Original subtitles

[cheerful music]

- Oh!

[laughing]

♪ Dancing through springtime flowers ♪

♪ And rays of summer sun

♪ Catching white snowflakes on your nose ♪

♪ Running through autumn leaves ♪

♪ That float from trees on high ♪

♪ With our 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] New Friend.

- [Narrator] It was a clear, crisp winter's day.

And the woodland was still and quiet.

It seemed like only Little Nutbrown Hare

and his father were out, enjoying the meadow.

- Shht, can you hear it?

- Hear what?

- The quiet of winter.

When you stand very still, you can hear

the quiet of winter.

- Oh!

I can hear it.

The quiet of winter.

- Winter is quiet because of the snow.

And many of the animals are away or sleeping.

- Like Little Grey Squirrel!

- Yes, and Blue Bird.

- I miss them.

Oh!

Look, Big Nutbrown Hare, somebody's here today.

- Oh, these tracks look like

they belong to a baby deer.

- A baby deer?

Wow!

What's a baby deer?

- Well, a brown, furry animal with spots.

- Spots? [laughs]

I've never seen one of those.

- Oh, they don't live in our valley,

but they do visit in winter, looking for food.

[gasps]

- Does a baby deer have big eyes, pointy ears

and a wet, sniffing nose?

- Yes, how do you know?

- Because it was right here, behind that tree!

But it's gone.

Where are you hiding, Little Spotty Deer?

Hey, Little Spotty Deer!

Oh.

It ran away.

- It might be shy.

- Shy?

- Mm, little deer can be easily frightened away.

- Maybe, it's never met a Little Nutbrown Hare before.

- That's right.

So, first, let the baby deer know you're friendly.

It will come out and say hello when it's ready.

- I will, and then we can be friends.

[Little Field Mouse screams]

- I see a friend coming this way.

- Good morning, Nutbrown Hares!

[screams]

Tada!

- Hello, Little Field Mouse!

Guess what?

I'm going to make a new friend.

- A new friend?

- Yes, Little Spotty Deer.

Want to come?

- Yes, I love making friends.

What's a Little Spotty Deer?

- Come on, I'll show you,

we can follow its tracks.

- Can we?

- Of course.

But don't go too far.

And remember not to frighten it away.

- Okay.

Little Spotty Deer is shy.

- [Little Field Mouse] Shy?

Then we'll have to be clever.

Oh.

Does a baby deer have big eyes,

pointy ears and a wet, sniffing nose?

- Yes, how do you know?

- Look!

- That's it.

But, wait.

Let's sit here so Little Spotty Deer can see us.

Then, she might come and say hello.

- What if it's too shy to come out?

- Hm.

If I saw you doing something interesting,

even if I was shy,

I'd come and have a closer look.

- Good idea.

- How about funny hopping?

Boing, boing. [laughing]

[laughs]

- Did you hear that?

Look how close she is!

- So keep being interesting.

- Let's try some snow dancing!

[humming and laughing]

[laughs]

- Hello there!

- Hello! [laughs]

- She's hiding.

- Oh, let's hide too.

- Oh!

[laughs]

Oh, oh, oh oh.

[laughing]

Huh?

[laughing]

- Shht!

Boo! [screaming]

[laughing]

- You got us!

[giggles]

I'm Little Nutbrown Hare and this is

Little Field Mouse.

- [giggling] Little Field Mouse!

- [giggling] I'm Little Spotty Deer.

You two are funny.

- Thank you! [giggles]

Can you do anything funny?

- No, not funny.

But I can stand still like I'm frozen.

It's a good way to hide, watch!

Oh, oh oh.

- Wow, you are very still.

- Really still.

Little Spotty Deer, are you really frozen?

- [laughing] No, see?

- You are funny.

Show us again!

[laughing]

- I'm frozen!

- Boo!

[laughing]

- Shall we be friends, Little Spotty Deer?

- Yes, good idea!

- Yes!

We can come and play again tomorrow.

- [All] Yay!

[laughing]

- Flitter-flutter like a butterfly!

- Hoppedi-hop, hop, hop like a frog!

- Jump, jump, jumpedi-jump!

- What are you?

- A jumping deer!

[laughing]

- Me too!

[laughing]

Oh, it was fun playing with Little Spotty Deer today.

- Oh, what did you do?

- We played jumping deer.

- [laughing] Goodness!

- But my favorite game of all was being frozen.

[laughs]

- I'm glad winter has brought you a new friend.

- [sighs] I think I'll be friends

with Little Spotty Deer forever.

Little Spotty Deer?

We're here to play.

- Are you hiding?

- Look, Little Spotty Deer tracks.

- And look!

Big Spotty Deer tracks.

- Little Spotty Deer, wait!

- Where are you going?

- My mother says it's time for us to go.

- Right now?

- Somewhere, where there's more food for us.

[sighing]

But I'll be back next winter.

- Promise?

- I promise.

- Then can we play being frozen again?

- And hiding and rolling and jumping?

- No, next time, I'm going to show you prancing.

- Prancing.

- Goodbye!

- [Both] Bye!

[laughing]

- I'm going to miss Little Spotty Deer.

- Me too.

- Boo!

- Hello, Little Redwood Fox.

- What were you doing?

- Prancing.

Like Little Spotty Deer.

- Oh, can I play too?

- Sure.

You do it like this!

- [Narrator] Making a new friend had made that winter

very special indeed.

And Little Nutbrown Hare had learned

that some things in life stay forever,

and some things come and go.

[Big Nutbrown Hare laughs]

- [sighs] And after she showed us how to prance,

Little Spotty Deer went away.

[sighs]

- I thought she might sometime soon.

But Little Field Mouse is still here.

- Yes, so is Little Redwood Fox.

And Little Spotty Deer will come back next winter.

- I'm sure she will.

- [sighs] So we can be friends forever.

Is forever a long time?

- Yes, as long as long can be.

- Well, that's how much I love you.

As much and as long as forever.

- Wow, well, guess how much I love you?

- Um, as much as forever?

- [laughing] No, more than that!

- Then, do you love me forever plus a day?

- [Big Nutbrown Hare] [laughing] Yes, that's right,

my Little Nutbrown Hare, forever and a day.

[cheerful music]

[barks]