01x02 - Zou Goes Camping

[bunniefuu]

[Poc tweeting]

♪ Say hey, say hi ♪

♪ Say how do you do ♪

♪ To a fine young zebra
by the name of Zou ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Meet Mom and Dad, Nana too ♪

♪ Grandma and Grandpa, all of you ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ I've got a friend in you ♪

♪ I've got a friend in Zou ♪

♪ I've got a friend in you ♪

♪ I've got a friend in Zou ♪

[giggling]

[thumping]

- Oh, it sounds like you're
having a party in here.

- No, not me.

Hmm.

- Uh, you don't they've bought

an elephant downstairs, do you?

[roaring]

- Nothing can withstand the
mights of the stripy monster

from the planet, Gog.

[roars]

- Zou?

Bizou.

- It's not Zou.

I'm the mighty monster
from the planet, Gog.

- Well, could you ask
him to be a bit quieter?

We can't hear ourselves think
in the rest of the house.

[roars]

That was the mom monster,

telling you to pipe down.

And this room could do with serious tidy.

- Monsters like making a mess.

- Bizou, tidy up time.

- Come on, Poc.

We're leaving.

[Poc tweeting]

Dad!

- Oh, Zou, that was quite
a noise you were making

in your bedroom.

- That's what monsters do.

And they make a mess and this
monster's going somewhere

where he can be a proper monster.

I'm leaving.

- Oh, well, I'll miss you, Zou.

Still, make sure you say your goodbyes

to everyone before you go.

After all, you can't leave home

without saying your goodbyes.

- No, I suppose not.

[chuckles]

[Poc tweeting]

- Hello Zou.

How sweet of you to visit.

Come on in.

- So Nana, I thought I
better come and say goodbye.

- Leaving home, eh?

That's a very big step.

I hope you'll take one of two things

with you on your travels
to remind you of us.

Just hang on a tick
while I find my lipstick.

Ah!

There, Zou.

To remind you of me wherever you might be.

- Thanks, Nana.

Phew.

- Zou.

[Zou gasps]

Goodbye, Zou.

You too, Poc.

- Grandma?

- Oh hello, Zou.

Mom says I make too much noise,

so I'm leaving home.

I've come to say goodbye.

- Oh, well, I shall miss you, Zou.

Still, if that's what you want.

You'll need to take
something with you to eat.

We can't have going hungry.

How about helping me to make
these choc chip cookies?

- I really should get going.

Mm, well, I suppose I
could stay for a bit.

- Good, pour in some of
these chocolate chips

and give the dough a good stir.

- Phew!

Nice catch, Grandma.

- Yes, now, have you said
goodbye to your Grandpa yet?

- No, not yet.

- Well, you mustn't forget to do that.

Your Grandpa's going to miss you lots.

So will I.

Hop along and by the
time you've said goodbye,

these cookies might be ready.

- Leaving home, eh?

Well, the old place won't be
the same without you, Zou.

Still, we better find a few
things to take with you.

- Like what?

Watch out, Grandpa.

- I'm making quite a lot of noise.

- Not as much as I was.

- Here we are, my old rucksack.

I've had since I was about your age, Zou.

- It's a bit smelly.

- Yes, I use to take it
with me when I went fishing.

My old compass.

You're really going to need this.

- Wow.

- Now, this is north and this is south.

So, to get home, just follow
the compass needle south.

If you ever decide you
want to come home that is.

Ah-ha, my trusty torch.

You'll need this for when it gets dark,

so you can find somewhere to sleep.

- Somewhere to sleep?

- And talking of sleeping,
ta-da, my trusty hammock.

Perfect for a decent night's shut eye.

[laughs]

Or not, as the case may be.

- There, nice bag of choc chip cookies

to take on your travels.

- Mm, yummy.

Goodbye, Grandma!

Bye, Grandpa!

Bye Mom, bye Dad.

- Take care, Zou.

Look after yourself.

- We'll miss you, Bizou.

- Yes, I...

Yes, bye.

[chuckles]

- Uh, Poc, which way shall we go?

