1
00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,040
Speaker 1: That afternoon, the sky was gray like a pigeon's tummy,

2
00:00:04,719 --> 00:00:09,919
and a light rain tapped on the windows. Sky Ziggy, Lily,

3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,240
and Dash were in the living room playing at being cooks.

4
00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,920
They had lined up cups and wooden spoons, and Dash

5
00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,679
was stirring inside an empty pot, pretending to make a

6
00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:27,679
soup of stars. My soup is ready, shouted Dash, turning

7
00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:30,440
the spoon so hard that a cup flew to the

8
00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,079
floor with a funny thud. Lily laughed and tasted from

9
00:00:35,079 --> 00:00:41,280
the empty spoon. M M, it needs salt, she said, seriously,

10
00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:46,960
like a real cook. Sky, though, was looking out the window.

11
00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,320
The drops slid down the glass, and she followed them

12
00:00:51,359 --> 00:00:56,880
with her eyes calm as she always did. She was

13
00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:04,040
the first to hear it. Woo cheo, A cheerful whistle

14
00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:08,920
crossed the room. Outside in the rain, a little train

15
00:01:09,079 --> 00:01:13,439
had appeared with shiny wheels and a chimney puffing little

16
00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:18,840
white clouds. It was Toby the magic train, and the

17
00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,519
four friends ran to the door with their hearts beating fast.

18
00:01:24,079 --> 00:01:29,599
Toby opened his doors and said, in his sing song voice, Hello,

19
00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:33,959
dear children, so jolly and bright. I'll take you to

20
00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:38,879
a place where nothing goes right, an old friend lives

21
00:01:38,879 --> 00:01:43,640
there who has lost his smile, and a shy little

22
00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:49,319
hero alone. For a while, the children looked at each other,

23
00:01:50,319 --> 00:01:54,920
a small hero, who could it be, asked Ziggy, who

24
00:01:55,079 --> 00:02:00,400
loved riddles. But Toby, who always spoke in rhyme and

25
00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:06,640
always very little, just gave another chew and invited them

26
00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:11,919
to climb aboard. The little train raced through the clouds

27
00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,240
and the rain, then slowed down in front of a

28
00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,159
funny house with a crooked roof. Above the door, there

29
00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:26,000
was a wooden sign mister Cuckoo's shop, and next to

30
00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,680
the shop, very tall, stood a tower with a great

31
00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:37,240
big clock. When they went in, the children's mouths fell open.

32
00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:42,120
The shop was full of things from floor to ceiling,

33
00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:49,479
round clocks, tall clocks, silver music boxes, wooden dolls, and

34
00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:55,879
tin trains on every shelf. But there was something strange.

35
00:02:56,199 --> 00:03:02,439
All the clocks had stopped, no tick, no talk, only

36
00:03:02,719 --> 00:03:08,280
a heavy silence. Behind the counter, an old gentleman with

37
00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,439
a white mustache held his head in his hands. He

38
00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:18,240
was mister Cuckoo, and his eyes were sad. Good morning,

39
00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:24,000
said Sky in her sweet voice. Why are you so sad?

40
00:03:24,439 --> 00:03:29,560
The old man sighed, ah, my little ones. Do you

41
00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:34,080
see that tower out there? Its clock stopped a long

42
00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:39,280
long time ago. And since that day I have forgotten

43
00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,800
something important, the recipe for the soup that made the

44
00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:49,319
whole town happy. I cooked it every evening, and people

45
00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:54,039
came from far away just for its smell. Now I

46
00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,960
remember nothing, and no one comes to visit me any more.

47
00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,800
The children looked at each other, feeling sad. But right

48
00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,280
at that moment, from a high shelf, a little bright

49
00:04:07,479 --> 00:04:12,280
voice piped up. Look at me, Look how I shine?

50
00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,680
On a shelf there was a little tin train, no

51
00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:21,879
bigger than a hand. His name was Bombetta. He looked

52
00:04:21,879 --> 00:04:25,680
at himself in a silver spoon, polished his lamp with

53
00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:29,720
the tip of his wheel, and showed off all the time.

54
00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,560
I am the shiniest one in the whole shop, chirped Bombetta.

55
00:04:36,519 --> 00:04:41,399
Look what a shiny lamp. Look at that paint. Ziggy

56
00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,720
Lily and Dash looked at him for a moment, then

57
00:04:44,759 --> 00:04:49,160
went back to mister Cuckoo. No one paid him any attention.

