(Happy music)

An animated landscape shows different types of homes, from apartments to suburban houses, to a rural house.

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

Children say, BIG WORDS, SMALL STORIES.

A title reads: Pancake Panic. Written by Natesha Somasundaram

Cris narrates, PANCAKE PANIC!

(Music playing)

It is daytime. Cris and his father, Christopher, ride bicycles through a park, while wearing helmets. Christopher wears a blue tie over a yellow shirt. Cris wears a green sweater and red pants. They reach the top of a hill.

Both cry, WOO-HOO!

Crat slowly follows on a tricycle. He wears a helmet with cat ears.

(Groaning)

Crat stops pedalling and looks tired.

Text reads: Directed by Chris Roy, Cory Morrison

Crat says, OH TUMMY, I'M SO SORRY IT'S BEEN 10 WHOLE MINUTES SINCE I'VE FED YOU A SNACK!

Crat sniffs the air.

Crat says, THAT YUMMY SMELL COULD ONLY BE COMING FROM ONE PLACE... AL'S CAFE!

(Music playing)

A pink café is across the street from the park. Crat turns the tricycle and rides down the hill towards it.

Christopher says, HEY-HEY!

He and Cris ride after Crat.

(Laughing)

Cris, Crat and Christopher sit in a booth. Al stands in front of them. Al has brown hair and a goatee and wears a yellow shirt with pink pants.

Al asks, ALRIGHT, WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU TODAY? MY AWARD-WINNING CHEESY CHOCOLATE PORRIDGE? OR MY FAMOUS TOFFEE TURNIP PIE?

Christopher says, JUST THE USUAL FOR ME PLEASE, AL. I'M NOT FEELING SO HUNGRY TODAY.

Al says, YOU GOT IT, CHRISTOPHER! HOW ABOUT YOU, CRIS?

Cris says, OH! I'D LIKE A BOWL OF THE SALMON-RAISIN-CEREAL SPECIAL, PLEASE!

Al says, GOOD CHOICE! AND FOR YOU, CRAT?

Crat says, WELL, I'M GONNA NEED TO ORDER A GIANT STACK OF BANANA FISHCAKE PANCAKES BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M... I'M... RAVENOUS!

(Horns sounding)

Text reads: Ravenous

Colourful Sprinklers appear.

The Sprinklers cry, RAVENOUS!

The Sprinkle Fairy flies in, waving a wand topped with a gold star. The Sprinkle Fairy has grey hair in two coils on top of her head and wears a purple dress.

The Sprinkle Fairy says, RAVENOUS! RAVENOUS MEANS VERY, VERY HUNGRY! YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW CRAT IS SO RAVENOUS, HE WANTS TO FILL HIS TUMMY WITH A GIANT STACK OF PANCAKES! OH, LOOK AT THE TIME! I'M GOING TO BE LATE FOR THE SANDY-SAND SANDCASTLE COMPETITION AT THE BEACH. TOODLE-OO-HOO!

The Sprinkle Fairy flies off.

Al says, BE RIGHT BACK!

Al dashes off and runs back with a tray full of food. He sets the food on the table in front of Cris and the others.

(Christopher sniffs)

Christopher says, SMELLS GREAT! THANK YOU, AL! MMM-MM!

Cris says, THANKS!

Cris and Christopher eat.

Al says, AND ONE STACK OF BANANA FISH-CAKE PANCAKES FOR ONE RAVENOUS CAT!

Crat says, HUH?! I ORDERED A GIANT STACK OF PANCAKES. THIS IS JUST TWO TEENY-WEENY PANCAKES!

Al says, SORRY, CRAT, IT'S THE ONLY SIZE WE DO!

Al leans in.

Al whispers, WE'VE ONLY GOT TWO PANS!

Cris says, CRAT, WHY DON'T YOU EAT YOUR TWO PANCAKES FIRST AND THEN SEE IF YOU'RE STILL HUNGRY AFTER?

Crat is licking the plate.

Text reads: Ravenous

Crat says, YEP, I'M STILL RAVENOUS! ANOTHER ORDER OF BANANA FISHCAKE PANCAKES PLEASE, AL!

Al says, OH!

(Music playing)

Al chops bananas in the kitchen. He wears a chef’s hat. On a shelf two Sprinklers pull at a straw. The straw rips and they both fall.

Al flips two pancakes. He puts the pancakes on a plate and sets them on a counter.

(Bell ringing)

Al hurries to the other side of the counter and picks up the plate. He puts the plate in front of Crat.

Crat says, MMM! MMM.

Crat wipes his mouth with a napkin. The plate is empty.

(Stomach rumbling)

Crat says, SOUNDS LIKE I'M STILL RAVENOUS AFTER ALL! I'M GONNA NEED—

Al asks, ANOTHER ORDER OF BANANA FISHCAKE PANCAKES?

Crat says, YOU READ MY MIND! AND MY TUMMY!

(Groans)

Al says, COMING RIGHT UP.

(Music playing)

Al cuts bananas, his hat drooping. He moves more slowly as he slices a fish. He flips a pancake up and it sticks to the ceiling.

(Moaning and groaning)

(Bell ringing)

Al looks tired as he carries the plate with the pancakes on it over to Crat.

Crat says, MMM!

(Satisfied noises)

Crat dabs at his mouth with the napkin. His plate is empty. He turns to Al.

Crat asks, CAN I—

Al says, COMING RIGHT UP!

(Music playing)

Al cuts bananas in the kitchen and adds them to a blue bowl.

(Moaning and groaning)

Al stirs the bowl. His hat slips off his head.

(Moaning)

Al pours batter into a pan. The pancake stuck to the ceiling falls on his head.

Al says, OHH!

Cris and Christopher finish eating.

Both say, AH!

Cris says, I'M REALLY FULL NOW!

Christopher says, OH YEAH, ME TOO!

(Stomach rumbling)

A stack of empty plates is in front of Crat.

Crat says, STILL RAVENOUS!

Text reads: Ravenous

(Al groans)

Crat eats more and the plates pile up in front of him.

(Burps)

Cris says, CRAT!

Crat says, OH, SORRY! EXCUSE ME BUT, I THINK, I'M FINALLY FULL!

Al cheers, WHOA-HO!

The two Sprinklers blow through their straws at a nearby booth. The blue Sprinkler is blown off the table.

Cris and Christopher put on their bicycle helmets outside the café. Crat walks over.

Crat says, UM, I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD WALK HOME INSTEAD?

Cris says, BUT IT'S FASTER BY BIKE!

Christopher asks, HMM... DID YOU MAYBE EAT TOO MANY PANCAKES?

Crat says, WHAT? ME? EAT TOO MUCH? NO!

(Stomach rumbling)

Crat says, OKAY, MAYBE I ATE JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.

(Cris laughing)

Cris says, FINE. WE'LL WALK HOME!

Crat sits on his tricycle while Cris pulls it and Christopher pushes.

Crat says, THANKS AGAIN, CRIS! I OWE YA.

Cris says, YEP! YOU OWE ME A GIANT STACK OF PANCAKES, AS SOON AS WE GET HOME!

(Crat groans)

(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

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