Simon English 31-01-07 Transcribed by Lisa Brunetti Frog goes to dinner Ok_ so this is a story about a little boy, and the little boy is preparing to go out. He’s having to dress up in hm a very nice suit and he’s putting on his tie. But, at the same time, he’s got a lot of friends and his friends are hm three animals: there’s a dog, a frog, and a tortoise. But his friends_ look at him-- they look at him as if # he’s going to do something without them. He_ # -- they know that sometimes he_ leaves them and they are very upset when he leaves them but this time they are not so sure so they’re all paying # a lot of attention to him and d- -- they know something’s gonna happen because he is dressing up, ready to go out. Then finally just as he hm has put his tie on_ and he’s got everything prepared, Scooby his dog, and the hm and the tortoise and his dog immediately know –- and his frog –- that he’s gonna leave, and he’s not gonna take them with him. The frog is desperate so he hm quickly jumps into the pocket of the boy and hm the boy doesn’t even realize he’s got his suit. He's -- # leaves the house, he says goodbye, he kind of notices that his Scoo- -- that his his frog Kermit isn’t there but # he guesses he’s just upset because he’s leaving, but he doesn’t know at all that his Sc- -- the frog is actually in his_ # coat-pocket. His mum and dad_ and his sister are all dressed up and they’re gonna go out. So, they go out, they arrive a bit late at the restaurant, # hm the little boy looks at the restaurant, it’s a very posh restaurant, it has an amazingly posh # person who parks their car, # it’s a_ -- his mum and dad obviously are very well dressed up. Little boy is not very happy cause he's left his friends behind but # it won’t be long until he’s back with them. # So the evening starts. They sit down_ they sit down to the the meal, little boy looks at the menu_, his dad takes off his hat and looks at the menu and the maitre d’ is there # very grand_, pompous man who # who immediately starts telling them what’s on the menu. But just as the # music starts there’s a live band suddenly, Kermit, his frog, wh- who loves music, jumps straight out of his pocket and straight towards the band. But he mistud- misjudges his jump and lands directly in the saxophone. It’s a disaster, the music sto_ps, everyone is in shock, suddenly there’s quiet in the whole restaurant. # The saxophonist tries to blow once but nothing happens because Kermit is stuck in his saxophone. So he looks into his saxophone, and he turns it upside down, # just at this moment, # Kermit # falls straight on to the saxophone straight on to the saxophonist’s # face. More disaster, more noise, mo_re chaos, and this time the is so_ shocked to Kermit li- lie on his face that he falls backwards into the drum. Ah_! this is a disaster, the whole evening is going really badly, the band hm are very upset, the instrument’s been broken, but Kermit is very happy and away he jumps again, and this time, he lands on the tray of the waiter who happens to pass by, straight in a ball of salad. The waiter puts the ball of salad in front of # a rather elegant lady who starts to eat the salad. She takes a mouthful of salad... and looks down... and sees the happy, smiling face of Kermit, looking straight up at her. More chaos more disaster, the woman # falls backwards, Kermit jumps again, and this time lands in the glass of hm a man who’s having a quiet evening out with his # girlfriend. # This time, Kermit is much more happy he’s getting very used to his surroundings and he comes out of the glass, he’s had a bit of champagne, because he drank a little bit of champagne, he’s very happy and he kisses the man directly on the nose. Just at this point, the maitre d’ spots_ Kermit. He jumps on him... and he captures him! The man and his wife are still shocked because they can’t believe they’ve just seen a frog in such an elegant restaurant. The maitre d’ takes the frog by his feet, Kermit is hung upside down, and starts to proceed towards the door. Just at this point, the little boy # boy shouts out. He says: “Stop! This is my frog!” The maitre d’ looks at the little boy, and looks at his pet, and says: “Is this your frog?” and the little boy says: “Yes_” and the maitre d’ says: “In that case, we don’t want you at our restaurant, you have to leave now”. Ah_! what a disaster! The beautiful evening has been spoiled. The little boy’s mother is furious, his father won’t talk to him, and they drive home in silence. Once # they get home, little boy’s father sends him directly to his room. They didn’t have anything to eat at the restaurant, and his father says he’s not gonna have anything to eat now. The # little -- the little boy dog and turtle look at him, they’re wondering what happened. # But when he arrives in his room, he takes off his jacket the hated it anyway he takes also his tie he also hate it and he lies down on his back and he laughs and he laughs and he laughs.