03x03 - Judging A Book

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♪ Jakers! It's the tales of our pal Piggley

♪ Ireland is the world he loves so well

♪ He wriggles out of spots that are downright stickley

♪ How he does that only he can tell

♪ Piggley, Ferny, Molly And Dannan

♪ Never miss a chance to have too much fun

♪ In Tara or Raloo

♪ Lots of excitement for everyone

♪ Curiosity's in a hurry,

♪ Leaving no time to stop and think

♪ The line between wild and crazy gets blurry

♪ Jakers! The adventures of Piggley Winks

♪ Something in the way, his eyes start blazing

♪ Tells us he's on to a brand new plan

♪ His lips curl up, it's downright amazing

♪ Looking for mischief, well he's your man

♪ Piggley, Ferny, Molly and Dannan

♪ Never miss a chance to have too much fun

♪ In Tara or Raloo

♪ Lots of excitement for everyone

♪ Jakers! They go to bed just to wake up early

♪ To get in trouble or on the brink

♪ The line between wild and crazy gets blurry

♪ Jakers! The Adventures of Piggly Winks.

- [Seamus] Five!

Six!

Oh grandpa, you made me miss.

- I'm sorry to spoil your fun, boys,

but your mother sent me in here to make sure

you get into bed.

- Seamus said he made baskets in a row today at school.

- I did.

Why don't you believe me, Sean?

- Some things are a little harder to believe

than others, Seamus.

- Yeah, especially impossible things.

Like Seamus making baskets.

- Ah, but impossible things make for the best stories, Sean.

Especially when they're true.

- And my impossible thing is true, grandpa.

- I'll bet you know some impossible true stories.

Huh, grandpa.

(chair squeaking)

- Well, now, there was one time when I had a real adventure

that was especially hard to believe.

It all started one afternoon when my friends

and I were sitting in the theater watching

one of our favorite heroes, the great wild animal trapper,

Rex Badger, trapper extraordinaire.

- [Rex] Rex Badger here with my loyal crew.

As together we hack our way through the dense brush

of the deepest darkest jungles of Africa,

searching for a most powerful, clever and cunning

of all wild creatures, the gorilla.

- Jakers.

- Janey Mack, oh I wish we could bring him back alive.

Just like Rex Badger, trapper extraordinaire.

- We can, Fernie.

- Do you really think so, Piggley?

- Of course.

All it takes is a bit of courage and a lot of brains.

And we've got plenty of those, don't we lads.

- Well good lucky to you finding any wild animals

in Ireland.

All we've got are a bunch of old sheep and donkeys.

- The train is coming.

The circus train, the circus.

- Train?

Circus?

What are you talking about, Molly?

- Molly certainly is excited to see the circus train.

- What what what what?

A circus is coming to Tara?

- No, I'm afraid not, Dannan.

It's just the train passing through.

- But it's a circus train.

Come on, lads.

Let's go and take a look at it.

- Right!

(all giggling)

(upbeat music)

- Oh my, children!

(train honking)

(tiger growling)

(elephant blaring)

(hippo growling)

(horses neighing)

(lion roaring)

(monkey shrieking)

(children cheering)

(upbeat music)

(monkey laughing)

(monkey shrieking)

- It's too bad the train didn't stop in Tara.

I would've loved to see the circus, so I would.

- Someday, lads.

I'm going to be in the circus.

- I thought you were going to be a wild animal trapper.

- True, I'll be doing that as well.

I'll trap the wild animals and then bring them back

to perform with me in the circus.

- What what what?

You can't be a wild animal trapper and in the circus.

You'd better choose one or the other.

- Well that's it then.

I'm going to be a wild animal trapper.

(upbeat music)

(monkey noises)

(upbeat zany music)

- Itch itch itch, got to scratch.

(scratching noises)

Ahh.

(monkey shrieking)

Get it off, get it off.

(banjo music)

Good work, flock.

Now just... ah.

Just great.

Now the flock has scattered.

It'll take days to get them back.

I just hope they're easier to find than the last time

Who knew sheep could burrow?

(sneaky music)

- Elephant stampede.

- Dannan, are you alright there?

- I've got a bunch of elephant feathers in me mouth.

- It's not easy being a wild animal trapper, Dannan.

Feathers go with the job, I'm afraid.

- [Mom] Piggley,

time to get washed up for dinner now.

Come along.

- Aw, mammy.

We're just about to catch some massive big lions.

- You can catch them tomorrow, love.

Your dinner's on the table.

- Alright lads, we'll meet back here tomorrow

to go after the big cat

and maybe a couple of gorillas as well.

- Oh, I love cats.

Especially the soft and fluffy kind.

- Well as long as they don't have feathers,

any kind is alright with me, boys.

- [Mom] Leave your helmet outside please little man.

(birds chirping)

- [Piggley] We were walking home, talking about Rex Badger.

