Original subtitles

[happy flute music]

- [gasps] Oh!

[Little Field Mouse giggles]

♪ Dancing through spring time

♪ Flowers are raised in summer sun ♪

♪ Catching white snowflakes on your nose ♪

♪ Running through autumn leaves ♪

♪ That float from trees from high ♪

♪ With a love that is bigger than the sky ♪

♪ Guess how much I love you

♪ Guess how much I love you

♪ Guess how much I love you

♪ Guess how much I love you

♪ Guess how much I love you

[happy piano music]

- [Little Nutbrown Hare] Favorite thing.

[birds chirping]

- [Narrator] It was a bright summers day

and the sun was shining warmly.

Little Nutbrown Hare was eating

some fresh green grass shoots.

[crunching]

And his father, Big Nutbrown Hare,

could see that he was in a very big hurry to finish them.

- [laughs] Ooh, don't eat so fast, Little Nutbrown Hare,

you'll get tummy ache.

- But Little [chewing] Field [chewing] Mouse [gulps]

is waiting!

- Well, I'm sure Little Field Mouse

won't mind waiting a little longer.

- Well...

- What's the big hurry?

- There's the prettiest flower ever

on the other side of the meadow [sighs]

- And she wants to show me!

- Prettiest ever?

Ooh, that sounds wonderful!

All right, last one then.

[chewing]

But, not so fast. [birds chirping]

- [Little Field Mouse] This way!

[panting] Little Nutbrown Hare,we're nearly there, hurry!

- [panting] I'm coming!

[panting]

- We're getting closer! [light exciting music]

[sighing] [gasps] There it is.

- Oh!

Wow!

How lovely!

[panting]

[giggling]

- See?

The prettiest flower ever!

- Hmm.

Are you going to take it home?

- Well, it's not planted in the ground.

[Little Nutbrown Hare giggles] Or growing on a tree.

So, I can take it home!

[giggles]

[happy music]

I'm going to keep it forever and ever!

It will be my most favorite thing.

- Oh.

[giggles]

[gasps] Little Field Mouse?

- Yes, Little Nutbrown Hare?

- Could I borrow your most favorite thing?

- [gasps] Borrow?

My most favorite thing?

- Just for one night.

- One whole night?

- To show Big Nutbrown Hare.

- [sighs] All right.

- Thank you [giggles]

Oh!

- But, first, you have to promise.

- Is this one of your special Little Field Mouse promises?

- It's a brand new one!

Touch your nose.

- Hmm.

- Now, promise to keep my most favorite thing extra safe.

- I promise.

[grass rustling] Oh!

- Now, you have to spin on the spot, and clap your hands!

Like this.

[squeaks] [giggles]

[clapping]

- [giggles] What does that mean?

- That means it is a promisethat can never, ever be broken!

- All right.

[fumbling] [happy music]

- Look after it!

- I will.

[crickets chirping]

And it's a promise that can never, ever be broken.

- I see.

[crickets chirping]

Well, it is a very pretty flower.

And if I were a Little Field Mouse,

I would want it as my favorite thing, too.

Thank you for showing me.

[grass rustling] [crickets chirping]

- I'll keep it here, where it will be safe.

[Little Nutbrown Hare giggles] - Right.

Now it's time for bed.

- Aw.

Do I have to?

- The sooner you go to sleep, the sooner it will be morning.

[Little Nutbrown Hare sighs]

[air whooshing]

[birds chirping]

[happy harp music]

[yawning]

[gasps]

- Hmm.

I left it right here.

[light suspenseful music]

[gasps] Ooh, that's strange.

[gasps]

Big Nutbrown Hare, Big Nutbrown Hare!

- What is it, Little Nutbrown Hare?

- Have you got the flower?

Little Field Mouse's most favorite thing?

- No. Why?

- Because...

It's not where I left it last night.

And I made a special Little Field Mouse promise

that I'd keep it extra safe.

[light suspenseful music] [birds chirping]

And now, I can't find it anywhere!

Poor Little Field Mouse will be very sad.