Yup, home is south.

Just like Grandpa said.

- Zou?

- Oh, hi Elzee.

- What are you doing?

- You know, just sort of
deciding which way to go.

- Go where?

- I'm leaving home.

So I'm just checking my compass.

- Leaving home?

Do your mom and dad know?

- Yup.

They said I was making too much noise.

So I'm leaving.

- You haven't gone very far.

- Not yet.

I was just going to have
one of Grandma's cookies

before I went.

Want one?

- Yes please.

It's getting dark.

- You're not frightened, are you?

- Me?

Of course not.

- I can't go home.

My bedroom's still a mess.

- But you're not making much noise.

- No.

- I could help you tidy your bedroom.

- Well, I suppose so.

[thumping]

[Poc tweeting]

- Bizou!

- You're back!

- Yes and so is the mighty
monster from the planet Gog.

[roars]

- [Elzee's Mom] Elzee, suppertime!

- Got to go, thanks for having me.

- I didn't know we had.

- Zou, I'm glad you decided to stay.

- Yes, so am I.

- Ah, that was a lovely meal, thanks.

- Zou, what would you have
had if you had left home?

- Oh, some of Grandma's choc chip cookies.

And rocks.

Monsters love rocks for supper.

[roars]

[laughing]

[cheerful music]

[Poc tweeting]

♪ Say hey, say hi ♪

♪ Say how do you do ♪

♪ To a fine young zebra
by the name of Zou ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Meet Mom and Dad, Nana too ♪

♪ Grandma and Grandpa, all love you ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ I've got a friend in you ♪

♪ I've got a friend in Zou ♪

♪ I've got a friend in you ♪

♪ I've got a friend in Zou ♪

[giggling]

- Will nobody rescue a lost princess

from the dark, dark woods?

- I, Sir Zou, would lead you to safety

with my trusty squire, Poc.

- Thank goodness.

Sir Zou, lead the way back to Elzee Land.

- Here we are, safe at last, princess.

- Oh, thank you, brave knight.

How can I ever repay you?

- I'd like to be king please.

- No way, Zou.

- But Elzee, when you play
knights and princesses,

the brave knight always
rescues the princess

and becomes king.

It's the rules.

- Not in the this game.

This is Elzee Land.

I'm going to Queen Elzee.

- Then I'll just have to go and
find my own kingdom instead.

This is my kingdom, Poc,

and I'm going to call it Zou Land.

And you can be my royal mascot.

Now that I'm in charge, let's go

and tell everyone the good news.

Mom, Dad, I have something to say.

- Go on.

- I want you to know that
we now live in Zou Land

and I am its king.

So from now on, I'm in charge.

- Really, Bizou?

Surely you can't be a king
unless you wear a crown.

- Oh, I hadn't thought of that.

- Mom's right.

A real king has to have a crown.

- If I find one, then can I be king?

- If you can find a crown by lunchtime,

then we'll let you sit at the
head of the table and be king.

- Yippee!

I'm gonna be king!

- But you only have half an hour.

- I'm gonna be king.

I'm gonna be king.

Nana, guess what, I'm gonna be king.

- King, you say?

- Yes, but I need a crown.

Do you know where I can find one?

- No, don't think I've seen
any spare crowns lying around,

but you'll need a throne as well.

- What's a throne?

- A majestic bejeweled chair.

- By lunchtime?

- How lovely, a lunchtime coronation.

- A coro what?

- A coronation.

That's when a new king puts on their crown

for the very first time.

- Then I need to hurry or
I'll miss my coronation.

Hello Grandpa, Grandma.

- Oh.

- [Both] Hello Zou.

- If I find a crown and a
majestic throne by lunchtime,

then I can sit at the head of the table

and be king of Zou Land.

- Is that where we live now?

I'll be very proud to have
a king for a grandson.

- You'll need a royal robe

and it will have to be purple.

Nothing else will do.

- A robe as well?

Oh Grandpa.

How am I going to land all
these things by lunchtime?

This is too hard.

- You know, kings need royal advisors.

