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It's time for the winter, but Archie is feeling a bit glum after being ill with flu. Who will wipe away his frowns and bring back his smiles in time for the party?
Archie is the main character.
Archie is the main character.
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00:06Bala Mori
00:09Bala Mori
00:10What's the story in Bala Mori?
00:13What would you like to know?
00:15What's the story in Bala Mori?
00:17Where would you like to go?
00:18Will there be treats, those pockets and sweets
00:20Is that where we should go?
00:25Bala Mori
00:26Or up to the castle, inventing with Archie
00:28He's ever so clever and ever so watchy
00:30What's the story in Bala Mori?
00:32Wouldn't you like to know?
00:33Choosing our colors and diving with paint
00:35For Spencer we should go
00:40Bala Mori
00:41Or moving and jumping with Josie
00:43Jump!
00:43Would that be the story in Bala Mori?
00:45What's the story in Bala Mori?
00:47Where would you like to go?
00:49Shall we have fun as we cycle with plum?
00:51Is that where we should go?
00:55Bala Mori
00:56Or taking it easy with Peter McCready
00:58Wouldn't you like to know?
01:00So
01:00What's the story in Bala Mori?
01:02Wouldn't you like to know?
01:04What's the story in Bala Mori?
01:06Where would you like to go?
01:10Bala Mori
01:11Morning Susie!
01:12Here is Miss Hoolie
01:13To tell us that story
01:14But how does it all begin?
01:16Is it rainy, sunny, windy, cloudy, playing outside the rim?
01:20Is it day to stay at home to play?
01:23Going to school or nurse or rake?
01:25What's the story in Bala Mori?
01:27Wouldn't you like to know?
01:28What's the story in Bala Mori?
01:30Tell us where we will go!
01:36Morning Susie!
01:38Oh Miss Hoolie!
01:41So what's the story in Bala Mori?
01:43What?
01:44It's a cold day in Bala Mori
01:46A cold winter's day in Bala Mori!
01:56So you just pop along to the cafe
01:58And I'll get you a mug of tea
02:00And a Bala Mori bun
02:02Thanks Susie!
02:05Hello
02:06Hello
02:06Hi
02:07Oh hi there!
02:09How are you?
02:11Oh that's good
02:13Well
02:13At least it feels a bit warmer in here than it does outside
02:18Hey
02:19Look at this place
02:20There's lots of decorations
02:24What's going on?
02:27Well
02:29Here's a clue
02:31A do do do do do do do do do do do do
02:34I think there's a Kayleigh afoot
02:37Yes
02:38Look
02:39Bala Mori winter Kayleigh
02:41A pocket and sweet
02:43So
02:43If it's a Kayleigh day in Bala Mori
02:46I wonder what adventures we'll get up to
02:56Strike up the band, strike up the band
02:59There is no work today
03:02Hang out the flags, pack up your bags
03:04It's a play day
03:06Hooray!
03:07We're gonna dance for a mile today
03:09Run, jump, or walk for a smile today
03:14Strike up the band, strike up the band
03:16For a play day away
03:19Jump on the bus, it's here for us
03:22There is no work, wahey!
03:24Get up, get out, it's a brand new day
03:27Raining or shining, we don't care
03:30We're out to play
03:34Sail out on the blue
03:37Climb a hill for a view
03:39Run down to town, have a look around
03:42We're here, there, everywhere
03:44Look over here
03:47Dance if you dare
03:53Come to the fair
03:58Come on, let's have a show today
04:01Step out of style, give a smile for me
04:04And shout hooray
04:08Take a trip on a train
04:10Fly up high in an arrow play
04:13Give each cloud a little name
04:16Down to the ground, we'll run all around
04:18We're here, there, everywhere
04:20We're over here
04:23It's a play day
04:26Hooray!
04:30So, for strip the willow
04:32They stand in two lines
04:33Then the people at the end of the line
04:36Work their way down the line
04:39Turning
04:40And spinning
04:42And laughing and clapping
04:44Yep
04:44And getting into a right muddle
04:50Oh, sounds like we have a visitor
04:52I wonder who it can be
04:58Archie!
05:00Hello!
05:00Hello!
05:01We haven't seen you in a while
05:03To tell you the truth
05:04I've been a bit ill
05:05Oh, no
05:06Flu
05:07Oh, nasty
05:08Well, the doctor says I'm over the worst of it
05:09I just need to sort of get up and start moving about again
05:11Well, you'll certainly be able to do that at the Keeley this afternoon
05:15Oh, yes
05:16Spencer gave me this to give to you
05:18Bunting
05:20Oh, fabulous
05:22Would you like to give me a hand to put this up outside?
05:24Yes
05:25Brilliant, come on then
05:30Well, I'm glad to see you're well on the mend, Archie
05:33Well, I'm glad to see you're well on the mend, Archie
05:33Not quite
05:34Actually, I still don't feel too good
05:36What, aches and pains?
05:37No, no, just down in the dumps
05:40Well, a spot of Keeley dancing will soon snap you out of it
05:43It's not quite as easy as that
05:44I mean, I was just having Spencers a minute ago
05:46All smiling and laughing
05:47And having a jolly good old sing song
05:49I'll give you ten
05:50Oh
05:51Green glow where the rushes go
05:52And then suddenly I just felt glum all over
05:56Oh, dear
05:58Oh, Archie
05:59How nice to see you
06:01They tell me you're all better now
06:03Not quite better, Susie
06:05Just a bit glum
06:06Glum?
06:07Graciously, you've got to pick yourself up
06:10Shake yourself down
06:11And start practising for the Keeley
06:13Come on
06:14Ooh
06:15Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
06:19-da-da-da
06:19There you are
06:23Let's put the colour back in your cheek
06:26Are you alright, Archie?
06:28I am so exhausted
06:31Are you still feeling...?
06:33Glammer than glum
06:34And very, very tired
06:37Well, why don't you nip over to see Josie, Archie?
06:40Maybe she could teach you a few exercises to perk yourself up again.
06:44Well, I suppose there's no harm in trying.
06:46At least she'll put the smile back in your face.
06:48That's a good idea. I'll go and see Josie jump.
06:52Bye-bye.
06:53Bye, Archie.
06:56Oh, poor soul.
06:59So, which coloured house do you think Archie will visit first today?
07:06Can you see all the different coloured houses
07:09sitting by the sea?
07:12Oh, sorry. I'm just too glum to sing.
07:16Do you mind telling me which house I visit first today?
07:18The Yellow House!
07:20Of course, it's the Yellow House. Right, well, I'll see you there.
07:50You were right. It's the Yellow House, because that's where Josie jump lives.
07:57Down the line and turning around and take your pineapples, trip the billow.
08:00Down the line and turning around and take your pineapples, trip the billow.
08:04Down the line and turning around and take your pineapples, trip the billow.
08:07Down the line. That's it.
08:09Keep going, Archie.
08:10And turn around again.
08:12Woo!
08:13That's it!
08:17Now I feel more tired than ever.
08:20Oh, what's the matter, Archie?
08:22I'm sorry, Josie, but I had a bit of flu a few days ago
08:25and ever since then I've just felt down in the dumps.
08:28Glum, glum, glum.
08:29Hey, just relax.
08:31Being ill always takes it out of you.
08:33I know, but I thought you might be able to teach me a few perk-me-up exercises.
08:36I do so want to go to the winter kale and enjoy myself
08:38and be the happy-go-lucky chappy I used to be.
08:41Archie, you must give yourself some time.
08:44We can't always get better just like that.
08:46I know, but why must I feel so glum?
08:49Oh, you don't have to.
08:51Just give yourself a little dream.
08:53A dream?
08:54A dream of feeling better and laughing and smiling again.
08:57I don't feel I'll ever laugh again.
08:59Oh, but you might, if you catch sight of the snowflake fairy.
09:02The snowflake fairy?
09:04Sounds like a fairy story to me.
09:06Oh, well, of course it's a fairy story, silly.
09:08It's all about a fairy.
09:10Are you sitting comfortably?
09:11Very.
09:12Good.
09:13Then I shall begin.
09:14The snowflake fairy lives way up high on the top of the world,
09:18where the ice glistens and freezes all year round.
09:21Everyone loves the snowflake fairy
09:23because she's so full of laughter, light and sparkle.
09:27Sometimes, when her wee toes touches the freezing ice,
09:32she leaps up and she dances in the air.
09:35She sways and she flutters to and fro,
09:39lighting up the night sky wherever she goes.
09:41Then, when winter falls,
09:43she flutters all around the world,
09:47bringing snow wherever she goes.
09:49And, if you were lucky to catch the very first flake of winter snow,
09:55you would see the snowflake fairy fluttering down
09:59and waving her wand just to make the snow sparkle.
