WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:03.720 That morning. The sky was gray like a wool blanket, 2 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:07.480 and a soft little rain was falling, making puddles in 3 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:11.599 the garden. Dash jumped from one puddle to another in 4 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:16.960 his yellow boots, and every jump went splash. Look how 5 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:20.440 far I can jump? Shouted Dash, and he took a 6 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:25.480 running start, but his boot slipped and Dash landed right 7 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:29.559 on his bottom in the biggest puddle with a funny 8 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:37.960 PLoP splosh. Ziggy, Lily and Sky burst out laughing. Let's 9 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:42.600 have a race, said Dash, all wet but happy. Who 10 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:47.399 can jump the farthest into the puddles. I'm in, said Ziggy, 11 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:52.560 who loved to run and jump. Me too, said Lily, 12 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:58.000 with her blue eyes, all set, Sky quiet as ever, 13 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:03.280 clapped her hands. I'll be the judge. But just as 14 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:07.599 Dash was taking his longest running start of all, a 15 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:14.280 familiar sound came from far away. Chew, chew. It was 16 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:18.359 Toby the Magic Train, popping out from the garden hedges 17 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:22.439 with his shiny wheels and a smile painted on his front. 18 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:28.680 He stopped and said, good morning, dear children. Such jumping, 19 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:33.280 how sweet? Climb up here beside me with boots on 20 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:37.680 your feet. I'll take you to meadows where grass loves 21 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:41.719 to cheer, and maybe a silly new race will appear. 22 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:49.000 The children laughed and clapped their hands. A race. What race? 23 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:55.200 Toby never told the whole secret. They all climbed onto 24 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.840 the little train, which set off slowly through the clouds. 25 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:04.239 And as they traveled, the gray sky opened like a curtain, 26 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.800 and a sky full of stars appeared, shining like a 27 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:14.199 thousand little lights. Night had come, but a sweet night, 28 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:20.120 a friendly dark, not scary at all. Toby stopped in 29 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.719 the middle of a wood, inside a clearing, all lit 30 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.919 up by the stars. As soon as the children climbed 31 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.240 down and put their feet on the grass, a very 32 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:37.199 funny thing happened. The grass went frush, frush, frush, like 33 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:42.680 an audience clapping at the theater. It clapped, said dash, 34 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:47.960 and he did a little hop, and the grass again, frush, frush. 35 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:53.599 This is the meadow of applause, said a tiny voice. 36 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:59.120 Every time someone jumps, the grass claps its hands. The 37 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:03.080 children turned turned around. In front of them flew a 38 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:07.120 little firefly with a tummy that glowed like a light bulb. 39 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.919 But she flew in a strange, wobbly way, and zap. 40 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:17.439 She bumped into a blade of grass and fell Plin. 41 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.199 Her little light went out for a second, then flicked 42 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:28.840 back on. Oops, said the firefly, getting back up. I'm Plin. 43 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:33.840 I'm the clumsiest firefly in the wood. I even trip 44 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:37.759 over the air, and to prove it, she tripped again. 45 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:44.960 Plin dark for a second, then light. The children laughed. 46 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:49.599 Plyin smelled of warm honey, and when she laughed with them, 47 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:54.319 her little light blinked fast, fast, like the lights at 48 00:03:54.360 --> 00:04:00.719 a disco. You've arrived just in time, said Plyn. Tonight, 49 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:06.439 it's the animal many Olympics, the rolling hedgehog race, the 50 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:12.639 frog jump and the mole dive. But there's a teeny problem. 51 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:19.759 What is it, asked Lily. Nobody understands the rules, sighed Plynn, 52 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:25.639 because every animal talks in its own sound. The frog 53 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:30.600 says ribb it, ribb it. The hedgehog says sniff sniff. 54 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:36.319 The mole says nothing at all and just digs. It's 55 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:41.720 a mess. Dash lit up even more than Plynn. A 56 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:46.519 race a sport. It was the thing he loved most 57 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:51.240 in the whole world. Leave it to me, said Dash, 58 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:56.120 puffing out his chest. I'll be the fastest referee in history. 59 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:59.519 Where's the whistle? Plynn gave him a whistle made from 60 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.839 an acorn horn. Dash popped it in his mouth, took 61 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:08.199 a big breath, and blew as hard as he could. Wee. 62 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.879 But a disaster happened at the whistle. All the animals 63 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:18.920 started at the wrong moment. The hedgehogs began rolling before 64 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.680 the go and ended up one on top of another 65 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.839 like a tower of wooly balls. The frogs all jump 66 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:28.439 at once and bumped into each other in mid air. 67 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:33.519 The mole frightened dug so fast that it popped out 68 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:35.560 the other side of the clearing with a flower on 69 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:41.319 its head. No, no, laughed Dash. Wait for my go. 70 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.639 He blew again, but this time he blew so hard 71 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:51.480 that he lost his balance, spun around three times, and 72 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:58.279 landed flat on the grass. And the grass of course, frush, frush, frush. 73 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:05.319 Applause for the top even falling gets applause, shouted Dash 74 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:10.480 from the meadow, laughing his head off. Lily, meanwhile, was 75 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:14.920 thinking it over. The problem is we don't understand what 76 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:20.079 the animals say, she said. We have to learn their language. 77 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.800 But how do we do that? Asked Ziggy. It was Sky, 78 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:30.279 calm as always who found the idea. She went up 79 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.920 to a little frog and tried to do just like her. 80 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:38.480 She crouched down and jumped, saying ribb it, rib it, 81 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:43.279 and the little frog happy jumped along with her in 82 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:48.240 the same direction. I get it, said Sky with a smile. 