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Hello.

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I'm Maxine.

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I'm just writing a letter to my friend

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who lives on the other side of the world.

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Do you know someone special who lives far, far away?

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A boy in tonight's bedtime story loves someone

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who lives far away from him. The story's called

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Ben And Gran And The Whole, Wide, Wonderful World

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and it's by Gillian Shields and Katherine McEwen.

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Ben's favourite person in the whole, wide world was Gran.

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And Gran's favourite person was Ben.

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There was only one problem.

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Ben's house, which was little and red with a slopey roof

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and a rabbit in the garden, was over here,

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and Gran's house, which was tall and twisty

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and cluttered with books and cats and knitting, was over there.

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Miles and miles and miles away.

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So Gran sent letters and sweaters

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and boxes of home-made fudge miles and miles and miles

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to Ben's little red house over here,

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and Ben sent Gran pictures and postcards

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and holiday snaps miles and miles and miles

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to Gran's tall, twisty house over there.

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Sending stuff was fun.

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Ben and Gran found lots of ways to send messages and presents,

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but it wasn't as much fun

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as actually seeing your favourite person.

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So Gran sent Ben a special letter.

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"My Dear Ben,

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"I must see you, even if I have to cross

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"the whole, wide world to do so.

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"It'll probably take me a week.

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"Expect to see me next Saturday just before teatime.

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"Love Gran."

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"Yippee!" cried Ben.

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Mum helped Ben send a special e-mail to Gran.

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"See you on Saturday at teatime."

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Then Ben thought for a bit.

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"I've got a lot to do to get ready for Gran," he said.

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"It'll probably take me a week." So he set to work.

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The next day was Sunday. Gran packed her bags.

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She packed one umbrella, two sensible cardigans,

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three red silk petticoats,

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four fancy hats, five cats,

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six picnic lunches

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and seven large maps in case she got lost.

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And Ben cut up lots of coloured paper

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in the little red house.

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On Monday, Gran set off from her tall, twisty house.

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She hitched a lift on a wagon, roared through the forest

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and crossed a rushing rocky river

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on her way to see Ben.

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Just then, in the little red house,

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Ben found an old sheet.

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"Can I have this for something special?" he asked Mum.

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On Tuesday, Gran climbed a mountain, skied down the other side

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and skated across a frozen lake on her way to see Ben.

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And Ben glued and stuck and sploshed in the little red house.

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On Wednesday, Gran flew an aeroplane, parachuted down to land

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and crossed the desert on a camel on her way to see Ben.

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The camel wasn't very helpful. Gran didn't get very far that day.

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But in the little red house,

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Ben got out his best paints and made rainbows.

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On Thursday, Gran jumped from a motorbike

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onto a motor boat and zoomed across the shining sea

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on her way to see Ben.

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The cats were all seasick, so Gran had to row.

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It was a long, long way.

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CATS MEOW

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Back in the kitchen of the little red house,

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Ben made a delicious sticky mess.

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On Friday, Gran said,

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"We must be there tomorrow. Ben is expecting us."

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She studied the maps carefully.

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Then she caught a tram, a bus,

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a subway, a taxi

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and a high-speed express train on her way to see Ben.

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At last, in the little red house, Ben had finished being busy.

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He was ready for Gran, so he went to bed.

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On Saturday, Gran walked and walked on her way to see Ben,

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and Ben looked out of the window of the little red house

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and waited and waited for Gran.

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Gran walked and walked.

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Ben waited and waited.

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Then finally, just before teatime,

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Gran walked up to the front door

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of the little red house and called out, "I'm here!"

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And Gran wasn't over there any more, miles and miles and miles away,

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but she really was over here with Ben.

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And Ben thought that the little red house

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with the rabbit and the cats and Gran at the tea table

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was the best place to be in the whole, wide, wonderful world.

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Did you enjoy that story?

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I'm so glad that Ben and his Gran had tea together, aren't you?

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I might invite my special friend round for tea.

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I wonder if she'd come?

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It's time to settle down now,

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but I'll see you soon for another bedtime story.

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