Louise Minchin - The Fish Who Could Wish

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0:00:07 > 0:00:08Hello, I'm Louise.

0:00:08 > 0:00:12Tonight we're going deep down into the sea for our bedtime story.

0:00:12 > 0:00:15I hope you are wearing waterproof pyjamas!

0:00:15 > 0:00:18The story is called The Fish Who Could Wish and it is by John Bush.

0:00:20 > 0:00:23In the deep blue sea, in the deep of the blue,

0:00:23 > 0:00:27swam a fish who could wish and each wish would come true.

0:00:27 > 0:00:32Oh, the fun that he had, oh, the things he would do,

0:00:32 > 0:00:36just wishing away in the deep water blue.

0:00:36 > 0:00:38He wished for a castle,

0:00:38 > 0:00:40he wished for a car.

0:00:40 > 0:00:45He wished for a horse and a Spanish guitar.

0:00:45 > 0:00:49And he rode through the ocean singing O Sole Mio,

0:00:49 > 0:00:54backed by a group called The Hermit Crab Trio.

0:00:54 > 0:00:57Once when he wished he could go out and ski,

0:00:57 > 0:01:01it snowed for a week under the sea.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04He wished he could fly and to his delight

0:01:04 > 0:01:07flew twice round the world in exactly one night.

0:01:09 > 0:01:13If sharks came hunting for a nice fishy treat, he'd quickly just

0:01:13 > 0:01:16wish he was too small to eat.

0:01:16 > 0:01:20And to teach sharks a lesson, do you know what he'd wish?

0:01:20 > 0:01:24That he was a shark and the shark was a fish.

0:01:24 > 0:01:28He would wish himself square or round as a biscuit.

0:01:28 > 0:01:31Triangular...oval...

0:01:31 > 0:01:33name it, he wished it!

0:01:33 > 0:01:38He wished for fine suits and handsome silk ties.

0:01:38 > 0:01:43But the one thing he never wished was to be wise.

0:01:44 > 0:01:48One day, just for fun, that silly old fish

0:01:48 > 0:01:52wished the silliest, silliest wish he could wish.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54That silly old fish wished he could be

0:01:54 > 0:01:58just like the other fish there in the sea.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01But wishing was something other fish could not do,

0:02:01 > 0:02:05so that was his very last wish that came true.

0:02:07 > 0:02:10That story was called The Fish Who Could Wish.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12What a silly fish. What a shame!

0:02:12 > 0:02:16What would you have wished for if you were the fish?

0:02:16 > 0:02:18Oh, that's a good one.

0:02:18 > 0:02:23I think I would wish for a cosy blanket and my favourite teddy.

0:02:23 > 0:02:27How lovely. Oh, yes, and a good night's sleep. Night-night.

0:02:27 > 0:02:30I'll see you again soon for another bedtime story.