Music:   Bill and Ben
            Bill and Ben
            Flowerpot Men    
            Flowerpot Men
            Bill and Ben etc.

Once upon a time there was a little house, and all round the house was a beautiful garden, and down at the bottom of the garden was a place where the man who worked in the garden left his things while he went into the house to have his dinner.

One day when he’d gone into the house to have his dinner he left behind a very grubby, well thumbed but very important looking letter, and an old watering can. There were other things lying about, some flower pots

2 little ones
2 middle sized ones and
2 great big ones

and just behind the big flower pots was a little weed

Weeeeeeed, Weeeed

and there they all were lying quietly in the sunshine and the little weed looked all about her and when she saw that everything was quiet she knocked gently on the two big flower pots and said:

Weeeeeed, Weeeeed

And slowly, out of the flower pots came: the flowerpot men!!

First out came their little faces, smiling all over then their little hands with big garden gloves on. They both turned round and saw each other.

(Bill and Ben speaking to each other)

Then they said hello to the little weed in their flowerpot way of talking

Bill - Hello little weed, hello, hello, hello, helloo
Ben -Hello little weed, hello, hello, hello, helloo

And the little weed laughed and said:

Weeeeed, Weeeeeed

And the flowerpot men thought she meant that someone was coming so they popped down into their flower pots again and all was quiet and drowsy in the sunshine and the little weed stayed in between the flower pots and said nothing, After a time one of the flowerpot men thought, surely there is nobody about.

Ben: Surely there is nobody about

And he popped his head up to have a look around and they went on like this for quite a long time.

Then both together

( Bill and Ben speaking to each other)

Do you know what all that meant?

- There is nobody about so let’s get out and play.

Little weed seemed very excited, and danced about, she wanted to talk to them about something.

Weeeeeed, Weeed

Bill: What is it little weed
Ben: What is it little weed.

She wanted to show them the letter

Weeeed Weeed

Bill picked the letter up and held it out to the little weed

Bill: Here you are little weed

Ben: Here you are little weed

The little weed read them the letter

Weeeed Weeed

And do know who it was from boys and girls?

It was from the organisers of the Chelsea Flower show

Weeeed Weeeeed

Bill: Flower show

Ben: Flower show

And do you know what it said

"Dear Sir As you are in charge of the most well known garden on television we would be honoured........"

Bill: Honoured
Ben: Honoured

"...honoured if you would recreate the garden at Chelsea this year."

The flowerpot men got very excited at this news and began to dance around and around.

Bill: Chelsea

Ben: Chelsea

Then they stopped dancing. And looked at the little weed. She  looked sad.

They asked the little weed what was wrong

Bill: What’s wrong little weed

Ben: What’s wrong little weed

And the little weed told them

Weeeeed Weeeed

The little weed explained that she didn’t want to go to Chelsea

But why not? asked the flowerpot men

Bill: Why not, little weed?

Ben: Why not, little weed?

Weeeeed weeeeed

The little weed said, “ because my roots are here, in this garden.”

“Oh!” said the flowerpot men

Bill: Oh

Ben: Oh

They were sad, but told the little weed that they understood perfectly.

Bill: We understand

Ben: We understand

The two flowerpot men really wanted to go to Chelsea but they didn’t want to leave the poor little weed to be sad all alone in the garden. But what could they do?

Bill: What can we do?

Ben: What can we do?

And while one flowerpot man sat there thinking very hard the other crept away because he had thought of something, and all this while, the little weed was watching. She had seen which one had poured weedkiller all around her roots.

Now listen, because she’s going to ask a question.

Was it Bill or was it Ben poisoned little weed just then
Which of those two flowerpot men
Was it Bill or was it Ben?

Did you hear what the little weed said?
Do you know who it was?
Listen again,

Was it Bill or was it Ben poisoned little weed just then
Which of those two flowerpot men
Was it aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!

It was Bill
It was Bill
Bad little Bill

Ben: Bad little Bill

Then the two flowerpot men went over to look at little weed to see if she suffered very much.

Bill: Hello little weed, did it hurt?
Ben: Hello little weed, did it hurt?

But the little weed wasn’t there to hear someone coming so she couldn’t call out to let them know that the man who worked in the garden had finished his dinner and was coming out again.

Luckily the two flowerpot men heard him just in time so the two flowerpot men jumped into their flower pots and said goodbye to each other.

Then they said goodbye to the little weed
The little weed stayed behind the flower pots and went slightly brown and there they all were in the sunshine but the man who worked in the garden didn’t know that anything had happened at all.

Nobody knew about the flowerpot men.
Only you saw them playing, and the little weed.
And I think the little house knew something about it, don’t you?

Good-bye Bill
Good-bye Ben
Bill and Ben, Bill and Ben, flowerpot men.

(Twice)