0:06:50 > 0:06:57.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08And they all lived happily ever after.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11See! Told you it had a happy ending.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Oh, hello! I'm Rob.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Toadie, here, doesn't think that stories can have happy endings.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23he thinks that in stories, toads are not treated fairly.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26That princesses get their own way all the time,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30and that there are always impossible things happening.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33But he's completely wrong. Look at Cinderella.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Although, there is the glass slipper fitting which is quite impossible
0:07:38 > 0:07:41and Cinderella does become the princess...
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Well, what about Sleeping Beauty?
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Then again, the prince does have to wake everyone up after 100 years,
0:07:48 > 0:07:53which is far-fetched. And the princess does get her own way...
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Oh, I must know a story with a happy ending?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Ahh! I've got it, the perfect story.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03It's by Babette Cole and it's called, Princess Smartypants.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Princess Smartypants did not want to get married.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11She enjoyed being a miss. Because she was very pretty and rich,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14all the princes wanted her to be their missus.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Princess Smartypants wanted to live in her castle with her pets
0:08:18 > 0:08:20and do exactly as she pleased.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26'It's high time you smartened yourself up', said her mother,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30the Queen. 'Stop messing about with those animals
0:08:30 > 0:08:33'and find yourself a husband.'
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Suitors were always turning up at the castle
0:08:36 > 0:08:38making a nuisance of themselves.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42'Right', declared Princess Smartypants,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45'whoever can accomplish the task that I set
0:08:45 > 0:08:47'will, as they say, win my hand.'
0:08:47 > 0:08:53She asked Prince Compost to stop the slugs eating her garden.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57She asked Prince Rushforth to feed her pets.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01She challenged Prince Pelvis to a roller disco marathon.
0:09:01 > 0:09:08She invited Prince Boneshaker for a cross-country ride on her motorbike.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12She called on Prince Vertigo to rescue her from her tower.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17She sent Prince Bashthumb to chop some firewood in the Royal Forest.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21She suggested to Prince Fetlock that he might like to
0:09:21 > 0:09:24put her pony through its paces.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29She told Prince Grovel to take her mother, the Queen, shopping.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33She commanded Prince Swimbladder to retrieve her magic ring
0:09:33 > 0:09:35from the goldfish pond.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40None of the princes could accomplish the task he was set.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43They all left in disgrace.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48'That's that, then', said Smartypants, thinking she was safe.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Then Prince Swashbuckle turned up.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56He stopped the slugs eating her garden.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Fed her pets. Roller-discoed until dawn.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Rode for miles on her motorbike. He rescued her from the tower.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07He found some firewood to chop in the forest.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13He EVEN tamed her horrid pony, took her mother, the Queen, shopping,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17and retrieved her magic ring from the goldfish pond.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Prince Swashbuckle didn't think that Smartypants was so smart.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25So she gave him a magic kiss...
0:10:25 > 0:10:30..and he turned into a gigantic, warty toad!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Prince Swashbuckle left in a BIG hurry.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38When the other princes heard what had happened to him,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41none of them wanted to marry Smartypants.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46So, she lived happily ever after.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Oh, do you want to hear that again?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Now, how did it start?
0:10:50 > 0:10:55Princess Smartypants did not want to get married.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59She enjoyed being a miss. Because she was very pretty and rich,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02all the princes wanted her to be their missus.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Princess Smartypants wanted to live in her castle with her pets
0:11:06 > 0:11:08and do exactly as she pleased.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14'It's high time you smartened yourself up', said her mother,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18the Queen. 'Stop messing about with those animals
0:11:18 > 0:11:20'and find yourself a husband.'
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Suitors were always turning up at the castle
0:11:24 > 0:11:26making a nuisance of themselves.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29'Right', declared Princess Smartypants,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33'whoever can accomplish the task that I set
0:11:33 > 0:11:35'will, as they say, win my hand.'
0:11:35 > 0:11:41She asked Prince Compost to stop the slugs eating her garden.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45She asked Prince Rushforth to feed her pets.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49She challenged Prince Pelvis to a roller disco marathon.
0:11:49 > 0:11:55She invited Prince Boneshaker for a cross-country ride on her motorbike.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00She called on Prince Vertigo to rescue her from her tower.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05She sent Prince Bashthumb to chop some firewood in the Royal Forest.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09She suggested to Prince Fetlock that he might like to
0:12:09 > 0:12:11put her pony through its paces.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16She told Prince Grovel to take her mother, the Queen, shopping.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21She commanded Prince Swimbladder to retrieve her magic ring
0:12:21 > 0:12:23from the goldfish pond.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28None of the princes could accomplish the task he was set.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31They all left in disgrace.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36'That's that, then', said Smartypants, thinking she was safe.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Then Prince Swashbuckle turned up.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44He stopped the slugs eating her garden.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Fed her pets. Roller-discoed until dawn.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Rode for miles on her motorbike. He rescued her from the tower.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55He found some firewood to chop in the forest.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00He EVEN tamed her horrid pony, took her mother, the Queen, shopping,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04and retrieved her magic ring from the goldfish pond.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Prince Swashbuckle didn't think that Smartypants was so smart.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13So she gave him a magic kiss...
0:13:13 > 0:13:18..and he turned into a gigantic, warty toad!
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Prince Swashbuckle left in a BIG hurry.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26When the other princes heard what had happened to him,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29none of them wanted to marry Smartypants.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34So, she lived happily ever after.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37And that story was called, Princess Smartypants.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42Sorry, Toadie, that wasn't really much better, was it?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Erm... What about if I give you this very natty crown to wear?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Eh? No? Can't really see, can you?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Maybe I know another story.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55While I think of one, it's time for you to go to bed.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I'll see you soon. Night, night.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Look, Toadie...
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