58
00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,680
Bombetta raised his voice again, but it was as if

59
00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,439
he were invisible sky. Though noticed him. She noticed that

60
00:04:59,079 --> 00:05:02,560
while he was bred begging, his little voice trembled a

61
00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:10,199
tiny bit. She came close to the shelf and said softly, Hello, Bombetta,

62
00:05:10,439 --> 00:05:15,360
your lamp is really beautiful. The little train gave a start,

63
00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:20,319
surprised it was the first time any one had listened

64
00:05:20,319 --> 00:05:26,319
to him. Really you like it, he asked, and for

65
00:05:26,439 --> 00:05:32,319
a moment he stopped showing off very much. Sky replied

66
00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:36,680
with a smile. Tell me something. You've lived here a

67
00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,360
long time, haven't you. Maybe you remember something about mister

68
00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:47,199
Cuckoo's soup. Bombetta thought about it. Then his lamp lit

69
00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:52,120
up with joy. The soup. Of course, I remember it.

70
00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,720
I used to whistle it all the time while I

71
00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:59,120
ran back and forth on the cupboard. I know it

72
00:05:59,199 --> 00:06:06,639
by heart, note by note, ingredient, by ingredient. Sky's eyes

73
00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:13,720
went wide. Then you can save the recipe me. Bombetta

74
00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,680
stood still, But no one has ever asked me anything.

75
00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,480
I thought nobody cared. Sky picked him up gently and

76
00:06:24,639 --> 00:06:30,120
carried him to mister Cuckoo. Sir Bombetta remembers the recipe.

77
00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:35,199
He'll whistle it and we'll cook it. The old shopkeeper

78
00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,800
opened his eyes wide, amazed. But I don't have the

79
00:06:39,879 --> 00:06:43,839
recipe written down. How will we do it without the paper?

80
00:06:45,079 --> 00:06:48,279
We'll make it up as we go, said Lily, who

81
00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,839
was never afraid of anything. To make it up as

82
00:06:51,879 --> 00:06:55,759
you go means to do something without preparing it first,

83
00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:01,360
inventing while you do it. Bombetta whistle, and we follow.

84
00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,319
They all ran into the back room, where there was

85
00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,680
a kitchen with a big cooking pot. Bombetta sat on

86
00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:13,120
the edge of the table, took a breath and began

87
00:07:13,279 --> 00:07:21,639
to whistle. O O first, three orange carrots. I'll get them,

88
00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,959
shouted Dash, who was super fast. He dashed off toward

89
00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,560
the pantry, but he tripped on a music box, did

90
00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,519
a somersault in the air, and landed inside a basket

91
00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:39,560
of onions. Found the onions, he said, with an onion

92
00:07:39,639 --> 00:07:44,319
on his head, and everyone laughed. Then he came back

93
00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,480
with the carrots, running so fast that he slipped on

94
00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,800
the shiny floor and crashed right into the wall, with

95
00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:58,480
the carrots raining down on him one by one, PLoP, PLoP, PLoP.

96
00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:02,839
Mister Cuckoo laughed for the first time in a long,

97
00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:10,240
long while. Oe Oe, now a handful of beans and

98
00:08:10,319 --> 00:08:16,600
a leaf of basil, whistled Bombetta. Happier and happier. Dash

99
00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:20,519
was off again. He climbed a ladder grabbed the beans,

100
00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:24,519
but got the wrong jar and almost poured sugar into

101
00:08:24,519 --> 00:08:30,680
the pot. No, no, not that one, they all shouted together, laughing,

102
00:08:31,279 --> 00:08:34,960
and he managed to stop just in time, balancing on

103
00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:39,159
one foot like a flamingo. But there was a problem.

104
00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,519
The pot was big and deep, and no spoon was

105
00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,000
long enough to stir all the way to the bottom.

