In your world, things are important. But what about the things that aren't important anymore? Well, sometimes those things end up here, in the magical land of Dilstonia. where little creatures called the Jiflings live on their little Jifling ship. They find these things that we throw away and fish them out of their sea so they can recycle them and put them to good use once again.
And here they are now, ready to work. Eccentric young pumpkin. I'm ever so excited. The hedge, who is a very lazy jiffling. Like, hey man. Is it time for a bed yet? Miss Katie, who loves fixing things and dressy up. Sometimes I like both together. Albert, the ship's gardener. Who's been into me cabbage patch like? And Frideline, a very sensible Gifling who looks after everybody on the ship. Yeah, that is correct.
Today on the ship, it is a special day of foodie fun as the Driflings are making desserts. And as you might expect, Hedge is most enthusiastic. Totally mad! Miss Katie and Hedge lined up some bowls and whisks ready for mixing, whilst Albert came tottering over, carrying a great pile of eggs. Gosh Albert, your eggs look like they've laid even more eggs!
Well, we need lots of eggs for our desserts miss Katie like what are we making Albert today? We are going to make meringue which is a special very delicate kind of oh just as albert tried to explain fluffy floofy meringue in charged a very excited young pumpkin waving his arms wildly the delicate eggs. I love meringue, I love lemon meringue pie and I love pavlova and mostly of all, I love eaten mess. Then, young Pumpkin threw his arms out wide, sending poor Albert into a right old eggy wobble.
Luckily though, Hedge, Fridoline and Miss Katie all jumped into action and managed to save the eggs before any got dropped. Pumpkin, you must be very more careful. Eggs are super delicate. Like, yeah, man. They need a nice, warm, toasty bed and lots of... Aggy pillows. Well, perhaps, but I think that's what you'd like too, Hedge. For now, though, it was time to cook.
Miss Katie tied up her most spectacular sparkly and lacy apron and got to work bringing out the other ingredients. So we've got the eggs. Now it's just caster sugar and vanilla. And we have the little vanilla pods from Albert's garden too. Aye. So the gifs began whisking their eggs right up. Then, with the other ingredients carefully added, they popped their treats into the oven and waited for them to bake. And before long... Oh, look, Jiffs, our lovely meringues are ready!
Everybody peered over at their delicious new desserts. They look beautiful, like snowy mountains. Like totally yum, man. Well, let's just lay them over here and then... Oh dear! Just as Albert was bringing a tray of meringues over, Young Pumpkin leapt up once again. ever so animated, flailing his arms and legs around like a puppet on a string
This big? Then Pumpkin excitedly threw his arms out super wide without looking where anyone else was And thwap! He knocked a tray of meringues right out of Albert's hands Like, no, our meringue is splattered. Ah, Pumpkin, you need to be more careful. Otherwise, you will break things. Ha! And you have. Well, you'll need to leave the rest of the meringues for now, Gifs. For that sound means an object which was lost or thrown away on Earth has found its way into your net. Time to heave it on board.
Today, there were two identical objects and they landed on deck with a pickety-wiffle. They were curved and tough-looking with straps on the back. i think that's like a first helping scoop and then a second helping scoop But then Frideline stepped forwards, for she knew just what the objects were. She hibbledy-hoo-hard up onto the story seat, and then she began her tale. And my old yoga instructor, Bendy Belinda, told me all about them. Once a little long ago, there was a vase.
special shop which sold all the loveliest delicate plates and cups and ornaments, all made of beautiful china, several little displays in the windows and Everything looked just lovely. And all the objects were handmade by the owner, René the Rhinoceros. Je m'appelle René. Welcome to my delicate rhino shop. A wee wee. And Rene would always have the special vase or mug or bowl that was just right for each customer.
So they all loved to visit and Rene was always happy to see them. But there was one customer who Rene did not look forward to seeing. the big boisterous bull called Tony. Hey, look out, guys. It's me, Big Tone. Moo. But nobody ever had the time to look out because even though Tony was the very nice bull, he just... didn't know his own strength. So, whenever he came to visit Rene's china shop, he would get far too excited and cause ca-
Chaos! Charging around, knocking things right over. Moo! Oh, little knee! Please be careful! After all, I am the rhinoceros! And I do not break things, no? Hey, don't worry about me, Rene. I've got on my special bull's knee pads, so I'm sure to be safe. Ha! I am more worried about my poor little China, Tony. Please try to be more careful. Moo! And Tony would charge off, waving goodbye, leaving...
Poor kind Rene to pick up the broken pieces of the delicate china. This Tony not even realizing all the damage he was doing. Well, one day after... causing quite the kerfuffle and accidentally breaking one of Rene's most dainty teapots and charging out of the shop. Tony looked down and realized he had lost one of his knee pads. Moo! I'll have to go back to the shop for my missing knee pad. Otherwise...
No more chargey aroundies for Tony! Boo! So, Tony went back to Rene's shop, rushing inside as always. And indeed, there was the missing knee pad. Right next to Rene, sadly sweeping up her broken little teapot. Oh no! Rene, what's wrong? Ah, Tony! It's just that I work very hard. And then you come in here like, well, the bull in the china shop. And then, moo, the smash! And all my hard work is broken. Only you could be a little bit more careful now. Then...
Tony felt rather ashamed. He was always so excited that he never waited around to see the consequences of his actions. So he lent down and pulled off the other knee pad and laid them both on the floor. Moo and also sorry. I promise to be more careful. And I'm going to fix everything I've broken. Moo. So, Tony Zippel made up for... smashies by putting everything carefully back together and then he threw away his knee pads for good because he realized that he would rather
be a bit more careful or think about the other people instead of rushing around breaking things. Moo! And now the bull's knee pads are here. So how could we use them today? How about we cover them in glue, roll them in glitter and turn them into beautiful umbrellas? Well, that sounds super. But then young Pumpkin stepped forwards. I think we should cover them in glitter, but then use the knee pads as protective covers.
for our special delicate desserts and i promise to pay attention and be more careful Ah, well done, pumpkin. You really have learned a super lesson today. So as Pumpkin delicately covered the remaining meringues with the knee pads to protect them, the other gifs cleared up. And as the afternoon drew to a close, they all enjoyed a wonderful array of baked Alaskas and Pavlovas.
and even an Eton mess with the broken pieces of meringue. And then, with nice full tummies, the jiffs were most slumberful. So they washed their little jiffling paws. said hello to Mr Toothbrush, and then it was time for bed. Good night, young pumpkin. Good night. Good night, Albert. Bye, I'll see you in the morning, like. Good night, Friedeline. And it is a good night. Good night, Miss Katie. Night, night. Good night, Hedge.
Hedge? Oh, I think the hedge is asleep already. And goodbye to you, wherever you are. Maybe next time you see a thing... that you might throw away, you'll stop and see if you can use it again, just like our friends the Jiflings. And maybe the thing you use again will have a story to tell too. Goodbye!