Lazy Lucy

At eight years old Lucy has her own view on life: why tire yourself out doing something, when you can find a lazier way? Lucy redoubles her energy to work out original and amusing solutions: from the room which tidies itself, to the dance for planting strawberries, she proves that she has more than one trick up her sleeve!

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  E1Dog Hair Spray

  Sep 4, 2004· 5m

  Watering all the plants on the balcony one by one, what a nuisance! Lucy invents the first automatic plant watering system to save energy!

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  E2The Ball's In Your Court

  Sep 6, 2004· 5m

  Picking up all the tennis balls, what a nuisance! And the way to avoid this chore? By returning all the balls to the opposite side of the court. Easier said than done, but Lucy isn't one to give up.

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  E3A Stamp Of Genius

  Sep 7, 2004· 5m

  Licking a whole load of stamps to stick them on, what a nuisance! It's best to leave such a task to an expert and who better than Flinki, a nice companion with a long lolling tongue!

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  E4The Jumble Gallery

  Sep 8, 2004· 5m

  Taking all of these things to the street market, what a nuisance! Why not just take a photo; it's a lot easier to carry. Snappy snap and it's in the bag!

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  E5A Fly In The Ointment

  Sep 9, 2004· 5m

  Waving your arms around everywhere trying to fly-fish, what a nuisance! Playing with a kite and a cow, now that's much more fun. Happy fishing Lucy!

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  E6The Hairclip Detector

  Sep 10, 2004· 5m

  Lifting a heap of leaves to find a hairclip, what a nuisance! Lucy embarks on developing the first "hairclip detector"!

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  E7Lucy's Lullaby

  Sep 11, 2004· 5m

  Singing for hours to get her little brother to sleep, what a nuisance! Lucy works out a better technique: the automatic lullaby.

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  E8The Sand Castle Challenge

  Sep 13, 2004· 5m

  Digging the sand to build a castle, what a nuisance! There has to be a lazier way! And there is- with the help of a dinghy, a dog, her little brother and above all lots of imagination!

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  E9What A Load Of Rubbish!

  Sep 14, 2004· 5m

  Taking the bin out every day, what a nuisance! It would be so much better if the bin could take itself out! Take itself out? What an excellent idea!

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  E10In A Spin

  Sep 15, 2004· 5m

  Hanging out the washing in the garden, what a nuisance! Especially when there are so many fun games to play nearby. What will inspire Lucy for her latest challenge?

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  E11A Shade Too Hot

  Sep 16, 2004· 5m

  Having to carry a parasol on the beach, what a nuisance! There has to be another way of protecting yourself from the sun. But of course! All you have to do is make use of your own shadow!

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  E12No Parrots Please!

  Sep 18, 2004· 5m

  Paul, you should knock before coming into the room. Always repeating the same thing to her little brother, what a nuisance! And Lucy does not intend to become a parrot!

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  E13The Butterfly Chase

  Sep 20, 2004· 5m

  Running around the park to catch a butterfly, what a nuisance! What to do? There's no point in running- just attract the butterflies to you!

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  E14A Photo Finish

  Sep 22, 2004· 5m

  Making a load of adjustments in a booth for a tiny identity photo, what a nuisance! Lucy has a solution: setting up the "home identity photos"!

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  E15It's Raining Apples!

  Sep 23, 2004· 5m

  Carrying a ladder under the tree to pick some apples, what a nuisance! To avoid tiring herself out, Lucy stops at nothing and proves that she most certainly doesn't lack spirit!

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  E16It's Snow Way To Walk

  Dec 20, 2004· 5m

  Shoveling up all this snow, what a nuisance! Lucy prefers to find a way to walk on the snow without sinking.

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  E17The Rooster Rock Alarm Clock

  Dec 21, 2004· 5m

  The farm rooster wakes the girls at the break of day. Getting up early even when you're on holiday, what a nuisance! It's up to Lucy to persuade the rooster to have a lie in!

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  E18Flying High

  Dec 22, 2004· 5m

  Running around until you're out of breath to get a kite off the ground, what a nuisance! If only you could make it fly with its own wings...

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  E19Fancy That!

  Dec 23, 2004· 5m

  Cutting all this paper just to make a costume, what a nuisance! But Lucy has plenty of ideas to do a great fashion show without tiring herself out!

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  E203, 2, 1... Knit!

  Dec 29, 2004· 5m

  Turning massive needles in all directions to knit something, what a nuisance! There has to be a lazier way! Lucy transforms this challenge into a real competition: three, two, one, knit!

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  E21Back To The Drawing Board

  Dec 30, 2004· 5m

  Doing a load of drawings one after the other, what a nuisance! It would be much more fun if you could do several drawings at the same time. And to do that Lucy is ready to bend over backwards.

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  E22It's No Picnic Washing Up

  Dec 31, 2004· 5m

  Washing up after a picnic, what a nuisance! But Lucy has the knack for transforming the slightest chore into a great children's game.

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  E23A Whole New Ball Game

  Jan 3, 2005· 5m

  Spending time going to find your ball in the neighbour's garden, what a nuisance! To avoid this, Lucy is ready to do anything, even if it means changing the rules of the game!

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  E24Uphill Sledging

  Jan 4, 2005· 5m

  Pushing the sledge to the top of the slope, what a nuisance! There has to be a lazier way! Lucy turns her attention to a new type of mechanical lift.

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  E25The Tickle Machine

  Jan 5, 2005· 5m

  Making your arms ache tickling your brother, what a nuisance! Lucy sets about inventing the first "tickle machine."

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  E26Lucy Pitches A Plan

  Jan 6, 2005· 5m

  Putting up a tent, what a nuisance! Lucy has a better idea to avoid tiring herself out: she prefers to sleep under the stars!

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  E27The Tidy Solution

  Jan 7, 2005· 5m

  Tidying the bedroom, what a nuisance! It would be much better if the room could tidy itself!

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  E28Staying Awake For Santa

  Jul 14, 2005· 5m

  Refraining from sleeping to watch out for Father Christmas, what a nuisance! Especially when Lucy really wants to go beddy-byes. To be sure not to miss Father Christmas, Lucy tells us an unlikely story!

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  E29Digging Halloween

  Jul 15, 2005· 5m

  Making a candle out of a pumpkin for Halloween? What a nuisance! There must be a less tiring way to do it.

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  E30A Short Cut

  Jul 30, 2005· 5m

  Pushing the lawnmower to cut the grass in the garden, what a nuisance! Lucy chooses a much more fun and ecological approach: a 100% natural solution.

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  E31The Turbo Toothbrush

  Aug 1, 2005· 5m

  Moving your arms around to brush your teeth, what a nuisance! But there's no way Lucy's going to abandon her pretty little toothy-pegs! What must be done is to find another solution. It's not easy, but she won't give up: Lucy has stacks of ideas!

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  E32Ducking Out

  Aug 2, 2005· 5m

  Paddling one stroke to the right, one stroke to the left, what a nuisance! Lucy doesn't really want to struggle to get her boat out onto the lake... but it's too late for her to duck out now!

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  E33A Tabletop Idea

  Aug 3, 2005· 5m

  Clearing the table, what a nuisance! In order to have nothing to carry, it's best to find a way to send the washing up directly to the kitchen! And there, as if by magic...!

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  E34Lucy Digs Her Heels In

  Aug 4, 2005· 5m

  Digging loads of holes to plant some strawberries, what a nuisance! Rather than wearing herself out with a spade, Lucy would rather dig around for an idea in her head... and it works! Lucy's way of planting is much more fun!

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  E35The Puppet Show

  Aug 5, 2005· 5m

  Wearing out your arms to move the puppets, what a nuisance! In the process of finding a less tiring solution, Lucy puts on quite a show for us!