83 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:54.319 If we copy them with our bodies, they understand us. 84 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:59.600 So the funniest game of all began. Ziggy started squeaking 85 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:04.600 like a hedgehog sniff sniff, running in zigzags, and the 86 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:08.839 hedgehogs followed him in a line. Lily rolled on the 87 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:12.720 grass like a little ball, and the hedgehogs understood it 88 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:18.399 was time for the rolling race. Dash croaked, jumped, squeaked, 89 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:22.319 and rolled all at once, and every time he made 90 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:27.079 a funnier mess. But little by little the animals began 91 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:34.040 to understand. The many Olympics really began. The hedgehogs rolled 92 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:38.560 down a little hill like furry marbles. The frogs made 93 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:43.160 super long jumps. The mole dove into the soft earth 94 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.480 and popped up farther away PLoP like a dolphin in 95 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:55.160 a brown sea. And at every event, the grass clapped, frush, frush, frush. 96 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:01.000 Dash wanted to try every race in the hedgehog race. 97 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:04.519 He curled into a ball, but he went too fast 98 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.680 and rolled down the hill until he tumbled into a bush, 99 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:11.000 from which he popped out with three leaves on his 100 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:15.800 head and a flower on his nose. I came in second, 101 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:20.519 he said proudly, while a hedgehog rolled past him, going 102 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:25.160 sniff sniff, as if to say, you came in last. 103 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:30.720 In the frog jump, Dash took a super long running start, 104 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:35.120 leaped the highest of all, but landed on his bottom 105 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.919 on a soft mushroom that bounced him into the air 106 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:44.080 like a trampoline. Bowing, he did a somersault and fell 107 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:48.360 right into Lily's arms, and she laughed so hard she 108 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:53.759 rolled over too, and the grass happy clapped for both 109 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.960 of them. This is the funniest sport in the world, 110 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.799 Dash shouted, out of breath from laughing. Plynn was the lighthouse. 111 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:08.559 When she laughed, her little light blinked bright and marked 112 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:13.159 the finish line. Every now and then she tripped Plin, 113 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.639 and for a second it got dark, and everyone shouted 114 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.519 Plin and laughed. But in a corner of the clearing, 115 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:26.120 on the lowest branch of a tree, there was a 116 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:31.919 little bird, all trembling. He had soft feathers and frightened 117 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:36.039 little eyes, and he watched the others play without moving. 118 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:43.320 Sky saw him first. She came closer slowly. Why don't 119 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.679 you play with us? I'd really like to chirped the 120 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:51.799 little bird. But there's the flying race, and I I'm 121 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:56.159 afraid to fly. I've never managed to leave this branch. 122 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:01.000 Dash stopped laughing. He came up to the tree and 123 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:04.679 looked at the little bird. He knew exactly what it 124 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:08.960 felt like to be a little scared before race. You 125 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:13.080 know what, said Dash. You don't have to fly all 126 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:17.720 at once. Let's have a new race. One I made up, 127 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:24.000 the little hops race. How does it work, asked the 128 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:29.759 little bird, trembling Just a bit less easy, said Dash. 129 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.759 He stood right under the branch, just one step away, 130 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:38.279 and opened his arms. You don't have to fly far, 131 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:42.000 You just have to let go for a tiny little bit, 132 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:48.000 right into my arms. I'm right here. The little bird 133 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:55.399 looked down one teeny tiny step, he closed his little eyes, 134 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:01.679 opened his wings, and let go. He glided for the 135 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:06.960 briefest moment and landed right in Dash's arms. He who 136 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:10.799 did it? Every one shouted, and the grass went wild. 137 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:17.159 Fush fush, frush fhush. The little bird opened his eyes, surprised. 138 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:24.120 Did I did I fly a little bit? Laughed Dash. 139 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:29.559 Now a little bit more, Dash took a step back. 140 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:34.399 Plynn flew a little farther and began to blink. Fly 141 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:39.440 toward my light. I'm the finish line. The little bird 142 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:43.960 tried again, a longer hop all the way to Dash, 143 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:49.919 then another all the way to Plinn's little light. Then 144 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.440 another one, and this time he laughed while he flew, 145 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:58.000 because he discovered that flying one little bit at a 146 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:03.480 time was the most wonderful thing in the world. Look 147 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.919 at me, I'm flying, he chirped, doing a loop around 148 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:12.639 the tree. Plynn was so happy that her little lights 149 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:20.120 burst like tiny fireworks. Plin Plin Plynn, all colorful. At 150 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:23.159 the end of the Many Olympics, the animals gathered for 151 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:29.840 the prize giving, and who won. Every one won, because 152 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:33.679 Dash said the best prize wasn't for whoever ran the fastest, 153 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:39.360 but for whoever laughed the most and helped their friends. 154 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.600 So each one got the Giggle Medal, a little daisy 155 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.679 to tuck behind the ear. The little bird held his 156 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:52.000 tight proud because he had earned that medal by flying 157 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.919 for the very first time. Then it was heard again 158 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:01.960 chew chew to Toby. The magic train had come back 159 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.440 to get them. The children said goodbye to Plynn with 160 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:11.159 a hug, and the firefly all touched tripped one last time. 161 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:17.120 Out of joy, Plin they climbed onto the little train, 162 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:22.960 and as the stars slipped away, Toby said, what fun, 163 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:28.679 little friends, All those jumps and those flights. When you're 164 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:33.639 scared in the dark, you'll have friends and warm lights. 165 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.279 You learn as you play, as you tumble and fall, 166 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:42.440 and a happy heart sings as it goes through it. 167 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:48.159 All the children fell asleep happy while Toby carried them home, 168 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:53.000 with the daisies still tucked behind their ears and the 169 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:58.080 smell of Pyn's warm honey following them into their dreams.