Ladybird and Bee.

Descriptive Transcript

[Gentle music plays, Ladybird and Bee giggle, Bee buzzes, birds chirp]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird, a red and black ladybug, and Bee, a yellow and black bee, rest on a branch. The title, on a falling green leaf, reads, “Ladybird and Bee.”

NARRATOR: It's Ladybird and Bee.

[Upbeat music plays, wings flap rapidly]

DESCRIPTION: In a meadow, Ladybird flies among the wildflowers.

NARRATOR: Hello, Ladybird. Hello... Bee? Where's Bee?

[Petals rustle]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird lands on a yellow flower and peers between the petals.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo?

[Petals rustle]

DESCRIPTION: Bee peeks out of a white flower nearby.

BEE: Buzz, buzz.

DESCRIPTION: Bee bursts out of the flower in front of Ladybird.

BEE: Buzz, buzz, buzz!

LADYBIRD: Lilli!

[Ladybird and Bee laugh]

BEE: Buzz, buzz?

NARRATOR: Huzzah, a game!

[Bee laughs, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird flies in a loop, then hovers by Bee.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

BEE: Buzz.

NARRATOR: Your turn to hide, Ladybird.

BEE: Buzz, buzz...

[Ladybird giggles, wings flap rapidly]

DESCRIPTION: Bee settles on the white flower, shuts his eyes, and covers them. Ladybird flies away.

NARRATOR: Quickly, Ladybird, hide!

[Grass rustles, upbeat music continues, flower rustles]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird hides behind tall grass. Bee arrives and looks behind a yellow flower.

BEE: Buzz, buzz! Buzz?

NARRATOR: Not there, Bee.

[Grass rustles, Narrator giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Behind Bee, Ladybird pushes the grass aside and waves.

BEE: Buzz? Buzz?

[Ladybird giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Bee looks behind a purple flower as Ladybird watches.

NARRATOR: You're getting warmer, Bee.

[Grass rustles, Ladybird giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird hides behind the grass.

BEE: Buzz?

DESCRIPTION: Bee flies lower.

NARRATOR: Warmer. Warmer...

BEE: Buzz, bu—

[Grass rustles]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird flies out of the grass.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

[Ladybird and Bee laugh, upbeat music continues, whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee land on the ground. They huddle together as a large shadow passes overhead.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

BEE: Buzz, buzz! Buzz?

LADYBIRD: Lilli?

DESCRIPTION: A large green grasshopper lands in front of Ladybird and Bee.

[Grasshopper chirps]

NARRATOR: Hello, green grass-hoppy thing.

[Grasshopper chirps]

DESCRIPTION: The grasshopper waves.

NARRATOR: Want to play hide and seek, too?

[Grasshopper chirps]

DESCRIPTION: The grasshopper nods.

BEE: Buzz!

[Grasshopper chirps]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird shuts her eyes and covers them.

LADYBIRD: Loo, loo, loo...

[Grasshopper chirps]

LADYBIRD:...loo, loo, loo...

[Rustling]

DESCRIPTION: Bee hides in the white flower again. The grasshopper jumps onto a blade of grass and clings to the back.

NARRATOR: Grass-hoppy thing is very good at hiding.

LADYBIRD:...loo, lilliloo!

[Wings flap rapidly, Bee giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird uncovers her eyes and flies towards Bee in the flower.

LADYBIRD:...Lilliloo?

BEE: Buzz, buzz.

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird shakes her head.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

[Petals rustle, Ladybird and Bee laugh]

DESCRIPTION: The flower opens, revealing Bee.

NARRATOR: But grass-hoppy thing might be harder to find.

[Wings flap rapidly, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee fly toward the grass. Bee flies around a grass blade, then shrugs. They fly over the grass and stop beside where the grasshopper hides.

NARRATOR: He's the same colour as the grass.

DESCRIPTION: The grasshopper smiles and waves.

LADYBIRD: Loo?

[Everyone giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee turn and find the grasshopper.

NARRATOR: Grass-hoppy thing is very good at hide and seek.

[The music stops, birds chirp, buzzing, wings flap]

[End Credits] Narrator: Roise Fields. Ladybird, Hillary Daly. Bee: Aaron Barashi. Series Director: Charlotte Kieran. Series Producer: Gavin Halpin. Copyright Paper Owl Creative Limited, 2023.