The Fiddle

This is an old bucket upside-down, with holes in it. Smoke is coming from it. The mice run to fetch water but the sound of Irish fiddle-playing is coming from it. Gabriel recognises it as being played by a leprechaun and he tells a story about a leprechaun and some cabbages. Madeleine sings a song about Brian O'Lynn. In the end, the mice tip the bucket over, but there is no leprechaun in it, only a tiny fiddle. Charlie Mouse picks it up and plays it marvellously. He explains that he isn't playing the violin. It is playing him.

Emily, Bagpuss, Professor Yaffle, Madeleine, Gabriel, Charlie Mouse, Jenny Mouse, Janey Mouse, Lizzie Mouse, Eddie Mouse, Willy Mouse