00:00Look up, look down, look all around. Up in the air or on the ground. Come for a walk, come for a ride. There's so much to see, so come outside.
00:27Sometimes you'll find us high in a tree. Look close at the ground and what do you see? You need us for letters to let water flow. Cats and dogs use us when they come and go. What are we? We're useful holes.
00:57Shhh, Pippin. Hello, me dears. There are mice living in that hole in the wall. One of them might come out if we keep really quiet.
01:19A little mouse lived in a hole in the wall, which wasn't too big and wasn't too small.
01:31Just roomy enough for his father and mother, his uncle, his aunt, his sister and brother and grandma and grandad.
01:43The oldest of all. A family of mice in the hole in the wall.
01:49No sign of a mouse yet. Maybe they're still asleep. Mice often sleep in the daytime and come out at night.
02:07Lots of animals live in holes. Holes in the ground. Holes in trees. And I know just the place to find them. Pippin, it's time to fly.
02:23Bye.
02:53It won't take long to get there, Pippin.
03:15Look down there. That's where we're going.
03:21The woods.
03:43Pippin, shh. We've got to be quiet as mice if we're going to see anything.
03:49Shhh.
04:01Pippin, look. Up there in the branches. It's a squirrel. Squirrels often build their nests in holes in trees.
04:11Watch where he goes. There it is. That must be his home. Come on, Pippin.
04:23I know that sound. It's a bird. A woodpecker.
04:37A woodpecker. Woodpeckers build their nests high up in trees. In holes.
04:49Can you see a hole up there? There it is. It is a woodpecker. It's probably got a nest up there.
05:03Pippin. Pippin.
05:19Dogs don't live in holes. Come on.
05:35Oh, look. A badger. Coming out of this hole.
05:45Lots of animals live in holes in the ground. Shhh.
05:53Because it's warm and dry and a safe place for babies.
05:57There might be a whole family of badgers living down there.
06:05If we're very quiet and still, we might see them.
06:11Yes. Look. Badger cubs.
06:19Badgers use grass to make their bed.
06:31I bet it's very warm and cosy in that hole on the ground.
06:39A hole in the ground.
06:45A hole in the ground leads to somebody's home.
06:49It's cosy and warm inside.
06:53A badger lives there, or maybe a fox.
06:57It's somewhere they can hide.
07:01Holes, holes, here and there.
07:05Useful holes are everywhere.
07:09Useful holes are everywhere.
07:13A hole in the tree leads to somebody's home.
07:17It's cosy and safe inside.
07:19It's cosy and dark inside.
07:21It's cosy and dark inside.
07:23Where birds build a nest and care for their young.
07:29It's somewhere they can hide.
07:31Holes, holes, here and there.
07:33Holes, holes, here and there.
07:35Useful holes are everywhere.
07:39A hole in the ground.
07:41A hole in the box leads to somebody's home.
07:45It's cosy and safe inside.
07:47Where birds build a nest.
07:49Where birds build a nest and care for their young.
07:51It's somewhere they can hide.
07:53Somewhere they can hide.
07:55Holes, holes, here and there.
07:59Useful holes are everywhere.
08:05A hole in a door leads to somebody's home.
08:11It's cosy and snug as can be.
08:15But who could live here?
08:17Well, it's very clear.
08:19It's home for Pippin and me.
08:23Holes, holes, here and there.
08:27Useful holes are everywhere.
08:33There goes Pippin.
08:37She likes to be able to get in and out by herself.
08:41That dog flap has been very useful.
08:45And in a way I didn't expect.
08:47Let me tell you the story.
08:51It all started one day when I was having an afternoon nap.
09:05Pippin!
09:07I was fast asleep then.
09:11Now what?
09:25Oh, do you want to go out again?
09:35I can't be doing with all this.
09:41What we'd need is a dog flap.
09:45I'll put one in tomorrow.
09:47Hmm.
09:49There we are, Pippin.
09:51Now you can try it out.
09:55Come along, Pippin.
10:07Out you go.
10:09Now Pippin could come and go as she pleased.
10:15And what a good job she could.
10:17Because later that day...
10:19There.
10:21That should be enough chips for our supper.
10:31Now, you mustn't forget the lid.
10:33Where did I put it?
10:35But when I went to the cupboard to get the lid...
10:37The door slammed shut.
10:43Oh dear.
10:45The door's stuck.
10:47Pippin!
10:48I can't get out.
10:49Oh, the chip pan.
10:51It'll catch fire if I don't do something.
10:53Pippin!
10:55Go and get help!
10:57If Pippin hadn't been able to get out, I don't know what I would have done.
11:03There I was.
11:15Stuck in the cupboard.
11:17And the chip pan was getting hotter and hotter.
11:23What's wrong then?
11:37What's wrong Pippin?
11:39Well, Pippin barked and barked until the firemen realised something was wrong.
11:53Oh no.
12:11Oh my God.
12:13What's wrong guys?
12:15Oh no.
12:17I don't know any Meetings.
12:22What are you doing now, aren't you, Mabel?
12:42Silly me.
12:43I got locked in and I couldn't put the fire out.
12:46And you came just in time.
12:49I'm very grateful.
12:50And thank you, Pippin.
12:53You saved my life.
12:55Let's all have a cup of tea.
12:57Good idea.
13:03And now you know just how useful a hole in the door can be.
