Digging

Forever Castle

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On a sunny beach, two children named Sonia and their sibling build what they call the biggest sandcastle they have ever made, only for the waves to keep washing it away. They try one idea after another, digging a moat, raising a wall, even asking their dad to lie down as a barrier, and finally the whole family helps move the castle. When a wave takes it anyway, their grandmother reminds them that as long as there is sand they can always build a new one. The episode closes with the family planning an even bigger castle and an upbeat adventure song.

Rainy Days

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On a spring day in the meadow, Little Nutbrown Hare and his friends are enjoying the colours and sunshine when rain arrives and interrupts their play. With help from his father, the group searches for fun and ends up digging holes that fill into ponds, adding ducks and trees, and holding a duck race with lily-petal boats. The rain stops and they return to their colour-naming game. The episode ends at home, where father and son go to bed and share how much they love each other.

Measuring Tree

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On measuring day, Duck finds he has not grown at all while his friend Goose did, and he badly wants a new, higher mark on their measuring tree. The two try one idea after another in their grassy meadow, stretching, tiptoeing, planting and watering Duck, and even yoga, but nothing changes his height. After meeting a gopher, Duck realises that standing on the gopher's mound of dirt lets him reach a higher mark. They celebrate, then agree that high or low they are splendid just the way they are.

Rocks & Rolls

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Small toy cars with faces, including Zack, Axle, Rex and Lily, play in a real forest and sand pit. In the first story they get stuck in a large bowl dug into the sand and try several ways out before circling fast enough to escape. In the second they want to climb a big log, build a sand ramp that keeps collapsing, and learn that wetting the sand makes it firm enough to drive on. Both stories end with the cars succeeding and rolling off toward their next idea.

The Dung Beetle

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On a calm afternoon on Puffin Rock, young puffin Oona struggles to learn digging while her baby brother Baba spots a dung beetle. The two follow the beetle as it rolls its dung ball home across the dunes, over a river and through the meadow before its food dries out. When the beetles still need to dig their nest, Oona overcomes her earlier discouragement and digs the hole for them. She finishes proud of both the beetle and her own new skill, ready to tell Mama and Papa.

Mums and Dads

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At their kindy, a group of puppy friends play a game of Mums and Dads, taking turns as parents caring for a toy baby named Polly. Rusty and Indy fall out when they disagree about whether mums go to work, so a teacher suggests they play with other friends instead. The children move through the playground trying the game with different partners while a pretend baby keeps causing chaos. In the end Rusty and Indy apologise, agree that mums can work if they want, and happily start the game again.

X Marks the Bot

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A young robot named Doug joins his friend Emma, who is playing Pirate Captain, for a treasure hunt that moves from her attic bedroom to a sandy beach. Together with Emma's dad they dig through the sand, turning up shells, broken binoculars and a buried surfboard instead of gold. When Emma feels defeated, the children realize the litter they collected can be rebuilt at the Rebots booth into a spyglass, compass and treasure chest. The episode ends with Doug giving Emma a shell he shaped himself and both agreeing they had a treasure of a day.

Stuck Up

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At a playground sandbox, the toy digger Rigo gets sand stuck in his scoop after an avalanche, so Doc McStuffins takes him to her clinic for a checkup. She runs tests, is briefly stumped, then gets sand in her own eye and, after her mom washes it out, realizes sand in Rigo's joints is the problem. With help from Buddy the dump truck and Squeakers, she clears the sand and his scoop moves freely again. Rigo returns to building, this time being careful with the sand.

Sandcastles

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At the beach, Sally the cat sets out to build the biggest sandcastle in the world, one to 'last forever,' while her friends build a sand city nearby. When the tide starts rising, the group tries a wall, a mountain of sand, and a hole to drain the ocean, but nothing holds the water back. The castle is washed away and Sally is heartbroken, until Pete and the others comfort her with the idea that the day lives on as a memory. The episode ends with a song about sandcastles and memories and a plan to come back and build again tomorrow.

Pirate's Treasure

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Leo, June, Annie and Quincy dress up as pirates in their Rocket Room and discover a musical map that leads to buried treasure. Guided by the map's crescendos, beats and buoys, they travel across the Pacific Ocean and underwater in Rocket, racing the rival Big Jet who wants the treasure first. The children invite the viewer to pat, count and whistle along at each step. They reach the X, dig up a nautical whistle, drive Big Jet away, and close with a Curtain Call reviewing the art and music.

Dog Decider

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Craig cannot make even simple decisions, so his friends lead him to the Fredites, a group of kids who let a dog named Fred choose for them by sniffing between two options. Craig grows dependent on Fred until the dog is accidentally driven off in a couple's moving van. Along the way Craig comforts a heartbroken young man and hears his friends' own stories about hard choices. In the end he realizes that everyone should make their own decisions and walks away from the group with his friends.