Transcript: Pomelo Grows Up
The theme song plays.
The Yetily Bookshop appears. Nina and Leon, two little mice, watch Yeti sleep inside. They run across a bookshelf and climb a pile a books. One of them falls on Yeti's head waking him up. He smiles, grabs the book and Nina and Leon sit on his arms.
It sings COME AND JOIN US IN THE
BOOKSHOP
WITH TWO LITTLE MICE
AND A BIG YETI
LET'S ALL SIT DOWN
FOR A STORY
THEY'RE READ FOR YOU AND ME
Nina and Leon say YETI TALES!
(giggling)
Today's episode is "Pomelo Grows Up."
Leon says SO, YETILY, HOW MANY METRES
TALL AM I?
Yetily says UM...
(humming and hawing)
HMM, LET ME SEE.
With a tape measure in hand, Yetily says I THINK YOU'RE FIVE BOOKS TALL,
PLUS AN APPLE.
SEE?
YOU'VE GROWN BY AN APPLE.
Leon says THAT'S GREAT!
NOW, LET'S COMPARE HEIGHTS WITH
NINA.
Nina says ALL RIGHT.
They stand back to back.
Yetily says SO, AM I TALLER THAN YOU?
Nina says NO, YOU'RE NOT.
I'M STILL TALLER THAN YOU.
Leon says AWW, NINA KEEPS ON GROWING
AND NOW SHE'S TALLER THAN ME.
Yetily says WELL, BITTERSWEET
BLACKBERRIES.
WHAT MATTERS IS TO KEEP GROWING,
ISN'T IT?
WHO CARES ABOUT HOW MANY APPLES?
THIS IS JUST LIKE POMELO.
Nina says POMELO?
WHO ON EARTH IS THAT?
Yetily says HE'S THE HERO OF TODAY'S
STORY.
Nina and Leon say OH, YES, YETILY!
TELL US A STORY!
Yetily says EVERYBODY ALL READY?
OFF WE GO.
POMELO GROWS UP
BY RAMONA
BADESCU AND BENJAMIN CHAUD.
The book cover shows a pink elephant with a long trunk.
He opens the book and reads "OUT FOR A WALK ON MORNING,
POMELO COMES ACROSS AN ANT, SOME
POTATOES, A PEBBLE, SOME
STRAWBERRIES AND A DANDELION...
AN AMAZINGLY TINY LITTLE
DANDELION.
AS TINY AS THESE STRAWBERRIES OR
THIS PEBBLE OR THIS TINY LITTLE
POTATO?
NOT TO MENTION THIS FUNNY LITTLE
ANT.
POMELO WANTS TO COMPARE HEIGHTS
WITH THE ANT."
Nina says WHAT A COPYCAT.
Yetily flips the page and says "THAT'S FUNNY, HE'S GROWN!
'YIPPEE!
'YOO-HOO!
'YAH-HAH-HAH!'."
Leon says JUST LIKE US.
(both laughing)
Nina says YIPPEE!
Yetily reads "SUDDENLY, HE FEELS HIMSELF
ZAPPED BY THE HYPER SUPER EXTRA
FORCE OF THE COSMOS.
MAYBE SOMETHING EVEN MORE THAN
THAT.
HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING REALLY
GREAT, GREATER THAN ANYTHING
HE'S EVER DONE BEFORE.
BUT IS HE ALREADY TOO BIG FOR
THIS WORLD?
AND, ANYWAY, DON'T YOU HAVE TO
BE MIDDLE-SIZED BEFORE YOU
BECOME BIG?"
Nina says YEAH, I'M MIDDLE-SIZED, AND
LEON, YOU'RE HIM, AND YETILY,
YOU'RE HIM.
Leon says OH, SO WHEN AM I GOING TO BE
MIDDLE-SIZED, TOO?
Nina says WHEN I GET TO BE REALLY BIG!
NAH-NAH-NAH NAH-NAH-NAH
(chuckling)
Yetily continues reading "YES, BUT MIDDLE
MIDDLE-SIZED?
MIDDLE-BIG?
BIG MIDDLE OR JUST PLAIN MIDDLE?
WE'LL SEE.
HE'LL HAVE TO GROW UP BIT BY
BIT."
Leon says BUT HE'S NOT BIG AT ALL.
HE'S TINY.
Yetily says WELL, YES, COMPARED TO THAT
TREE, HE'S TINY.
