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Hello! My name is Katy and I'm sorting out these toys.

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There's a rocket, a robot and over here, there's a monkey.

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I'd like to be a monkey. Or a rocket. What do you think?

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It'd be fun. There's a boy in tonight's bedtime story

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who thinks he can be all sorts of things.

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Let me tell you about him.

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The story is called When I Woke Up I Was A Hippopotamus,

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and it's by Tom MacRae and Ross Collins.

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When I woke up I was a hippopotamus!

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Yawning in the morning, I raised up my sleepy head,

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then took one look out of the window and got straight back into bed.

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"Get up!" said Mum, "or you will be late!"

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But hippos in their sludge don't get up in the morning,

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and so I didn't budge.

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At breakfast, I was a robot.

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My tummy wasn't hungry, I wasn't programmed how to eat.

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My mouth was made of metal, like my nose and knees and feet.

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"Quick, quick!" said Dad. "Come on! Eat up! We've really got to scoot!"

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But robots can't eat cornflakes,

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Dad's words did not compute.

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When it was time to go to school, I was a...statue.

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I couldn't move a muscle,

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I couldn't blink an eye,

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I couldn't lift a finger,

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I couldn't breathe a sigh.

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Mum pushed, then pulled.

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Dad pulled, then pushed.

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They heaved with all their might,

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but my legs were made of granite

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and my feet were stuck down tight.

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When I got to school,

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I was a...monkey.

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A cheeky little monkey, thought a table was a tree.

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I had to climb upon it, just to see what I could see.

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I couldn't sit and listen, and my work was rather slack.

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And when the teacher told me off,

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I told her off right back!

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When it was playtime,

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I was a...monster!

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-SCREAMING

-A scritchy-scratchy monster

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with ten scritchy-scratchy claws.

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I had 50 scritchy-scratchy teeth

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in scritchy-scratchy jaws.

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The girls all screamed, the boys all ran. My mouth went munchy-crunch!

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Then teacher told me off again

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so I had her for my lunch!

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When it was time to go home, I was a...rocket ship.

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I zoomed up out of orbit.

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Countdown - five, four, three, two, one.

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I was nearly reaching light speed.

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Poor old Dad, he had to run.

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My pistons pumped, my jet packs jumped,

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all full of super fuel,

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I had to get to Planet Home and far from Planet School.

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When I was in my bedroom, I was a...giant.

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My hands were huge as houses.

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My beard was big and blue.

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I was hunting for a human

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to put in my human stew.

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I was crashing round my bedroom -

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well, that's just how giants play -

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we're big and loud and noisy,

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we don't know another way.

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But Mum and Dad weren't happy and the yelled out, "Keep it down!"

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But my giant feet were busy

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as they crushed a tiny town.

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"That's it!" cried Mum and Dad,

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"You're louder than ten boys!"

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and they stomped upstairs to tell me off for making so much noise.

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When Mum and Dad came in, they were dragons.

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They snarled and growled

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and stamped and howled

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and nearly broke the door.

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Their wings caught in the curtains

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and their tails scratched on the floor.

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Dad blew a giant smoke ring with an angry, rumbling cough.

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Mum wagged a scaly finger,

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then they really told me off.

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I stared up at my mum and dad

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and didn't feel so brave.

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"I was having fun pretending, I didn't mean to misbehave."

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"Of all the wondrous things,"

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said Mum, "that you pretend to be,

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"why can't you be a nice thing?"

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So I pretended I was me!

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We had a lovely evening. I helped my dad with tea.

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Then I read my mum a story as I sat upon her knee.

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At bath time we played pirates and we plotted pirate schemes

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then I snuggled in my duvet and dreamed amazing dreams.

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And that story was called When I Woke Up I Was A Hippopotamus.

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I wonder what you'll be when you wake up tomorrow morning -

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a helpful monkey or a tidying-up robot.

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Have sweet dreams and I'll see you soon for another bedtime story.

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Good night!

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