0:00:02 > 0:00:06CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hello. I'm Sally.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12I hope you're snuggled up and ready for tonight's bedtime story.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15It's called Bringing Down The Moon
0:00:15 > 0:00:18and it's by Jonathan Emmett and Vanessa Cabban.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21"Hot diggerty!" exclaimed Mole,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24as he burrowed out of the ground one night.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26"Whatever's that?"
0:00:26 > 0:00:31The moon was hanging in the sky above him like a bright silver coin.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Mole thought it was the most beautiful thing
0:00:34 > 0:00:36that he had ever seen.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40"Whatever it is, I must have it," Mole said to himself.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45"I know, I'll jump up and pull it down."
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Thump! Thump! Thumpety-bump!
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Mole was so busy jumping, he didn't think about the noise he was making
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and he woke up Rabbit.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57"Mole!" said Rabbit. "What on earth do you think you're doing?"
0:00:57 > 0:00:59"Hello, Rabbit," said Mole,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02"I'm trying to pull down that shiny thing."
0:01:02 > 0:01:05"You mean the moon?" asked Rabbit.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08"Ah, so that's what it's called," said Mole.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13"You'll never do that," said Rabbit. "It's not as near as it looks."
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But Mole would not give up.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20"I know," he thought, "I'll get a stick and poke it down."
0:01:20 > 0:01:24He found a long stick and he poked it up at the moon.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Swish! Swish! Swishety-swish!
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Mole was so busy poking
0:01:29 > 0:01:33that he tripped over Hedgehog in his bed of leaves.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38"Mole!" grunted Hedgehog. "What the weevil are you up to?"
0:01:38 > 0:01:42"Hello, Hedgehog," said Mole. "I'm trying to poke down the moon."
0:01:42 > 0:01:45"Oh, you'll never do that," said Hedgehog.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47"It's not as near as it looks."
0:01:47 > 0:01:50But Mole would not give up.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54"I know," he thought, "I'll throw something at it and knock it down."
0:01:54 > 0:01:57He found some acorns and threw them at the moon.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Plink-plink! Plinkety-plink!
0:02:00 > 0:02:04"Ouch!" said Squirrel. "Mole, have you gone nuts?"
0:02:04 > 0:02:06"Hello, Squirrel," said Mole.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08"I'm trying to knock down the moon."
0:02:08 > 0:02:11"You'll never do that," said Squirrel.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13"It's not as near as it looks."
0:02:15 > 0:02:18But Mole wanted the moon so badly
0:02:18 > 0:02:20he would not give up.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25"I know," he thought, "I'll climb a tree and I will fetch it down."
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Mole had never climbed a tree before.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32It was hard work and he was scared to be so far from the ground.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35But he kept on going until he saw the moon
0:02:35 > 0:02:38resting in the leaves above him.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Mole stretched out his paws,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44but just when he thought he had the moon, he slipped.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47"Oh! Eek! Ouch! Ooo!"
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Mole tumbled down
0:02:48 > 0:02:52and landed - splash! - in the middle of a puddle.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54"Hot dang diggerty drat," thought Mole.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56"I almost had it that time."
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Then he noticed something floating in the puddle beside him.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03It was pale...
0:03:03 > 0:03:05and wrinkled...
0:03:05 > 0:03:08but Mole recognised it at once.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12"Ah! The moon!" whispered Mole.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15"It must have fallen down with me."
0:03:15 > 0:03:18He reached out to pick up the moon,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22but as soon as he touched it, it broke into pieces and vanished.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Mole sat in the puddle and cried.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Rabbit, Hedgehog and Squirrel came running up.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35"Are you all right, Mole?" asked Rabbit.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40"I'm all right," sobbed Mole, "but the moon isn't."
0:03:40 > 0:03:43"I pulled it down and then I broke it!
0:03:43 > 0:03:46"And it was so beautiful!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49"And now I shall never see it again."
0:03:49 > 0:03:52"Oh, Mole," said Rabbit.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55"You couldn't have pulled down the moon."
0:03:55 > 0:03:58"And you couldn't have broken it," said Hedgehog.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01"And you'll certainly see it again," said Squirrel.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04"Look!"
0:04:04 > 0:04:06High up in the sky above them,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09the moon was coming out from behind a cloud.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14"Oh!" whispered Mole.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19"And it's just as beautiful as ever."
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Mole, Rabbit, Hedgehog and Squirrel
0:04:22 > 0:04:25stood and stared up at the moon together.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29"It is beautiful," said Rabbit.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32"Very beautiful," said Hedgehog.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37"Very beautiful indeed," said Squirrel.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43"Yes," said Mole, "but it's not as near as it looks."
0:04:45 > 0:04:49That story was called Bringing Down The Moon.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53As the big beautiful moon is shining down on us,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55it's time for you to go to sleep.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00So close your eyes and I'll see you soon for another bedtime story.
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