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0:07:02 > 0:07:05CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09There, that's better.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Hello, I'm Alex.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15I was just turning the lights down, ready for bed.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19The lights down at bedtime makes it much more cosy!
0:07:19 > 0:07:25But there's someone in tonight's story who's scared of the dark.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30The story is called, Bella And Monty - A Hairy Scary Night,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32by Alex Smith.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37Bella Bones and Monty Mittens are best friends.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42They both like the colour orange, slurping spaghetti
0:07:42 > 0:07:45and have the same-sized feet.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49But best friends are never exactly the same.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Bella isn't frightened of anything
0:07:52 > 0:07:57but Monty is scared of absolutely everything!
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Ghouls, monsters, bruises, bananas, spiders, scrambled eggs,
0:08:01 > 0:08:06clowns, pigeons, plugholes, water, shadows, swings, crocodiles,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09stinky cheese, lifts, owls, bats,
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- bugs...especially, the dark! - SPOOKY MUSIC
0:08:14 > 0:08:19One sleepover, after some milk and a bedtime story in their den,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Bella put the light out and they snuggled in their sleeping bags.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27"It's really dark!" whispered Monty,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31as his whiskers wobbled and his tail quivered.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35"Nothing is as scary as it seems," Bella said,
0:08:35 > 0:08:40leaving her sleeping bag and leading Monty bravely into the night.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44BELLA: "Night has to be dark for a reason.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48"The sun gets tired from all the shining she does in the day,
0:08:48 > 0:08:53"so at night, the moon takes over, whilst the sun has a snooze."
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Monty peered up into the night sky
0:08:56 > 0:09:00and saw the moon's big face, smiling down at him.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05"Night doesn't seem so dark and scary any more,"
0:09:05 > 0:09:09he said and helped Bella tuck the sun into bed.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12A moment later though,
0:09:12 > 0:09:18Monty heard a loud groaning, moaning sound, rumbling in the night air.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24"Eek! I don't like ghosts!" he cried with chattering teeth.
0:09:24 > 0:09:31"They swoop into my room at night and scare me with their 'WOOO-ING!'"
0:09:31 > 0:09:35"They're not 'WOOO-ING' at you," Bella explained.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40"They're doing homework for ghoul school."
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Monty took a deep breath, "Ahhh..."
0:09:43 > 0:09:46and followed Bella into class.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49It wasn't scary at all!
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Bella helped a ghost with a tricky sum
0:09:53 > 0:09:57and Monty helped a zombie glue his ear back on!
0:09:57 > 0:10:02Then, out of the corner of his eye, Monty saw something hairy
0:10:02 > 0:10:07and scary, scuttling across the classroom floor.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11"Oh! I don't like spiders!" he cried.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15"They sneak out at night and try to gobble me up!"
0:10:15 > 0:10:19"Spiders are too small to eat you," said Bella.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24"Anyway, everyone knows, they prefer takeaway food."
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Monty and Bella helped a family of spiders
0:10:28 > 0:10:31carry their meal back to their web.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35On the way home, Bella and Monty walked through the woods,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and Monty didn't bat an eyelid.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41He wasn't scared of the hairy, scary spiders.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44He wasn't frightened of the ghostly ghouls.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48And he wasn't afraid of the dark any more.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Back in the den, they nestled into their sleeping bags.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57"Bella?" whispered Monty, ever so quietly.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02"Are you sure there's nothing that frightens you?"
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- BANG! - BELLA: "Aaargh!"
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Goodnight.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Sleep tight.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Hmmm! How funny to be scared of balloons!
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Well, it's time to go to bed.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22So, I'd better put out the lights.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24You're not scared, are you? No?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Good!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Night-night.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Zzzzzzzz...