Mr. Dizzy promises the Moon




 * [A bird swoops across the land. Then, Mr. Dizzy appears carrying a wheelbarrow load of books. He meets a pig and an elephant and doffs his hat as he walks on by.]
 * Pig: What are you doing with all those books, Mr. Dizzy? Don't tell me you've learnt to read, Mr. Dizzy.
 * [The elephant picks up one of the books to read.]
 * Elephant: [Laughs] I thought of us there's nothing but pictures in them. Mr. Dizzy reads pictures!
 * Mr. Dizzy: [Confused] What is so funny? There's nothing wrong with picture books.
 * [The elephant puts the book down and both animals walk away laughing.]
 * Elephant: He can't even read.
 * Pig: [Snorts] How dizzy. Can't even read.


 * [In the next scene, Mr. Cheerful and Little Miss Greedy are having lunch. They notice Mr. Dizzy crying.]
 * Little Miss Greedy: Hello, Mr. Dizzy.
 * Mr. Dizzy: [Upset] Hello, Little Miss Greedy. Hello, Mr. Cheerful.
 * Little Miss Greedy: But why are you crying?
 * Mr. Dizzy: Everybody makes fun of me because I'm not very clever, because I can't read, because...
 * Children: [Excited] Mr. Dizzy! Mr. Dizzy! Will you come and tell a story please?
 * [Mr. Dizzy smiles]
 * Boy: Great!
 * [The children hurry to the wheelbarrow and pick up a book to read.]
 * Little Miss Greedy: Mr. Dizzy, you are a wonderful person.
 * Mr. Cheerful: Yes. It's the people who laugh at you who are not very clever. Can't you see how children adore you? And all because you are the kindest man they know.
 * Little Miss Greedy: It's true. You're so kind that I bet you would go as far as promising them the moon just to please them!
 * Mr. Dizzy: Promising the moon?


 * [At night time, Mr. Dizzy notices the moon is blocked by a washing line. He pulls it down but it collapses on top of him, dropping all the blankets. He tries to find the moon by rummaging all the blankets.]
 * Mr. Dizzy: Now where has it gone?
 * [He looks back up at the moon, and is alarmed to see a cloud about to cover it.]
 * Mr. Dizzy: [Panicking] Oh, Mr. Moon. Please don't go away. I promised I would get you down from there.
 * [He sweats and climbs up the ladder resting on a haystack. He tries to reach it but falls over on the ground. The ladder falls next to him. He gets up.]
 * Mr. Dizzy: Come on, Mr. Moon. Let's stop playing hide and seek shall we? If only you let me come and get you, or the children will love me.
 * [He notices a reflection in the lake that looks like the moon and gets excited.]
 * Mr. Dizzy: I've got you this time!
 * [He runs and dives into the reflection, scaring the ducks away. The reflection reappears in the lake.]


 * Farmer Fields: And all the washing was in a heap on the ground, my haystack had fallen over, and all my ducks were upset.
 * Mr. Cheerful: [Laughs] That is unusual indeed.
 * Farmer Fields: It was as if someone had come looking for something.
 * [Mr. Dizzy walks across the pavement looking up and still searching for the moon. He collides with Mr. Cheerful. Little Miss Greedy gasps.]
 * Mr. Cheerful: [Laughs] Hello, Mr. Dizzy. You seem to have your head in the clouds today.
 * Mr. Dizzy: The clouds? No, it's the moon I'm looking for, Mr. Cheerful. Do you have any idea where it is?
 * Mr. Cheerful: [Laughs] It only comes out at night. In the daytime it hides!
 * Mr. Dizzy: I see, playing hide and seek again? The how can I keep my promise to the children?
 * Little Miss Greedy: I think I understand! [Chuckles]


 * [At night, Farmer Fields, Little Miss Greedy and Mr. Cheerful are hiding behind a haystack with the moon on top of them.]
 * Farmer Fields: Ssh. Look out. He's coming.
 * Mr. Dizzy: [Holding a net and looking at the moon] Hello, Mr. Moon. I have come to get you. [Climbs to the top of the ladder.] I promised the children.
 * [Swings the net and tries to grab it, but keeps missing and gets exhausted. Suddenly, a cloud appears and blocks the moon.]
 * Mr. Dizzy: Oh no. Please don't go away.
 * [At the same time, the camera zooms out and shows that Little Miss Greedy and Mr. Cheerful are controlling a model cloud and moon respectively with their fishing rods. Mr. Cheerful flings the model moon upwards for Mr. Dizzy to try at catch it. He notices it and gets excited. He brings his net out and successfully catches it! He climbs back down the ladder.]
 * Mr. Dizzy: [Happily] I've got it! I've got it! Now I can keep my promise.


 * Mr. Cheerful: Hello, Mr. Dizzy. How are you today?
 * Mr. Dizzy: Very well, thank you. You see, I promised the moon to someone.
 * [He picks up the moon and show it to them. They smile. The camera cuts to the wheelbarrow, containing lots of moons inside it.]
 * Farmer Fields: Goodness me, but you have got dozens of them!
 * Mr. Dizzy: Er, yes. Just one moon wouldn't have been enough to make all the children happy. So, I made lots of moons out of silver cardboard and now there is one for everybody.
 * [The children cheer and laugh]
 * Boy: Do you have another surprise for us in there?
 * Mr. Dizzy: Yes. Today I have brought you, your very own moon.
 * [The children run to the wheelbarrow and play with the moons.]
 * Children: Yippee! Thank you, Mr. Dizzy.
 * [They cheer and laugh]
 * Mr. Dizzy: Thisis our little secret, eh? We let them think it's the real moon.
 * Little Miss Greedy, Farmer Fields and Mr. Cheerful: We don't want to give this away!
 * [Mr. Dizzy screams. The children lift Mr. Dizzy - who is still holding the moon - and celebrate.]
 * Boy: We love Mr. Dizzy!
 * Girl: Three cheers for Mr. Dizzy!
 * [Mr. Dizzy waves and winks as the screen fades to black and the credits roll.]