My Baby Sister CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Shall I open it for you, Jensen?

Hello, I'm Sally.

And Jenson has got a surprise present.

OK, what will we find in here?

Oh! A lovely, new bone.

How exciting!

In tonight's bedtime story,

Humber gets a very different kind of surprise.

The story is by Emma Chichester Clark,

and is called My Baby Sister.

On Monday, Mum said,

"I'll be back soon, Humber,

"and I'll have a lovely surprise for you."

That night, Granny read me a story,

but she didn't do the voices right.

I missed my mum.

I had breakfast with Dad,

but he didn't know how to cut my banana up properly.

I missed my mum.

Later, we went shopping, and Dad said,

"No, Humber, no, no, no!,"

every time I found something for us to buy.

He didn't even get a trolley.

When we got home, Granny was wearing Mum's apron.

She said, "Humber, I've made a lovely fish pie,

"and I want to see a nice clean plate."

Mum knows I don't like fish pie!

Dad took me to the park to see the baby ducklings, and he said,

"Aren't they lucky to have so many brothers and sisters?"

I said, "I don't know!"

I missed my mum.

But I knew she'd be home soon,

and she would have a surprise for me.

And the next day she was back.

I shouted, "Mum, Mum, Mum!"

Granny said, "Ssshh!"

Mum was holding a tiny baby.

She was very tired so she had to stay in bed,

and I could hug her all day.

Then I remembered about the surprise.

"Where's my surprise?" I asked her.

She said, "This is your surprise, Hum.

"Your little sister Plum!"

And I said, "But she's not staying, is she?"

Mum laughed and said I was a funny little thing.

I wasn't allowed to stay all the time, because she had to sleep,

but Plum was allowed to.

Lots of people came to see Mum and Plum. They said,

"Aren't you lucky to have a lovely little sister?"

And I said, "She's not staying!"

And they laughed.

I missed my mum.

Mum didn't have time to play with me any more.

She always said, "Sorry, Hum, I can't right now."

She only had time to do things with Plum,

so I decided it was time to send Plum back to where she came from.

Mum was asleep, but Plum was wide awake.

I lifted her up. She was tiny,

She was a tiny little thing.

I put her in the box and she looked even smaller,

and then I thought I might play with her before she went,

so I got her out again, and put her on my knee, like Mum does,

and I rubbed noses, like Mum does,

and I rocked her like Mum does.

And when I stopped, she looked like she was going to cry,

so I picked her up, and said,

"There, there!" like Mum does,

and she smiled.

"You are a funny little thing," I said.

Then Mum said, "What do you think, Hum?

"Shall we keep her?"

And I said, "OK,

"but I don't want you to play with her all the time."

And Mum said it would be more fun for her

if I would help her with Plum.

And then she said,

"I've missed you, Hum."

And I said, "Even though you've got Plum?"

And she said, "Plum is a baby.

"I miss my big grown-up Hum."

So after that, I helped Mum to have more fun, looking after Plum.

Mum and Hum, and the baby, Plum.

That story was called My Baby Sister.

So surprises come in lots of different shapes and sizes,

maybe even little baby ones.

Now, it's time for you to close your eyes

and dream of surprises you might like.

See you soon for another Bedtime Story.

Night, night.

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd