Summary[]Lola is ill in bed and can't play football with Charlie and Marv. Charlie has promised Marv that he'll play football with him, but Lola begs him to stay and cheer her up. Plot[]Lola has a cold. Charlie is with her and wants to cheer Lola up. He tries to bring her a plate of snacks and some pink milk, but this doesn't work because she's lost her appetite due to a combination of her congestion impeding her sense of taste and her throat hurting. She misses having an appetite and imagines herself frolicking around with some giant food. Then Charlie brings Lola some flowers. Lola likes flowers, but this still doesn't cheer her up, since she cannot smell them as her nose is blocked, and she misses having a sense of smell. Charlie can't stay long because he has an important football match, but a very sad Lola pleads him to stay with her. Then, Charlie has another idea. Lola likes singing and dancing a lot, so he sings, "If You're Happy and You Know It", but Lola doesn't clap because she's still unhappy. He then tries singing, "The Sun Has Got His Hat On", but this just makes Lola lament that she can no longer sing as her throat is sore. She reminisces about when she could sing, then asks why she feels so bad. Charlie explains that germs are responsible, then suggests she count them. Charlie and Lola go into the bathroom. Lola looks at the germs in her mouth and imagines what they look like, then she counts them. Marv calls Charlie on the phone and asks him about the football match, so Charlie promises to be there in five minutes. Lola then calls Charlie's name. Charlie has another good idea. Lola likes jigsaw puzzles, so he decides that the two of them could assemble one together. However, the last piece (depicting a smiling mouth on a face) is missing. Charlie then asks where the butterfly on Lola's mobile is, and pretends it's on an imaginary place called "Butterfly Mountain". They start imagining they are doing a sport called "cloud hopping" and sliding down rainbows. Now Lola is happy again. Marv is waiting for Charlie, but when he opens the door, he catches Lola's cold. Later, Lola has recovered and is trying to tend to the now-sick Charlie, who is annoyed by it.
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