0:00:06 > 0:00:10Just one last snip. Right.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Let's see this.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Oh, hello! I'm Ashley.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20Can you see what I've been making? Look!
0:00:20 > 0:00:24It's a string of friends, all holding hands.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Tonight's bedtime story is about a string of friends
0:00:27 > 0:00:29just like these ones.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Are you ready to hear it?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Fantastic!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38This story is called The Paper Dolls
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and it's by Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48There once was a little girl who had tiger slippers
0:00:48 > 0:00:51and a ceiling with stars on it.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And a butterfly hair slide
0:00:53 > 0:00:55which she kept losing!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And two goldfish
0:00:57 > 0:00:59and a nice mother,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02who helped her to make some paper dolls.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04They were Ticky and Tacky
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and Jackie the Backie
0:01:07 > 0:01:09and Jim with two noses
0:01:09 > 0:01:11and Jo with the bow.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15And they danced and they jumped and they sang
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and they met a dinosaur
0:01:17 > 0:01:19who clawed and roared
0:01:19 > 0:01:22and said, "I'm going to get you!"
0:01:22 > 0:01:25But the paper dolls sang,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28"You can't get us! Oh, no, no, no!
0:01:28 > 0:01:32"We're holding hands and we won't let go!
0:01:32 > 0:01:35"We're Ticky and Tacky and Jackie the Backie
0:01:35 > 0:01:36"and Jim with two noses
0:01:36 > 0:01:39"and Jo with the bow."
0:01:39 > 0:01:42And they jumped onto a bus
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and rode to a farmyard
0:01:45 > 0:01:47and danced with the pigs.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Then they lay on a rooftop
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and stared at the stars,
0:01:52 > 0:01:57till a tiger slunk out of his den.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01And he crouched and he snarled
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and he said, "I'll leap up and catch you!"
0:02:04 > 0:02:06But the paper dolls sang,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10"You can't catch us. Oh, no, no, no!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12"We're holding hands and we won't let go!
0:02:12 > 0:02:15"We're Ticky and Tacky and Jackie the Backie
0:02:15 > 0:02:17"and Jim with two noses
0:02:17 > 0:02:20"and Jo with the bow."
0:02:20 > 0:02:24And they floated down the stairs.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26And they danced round the honeypot
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and kicked crumbs and explored an island,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32till a fierce crocodile grinned his grin
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and gnashed his teeth and said,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39"I'm coming to crunch you!"
0:02:39 > 0:02:41But the paper dolls laughed and sang,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43"You can't crunch us!
0:02:43 > 0:02:44"Oh, no, no, no!
0:02:44 > 0:02:48"We're holding hands and we won't let go!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51"We're Ticky and Tacky and Jackie the Backie
0:02:51 > 0:02:52"and Jim with two noses
0:02:52 > 0:02:54"and Jo with a bow."
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And they hopped into the garden.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00And they sniffed the flowers
0:03:00 > 0:03:02and chatted to a ladybird
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and lay down in a forest of grass.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10But along came a boy
0:03:10 > 0:03:14with a pair of scissors and said,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16"I'll snip you!"
0:03:18 > 0:03:20And he did.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23He snipped them into tiny little pieces and he said,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26"You're gone for ever!"
0:03:26 > 0:03:28But the paper dolls sang,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31"We're not gone. Oh, no, no, no!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34"We're holding hands and we won't let go.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37"We're Ticky and Tacky and Jackie the Backie
0:03:37 > 0:03:40"and Jim with two noses and Jo with the bow."
0:03:40 > 0:03:45And the pieces all joined together
0:03:45 > 0:03:48and the paper dolls flew
0:03:48 > 0:03:51into the little girl's memory
0:03:51 > 0:03:56where they found white mice and fireworks
0:03:56 > 0:03:58and a starfish soap
0:03:58 > 0:04:02and a kind granny.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And the butterfly hair slide
0:04:04 > 0:04:09and more and more lovely things each day and each year.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12And the girl grew
0:04:12 > 0:04:16into a mother
0:04:16 > 0:04:21who helped her own little girl make some paper dolls.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23They were Poppy and Pinky
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and Binky the Blinky
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and Fred with one eyebrow
0:04:29 > 0:04:32and Flo with the bow.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36And they jumped and they danced
0:04:36 > 0:04:38and they sang.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48That story was called The Paper Dolls.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Isn't it lovely that the little girl in the story remembered
0:04:52 > 0:04:56her paper dolls for all those years?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Then, when she was a mummy herself,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02she made some more paper dolls
0:05:02 > 0:05:05for her own little girl to play with.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Maybe one day, when you're grown-up,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11you'll know a little boy or a little girl
0:05:11 > 0:05:16to play all your favourite games with all over again, too.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20But, for now, it's time for you to go to bed,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22so you can play again tomorrow.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Have a big stretch
0:05:27 > 0:05:30and a yawn
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and get cosy in bed.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36And I'll be back for another bedtime story.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Night-night.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd