0:00:07 > 0:00:09Some for the beans.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13And the carrots. Oh, yes, the peas.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Oh, hello!
0:00:15 > 0:00:16My name's Ted.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Just watering the seeds. I'm growing my own vegetables.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24They'll need plenty of water and lots of sunlight
0:00:24 > 0:00:26so they can grow really big.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30I've got a story to tell you about a very big vegetable.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Would you like to hear it?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35You would? Great.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38It's called The Gigantic Turnip
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and it's by Aleksei Tolstoy and Niamh Sharkey.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Long ago, an old man and an old woman
0:00:48 > 0:00:51lived together in a crooked old cottage
0:00:51 > 0:00:54with a large, overgrown garden.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59The old man and the old woman kept six yellow canaries,
0:00:59 > 0:01:04five white geese, four speckled hens,
0:01:04 > 0:01:05three black cats,
0:01:05 > 0:01:10two pot-bellied pigs and one big, brown cow.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12MOO!
0:01:12 > 0:01:17On a fine, March morning, the old woman sat up in bed,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19sniffed the sweet spring air
0:01:19 > 0:01:24and said, "It's time for us to sow the vegetables."
0:01:24 > 0:01:29So, the old man and the old woman went out into the garden.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33They sowed peas and carrots and potatoes and beans.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Last of all, they sowed turnips.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39That night, rain fell.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44Pitter-patter on the garden of the crooked old cottage.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48The old man and the old woman smiled as they slept.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54The rain would help the seeds swell and produce fine, juicy vegetables.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Spring passed and the summer sun ripened the vegetables.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05The old man and the old woman harvested their carrots
0:02:05 > 0:02:10and potatoes and peas and beans and turnips.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13At the end of the row, there was just one turnip left.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20It looked very big. In fact, it looked gigantic.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27On a fine September morning, the old man sat up in bed,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29sniffed the cool late-summer air
0:02:29 > 0:02:36and said, "It's time for us to pull up that turnip." And out he went.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39The old man pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42but the turnip would not move.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44The old man went to find the old woman.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48The old woman wrapped her arms around the old man's waist,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52both of them pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55But still the turnip would not move.
0:02:55 > 0:03:02So, the old woman went to fetch the big, brown cow. Moo!
0:03:02 > 0:03:06The old man, the old woman and the big, brown cow
0:03:06 > 0:03:09pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12but still the turnip would not move.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14So the old man mopped his brow
0:03:14 > 0:03:17and went to fetch the two pot-bellied pigs.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Oink, oink, oink!
0:03:20 > 0:03:23The old man, the old woman, the big, brown cow
0:03:23 > 0:03:28and the two pot-bellied pigs pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Still the turnip would not move!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33So, the old woman rolled up her sleeves
0:03:33 > 0:03:36and went to fetch the three black cats.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Meow!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The old man, the old woman, the big, brown cow,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43the two pot-bellied pigs
0:03:43 > 0:03:47and the three black cats pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Still the turnip would not move!
0:03:50 > 0:03:53So, one of the cats twitched her tail
0:03:53 > 0:03:56and went to fetch the four speckled hens.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Bo-ock, bock, bock, bock! Bo-ock, bock, bock!
0:04:01 > 0:04:05The old man, the old woman, the big brown cow,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08the two pot-bellied pigs, the three black cats
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and the four speckled hens pulled and heaved and tugged
0:04:11 > 0:04:14and yanked - still the turnip would not move!
0:04:14 > 0:04:18So one of the hens shook her feathers. CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK!
0:04:18 > 0:04:22And went to fetch the five white geese.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26HONK HONK HONK!
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The old man, the old woman, the big brown cow,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33the two pot-bellied pigs, the three black cats, the four speckled hens
0:04:33 > 0:04:37and the five white geese pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- still the turnip would not move!
0:04:40 > 0:04:43So one of the geese craned her neck
0:04:43 > 0:04:47and went to fetch the six yellow canaries.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51CHEEP CHEEP! CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP!
0:04:51 > 0:04:55The old man, the old woman, the big brown cow, the two pot-bellied pigs,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58the three black cats, the four speckled hens,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01the five white geese and the six yellow canaries
0:05:01 > 0:05:03pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked -
0:05:03 > 0:05:07and still the turnip would not move!
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The old man scratched his head.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13The animals and birds lay on the ground gasping.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16HE PANTS
0:05:16 > 0:05:19The old woman had an idea.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21The old woman went into the kitchen,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and put a piece of cheese by the mouse hole.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Soon, a hungry little mouse popped its head out of the hole.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33SQUEAK SQUEAK, SQUEAK SQUEAK!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36The old woman caught the mouse and carried it outside.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43The old man, the old woman, the big brown cow, the two pot-bellied pigs,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46the three black cats, the four speckled hens,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49the five white geese, the six yellow canaries
0:05:49 > 0:05:55and the hungry little mouse pulled and heaved and tugged and yanked...
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Pop!
0:05:56 > 0:05:59The gigantic turnip came flying out of the ground,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01and everyone fell over!
0:06:01 > 0:06:05The canaries fell on the mouse, the geese fell on the canaries,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07the hens fell on the geese, the cats fell on the hens,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10the pigs fell on the cats, the cow fell on the pigs,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14the old woman fell on the cow and the old man fell on the old woman!
0:06:14 > 0:06:16All of them lay on the ground and laughed.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19HE LAUGHS
0:06:19 > 0:06:20That night, the old man
0:06:20 > 0:06:24and the old woman made a huge bowl of turnip stew.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Everyone ate as much as they could, and do you know what?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33The hungry little mouse ate the most of all.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34MUNCHING
0:06:35 > 0:06:39That story was called The Gigantic Turnip.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44The hungry little mouse made a big difference in the end, didn't he?
0:06:44 > 0:06:48And he got a lovely bowl of turnip stew as a reward. Mmm!
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Delicious. It's time for you to go to bed now.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58While you're fast asleep, you'll be growing big and strong.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02I'll see you soon for another bedtime story. Night-night.
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