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Just imagine wearing a beautiful glittery dress

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and having cameras take pictures of you all the time.

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Oh, hello! I'm Shobna.

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Have you ever dreamed of being famous? I have.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be anyone you could be?

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Hmm, I have.

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But I'm just me. Shobna.

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The snail in tonight's Bedtime Story has very big dreams,

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as he wants to be extraordinary.

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This story is by Laura Adkins and Sam Hearn

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and it's called Ordinary Oscar.

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In the moonlit garden of number six Crinkley Close, the snails are busy.

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Slowly, they munch and crunch the tasty tender leaves

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of the potted plants and juicy lettuces.

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"We're all happy snails." Well, nearly all of them.

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Oscar Slimeglider was not happy.

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"I'm tired of sleeping all day," he said.

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"I'm fed up with eating all night.

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"I'm bored with being greenish greyish brownish.

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"I want other snails to look and say 'Wow! There's Oscar Slimeglider!

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"'I want to be different. I want to be famous.'"

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"'Oh, Oscar. Slime my autograph. Ooh, he just oozes charm.

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"'He's really come out of his shell.'"

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"Nonsense," frowned Oscar's dad. "What's wrong with sleeping all day

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"and eating all night?

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"And what's wrong with being greenish greyish brownish?" said Oscar's mum.

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"Your 25 brothers and sisters never complain."

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But Oscar was determined.

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"The wise old snail will know what to do," he declared. So off he went.

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"What do you want to be famous for?" asked the wise old snail.

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"Can you paint? Can you dance? Can you play the guitar?"

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Oscar shook his head. "Being famous isn't always easy, you know,"

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grumbled the wise old snail. "Are you sure about this?"

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Oscar nodded. "Very well then," sighed the wise old snail.

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"You're going to need a bit of magic."

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And he told Oscar what to do.

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Oscar waited patiently for the sun to rise.

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Then he turned around three times and cried,

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"Slime, slime, slither, slither

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"Fairy Godsnail, please come hither."

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The Fairy Godsnail appeared. "So, you want to be famous," she smiled.

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"Yes, please," Oscar wriggled eagerly.

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"Then, I shall grant you three wishes," replied the Fairy Godsnail.

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"But choose carefully," she warned.

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Then she waved her magic wand and disappeared.

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Oscar closed his eyes tightly and made a wish.

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Slowly, Oscar opened his eyes. "Look at me," he gasped.

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"I'll be famous for being the most marvellous mollusc.

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"I'm a stunning, stupendous, spectacular snail.

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"Everyone will admire me."

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And sure enough, someone was admiring Oscar.

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Up above, a hungry bird smiled to himself.

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"That snail looks like a tasty treat," he thought, plunging down.

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"Help! Help! Get your greedy beak off me!" Oscar wailed.

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"I wish I was bigger than you. Much, much bigger!"

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Oscar landed in town.

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He was bigger than a bus, bigger than six buses glued together.

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"Call the police! Call the fire brigade! Call the army!"

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All around him, tiny people were screaming and running away.

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"It's horrible!" they cried.

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As the sun began to sink,

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Oscar slithered into the woods to hide.

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"Now I'm famous for being frightening," he sniffed.

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"And I have no friends."

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Oscar began to cry.

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"I want to go home to mum and dad and my 25 brothers and sisters.

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"I wish I was just Ordinary Oscar again."

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And just like that, he was home.

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"Where have you been, Oscar?" asked his dad.

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"We've been awfully worried about you."

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"We thought you might have been squashed," said his mum.

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"It's dinner time. I've got some tasty tender leaves just for you."

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"Mmm, my favourite," smiled Oscar.

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"Perhaps being ordinary isn't so bad after all."

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But sometimes, just sometimes,

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even an ordinary snail can do extraordinary things.

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Six weeks later, the Daily Snail - "That's My Boy!"

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by Mike Mollusc, garden correspondent.

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'When Mrs Gertrude Slimeglider fell into some shifting soil,

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'she was overcome by panic.

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'For Gertrude, who is expecting 60 eggs next week, was trapped,

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'while her 26 children, Agnes, Bernard, Cornelius, Destiny,

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'Electra, Fi-Fi, Georgina, Heathcliff, Ingrid, Jethro,

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'Keanu, Lavender, Mozart, Nolbert, Oscar, Pandora,

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'Quentin, Rupert, Sigmund, Thomas, Ursula, Veronica, Wilma,

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'Xavier, Yeats and Zebedee roamed the flower bed.

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'"I told Agnes to go and fetch her dad because he was so far away,

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'"I knew he would take a long time."

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'With her husband on the other side of the garden,

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'Gertrude was desperate until clever Oscar came to the rescue.

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'Oscar, a St Mollusc pupil, had gathered all his siblings together.

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'Under his direction, they began to eat the surrounding plants.

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'The brave youngster kept his cool and soon the soil began to shift,

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'allowing Gertrude to escape.

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'"He's a very sensible, caring snail. He knew I was expecting eggs

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'"and I think that made him more aware of the situation. I'm proud,"

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'said Gertrude. "When my husband gets here, I know he'll be proud too,"

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'she added.'

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And that story was called Ordinary Oscar.

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Oscar wasn't so ordinary after all, was he?

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It just goes to show that dreams can come true, after all.

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I wonder what you'll dream about tonight.

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Well, have sweet dreams and I'll see you soon for another story.

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Night-night.

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I wonder...whether one day, I'll be famous too.

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