0:00:09 > 0:00:13Hello. I'm Maggie. I've just been taking the washing off the line.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I wanted to get it all in before the aliens come
0:00:16 > 0:00:19and start messing around with the underpants.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23You do know that aliens love underpants, don't you?
0:00:23 > 0:00:24No?
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Oh, well, let me tell you all about it in tonight's Bedtime Story.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30It's called Aliens Love Underpants
0:00:30 > 0:00:34and it's by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Aliens love underpants of every shape and size.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41But there are no underpants in space so here's the big surprise.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45When aliens fly down to Earth, they don't come to meet you.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49They simply want your underpants, I'll bet you never knew.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Their spaceship's radar bleeps and blinks, the moment that they see
0:00:53 > 0:00:56a washing line of underpants all flapping in the breeze.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02They land in your back garden, though they haven't been invited.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06"Ooh, underpants!" they chant, and dance around delighted.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10They like them red, they like them green, or orange like satsumas.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14But best of all they like the sight of Granny's spotted bloomers.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15CAMERA CLICKS
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Mum's pink frilly knickers are the perfect place to hide.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And Grandpa's woolly long johns make a super whizzy slide.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28In daring competitions, held up by just one peg,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32they count how many aliens can squeeze inside each leg.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36They wear pants on their feet and heads and other silly places.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40They fly pants from their spaceships and hold upside-down pant races.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48They go zinging through the air, it really is pant-tastic
0:01:48 > 0:01:51what fun the aliens can have with pingy pant elastic.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57It's not your neighbour's naughty dog or next-door's funny games.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00When underpants go missing, the aliens are to blame.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04But, quick, Mum's coming out to fetch the washing in at last.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08"Whee!" Off the aliens all zoom, they're used to leaving fast.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13So when you put your pants on, freshly washed, nice and clean.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Just check in case an alien still lurks inside...unseen.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21ALIEN BURBLES
0:02:22 > 0:02:26So you see, I told you the aliens love underpants.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Tomorrow morning, when you're getting dressed,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32perhaps you'll spot a friendly alien hiding in yours.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Now it's time for you to go to bed and have a good long sleep.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38So off you go to get tucked up.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43I'll be back soon with another Bedtime Story. Night-night.