0:46:06 > 0:46:09Hello, I'm Nicola.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12It's time for me to read you a bedtime story.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Are you sitting comfortably?
0:46:14 > 0:46:15Then I'll begin.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19Tonight's story is called The Bunny That Couldn't Be Found.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23It's by Angela Mitchell and illustrated by Sarah Horne.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27As Johnny Bunny slipped through his doggy flap,
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Princess Lolly yawned and stretched.
0:46:29 > 0:46:35"Mmm, what a lovely dream, Johnny Bunny," she called sweetly.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38"Where's my adorable pooch?"
0:46:38 > 0:46:41She looked under the covers. He wasn't there.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45She looked under the bed. He wasn't there.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47She looked in the royal closet.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49He wasn't there either.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53She flung open the windows and looked all around her kingdom.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Johnny Bunny wasn't anywhere to be seen.
0:46:58 > 0:47:04"Bunny's missing!" she screamed. "Oh, where can he be?"
0:47:04 > 0:47:10"Your Highness, I thought I heard a strange noise," yawned the guard.
0:47:10 > 0:47:14"My Bunny's missing! Johnny Bunny has gone!
0:47:14 > 0:47:18"Call the sergeant pronto!" ordered Princess Lolly.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21"The palace must be searched."
0:47:21 > 0:47:25"Your Highness, we've been informed that your pet has gone missing.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27"What are we looking for?"
0:47:27 > 0:47:32"Bunny!" sobbed Princess Lolly. "Johnny Bunny!"
0:47:32 > 0:47:35"A Bunny?" said the sergeant to the policemen.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38"A bunny?" "A bunny!" "A bunny!"
0:47:38 > 0:47:42"Can you describe him, Your Highness?" said the sergeant.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46"He's white, with an adorable black patch over one eye,"
0:47:46 > 0:47:48sobbed Princess Lolly.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52"Do not fret, Your Highness. We will search the palace high and low,
0:47:52 > 0:47:55"and find your bunny," assured the sergeant.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58"Here, bunny, bunny," they called.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00"He's not here, Sarge."
0:48:00 > 0:48:03Johnny Bunny wondered why they were calling him,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06so followed them to the throne room.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07"Bunny!"
0:48:07 > 0:48:10"Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!"
0:48:11 > 0:48:14"He's not here either, Sarge."
0:48:14 > 0:48:17"Bunny! Sweet, adorable bunny!"
0:48:17 > 0:48:20On hearing the sergeant's loving tone
0:48:20 > 0:48:23Johnny Bunny tried a few of his cute tricks.
0:48:25 > 0:48:30"Pesky dog," growled the sergeant, and pushed Johnny Bunny away.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33"Bunny! Here, bunny, bunny!"
0:48:33 > 0:48:37Could a tasty morsel be on offer? On hearing his name again,
0:48:37 > 0:48:42Johnny Bunny ran, lost his grip and slid along the shiny ballroom floor,
0:48:42 > 0:48:44slamming into the search party.
0:48:44 > 0:48:49"Will someone please remove this pesky dog!" shouted the sergeant.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53Johnny Bunny fled to the safety of the kitchen.
0:48:53 > 0:48:59"Animals? In my kitchen? Never, never!" flustered the cook.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03"I'll skin that rabbit alive if I catch him!"
0:49:03 > 0:49:07"Doesn't her Highness think we've got better things to do
0:49:07 > 0:49:09"than chase after a bit of fluff?
0:49:09 > 0:49:13"Stop moaning and do your duty," ordered the sergeant.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Johnny Bunny couldn't understand
0:49:15 > 0:49:20why these grumpy fellows were still calling his name but ignoring him.
0:49:20 > 0:49:25Not even a bone or a tasty morsel. Nothing! Grr!
0:49:25 > 0:49:27"Here, bunny, bunny!"
0:49:27 > 0:49:31Johnny Bunny sidled up to the sergeant once more.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35"Pesky mutt! You're hampering our investigation!"
0:49:36 > 0:49:40As they entered the garden, the sergeant ordered,
0:49:40 > 0:49:42"Search the carrots! Lift every leaf.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47"Pull them up if you have to. I want that rabbit found."
0:49:47 > 0:49:50"Yes, Sarge," sighed the policemen.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53"He's probably hopped all the way to the next kingdom."
0:49:53 > 0:49:55"Oh, my feet!"
0:49:55 > 0:49:59"If I find that rabbit, I'll make a pie of him."
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Suddenly, the guard strolled into the garden.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06"Where do you think the bunny has gone?" said the sergeant.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10"I really couldn't tell you," replied the guard.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12"Really couldn't tell you."
0:50:12 > 0:50:16Poor Johnny Bunny. He was tired and hungry,
0:50:16 > 0:50:19and a little dizzy with all the to-ing and fro-ing,
0:50:19 > 0:50:24so he decided to return to the royal bedroom for a little nap.
0:50:24 > 0:50:29"Bunny! My Bunny! Johnny Bunny is back!"
0:50:29 > 0:50:33The princess's cry could be heard throughout the palace.
0:50:33 > 0:50:38The guard, the sergeants and all the policemen came rushing in.
0:50:38 > 0:50:42"My bunny's back," sobbed Princess Lolly.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46"But that's not a rabbit," said the sergeant, confused.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48"Quite," said the guard.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54That story was called The Bunny That Couldn't Be Found.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57Johnny Bunny caused quite a lot of confusion, didn't he?
0:50:57 > 0:51:01But I'm glad he found his way home to Princess Lolly.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Now why don't you get under the covers
0:51:03 > 0:51:06and cuddle your favourite teddy really tight?
0:51:06 > 0:51:11See you all again soon for another bedtime story. Sleep tight!