The greatest trapper in the world and all that

and then this helmet fell straight down from the sky.

- [Dad] Now Piggley, that's impossible.

Helmets don't just fall from the sky.

- [Piggley] I'm telling you, dad.

Straight down from the sky

and it looks just like the one Rex Badger wears.

I'll show you if you don't believe me.

(monkey shrieks)

You see, I'm going to be a world famous trapper

someday, dad.

It's fate.

It can't be stopped.

(upbeat music)

And then this massive gorilla came crashing

out of the jungle.

Rex wasn't frightened at all.

Tomorrow, Ferny and Dannan and I are going after some lions

and gorillas ourselves.

- It sounds to me like a grand game you've got planned

there, Piggley.

- Oh, it's not a game, dad.

It's me future.

- Well then, you best be getting some sleep, son.

I hear gorilla trapping is a tough job.

- I know.

Goodnight, Dad.

- Goodnight, son.

(door closes)

- A good trapper always wears his helmet.

(ominous music)

(monkey noises)

Gorilla!

- Piggley.

- Piggley?

Son?

- Where are you, Piggley?

- Is he gone?

Is the gorilla gone, dad?

- So you're still playing trapper extraordinaire, are you?

- Oh Piggley, all those wild animals

gave you bad dreams, son.

- No, it wasn't a dream.

I'm telling you.

I saw a gorilla.

I swear I did.

- Oh now, Piggley, dreams can seem very real sometimes.

- No, I can prove it.

- You can prove it in the morning, Piggley.

And try to dream about smaller animals tonight, will you?

(gentle music)

Now I can't really blame my parents for not believing me.

The idea of an Irish gorilla might be a bit hard to take.

But I swear on my favorite ice cream

that every word of it is true.

There I was face to face

with a mighty, fearsome, Irish gorilla.

- Are you telling me that you saw a gorilla

in your bedroom last night?

- Well of course he did.

It's a common sigh in Ireland, you know.

You just seem them all the time.

- I did see it.

But me mom and dad think I was dreaming the whole thing up.

- Oh.

- I really did see it.

It was as clear as this helmet in me hand, I tell you.

Hey!

(children yelling)

Gorilla!

- He's after us!

(upbeat music)

- Wow, I bet Dannan and Ferny believed you after that.

- Oh they did indeed, boys.

- But didn't you guys notice that the gorilla

was only two feet tall?

- Well, now we just figured that an Irish gorilla

had to be much smaller than an African gorilla

because Ireland is so much smaller than Africa.

(children laughing)

When we finally calmed down a bit,

we began to see the great potential in our situation.

After all, no one, not even Rex Badger,

had ever trapped an Irish gorilla before.

Once we were famous, my parents would know for sure

that my gorilla story was absolutely true.

- Do you think the gorilla will come for the pie?

- Do you think he even likes pie?

- Everyone likes a bit of pie.

Here Dannan, you better wear this.

At the speed I'm going to be driving,

I best put on me goggles.

- Look, there he is.

There's the gorilla.

- Duck everyone.

Don't let him smell you.

- Are you saying that I smell, Piggley?

(shushing)

(zany music)

(monkey noises)

- [Piggley] Now!

- [Dannan] Keep it steady, Piggley.

I have him in me sights.

(monkey shrieking)

(zany music)

Let go of me helmet.

He's got me, Piggley.

He's trying to take me head off.

(children yelling)

(water splashing)

- Jakers! No wonder Rex Badger doesn't hunt Irish gorillas.

- He's got more sense than that.

(Ferny laughing)

- I think there's a fish in me trousers, lads.

(fish splashing in water)

(zany music)

- [Piggley] That monkey sure was a clever one.

So we had to be equally as clever

if we were ever going to catch him.

Of course, we did come up with a brilliant plan.

That involved collecting gorilla hair

from a sheep.

(razor buzzing)

(ominous music)

You see it only made sense to us

that the best way to catch one hairy gorilla

was with another hairy gorilla.

And since we didn't have another hairy gorilla,

we had to create one of our own.

(mimicking gorilla sounds)

(children laughing)

- That's looking great, Piggley.

You look just like the gorilla that Rex Badger caught.

- If I were a gorilla,

I'd want to be your best friend, Piggley.

(mimicking gorilla sounds)

Piggley, it's working.

He's coming.

The gorilla's coming.

- Jakers, it is him.

(monkey noises)

- Watch yourself, Piggley.

He's coming right for you.

(monkey laughing)

- I think he's laughing at you, Piggley.

Dannan, why is the gorilla pointing at me.

- Come on, gorilla.

Follow me.

I'm a friend see.

(mimicking gorilla noises)

- That's right, gorilla.

Follow Piggley.

Go on, follow Piggley.

Go on now, be a good gorilla.

Janey Mack, he's after me!

(Ferny yelling)

- Run, Ferny, run like the wind.

Don't let him take your head off.

