Cock-a-doodle-dooo!
# Here come the Numtums
# They're furry and they're fun
# Here come the Numtums
# Let's start with number one!
# Bendigo!
# Dar Dar!
# Champer!
# Gladdy!
# Little Sandy!
# Flinders!
# Humpty Do!
# Coogee!
# Hobart!
# Nimbin!
# One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
# Nine, ten
# The Numtums! #
Perfect.
If only there was some way to thank you for fixing Neville's tail.
Oh, I know! I'll make you some of my yummy birdy bites.
Birdy bites, they are beak-licking good!
I'll make some while you deliver the Super Numtum comic.
# Birds go weak when they've got one in their beak
# Do-do do-do, birdy bites! #
Numpups, where are you?!
Shush!
Sorry. What's the matter?
You scared the scaredy caterpillar. And disturbed Nimbin's quiet time.
Sorry. I have something to deliver.
Oh, the Super Numtum comic? Shhh!
The Super Numtum comic?!
- Hey, where did Larry go? - The comic!
And look, there's a free gift this week.
Wow! Scary Fluffy McTuffy masks!
I can't break free!
Wa-ha-ha!
My size-you-like machine is going to shrink
not-so-super Numtum into a super small not-so-super Numtum.
Then he can't stop me, especially when I use it
to make myself bigger and naughtier than ever.
You will never get away with it, Fluffy!
Will too, because I have the instructions.
And this time I'm going to read them.
To make something smaller, press a number less than five.
To stay the same size, press the number five.
To make something bigger, press a number more than five. Easy peasy.
Let's see if Fluffy knows her numbers.
So, a number less than five will make him smaller. Six, yes!
Six is less than five because it comes after it.
Number six, Frilly. Press it now.
Say hello to Super Super Numtum!
You're supposed to be small!
Wrong again, Fluffy. Six is more than five.
Now to turn off that naughty machine...
Quick, Frilly Lizzie, make me bigger than him.
Press number one, that's definitely more than five.
What happened? Why am I so small?
Because, little Fluffy, number one is less than number five.
Not more than!
When it comes to numbers, Fluffy McTuffy,
you know a lot less than you need to.
Oh, popsidoodles.
Super Numtum wins again. By the power of the number!
Oh, popsidoodles!
Something sure smells good.
It is the beak-watering birdy bites I made
to say thank you for fixing Neville.
Bursting with beakiness,
beautifully birdie, and scrumptiously seedy.
- They're delicious, Gladdy. May I have more than one please? - Why not?
HE HICCUPS
ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
You've eaten more than you should have, Larry. You've got hiccups.
Oh! When we lyrebirds get hiccups, we make all sorts of funny sounds.
Can you make them stop, Gladdy?
Of course!
A glass of water usually does the trick.
HE HICCUPS AND THEN PHONE RINGS
Hello? Hello? Nobody there.
HE HICCUPS AND THEN ALARM BEEPS
I didn't put anything in the oven!
HICCUPS AND THEN DOORBELL CHIMES
Oh!
HICCUPS AND THEN PHONE RINGS
Hello?
ALARM BEEPS
DOORBELL CHIMES
Wobbling wombats, what is going on? Larry?
DOORBELL CHIMES
Guilty!
What am I going to do?
LOUD MUSIC PLAYS
- Quick, Dar Dar, the Super Numtum Show! - Wait!
Sorry, Numpups, that was me.
I have got hiccups and when lyrebirds get hiccups...
They can't control the sounds they make.
Does anybody know how to stop hiccups?
Well, drinking a glass of water didn't work,
but if you make someone with hiccups jump,
their hiccups may disappear.
These will make Larry jump and stop his hiccups.
Hey, what are you Numpups whispering about?
HICCUPS FOLLOWED BY CUCKOO CLOCK
Er, nothing!
Ahhh!
Wait, what are we ahhh-ing about?
Gladdy said that if we made you jump it might stop your hiccups.
ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
- But you're still hiccupping! - Oh. Well, thanks for trying.
Maybe if I go for a walk, the fresh air might stop my hiccups.
Is this microphone on?
LAUGHTER
Larry, come and listen to Hobart's jokes.
HICCUPS AND THEN HORN BLARES
Jokes? I love jokes!
Larry, why are you making that funny noise?
BIRD TWEETS
Because I ate too many beak-watering birdy bites
and now I've got hiccups and I can't stop.
- Well, I know just how to stop hiccups. - You do? - With laughter.
And I've got more than enough jokes to make everyone laugh.
What do you have if you have seven termite treats in your right paw,
and five termite treats in your left paw?
12 termite treats?
Big paws!
HICCUPS AND THEN BOOING
Boo?! Who's booing?
Larry, Larry, it's not nice to boo!
Well, this joke will definitely make you laugh.
What's noisy and covered in spikes?
An echidna on a drum kit!
MORE BOOING
Oh, no! Why are you still booing me?
It's Larry. He's got hiccups.
Well, could you hiccup some applause?
Sorry, Hobart, I can't control which sounds I make. I'll go.
Wait, I've got a joke that will definitely cure you!
HICCUPS AND THEN HORN BLARES
Larry, scientist at work here.
- What's the matter with you today, Larry? - It's these hiccups!
I know how to stop hiccups, Larry.
- How? - By tickling them out of you.
HE LAUGHS THEN HICCUPS
CHICKEN CLUCKS
It's no use. I'll never get rid of my hiccups.
Maybe it's best if I move away from Gumnut Gorge for ever.
Quick, we've got to tell the others.
We need your help. We've got to stop Larry's hiccups.
- He says he's going to leave Gumnut Gorge for ever. - But he's our friend.
We have to stop Larry's pick-ups and get him to stay.
Well, this is it. Goodbye, Gumnut Gorge, it was nice knowing you.
CAR ALARM BLARES
Huh?! Larry?
Larry, please don't go. We'll miss you so much.
I have to. Even all the way out here,
I woke Flinders and Coogee with my funny lyrebird hiccups.
KETTLE WHISTLES
Hiccups? Why didn't you say?
- I know how to stop hiccups. - You do? - You do?
Picture it. A young Numpup eager for adventure, but hiccupping loudly.
I didn't know what to do, until luckily I met a wise old weasel
who taught me a special dance to make them stop.
The hiccup stop hop.
Dancing? Lyrebirds can't dance!
- Have you seen these feet? - Come on, Larry. I'll do it with you.
Billy, some music please.
The first move is five steps forward.
Like this.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Larry, you did six steps!
That's one more than five. Take one less than that.
Now we do five steps backwards.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four.
You only took four steps backwards.
That's less than five. Do one more.
And finally, five big claps.
One, two, three, four, five.
Now dance until those hiccups stop.
- Woo-hoo! - One, two, three, four five.
One, two, three, four, five.
Larry, your hiccups have stopped! You don't have to leave!
Oh, thank you, Flinders. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
HE HICCUPS AND THEY ALL LAUGH