0:06:02 > 0:06:05CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Hello, I'm Liz, and tonight's bedtime story
0:06:11 > 0:06:13is a little dog who barks, "Foow!"
0:06:13 > 0:06:16That's "Woof!" backwards to you and me.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Would you like to hear how it happened? You would?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23The story is called Funny Bones, by Janet and Alan Ahlberg.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27This is how the story begins.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31On a dark, dark hill, there was a dark, dark town.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35In the dark, dark town there was a dark, dark street.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38In the dark, dark street there was a dark, dark house.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42In the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark staircase.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47Down the dark, dark staircase there was a dark, dark cellar.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48And in the dark, dark cellar
0:06:48 > 0:06:50some skeletons lived.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52There was a big skeleton,
0:06:52 > 0:06:53a little skeleton
0:06:53 > 0:06:55and a dog skeleton.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59One night, the big skeleton sat up in bed.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01He scratched his skull
0:07:01 > 0:07:04"What shall we do tonight?", he said.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07"Let's take the dog for a walk", said the little skeleton,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09"and frighten somebody."
0:07:09 > 0:07:12"Good idea", the big skeleton said.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17So the big skeleton, the little skeleton and the dog skeleton
0:07:17 > 0:07:21left the dark, dark cellar, climbed the dark, dark staircase
0:07:21 > 0:07:25and stepped out into the dark, dark street.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28They walked past the houses and the shops.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29They walked past the zoo
0:07:29 > 0:07:32and the police station.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34They went into the park.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The big skeleton scratched his skull.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40"What shall we do now?" he said.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42"Let's play on the swings",
0:07:42 > 0:07:44said the little skeleton,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48"and throw a stick for the dog and frighten somebody."
0:07:48 > 0:07:51"Good idea", the big skeleton said.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54So the big skeleton, the little skeleton
0:07:54 > 0:07:58and the dog skeleton walked round the dark, dark pond,
0:07:58 > 0:08:03past the dark, dark tennis courts and up to the dark, dark swings.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07The big skeleton and the little skeleton played on the swings.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09They threw a stick for the dog.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Suddenly, something happened.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16The dog skeleton chased the stick, tripped over the park bench,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18bumped into a tree...
0:08:18 > 0:08:20CRASH!
0:08:20 > 0:08:23and ended up as a little pile of bones.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25DOG WHIMPERS
0:08:25 > 0:08:28"Look at that", the big skeleton said.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33"He's all come to pieces. What shall we do now?"
0:08:33 > 0:08:37"Let's put him together again", the little skeleton said.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39So the big skeleton and the little skeleton
0:08:39 > 0:08:42put the dog skeleton together again.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44They sang a song while they did it.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01And then they got mixed up.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06"Is that a toe bone?" the little skeleton said.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10"Where does this one go?" said the big skeleton.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15When they had finished, the big skeleton said,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18"That dog looks a bit funny to me."
0:09:18 > 0:09:21"So he does", said the little skeleton,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25"We've got his tail on the wrong end
0:09:25 > 0:09:27"and his head."
0:09:27 > 0:09:30"Foow!" said the dog skeleton.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34At last, the dog was properly put back together again.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38The big skeleton and the little skeleton sang another song.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53The big skeleton scratched his skull.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58"That reminds me", he said, "we forgot to frighten somebody."
0:09:58 > 0:10:02"Let's do it on the way home, then", said the little skeleton.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05"Good idea", the big skeleton said.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08So the big skeleton, the little skeleton
0:10:08 > 0:10:12and the dog skeleton left the dark, dark swings,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16went out into the dark, dark town and tried to frighten somebody.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22"I wish we had a nice little boy to frighten", said the big skeleton.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26"I wish we had a nice old lady", said the little skeleton.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29The trouble was there wasn't anybody.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Everybody was in bed.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Even the policemen in the police station were in bed.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37POLICEMAN SNORES
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Even the animals in the zoo.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Of course, the skeleton animals were awake.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47"Let's have a ride on the elephant skeleton", the little skeleton said.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52"Let's have a word with the parrot skeleton."
0:11:01 > 0:11:04The big skeleton scratched his skull.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07"Let's keep out the way of the crocodile skeleton", he said.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09CRUNCH!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11When they were back in the street
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and they could still not find anybody to frighten,
0:11:14 > 0:11:19the big skeleton said, "What shall we do now?"
0:11:19 > 0:11:22The little skeleton scratched his skull.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25"Let's frighten each other!" he said.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27"That's better than nothing."
0:11:27 > 0:11:31"Good idea", the big skeleton said.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35After that, the big skeleton frightened the little skeleton.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38The little skeleton frightened the big skeleton.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41The big skeleton and the little skeleton
0:11:41 > 0:11:42frightened the dog skeleton.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45And the dog skeleton frightened them.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46"Woof!"
0:11:46 > 0:11:50They hid round corners and frightened each other.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54They climbed up lampposts and frightened each other.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58They jumped out of dustbins and frightened each other.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00All the way home.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05And that is how the story ends.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09On a dark, dark hill, there was a dark, dark town.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13In the dark, dark town, there was a dark, dark street.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17In the dark, dark street there was a dark, dark house.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21In the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark staircase.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Down the dark, dark staircase there was a dark, dark cellar.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30In the dark, dark cellar some skeletons lived.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32They still do.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34The end.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40That story was called Funny Bones.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I hope you enjoyed it.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Now I think it's time for you to tuck yourself in
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and float off to the land of dreams.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Night-night.