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[gasps] [laughs]

♪ Dancing through spring time flowers ♪

♪ And rays of summer sun

♪ Catching white snow flakes on your nose ♪

♪ Running through autumn leaves ♪

♪ that float from trees up 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

♪ Guess how much I love you

♪ Guess how much I love you

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- [Narrator] Plum Summer.

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- [Narrator] It was a hot summer's afternoon,

and Little Nutbrown Hare and his father Big Nutbrown Hare

decided to rest under a shady tree.

- Ah, it's lovely and cool under here.

[sighs]

- [Narrator] They didn't enjoy the shade for long.

Little Nutbrown hare was about

to discover something wonderful.

Something that would last all summer long.

- What's this?

Wow! Look at them all.

What are they?

- They're plums. Taste it.

- Plums.

- Mmm, delicious!

- One of nature's best summer treats.

- Mmm.

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- [yawns] [laughs] Let's go to the plum tree.

[snores]

Oh, mmh! I know.

I'll show Little Field Mouse the plum tree.

[soft music]

Little Field Mouse, guess what!

Little Field Mouse.

Oh, nobody home.

Who else could I show? I know!

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Little Gray Squirrel!

Hmm? Where are you!

[sighs]

Oh well. I guess I'll go to the plum tree by myself.

[Soft music]

- Hello Little Nutbrown Hare.

Look at these plums.

Aren't they colorful?

Red and purple, oh and so shiny!

- Little Gray Squirrel.

How did you know about-- - Good morning.

- Oh! Little Redwood Fox.

You know about the plums too?

- I sure do [sniffs].

So sweet and juicy!

- Whoa, and round and rolling! [laughs]

- Hello Little Field Mouse!

- Hello, whoa!

- It looks like everyone knows about the plum tree.

- That's right. The plums have such a tingly taste,

don't you think?

- Hmm! Look! Someone else is enjoying a plum.

- Oh and look!

The ants are taking a piece of plum away, whoops! [laughs]

- So many creatures in the meadow love these plums.

- They are delicious.

- There's plenty for everyone.

- Big Nutbrown Hare,

[yawns] Big Nutbrown Hare.

[Pants] Good morning.

I had a plum for breakfast,

and here's one for you.

- [laughs] Thank you.

- Everyone was there.

- Oh that sounds like fun.

- It was. [gasps] Let's go to the plum tree everyday.

- What a great idea. Mmh mmh.

- Is it juicy?

- Hmmm! Very. [laughs]

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- [Narrator] And so, day after summer long day,

Little Nutbrown Hare and his friends enjoyed the plum tree.

The shade of its leaves,

games played amongst its branches,

and most of all, the plump and scrumptious plums.

[all laughing]

- [pants] Little Nutbrown Hare, wake up!

- [yawns] What is it?

- Something's wrong. Follow me.

- Huh, wait for me!

- Look!

- What is it?

- Do you see any plums?

- Oooh, No.

- I've looked all over the tree,

and there's none left.

[sighs] - Where have they gone?

- I don't know.

- What will we do without them?

- What will all the other creatures

in the meadow do without them?

- They will be so sad.

- Maybe we can find the plums.

Who would know where they are?

- Let's see, it's still early,

Little White Owl would still be up,

and she might have seen something in the night.

- Good thinking. Let's go!

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[yawns]

- [Little Field Mouse] Little white Owl.

- Hello?

- Did you see anything unusual last night, Little White Owl?

- Last night, there were lots of stars,

shining in the sky.

Although, that's not really unusual.

- What about the plums?

- The plums have all gone,

and all the creatures in the meadow love them.

- They were sweet and juicy.

- And red and shiny.

- And round and rolly.

[sighs]

- There's nothing as special as a plum.

- Isn't there? Well let me tell you a story.

- A story? Yes!

- Its about a plum tree,

a plum tree that was loved

by all the creatures in the meadow.

The plum tree was very proud.

In the early summer, it had many, many plums.

But, by the end of summer,

its plums were all gone.

- That's what's happened to our plum tree.

- That's right, but wait.

There's more to the story.

- Oh, what happened next.

- The plum tree cried,

"All my plums are gone,

"what will the creatures of the meadow do without them?"

So, the plum tree asked

the water and grasses

to look after them for a while.

So, all the creatures, large and small,

feasted on grasses through the autumn.

Then, when winter came,

the grasses didn't know what to do.

"What will the creatures do without us?" they cried.

So, the grasses asked

the woody shrubs to take care of them,

so the creatures enjoyed

the woody shrubs all through winter.

When spring came, fresh green leaves grew

on the branches of the woody shrubs.

The creatures ate them all through spring.

Finally, it was summer time again,

and the plum tree, grew new plums,

and all the creatures enjoyed the plums once more.

- [All] Hurray!

- So, the plums disappeared because summer was ending?

- That's how the story goes.

- And there were treats to enjoy all year,

even when there aren't any plums.

- Different treats at different times.

- That's right.

- I wonder what the creatures in this meadow

are eating right now.

- Let's find out.

- Thank you Little White Owl [pants].

- You're welcome [yawns].

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[panting]

- Hello Bluebird. What are you eating?

- I'm eating seeds from these flowers.

- Are they tasty?

- Very. I always look forward to this time of year,

when these seeds are ready to eat.

- Oh, thank you Bluebird.

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- Yum. Hello Little Redwood Fox.

What are you eating?

- I am eating one of my favorite treats.

- What is it?

- A crab apple. Sweet and crunchy.

- Different treats at different times.

- [All] Yes!

- Big Nutbrown Hare, Big Nutbrown Hare [panting].

The plums have all gone.

- [sighs] Summer is ending.

- Yes, you were right.

- About what?

- You said plums are one of nature's best summer treats,

and it's true.

They're not there in autumn, or winter, or spring.

- Are you disappointed?

- Oh no. It makes plums even more special.

I can't wait until next summer, when they come back.

[both laughing]

You know how all the creatures

have other foods to enjoy now.

Bluebirds have seeds, andRedwood foxes have crab apples.

- Yes.

- Well, what do Nutbrown Hares eat now?

- Many things. Beach nuts, fruit,

[gasps] acorns, berries, [gasps] grass seeds.

- Oh that sounds good.

- [giggles] It is.

- [sighs] Guess how much I love you.

- Awww! As much as you love plums.

- More than that.

As much as every treat from every season.

- Oh, that's a lot,

but you're my special treat, all year round.

- [laughs] You won't eat me up, will you?

[laughs] - Yum, yum, yum, yum.

[both laughing]

Oh, Little Nutbrown Hare.

[both laughing]

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[barks]