10:03Wow.
10:04I feel better just thinking about her.
10:06Oh, well, dream on, Archie,
10:08because if you see the snowflake fairy,
10:10all your frowns return to smiles for the rest of the year.
10:13Will they really?
10:15Oh, well, it's only a fairy story.
10:17Well, of course, naturally.
10:18I mean, it's a story about a fairy.
10:20Yes.
10:21It might snow today.
10:23Who will take me to look for snowflakes?
10:25Oh, well, I can't because I'm off to the Cayley.
10:27I know.
10:29Edie McCready.
10:30We can go round on her bus looking for snowflakes.
10:32I think you should take it easy, Archie.
10:34No.
10:35I'm going to go and see Edie McCready.
10:46I'm Edie McCready.
10:48I love to drive.
10:50Hop aboard my bus, enjoy the ride.
10:53Doors are open, so step inside.
10:57It's the day to have some fun.
10:59Plenty of room for everyone
11:02when I honk my horn.
11:05Step inside.
11:07Step inside.
11:09Now if you can't sit still, then hold on tight.
11:12We're rolling down the road.
11:15If there's traffic, ding-a-ling.
11:17Got a song we love to sing.
11:19Rolling down the road.
11:22If you need to find somewhere,
11:25I can take you there.
11:29I've been to places that you'll never know.
11:32From the hot desert sun to the cold Arctic snow.
11:35When I honk my horn, step inside.
11:39Step inside.
11:41If something breaks, it doesn't matter.
11:43I can fix it with my spanner.
11:45We'll be rolling down the road.
11:48If the tires are looking flat,
11:50I can fix them just like that.
11:51We're rolling down the road.
11:55Anything I commend.
11:58I'll be just around the bend.
12:01Just call Edie.
12:02Call on Edie.
12:03Edie McCready.
12:04Edie McCready.
12:05Call on Edie.
12:06Edie McCready.
12:07Just call Edie.
12:09Ooh.
12:10Edie.
12:18First, I pick up the McClouds,
12:20then up the New Farm Road to pick up Custy,
12:23then by way of puffin' points,
12:25scut down to the right reverend Jimmy McCaskill.
12:28Edie, are you busy?
12:29Archie!
12:30Well, I'm just planning out my route
12:32to pick up folk around the island
12:33for this afternoon's Cayley.
12:35Could I have a word?
12:36Well, I haven't got long,
12:38but come on, sit yourself down.
12:41Right, there you are.
12:43Now, what's the story in Balamori?
12:46Well, as you probably have heard,
12:48I've been a little bit under the weather.
12:49Oh, yes.
12:50A wee touch of the flu, I hear.
12:52Yes, well, I'm all better now.
12:54But!
12:58I called round to the cafe
12:59to deliver some bunting
13:00for the Balamori winter Cayley.
13:03I told Miss Hooley that,
13:04although my flu was better,
13:06I was still feeling glum
13:07and down in the dumps.
13:09Susie danced with me,
13:10round and round.
13:12She was cheery,
13:13but I was exhausted.
13:14Miss Hooley suggested I called round
13:16to see Josie jump.
13:19I asked Josie if she had any light exercises
13:21I might do to perk me up.
13:23She told me to relax
13:24and not to worry
13:25as feeling glum after an illness
13:26is quite usual.
13:29Then Josie told me
13:30the remarkable story
13:31of the snowflake fairy
13:32dancing on the ice cap.
13:35She said that all those
13:37who see the snow fairy
13:38flatter on the first flake
13:40of winter snow
13:40will have all their frowns
13:42turned to smiles.
13:45I thought we could drive around
13:46on your bus
13:47looking for the first flake of snow.
13:49Oh, well,
13:50I have all these people
13:51to deliver to the ceilidh.
13:53But just imagine,
13:54E.D.,
13:54all of our frowns
13:55will turn to smiles
13:56for the rest of the year.
13:57Oh, it's just a wee fairy tale, Archie.
14:00Oh, absolutely.
14:01Yeah, of course.
14:01Naturally,
14:02it's a story about a fairy.
14:03Yes, a story.
14:06Wait, I might just have enough time
14:09to show you something
14:11that might bring a sparkle
14:14to your life.
14:15Oh, it certainly did mine.
14:18This is a video I made
14:20of a walking trip
14:22I did with Miss Hooley
14:23to a land near the top of the world.
