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GENTLE MUSIC

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

lives a little sound collector.

NARRATOR CHUCKLES And his best friend, Mole.

HE COOS, MOLE PURRS

MOLE SNUFFLES AWAY

Putting in his hearing aids,

the Sound Collector starts to hear the world around him.

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

MOLE SNUFFLES

TOY BALL SQUEAKS

NARRATOR CHUCKLES Good job he's already awake.

WIND WHISPERS, WATER BABBLES

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

BIRDS TWITTER

TOY BALL SQUEAKS

Er, how did she do that?

MOLE SNUFFLES PLAYFULLY, SOUND COLLECTOR SQUEAKS THE BALL

MOLE GRUNTS WITH EXCITEMENT, SOUND COLLECTOR CHUCKLES

Great skills, Mole. ENGINE RUMBLES

Ah, a lift perhaps?

A ride to who knows where.

ENGINE RUMBLES A wonderful sound to start the day.

ENGINE CHUNTERS

Ah, a garage!

There must be lots of fantastic sounds around here.

COMPRESSOR HUMS

AIR HISSES Listen to that!

HIGH-PITCHED WHINE

Oh, no!

ELECTRICAL WARBLING

I hope his hearing aids aren't broken.

NARRATOR CHUCKLES

It looks as if Mole is having a ball!

MOLE SNUFFLES HAPPILY

She'll play with that squeaky ball all day.

BALL SQUEAKS, BOING

Uh-oh!

DULL HISS It's lost its squeak!

DULL HISS Poor Mole.

Will you look at that?!

A treasure trove of tools.

Tools for mending everything, including hearing aids?

Hm. These tools all seem too big, though.

A-ha! HE GASPS

SOUND MUTED Time to get to work.

ELECTRICAL BUZZ

Ah! Looks like he's finished.

The moment of truth.

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

Yes. He can hear!

The noises of the garage, loud and clear.

Great work!

MACHINERY WHIRRS

With his hearing aids working again,

the Sound Collector can record the world around him.

HEAVY CLUNK

HEAVY THUNK, TOOL BOX RATTLES

TOOLS CLINK

RASPY RATCHETING

CLASPS CLICK

BONNET WHOOSHES GENTLY

RASPING

And what a noisy, amazing world it really is!

ENGINE ROARS INTO LIFE

SAD LITTLE WHIMPERS

HE GASPS

Oh, dear. Looks like Mole is still in a grump

about her ball losing its squeak.

SHE SNUFFLES SADLY

BALL PUFFS

I don't think that, of all things, will cheer her up.

Well, he wasn't to know.

SOUND COLLECTOR MURMURS

Time to mend the squeaky ball perhaps?

Don't worry, Mole. He'll know what to do.

CURIOUS SNUFFLES

A-ha! BALL SQUEAKS

Mole's favourite ball has got its squeak back.

As good as new! And Mole's got her happy back.

SHE GRUNTS JOYFULLY

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