Clangers Overview - Small To The Rescue

LAST TIME ON CLANGERS: Tiny came down with a terrible cold, but Small cured her by letting her listen to a beautiful melody composed by the Music Trees. It proved to be a better result than how most people are cured.

And now, our next exciting chapter in the life of the Clangers...

As always, we begin in Major's workshop, where he is repairing his tools. Mother tends to her garden, the Soup Dragon cleans the Soup Wells - with her son's help - and Granny is trapped in her room, only to emerge out again. Small is bored, trying to throw colored rocks into a soup cup. He tries to ask Major, Mother and the Soup Dragon to come out and play, but they are busy busy busy. So is Granny, last time she played with Small and let him discover ancient paintings.

Tiny's entertaining the Iron Chicken with her music, letting her join in with her song. Small tries to join in, but he has a terrible singing voice, much like Upsy Daisy in In The Night Garden. The Froglets come to play with Small, and they sneak up to Major's workshop, where they each knock on the door to trick Major - Small is having a lot of fun, and they wake Granny with their raucous playing. Her door needs to be fixed! When they reach the Soup Dragon, the Froglets leave.

Soup Dragon, Mother and Major meet in the garden, then go to ask Granny for help, but Major accidentally shuts Granny's door. Uh oh....Small hears banging and he realizes Major, Mother, Granny and the Soup Dragon have been trapped in her bedcave, and he goes to fetch Tiny and the Iron Chicken. Small fetches Moonflower Oil and and ties a rope to the Iron Chicken. The three pull on the outside, as everyone else pushes inside, and POP! They're freed, thanks to Small and his two reluctant friends. Small forgives everyone, and the Froglets want to play, but Small refuses. How about some soup to end the day? Fantastic! Good idea!

As we leave the Clangers to drink their soup, off we go to the Night Garden, where Makka Pakka is giving stones away to his friends tonight.

Goodnight, Tiny. Goodnight, Small.

Welcome To Storyland!

I just had a dream last night, which may remind one of the Care Bears movie Journey To Joke-A-Lot and the 'Wizard Of Oz'.

I went through a strange amount of tunnels, ending with a long tube slide that lead me to a colorful world named 'Storyland'. Here, you can create stories, and they come to life right before your eyes - they have loads of shops where they sell magical pencils and notebooks which you can write in, they have giant vending machines filled with chocolate treats and fizzy drinks, and the beds are so big. I slept in one which had blue covers. They even had gardens which grew the sweetest flowers, and they even sold wands which made all your wishes come true! Did I also mention that there are loads of playgrounds there? Awesome!

I wish Storyland existed in real life, then my stories would come alive and I would never be bored in my new house ever again. Speaking of, in I.B.F.F Diaries, there are some special sparkling insert cards for 'Jody In Wonderland' on CBBC and 'Kate In Oz' on CBeebies - when one is inserted, a magical portal appears which leads to two fantastical places - Wonderland and Oz. So, in the books, whenever the specials air, the I.B.F.Fs go on a magical adventure through these portals, encountering a magical new place every time. This also goes to 'Dumping Ground Island', because its insert card is coloured leafy green.