0:00:02 > 0:00:06CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09TELEPHONE RINGS
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Hello?
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Hello?
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Oh! There's nobody there.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Oh! Hello! I'm David.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Did you just ring me on the phone?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26You didn't? Oh. Somebody did.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Oh! I know who it was.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It was Matilda's mummy.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Matilda is the elephant in tonight's bedtime story
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and her mum likes to phone her a lot.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The story is by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton
0:00:40 > 0:00:44and is called Emily Brown And The Elephant Emergency.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Emily Brown
0:00:48 > 0:00:52and an old grey rabbit called Stanley.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56One day, Emily Brown and Stanley were white water rafting
0:00:56 > 0:01:01down the Zambezi River with their great friend Matilda.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Matilda was just steering them skilfully
0:01:04 > 0:01:07over the very last rapid with her trunk,
0:01:07 > 0:01:13when there was a "Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!" on the emergency telephone.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Emily Brown answered it. "Emily Brown speaking. Can I help you?"
0:01:18 > 0:01:19"Help!" said the voice.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23"This is Matilda's mummy here, and I'm terribly worried.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26"I'm worried that your boat might sink,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28"that you might get eaten by crocodiles,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31"that the hippos could be bad-tempered,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34"and Matilda isn't wearing her Wellington boots.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37"Matilda has to be careful she doesn't catch a cold."
0:01:37 > 0:01:42"Elephants don't wear Wellingtons," replied Emily Brown,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45"and this phone is for emergency calls only.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49"Please do not phone unless you have an emergency."
0:01:49 > 0:01:52And Emily Brown put down the phone politely.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55A few days later, Emily Brown and Stanley
0:01:55 > 0:01:59were searching for a new species in the land of the dinosaurs.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02They were just investigating a set of footprints
0:02:02 > 0:02:04with their good friend Matilda,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08when there was a "Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!
0:02:08 > 0:02:13"Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!" on the emergency telephone.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Emily Brown answered it again.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19"Hello? This is Emily Brown. What is your emergency?"
0:02:19 > 0:02:21"It's Matilda's mummy again.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27"Can I speak to Matilda? I'm even more worried than I was before.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30"I'm worried that a brontosaurus might sit on someone,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34"that the T rex might give Matilda a nip with his pointy teeth,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38"and it's past five o'clock and Matilda hasn't had her tea yet.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42"Matilda has to have her tea on the dot at five o'clock."
0:02:42 > 0:02:47"Elephants do not have tea times," replied Emily Brown.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49"Matilda will eat when she is hungry.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52"Again, can I ask you not to call this phone
0:02:52 > 0:02:55"unless you have a real emergency?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58"This telephone is for emergency calls only."
0:02:58 > 0:03:03And Emily Brown put down the phone a bit more firmly this time.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06A few days later, and Emily Brown and Stanley
0:03:06 > 0:03:09were climbing the peak of Mount Everest.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Matilda was having trouble holding on to the rope
0:03:12 > 0:03:15because of her Wellingtons and her lunch box getting in the way,
0:03:15 > 0:03:21when there was a "Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!" on the emergency telephone.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24"Hello!" snapped Emily Brown,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28"Emily Brown speaking, and this better be a proper emergency."
0:03:28 > 0:03:31"It certainly is!" said Matilda's mummy.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33"I am more worried than ever.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38"I'm worried that Matilda might get caught in an avalanche,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40"that Matilda might get frostbite,
0:03:40 > 0:03:44"and Matilda has forgotten to wear her nice clean socks again.
0:03:44 > 0:03:50"Matilda is a smart elephant and she like to look spotless AT ALL TIMES."
0:03:50 > 0:03:54"Matilda's mummy!" cried Emily Brown, very firmly indeed,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57"elephants do not wear socks, clean or otherwise,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01"and clean socks are not an emergency!"
0:04:01 > 0:04:04A few days later still, and Emily Brown and Stanley
0:04:04 > 0:04:08were searching for diamonds in the deepest caves of the earth.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11But Matilda was not joining in.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15She was worried she might lose a Wellington or drop her lunch box
0:04:15 > 0:04:17or dirty her nice clean socks,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21so she sat and watched Emily Brown and Stanley
0:04:21 > 0:04:25and waited for the telephone to ring. She already had her helmet on,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28because she knew that was what her mummy would want.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Poor Matilda waited.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34And she waited.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38And she waited by the emergency telephone.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42But still Matilda's mummy did not call.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46And then poor Matilda grew sad and ill.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51Tears rolled down her floppy trunk.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55"My mummy has forgotten me!" cried Matilda,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59and the light on her helmet flickered and went out.
0:04:59 > 0:05:06Emily Brown looked at Stanley and Stanley looked at Emily Brown.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Matilda was one unwell elephant.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12This really was an emergency.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Emily Brown picked up the emergency telephone
0:05:15 > 0:05:18and called Matilda's mummy.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21But Matilda's mummy did not answer.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25So Emily Brown and Stanley took Matilda gently by the trunk
0:05:25 > 0:05:29and they went to find Matilda's mummy in the heart of the big city.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34It turned out that Matilda's mummy needed rescuing herself.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39She had been kidnapped by a great, grey busy-ness,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41and it would not let her go.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Matilda perked up immediately,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47threw off her Wellingtons, chucked away her lunch box
0:05:47 > 0:05:51and tossed her clean socks into the nearest puddle.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It was a very daring rescue.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59A few days later, Emily Brown, Stanley, Matilda and Matilda's mummy
0:05:59 > 0:06:03were searching for the source of the Nile in the jungles of Africa.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05They were surrounded by crocodiles.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Nobody had on their Wellingtons, it was way past tea time
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and Matilda's mummy's socks would have been the dirtiest of all
0:06:12 > 0:06:15if she had been wearing socks, which she wasn't,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17because elephants don't wear socks.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23Suddenly, there was a "Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!"
0:06:23 > 0:06:29on Matilda's mummy's mobile phone. But one of the crocodiles ate it.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33So we'll never know what the emergency was.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I wonder if it was important.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41And that story was called Emily Brown And The Elephant Emergency.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- TELEPHONE RINGS - Oh!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Hello?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Yeah. Yeah, I know. It's time for bed. I...yes, I know.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54I need to tell everyone to make sure they've brushed their teeth
0:06:54 > 0:06:57and cleaned their faces. Yes, yes, yes.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Hold on a minute.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03That's Matilda's mummy. She says it's time for you to go to bed.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06I'll see you soon for another story. Night!
0:07:06 > 0:07:10OK. So where are your Wellington boots?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14And what kind of adventure are you and Matilda on tonight?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Oh!
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Ooh!
0:07:17 > 0:07:18OK.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Good luck.
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