:54,079 --> 00:08:01,519 fun I'll race milow. But the blanket trembled again. I 95 00:08:01,519 --> 00:08:05,360 I can't do it. I'm too scared to fly so 96 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:12,199 high up and here Ziggy did something important. He sat 97 00:08:12,279 --> 00:08:15,959 down next to the blanket and said, you know what, 98 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,920 I'm a little scared too. See my knees are shaking 99 00:08:21,959 --> 00:08:26,120 a bit, and he showed his legs going wobble wobble. 100 00:08:27,399 --> 00:08:32,279 But you can face fear anyway. Being brave isn't having 101 00:08:32,399 --> 00:08:38,240 no fear. Being brave is being scared and trying anyway. 102 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:44,879 And besides, you're not alone. We're here with you. The 103 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:51,559 blanket looked at him. Would you really be scared too, really, 104 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,080 said Ziggy. But let's go one little step at a time, 105 00:08:57,039 --> 00:09:02,519 small steps Okay. The blanket thought about it, then nodded 106 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:08,240 with its little corner. Ok One little step at a time, 107 00:09:09,639 --> 00:09:14,720 and so the great climb began. Ziggy jumped first from 108 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:19,159 one cloud to the next, doing somersaults and landing soft. 109 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,080 Come on, Blanket, hold my corner. The blanket reached out 110 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:28,840 a trembling corner and Ziggy grabbed it. Together they climbed 111 00:09:28,879 --> 00:09:33,480 onto the first cloud. The blanket closed its eyes, then 112 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:41,559 opened them again. Oh nobody fell, I did it wonderful, 113 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:47,919 cried Sky from the low. They climbed higher. Lily never 114 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,480 gave up and always found just the right cloud to 115 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,799 plant her feet on. Dash and Milo raced to see 116 00:09:55,879 --> 00:09:58,879 who could jump the highest, and every now and then 117 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:03,399 Dash ended on his bottom with a soft poof that 118 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:08,960 made everyone laugh. Poldo, the big One, stayed down below 119 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,639 to stand guard with Sophia, because climbing really wasn't for him. 120 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:19,879 The higher they climbed, the closer the stars got. They 121 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:26,080 were cold and bright, big as snowballs that sparkled. Ziggy 122 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:30,919 took one in his hand. Now, he said, we have 123 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,559 to remember the pictures. The blanket tells us where each 124 00:10:34,639 --> 00:10:39,440 star goes, and we put them back in line. The blanket, 125 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:43,519 which by now felt braver, looked at the sky and 126 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:48,840 began giving instructions. That one goes more to the left, 127 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,080 that one up high, that other one near the moon. 128 00:10:55,279 --> 00:10:59,879 And then it became a dance. Ziggy tossed the stars 129 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,120 like little balls, Lily pushed them into the right spot, 130 00:11:05,159 --> 00:11:09,679 Dash did somersaults to reach the farthest ones, and Sky, 131 00:11:10,159 --> 00:11:14,279 who had climbed up gently too, set the smallest ones 132 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,440 with her fingers delicate as when she stroked her leaf. 133 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:25,440 Little by little, the pictures came back, first the little bear, 134 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:33,000 then the spoon, then the butterfly. The sky was becoming 135 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:38,879 tidy and bright again. But one star, the naughtiest one, 136 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,519 had ended up far far away, deep in a gap 137 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:49,840 between two clouds. Nobody could reach it. I'll get it, 138 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,559 said the blanket, and everyone looked at it in surprise. 139 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,559 I can fly, remember, I had just forgotten to be brave. 140 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,799 It took a breath, trembled a little more, but then 141 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:10,440 it stretched out in the air and took flight. It 142 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,639 flew light as a kite, caught the naughty little star 143 00:12:14,879 --> 00:12:17,960 with a corner and put it back in its place. 144 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:24,039 The last picture was complete, a great shooting star with 145 00:12:24,159 --> 00:12:31,720 a sparkling tail. The whole sky shone again, tidy and beautiful. 146 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:38,279 The stars made their perfect pictures. We did it, they 147 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:44,519 all cried together, hugging on a cloud. The blanket twirled happily. 148 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,679 I faced my fear and I found out I'm brave. 149 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,440 Thank you, friends. I never thought a blanket and some 150 00:12:54,679 --> 00:13:01,559 children could become friends were so different. Real friends, said 151 00:13:01,639 --> 00:13:05,240 sky with a smile, can be as different as they like. 152 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:12,000 What counts is the heart, not the checkers. They came down, 153 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,200 jumping from one cloud to the next, and Poldo and 154 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:21,960 Sophia welcomed them with big purs. Just then they heard 155 00:13:22,039 --> 00:13:29,440 the familiar whistle, chew chew. Toby the magic train had 156 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:34,720 come back for them. He whistled happily and spoke in rhyme. 157 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:40,200 The stars are shining, each one in its place. The 158 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:45,200 fear is gone, and joy is on your face. Being 159 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,120 brave is not to have no fear at all. It's 160 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:55,679 trying anyway, and Yu'll stand tall. The children climbed aboard 161 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,559 waved good bye to the flying Blanket with their hands, 162 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,639 and the blanket waved back with all four corners. The 163 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:10,279 train drifted down slowly through the clouds and brought them 164 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,159 back to the garden, where the playful little breeze was 165 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:19,440 still blowing, but now it seemed like just a playful friend. 166 00:14:19,519 --> 00:14:23,360 That evening, before going to sleep, the children looked at 167 00:14:23,399 --> 00:14:27,919 the sky from their window. The stars made their pictures, 168 00:14:28,679 --> 00:14:34,039 the little bear, the spoon, the butterfly, the shooting star, 169 00:14:35,559 --> 00:14:39,080 and in the middle, for a moment they saw a 170 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:46,440 checkered shadow flit by flying light. It was the flying Blanket, 171 00:14:46,879 --> 00:14:51,000 tucking in the stars without any fear any more.