01x13 - Blinky and the Heart of the Tree

[bunniefuu]

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[Laughter]

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oh give it a rest jacko or i'll come and

laugh outside your bedroom when you're

trying to sleep koalas have no sense of

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humor uhhuh oh wow

i knew it a cake a

humongous ginormous cake it's a birthday

cake actually oh yum my favorite a no

icing before breakfast can i have some

cake then nope there is plenty it's

enormous it has to be if it's going to

feed the whole village yeah you're right

mother i should have a nice piece of

fruit instead can i have one of those

apples mom ah that's much better i'd

much rather have you snacking on a piece

of fruit than nibbling on sweet things

yes there is nothing like a juicy apple

catch thanks

mom a birthday cake

whoopee i love

birthdays they are lots of fun getting

presents from everyone

i'm as happy as a koala can

be i wonder what nutsy has got for

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me

wow let me guess nutsy it's a big bag of

sweets um a lifetime supply of rubber

bands all my homework done for a

year no

silly it's a bag of fertilizer

fertilizer what am i going to do with

that it's not for you blinky it's for

the tree what tree the old gum tree it's

a thousand years old today and we're

giving it a birthday you mean it's not

my birthday today blinky you had your

birthday 2 months ago i know that i just

thought this was an extra one for being

extra good oh blinky you are so funny

sometimes oh it's not fair i have been

extra good this time i only skipped

school um oh hardly at all but are they

going to give me a party no they are

giving it to this silly old gum tree

instead

what's so special about this tree anyway

lots of things huh who said that

don't tell me the tree can talk

wow

it's me talking blinky a wombo i thought

you knew about this tree blinky it's

very important to koalas it is why well

all trees are important because they

give us shelter and food and even this

air that we breathe this tree is

especially important because of

something that happened to your great

great

great grandfather anyway it happened a

long time ago when koalas still lived on

the ground instead of up in the trees in

those days this patch of bush was ruled

over by a dingo queen a very cruel

animal with a very bad temper

faster you miserable

lot

faster more

wood get bigger

buckets put more rocks in each basket

hurry harley

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oh put your backs into it wimps

the queen didn't care about her subjects

at all she was really only concerned

about herself and her litter of puppy

princess who were the biggest brats you

ever saw she gave them everything except

her love and attention

so all they ever did was misbehave and

howl in the end the queen decided

something had to be done shifty uh your

majesty

take a royal

decree my my dear

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subjects let it be known that i am

looking for someone anyone who can cheer

up my precious pups all applicants

should apply in person with references

this monday oh put in the usual stuff

about royal

rewards my daughter's hand in marriage

that sort of thing oh you you can't

offer your daughter's hand in marriage

your majesty of course i can i'm the

queen i have the right yes but you don't

have the daughter well offer them

something else

then free toaster should do it may the

best animal win etc etc what oh no

yours sincerely queen m the first and

shifty yes your majesty hurry

and so the royal decree went out

offering a reward to anyone who could

make the queen dingo's pups happy

is this where my great great great great

um is this where my ancestor comes into

the story not just yet first all the

other animals had a go

quick get on with it your majesty

presenting spludger the clown

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oh get on with

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it see no hands hands with my eyes

closed next masia the one mouse band

your majesty i would now like to play a

lullabi for your puppies oh get on with

it

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wait wait i'm not finished yet um that

was part of the act oh fa

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a

frog give me that well what do you do

salutations to you your majesty i would

like to serenate your pups with a simple

song entitled 16 soup spoons suspended

from a ceiling next

that's me then you are not a singer are

you no your majesty i'm a magician then

magic up something to amuse my pups for

my first trick poke a poke double bo i

will pull a rabbit out of a hat ta oh

boy

next huh what are you oh a stilt walker

but you are only a little way off the

ground

yeah i'm afraid of heights

next

your majesty may i present myself celia

the impressionist

an

impressionist i'm impressed go ahead

first up an impression of a

stick second my impression of a garden

hose

next why

you your majesty presenting frill the

famous jester your majesty h just away

then say something funny have you heard

the joke about the fat queen who thought

she was beautiful

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next

ouch i can't take it anymore

got to get out of here now anywhere but

here anywhere

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after the queen ran off she met my

ancestor no she became lost in the bush

and that was how she found this tree

this exact tree yes wow wow the tree was

not only the most beautiful in the bush

but the wind through the leaves and the

birds singing in its branches sounded

like music anyone who came close to this

tree was touched by its heart and felt

happier even the queen

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oh it's

beautiful such beauty such music such

enchantment such smells

the music from this tree will surely

soothe my puppies yes yes chop it down

at once and take it to my castle but but

your your majesty chopping it down will

k*ll it and that's a problem well yes

the leaves will die the branches will

wither and birds won't be able to live

or or sing in it good i don't want any

other animals near my tree but that will

destroy the tree's beauty and music not

necessarily gods gods when this tree is

cut down have the royal flute maker make

the finest instrument from its wooden

heart one way or another this tree will

make music for my puppies

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gam

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faster faster peasants faster

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all right now all together lift a little

more please now swing it around that's

it put it down

there gently gently

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the royal flute maker had to do as he

was ordered by the cruel queen and from

the very heart of that beautiful tree he

carved a magnificent flute

but who was going to play it wombo

that's mr wombo to you blinky and that

was a good question the flute maker gave

the instrument to the finest player in

the bush his son your great great

great grandfather gosh

this flute is all that is left of the

tree now blinky take it to the castle

and play for the queen's pups no that

stupid dingo queen doesn't deserve music

and laughter i won't do it i know how

you feel blinky but if you don't do it

the tree will have been chopped down for

nothing i know you don't respect the

queen but you can respect the flute well

it does look beautiful

i'm blinky bill the queen is expecting

me ah come in

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stop i i told you to make my puppies

happy

i did i was watching them they were

crying those were tears of joy tears of

joy

of course crying doesn't always mean

you're sad in my realm it usually does

sometimes beauty and joy and happiness

can be so powerful they move you to

tears i've never heard such rubbish it's

true and you would know it if you

weren't such a heartless tyrant

what what did you say bow down before me

with

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pleasure help did you get me out of here

[Laughter]

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[Applause]

so blinkcky returned to the tree and

played the beautiful music on the flute

which was the heart of the tree

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[Applause]

thank you

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[Applause]

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thus the tree grew and all the birds

came

back and from that day on koalas stopped

being ground dwelling animals and

instead lived high up in the trees

sometimes staying in one tree all their

lives the dingo queen never could catch

young blinky up

there and this was that very tree blinky

now do you understand why it is so

special

yes wombo it mr

wombo i'm sorry i called it a silly tree

this tree is also important because it's

the oldest tree in the bush and it's

1,000 years old

today oh

boy i forgot a present thousand years

old

here blinkcky this flute is the heart of

the tree remember your present can be

the gift of music

i am a

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