Up on the roof Dinosaur Jim and Ollie the cat

Were practicing their magic act.

'It's too hot for magic,' Rosie Bee said

'Let's go to the park instead.'

Up the busy street they ran

Round Mr Croc and his pizza van

Past London buses, taxis and scooters

Shops selling postcards, socks and computers.

There's the park,' cried Dinosaur Jim

'Let's hire a boat,' said Ollie

'The boatman's standing over there,'

And I've just enough money for the fare.'

'I'll row,' said Jim as Ollie climbed in

And the Bees sat down on the cushions.

Jim dipped his oars into the water

And Ollie tried some fishing.

'VROOM! VROOM! WATCH OUT! It's Mr Croc

Driving his speedboat and messing about.

'You're in my way!' yelled Mr Croc

And then Jim's boat began to rock.

Mr Croc laughed as he hurtled by

Splashing poor Ollie in the eye.

Then Jim and Ollie gave a shout

As their boat tipped over and they both fell out.

Jim lifted Ollie onto his head

'The water isn't deep,' he said

And then he shouted 'Ollie I'm stuck!

'My feet won't move in this sludgy muck.'

'Hang on Jim,' buzzed Rosie Bee

There's a rope over there tied to a tree.

'Oh please hurry up,' yelled Dinosaur Jim

There's a huge slimy frog under my chin.'

As the Bees took the rope away from the tree

Ollie cried 'We'll soon be free!'

'PULL,' Buzzed Rosie 'And mind you don't fall.'

But Jim and Ollie didn't move at all.

Then Ollie shouted 'Look up there!'

'What's that floating in the air?'

'It's not a kite or ginormous bird'

'It's the Bees who've turned into a word.'

Now on the shore stood an ice cream man,

A boy on a bike and a lady with a pram

A girl with a fishing rod, a fireman with his ladder

A jogger with a dog and a tourist with his camera.

There's a policeman dressed in blue

An elephant from the zoo

A bouncy kangaroo, a duck and a goose,

And a strange looking moose.

'Now listen everyone,' buzzed Rosie Bee

'Pull as hard as you can on that rope you can see.'

So everyone pulled but it wasn't any good

Ollie and Jim stayed exactly as they stood.

Then a little brown mouse ran down the slope

And curled his tail round the end of the rope

'Can I help?' he squeaked and everyone laughed

'YES,' they said 'If you're a hippo or giraffe.'

'You see little mouse, you're no good to us,'

'What we need,' quacked the duck 'is a great big BUS!'

'YES!' boomed the elephant 'Without a doubt

A great big bus would pull our friends out.'

'But,' cried the elephant 'there's no bus about!'

'So let's pull together with our LITTLE BROWN MOUSE.'

'Ready?' cried the policeman dressed in blue

'PULL!' cried the goose and the bouncy kangaroo.

'HURRAH,' cried the man in the ice cream van

When Ollie and Jim were pulled to dry land.

Then from the pond they heard a shout

And there was Mr Croc prancing about.

'I'm right out of diesel. I've only one oar

Just get me the boatman to row me to the shore.'

'HA!' Shouted Ollie 'Then you'll just have to wait.'

'The boatman,' cried Jim, 'has gone for his break.'

'Yes,' buzzed Rosie and all the Bees

He's sitting in a café and having his tea.'

'So ice cream all around,' said the lady with the pram

'Right,' said the man with the ice cream van

'Strawberry ones for us,' cried Ollie and Jim

'And an extra large one for the little brown mouse.'

So even if you're little and the smallest in the house

You can still make a difference like the little brown mouse.