106
00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:53,519
The soup might stick. That was when Ziggy had an idea. Aha,

107
00:08:53,879 --> 00:08:57,399
I've got it. He looked at the shelves full of

108
00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:02,320
broken clocks, took a long stick, attached a toothed gear

109
00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:07,000
from an old clock, and fixed it on tight. Here's

110
00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:11,200
a special spoon. The gear turns and stirs by itself,

111
00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,399
even at the bottom. Ziggy dipped his magic spoon into

112
00:09:16,399 --> 00:09:21,159
the pot and began to turn. The gear spun, the

113
00:09:21,279 --> 00:09:25,480
soup moved in circles, and a warm smell began to

114
00:09:25,639 --> 00:09:29,720
rise into the air. Now some one had to taste

115
00:09:29,759 --> 00:09:33,000
it to see if it was right, but the soup

116
00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,240
was bubbling, and nobody wanted to burn their tongue. I'll

117
00:09:37,279 --> 00:09:41,679
do it, said Lily. Bravely. She blew on the spoon,

118
00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,919
waited a moment, and tasted. She made a funny face

119
00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:53,960
it's missing something o Oe. A pinch of salt and

120
00:09:54,039 --> 00:09:58,960
a spoonful of honey, whistled Bombetta, who remembered every single

121
00:09:59,039 --> 00:10:04,799
thing lily tasted again. This time her face lit up.

122
00:10:05,759 --> 00:10:12,960
It's delicious, it's perfect, and something wonderful happened with every

123
00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,039
happy whistle from Bombetta. Through the window, you could see

124
00:10:17,039 --> 00:10:21,679
the tower. The hands of the clock still for so long,

125
00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:29,759
took a step forward tick, then another talk time was

126
00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:35,000
starting again. The smell of the soup filled the whole shop,

127
00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:41,159
but Bombetta, in a corner, had gone quiet. Sky noticed

128
00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:46,200
right away and came over to him. What's wrong, Bombetta?

129
00:10:46,799 --> 00:10:50,919
The little train lowered his lamp. Do you know why

130
00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:55,519
I always bragged? Because a little train that no one

131
00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,320
ever listens to ends up believing he is no use

132
00:10:59,399 --> 00:11:03,600
at all. I thought that if I shone very brightly,

133
00:11:04,399 --> 00:11:09,639
maybe someone would notice me. Sky felt her eyes grow wet,

134
00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:16,039
but she smiled. She took him in her hands gently. Bombetta,

135
00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,360
look at the tower, look at mister cuckoo, laughing. You

136
00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,440
were the one who saved the recipe. You never lost

137
00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,360
your place here, not even for a moment. You were small,

138
00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,639
but inside you there was something precious that no one

139
00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:39,399
else had. Bombetta looked at her, and his lamp lit

140
00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,240
up with a warm, new light, different from the shiny

141
00:11:43,279 --> 00:11:47,519
one before. It was no longer the light of someone

142
00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,240
who wants to be admired. It was the light of

143
00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:56,679
someone who feels loved. At that moment, the big hand

144
00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:59,559
of the tower clock jumped all the way to the

145
00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:06,159
top dong. The bell rang loud and happy, and all

146
00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,320
the clocks in the shop began to beat together again.

147
00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:17,799
Tick talk, tick talk. Time was back outside. The rain

148
00:12:17,919 --> 00:12:21,039
had stopped, but there was no sun in the sky.

149
00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:27,879
There was something even more beautiful. Long colored lights danced

150
00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,639
up high, ribbons of green and purple silk, moving as

151
00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:37,519
gently as waves. It was the Northern Lights, and they

152
00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:43,360
filled the whole shop with magic sparkles. Mister Cuckoo took

153
00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,879
Bombetta in his hands and held him to his chest,

154
00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:53,200
his eyes bright with joy. Thank you, little friend. Without you,

155
00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,559
I would have lost everything. I will never leave you

156
00:12:57,639 --> 00:13:03,480
alone on that shelf again. The four children hugged each other, happy,

157
00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,960
and when it was time to go home, Toby the

158
00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:14,279
Magic train was waiting outside for them under the Northern lights. Chew, chew,

159
00:13:14,799 --> 00:13:18,240
and then he said, the smallest of all can have

160
00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,799
the biggest heart. Just stop, give a listen, and they'll

161
00:13:22,799 --> 00:13:27,720
play their part with a whistle and smile. Time started

162
00:13:27,759 --> 00:13:33,159
once more. Now homeward, dear children, we're back at your door.

163
00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,600
The children climbed aboard, waving good bye to Bombetta and

164
00:13:38,759 --> 00:13:42,799
mister Cuckoo, who stood at the door waving a spoonful

165
00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,559
of warm soup. And as the little train raced home

166
00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,759
through the green and purple lights, Sky looked out the

167
00:13:51,799 --> 00:13:55,480
window and smiled, happy that she had listened to the

168
00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,159
smallest little voice of all.