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.

[Gentle music plays, wings flap rapidly]

DESCRIPTION: In a meadow, Ladybird and Bee hover over a small nest with three sleeping mice babies.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

BEE: Buzz, buzz!

NARRATOR: Hello, Ladybird and Bee. Hello, mice babies.

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee wave.

LADYBIRD WHISPERS: Lilliloo.

BEE WHISPERS: Buzz buzz.

NARRATOR: Are you babysitting, Ladybird and Bee?

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird nods.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: A pink mouse baby opens their eyes, then falls back to sleep.

NARRATOR: They are so cute!

BEE: Buzz buzz!

NARRATOR: How many mice babies are there?

[Ladybird and Bee exclaim]

DESCRIPTION: As the Narrator counts, Ladybird and Bee point to each mouse baby.

NARRATOR: One, two, three! Three! There are three mice babies!

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: A small green bug jumps across the ears of the sleeping mice.

NARRATOR: Ooh, what's that, Ladybird and Bee?

LADYBIRD: Loo?

BEE: Buzz buzz.

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee chase the green bug, who flies away. As they leave, the pink mouse baby opens one eye.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

BEE: Buzz buzz!

[Ladybird and Bee laugh]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee follow the green bug across the meadow.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

BEE: Buzz buzz!

[Grass rustles]

DESCRIPTION: The green bug disappears into tall grass, and Ladybird and Bee stop and hover in the air.

BEE: Buzz? Buzz buzz.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo.

[Loud snore, Ladybird and Bee gasp]

BEE: Buzz buzz!

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

[Both pant, both sigh]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee fly back to the nest, where two mice sleep.

BEE: Buzz.

LADYBIRD: Loo.

[Wings flap rapidly]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee point at the mouse babies as the Narrator counts.

NARRATOR: One, two...

BEE: Buzz buzz?

NARRATOR: Oh, no!

[Ladybird and Bee gasp]

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

NARRATOR: Where is the other mouse baby?

[Tense music plays, Ladybird and Bee gasp, grass rustles]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird searches in a red flower, and Bee searches in the tall grass.

LADYBIRD: Loo? Loo?

BEE: Buzz? Buzz?!

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird flies around the nest.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

BEE: Buzz?

[Bee gasps]

DESCRIPTION: Bee hovers over a hole in a hollow log, and Ladybird flies to him.

BEE: Buzz buzz!

NARRATOR: Do you think mice baby went into that tiny hole, Bee?

BEE: Buzz?

[Wings flap rapidly, Ladybird and Bee gasp]

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee fly into the log and discover the sleeping pink mouse baby.

NARRATOR: You found the missing mice baby!

DESCRIPTION: Ladybird and Bee pet the mouse baby and wake them.

NARRATOR: Well done, Ladybird and Bee.

[Footsteps rustle, gentle music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The pink mouse baby stretches and walks back to the nest. They climb in and sleep with the others.

NARRATOR: You are great mice baby babysitters.

BEE: Buzz buzz!

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo!

[Ladybird and Bee giggle]

BEE: Buzz buzz.

LADYBIRD: Lilliloo.

[Ladybird and Bee giggle, 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.