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0:06:06 > 0:06:09Oh, Rabbit, you're covered in snowflakes.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14You've made a mess by not wiping your paws by coming inside.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Tonight's story is about a little rabbit
0:06:17 > 0:06:19who loves having fun in the snow.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24But when he gets lost, he needs help from a very special friend.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29The story is by Catherine Walters and Alison Edgson
0:06:29 > 0:06:33and is called The Magical Snowman.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37It was a clear, sparkling winter's day
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and Little Rabbit had been busy all morning
0:06:40 > 0:06:42heaping snow to make a snowman.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45"That's lovely, Little Rabbit," said Daddy.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48"Could you finish it later, though?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51"I need you to find some berries for our tea."
0:06:51 > 0:06:55"Snowman will be sad if I leave him now," Little Rabbit said.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58"He'll be fine," said Daddy gently.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01"He's just a snowman. He isn't real."
0:07:01 > 0:07:03"He IS real," said Little Rabbit.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07"Of course he's real. He's my friend."
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Daddy smiled as he gave Little Rabbit a kiss.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13"Don't go too far," he said.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15"I won't," said Little Rabbit.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20"Mmm! One for the basket and one for me," he sang
0:07:20 > 0:07:23as he skipped down the lane.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Soon his paws were sticky with purple juice.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Little Rabbit was having so much fun,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32he hardly noticed the snow being to fall.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36A robin flitted ahead of him and he followed it
0:07:36 > 0:07:40dancing through the drifting snowflakes and bare trees.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Then the little robin flew away
0:07:43 > 0:07:46and Little Rabbit stopped and looked around.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49He wasn't sure which way he'd come.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53The swirling snow had made everything look strange.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58"What will I do?" he cried. "How will I get home?"
0:07:58 > 0:08:02As if in answer, a soft light sparkled through the trees.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Smiling through the falling snow was his very own snowman.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10"I knew you were real," said Little Rabbit.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14"But, Snowman, I was all on my own."
0:08:14 > 0:08:19"Not all alone," smiled Snowman. "I was there, too, little friend."
0:08:19 > 0:08:22"I was always there for you."
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Snowman dusted flakes from Little Rabbit's fur
0:08:25 > 0:08:28and lifted him onto his shoulders.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32"I'll take you home," he said. "Hold on tight."
0:08:32 > 0:08:34They whizzed down the hill -
0:08:34 > 0:08:36whoosh!
0:08:36 > 0:08:40and landed in a snowy heap by a frozen stream.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45"Here we go," Snowman laughed, as he held Little Rabbit's paws.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48The world whisked by in a shimmer of silver frost.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51It felt as if they were flying.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54"I'm coming home, Daddy!" Little Rabbit called.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56"Whee!"
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Suddenly, Snowman skidded to a halt at the bottom of the hill.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03"We'll have to walk now," he said,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06as he swung Little Rabbit into his soft arms.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11"Are we nearly there yet?" yawned Little Rabbit.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13"Not far now," said Snowman.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Meanwhile, Daddy Rabbit was hurrying through the whirling snow.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23He was very worried and he shivered in the icy wind.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27"Little Rabbit!" he called. "Little Rabbit, where are you?"
0:09:27 > 0:09:31"Daddy!" cried Little Rabbit when he heard his call.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35He leapt from Snowman's arms and bounded up the garden.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Daddy Rabbit swept him up and hugged him tight.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42"Thank goodness you're safe!" he said.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45"I was so worried about you all alone."
0:09:45 > 0:09:48"I wasn't all alone," said Little Rabbit.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50"Snowman took care of me."
0:09:50 > 0:09:53"Oh, did he, now?" chuckled Daddy.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Snowman stood quietly in the winter darkness
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and Little Rabbit smiled at him,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and he saw Snowman was smiling, too.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06That story made ME smile.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09It was called The Magical Snowman.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Did YOU smile at the happy ending?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Now, I think I'd better get THIS little rabbit clean and dry.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19While I do that, it's time for you
0:10:19 > 0:10:21to go to bed and have sweet dreams,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24and I'll see you soon for another story.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Night-night.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29SNORING
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd