0:09:03 > 0:09:05CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Hello. I'm Charlie.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I'm here to tell you a story all about a little otter who's
0:09:12 > 0:09:16worrying about the one thing that he can't do.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Would you like to find out what it is?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22OK. I hope you're sitting comfortably.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Tonight's story is called Little By Little
0:09:25 > 0:09:29and it's by Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Scramble was making a list.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35A can-do and a can't-do list.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39The can-do side was much longer than the can't-do side.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43On it was - forward roly poly, backward roly poly,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46being kind to frogs, mud sliding,
0:09:46 > 0:09:52making very good sand castles, slippery rock hopping.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58The can't-do side was much shorter. It just said, "swimming".
0:10:01 > 0:10:05"Whoever heard of an otter who can't swim?" asked Beaver.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09"What, not at all?" said Bear.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12"Not even a little? At your age?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16"All your friends can swim. Whatever next?"
0:10:16 > 0:10:20"Obviously, being kind to otters is not on Bear
0:10:20 > 0:10:25"and Beaver's can-do list", Mummy said crossly when Scramble told her.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29"And I bet their sand castles are rubbish," muttered Scramble's sister.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Sometimes, Scramble would pretend he could swim,
0:10:34 > 0:10:39but really he was hopping very, very quickly along the riverbed.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Other times, he would run along the river bank, trying not to be
0:10:43 > 0:10:47left behind by his friends as they tumbled through the water.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52But most days, Scramble would sit on his favourite slippery rock,
0:10:52 > 0:10:57wishing and wishing from his whiskers all the way down to his toes
0:10:57 > 0:10:59that he could swim.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Every day his mummy would say,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05"Today's the day you're going to crack it!"
0:11:05 > 0:11:06And every day...
0:11:07 > 0:11:09..it wasn't.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Then, one sunny Monday, Scramble
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and his sister were watching their friends jumping
0:11:17 > 0:11:21off the highest-ever rock into the deepest-ever pool below.
0:11:21 > 0:11:28"You have got to start small", his sister said. "Small?" said Scramble.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31"Yes, small", she said. "Come on.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37"Today really is the day to start small. Believe it, little brother.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41"Starting small turns can't-do into can-do."
0:11:43 > 0:11:48So, on that Monday, Scramble started small.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50He hopped along the riverbed,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55keeping his toes off the bottom just that bit longer every time.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01On Tuesday, he did higher hops and floating, with holding on in between.
0:12:01 > 0:12:07On Wednesday, Scramble did floating with no holding on, and on Thursday,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12he did a little kicking, and then a lot of kicking, to the halfway stone!
0:12:12 > 0:12:17On Friday, Scramble splashed and kicked and swam the whole
0:12:17 > 0:12:23width of the river, from one bank to the other, all by himself.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28And very soon, over Saturday and Sunday, really, that width became the
0:12:28 > 0:12:34length of the river, from Scramble's rock to the deepest-ever pool.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Then the splashing and kicking turned into gliding,
0:12:37 > 0:12:42and the roly polies on the river bank became underwater tumbling!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45And on Sunday evening, as all his friends
0:12:45 > 0:12:49and family gathered along the river bank to cheer him on,
0:12:49 > 0:12:55Scramble jumped off the highest-ever rock into the deepest-ever pool.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01"I did it!" said Scramble to his sister, "I can really swim!"
0:13:01 > 0:13:03"You really can!"
0:13:03 > 0:13:06laughed his sister, hugging her very wet little brother.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10"You see? You started small and finished big."
0:13:12 > 0:13:15That story was called Little By Little.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I'm glad that Scramble had his big sister to help him.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Perhaps tomorrow they'll enjoy swimming
0:13:21 > 0:13:24and splashing together with all of their friends.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Now it's bedtime, so off you go to get tucked up and have sweet dreams.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I'll see you again very soon.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Night-night.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35SNORING