Swimming

Follow Me

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Little Nutbrown Hare sets out one spring morning and finds a small yellow creature following him everywhere. He visits Field Mouse, Grey Squirrel, Redwood Fox, and White Owl, ruling out each animal until he realises the creature is a lost duckling. By the river the duckling is reunited with its mother, and the hare returns home at sunset to tell his father about the day and share a loving goodnight exchange.

Swimming

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A young boy named Eddie is guided by a calm narrator and his Dad through everything that happens on a trip to the swimming pool. Step by step they cover the changing room, the locker, the shower, the shallow and deep ends, the lifeguard, and the pool rules, with Eddie playing and practising along the way. Across the episode Eddie works up the courage to put his head underwater, which he finally manages. The trip ends with a shower, getting dressed, and heading home, followed by a short recap of the steps.

Smoothie Shake-Up

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Young Ariel and her friends take over Ravi the octopus's juice stand in the undersea town of Atlantica while he goes to untangle his brother. They keep mixing up orders and spilling drinks until they realise, like Ravi's tentacles, each of them should handle one task. Working that way, they fill a large order for the palace. The episode ends with Ariel delivering the juice to her father, King Triton, crediting teamwork.

The Meteor Shower

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On a night on Puffin Rock, young puffin Una and her family and friends set out to watch the August meteor shower together. Along the way they gather hedgehogs, owls and others heading for the sand dunes, while a narrator explains how shooting stars are made. When Una learns her friend Silky is too worried to come, she leaves the show to reassure her and offers to stay by her side. Silky joins them, the friends welcome her with a berry, and the whole island watches the meteor shower together.

Diving Deeper

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Young puffin Una practises her diving on the pebbly beach while her baby brother Baba looks for a special pebble to help. When Una tries a deeper dive she cannot reach the pebble and feels everyone is watching, so her friend Silky the seal joins her and helps her spot it. Una takes a deep breath, dives down herself, and brings the pebble back up. The friends cheer, and the episode ends with the idea that it was good friend practice too.

Go to Camp

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At Grizzly Ted's summer day camp, Sister Bear and her friend Lizzy spend their days swimming, hiking, and doing crafts, until the counselor announces an overnight sleep-out on Skull Rock. Sister secretly dreads sleeping so far from home and hides her worry until Lizzy gently draws it out of her. Together they decide to practice with a night in the backyard, and Sister succeeds. She heads to the real sleep-out feeling ready, sharing a campfire story and searching for shooting stars.

Silky's New Friend

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On the Irish island of Puffin Rock, the seal pup Silky is thrilled about her new friend Clementine, who turns out to be a small clam. Her puffin friend Oona doubts what makes an ordinary clam special, but when Clementine disappears in the ocean the two search the coral reef together. Along the way they learn how clams bury themselves in the sand to escape seagulls, and Oona comes to see the clam's cleverness. They find Clementine and introduce her to Bernie and baby Baba, ending on the idea that even the smallest creatures can be amazing.

Silky and the Octopus

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On a calm Irish island, a young puffin named Una and her seal friend Silky explore an underwater lagoon and follow a pod of dolphins. When Silky is startled by a strange eight-armed creature that vanishes in a black cloud, they visit the older seal Bernie, who explains that it was an octopus. Reassured that the octopus was more scared than she was, Silky returns with Una to see it properly. The octopus gives them a little wave, and the narrator notes that every day is an adventure on Puffin Rock.

Pete at the Beach

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Pete the Cat and his family drive to the beach, where his older brother Bob plans to teach him to surf. Pete secretly fears the big waves, so he stalls by playing in the sand and burying himself to stay cool, while his mom quietly senses something is wrong. Bob figures out the problem, admits he was once scared too, and slowly introduces Pete to the water. Pete rides his first wave, falls, tries again and finishes the day surfing happily as the sun goes down.

A Hot Day

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On a hot day on Puffin Rock, baby puffin Baba grabs a tuft of fur that turns out to belong to Flynn the fox. Oona decides it must go back and, with the sleepy shrew Mossy and Baba, follows a trail of fur to Flynn's empty den. Finding fur everywhere, Oona grows worried and searches until Flynn appears, perfectly fine, and explains she has simply been shedding her coat and cooling off with a swim. The friends end the day splashing in the water together.

I Don't Want To Go To The Pool

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Simon refuses to go to the pool with his class, telling his father 'no way, never, ever'. The next day his teacher leads the children to the pool, where Simon finds his friend Lou is just as scared. Simon decides to help Lou into the cold water, and together they learn to float, kick, jump in, and ride the slide with the instructor. The episode closes with Simon offering to teach his little brother Gaspard, who replies 'never ever'.

The Pool

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On a hot day, Dad takes Bluey and Bingo to Uncle Stripe's pool while Mum stays behind. Because Dad skipped the boring packing, the family has no floaties, goggles, sunscreen, towels or snacks, so he improvises to keep the girls happy and safe. Bingo grows increasingly bored, cold and hungry until Mum arrives with everything that was left behind. The day is saved and Dad admits that boring things are important sometimes.

Mossy Impossible

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On a bright afternoon at Puffin Rock, the young puffin Una gets tangled in sea debris at the shore, near the cliff where unfriendly seagulls live. Her friend Mossy the pygmy shrew and the stoat Bernie work to free her, with Mossy climbing a cliff, swimming a lagoon and even riding on a puffin's back to fetch Una's parents. The puffins cut through the debris with their bills, and Una is freed just as the seagulls come back. The episode ends with Una safe and Mossy earning a rest after his effort.

I Can Swim

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Noah, a young boy with a tiny mouse perched on his head, and a red-haired girl in swim goggles spend this segment in the water learning to swim. A bouncy song walks through the steps one by one: float like a boat, point your feet and kick, paddle your arms, and blow bubbles like a fish. The Spanish phrase 'puedo nadar' (I can swim) appears on screen and in the refrain throughout. By the end the children put all the steps together and celebrate being able to swim.

Noah Tries To Keep His Cool

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Noah spends a hot day at the pool with his friend Coco, but he keeps avoiding the water. He tries an umbrella and then a snow machine to cool down, and the snow machine buries him instead. When asked what is wrong, Noah admits he never learned to swim because he was always traveling with his parents, and a friend points out he has a whole year with his abuela to learn. Noah then seeks out a swimming instructor who speaks only Spanish, and after some miming and persistence he manages to ask for lessons.

Let the Water Run

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In Fraggle Rock, the underground pool suddenly runs dry, upending Red's plans for her first swimming show while the giant Gorg family upstairs wants water for a bath. The real cause is Doc, a human inventor in his workshop, who has switched off the water to repair his old boiler. Red insists on doing everything alone but cannot reach the umbrella she needs until she asks her friend Gobo for help, and the two retrieve it together. Once Doc finishes the repair the water rushes back, and Red opens her swimming extravaganza with a diving leap.