I'd be happy to help
you in this quest, Zou.

- Yes, please Grandpa, come on.

- Oh, yes Zou.

Ah now, first, a crown.

Ah-ha.

- Ooh.

How do I look?

- Oh, like a lampstand.

How about this?

- I need something more hat shaped.

- Ah, a paper crown
would be as good as any.

- Let me try.

Ta-da, I've now got a crown.

- Oh, well done, Zou.

- Next a majestic throne.

Too plain.

Too small.

[Poc tweets]

Huh?

Hm, yes!

[majestic music]

- Zou, are you ready to be king yet?

It's almost lunchtime.

- Not yet, can I borrow this?

- Of course.

- Thank you.

Shiny.

Yes!

- As it has to be a bejeweled
throne, how about these?

Ta-da!

- Thanks, Grandpa.

It looks amazing.

Wow!

- Two done, one to go.

Now, where are we going
to get a purple robe?

- I know, Dad's dressing gown.

Hmm, huh?

Oh, it's blue, not purple.

What else around here is purple?

- [Mom] Five minutes, Zou.

- Oh no, five minutes.

[snoring]

- Oh!

Is it lunchtime?

- Almost, Nana.

I need something purple
to be my royal robe.

Can I borrow your blanket?

- Oh, of course you can,

but it's not purple,
it's lavender, you know.

- Lavender?

That's no good.

There are no purple things.

- [Mom] One minute till lunch.

- Oh no, a minute!

[gasps]

Grandma, can I help you with that?

- Yes, Zou, you can borrow it.

- Yes, I'm ready!

Woohoo!

[regal music]

- It gives me great pleasure to crown

the king of Zou Land, King Zou the First.

Three cheers for the king.

Hip hip.

- [All] Hooray!

[Poc tweets]

- Hip hip.

- [All] Hooray!

- Hip hip.

- [All] Hooray!

- I love a nice coronation.

- With a coronation pie.

- Now that I'm king I'm going

to make some very important decisions.

- Oh, such as, your majesty?

- Uh, like, what game
we will play after lunch

and what time I will go to bed.

And what flavor ice cream we'll have.

And I would decide which
end of the bed I will sleep.

And what days I will go to school

or even if I go to school at all.

- And I'm going to have
that last piece of pie.

- Well, I was going to have it, too!

- [Dad] I am the king's father.

- But I am the royal advisor.

It's mine.

- No, it's mine.

- Oh dear, oh dear.

King Zou, it looks like you
have a decision to make.

Who gets to have the last
piece of coronation pie?

- One piece of pie and
two hungry subjects.

I can't choose.

Could you share?

- [Both] Share?

- Cut the piece in half.

- Oh, agreed.

- Agreed.

- That's a very kingly
decision, your majesty.

Well done.

- Phew.

- But there are lots more
decisions to be made, King Zou.

- Oh yes, like, who gets the
bathroom first in the morning?

- Who's on washing up duty this week?

- Who's turn is it to put
the rubbish in the pins?

- I'm not sure I like being king.

Making decisions is difficult.

- But that's what kings do.

- Hmm, would you mind
if I stopped being king?

Maybe Dad could take over instead.

- If you really want me to, Zou.

- I crown you King Dad.

Hip hip hooray!

- [All] Hooray!

- Which means you will be Queen Mom.

I think I'll just be your little prince.

- You always have been, Bizou,

and always will be.

- Hip hip.

- [All] Hooray!

- Is there any cake?

- [Zou] Elzee!

- Hi Zou, how's it going being king?

- I gave it up.

Being a king was not as
much fun as I thought.

How are things in Elzee Land?

- Oh, I gave it back to Mom and Dad.

Queens have to make
lots of hard decisions.

So, I think I'll stick to
playing at princesses for now.

- Then I will be your brave knight.

Let's go an adventure
in this dark, dark wood

and see if we can find any dragons.

- You're on!

- [Zou] Look, a dragon.

- [Elzee] Save me from the dragon.

- [Zou] I will save you, fair princess.

[giggling]