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GENTLE MUSIC

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

lives a little sound collector.

Ah, 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

SOFT GRUNT

DEEP SNORING

Ooh! Mole's really going for it.

And it looks like the Sound Collector is raring to go.

CONTENTED SNORE

BOWL SCRAPING

Ah, yes. Someone wants her breakfast.

DISTANT WATER BUBBLING

SWITCH CLICKS

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

BIRDSONG, INSECTS BUZZ

Ah, glorious sound.

ENGINE DRONING

Now, that's another sound he knows well.

He always gets a lift when he's collecting sounds from far away.

CLANGING, RATTLING, MOLE SNUFFLING

MOLE SNIFFING

Looks like Mole's breakfast was just for starters.

SNIFFING AND SNUFFLING

Hm... Good trick!

Er, I'm not sure she's supposed to do that.

Oh, dear.

ENGINE RUMBLES

FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH

EBB OF BUSY CHATTER Ah, a forest of legs.

And a babble of voices too. HE GASPS

What a confusing sound. Too much to listen to.

AMBIENT CHATTER FADES

Ah, that's better.

HE GASPS

Huh! Wow.

Incredible!

HOLLOW THUD

STRING THRUMS, RICH TWANG

He can feel the noise in his toes!

THRUM FADES

What now?

THUD ECHOES

DEEP THRUM RINGS OUT, HE GASPS

FULL, RICH TWANGS RING OUT

DEEP, SOFT, HUMMING NOTES

NOTES CONTINUE TO RESONATE

Musical tickles! HE CHUCKLES

What could be better?

DOOR OPENS Uh-oh!

Someone's coming. Hide!

Yes, good idea.

SOOTHING, SERENE MUSIC

WHEELS CLATTER

GENTLE PLAYING CONTINUES

EQUIPMENT GRINDING

RUSTLING AND CLATTERING

SCRAPING OF CHAIRS

SOFT HARP MUSIC AND CLATTERING CONTINUE

How rude to babble over such wonderful music!

BUSY CHATTER SWELLS

There are so many voices,

the Sound Collector can't hear anything at all!

HEARING AIDS RUSTLE, BACKGROUND CHATTER FADES

Oh! HE SIGHS SADLY

HARP MUSIC VOLUME SOARS

GASPING

VOLUME SOARS AGAIN

Oh, yes. He can feel sound too.

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC RETURNS

Good vibrations.

The wonder of music. For all to hear.

Perfect.

Now this is bliss.

GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH HEADSET

Hm. But maybe time for tea?

Oh! I wonder where all the food went.

Glass of milk it is.

Hm. Mole?

Oh, well.

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