Listen all around, listen for the sounds Listen listen listen, Listen all around.
Listen for the sounds Listen listen listen Listen listen listen Hello, Hello.
Listen everyone, listen and play.
Where are we today?
Tell us, where are we?
We're outside today, a long way away, beside a waterhole in Africa.
It's very hot here and there are lots of unusual animals.
Do you know what animal makes this sound?
Here's a clue.
They croak a lot.
Listen.
It's some frogs.
Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.
There are some frogs here at the waterhole.
Listen and play again.
What animal is this?
Here's a clue.
It has a furry mane, like a big cat.
It's a lion.
Rawr!
Rawr!
Rawr!
Lions can be scary, roaring loudly like that.
Listen again.
What animal makes this sound?
Here's a clue.
They like wallowing in muddy water.
It's a hippo.
Squatch, squatch.
It's the sound of a great big hippo wallowing about in the muddy waterhole.
Today's song is about some silly hippos who try to balance on a slippery rock.
Count the hippos on your fingers as you sing along.
One big hippo balancing step by step on a slippery rock.
He thought it was such tremendous fun.
He called for another hippo to come.
Two big hippos balancing Step by step on a slippery rock.
They thought it was such tremendous fun.
They called for another hippo to come.
Three big hippos balancing Step by step on a slippery rock.
They thought it was such tremendous fun.
They called for another hippo to come.
Four big hippos balancing step by step on a slippery rock.
They thought it was such tremendous fun.
They called for another hippo to come.
Five big hippos balancing, step by step on a slippery rock.
But all of a sudden they fell into the mud.
And down came the hippos with a great big thud.
In the mud.
Listen, listen, listen, it's rhyme time.
Today's rhymes are about African animals.
The first one's about a zebra.
A zebra makes a very strange sound, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, as it crosses the ground.
Its body is striped black and white.
A zebra is a very strange sight.
A hippo likes to splash and splosh.
He wades in the mud and wallows in his bath.
He can walk underwater, along the riverbed, with water above and over his head.
He really is an amazing fellow.
All day long, he loves to wallow.
Listen, listen, listen.
It's story time.
Today's story comes from Africa.
It's about a hippo and a very cheeky frog.
Shh!
Listen, listen.
The story's called... Who's in Hippo's House?
Once upon an African time, there was a large hippo who lived in a mud hut close to the river.
One day, when hippo had been busy wallowing in the squelchy mud at the waterhole, he felt like a walk.
So off he went, through the jungle.
Plod, plod, plod.
But...
While Hippo was out, along came a cheeky frog.
Croak, croak, croak.
And he went inside Hippo's house to play a sneaky joke.
When Hippo came back, frog shouted in his loudest, fiercest voice, Don't come in!
Hippo said, You gave me a scare.
Who on earth can be in there?
And Frog yelled, I'm a big fierce monster, hungry as can be.
Don't come in or I'll eat you for my tea.
Oh, help, said Hippo and hid behind a tree.
Plod, plod, plod.
A little while later, along came Giraffe, eating a branch.
Munch, munch.
Oh, Giraffe, said Hippo.
You are braver than me.
There's something in my house.
Please go and see.
So Giraffe scrambled over.
Who's in Hippo's house?
And listened.
But the house was as quiet as a mouse.
But then Frog yelled, I'm a big fierce monster, hungry as can be.
Don't come in or I'll eat you for my tea.
Oh, help, said Giraffe and hid behind the tree with Hippo.
Plod, plod, plod.
Not long after, along came Parrot.
Squawk, squawk, squawk.
Oh, Parrot, said Hippo.
You are braver than me.
There's something in my house.
Please go and see.
So Parrot flapped over.
Who's in Hippo's house?
And listened.
But the house was quiet as a mouse.
But then Frog yelled.
I'm a big fierce monster, hungry as can be.
Don't come in or I'll eat you for my tea.
Oh, help, said Parrot and hid behind the tree with Giraffe.
Munch, munch, and Hippo plod, plod, plod.
Some time later, along came Stripey Zebra.
Whoop, whoop, whoop.
Oh, Zebra, said Hippo.
You are braver than me.
There's something in my house.
Please go and see.
So Zebra galloped over.
But who's in Hippo's house?
And listened.
But the house was quiet as a mouse.
But then Frog yelled, I'm a big fierce monster, hungry as can be.
Don't come in or I'll eat you for my tea.
Help, said Zebra and hid behind the tree with Parrot.
Squawk, squawk, squawk.
And Giraffe, munch, munch.
And Hippo, plod, plod, plod.
Some time later, along came a lion.
Oh, lion, said Hippo.
You are braver than me.
There's something in my house.
Please go and see.
So lion prowled over.
Who is in Hippo's house?
And listened.
But the house was quiet as a mouse.
But then Frog yelled, I'm a big fierce monster, hungry as can be.
Don't come in or I'll eat you for my tea.
Oh, really, said Lion.
I am coming in to see.
And the lion went inside Hippo's house.
But the cheeky frog saw him coming and hopped out the back door as fast as he could.
Frog had played his little joke.
So now he was off with a croak, croak, croak.
Finally, Hippo, Giraffe, Zebra and Parrot came over to the house and said, Who's in Hippo's house?
Who can it be?
Lion just smiled and said, It's only me.
Come into Hippo's house.
You are just in time for tea.
In our last song today, there's a hippo and a frog taking a bath down at the waterhole.
Join in and sing the Splish Splosh Splash chorus with me.
Down at the waterhole, splish, splosh, splash.
There's a great big hippo having a bath.
With a splish, splosh, splash and a splish, splosh, splash.
A great big hippo having a bath.
Splish, splosh, splish, splosh, splashity splash.
Splish, splosh, splish, splosh, splashity splash.
Splish, splosh, splish, splosh, splashity splash.
A great big hippo having a bath.
Down at the water hole, splish, splosh, splash.
There's a frog and a hippo having a bath.
With a splish, splosh, splash and a splish, splosh, splash.
A frog and a hippo are having a bath.
Splish, splosh, splish, splosh, splashity, splash.
Splish, splosh, splish, splosh, splashity, splash.
Splish, splosh, splish, splosh, splashity, splash.
A frog and a hippo are having a bath.
We can listen and play together.
Bye!
Listen all around, listen for the sounds Listen, listen, listen
