00:00The End
00:30I don't know what to do, but I don't know what to do, but I don't know what to do.
00:32I don't know how nice it was not having Custard grinning over the fence for once, and the birds scratching
00:36noises into the summer air with their silly beaks, and how nice it was having nothing happening apart from wondering
00:43what would happen next. When it did, cringed Rhubarb. One minute all's well, and the very next minute all's, there
00:53it is again.
00:54What are you rambling on about now? inquired Custard, without even bothering to look over the fence.
01:01Earthquakes, announced Rhubarb. That's what I'm rambling about. Earthquakes, and lots of them. Whatever you do, don't panic.
01:08Shouted Rhubarb as he careered round the garden, warning everyone about the dangers of earthquakes.
01:14And in the event of one, the dangers of wearing damp socks. Whatever that meant.
01:22Custard dragged himself out of a snoozel, and heaved a sigh over the fence.
01:27Ah, now what's the matter? he inquired.
01:31Earthquakes, screamed Rhubarb.
01:32I've told you once, earthquakes, don't you see?
01:35Maybe the end of the world.
01:37Custard sank from sight.
01:40And the moon rose over the fence, as Rhubarb worked on into the night, making an earthquake-proof machine.
01:47In which he planned to sit safely, all the next day.
01:56When it got light, the sun beamed over the fence, quickly followed by Custard, looking for the first laugh of
02:02the day.
02:03Ahoy in there! shouted Custard.
02:06Come out, we know you're in there!
02:09With all the noise going on, the birds bounced into the garden, and squeaked with delight,
02:13when Custard told them to get ready for the biggest laugh of their lives.
02:17Ah, come on, Rhubarb! Let us in on a joke! said Custard.
02:22You laugh on the other side of your beaks when the earthquake comes! said a voice, echoing up from the
02:26far end of the garden.
02:27As everyone looked round, they saw a strange object dangling from the conker tree.
02:33What on earth could it be? everyone asked.
02:38Is it from space? queried Custard.
02:42It's on a string! squeaked the birds.
02:45This is my patented earthquake survival machine! echoed a hollow voice.
02:51It is from space! quivered the birds, getting in a flap.
02:56That is Rhubarb! chortled Custard, pointing to a window in the machine.
03:07Well, well, well, if it's not the old dog himself, sitting in a dustbin, swinging from an earthquake-proof tree!
03:16Swagged Custard, and capped the dustbin hard enough to give poor old Rhubarb a headache for a fortnight.
03:22Then he burst into a chuckle, followed closely by twittering birds, a rabbit in raptures, and the howlings of hedgehogs,
03:30until the whole garden was in uproar at Rhubarb trapped in the dustbin.
03:35That's quite true! scoffed Custard.
03:40said a bird.
03:43said someone else, as everyone caught hiccups until the very earth trembled.
03:47See! shouted Rhubarb from his machine.
03:50He wouldn't listen to me!
03:51Well, you go!
04:11Ging!
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