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01x02 - Sage's Nest Blows Down

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Herbs". Aired: 12 February – 6 May 1968.*
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The Herbs consisted of a fantasy mix of human and animal characters inhabiting the magical walled garden of an English country estate.

01x02 - Sage's Nest Blows Down

Post by bunniefuu »

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do you remember the last time we met how

parsley lost his tail he was very upset

mind you I don't really blame him

parsley is a lion and lions have their

appearances to keep up Sage the owl was

upset as well

in more ways than one

when parsley got his tail back Sage had

his nest blown out of the tree where he

lives and not even sir basil

lady Rosemary

bay leaf the odd job man

Dill the dog

or even Constable nap weed could get it

back

they had a terrible time

I'll show you what happened if you like

I'd better say the magic word

herbedatious

that's Sage

he isn't in a very good mood at the

moment

owls usually like to sleep in the

daytime and what with one thing and

another he's hardly closed his eyes all

day

it's been raining as well which doesn't

help matters

Sage

I'm not at all happy in fact in a rage

it's bad enough having one's home all

upset

but to make matters where's all my

feathers are wet

it must be very uncomfortable

to it issue

to it

I'm so basil

it was so Basil's g*n going off bang the

suddenly that made his nest fall out of

the tree basil don't keep poking sage

like that

you can see it's upsetting him

I'm not poking him I'm only trying to

coax him out

I am so basil the king of the herbs and

I'm very often in trouble

I'm not very good at sorting things out

and often I get in a model that

umbrella of his keeps getting in the way

can't think what he wants it for it

stopped raining I don't suppose he wants

his eye poked out do be careful we don't

want another accident well I don't see

how we're going to get his nest back up

in the tree if he won't get out of it

you asked me you'll have to build

himself another one do it tissue to it

tissue there now you've upset him again

owls don't build nests they live in old

ones

never mind Sage bay leaf has a plan

he won't be long he's gone to fetch a

plank

never known anyone like Bailey for being

somewhere where he isn't wanted and for

disappearing when he is

bay leaf

bay leaf where are you come in sir basil

I'm bay leaf I'm the gardener I work

from early Dawn

you'll find me sweeping up the leaves

and tidy in the lawn ah here Ibiza basil

about time to beg your pardon sir bay

leaf oh sorry Mom did he say something

watch out bay leaf did he say something

sir basil bay leaf do be careful

be there something wrong lady Rosemary

upon my soul man here comes Dill trying

to catch his tail as usual

yet

watch out Dale

oh

blessing dogs always getting in the way

no wonder people has nasty accidents

will you get on with whatever it is

you're going to do man what are you

going to do bay leaf good question mom

that be a good question indeed

are you going to use this plank as a

lever a lever that's right mom a lever

then we'll be going to use it as a

springboard

the springboard

that's right sir basil a springboard see

it is working already

all it needs now is a bit of weight

sudden like

ah I tried that there Rock

what a splendid idea bay leaf why didn't

you think of that basil you didn't ask

me if you'd said you wanted to leave her

watch out sir basil

ah

missed it

oh oh

upon my soul

oh I bet that hurts I bet that hurts

something cruel I can feel it myself oh

ah what a pain of it do get on bay leaf

you shouldn't stand in the way basil

serves you right

now poor bay leaves got to pick up that

great big rock again

stand back everyone stand back

profoo

watch out

good gracious he's back again hard luck

bay leaf good try though

are you reckon if we'd add a bit more

weight he'd have made it

yeah

look where his nest landed Heavens right

on top of parsley or he was wondering

where he'd got to today

must have woken him up oh

wow

here watch out that Sage's Nest you got

there

hello parsley

I am always very glad to see you wave

but please don't shout or speak to me

too harshly

because I'm not particularly Brave

parsley are you all right there he goes

waving again always waving can't see

anything

oh he reckon he weighs more than a rock

do the trick all right what are you on

about bay leaf old parsley I reckon if

he was to put his weight on the end of

the plank suddenly I reckon that that

their Sage had me back up in his tree

before you had time to Blink

that's right you have a goal

a parsley don't play about this isn't a

game you know you'll upset Sage we

reckon he needs to jump on it sudden

like I'll make it go

ain't no use just pressing it do you

hear that parsley bay leaf says You must

Jump On It

yeah not too far away we don't want to

send him off to the Moon

watch out

duck everyone

Greenhouse

he's falling in the water but as well

Sage are you all right

hello hello hello

what's going on

that's tornet here comes Constable

napweed Constable nap weed is

responsible for Law and Order in the

herb garden

that means he has to see that no one

gets up to any mischief

every day come rain or shine he goes on

his rounds making sure all is well

I am Constable that weed and I keep Law

and Order I watch to see that all is

well

along the garden border

he had a nasty accident with his nest

that's all

art weren't his fault whether it were

his fault or not the parking of nests on

paths by owls is forbidden by law

especially on a Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday or Saturday

and today happens to be one of those

all day

have you anything to say young fellow

meow

when spoken to

they all in question

made no reply

hmm

no lights

supposing it's still here when it gets

dark

someone might trip over it and have a

nasty accident

fall into pieces and all

if it does

I'm afraid you'll be in trouble believe

in a mess all over the path things look

pretty black for you young fellow meow

but no one can say Constable nap weed is

a hard man

I'll give you one more chance

I'm just going on with my rounds but if

it's still here when I get back

I shall have to take

Stern measures afternoon

lady Rosemary

do it tissue

what was that

as I was leaving

the owl in question

made

a rude noise

poor Osage he is in trouble

I think we better leave him and see what

parsley wants that's very strange

there's peshana Betty asleep on his bed

of nails

I wonder what parsley wants with an

Indian herb

he can do all kinds of strange and

magical things

but I'm not sure if he knows much about

owls nests

good at snake charming

snakes that have by me been Charmed will

not anyone be harming

oh dear you're not wanting snake

charming today

you're wanting some other kind of magic

you are wanting this kind of magic but

not with a snake

oh dear that is very difficult

you are wanting this kind of magic over

there

you are leading the way Mr parsley and I

am following

suppose

no perhaps not

what about uh

oh I don't know though

if we were to uh

nothing seems to have changed I hope

pasty's idea is a good one

if it isn't uncomstable nap weed gets

back and finds sage still on the path

oh don't say we're going to have a

concert

parsley what are you doing

don't know a sage once play into

they'll take more than music to cheer

him up

well I'll beat

Bravo parsley

what a splendid idea

that's better Sage now you can settle

down and have a nice long sleep

parsley looks pleased with himself too

here watch what you'll be doing

Didion parsley

parsley do something someone

parsley

parsley

it's no good

or I suppose we can't really blame him

after all it's rather nice having a new

toy like a whistle pipe to play with

especially when it's a magic one

I think we better go before Constable

nap weed arrives on the scene

I don't think I want to be around when

he sees what's going on

careful parsley

goodbye see you again soon