Original subtitles

NARRATOR: Around and along, in the middle of... somewhere

lives a little sound collector...

NARRATOR LAUGHS

..and his best friend, Mole.

Putting in his hearing aids,

the sound collector starts to hear the world around him.

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

MOLE SNIFFS

Time for breakfast, Mole.

MOLE GRUNTS

MOLE CHEWING

Mole would eat breakfast all day if she could.

But not the sound collector. He's got noises to find.

TICKING

Ah, looks like a calm, sunny day of sound.

What could be better?

BIRDS CHIRPING

Listen to that!

WATER LAPPING

Hm?

CHIRPING, FROG CROAKS

Yes, it really is the perfect day for collecting some gentle sounds.

MOLE GRUNTING

Uh-oh!

DISH CLATTERS

NARRATOR CHUCKLES

Mole makes anything but gentle sounds.

MOLE SNIFFS

MOLE COOS

Aw!

STRING INSTRUMENT SCREECHING

What the...?

That's not very calming! Or peaceful.

But it's certainly an interesting noise.

Yes, let's find out. MOLE GROANS

BIRDS CHIRPING

Oh! I think it's a cello.

HE GRUNTS

DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE

It is a cello. Amazing!

TAPS WOOD

What a lovely hollow sound.

It's just like his ukulele, but enormous.

STRUMS, SOUND RINGS OUT

NARRATOR LAUGHS

HAPPY, DEEP MUSIC

Wow. Now, that is a great noise.

Nice.

GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS, MOLE SNORES

MOLE SNIFFS, COOS

NARRATOR LAUGHS

I think Mole likes it, too.

MOLE GRUNTING

Swing-a-ling-a-Mole.

Oops!

MUSIC ENDS

Oh! We were enjoying that. SNIFFING

LAUGHTER, DOOR CLOSES

NARRATOR WHISPERING: I think someone's coming.

SOUND COLLECTOR GRUNTS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING

Ah, the little girl.

The cello must belong to her.

HE SIGHS, CELLO SCREECHES

That's the noise we heard earlier. Oh, my!

No wonder she's playing it outside. CHILD LAUGHS

I guess some sounds need practice to get right.

It doesn't mean they're bad, just slowly getting better.

And he'll be back to record them when they are.

HE GRUNTS

MUSIC PLAYS ON STEREO

HE PLAYS ALONG GENTLY

Ah, yes, I remember that tune.

MOLE GRUNTS, COOS

Now that sounds good.

Too good to sit down to.

See what I mean?

MUSIC FADES

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