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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.

TOY SQUEAKS SOFTLY

Putting in his hearing aids,

the Sound Collector starts to hear the world around him.

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

TOY SQUEAKS That's one busy mole.

What a funny little gadget he's made. I wonder what it does.

Time to find out.

Hm, a full moon tonight. CLOCK TICKS

Maybe he's going to collect some night sounds.

MOLE MURMURS HAPPILY Yes.

Enough squeaking for one day.

SWITCH CLICKS

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS Ah, the day is winding down.

BIRD HOOTS, WHEEL CLANKS

WATER DRIZZLES

Neither day... nor night.

BIRDS TWITTER, CRICKETS CHIRRUP

SWITCH CLICKS

TWILIGHT BIRDS SING, DISTANT ANIMAL HOWLS

Ah, hello, night.

UPBEAT, RHYTHMIC MUSIC STARTS TO PLAY

Tap, tap, tapping. HE TAPS HIS FOOT TO THE BEAT

It's too early to collect night sounds.

But never too early to create new sounds.

SOFT MELODY KICKS IN

HE CONTINUES TO TAP

HE CLAPS THE BEAT

CLAPPING AND TAPPING ALONG

Oops. Look who's woken up. MOLE YAWNS

SHE SNUFFLES

SWITCH CLICKS, MUSIC STOPS

Time flies when you're collecting sounds.

I think this might be a solo mission.

MOLE SNORES SOFTLY

OWL HOOTS

FOOTSTEPS RUSTLE

What sound to listen to tonight?

CRICKETS CHIRRUP, OWL HOOTS

Yes, owls. They love the night.

RUSTLING, SNUFFLING

A certain mole perhaps?

NARRATOR GASPS A badger!

They only come out about now.

WILDLIFE CHITTERS Hm. Something more.

Something... WINGS FLUTTER

NARRATOR GASPS Bats!

Can you see them? Fluttering and flittering.

SOFT, TICKLY FLITTERING

But most of their sounds are too high-pitched for us to hear.

HE SIGHS DISAPPOINTEDLY

Oh, yes! His new gadget!

CLICK, ELECTRONIC BLEEPING

A bat detector!

Listen! GADGET BLOOPS AND CLICKS

WHIRRING, BLOOPING, BLEEPING

Amazing!

Definitely worth waiting for.

DEVICE CLICKS AND WHIRRS The sounds of the evening sky.

OWL HOOTS

Good work!

WINGS FLUTTER

MOLE SNORES

SHE GASPS

EXCITED SNUFFLES

Yes, a wonderful evening. OWL HOOTS

And someone's full of energy!

Hm. SOUND COLLECTOR CHUCKLES

It's all that sleep. Full of play. PLAYFUL SCAMPERING

Just like the bats.

OWLS HOOT

SCRIBBLING

Ah, I hope it's time to listen to the night noises he recorded.

WHIRRING AND CLICKING, SOFT MUSIC ON TAPE

But Mole has a tail to chase.

Like the bats, she has her own merry dance.

Bat music, who knew?

WHIRRING, SOFT MUSIC PLAYS, MOLE SNUFFLES

Looks like the night is just beginning

for the Sound Collector... and Mole.

NARRATOR CHUCKLES

Maybe tomorrow they can have a lie-in!

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