(Happy music)

In animation, different homes in a city, suburbs and countryside appear.

A title appears on a hill. It reads: TVOKids and ABC presents. Big Words, Small Stories

Children say, BIG WORDS, SMALL STORIES.

A title reads: Poppy Lionheart. Written by Melanie Sano

A child’s voice says, POPPY LIONHEART

(Music playing)

Poppy and Chaz walk along a sidewalk with Liam.

Chaz says, WOW! RHONDA LIONHEART'S NEW BOOK!

Poppy has dark brown hair in a braid. She wears a blue and green dress, with a tan hat.

Poppy says, SHE'S THE BRAVEST HERO EVER! SHE LAUGHS IN THE FACE OF DANGER.

(Chaz laughing)

Chaz is a grey dog wearing a tan hat and a pink shirt.

Poppy says, SHE CHEERS FOR ADVENTURE! HOORAY! AND SHE'S NEVER, EVER SCARED!

Chaz’s hat slips over her eyes and he walks into a pole.

(Chaz shrieks)

(Poppy gasps)

Poppy hurries over to Chaz. He sits up.

(Both giggle)

Chaz picks up a card.

Chaz asks, HEY, WHAT'S THIS?

Liam says, THE STRONGWOMAN'S LIBRARY CARD. SHE MUST HAVE DROPPED IT.

Chaz says, OH NO! SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO BORROW BOOKS! WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Poppy says, WE'LL RETURN THIS CARD TO THE STRONGWOMAN JUST LIKE RHONDA RETURNED
THE PANDA TO ITS FOREST. NO MATTER WHAT DANGERS LIE AHEAD!

Chaz asks, HOW DANGEROUS CAN IT BE TO RETURN A LIBRARY CARD?

An apple falls from a tree.

(Gasps)

Poppy pulls Chaz away as the apple drop toward him.

Poppy cries, CHAZ!

The apple bounces on the sidewalk.

Poppy says, IT WILL BE A BRAVE AND WILD ADVENTURE! IT WILL BE AN, AN... ESCAPADE!

(Fanfare)

Creatures pop out and cry, ESCAPADE!

A pink double-decker bus drives past.

Text reads: Escapade

The Sprinkle Fairy flies in. She has tall grey hair and holds a wand. She is dressed in purple.

Sprinkle Fairy says, ESCAPADE MEANS A DARING AND EXCITING ADVENTURE. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT POPPY IMAGINES THIS JOURNEY TO RETURN THE LIBRARY CARD WILL BE!

Poppy says, I WONDER WHERE THE STRONGWOMAN IS.

Sprinkle Fairy says, HMM... OH, I SAW HER AT THE GENERAL STORE WHILE BUYING MY TRIPLE BERRY PIXIE TRIXIE FROZEN YOGHURT. GOLLY GALLOO! I'D BETTER GET HOME BEFORE IT TURNS INTO TRIPLE BERRY PIXIE TRIXIE SOUP! TOODLES!

The Sprinkle Fairy flies away.

Chaz and Poppy say, TO THE GENERAL STORE!

(Music playing)

Two tiny creatures run around a flower bed.

(Music playing)

Poppy, Chaz and Liam walk to a store.

Poppy says, WHO KNOWS WHAT DANGERS WAIT FOR US BEHIND THAT DOOR?

Liam goes inside.

Liam says, OOH! HALF PRICE TOMATOES!

Poppy cries, WATCH OUT! IT'S A RUNAWAY BOULDER!

A pumpkin rolls out of the store. Poppy and Chaz run and jump out of the way.

(Poppy grunts)

THAT WAS CLOSE!

(Chaz panting)

Chaz says, MORE LIKE THE START OF A HUFFY PUFFY ESCAPADE!

Text reads: Escapade

Liam comes out of the store with a bag of tomatoes.

Liam says, HMM... SHE'S NOT HERE. LET'S TRY THE DINER.

Poppy says, LET'S CONTINUE OUR ESCAPADE!

A man mops the floor of a diner. Poppy looks at the water on the floor.

Poppy says, IT'S A WILD RIVER! CAREFUL! OUR ESCAPADE MIGHT BECOME VERY SLOSHY! HEY-HO, AL! WE ARE TWO BRAVE HEROES SEARCHING FOR THE STRONGWOMAN!

Chaz asks, DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS?

Al says ,SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO THE PARK. I MEAN... THE MAGIC FOREST?

Poppy says, TO THE MAGIC FOREST!

Chaz and Poppy hop across the wet floor. They slip and crash into Liam. Tomatoes fall.
(Liam grunts)

Chaz says, WHAT A SLIPPERY PART OF THE ESCAPADE!

Text reads: Escapade

(Liam chuckles)

Liam says, HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP UP THIS RHONDA LIONHEART ACT, HUH?

Poppy says, UNTIL OUR MISSION IS COMPLETE! HMM... OR UNTIL IT'S LUNCHTIME!

Poppy, Chaz and Liam walk along a sidewalk.

(Rustling sound)

Chaz says, OOH?

Chaz and Poppy look at a pile of leaves. A chipmunk in a hat pops out and sticks out its tongue.

(Chaz gasps)

(Blows raspberry)

(Poppy gasps)

Poppy cries, A MONSTER!

Poppy and Chaz run from the chipmunk and jump in another leaf pile. Chaz’s hat slips over his eyes.

Chaz says, SURE IS DARK. I NEVER THOUGHT OUR ESCAPADE WOULD BE THIS SPOOKY!

Poppy says, IT ISN'T. YOU JUST NEED A SMALLER HAT.

They look around.

Poppy says, THE STRONGWOMAN'S JUST OVER THERE!

The Strongwoman lifts piles of books. She has blonde hair tied back in a ponytail. Chaz and Poppy walk toward her, with Chaz holding the library card. A bird swoops down and grabs the card.

Chaz cries, HEY! DROP IT!

The bird drops the card on a tree branch.

Poppy says, OH NO! THAT TREE IS WAY TOO TALL TO CLIMB! TIME FOR ANOTHER HAT TRICK.

Poppy throws her hat. It knocks the card down and Chaz catches it.

(Happy sigh)

Chaz hands the card to the Strongwoman.

(Relieved gasp)

Strongwoman cries, MY LIBRARY CARD! THANK YOU!

Chaz says, YOU'RE WELCOME! WE'VE HAD A VERY HUFFY, PUFFY, SLIPPY, SPOOKY ESCAPADE TRYING TO RETURN IT.

Strongwoman says, WHAT BRAVE HEROES YOU ARE!

(Fanfare)

Poppy says, OH, MY HAT! COME ON!

Poppy and Chaz look around the tree.

Chaz says, IT'S GONE!

Poppy says, THEN IT'S UP TO US TO FIND IT!

Liam says, NOT ANOTHER ESCAPADE?!

Poppy says, IT'LL BE LIKE WHEN RHONDA LIONHEART TRACKED DOWN KING MONKEYHATS' CROWN! BUT WHERE COULD MY HAT BE?

(Music playing)

The two creatures play with feathers beside the hat. The bird flies above them and they run.

(Creature shrieks)

The hat lifts. The chipmunk is underneath it.

(Blows raspberry)

(Music playing)

Credits read: Produced in Association with tvokids
Executive Producer TVOKids Marney Malabar
Production Executive TVOKids Kirsten Hurd
Produced with the assistance of The Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Executive Producer ABC Jan Stradling