Sammy Has a Paddle

**Sammy Has a Paddle** is the seventeenth episode of the first season.

## Plot

After having a big play at the beach, Sammy becomes tired and falls asleep – with the high tide fast approaching behind him!

## Characters

* Sammy
* Roger
* Susan
* Harry
* Colin
* Penny
* Arnold
* Stephanie
* Mr. Spector

## Quotes

* (It's a very sunny morning, and Mr. Spector is about to make an announcement)
* **Mr. Spector:** Now, may I have your attention? Tomorrow is a very important day, it is Chumley's Seaside Special.
* **Harry:** Oh, brilliant!
* **Sammy:** Wha, hey, hey! What's the Chumley Seaside Special?
* **Colin:** Well, every summer all the buses take the whole of Chumley to the seaside for the day.
* **Sammy:** Wow!
* **Mr. Spector:** We all need to be outside the Town Hall at 8 o' clock.
* **Harry:** This means we're all off to the seaside, Sammy! Happy?
* **Sammy:** You bet! Wha, hey, hey, hey!
* (Next morning came, and Sammy is very excited)
* **Sammy:** (Singing) We're all off to the seaside! We're gonna have a lot of fun! We're all off to the seaside! We're gonna have a lot of fun!
* **Stephanie:** Oh, it's terribly windy, and the sand gets everywhere.
* (Arnold is still asleep)
* **Sammy:** Come on! Get a move on, Arnold! Wakey-wakey!
* **Arnold:** Huh? What? Oh, yeah. Plenty of room up top.
* (The buses start to leave)
* **Harry:** Follow me, everyone!
* (The buses arrive at the Town Hall to pick up the passengers)
* **Kid 1:** Here comes the buses!
* **Kid 2:** Here, look, mum! There's a bus!
* (The buses are loading up, then head off to the beach)
* **Harry:** Hey, hey! Off we go!
* (The passengers cheer as they leave)
* **Passenger 1:** Oh, this is so nice!
* **Sammy:** We're all off to the seaside! And playing lots of games in the sun.
* (The buses arrive at the seafront)
* **Sammy:** Wha, hey, hey, hey! Look! Over there, everybody! I can see the sea!
* (The buses park up to rest before the return journey home)
* **Sammy:** Wow! Look at all that sand! That'll be fun to play on. (Sammy drives onto the beach) Oh, this is fantastic! Wha, ho, ho, ho!
* (Harry and Susan play beach volleyball)
* **Harry:** Oh, brilliant! Over here, Susan! Hey, hey!
* **Susan:** Ho-ho! I won that!
* (Arnold, Roger, Colin and Stephanie are relaxing by the bandstand)
* **Arnold:** Hey, hey! This tune takes you back, eh, Roger?
* **Roger:** Oh, bravo, old chap! Yes, they don't liven this anymore, what?
* (Harry and Susan pull up to the bandstand)
* **Susan:** It-it-it-it-it's just as well you can't dance to this boring old stuff.
* **Arnold:** Blooming cheek! What do you know?! You know, when I was a young bus, this was top of the... top of the... what was it? Uh...
* (Harry is driving along the seafront and starts to wonder where Sammy is as he meets Colin and Penny)
* **Harry:** Has anyone seen Sammy?
* **Colin:** No.
* **Penny:** Last time I saw him, he was racing up and down the beach, pet.
* (Sammy has fallen asleep, and the tide is coming in quick as the other buses start to panic)
* **Penny:** Look! There's Sammy! And look where the water is! Oh, what can we do?!!!
* **Harry:** We'd better wake him up quick! Alright, everyone. You know what to do! Ready!
* **Everyone:** Ready!
* **Harry:** After three.
* **Everyone:** One, two, three!
* (The buses honk to warn Sammy about the tide coming in)
* **Sammy:** Ohhhhhhhh! The sea! It's coming up to get me! What can I do?!
* **Harry:** Start your engine, Sammy, and drive up the ramp quick!
* (Sammy starts to make a run for it)
* **Sammy:** Cor! That was close! Thanks for waking me up! I didn't really fancy a bath! He, he, he!
* **Harry:** Never mind, Sammy! You're safe now. Let's pick up the passengers and head back home.
* (Evening came, and everyone starts to head back to the garage)
* **Harry:** Did everyone enjoy themselves?
* **Roger:** Oh yes!
* **Penny:** Lovely!
* **Harry:** How about you, Sammy? Sammy?
* (Sammy has fallen asleep)
* **Harry:** (Chuckles) It's a good job it's only once a year!