14:27Did you see the snow fairy?
14:29Judge for yourself.
14:38First, a little bit
14:39of local news footage
14:41of Miss Hooley and I
14:42arriving in Iceland.
14:44Fantastic.
14:46Oh, come on.
14:48Look at us.
14:50It was very cold there,
14:53but there were a few hot things too.
14:55We passed a huge hot pool
14:58with all these people
15:00having a bath outside
15:01in the freezing cold.
15:19On the first day,
15:21we travelled through
15:21some very strange countryside
15:24with lots of odd-looking rocks.
15:45Then we climbed up the side
15:46of this mountain
15:47and pitched our tent.
15:49If we pitched the tent
15:50right here,
15:51it would be lovely.
15:52And think of the beautiful view
15:53we'll have in the morning
15:54when we wake up.
16:05Oh, that air,
16:07you breathe,
16:08it is magnificent.
16:08When we woke up
16:09in the morning,
16:10we found that we'd camped
16:12on the side of a volcano.
16:14Oh, my goodness, Miss Hooley!
16:16Standing on the edge
16:17of a crater!
16:18Oh!
16:18Oh!
16:19Oh!
16:19Oh!
16:20Oh!
16:21Oh!
16:29Now, this was like being
16:31on the top of a cooker
16:32with pans of water
16:33and kettles
16:33bubbling all around.
16:35Mind you,
16:36the smell was very odd.
16:41I think it's the sulphur.
16:43Smells like rotten eggs.
16:45Very smelly.
16:48It was there
16:49that I got Miss Hooley
16:50to take a shot
16:51of me
16:51near the hot springs.
16:56Miss Hooley
16:57was just getting
16:57the hang
16:58of using the camera
16:59when we heard
17:00a very strange
17:02burping
17:02and gulping sound.
17:07And then a huge
17:08spout of steam
17:10gushed up
17:10into the air.
17:13Afterwards,
17:14we realised
17:15it was a geyser.
17:17All right, Miss Hooley,
17:19there we go.
17:20You see me?
17:21Fantastic.
17:21Oh, yes.
17:23Oh, careful
17:23you don't slip.
17:25Hi.
17:27On we trudged
17:28past this amazing waterfall.
17:31You should have heard
17:32the noise it made,
17:33roaring and splashing.
17:37Excellent, Miss Hooley.
17:42Very nearly
17:43getting to the top
17:45of the world.
17:48Oh, now this
17:49is where we had
17:50to put on our helmets
17:51because we were
17:52travelling on snowmobiles.
17:59Miss Hooley and I
18:00soon got the hang
18:01of driving a snowmobile,
18:03swooshing around
18:04in the snow.
18:14And here we are,
18:16nearly at our journey's
18:17end,
18:18in this rather
18:19handsome bus
18:20speeding across
18:22a glacier
18:22miles and
18:24miles of
18:25frozen ice.
18:49now it's getting
18:50dark, but this
18:51was the most
18:52exciting part
18:53of our journey.
18:53we pitched our tent
18:55and we lit the fire
18:56and then something
18:58very strange happened.
19:00The whole sky
19:02lit up.
19:03Look at the sky.
19:05Oh, it's the
19:06Aurora Borealis.
19:07What is that?
19:09Some people call it
19:10the Aurora Borealis,
19:12others the
19:13Northern Lights,
19:14but an ancient tale
19:16says that it is
19:17the Snow Fairy
19:18dancing on the ice cap
19:20at the top of the world,
19:22swaying and dancing
19:24as her tiny toes
19:26touched the freezing
19:27ice.
19:30So all that stuff
19:31about the Snow Fairy
19:32is true.
19:33Well?
19:34Well, there she was
19:34dancing on top of the
19:35world.
19:36Hmm, maybe.
19:37Oh, Edie,
19:38you have made my day.
19:39Oh, oh,
19:40I see.
19:41Oh, I've got a
19:41spring in my step,
19:43I've got a sparkle
19:44in my eye,
19:44because I have seen
19:45the Snow Fairy
19:46dancing on top of the
19:47world.
19:47on my video.
19:50Oh, right, Edie,
19:50I shall see you
19:51at the Balamori Kayleigh
19:52for the strip of the
19:53willow.
19:53Ooh!
19:55Bye-bye.
19:55Bye, Archie!
19:57Bye!
20:20Bye-bye.
20:21Bye-bye.
20:51Hey, Archie, how's it going?
