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

..lives a little sound collector.

Oh, yes, and his best friend, Mole.

Putting in his hearing aids,

the Sound Collector starts to hear the world around him.

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

LIGHT SNORING Ah... I know that sound.

With breakfast over, Mole is taking a hard-earned nap.

HE LAUGHS

CONTENTED SNORING

RUSTLING

LAUGHS: Yes, life can be tough for a mole sometimes.

RELAXING GUITAR MUSIC, SNORING

Oh... so that's where the music is coming from.

But where's the Sound Collector?

Looks like he's left to collect some sounds.

MOLE SIGHS HAPPILY Hm... the beach, perhaps?

WATER CASCADES, BIRDS TWEET

Ahh! Listen.

Wonderful sounds with no-one to collect them.

Time to search, up and up...

..from the green fields...

..to the beach.

GULL CRIES, WAVES LAPPING

Ah - here we are.

GULLS CAW Ah-ha! I know who that is!

Yes - on the lookout for new sounds.

Mellow, tranquil sounds.

WAVES LAPPING

Ah...

HERRING GULLS CALL And more lively sounds.

FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH ON SAND

POP What was that?

Ah, bladderwrack!

Seaweed you can pop. SWITCH CLICKS

POP, POP, POP, POP

Fun! And what a wonderful sound.

Ha-ha-ha-ha! POPPING CONTINUES

Agh! Whoops!

HE GASPS Oh, look.

GULLS CRY

WAVES LAPPING GENTLY

HOLLOW CLUNK Nice!

BLOWING AND WHISTLING

What a lucky find.

CONCH SHELL BLOWS, GULLS CRY

And what an amazing sound.

PLAYS A CHEERFUL TUNE

Yes - a surprising thing indeed.

TUNE CONTINUES

The best sound of the day.

TUNE RESUMES

WAVES LAPPING, CONCH SHELL BLOWING

GULLS CALLING

Ah, shell and surf - a great duet.

TUNE ENDS

Look at that!

That's the best sandcastle I've ever seen.

Ah!

CONCH SHELL BLOWING

King of the castle!

GIGGLING What a morning this has been.

Full of wonderful sound.

WATER CASCADES, JOYFUL TUNE RESUMES

Ha-ha!

Oh... But where's Mole?

Hm...

BIRDS TWEET, WATER BABBLES

Huh?

She must be off digging.

Heh! TAKES DEEP BREATH

CONCH SHELL BLOWING

MOLE GRUNTS

Hello.

MOLE SNIFFS, TUNE CONTINUES

MOLE SNUFFLES HAPPILY

MERRY TUNE CONTINUES

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