Tommy's Tuba

by Ben Butterworth
Illustrated by Martin Aitchison

Transcript

00:00Tommy's tuba.

00:12Written by Ben Butterworth.

00:15Illustrated by Martin Aitchison.

00:18Grandpa played the tuba in the village band.

00:21Tommy loved to listen to the tuba's booming sound.

00:25Then Grandpa got too old to play the tuba anymore.

00:29He gave the tuba to Tommy.

00:32Tommy went into his room and blew down the tuba.

00:36It went umpah umpah umpah.

00:39His sister shouted, What a horrible noise!

00:42Take it somewhere else.

00:45He went downstairs to the living room.

00:48His mother said, It makes my head ache.

00:51He went into the garage.

00:54His father shouted, I can't stand that noise.

00:58No bathing.

01:00So Tommy went on the sands all by himself.

01:04No one could hear him and he played umpah umpah umpah all day long.

01:09But no one could show Tommy how to play a tune on the tuba.

01:13One day it was foggy.

01:15The foghorn was broken on Captain Morton's ship.

01:19I can't take my ship out to sea without a foghorn.

01:24Said Captain Morton.

01:26He heard the sound of Tommy's tuba coming through the fog.

01:31Please come and help me.

01:33He said.

01:35Tommy stood on deck and blew as hard as he could.

01:38The other ships kept well clear.

01:42Captain Morton was very pleased.

01:44You must go and have proper lessons.

01:47He said to Tommy.

01:50Tommy learned to play the tuba.

01:52And now he plays with the band.

01:55Just like his grandpa used to do.

01:58The end.