0:59:07 > 0:59:14Hello. I'm Sue and I'm here with a bedtime story just for you.
0:59:14 > 0:59:16Would you like to hear it?
0:59:16 > 0:59:18Oh, good!
0:59:18 > 0:59:23Well, tonight's story is called Churchill's Tale of Tails
0:59:23 > 0:59:26and it's by Anca Sandu.
0:59:26 > 0:59:29Churchill was a very proud pig,
0:59:29 > 0:59:32just like any other pig.
0:59:32 > 0:59:35Churchill valued many things in life.
0:59:35 > 0:59:39Smelling beautiful flowers,
0:59:39 > 0:59:43painting self portraits,
0:59:43 > 0:59:47playing classical music
0:59:47 > 0:59:50or reading a good book.
0:59:50 > 0:59:56And he loved to have a cup of tea with his friends, Billy and Gruff.
0:59:57 > 0:59:59"Milk and sugar?"
0:59:59 > 1:00:02But Churchill had one thing that he
1:00:02 > 1:00:05prized above everything else...
1:00:05 > 1:00:08His tail.
1:00:08 > 1:00:10It wasn't a big tail.
1:00:10 > 1:00:12It wasn't a fancy tail.
1:00:12 > 1:00:16It wasn't even a very practical tail.
1:00:16 > 1:00:18But it was his tail
1:00:18 > 1:00:22and it made him feel great.
1:00:22 > 1:00:27But one morning, his tail was nowhere to be found.
1:00:30 > 1:00:33Churchill searched here,
1:00:33 > 1:00:37there
1:00:37 > 1:00:39and everywhere.
1:00:39 > 1:00:42Finally, he gave up searching.
1:00:42 > 1:00:45He was miserable.
1:00:45 > 1:00:47"I just don't feel myself
1:00:47 > 1:00:50"without my tail," he said.
1:00:50 > 1:00:54But Billy and Gruff came up with a good idea.
1:00:54 > 1:00:56They gave Zebra a call.
1:00:56 > 1:00:59"Hello, Zebra. We have a tail emergency.
1:00:59 > 1:01:01"Can you help?"
1:01:01 > 1:01:06"Come over. I think we have just the thing."
1:01:06 > 1:01:09The Zebras were happy to help.
1:01:09 > 1:01:13They had a spare tail for Churchill to try.
1:01:13 > 1:01:15But the Zebra tail didn't
1:01:15 > 1:01:17feel quite right.
1:01:17 > 1:01:22"Perhaps I should try some other tails," Churchill thought.
1:01:22 > 1:01:24So he went to see Peacock.
1:01:24 > 1:01:27Peacock gave Churchill a tail
1:01:27 > 1:01:30that made him feel beautiful.
1:01:30 > 1:01:34"Oh!" said Churchill to himself.
1:01:34 > 1:01:38"I wonder what other tails I could try."
1:01:38 > 1:01:40A tail from the fish
1:01:40 > 1:01:43made Churchill feel fantastic.
1:01:43 > 1:01:48He could do things he'd never done before.
1:01:48 > 1:01:51"Churchill never talks to us any more.
1:01:51 > 1:01:55"It's all these fancy tails."
1:01:55 > 1:01:58He tried little tails,
1:01:58 > 1:02:02spotty tails,
1:02:02 > 1:02:05snappy tails
1:02:05 > 1:02:10and tails that made him feel big.
1:02:10 > 1:02:13Trying different tails made Churchill feel so good
1:02:13 > 1:02:16that he didn't have time for anything else,
1:02:16 > 1:02:19not even his old friends.
1:02:19 > 1:02:22"Come and play, Churchill."
1:02:22 > 1:02:24"No, thank you.
1:02:24 > 1:02:27"I'm rather busy with my new tails."
1:02:27 > 1:02:29"Now," thought Churchill.
1:02:29 > 1:02:33"It's time for something very special."
1:02:33 > 1:02:36So he went to Tiger's house.
1:02:36 > 1:02:40Tiger's tails were really super.
1:02:40 > 1:02:44"I feel fierce," said Churchill.
1:02:44 > 1:02:49"I am the world's strongest, bravest pig," he said.
1:02:49 > 1:02:51"I'm not scared of anything.
1:02:51 > 1:02:54"I'm totally fearless."
1:02:54 > 1:02:59And then a dark shadow fell across his path.
1:02:59 > 1:03:03"Arrgghhh!" Churchill felt terrified
1:03:03 > 1:03:06and very alone.
1:03:06 > 1:03:08"What could it be?"
1:03:08 > 1:03:11"A giant mean lizard?
1:03:11 > 1:03:13"An unfriendly blue alien?
1:03:13 > 1:03:16"Or a huge, hungry robot
1:03:16 > 1:03:18"with a twisted fork on its head?"
1:03:18 > 1:03:21But it wasn't any of those things.
1:03:21 > 1:03:24It was just a little bird.
1:03:24 > 1:03:29"What's that on your head?" asked Churchill.
1:03:29 > 1:03:31"Is it my tail?"
1:03:31 > 1:03:34"Well, I don't know," the bird replied.
1:03:34 > 1:03:36"I found it in a bush.
1:03:36 > 1:03:40"I thought it was a worm
1:03:40 > 1:03:44"but I couldn't eat it.
1:03:44 > 1:03:48"It didn't look like a flower.
1:03:48 > 1:03:51"It was useless, so I put it on my head.
1:03:51 > 1:03:54"I've grown rather fond of it."
1:03:54 > 1:04:02"Oh! But it's my very own, perfect tail," said Churchill.
1:04:02 > 1:04:05"Please, may I have it back?"
1:04:05 > 1:04:07"Well," said Bird.
1:04:07 > 1:04:11"If it's yours, then you should have it."
1:04:11 > 1:04:14"Thank you," said Churchill.
1:04:14 > 1:04:19Finding his old tail made Churchill feel like his old self again.
1:04:19 > 1:04:22He was so grateful that he helped Bird
1:04:22 > 1:04:26find the perfect thing for her head.
1:04:26 > 1:04:32And making a kind, new friend helped Churchill remember his old ones.
1:04:32 > 1:04:37So he organised a tea party to bring all his friends together.
1:04:37 > 1:04:40"My dear friends," said Churchill.
1:04:40 > 1:04:44"I have been a very silly pig and a very bad friend.
1:04:44 > 1:04:47"Can you ever forgive me?"
1:04:47 > 1:04:49And, as they loved Churchill,
1:04:49 > 1:04:51even though he could be very silly,
1:04:51 > 1:04:54they did.
1:04:54 > 1:04:57From then on, Churchill took great care
1:04:57 > 1:04:59of his own perfect tail
1:04:59 > 1:05:03and he was perfectly happy with it...
1:05:03 > 1:05:06Most of the time.
1:05:06 > 1:05:08SUE LAUGHS
1:05:09 > 1:05:13That story was called Churchill's Tale of Tails.
1:05:13 > 1:05:18I hope you liked it as much as I did.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21Did you enjoy it, Little Pig?
1:05:21 > 1:05:25Oh, you'd like me to check that your tail's still attached?
1:05:25 > 1:05:30Yes, it's right there on your bottom, where it belongs.
1:05:31 > 1:05:35Now, it's time for boys and girls, and little pigs,
1:05:35 > 1:05:40to go to bed for a good, long sleep full of sweet dreams.
1:05:40 > 1:05:43I'll see you soon for another bedtime story.
1:05:43 > 1:05:47But for now, night-night.