- Ooh, it'll be all right, my Little Nutbrown Hare.

- But, it was a promise that can never, ever be broken!

- The wind must have blown it away last night.

Do you think one of yourfriends has seen it, blowing by?

- Maybe Little Grey Squirrel has found it.

- Or one of your other friends?

- Yes!

I'm going to look for it.

[panting]

[light intriguing music]

- Sorry, Little Nutbrown Hare,

I haven't seen a flower as pretty or as special as that.

[Little Nutbrown Hare sighs]

Don't worry.

I've got something even better!

- You do?

[panting]

[light suspenseful music]

- A-ha!

[sniffs] Mmm!

[giggles]

- What is it?

- A nut!

I've been nibbling on it all week,

it's my most favorite thing.

- Well, it is a very nice nut.

And, I can see why it would be your favorite thing.

But...

- That flower must be very special!

- It is very special.

- Hmm. [birds chirping]

- I'd better keep looking.

- [Little Grey Squirrel] Maybe Otter knows where it is.

- [Little Nutbrown Hare] Goodbye!

- Goodbye, and good luck!

- [Little Field Mouse] Little Grey Squirrel!

[gasps]

[grass rustling] [light upbeat music]

Have you seen Little Nutbrown Hare?

- Uh, yes.

I have seen him.

He went that way.

- Thank you!

[happy tune]

- Hmm, Otter's not here.

I better keep looking.

[panting]

[quick trumpet music]

- Whoops! - Whoa!

[grass rustling]

[sighs]

Sorry!

[Little Field Mouse sighs] Are you all right?

- [laughs] I'm fine.

I'm just glad to find you!

I've been looking everywhere.

- Oh.

- Yes, I wanted to get my most favorite thing back [giggles]

and to see you, of course.

- Ah, well,

I was thinking that instead of a silly old flower,

you might like some nuts!

They're Little Grey Squirrel's most favorite thing.

- [giggles] That's silly!

I just want my most favorite thing in all the meadow.

[grass rustling] So, where is it?

Where's my flower?

- Well [sighs]

I'm very sorry to tell you, Little Field Mouse, but,

I lost it.

- Lost it?

After you promised to keep it extra safe?

- Uh-huh. It blew away in the windy night.

- But, you touched your nose!

- I know.

I've been looking for your flower all morning!

- And you spun on the spot and clapped your hands!

- Yes, I'm very sorry I lost your most favorite thing

and didn't keep it safe like I promised.

Please don't be sad.

- Well, why didn't you tell me?

I would've helped you look for it!

- [gasps] You mean you're not sad?

- Well, I did like that flower very much,

but it was only a flower!

Maybe we can find it together [giggles]

- But, what if it's lost forever and ever?

- Then I'll just have to be happy

with my other favorite thing.

- What's that?

- Spending time with you, of course [giggles]

- Oh!

[happy music] [giggling]

Thank you, Little Field Mouse!

- Ooh, Little Nutbrown Hare, could you please let me go?

It's very tight!

- Sorry. Come on.

Let's see if we can find your flower!

[grass rustling] [giggling]

- [Narrator] The two friends never did find the flower.

But, for the rest of the day,

they did have lots of fun together,

which was their most favorite thing of all.

[crickets chirping]

- I'm very proud of you, my Little Nutbrown Hare,

for what you did today.

- For losing the flower?

- [laughs] No.

For caring so much about Little Field Mouse's feelings

and trying so very hard to fix the mistake.

- Oh.

Well, I didn't want her to be sad.

- Can you guess how much I love you?

- Yep.

- Ooh, how much?

- You love me more than

all the favorite things in the meadow?

- Oh, no. I can't do that.

- [gasps] Why not?

- Because you are my favorite thing in the meadow.

- Really?

Ah! [grass rustling]

- Yes.

And past the meadow and down the river,

all the way to the sea.

- [giggles] And back.

[giggles]

[happy piano music] [crickets chirping]

[happy upbeat music]

[twinkling sound effect] [pretty flute music]

[barking]