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The Flumps S01E11 Grandfather's Birthday
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00:00The
00:30Grandfather Flump had got up 40 winks later than the other Flumps
00:40and was the last one to finish breakfast.
00:44Ah, nice drop of porridge, that, said Grandfather.
00:48You can't beat porridge for a good breakfast.
00:54And then he remembered something.
00:55It's my birthday today, but there are no birthday cards, no presents and no one has even said
01:09happy birthday yet.
01:12They must have forgotten what today is.
01:17Hmm, a birthday isn't much good if no one remembers it.
01:21Huh, I'll have to go and see if I can jog their memories a bit.
01:26Mother Flump was busy cooking.
01:29Ahem, ahem, ahem.
01:32Morning, Mother Flump.
01:34Oh, oh, hello, Grandfather.
01:38Nice day, isn't it?
01:39Er, is, er, is that, er, a cake you are cooking?
01:46A cake?
01:48Oh, no, no, it's not a cake.
01:50It's, er, it's just, er, er, the dinner.
01:54I've put it on early today.
01:56It smells like a cake.
01:59It smells like your best fruit cake.
02:04Have you cooked the cake?
02:05Shh, what did it say?
02:08Oh, nothing, nothing.
02:11It sounded like something to me.
02:14Now, er, I've got something to say.
02:18Er, think carefully before you answer this question.
02:22Er, do you know what today is?
02:26Of course I do.
02:31You do?
02:32Yes.
02:33It's the day we have tomato soup and baked potatoes for dinner.
02:38Er, is that what you mean?
02:39Not quite, said Grandfather.
02:43And he went off to see if he could jog someone else's memory.
02:47Phew, said Mother.
02:49It's a good job he didn't see this.
02:52It's a surprise cake for his birthday.
02:54You nearly let the cat out of the bag, Poodle.
02:59What cat out of what bag?
03:01You nearly said cake.
03:04Grandfather mustn't know about it yet.
03:07It'll spoil the surprise.
03:09I'm going to make him a surprise birthday card, said Poodle.
03:14Go along and start it then, said Mother.
03:17You must have it finished in time for the party.
03:19Perkin was making a picture to give to Grandfather for his birthday.
03:26Quick, Perkin.
03:27Hide your picture.
03:28Grandfather's coming.
03:30Oh, er, oh, where can I put it?
03:33Give it to me.
03:34I'll hide it for you.
03:36Hello, Perkin, said Grandfather.
03:47Where's Posey off to?
03:50Oh, um, er, oh, nowhere, really.
03:54She seems to be in a great hurry to get there.
03:57What's she up to?
03:58Nothing.
03:59Nothing at all, said Perkin.
04:01Perkin, how do you spell hap...
04:06Shh!
04:07What did you say, Poodle?
04:09I didn't.
04:11I nearly said something, but then I didn't.
04:14I don't know what you're talking about, Poodle, said Grandfather.
04:18You aren't making sense this morning.
04:22Now, listen, you two.
04:24Think carefully before you answer this question.
04:27Do you know what the day is?
04:31Of course I know what day it is.
04:34You do?
04:36Yes.
04:37It's the day we have tomato soup and baked potatoes for dinner.
04:41Is that what you mean?
04:43Er, no, er, not exactly, said Grandfather.
04:48And he went off to see if he could jog someone else's memory.
04:51Phew!
04:56It's a good job Posey took my present before Grandfather saw it, he said.
05:01But you nearly let on, Poodle.
05:04I nearly let on what?
05:06You nearly said happy.
05:09If Grandfather had heard, he'd have thought, happy what?
05:13And then he might have thought, aha, happy birthday.
05:17And then our surprises wouldn't be surprising.
05:20See?
05:21Posey's birthday surprise was going to be a case for Grandfather's glasses.
05:27Hide your present, Posey.
05:29Grandfather's coming this way now.
05:33Grandfather was coming their way,
05:36whistling happy birthday to you as loud as he could.
05:40I don't know where to put it.
05:42Give it to me.
05:43I'll take it and hide it.
05:46Posey suddenly remembered she'd got Perkins' picture.
05:49Perkins, come back, she called.
05:52What do you want?
05:54Hurry up, he's coming.
05:57You'd better take yours and hide it too.
06:04Now Perkins' dashing off.
06:07Funny.
06:07Where's he going, Posey?
06:11I don't think he's going anywhere in particular, really, said Posey.
06:15Well, I am surprised.
06:18It's a surprising sort of day, said Posey.
06:22That reminds me, Posey.
06:25Now, think carefully.
06:27Do you know what day it is today?
06:30Yes, I do.
06:33You do?
06:34It's the day we have tomato soup and baked potatoes for dinner.
06:39That's not quite the day I had in mind.
06:44Posey, how do you spell birth?
06:47What did he say?
06:51Nothing.
06:52He said nothing.
06:54He often says nothing.
06:56So I've noticed, said Grandfather.
06:59And he went off to jog someone else's memory.
