Dan Walker - Who Am I? CBeebies Bedtime Stories

CBeebies Bedtime Story.

Hello, I'm Dan. Are you ready for tonight's bedtime story?

You are? Brilliant! Are you sitting comfortably? I'm not.

I'll go over to our big yellow sofa, which I'm hoping...

Oh! There you go. That is better.

Now, tonight's story is about a little creature

who is trying to find out who he is.

There are lots of questions in the tale,

called Who Am I?, by Gervase Phinn

and Tony Ross. Here we go.

One hot, hot day in the middle of the deep, deep jungle,

a strange little creature hatched out of an egg.

He scratched and he yawned

and he opened his big round eyes and looked around him.

"Who am I?" he asked himself.

"Where do I come from?"

Off he went, plodding through the tall, tall grass to find out.

Soon, he met a creature with a very long neck.

"Excuse me", said the strange creature, chirpily.

"Could you tell me who I am and where I come from?"

"I have no idea", chuckled the creature.

"I know that I'm a giraffe

"and I'm the tallest animal in the whole wide world,

"but I do not know what sort of creature you are."

So the strange little creature plodded on through the tall grass.

Soon, he met a creature with two great tusks.

"Excuse me", said the strange creature, cheerfully,

"Could you tell me who I am and where I come from?"

"I have no idea", trumpeted the creature.

"I know I am the elephant.

"I am the strongest animal in the whole wide world.

"But I do not know what sort of creature you are."

The strange little creature plodded on through the tall grass.

Soon, he met a creature with very long legs.

"Excuse me", said the strange creature, shyly.

"Could you tell me who I am and where I come from?"

"I have no idea", snarled the creature.

"I know I'm a cheetah - the fastest animal in the whole wide world,

"but I do not know what sort of creature you are."

The strange little creature plodded on through the tall grass.

Soon, he met a creature with a sharp, pointed horn.

"Excuse me", said the strange creature, anxiously.

"Could you tell me who I am and where I come from?"

"I have no idea", snorted the creature.

"I know that I am the rhinoceros -

"the toughest animal in the whole wide world,

"but I do not know what sort of creature you are."

So the strange little creature plodded on through the tall grass.

Soon, he met a creature with a very hairy body.

"Excuse me", said the strange little creature, timidly.

"Could you tell me who I am and where I come from?"

"I have no idea", chattered the creature.

"I know that I am a chimpanzee -

"the cleverest animal in the whole wide world,

"but I do not know what sort of creature you are."

So the strange little creature plodded on through the tall grass.

Soon, he came to a deep, dark, muddy river.

There, resting on the bank was a creature with great yellow eyes

and a wide, smiling mouth.

"Excuse me", said the strange creature, desperately.

"Could you tell me who I am and where I come from?"

"Yes, I can," snapped the creature.

"You can?" exclaimed the strange little creature.

"I can, but you'll have to come a little closer,"

whispered the creature, smiling,

and opening wide his jaws.

"Climb onto my nose and I will tell you."

So the strange little creature plodded closer

and closer and closer.

Just as he was about to climb onto the crocodile's nose,

he heard a voice behind him. "There you are!"

He turned to see a creature just like him, but much, much bigger.

"Who are you?" asked the strange creature.

"I'm your mother," said the big, strange creature.

"And you're my little baby chameleon -

"the most beautiful and unusual creature in the whole wide world.

"I have been wandering around the jungle

"wondering where you had got to.

"Now, come along and meet your brothers and sisters."

Well, that story was called Who Am I?

The strange creature wasn't so strange after all.

He found out exactly who he was and where he belonged.

I expect you're snuggled up where you belong. Great stuff.

Sweet dreams. I'll see you soon for another Bedtime Story.

Goodnight.

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