He reads "STILL HE'S AFRAID HE WON'T GROW
EVENLY ALL OVER."
Leon says OH, JUST LOOK AT THAT BIG
EYE.
HE LOOKS AWFUL.
Yetily says AND THERE, LOOKS LIKE
A BOA CONSTRICTOR IN A
ELEPHANT'S TRUNK.
Nina says JUST IMAGINE IF YOU ONLY GREW
ONE LEG.
YOU'D HAVE TO HOP AROUND ON ONE
FOOT ALL YOUR LIFE.
Yetily reads "HE WONDERS HOW
EVERYTHING GROWS INSIDE YOU SO
YOU CAN GROW ON THE OUTSIDE,
TOO.
WILL HE TURN GREY AS HE GROWS
UP?"
Nina says WELL, YES, ALL ELEPHANTS ARE
GREY WHEN THEY GET BIG.
Leon says BUT MAYBE POMELO WILL STAY
PINK.
WHO KNOWS?
The elephant sits next to a big turtle.
Yetily reads "DO WE GET OLDER AS
WE GROW UP?
AS WE GET OLDER, DO WE GET
WISER, LIKE GANTOCK?"
OR LIKE ME?
Nina says AH.
Yetily reads "DOES EVERYBODY GROW UP THE
SAME WAY AT THE SAME PACE?
OR DO SOME OF US HAVE A
HEAD START?
WILL HE BE THE BIGGEST OF ALL
SOME DAY?
HE NEEDS TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT
TO GO OVER THE EDGES.
AND COULD IT BE THAT GROWING UP
MEANS NO LONGER CLOWNING AROUND?
POMELO CAN'T WAIT TO TURN THE
PAGE...
TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT.
WILL HE EVER BE ABLE TO DO
THINGS HE COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE
DOING?
Nina and Leon say WHOA.
Yetily continues reading "HE WONDERS WHETHER
HE'LL BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER HE
LIKES WHEN HE'S REALLY, REALLY
BIG.
WILL HE ALSO HAVE TO DO THINGS
HE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE DOING AT
ALL?"
Leon says OH, NO.
WHEN YOU GROW UP, YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER YOU LIKE?
Yetily says OH, REALLY?
IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?
He reads "POMELO HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO
FORGET WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE
LITTLE.
AND ALTHOUGH HE FINDS THAT
LITTLE PEOPLE ARE SILLY, HE
FINDS THAT BIG ONES ARE
DISGUSTING.
BUT GROWING UP ALSO MEANS LIKING
THINGS YOU DIDN'T LIKE BEFORE,
AND TO DISCOVER OTHER TASTES
OTHER THAN SUGARY SWEET AND
VERY, VERY SWEET THINGS.
GROWING UP MEANS MAKING CHOICES,
LIKE CHOOSING BETWEEN RUNNING
AND EATING, FOR INSTANCE, AND
EXPLORING NEW THINGS."
Leon says WHAT'S HE EATING THERE,
YETILY?
(Yetily chuckling)
Yetily says LOOKS LIKE HE TRIED OUT A RED
PEPPER THAT'S REALLY HOT.
He reads "POMELO FINALLY FEELS LIKE HE
CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AROUND
HIM.
BUT HE MAY BE WRONG.
HE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY
ELSE KNOWS, ALSO WHAT EVERYBODY
ELSE DOESN'T KNOW.
ANYWAY, HE'D LIKE TO KNOW A LOT
MORE."
Nina says THE BIGGER YOU GROW, THE MORE
YOU KNOW.
Yetily says AS FOR ME, THE MORE I KNOW,
THE MORE I ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS.
Leon says OH, YETILY, I AM VERY
CONFUSED.
Yetily says HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
He reads "POMELO WONDERS IF WE REALLY
GROW UP ON OUR OWN, AND WHETHER
WE DON'T LOSE SOMETHING WHEN WE
GROW UP, AND WHETHER HE ISN'T
ALREADY FORGETTING HIS
DANDELION.
GROWING UP MEANS REVISITING YOUR
OLD FEARS AND LAUGHING AT THEM."
Nina says HERE, HE SEEMS TO BE
AFRAID OF THE TEAPOT, AND HERE,
HE'S PLAYING WITH IT.
Yetily reads "POMELO IS NO LONGER AFRAID
TO GO AWAY.
