0:00:06 > 0:00:09Right, where can I go today?
0:00:09 > 0:00:12North or south?
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Oh, hello! I'm David, can you help me?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17I'm trying to choose where to go today.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21I love travelling so I look at my map to help me decide.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Somewhere close by or somewhere far away?
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Somewhere busy or somewhere really quiet and peaceful?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31I love busy places but the countryside is beautiful.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Where would you go?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36There's a little mouse who goes travelling
0:00:36 > 0:00:40in tonight's bedtime story. He goes on an adventure.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44The story is by Simon Prescott and is called Small Mouse Big City.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Country Mouse was leaving his quiet little home.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51He was going to the big city.
0:00:51 > 0:00:57His heart raced as the countryside swept by in a blur of leafy green.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The city took his breath away.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02There were so many people,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05but no-one stopped to show him the way.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Country Mouse was on his own.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And the streets all looked the same.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Strange, dark and dangerous.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19He needed a friend, fast.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21And he showed up just in time.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Suddenly the city didn't feel so strange.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30"You'll love it here!" said City Mouse, and he did.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32The city was amazing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The city was intoxicating.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38The city was magnificent.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42But when Country Mouse gazed across the rooftops
0:01:42 > 0:01:46and saw the green hills of his home, he began to feel sad.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49"I miss my countryside," he said,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and he told his friend all about it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55How beautiful it was, how peaceful.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01He loved City Mouse and he loved the city, but it was time to go home.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Country Mouse lay out on the soft, green grass and smiled.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09"It's good to be back," he said.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13"There's just no place like home."
0:02:15 > 0:02:18It was nice to meet City Mouse, wasn't it?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Shall we visit him again?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23How did the story start? Oh, yes.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Country Mouse was leaving his quiet little home.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29He was going to the big city.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35His heart raced as the countryside swept by in a blur of leafy green.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38The city took his breath away.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40There were so many people.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43But no-one stopped to show him the way.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Country Mouse was on his own.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49And the streets all looked the same.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Strange, dark and dangerous.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57He needed a friend, fast.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00And he showed up just in time.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Suddenly the city didn't feel so strange.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06"You'll love it here!" said City Mouse.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09And he did.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11The city was amazing.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14The city was intoxicating.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The city was magnificent.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20But when Country Mouse gazed across the rooftops
0:03:20 > 0:03:24and saw the green hills of his home, he began to feel sad.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27"I miss my countryside," he said,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and he told his friend all about it.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33How beautiful it was, how peaceful.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36He loved City Mouse and he loved the city.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39But it was time to go home.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Country Mouse lay out on the soft, green grass and smiled.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47"It's good to be back," he said,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50"There's just no place like home."
0:03:51 > 0:03:55And that story was called Small Mouse Big City.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Hmm, maybe I could go to the countryside tomorrow.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Or maybe I'd enjoy the city?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05And I can go to the country next week. Oh, I don't know.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Well, while I decide, it's time for you to go to bed
0:04:09 > 0:04:12and I'll see you soon for another story. Night-night.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Let's have another look at this map.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Where am I going to go?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk