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Hello. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:08 | |
I'm Maxine. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
I'm just writing a letter to my friend | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
who lives on the other side of the world. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
Do you know someone special who lives far, far away? | 0:00:16 | 0:00:20 | |
A boy in tonight's bedtime story loves someone | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
who lives far away from him. The story's called | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
Ben And Gran And The Whole, Wide, Wonderful World | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
and it's by Gillian Shields and Katherine McEwen. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
Ben's favourite person in the whole, wide world was Gran. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:41 | |
And Gran's favourite person was Ben. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
There was only one problem. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
Ben's house, which was little and red with a slopey roof | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
and a rabbit in the garden, was over here, | 0:00:51 | 0:00:55 | |
and Gran's house, which was tall and twisty | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
and cluttered with books and cats and knitting, was over there. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:03 | |
Miles and miles and miles away. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
So Gran sent letters and sweaters | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
and boxes of home-made fudge miles and miles and miles | 0:01:10 | 0:01:15 | |
to Ben's little red house over here, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
and Ben sent Gran pictures and postcards | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
and holiday snaps miles and miles and miles | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
to Gran's tall, twisty house over there. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:31 | |
Sending stuff was fun. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
Ben and Gran found lots of ways to send messages and presents, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:38 | |
but it wasn't as much fun | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
as actually seeing your favourite person. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
So Gran sent Ben a special letter. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
"My Dear Ben, | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
"I must see you, even if I have to cross | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
"the whole, wide world to do so. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
"It'll probably take me a week. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
"Expect to see me next Saturday just before teatime. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
"Love Gran." | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
"Yippee!" cried Ben. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
Mum helped Ben send a special e-mail to Gran. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:09 | |
"See you on Saturday at teatime." | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
Then Ben thought for a bit. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
"I've got a lot to do to get ready for Gran," he said. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
"It'll probably take me a week." So he set to work. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
The next day was Sunday. Gran packed her bags. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
She packed one umbrella, two sensible cardigans, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
three red silk petticoats, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
four fancy hats, five cats, | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
six picnic lunches | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
and seven large maps in case she got lost. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
And Ben cut up lots of coloured paper | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
in the little red house. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
On Monday, Gran set off from her tall, twisty house. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:51 | |
She hitched a lift on a wagon, roared through the forest | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
and crossed a rushing rocky river | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
on her way to see Ben. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
Just then, in the little red house, | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
Ben found an old sheet. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
"Can I have this for something special?" he asked Mum. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
On Tuesday, Gran climbed a mountain, skied down the other side | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
and skated across a frozen lake on her way to see Ben. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
And Ben glued and stuck and sploshed in the little red house. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:25 | |
On Wednesday, Gran flew an aeroplane, parachuted down to land | 0:03:25 | 0:03:30 | |
and crossed the desert on a camel on her way to see Ben. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:34 | |
The camel wasn't very helpful. Gran didn't get very far that day. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:39 | |
But in the little red house, | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
Ben got out his best paints and made rainbows. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
On Thursday, Gran jumped from a motorbike | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
onto a motor boat and zoomed across the shining sea | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
on her way to see Ben. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
The cats were all seasick, so Gran had to row. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
It was a long, long way. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
CATS MEOW | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Back in the kitchen of the little red house, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
Ben made a delicious sticky mess. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
On Friday, Gran said, | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
"We must be there tomorrow. Ben is expecting us." | 0:04:13 | 0:04:18 | |
She studied the maps carefully. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
Then she caught a tram, a bus, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
a subway, a taxi | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
and a high-speed express train on her way to see Ben. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
At last, in the little red house, Ben had finished being busy. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
He was ready for Gran, so he went to bed. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
On Saturday, Gran walked and walked on her way to see Ben, | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
and Ben looked out of the window of the little red house | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
and waited and waited for Gran. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
Gran walked and walked. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
Ben waited and waited. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
Then finally, just before teatime, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
Gran walked up to the front door | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
of the little red house and called out, "I'm here!" | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
And Gran wasn't over there any more, miles and miles and miles away, | 0:05:07 | 0:05:13 | |
but she really was over here with Ben. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
And Ben thought that the little red house | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
with the rabbit and the cats and Gran at the tea table | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
was the best place to be in the whole, wide, wonderful world. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:28 | |
Did you enjoy that story? | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
I'm so glad that Ben and his Gran had tea together, aren't you? | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
I might invite my special friend round for tea. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
I wonder if she'd come? | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
It's time to settle down now, | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
but I'll see you soon for another bedtime story. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 |