07:01Phew!
07:06Perkin got away with our surprises just in time, said Posey.
07:10But you nearly said birthday, poodle.
07:14If Grandfather had heard you, his surprise birthday would have been spoiled.
07:19Mum's the word now.
07:22Mum's the word for what?
07:25Mum's the word for keeping quiet and not saying anything about birthdays at all.
07:31I won't let the cat out of the bag.
07:34I won't let on.
07:35And I'll remember that Mum's the word.
07:38I won't say anything about cake or happy or birthday or anything.
07:44Father was inventing a new kind of flumpet stand as a surprise for Grandfather's birthday.
07:51At least he thought it would be a flumpet stand.
07:55It might be something even more useful by the time I've finished it, he said to himself.
08:01Quick, Father, hide your present.
08:04Grandfather's coming.
08:06Oh, oh, oh no.
08:08Oh, where can I put it?
08:10Hide it under the bench.
08:12He's nearly here.
08:14Oh, oh, for Duddle.
08:17I can't budge the thing.
08:19I've nailed it to the bench.
08:21Quick, quick, do something with it.
08:23He's coming in.
08:24Cover it up with this.
08:26What's going on in here, then?
08:51Nothing, Grandfather.
08:52Nothing's going on at all.
08:55But I heard you're hammering.
08:57You must have been doing something.
09:00Well, I was hammering, but I'm not now.
09:03I'm not doing anything now.
09:06I don't know.
09:10Pootle has been saying nothing.
09:12Posey and Perkin have been rushing off to nowhere all over the place,
09:17and you've been doing nothing in the workshop with a hammer.
09:21I think you've all gone daft, but I'll have one more try.
09:26Do you know what day it is today?
09:29I should say I do.
09:32Well, what day is it, then?
09:34Why, it's the day we have, don't tell me, tomato soup and baked potatoes.
09:42Is that all flumps were born for.
09:46When I was a young flump, we had things in perspective in life.
09:51We knew what mattered most, and it wasn't baked potatoes and tomato soup.
09:56I don't know what things are coming to when all they can remember is what's for dinner.
10:01He was beginning to think he wasn't going to have a birthday at all.
10:08Phew!
10:09Good job we managed to hide it in time.
10:12Fancy me nailing it to the bench like that.
10:16I'll have to get it off now.
10:18What is it?
10:20Well, it might be a flumpet stand or a table just big enough for a cup of tea.
10:26I haven't quite made up my mind yet, but don't tell Grandfather about it.
10:31It'll spoil the surprise.
10:35Well, I don't know, said Grandfather.
10:39If someone doesn't remember my birthday soon, it'll be too late to have it,
10:45and then I'll have to wait for a whole year for the next one.
10:49No one's remembered my birthday.
11:06No one has sent me a card.
11:09No one has sent me a happy birthday to me,
11:15and I'm taking it rather hard.
11:21No one has baked me a cake.
11:25No one's made jelly for my tea.
11:29What's the good of a birthday that no one remembers but me?
11:41No one's remembered my birthday.
11:45No one has even sent me a card.
11:50No one has sung happy birthday to me,
11:54and I'm taking it rather hard.
11:59No one has sent me a present.
12:04No one has asked,
12:06How old are you?
12:09It's a nothing and nowhere,
12:12a not sort of day,
12:15with a nothing birthday to do.
12:20Hello, Grandfather, said Poodle.
12:30You don't look very happy.
12:33I'm not, said Grandfather,
12:36and it's because I've remembered something that everyone else has forgotten.
12:42Never mind.
12:43I think you'll be happier soon.
12:45I suppose you don't know what day it is today, Poodle.
12:50I know exactly what day it is.
12:54Go on, then.
12:55Tell me.
12:57It's a not-letting-the-cat-out-of-the-bag day,
13:01a not-letting-on day,
13:03a mum's-the-word day,
13:05when I mustn't spill the beans,
13:06and I mustn't say anything about Poodle.
13:10You haven't told Grandfather anything, have you?
13:13No.
13:14What are you talking about, Poodle?
13:18Nothing again.
13:20Will you come in, Grandfather?
13:22What for?
13:24Come and see.
13:26Inside, there were surprise decorations,
13:30the surprise presents,
13:32and the surprise cake was on the table.
13:36Surprise, surprise, said Perkin.
13:39Happy birthday, Grandfather.
13:43Well, you could knock me down with a feather.
13:49I thought you'd all forgotten my birthday.
13:52As if we would, said Mother.
13:57There's your birthday cake.
13:59And here's my present to you, said Father.
14:05That's just what I need.
14:07A footstool.
14:10Well, there's a surprise.
14:12I hadn't thought it could be that.
14:15Here's my present.
14:17And mine.
14:18And here's the birthday card I made.
14:21I've been saying nothing about it all morning,
14:25so I wouldn't spoil the surprises.
14:28Oh, Poodle, thank you.
14:31Oh, Poodle.
14:38Oh, Poodle.