01x05 - The Chives Catch Colds

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parsley is a herb

so is an onion

onions have a very strong smell

especially when they've just been peeled

some people think the smell is good for

you when you have a cold

apart from helping to make things taste

nicer some herbs are still used as

medicine

a chive

is a herb too it's really like a very

small onion

today's story is about a whole lot of

chives belonging to Mr and Mrs onion

they have a very large family

in fact it's so large Mr onion doesn't

bother sending them all to school he

takes the lessons himself if we hurry we

may be just in time to catch them before

they start work for the day

I'll say the magic word

herbidatious

there goes the school bell

that means we're in time

this is a part of the herb garden we

haven't been in before

it's where the chives live

there's parsley

sometimes Mr onion lets him ring the

school bell

hello parsley

I shouldn't wave today if I were you you

need both pores for bell ringing

it isn't as easy as it looks

I'm a very friendly lion called parsley

I'm supposed to pull this rope and ring

the bell

though I try to pull it gently never

harshly

I'm afraid that I'm not doing very well

here come the chives left right left

right left right left right left right

left right

because there are so many chives looking

like each other it makes it even harder

to tell a sister from my brother caves

out

today

standard

peace stand easy

that's Mr onion

he takes the lessons

he sounds a bit like a sergeant major in

the army

sums that means adding

and subtracting

that's Mrs onion she's always crying

mind you it must be difficult not to cry

if you're an onion

quiet in the ranks

now today's lesson is on sums

you all know what a sum is ends up all

those who know what her sum is

ends up all those who don't know what a

sum is

good

chives

on your stomachs

down

by numbers

adding

begin

one chive and two chives

makes three chives

good

next Psalm begin

two chives and three chives

makes

five chives

very good now we come to subtraction

I hope you know what subtraction is

it's taking away if I have five chives

and I take away two how many are there

left

correct

next sum

if I have six chives

pay attention there

or say again if I have six chives now

then now then what's going on come along

here pay attention it's most unusual for

the chives to be taken ill like this

even parsley realizes something is wrong

I can't think why he's ringing the bell

like that though

and that is to let everyone know school

is over for the day

of course aren't mint I expect parsley

thinks she may be able to help

pullovers that's what they need

pullovers

I had a feeling she might say that

I shall knit them one each straight away

the poor little mites are probably

Frozen with cold aren't mint loves

knitting

she's really very kind and if you give

her half a chance she's always ready to

make you something

besides pullovers keep out the cold and

aren't mint is a great believer in

keeping out the cold give her a ball of

wool and some needles

and she's happy

mind you I don't think I'd like to knit

a pullover for one child let alone 12.

that's such a funny shape

my name is Auntie mint if you should see

me sitting don't think I'm doing nothing

thought I'm busy with my knitting

I have a feeling she's nodding off to

sleep I hope she hasn't caught anything

off the chives

I expect it's the thought of all those

pullovers

Here Comes Dill

he seems well enough

dog I'm a dog cordial though my tail I'd

love to get I have never caught it yet

bill

careful now

you don't want to oh he does want to I

don't know what our mint will say when

she wakes up

it's much too late to be sorry now Dale

much too late

parsley you wicked wicked lion just look

at my wall all of it ruined

now I shall never be able to knit the

knit pullovers for the chives come back

at once

do you hear come back at once

now that was very unfortunate

it's bad enough being in trouble when

you've done something wrong

but when you haven't

when you were nowhere near at the time

no wonder parsley looks miserable I

don't know what to suggest

after all

wool doesn't grow on trees wool comes

from sheep and

I wonder where he's off to now

man

ah

I think we better pretend we don't know

what's going on

I'm not sure what the farmer would say

if he knew

mind you it's all in a good cause and I

expect the Sheep are quite pleased

really

careful now Dale we don't want another

mess like the last one

that'll teach you trying to get wool off

a cow now what's he up to

putting herbs in the wool

I'm sure they don't need decorating

besides it'll give them a funny smell

I don't suppose aren't mint would be

very pleased if all her jerseys smell

I wonder how she's getting on perhaps we

better go and see

not very well by the look of things

she sounds a bit like Mrs onion at the

moment

my name is Auntie mint I fear that I'm

in trouble for someone's messed up all

my wool and got it in the muddle

why parsley wherever did you get all

this wool

one two three four five

six seven eight nine ten is that one for

each Chive

how very kind of you

it has rather a funny smell

s of

Musk

isn't that good for coughs

and this one smells of chamomile

doesn't that cure toothache

I can smell Marigold too

I quite agree though to it's a very good

idea

I shouldn't have known what Parsley was

trying to do not in a thousand years it

was clever about mint to guess

I suppose you have to be a Knitter to

know that sort of thing

or a lion

mind you there's no time to lose

my name is Auntie mint I'm always very

busy I often have so much to knit it

makes me feel quite dizzy

still when you knit like Aunt mint it

doesn't take very long and when you're a

lion like parsley

it takes even less time to get places

we have to go the long way around

that's right the first pullover

that's the one that smells of Musk

on Chive number one

now for pullover number two

on Chive number two

I wonder if it will cure his cough

I believe it has

Mrs onion looks as if she can hardly

believe her eyes

and she stopped crying

even Mr onion can't think of a thing to

say

what what what what what

all he can do is splutter spluttering my

numbers begin

one splitter two splitter three splutter

paws

chives on the feet up good lads now from

where we left off lessons begin if I

have six chives

and I take away two

how many are left

good

I think she's only crying because she's

happy she's always crying and now we

turn to Medicine

we have with us today that well-known

doctor that curator of all ills

Dr parsley

it will now give you a short song

he is important today

for today I'm known as Dr parsley

because the chives have aches and pains

and chills if I treat them very gently

never harshly

they will very soon be cured of all

their ills

if you take advice from Dr parsley

you'll take chamomile for colds and

toothache too

if you find your skin is itching rather

harshly

then some marigolds a very thing for you

oh dear don't say you're sitting for

something now parsley

I know what it is

it's all those onions

they are a bit stronger

I think we'd better creep quietly away

there's aren't mint still knitting No

Deal you've done quite enough damage for

one day

I wonder who's going to shut the door ah

Here Comes parsley

I hope you'll soon be better parsley

good

bye I'm a very friendly lion called

but sometimes I feel very very

so please don't shout or speak to me too

for I'm sure you wouldn't want to see me

laughs

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