Too Many Tickles

0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello. I'm Lisa.

0:00:10 > 0:00:15I'm so sorry. I just can't seem to stop laughing today.

0:00:15 > 0:00:18I don't know what has come over me, honestly.

0:00:18 > 0:00:20Oh, that's better.

0:00:20 > 0:00:23Although, I must say, that was great fun.

0:00:23 > 0:00:26I love to laugh. Do you?

0:00:26 > 0:00:29Would you like to hear a tale full of giggles?

0:00:29 > 0:00:30Excellent.

0:00:30 > 0:00:35Tonight's bedtime story is by Thomas Taylor and Penny Dann,

0:00:35 > 0:00:38and it's called Too Many Tickles!

0:00:39 > 0:00:43There are too many tickles in our house.

0:00:43 > 0:00:45When we wake up in the morning,

0:00:45 > 0:00:52Mum comes in with her swirly-whirly, round-the-tummy-button tickles.

0:00:52 > 0:00:56It's never too early for swirly-whirlies.

0:00:56 > 0:01:01We get dressed quickly, then giggle and wriggle and run downstairs.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04But Dad's there with... Watch out!

0:01:04 > 0:01:08He's got big hands, under-the-arm side-grabbers.

0:01:08 > 0:01:12We don't want side-grabbers for breakfast.

0:01:12 > 0:01:15So we dodge and dash to the kitchen,

0:01:15 > 0:01:18only to find Gran's waiting

0:01:18 > 0:01:24with her easy-teasy, slightly squeezy, behind-the-knees-y tickles.

0:01:24 > 0:01:28It's tricky not to spill things with easy-teasies.

0:01:28 > 0:01:31We escape to the garden,

0:01:31 > 0:01:35but Grandpa's there with the silliest tickle of all.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37Look out!

0:01:37 > 0:01:41It's the make us squirm-y like a worm-y,

0:01:41 > 0:01:43under-the-ear, right-here tickles.

0:01:43 > 0:01:47There's just no escape from these tickles,

0:01:47 > 0:01:50especially when they all come after us at once.

0:01:50 > 0:01:54There's only one way to deal with them -

0:01:54 > 0:01:56when no-one's looking,

0:01:56 > 0:02:03we creep carefully and quietly and we tickle back.

0:02:03 > 0:02:07A swirly-whirly for Mum. A side-grabber for Dad.

0:02:07 > 0:02:10And an easy-teasy for Grandma.

0:02:10 > 0:02:13Best of all, Grandpa gets

0:02:13 > 0:02:18a great, fat, tickly worm, under the ear, right here.

0:02:18 > 0:02:21There are too many tickles in our house,

0:02:21 > 0:02:24and they don't even stop at bedtime.

0:02:27 > 0:02:30That story was called Too Many Tickles!

0:02:30 > 0:02:32Do you like a tickle?

0:02:32 > 0:02:33Me too.

0:02:35 > 0:02:39Well, all this giggling has made me feel very sleepy.

0:02:39 > 0:02:43I think it's time we all settled down for a good night's sleep.

0:02:43 > 0:02:45Night-night, and tickle tight.

0:02:45 > 0:02:50Oops. I mean, night-night and sleep tight.

0:02:50 > 0:02:51Sweet dreams.