00:00My name's James, James the Cat. I've had fame, money, and all that. Now I'm here, growing fat, chasing birds and butterflies.
00:30James the Cat.
00:43It was a late summer afternoon, and all was quiet at the corner house. James had a new hobby, fishing.
00:52Ah, yes. Very therapeutic, this fishing lark. And very tasty, too.
01:02Ow!
01:03Ow!
01:08James was feeling wet and very silly.
01:11Never mind. You can dry off in me pouch, if you like, said Frida.
01:16Um, no, thank you.
01:18Oh, I see. Can you hear anything strange?
01:24Yeah. Sounds like someone crying over there.
01:29Hello. My name's James.
01:33Oh, please don't cry.
01:34My name is Gladys, and I'm a duck.
01:41She looks more like a dirty white goose to me.
01:45Oh, there, there. Do stop crying. I'm getting very wet.
01:50Frida offered Gladys her hanky.
01:52You see, everyone says I'm a goose, but I think I'm a duck.
02:00I see.
02:03I was adopted when I was an egg by a beautiful duck.
02:07When the other eggs hatched out, they laughed at me and called me a goose.
02:11Struth, why do you wear those slippers?
02:19Well, my feet got cold in the water, so my mother made these slippers for me.
02:26Oh, how interesting.
02:30When I wore them, the other ducks laughed at me even more, because I nearly drowned.
02:36I've never been a good swimmer.
02:38Of course, strike me purple.
02:43You poor thing.
02:45You must stay here with us.
02:47We'll help you.
02:48How?
02:50Don't know.
02:53Gladys became a familiar sight in the garden,
02:55and all the animals were very kind to her.
03:00Yet still, she thought she was a duck.
03:02One morning, help arrived with a sudden visit of three snow geese.
03:11They were on their way south.
03:15On behalf of my friends, I'd like to extend a formal greeting to you all.
03:21Thanks, mate.
03:22Actually, we stopped because we saw another goose, and we thought she was lost.
03:26You can come with us if you like, do we?
03:30No, thank you.
03:32I'm not a goose.
03:34I'm a duck.
03:37Soon, it was time for the three geese to leave.
03:40And at last, James had a good idea.
03:43I say, you three and Gladys, would you please stare into the pond?
03:51Now, Gladys, what do you see?
03:55One, two, three, four geese, said Gladys.
04:01Oh, four geese.
04:03Why, that's me.
04:05I'm a goose after all.
04:08Oh, goodbye, James.
04:10And thank you.
04:13Thank you, everyone.
04:15I really am a goose.
04:18Yes.
04:20She really is a goose.