HE HAS LEARNED THAT GROWING UP
MIGHT MEAN YOU HAVING TO SAY
GOODBYE, BUT IT ALSO MEANS OTHER
SAYING GOODBYE BACK TO YOU."
Nina says ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, BYE,
POMELO!
Leon says ONE, TWO, THREE, POTATO!
THREE POTATO, FOUR POTATO,
POTATO!
(both laughing)
Yetily reads "NOW, HE FEELS HE'S
BIG ENOUGH TO LIVE THE BIG
ADVENTURE."
Leon says BUT HE HASN'T GROWN AT ALL
YET.
Nina says IT'LL TAKE HIM A THOUSAND
YEARS TO CROSS THAT FOREST.
Yetily says WELL, HE MIGHT BE LITTLE, BUT
HE FEELS READY FOR ADVENTURE.
THERE YOU ARE, MY LITTLE MICE.
THAT IS OUR STORY FOR TODAY.
Leon says WELL, I'D MUCH RATHER BE VERY
BIG LIKE YOU, YETILY.
Yetily says AS BIG AS ME?
CUMBERSOME CANDYFLOSS, THAT'S
IMPOSSIBLE!
Leon says BUT WHY?
Yetily says WELL, LOOK AT ME.
I'M A YETI AND YOU'RE A LITTLE
MOUSE.
STILL, YOU'LL GROW UP TOO SOME
DAY, AND IT'S BETTER TO BE BIG
ON THE INSIDE AND SMALL ON THE
OUTSIDE THAN TINY ON THE INSIDE
AND BIG ON THE OUTSIDE.
Leon says THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE.
SEE YOU TOMORROW, BIG YETI!
Yetily says SEE YOU TOMORROW, LITTLE
MICE.
Yetily rubs Leon's belly.
Nina says ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, BYE,
YETILY.
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, LEON.
Leon says ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, NINA.
Yetily chuckles and says TIME FOR ME TO GO BACK TO
WHERE I BELONG AND GET ALL TINY
AGAIN.
THE BOOKSHOP'S JUST ABOUT TO
OPEN.
He sits and children walk in looking for books.
(bell tinkling)
A girl sits on Yetily to read as he has gone back to be a plush toy.
The end credits roll.
The Yetily Bookshop appears. Nina and Leon, two little mice, watch Yeti sleep inside. They run across a bookshelf and climb a pile a books. One of them falls on Yeti's head waking him up. He smiles, grabs the book and Nina and Leon sit on his arms.
It sings COME AND JOIN US IN THE
BOOKSHOP
WITH TWO LITTLE MICE
AND A BIG YETI
LET'S ALL SIT DOWN
FOR A STORY
THEY'RE READ FOR YOU AND ME
Nina and Leon say YETI TALES!
(giggling)
Today's episode is "Pomelo Grows Up."
Leon says SO, YETILY, HOW MANY METRES
TALL AM I?
Yetily says UM...
(humming and hawing)
HMM, LET ME SEE.
With a tape measure in hand, Yetily says I THINK YOU'RE FIVE BOOKS TALL,
PLUS AN APPLE.
SEE?
YOU'VE GROWN BY AN APPLE.
Leon says THAT'S GREAT!
NOW, LET'S COMPARE HEIGHTS WITH
NINA.
Nina says ALL RIGHT.
They stand back to back.
Yetily says SO, AM I TALLER THAN YOU?
Nina says NO, YOU'RE NOT.
I'M STILL TALLER THAN YOU.
Leon says AWW, NINA KEEPS ON GROWING
AND NOW SHE'S TALLER THAN ME.
Yetily says WELL, BITTERSWEET
BLACKBERRIES.
WHAT MATTERS IS TO KEEP GROWING,
ISN'T IT?
WHO CARES ABOUT HOW MANY APPLES?
THIS IS JUST LIKE POMELO.
Nina says POMELO?
WHO ON EARTH IS THAT?
Yetily says HE'S THE HERO OF TODAY'S
STORY.
Nina and Leon say OH, YES, YETILY!
TELL US A STORY!
Yetily says EVERYBODY ALL READY?
OFF WE GO.
POMELO GROWS UP
BY RAMONA
BADESCU AND BENJAMIN CHAUD.
The book cover shows a pink elephant with a long trunk.
He opens the book and reads "OUT FOR A WALK ON MORNING,
POMELO COMES ACROSS AN ANT, SOME
POTATOES, A PEBBLE, SOME
STRAWBERRIES AND A DANDELION...
AN AMAZINGLY TINY LITTLE
DANDELION.
AS TINY AS THESE STRAWBERRIES OR
THIS PEBBLE OR THIS TINY LITTLE
POTATO?
NOT TO MENTION THIS FUNNY LITTLE
ANT.
POMELO WANTS TO COMPARE HEIGHTS
WITH THE ANT."
Nina says WHAT A COPYCAT.
Yetily flips the page and says "THAT'S FUNNY, HE'S GROWN!
'YIPPEE!
'YOO-HOO!
'YAH-HAH-HAH!'."
Leon says JUST LIKE US.
(both laughing)
Nina says YIPPEE!
Yetily reads "SUDDENLY, HE FEELS HIMSELF
ZAPPED BY THE HYPER SUPER EXTRA
FORCE OF THE COSMOS.
MAYBE SOMETHING EVEN MORE THAN
THAT.
HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING REALLY
GREAT, GREATER THAN ANYTHING
HE'S EVER DONE BEFORE.
BUT IS HE ALREADY TOO BIG FOR
THIS WORLD?
AND, ANYWAY, DON'T YOU HAVE TO
BE MIDDLE-SIZED BEFORE YOU
BECOME BIG?"
Nina says YEAH, I'M MIDDLE-SIZED, AND
LEON, YOU'RE HIM, AND YETILY,
YOU'RE HIM.
Leon says OH, SO WHEN AM I GOING TO BE
MIDDLE-SIZED, TOO?
Nina says WHEN I GET TO BE REALLY BIG!
NAH-NAH-NAH NAH-NAH-NAH
(chuckling)
Yetily continues reading "YES, BUT MIDDLE
MIDDLE-SIZED?
MIDDLE-BIG?
BIG MIDDLE OR JUST PLAIN MIDDLE?
WE'LL SEE.
HE'LL HAVE TO GROW UP BIT BY
BIT."
Leon says BUT HE'S NOT BIG AT ALL.
HE'S TINY.
Yetily says WELL, YES, COMPARED TO THAT
TREE, HE'S TINY.
He reads "STILL HE'S AFRAID HE WON'T GROW
EVENLY ALL OVER."
Leon says OH, JUST LOOK AT THAT BIG
EYE.
HE LOOKS AWFUL.
Yetily says AND THERE, LOOKS LIKE
A BOA CONSTRICTOR IN A
ELEPHANT'S TRUNK.
Nina says JUST IMAGINE IF YOU ONLY GREW
ONE LEG.
YOU'D HAVE TO HOP AROUND ON ONE
FOOT ALL YOUR LIFE.
Yetily reads "HE WONDERS HOW
EVERYTHING GROWS INSIDE YOU SO
YOU CAN GROW ON THE OUTSIDE,
TOO.
WILL HE TURN GREY AS HE GROWS
UP?"
Nina says WELL, YES, ALL ELEPHANTS ARE
GREY WHEN THEY GET BIG.
Leon says BUT MAYBE POMELO WILL STAY
PINK.
WHO KNOWS?
The elephant sits next to a big turtle.
Yetily reads "DO WE GET OLDER AS
WE GROW UP?
AS WE GET OLDER, DO WE GET
WISER, LIKE GANTOCK?"
OR LIKE ME?
Nina says AH.
Yetily reads "DOES EVERYBODY GROW UP THE
SAME WAY AT THE SAME PACE?
OR DO SOME OF US HAVE A
HEAD START?
WILL HE BE THE BIGGEST OF ALL
SOME DAY?
HE NEEDS TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT
TO GO OVER THE EDGES.
AND COULD IT BE THAT GROWING UP
MEANS NO LONGER CLOWNING AROUND?
POMELO CAN'T WAIT TO TURN THE
PAGE...
TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT.
WILL HE EVER BE ABLE TO DO
THINGS HE COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE
DOING?
Nina and Leon say WHOA.
Yetily continues reading "HE WONDERS WHETHER
HE'LL BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER HE
LIKES WHEN HE'S REALLY, REALLY
BIG.
WILL HE ALSO HAVE TO DO THINGS
HE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE DOING AT
ALL?"
Leon says OH, NO.
WHEN YOU GROW UP, YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER YOU LIKE?
Yetily says OH, REALLY?
IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?
He reads "POMELO HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO
FORGET WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE
LITTLE.
AND ALTHOUGH HE FINDS THAT
LITTLE PEOPLE ARE SILLY, HE
FINDS THAT BIG ONES ARE
DISGUSTING.
BUT GROWING UP ALSO MEANS LIKING
THINGS YOU DIDN'T LIKE BEFORE,
AND TO DISCOVER OTHER TASTES
OTHER THAN SUGARY SWEET AND
VERY, VERY SWEET THINGS.
GROWING UP MEANS MAKING CHOICES,
LIKE CHOOSING BETWEEN RUNNING
AND EATING, FOR INSTANCE, AND
EXPLORING NEW THINGS."
Leon says WHAT'S HE EATING THERE,
YETILY?
(Yetily chuckling)
Yetily says LOOKS LIKE HE TRIED OUT A RED
PEPPER THAT'S REALLY HOT.
He reads "POMELO FINALLY FEELS LIKE HE
CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AROUND
HIM.
BUT HE MAY BE WRONG.
HE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY
ELSE KNOWS, ALSO WHAT EVERYBODY
ELSE DOESN'T KNOW.
ANYWAY, HE'D LIKE TO KNOW A LOT
MORE."
Nina says THE BIGGER YOU GROW, THE MORE
YOU KNOW.
Yetily says AS FOR ME, THE MORE I KNOW,
THE MORE I ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS.
Leon says OH, YETILY, I AM VERY
CONFUSED.
Yetily says HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
He reads "POMELO WONDERS IF WE REALLY
GROW UP ON OUR OWN, AND WHETHER
WE DON'T LOSE SOMETHING WHEN WE
GROW UP, AND WHETHER HE ISN'T
ALREADY FORGETTING HIS
DANDELION.
GROWING UP MEANS REVISITING YOUR
OLD FEARS AND LAUGHING AT THEM."
Nina says HERE, HE SEEMS TO BE
AFRAID OF THE TEAPOT, AND HERE,
HE'S PLAYING WITH IT.
Yetily reads "POMELO IS NO LONGER AFRAID
TO GO AWAY.
HE HAS LEARNED THAT GROWING UP
MIGHT MEAN YOU HAVING TO SAY
GOODBYE, BUT IT ALSO MEANS OTHER
SAYING GOODBYE BACK TO YOU."
Nina says ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, BYE,
POMELO!
Leon says ONE, TWO, THREE, POTATO!
THREE POTATO, FOUR POTATO,
POTATO!
(both laughing)
Yetily reads "NOW, HE FEELS HE'S
BIG ENOUGH TO LIVE THE BIG
ADVENTURE."
Leon says BUT HE HASN'T GROWN AT ALL
YET.
Nina says IT'LL TAKE HIM A THOUSAND
YEARS TO CROSS THAT FOREST.
Yetily says WELL, HE MIGHT BE LITTLE, BUT
HE FEELS READY FOR ADVENTURE.
THERE YOU ARE, MY LITTLE MICE.
THAT IS OUR STORY FOR TODAY.
Leon says WELL, I'D MUCH RATHER BE VERY
BIG LIKE YOU, YETILY.
Yetily says AS BIG AS ME?
CUMBERSOME CANDYFLOSS, THAT'S
IMPOSSIBLE!
Leon says BUT WHY?
Yetily says WELL, LOOK AT ME.
I'M A YETI AND YOU'RE A LITTLE
MOUSE.
STILL, YOU'LL GROW UP TOO SOME
DAY, AND IT'S BETTER TO BE BIG
ON THE INSIDE AND SMALL ON THE
OUTSIDE THAN TINY ON THE INSIDE
AND BIG ON THE OUTSIDE.
Leon says THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE.
SEE YOU TOMORROW, BIG YETI!
Yetily says SEE YOU TOMORROW, LITTLE
MICE.
Yetily rubs Leon's belly.
Nina says ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, BYE,
YETILY.
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, LEON.
Leon says ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, NINA.
Yetily chuckles and says TIME FOR ME TO GO BACK TO
WHERE I BELONG AND GET ALL TINY
AGAIN.
THE BOOKSHOP'S JUST ABOUT TO
OPEN.
He sits and children walk in looking for books.
(bell tinkling)
A girl sits on Yetily to read as he has gone back to be a plush toy.
The end credits roll.
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