0:00:02 > 0:00:05Hi! Me Cookie Monster and me so excited because me
0:00:05 > 0:00:09going to share with you, one of me favourite stories. Yeah.
0:00:09 > 0:00:16It called, Love Monster and the Last Chocolate by Rachel Bright.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21It's about a little monster and a box of chocolates. Num-num-num-num!
0:00:21 > 0:00:25This right up me alley! OK, here go.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32This monster - hello, Love Monster! - was just getting back
0:00:32 > 0:00:34from his holiday and,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37although it was a little bit exciting to be home,
0:00:37 > 0:00:42he was sad to leave his adventures behind him.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45But wait! What was this?
0:00:45 > 0:00:53A box of chocolates just sitting there, waiting to be found?
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Love Monster couldn't believe it.
0:00:56 > 0:01:03You see, everybody knows that monsters seriously love chocolates,
0:01:03 > 0:01:07especially this monster!
0:01:07 > 0:01:14His mouth started to water just thinking about what might be inside.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Perhaps there would be a peanut butter cruncher
0:01:18 > 0:01:22or even an extra fizzbanger sherbet!
0:01:22 > 0:01:30Or maybe, just maybe, a double chocolate, strawberry swirl!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Love Monster's absolute favourite.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40But then he had a thought that he just couldn't un-think.
0:01:40 > 0:01:46Hmm... He should probably share the chocolates with his friends
0:01:46 > 0:01:50but what if there weren't enough?
0:01:52 > 0:01:59- Or what if someone took the one he wanted the most?- Oh!
0:01:59 > 0:02:07Or, worst of all, what if the only one left for him was the coffee one?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Yuck!
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Everybody knows that monsters hate the coffee one,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- especially this monster!- Bleh!- Yuck!
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Well, I'm sorry to tell you that,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24after thinking all of these thoughts,
0:02:24 > 0:02:29Love Monster decided that it would be safer and kinder
0:02:29 > 0:02:36and better for everyone if he kept the chocolates just for himself.
0:02:36 > 0:02:44- Mm-hmm!- So he went into his house and so did the box of chocolates
0:02:44 > 0:02:49without the whisper of a word to anyone.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Love Monster couldn't wait.
0:02:52 > 0:03:01Oh, how his mouth watered! But, just as he went to lift the lid,
0:03:01 > 0:03:08he had sort of a queasy, squeezy feeling in his heart.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10It was the feeling a monster gets
0:03:10 > 0:03:15when he knows he's about to do something he shouldn't
0:03:15 > 0:03:19and before you could say, "Pass me the truffle surprise,"
0:03:19 > 0:03:22he burst out the house
0:03:22 > 0:03:27and ran as fast as his toes would carry him to find his friends.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32And when he did, in a very out-of-breath
0:03:32 > 0:03:34and a bit shouty voice, he said,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38"I got back from my holiday and I found some chocolates
0:03:38 > 0:03:42"and I was going to keep them all to myself but then I realised
0:03:42 > 0:03:46"I wanted to share them with you and I don't even want a single one!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48"Well, maybe one."
0:03:48 > 0:03:51And do you know what his friends said?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53"Silly monster!
0:03:53 > 0:03:57"Just open the box!"
0:03:58 > 0:04:00"To Love Monster,
0:04:00 > 0:04:06"We missed you so much, we saved you our last chocolate (your favourite)
0:04:06 > 0:04:12"Because you're our favourite monster. Mm-wah!"
0:04:12 > 0:04:16You see, sometimes it's when you stop to think
0:04:16 > 0:04:24of others that you start to find out just how much they think of you.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Oh boy, that terrific story.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31That's so inspiring. You know what?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Me going to go share me last box of cookies
0:04:34 > 0:04:36with all me friends.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Yeah, OK, bye-bye.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Oh, me go this way.