00:01This is the story of Little Grey Rabbit's paint box.
00:06One fine day, Hare was lolloping over the primrose meadow
00:10when he saw a lady sitting on a stool in the grass.
00:14And Hare being Hare, of course, he had to find out why.
00:21What's she doing?
00:30Nasty!
00:41That's me! It's me in the looking-glass!
00:55Look what I found!
00:56A book! Is it from Wise Owl?
01:00Oh, cowslip meadow. And you peeping from behind a tree.
01:05Hare? Is it really you?
01:07I watched a lady do it. Then she went away and left it.
01:10Yes. People often leave things behind them.
01:13Ah, like the pink hanky you made into a nightcap.
01:17And a crooked sixpence mouldy warp found.
01:20No writing. Only pictures.
01:23Look! There's the duck who stole my sunshade.
01:27Milko!
01:28Oh, late as usual.
01:32Hedgehog! Hedgehog! Come and see what I found!
01:35And I'm in it! I'm in it!
01:37A book. A magic book. With all our friends in it.
01:41The prettiest book in the whole world.
01:44Oh. I've seen that before.
01:46Before.
01:47What?
01:48It belongs to an artist lady staying at the farm.
01:51How did you come by it, Mr. Hare?
01:53Oh! She left it on a stone.
01:56Oh, you ought not to have took it, Mr. Hare. She left it to dry. She'll be wanting it back.
02:01Oh, you must take it back, Hare.
02:03Findings keeping.
02:04You can't find it if it wasn't lost.
02:07Yes, I can. I find lots of things. Snails shells, blue feathers, green acorns. And none of them is lost.
02:14Now take it back, Mr. Hare, do.
02:16Oh.
02:17But can I show everybody first?
02:20Hmm. I see no harm in that.
02:22Look sharp, then. Have it back in that meadow by tea time.
02:25Hmm. Not as lasting as that picture of Brox deep in the earth. If you left these out in the rain, they'd melt away and run.
02:40Ah, but that picture was made of stone. It was a stone dolphin.
02:44You could paint if you tried, eh?
02:46Me? How?
02:48Oh, you just have a brush and you paint easy.
02:52Hmm. A hearth brush? A sweeping brush?
02:55No. Nor a fox's brush, neither. A thin brush made of feather. Or even your own paw hair. You could dab paint on with that.
03:05Really, Mouldy Warp? Really? An artist? Me?
03:08Of course. And grey rabbit. And squirrel. All artists.
03:14Oh, hooray! Hooray! I'm going to be an artist, an artist fellow. I'm going to paint a picture, red and blue and yellow.
03:21There. See? That's you, Speckledy Head.
03:26What? Me? That's not me. I'm me.
03:31Me, indeed. It can't speak or move. You could paint a better picture yourself here.
03:40Hmm. That's what Mouldy Warp says.
03:42Here's a feather. You can paint with that.
03:47I'm going to be an artist, an artist fellow. I'm going to paint a picture, red and blue and yellow.
03:55Wait! Look what I've got!
04:00Look! Me!
04:02Hmm. It's nice hair, but it's not so nice as that book of fables I once read to Fox.
04:09I like books. Especially picture books. Am I even?
04:16Um. No. No. Not yet.
04:19Hmm. A hair. And a duck. Ooh, and a nice fat hen. An excellent supper.
04:26Oh, I'm hungry. Hmm. Well, not supper time yet. And, and, I'm going to be an artist. I'll paint a picture of you, Mr. Fox.
04:37Really? In that case, I'll give you a few hairs from my brush for a, for a brush. Mind you make it like me.
04:49Hair had many more visits to make before he took the sketchbook back.
04:53He showed it to the rabbits and to Duke, the horse who had taken them all to the seaside.
04:58Then to Water Rat, who was so delighted that he broke off a reed, dipped it in reddish mud, and sketched in a clever little picture of himself in his boat.
05:08There! And ooh! There! Oh, and here! You can keep the brush. And you must show this to Wise Owl. There's a picture of his tree.
05:17Hmm. I suppose so. But I expect he'll just eat it all. And I haven't got a present for him.
05:23Who's there? Go away, whoever you are.
05:32It's me, Hair. I've got a book.
05:35A book? For me?
05:38No, it belongs to an artist. But look, it's got your tree in it.
05:44Hmm. My tree, all right. But, um...
05:47No bell, no door, no owl. I'll have to remove it.
05:54Whoa!
05:58What? Oh, calamity!
06:01Oh, dear. Now I suppose I'll eat it all.
06:07It must be somewhere.
06:09Huh?
06:12He's not gonna give it back.
06:14What'll Grey Rabbit say when I get home and...
06:17Here's your old book.
06:19Hooray!
06:20And I've added another picture. You'll see.
06:23And there's a present for Grey Rabbit.
06:25Don't come bothering me again.
06:28Oh!
06:30Oh!
06:32Speckledy Hen pecked it.
06:33And Water Rat painted his boat in it.
06:35And Wise Owl made another picture.
06:37Oh!
06:39Oh!
06:41The man in the moon.
06:43And his lantern.
06:45And his bundle of sticks.
06:47Oh, how it shines.
06:49He's painted his best friend.
06:52The moon and Wise Owl go together.
06:54Hmm. I could paint a picture just as good.
06:56Open your present, Grey Rabbit.
06:59A paint box.
07:02I need a paint box.
07:03I'm going to be an artist.
07:04And me.
07:05I want to paint.
07:07We'll all paint a picture for Wise Owl to thank him.
07:10But first, Hare, you must take the book back.
07:15Gone.
07:21I definitely left it in this field.
07:23It was on the rock...
07:24Oh.
07:25Can it be?
07:28Yes, it is.
07:30But how did it...
07:32Two pages torn out.
07:35And look.
07:37Oh, the moon.
07:39It's shining.
07:41Oh.
07:43It's magic.
07:44How time has flown.
07:53It's nearly dark.
07:55Oh.
07:56And we haven't had supper yet.
07:58And don't even care.
08:01Any pictures for me?
08:04Mine's ready.
08:05And mine.
08:06Come on.
08:19Hair.
08:20On Foxy's back.
08:22How do you dare?
08:23Yeah.
08:24Oh.
08:25You never know.
08:26I might one day.
08:27I am brave, you know.
08:28Very good work.
08:29Very good.
08:31You are all artists now.
08:33Hooray!
08:34I knew I was.
08:36Um, Owl.
08:37Can I keep my painting for Mr. Fox?
08:39I promised him.
08:40I certainly don't want Fox looking down at me from the wall.
08:45But I shall take these and hand them over my bookcase.
09:03Thank you, Hair.
09:05You're quite the artist.
09:07And I see you're so anxious to have supper with me that you're riding on my back.
09:14Oh, Jemima!
09:16Let it be soon.
09:17Roast hair and red-colored jelly.
09:22So Fox didn't like it.
09:24I knew he wouldn't.
09:26As a matter of fact, he said I was quite the artist.
09:30You know, I don't think the moon will ever look the same again because of Wise Owl's picture.
09:37Good night, Moon.
09:42Good night.
09:43Good night!
09:46Good night, little animals.
09:48Good night.
09:49Good night!
09:50Good night!
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