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Listen for the sounds Listen listen listen Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello, Listen everyone.
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Where are we today?
We're in the countryside.
We're outside in a field today.
And in the field next to us, the farmer is busy ploughing.
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What makes this sound?
It's a tractor.
Vroom, vroom!
Vroom, vroom!
It's a very loud tractor.
The farmer is ploughing his field, digging up all the earth to plant a huge crop of wheat.
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What sound is this?
It's someone digging.
Dig!
Dig!
Dig.
Now the farmer is digging a hole to plant something in.
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What makes this sound?
It's water.
Sprinkle, split, splat, splot.
It's the sound of the farmer watering the seed he's planted to help it grow.
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It's time to sing today.
Today's song is all about a farmer called Ben and his tractor.
I'm sure you'll know the tune.
Join in and sing along with me.
Oh, I have a field to plough, said busy farmer Ben.
So he drove his tractor up the field and he drove it down again.
And when he was up, he was up.
And when he was down, he was down.
And when he was only halfway up, he was neither up nor down.
Oh, I have some seeds to sow, said busy farmer Ben.
So he drove his tractor up the field and he drove it down again.
And when he was up, he was up.
And when he was down, he was down.
And when he was only halfway up, he was neither up nor down.
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It's rhyme time.
I wonder what other crops Farmer Ben will plant.
Maybe some more wheat.
Or even some oats and barley.
Like in this rhyme.
Oats and beans and barley grow.
Oats and beans and barley grow.
But not you, nor I, nor anyone know how oats and beans and barley grow.
The boughs do shake and the bells do ring, so merrily comes our harvest in.
We've ploughed, we've sowed, we've reaped, we've mowed, we've got our harvest in.
Listen, listen, listen in Storytime.
Today's story is about a man who loves planting and he decides to grow a very large white vegetable called a turnip.
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The story's called... The Enormous Turnip.
Once upon a harvest time, there was a man who loved turnips.
So he grew lots of them in his garden.
The day came when the turnips were ready to be pulled up.
Pull them up, shake off the dirt, put them in my basket.
The man sang as turnip after plump turnip went plump, plump, plump into his basket.
When he came to the very last one, he stopped and stared.
Well, I'll be.
You see, most of the turnips were about the size of your fist.
But this last turnip was bigger, much bigger.
In fact, it was enormous.
The man grabbed the turnip right and then...
He pulled E!
And he pulled E!
And he pulled E!
But the turnip just wouldn't come out.
Oh, wobbly wellies, said the man.
Just then his wife came past and saw the turnip.
Oh, it's enormous, she said.
Do you want a hand to pull it up?
I do, I do, I diddly do, the man said.
So the woman grabbed the man.
The man grabbed the turnip.
And then they pulled.
And they pulled.
And they pulled.
But still the turnip wouldn't come out.
Oh, wobbly wellies, the man said again.
Next, a dog came past and saw the turnip.
Woof, woof, it's enormous, it said.
Do you want a hand to pull it up?
I do, I do, I diddly do, the man said.
So the dog grabbed the woman.
Woof.
The woman grabbed the man.
Whee!
The man grabbed the turnip.
Right.
And then... They pulled...
And they pulled E. And they pulled E. But still the turnip wouldn't come out.
Oh, wobbly wellies, the man said again.
Meow, meow.
Just then a cat came past and saw the turnip.
Meow, it's enormous, it said.
Do you want a hand to pull it up?
I do, I do, I diddly do, the man said.
So the cat grabbed the dog, meow.
The dog grabbed the woman, woof.
The woman grabbed the man, hoo-wee.
The man grabbed the turnip, right.
And then they pulled, ee.
And they pulled, ee.
And they pulled, ee.
But still the turnip wouldn't come out.
Oh, wobbly wellies, said the man again.
Eventually, a mouse came past and saw the turnip.
Squeak, squeak, it's enormous, it said.
Do you want a hand to pull it up?
I do, I do, I diddly do, the man said.
So the mouse grabbed the cat.
The cat grabbed the dog.
The dog grabbed the woman.
The woman grabbed the man.
The man grabbed the turnip.
And then they pulled.
And they pulled.
And they pulled.
Finally, at very long last, after all their pulling together, the turnip came out with a tremendous pop.
Everyone fell over in a huge big heap.
Then the man's wife picked up the enormous turnip.
It was very heavy.
So off she went and made a huge pot of turnip soup.
Everyone was so hungry that they all grabbed a spoon and ate the soup straight from the pot.
And they all agreed.
It was not only the most enormous pot of turnip soup ever, but also the tastiest.
Yum, yum!
Our last song is about that enormous turnip.
It's called One Man Went to Grow.
One man went to grow, went to grow a turnip.
One man and his dog, woof, woof, went to grow a turnip.
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One man went to grow. went to grow a turnip.
One man and his dog, woof, woof, went to grow a turnip.
One man went to plant Went to plant a turnip One man and his dog Woof!
Woof!
Went to plant a turnip One man went to dig went to dig a turnip.
One man and his dog, woof, woof, went to dig a turnip.
One man went to grow, went to grow a turnip.
One man and his dog went to grow a turnip.
Went to grow a turnip.
Maybe you could ask your teacher if you can grow a plant from a seed.
I wonder how long it'll take to grow.
And will it become enormous like the turnip in the story?
Good luck!
Join me again soon.
Bye!
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