Original subtitles

[theme music]

- Oh!

[laughing]

♪ Dancing through springtime

♪ Flowers are raised in summer sun ♪

♪ Catching white snowflakes 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

- [Little Nutbrown Hare] Shadow Play!

- [Narrator] It was a fine autumn morning,

and the Nutbrown Hares were having a lovely time,

meeting all the amazing creatures

that shared their meadow.

- A walking leaf?

- A leaf insect.

- Wow! Hello, and goodbye, little green leaf insect.

- Oh, and look at this.

- A stick?

- [laughs] A stick insect.

- [gasps] Very tricky, little sticky!

[giggles]

- Do you know what this creature is?

- [laughs] That's not a creature! It's a shell.

[gasps] Look, a shell with a head, and a tail!

- [chuckles] Good morning, snail!

- Don't look! Guess which creature I can see now.

- Can I have a clue please, Little Nutbrown Hare?

- It's green, and it has one, two, three,

four, five, six legs

and two waggly feelers.

Oh, and it sure can hop!

- Is it a... grasshopper?

- Yes,

good guess!

See, there it is.

Oh, what's that?

A butterfly!

- An autumn butterfly, by the look of it,

and it's shadow.

- It's flying away! Quick, let's follow it!

- Goodbye, little autumn butterfly.

- My turn! Are you ready to guess?

- Ready!

- Well, this creature is quite big.

- Hmm!

- He likes to tumble and swim.

- Hmm!

- Surprise!

[laughs]

- It's Otter! Hello Otter!

- Hello, what are you doing?

- Meeting all the creatures that live in our valley.

- Oh, that's a lot of creatures to meet!

- Look, over there! Jumping fish!

- Yes, they're called river trout.

- [gasps] Do you know the name of every creature

that lives here, Big Nutbrown Hare?

- Well, it's been a long time

since I was a Little Nutbrown Hare,

and every season, as I wasgrowing up, my father showed me

more amazing creatures!

- So, do you think you've met every single creature?

- Well, I think so... although, you never know!

[chuckles]

Hello... what's this then?

- A very strange... leafy creature.

- With a little twitching tail.

- I don't believe I've ever met this creature before.

- It's me!

[laughs]

- Hello, little autumn leaf mouse!

- Hello.

- [laughs] It looks like you've found a friend

to play with, Little Nutbrown Hare.

[yawns] I might go back to the Oak Tree for a little rest.

- Okay, see you soon!

- A little rest, what a good idea! [laughs]

- Bye!

- Goodbye!

- [laughs] I've got a good idea too!

- You have?

- Yes, we're going to find a creature

that Big Nutbrown Hare hasn't met before.

[merry music]

- Ooh, a ladybug!

Has your father ever met one of these before?

- He knows about them.

- [sighs] We've been looking all afternoon!

- You're right, it is hard.

But look at our shadows!

- Yes, look!

- Mine's dancing!

- And mine goes flitter flutter!

- A butterfly!

[Little Fieldmouse laughs]

Try to guess what this creature is.

[Little Nutbrown Hare imitates a creature]

- Something with big jumping legs...

is it a frog?!

- Yes!

- My turn now!

[Little Fieldmouse imitates a creature]

- A creature with big, jumping legs, and wings?

What is it?

- [laughs] A flying frog, of course!

[Little Nutbrown Hare laughs] Look at me!

- A flying Little Nutbrown Hare!

- Big,

and little,

and big,

and little!

- Look at me!

I'm a giant fieldmouse now!

- Hey, I'm coming too!

A big fieldmouse with big, flappy ears!

- A flying, flappy-eared, big fieldmouse, hooray!

- Look, here comes Little Redwood Fox.

[Little Redwood Fox trots in]

Let's trick her!

- Oh, what a strange shadow that is.

- Good morning, Little Redwood Fox.

- How do you know my name?

- [laughs] Look up!

- Oh, it's you two! You tricked me!

- Come on up!

- Okay!

- We're making shadow creatures!

- Hmm,

and you've... given me... a very good idea.

- I have?

- Could you just crouch down low with your bushy tail

up in the air?

- Okay...

but why?

- You'll soon see,

and Little Fieldmouse,

could you climb onto my head and hold these twigs up?

- This is going to be good!

- Now, hold on tight, Little Fieldmouse,

and hold still, Little Redwood Fox.

- Whatever are you up to, Little Nutbrown Hare?

- Look.

Hello!

I am a shadow creature!

- Wow, we look like an amazing, new creature!

- And Big Nutbrown Hare thought that he had met

all the creatures in the valley.

- I get it!

This will be the one creature

your father has never seen before!

- Wake up! Wake up!

- Oh, what is it, Little Nutbrown Hare?

- Come on! We've found an amazing creature

hiding in the rocks!

- Oh, really?

What is it?

- I don't know, but you need to come and see it right away!

Come on!

- I'm coming.

- Ssh! We need to be very quiet.

We don't want to frighten it away.

- Oh, ssh..

okay!

- It's probably hiding, wait right here ,

while I go and look for it.

- Right here.

- He's here!

- He's going to be very surprised!

- Let's show him!

[laughs]

[imitates mystery creature sound]

- [gasps] Oh!

[giggling]

- Oh!

Ah! [clears throat] Well, hello, I don't believe

we've met before!

My name... is...

Big Nutbrown Hare.

What's yours?

[imitates mystery creature sound]

- Hello, er... Grrumph!

I'm pleased to meet you.

Where are you from?

- Where the sun shines all night.

- And, er... where... do you sleep?

- In a... bird's nest.

- With all the fish! [giggles]

- Well, er... Grrumph, I would like to welcome you

to our meadow!

[more laughing]

- Oh, why, well hello up there.

- Did we trick you?

- [laughs] Yes, it was a very clever trick!

- It was, wasn't it? We wanted you to meet a brand new

creature... you... have never seen before.

[laughing]

- And a most amazing creature it was, too!

- [Narrator] The Nutbrown Hares walked home

by the light of the full autumn moon.

And just when they thought they had met every creature

in the meadow...

- Look, the moonlight... creates... shadows too!

- Another amazing creature!

- [laughs] Yes, a Big and Little Nutbrown Hare!

- Ooh, dancing in the moonlight! Wee! [laughs]

Guess how much I love you.

- More than you love our dancing shadow creature?

- Ah, I love you more than all the amazing creatures

we met today, and do you know why?

- Why?

- Because... you... are the most... amazing... of all.

- Well, I love you as much as the most amazing creature

in the meadow, and his shadow.

- And how lucky I am that you do.

- Oh [sighs].

[Big Nutbrown Hare chuckles]

[theme music]

[dog barking]