- I'm running, Dannan, I'm running.

- Come on, Dannan.

He's getting away.

(zany music)

- Come on out here now, Ferny.

There's no more gorilla out here, I can promise you that.

- Are you sure he's not out there?

- Uh yes, no, no gorilla here.

Not a sign of one.

- I don't want to be a wild animal trapper anymore, Piggley.

I'm done.

- Jakers, sure you do, Ferny.

We have to go back out there and bring him back alive.

- Why?

- Well...

- Because he's an Irish gorilla.

That's why.

- That's right.

It's our duty as Irishmen to capture him

and show him to me parents.

Come on trappers.

Let's go and bring him back alive.

- [Mom] Piggley, Padrig, Molly,

time to come in and wash up for dinner.

- Oh your mother's calling you, Piggley.

- Ah, no.

- I guess we'll just have to bring him back alive

tomorrow, Piggley.

- Right, I'll meet you right back here bright

and early, lads.

- Okay then, let me sleep on it.

- I'll be here.

(gentle music)

- Dad, I saw him.

I saw the gorilla today.

I really did see him.

- Of course you did, Piggley.

Now go and get washed up for dinner

and tell your mother I'll be right there.

- But I did see him, dad.

Ferny and Dannon saw him as well.

- Piggley for the last time,

there are no wild jungle beasts in Ireland.

No gorillas, apes, nor monkeys of any kind.

Except maybe the Piggley kind.

- But dad there...

- Go and wash up now, son.

Go on.

(Molly screaming)

- There's a gorilla in the house.

- No, Molly.

It's just Piggley.

- Oh.

He's funny.

- Oh that he is Molly.

That he is.

- [Piggley] It was more important than ever now

to prove to my dad

that there really was a wild jungle beast

right here on Raloo Farm.

So we all pulled up our socks and set to work digging a trap

that would have made Rex Badger proud.

(adventurous music)

We cleverly disguised the trap

with huge African palm fronds.

And we baited it with delicious food of every kind.

From apple pie and egg sandwiches to peppermint sweets

and boiled cabbage.

- [Sean] Hold it grandpa.

Was the hole really that deep?

- Yeah?

And where did you find African palm fronds in Ireland?

- You got me, boys.

I don't suppose our trap was quite that deep

or covered with palm fronds.

But the rest of it is all true.

- I believe you, grandpa.

Thank you, Seamus.

- So then what happened, grandpa.

Did you finally catch the gorilla?

- Well after we dug our trap,

we covered it with Finnegan's horse blanket

and hung a nice juicy cabbage over it as bait.

Then we waited patiently for the big fellow to arrive.

(monkey laughing)

(children shouting)

- Oh no, help.

He's after me.

(thud)

- Oh no, it trapped him.

The gorilla trapped Piggley.

- Climb out of there, Piggley.

Before it takes your head off.

I got to climb out Dannan.

He's up there waiting for me.

(monkey laughing)

- No!

What do we do, what do we do?

- We better go and get Piggley's dad.

He'll know what to do.

- Now really children, there is no such thing

as an Irish gorilla.

- I'm afraid there is Mr. Winks.

We've seen him ourselves.

- I think you've seen a bit too much Rex Badger

is what you've seen.

- He's in the trap.

Hurry!

Piggley are you alright?

- Oh, speak to us Piggley.

Please speak.

Janey Mack.

- Would you look at that now.

- [Ferny] It ate Piggley.

- And I thought he was just going to take his head off.

- He didn't eat me.

- [Dannan] Piggley!

- You're alright.

- Of course, I'm alright.

I just went to get the gorilla some food.

Here you go, fella.

(monkey shrieking)

He never wanted to hurt me.

He just wanted to wear my helmet.

- You know, I believe the helmet

actually belongs to the gorilla, Piggley.

- You think so?

I do.

And I also believe your gorilla is actually a monkey.

- A monkey?

- Where did he come from?

- My guess is that he came from the circus.

- Jakers.

- Oh Janey Mack.

(circus music)

(upbeat music)

- My dad was right after all.

The little fellow was a circus monkey.

- Did the circus miss him?

- Did they know he was gone?

- Oh yes, they missed him very much.

In fact, they offered me a very nice reward

for returning him.

- Was it money?

- Or gold?

- Boys,

it was a far better reward than any I could have imagined.

(circus music)

The circus finally came to town.

- Wowie wow wow wow this is great.

Hey look a lion.

(lion roars)

Great, here we go again.

- What a great story, grandpa.

- Thank you, Sean.

And as hard as it is to believe,

it really did happen just like that.

- So do you think Seamus really made ten baskets in a row

at school today even though it's pretty much impossible?

- Oh yes, Seanny, I do.

- Thanks for believing me, grandpa.

- You're welcome.

After all, it's not really that hard to believe.

Doing impossible things run in our family, you know.

(upbeat music)

(instrumental music)