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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.

With his hearing aids in... RUSTLING

..the Sound Collector starts to hear the world around him.

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING FROM STEREO

Ah! HE SIGHS

Music he made earlier.

MUSIC STOPS

But now... time for some sound collecting.

CLOCK TICKING

Autumn. A season full of sound.

DOOR CREAKS, SWITCH CLICKS

WAVE OF SOUND AND BIRDSONG

BIRDS COOING, TWEETING

DUCKS QUACKING Listen to that! Hello, ducks!

SOFT MUSICAL STRUM

Oh! How did this end up here?

SOFT GRUNT

Of course. Mole.

HAPPY SIGH

RUMBLING

MOLE GRUNTS

MOLE SNIFFS, NARRATOR CHUCKLES

She's been busy. Back to work, Mole.

See you later!

MOLE SNUFFLES

NARRATOR CHUCKLES

BIRDS CAW

Hello, rabbit.

Oh, very clever! CURIOUS GRUNT

Ah, but there's nothing like the real thing.

RABBIT MUNCHING, SOUND COLLECTOR GIGGLES

LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT

Wonderful woodland.

Home to so many creatures. Magical.

Listen. BIRDS CAW

GENTLE RUSTLING The sound of trees.

THUMP Oops! How musical trees really are.

SOUND COLLECTOR GASPS, CHUCKLES

RUBBERY BOUNCE

MOLE GRUNTS

Hm. I'm not sure this is going to work.

Uh-oh.

MOLE GRUMBLES

A mole never gives up. MOLE GRUNTS WITH EFFORT

Which isn't always a good thing.

NARRATOR CHUCKLES Mole-in-one.

SOFT CHIME

SOUND COLLECTOR GASPS Oh, look!

The trees! They've been chopped down!

RECORDER CLICKS OFF, SOUND COLLECTOR SIGHS

It sounds so different. WIND RUSTLES EMPTILY

Sometimes, trees need to be cut down.

But it's always sad.

SOUND COLLECTOR GRUNTING WITH EFFORT

BIRDS CAW

Hm... What is he doing?

GENTLE MUSIC

Ah, the Seed Collector!

Could he be signalling her for help?

GENTLE, REFLECTIVE MUSIC

There she is. And she's brought something!

HE GASPS

BOTH SIGH WARMLY

Ah! It's a sack of seeds.

She's a real friend indeed.

Ah! Looks who's here. MOLE SNUFFLING

MOLE SNUFFLES, SOUND COLLECTOR GIGGLES

SEED COLLECTOR COOS, MOLE SNIFFS

Sorry, Mole. They aren't for eating.

RECORDER CLICKS

GENTLE MUSIC, RUSTLING Tree music to work by.

Tree music to plant by.

Nice work.

MOLE SNIFFING

These seeds will sleep through the winter

and wake up in spring to grow.

Until one day...

SHE GASPS WITH AWE ..magnificent.

RUSTLING, GRUNTING

THEY CHUCKLE

Time to dig into some lunch, perhaps?

GENTLE, JOYFUL MUSIC

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