0:00:06 > 0:00:11Hm. Take the parcel, shake the parcel,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14wiggle it and spin it.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Hm.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Oh, hello. My name is Anna.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23I'm trying to guess what's inside this parcel.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27The animals in tonight's bedtime story know a great rhyme to say
0:00:27 > 0:00:32before you open a parcel. Listen out for it when I tell you the story.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36It's by Richard Edwards and Carol Liddiment and is called
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Happy Birthday, Bear.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Bear woke up and yawned, scratched his head.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48There's something special about today... Couldn't think what it was.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52He suddenly remembered - it was his birthday!
0:00:52 > 0:00:57"If it's my birthday, I better have a party," he said, jumping up.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59"Hm, what will I need?
0:00:59 > 0:01:04"Balloons...and friends... and presents."
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Bears love presents.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Bear wrote invitations to his best friends -
0:01:09 > 0:01:12the beaver, the wild boar and the heron.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17"Please come to Bear's birthday party. 4 o'clock at the bear cave.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19"Games and food.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23"P.S. Bears love presents!"
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Then he folded the invitations and hurried out to deliver them.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Later that afternoon, Bear waited impatiently for his guests...
0:01:33 > 0:01:35and his presents to arrive.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39"Happy birthday!" called his friends as they came up the path.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43"We've got you presents." "Ooh, thank you!" said Bear.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47"I wasn't expecting any."
0:01:47 > 0:01:51"Open mine first!" cried the heron. "No, mine!" grunted the boar.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54"No, mine!" squeaked the beaver.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56"Here, take the parcel, shake the parcel,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58"wiggle it and spin it.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03"Rattle it and sniff at it and try to guess what's in it."
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Bear shook the parcel. Made a scratchy sound.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11He tore the wrapping paper. There was a box inside.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13And in the box he found...
0:02:13 > 0:02:16"Sticks?" said Bear.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18He was disappointed.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20"Sticks are good!" replied the beaver.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23"I built my house out of sticks!"
0:02:23 > 0:02:28"I think they're a silly present," said Bear. He put the parcel down.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31"You'll like mine," said the wild boar.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34"Take the parcel, shake the parcel, wiggle it and spin it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39"Rattle it and sniff at it and try to guess what's in it."
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Bear wiggled the parcel.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44It made a slurping sound.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48He tore the wrapping paper. There was a box inside.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And in the box he found...
0:02:51 > 0:02:56"Mud?!" said Bear. He was VERY disappointed.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01"Mud's good!" replied the boar. "You can snuffle in mud."
0:03:01 > 0:03:04"Mud's even sillier than sticks!" said Bear.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06He dropped the parcel on the floor.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09The last present was the heron's.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13"Take the parcel, shake the parcel, wiggle it and spin it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16"Rattle it, sniff at it and try to guess what's in it."
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Bear rattled the parcel. It made a clacking sound.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24He tore the wrapping paper. There was a box inside.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28In the box he found...
0:03:28 > 0:03:31"Stones?!" said Bear.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Now he was REALLY disappointed.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35"Stones are good!" said the heron.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39"Stand on them when you fish - keep your feet dry!"
0:03:39 > 0:03:41"Stones are sillier than mud!"
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Bear threw the parcel into a corner.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47"These are the worst presents I've ever had!" he said.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51"I don't want a party. Go home!" Next morning, Bear decided
0:03:51 > 0:03:55to get rid of his presents. He went in the forest
0:03:55 > 0:03:59to get rid of the sticks. They rattled against tree trunks.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Rattly-tattly-tat.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Bear liked that noise. He rattled more trunks. And more.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09He found a hollow log and began to drum on it, singing,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12# Rattly-tatt, tum-tum Rattly-tatt, tum
0:04:12 > 0:04:16# Bear loves thumping Thumping on a drum. #
0:04:16 > 0:04:21He liked it so much, he decided to keep the drumsticks after all.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25"The beaver was right!" he said when he got back home.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28"Sticks ARE a good present. But mud isn't!"
0:04:28 > 0:04:33He took the box outside and emptied it on the ground. Squelch!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Bear liked that noise.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38He trod in the mud, squelched louder.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40He jumped up and down, singing,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43# Squelch, squelch, squelch, squelch Squelching on the ground
0:04:43 > 0:04:47# Bear loves squelching Squelching all around. #
0:04:47 > 0:04:50He liked squelching so much,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54he decided to scoop the mud back into the box and keep it!
0:04:54 > 0:04:59"The boar was right!" he said, "Mud isn't a silly present.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03"But stones are." He took the stones the heron had given him
0:05:03 > 0:05:05and went to sink them in the lake.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10He threw the first stone high and watched it fall into the water.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16Splosh! Bear liked that noise. He sploshed another stone.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18And another, singing,
0:05:18 > 0:05:23# Splish, splosh, splish, splosh Water splishing high
0:05:23 > 0:05:27# Bear loves sploshing Making water fly. #
0:05:27 > 0:05:32He liked sploshing so much, he kept some stones to play with later.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38Sticks, mud, stones. They were wonderful presents.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Bear felt so bad about how he behaved at the party.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44How could he show he was sorry?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Later that day, his friends were talking by the lake,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51when Bear came up. "I'm so happy to see you!"
0:05:51 > 0:05:54"Those presents were the best I've ever had!"
0:05:54 > 0:05:57"The sticks?" asked the beaver.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01"The mud?" asked the boar. "The stones?" asked the heron.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03"I like them all!" said Bear.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07"I've got you presents to make up for it. Come with me."
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Back in the bear cave, there were three presents waiting. Bear smiled.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15"Take the parcels, shake the parcels,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17"wiggle them and spin them,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21"rattle them, sniff at them and try to guess what's in them!"
0:06:21 > 0:06:25His friends shook and wiggled and rattled their presents.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29They tore the wrapping paper. There were boxes inside.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31When they opened them they found...
0:06:31 > 0:06:36"Honeycombs!" said the beaver. "Mmm!" said the others.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and at last, they had their party.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42They nibbled and snuffled and pecked greedily
0:06:42 > 0:06:47until all the honey had gone. Then Bear took his friends outside
0:06:47 > 0:06:51to show them drumming - rattly-tatt-tum-tum -
0:06:51 > 0:06:55squelching - squelch, squelch, squelch, squelch -
0:06:55 > 0:06:59and sploshing - splish, splosh, splish, splosh,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01splish, splosh, splish.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05That story was called Happy Birthday, Bear.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Hm. What do you think is in this parcel?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Stones? Sticks? Hmm...
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I hope it's not mud.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Well, while I find out, it's time for you to go to bed.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26I'll see you soon for another story. Night-night.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31So...how did the rhyme go again?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Shake it and wig... No, that's not right.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk