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The Flumps S01E09 Lend A Hand
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00:30Mother Flump was making cakes for tea.
00:37Poodle watched her and wondered how long it would be till tea time.
00:43Poodle, said Mother, could you give me a hand?
00:47I've got two.
00:49Which one do you want?
00:51Oh, Poodle, I mean, could you help me?
00:54I need a pinch of salt.
00:56Could you get it for me?
01:00You don't need a whole hand to do that.
01:03You only need a finger and thumb.
01:07Do you need another hand?
01:10Not just now, said Mother, but thanks for asking.
01:13You're a really handy flump.
01:17Grandfather was getting very tired polishing the flumpet.
01:21Can I give you a hand with that, Grandfather, said Poodle.
01:26Mother Flump says I'm good at helping with jobs.
01:29Here you are then, lad.
01:31Give it a good rub.
01:36Is this the right way to do it?
01:38If you used a bit more elbow grease, Poodle, you'd be a dab hand at polishing.
01:49Pardon?
01:50Said Poodle.
01:51If you rubbed a bit harder, you'd be very good at polishing.
01:55Oh, I see.
01:57I'm lending you two hands for this job, said Poodle.
02:02What are these holes for, Grandfather?
02:08These holes are very important, said Grandfather.
02:12When I blow into the flumpet, I move my fingers over them to make the music sound the way I want it.
02:20What else could you do with your hands?
02:29Conjuring tricks.
02:30Watch this closely.
02:32I need to do it.
02:44Let's do it.
02:45Let's do it.
02:46Poodle looked at his hands and thought hands could cook like Mother Flump's
03:00and help like his and make music and magic like Grandfather's.
03:04I think I'll go and see if anyone else needs a helping hand, he said.
03:08Does that take a lot of elbow grease, Father Flump, said Poodle.
03:17It does if you want the wood really smooth, Poodle.
03:21It takes a lot of elbow grease and a lot of sandpaper to make rough wood smooth.
03:29Smooth wood and rough sandpaper.
03:33Slippery oil, sticky tape, sticky stucky tape.
03:48What are you doing, Poodle, said Father?
03:52Finding out that things feel different when you touch them, said Poodle.
03:57Well what are you doing with that sticky tape?
04:00You don't usually feel things with your nose.
04:04You should ask what it's doing with me, said Poodle.
04:08Every time I pull it off, it gets stuck to me again somewhere else.
04:14It looks as though you're very stuck up.
04:17You've been sticking your nose where you shouldn't and you've really got yourself taped.
04:23Come here, I'll get it off for you.
04:27Now it's got you, said Poodle.
04:29Not for long it hasn't, said Father.
04:33That's that.
04:34Now I must get back to the job in hand.
04:37You're a very handy Flump, Father.
04:41You're always making things with your hands.
04:45Oh!
04:46Ow!
04:47Oh!
04:48Oh!
04:49Oh!
04:50Poodle had never thought about hands before and now he'd found out that hands could cook
04:56and help and make music and magic and feel rough and smooth things and make things and mistakes.
05:03I think I'll go and see if I can come in handy for anyone else, said Poodle.
05:16Hello Poodle, I'm glad you've come.
05:18I'm playing Cat's Cradle but it's a game that needs four hands.
05:22Can you help?
05:23I'll have a go, said Poodle.
05:26I can't show you how to do it, said Posey, because I've got my hands full.
05:32It'll be a ticklish job.
05:34Ticklish job?
05:36I mean it'll be difficult.
05:39Oh.
05:40Oh, Poodle, you're all fingers and thumbs.
05:49No, I'm not.
05:50There are other bits of me besides fingers and thumbs.
05:54There's feet, knees, arms.
05:57I mean you're a bit clumsy.
06:00At least when it comes to Cat's Cradle.
06:03That's the first time I haven't come in handy this morning.
06:07Poodle never knew that his hands could do so much.
06:10Hands could cook and help and make music and magic
06:14and feel rough and smooth things and make things and mistakes
06:19and do Cat's Cradles or not do Cat's Cradles because they needed practice.
06:24I think I'll go and see if I can find a ticklish job I can do, he said.
06:33Poodle watched Perkin planting.
06:35Is that a ticklish job, Perkin?
06:38Not if you've got green fingers.
06:43Oh?
06:44They don't look green to me.
06:46Oh, Poodle, said Perkin.
06:49Green fingers means you're good at growing things.
06:52It doesn't mean that they're coloured green.
06:55Oh, do you think I've got green fingers?
07:00You might have, said Perkin.
07:03Try planting something and see if it grows well.
07:06Hand me that flower pot over there and I'll show you how to do it.
07:10Whoops! Butter fingers.
07:14Butter fingers?
07:16Yes.
07:17You let the flower pot slip out of your hand, said Perkin.
07:21Never mind, it didn't break.
07:23Here's a plant.
07:25It's a bit droopy.
07:26You plant it and we'll see if you've got green fingers as well as butter fingers.
07:31Oh, hello, Grandfather. Come to do some work.
07:42Well, I thought I'd better do a hand's turn.
07:46I can't sit twiddling my thumbs all day.
07:49Hands turn?
07:51Twiddle your thumbs?
07:53I mean, I must do some work.
07:56I can't sit and do nothing all day, said Grandfather.
08:00Everywhere Pootle had been, he'd found out more and more about hands.
08:05And now his hands were tired because he used them so much.
08:08Hands can cook and help and make music and magic
08:13and feel rough and smooth things and make things and mistakes
08:17and do cat's cradles or not do cat's cradles because they need practice
08:21and plant things and hands can rest.
08:24I've done lots of hands turns today, so I'm going in
08:28to twiddle my thumbs for a while.
08:31See you later, said Grandfather.
08:33That's another thing hands can do, thought Pootle.
08:45They can wave.
08:48Pootle had never heard of twiddling thumbs and green fingers and ticklish jobs.
08:54If I'd made those up, everyone would have said,
09:01Oh Pootle.
09:03Oh Pootle, hello, said Posey.
09:09You know, I know a lot more about hands now.
09:13I know a clapping game, said Posey.
09:16It's much easier than cat's cradles.
09:20Oh Pootle!
09:22Unnie meenie mackaracka e'er I dominaca chitter chat, hand clap om Pom push.
09:28That's good, thought Pootle.
09:32Eedy-meedy, makaraka, air-eye, dominaka, chitter-chat, hand-clap, om-pom-push
09:49One hand, two hands, left and right, makes a pair, that's just right
09:57Hands can talk, without a word, hands are a fish, a snake or a bird
10:17One hand, two hands, they can say, come over here or go away
10:24One hand, two hands, happy or sad, thumbs up for good, thumbs down for bad
10:45Hands can help to make a mend, and shake hello to make a friend
10:51Yes, shake hello and make a friend
10:55Cool! My hands will get worn out soon
11:02Silly! Hands don't wear out
11:06But they do get dirty, so bring them in and wash them before tea time
11:10The cakes that Pootle had lent a hand with were cooked
11:13And Father Flamp thought they smelled delicious
11:17Hands off those cakes, Father
11:19They've only just come out of the oven
11:22You'll burn your fingers if you touch them
11:24Hello, you two
11:26Don't touch the cakes, they're hot
11:29I've come in, said Pootle, to twiddle me thumbs for a while
11:34I've been working with me hands all day
11:37What have you done to your thumb, Father Flump?
11:42That's where he made a mistake
11:44And hammered his thumb instead of the nail
11:47Never mind, you can still twiddle one thumb, can't you, Father?
11:51Of course I can, said Father
11:56You have got green fingers, Pootle
12:02That droopy plant is quite perked up since you planted it
12:06You know, hands are very handy
12:11Are those cakes ready to eat yet?
12:15Yes, said Mother
12:16Well, said Father
12:19Before we eat them
12:21Let's give Mother Flump and her cakes a big hand
12:26A what? said Pootle
12:29Oh, I see, said Pootle
12:38Oh, I see, said Pootle
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