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[pleasant music]

- Oh!

[Field Mouse giggles]

♪ Dancing through springtime flowers ♪

♪ Are raised in summer sun

♪ Catching wet snowflakes on your nose ♪

♪ Running through autumn leaves ♪

♪ That float from trees on 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

[pleasant music]

- [Narrator] "Winter Surprise."

- [Narrator] Another cold dusting of snow

had fallen overnight, covering the meadow

with a frosty white blanket.

In the silence, Little Nutbrown Hare and his father

were waking to greet a new day.

- It's still winter.

- And, what do you do to warm up

on a chilly winter's morning?

- Snuggle up!

- Yes, but I meant--

- I know!

A race around the oak tree!

You can't catch me!

- Oh, we'll see about that!

Hi-ho!

[Big Nutbrown chuckles]

[Little Nutbrown giggling]

- Woohoo!

Oh, Big Nutbrown Hare?

Are you all right?

- No harm done.

[Big Nutbrown chuckles]

Lucky it's just soft snow.

- How much longer will the snow last?

- Until spring melts it all away.

- I like spring, especially the sound

of bluebirds' new chicks.

[Little Nutbrown chirping]

Oh and summer.

Summer's next, isn't it?

- Yes, summer is the next season after spring.

What do you like about summer?

- All the yummy grasses that the warm sun brings.

- And I suppose there's something you like about autumn too?

[Little Nutbrown sighs]

- The extra beautiful colors of the autumn leaves.

I hope winter's over soon.

There's so many special things in all the other seasons.

- Oh, but there's plenty of special things in winter, too.

- Really?

- Yes.

Things to hear, and taste, and see.

You just have to look for them.

- Well, it would be fun to try.

[pleasant music]

[Little Nutbrown panting]

I've looked everywhere.

There's nothing special.

- What about something special to hear, listen.

[gentle chiming]

- What is it?

- Let's find out.

Where's the sound coming from?

[gentle chiming] [pleasant music]

- I think it's this way.

[gentle chiming]

Yes, this way, come on!

Over here!

[gentle chiming]

Oh!

[gentle chiming]

There!

Oh, it sounds so pretty, and tinkly.

What are they?

- They're icicles.

The cold has frozen the water drops into icicles.

Can you think of anything that sounds

that pretty in spring or summer or autumn?

- Not as pretty as that.

Are there any more winter surprises?

- Shall we try and find some?

- Yay!

[Little Nutbrown panting]

Why did you stop?

- Look, something special to see in winter.

- Snow prints!

They belong to Little Field Mouse.

- It's easier to see who's been past in the winter.

- Because of the snow.

- And easier to see what they've been up to.

- What do you mean?

- Look, the snow prints change.

- Hmm.

And look here!

What was Little Field Mouse doing?

- Well, we can see which way she went.

Let's find out.

- Look, that's what she's doing.

♪ La la la la la la la

- She's dancing.

♪ La la la la la la la

- Little Field Mouse, you've been snow dancing.

- Yes, why?

- That explains the pretty trail you left in the snow.

- What pretty trail?

- The snow dance trail.

[Field Mouse giggles]

- Did I do that?

- Yes, do it again.

♪ La la la la la la la la la la ♪

- See?

- I didn't even know, I love them!

- Let me try.

♪ La la la la la la

Whoa!

[all laughing]

- Your big feet aren't made for dancing in the snow.

Oh, but I'm sure they're good for something.

- Big feet might be just what we need

where we're going next.

[Field Mouse gasps]

- What are you talking about?

Where are you going?

- We're trying to find special things

that you can only see, hear, and taste in winter.

- Like what?

- Like we saw your pretty patterns in the snow.

- And we heard tinkling frozen icicles on an old tree.

- Oh it sounds beautiful!

Will you show me?

- Sure, as soon as we find something special,

and wintery to taste.

- Can I come too?

- Of course.

- So where are we going?

- Let's try the other side of the wood,

by the big beech tree.

We haven't been there yet.

- I've been there in summer, and spring, and autumn.

There's nothing tasty there, even in those seasons.

- Well, winter could be the very time

that part of the meadow has something special to offer.

[pleasant music]

[animals giggling]

- Thanks for the ride.

Now to find a tasty winter thing.

- Nothing over here.

- Nothing over here!

We've come all this way,

and maybe there isn't anything to taste in winter.

- We just have to look harder.

- Come on, let's all look a bit further on.

[pleasant music]

- Hello, Little Red Wood Fox!

- Oh, hello.

You're just in time.

I can't get to that winter berry.

- [Both] A winter berry?

- Can you reach it for me, Big Nutbrown Hare?

- Of course.

- You can only find them in this part of the meadow.

[Big Nutbrown sniffs]

- Mhmm, these berries are fine to eat.

- I eat them all the time in winter,

when I can find them.

Thank you.

- Does it taste nice?

- Mm, yum!

It tastes special to me!

But it might not taste so nice to anyone else.

- There's only one way to find out.

Here.

- Thank you.

- Well?

- It tastes

so yummy!

And crunchy.

It tingles my tongue.

- Is it as good as anything from, well, summer,

or autumn, or spring?

- Better!

- Can I have one, please can I?

- I'll need some help to reach more.

Little Nutbrown Hare?

- Got it!

- Get a few more while you're there.

[both grunting]

[both laughing]

Oh dear.

Hey, oh hey wait a minute.

- You look funny!

- Hey, stop that.

- [Narrator] It was a day full of fun and special things.

A day of winter surprises in the meadow.

- We heard the icicles, and saw the snow dance prints,

and tasted the winter berries.

- Yes, lots of special things, just like summer,

and autumn, and spring.

- Oh yes.

You just have to look for them.

Tomorrow, we could start all over again.

We could look for something special to smell,

oh, and what about something to feel?

- Mm, yes, tomorrow we will.

Now, it's time for sleep.

- You know, there is something I love to see, and feel,

and hear, and smell all year round.

- Oh, what's that?

- You, Big Nutbrown Hare.

- Oh!

- Guess how much I love you.

- More than all the special things in winter?

- No, more than all the specialthings in the whole year.

- [Big Nutbrown] Oh, that is a lot.

[pleasant music]

[dog barks]