20:52Oh, never felt bad as medicine?
20:53Oh, well.
20:53You're going to need your energy to keep up with this lot.
21:00And now take your partners for Strip to Willow.
21:05Oh, Miss Hooley?
21:06May I?
21:08Thank you, Archie.
21:31Are you sure you're not overdoing things, Archie?
21:33Oh, Miss Hooley, I'm having the time of my life.
21:41Look at Archie.
21:42Oh, you had cheered him up.
21:43Oh, I hope he's not overdoing it.
22:01Thank you, Miss Hooley.
22:02How are you feeling, Archie?
22:04Oh, I've never felt...
22:07I'm pooped, Miss Hooley.
22:09Oh, maybe you should have a sit down.
22:11Oh, Miss Hooley, I'll take you into the cafe.
22:16Come on, old chap.
22:20OK, get your partners for the Dashing White Sergeant.
22:26Kate, I'm just raising love.
22:28Oh, there's Archie.
22:30Archie!
22:31Josie, I think I've overdone it.
22:33I told you to relax and take it easy.
22:35There you go, Archie.
22:36You get your breath back.
22:40I did say I want to enjoy myself,
22:42but now I just feel glam again.
22:44Just relax, OK?
22:47Yes.
22:48Relax.
22:51Hi, guys!
22:56It's starting to snow.
22:58Oh, my God.
22:59It's the first flakes of winter.
23:01Oh, that's right.
23:02Come on, guys, let's go out.
23:03Let's go.
23:04Oh, that's right.
23:06The first flake of winter.
23:09The first flake of winter.
23:12The snow flake.
23:13The snow flake.
23:14The snow flake.
23:15The snow flake.
23:32Take your partners, please, for the snow dance.
23:44Look, it's the snow fairy dancing in the sky.
23:48Dancing to the fiddles.
23:50Dancing on top of the world.
23:52She's a happy wee fairy.
23:53Well, of course.
23:54She's taken all of art.
23:55She's glummed this away.
24:00Oh, come on.
24:00I'm going to go and have a dance with the wind.
24:02Oh, me too.
24:02Let me go.
24:19So, that was a very special story in Balamore.
24:27Archie called round to the cafe to deliver some bunting for the Balamore winter calee.
24:31He told me his flu was better, but he was still feeling glum and down in the dumps.
24:36I suggested he call to see Josie and ask her if she had any light exercises that might peck him
24:42up.
24:44Josie told him not to worry, as feeling glum after an illness is quite normal.
24:49Then she told him the remarkable story of the snowflake fairy dancing on the ice cap.
24:55She said that anyone who sees the snow fairy flutter on the first flake of winter snow
25:00will have all their frowns turned to smiles.
25:06Archie then called to ask Edie if she would drive him round the island to search for the first flake
25:11of snow.
25:13Instead, Edie showed him a video of a walking trip she and I did in the land near the top
25:18of the world.
25:19We saw lots of wonderful and strange sights.
25:25Snowy mountains, volcanoes and lots of bubbling mud and a geyser.
25:34We rode on snow scooters across an ice field
25:39and Edie drove an enormous snow bus.
25:48Finally, we reached our journey's end
25:50and we saw the most incredible sight of all
25:53the northern lights.
25:57Ancient tales say it is a snowflake fairy
26:00dancing on the ice cap at the top of the world.
26:06Edie's video really cheered Archie up
26:09so he came along to the Balamori winter hailing.
26:16Unfortunately, the dancing tired him out
26:18and he needed to rest.
26:20Then it started to snow.
26:23Archie was lucky enough to catch sight
26:25of the first lake of snow
26:32and the snow fairy turned his frown
26:34into a smile.
26:41Did you catch sight of the snow fairy too?
26:47Did you now?
26:49Then all your frowns will turn to smiles
26:51for the rest of the year.
26:53Just like Archie.
26:55Bye-bye.
26:57Bye-bye.
26:58Bye-bye.
26:59Bye-bye.
27:00Bye-bye.
27:01Bye-bye.
27:03Bye-bye.
27:04Bye-bye.
27:05Bye-bye.
27:06What's a story about Balamori?
27:08Wouldn't you like to know?
27:10What's a story about Balamori?
27:12Tell us where people go.
27:14Bye-bye.
27:15Bye-bye.
27:18Bye-bye.
27:19Bye-bye.
27:20Bye-bye.
27:21Bye-bye.
27:23You