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  E36Mop Skating

  Aug 6, 2005· 5m

  Pushing a mop back and forth across the floor, what a nuisance! To clean the kitchen floor, Lucy would rather try something more... sporty. The Formula 1, perhaps, or running or maybe even figure skating!

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  E37Ski Fall

  Aug 8, 2005· 5m

  Skiing is great fun... except when you fall over! Spending loads of time getting up again, what a nuisance! To resolve this problem once and for all, Lucy decides to invent some anti-fall skis...

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  E38No False Notes

  Aug 9, 2005· 5m

  Practising for hours to play a small piece of music at the school fete, what a nuisance! Luckily Lucy knows the song and she goes to great lengths to find a fun way to play without making any mistakes!

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  E39A Pony Tale

  Aug 10, 2005· 5m

  All this effort to hoist herself onto the saddle of a pony, what a nuisance! Lucy comes up with the first pony lift. An astounding solution...

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  E40Lucy's Den

  Aug 11, 2005· 5m

  Picking up scraps of wood to build a den, what a nuisance! Lucy invents her own way to make her "express den": a challenge within her capabilities!

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  E41Dog Tired

  Aug 12, 2005· 5m

  Grooming Flinki, what a nuisance! To avoid tiring herself out by cleaning her doggy, Lucy is prepared to do anything, even if it means going round a real obstacle course!

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  E42Pack It In!

  Aug 13, 2005· 5m

  Folding her things to make them fit in her backpack, what a nuisance! To pack her bags without tiring herself out, Lucy just needs to use her imagination. This isn't a problem for Lucy- it's in the bag!

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  E43Spring Cleaning

  Aug 15, 2005· 5m

  Beating a rug to get rid of the dust, what a nuisance! Lucy organizes, in her own special way, a big spring clean in Jasmine's garden- it's quite a circus!

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  E44Mud Sticks

  Aug 16, 2005· 5m

  Scrubbing shoes to get them clean, what a nuisance! How can Lucy and Jasmine make their shoes look pretty for the ball? Thanks to a flash of inspiration, they end up wearing the most beautiful shoes there ever were.

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  E45High Inflation

  Aug 17, 2005· 5m

  Blowing to inflate balloons, what a nuisance! Lucy comes up with her own way: why tire yourself out blowing up balloons when you can use all the air that is already there?

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  E46Mixed Signals

  Aug 18, 2005· 5m

  Climbing up and down stairs to say something to Tom, what a nuisance! How can she communicate with her neighbor opposite without moving? To achieve her ends, Lucy uses some crafty tactics.

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  E47Keep Your Cool!

  Aug 19, 2005· 5m

  Running from the fridge to the garden with cold drinks, what a nuisance! It's up to Lucy to find some less exhausting ways to provide her friends with refreshments... even if it means transforming the garden into an amusement park!

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  E48Lucy's Scarecrow

  Aug 20, 2005· 5m

  Cramming straw into bags to make a scarecrow, what a nuisance! But they can't let the birds come and peck at the vegetable garden. To protect the strawberries, Lucy and Jasmine build an extremely original type of scarecrow.

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  E49That's The Ticket!

  Aug 22, 2005· 5m

  Ringing at all the neighbors' doors to sell tombola tickets, what a nuisance! To avoid having to move, Lucy decides to make the customers come to her and sets up a far-reaching publicity campaign!

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  E50Done And Dusted!

  Aug 23, 2005· 5m

  Rubbing everything with a cloth to dust her room, what a nuisance! Lucy prefers to organize some anti-dust games: they're much more entertaining!

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  E51Shedding Paint

  Aug 24, 2005· 5m

  Painting the whole shed by hand, what a nuisance! Lucy comes up with a heap of farfetched solutions to paint the shed without tiring herself out.

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  E52The Runaway Bag

  Aug 25, 2005· 5m

  Carrying her school bag on her back, what a nuisance! To avoid this burden, Lucy decides that it's about time her bag made its own way to school! The only problem is that it has trouble finding its way.