Nadiya Hussain - Fabulous Pie CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Hello. I'm Nadia.

Mmm, this pie smells delicious.

It reminds me of a great story about a very bad bear who bakes a pie.

Would you like to hear it?

Oh, great.

The story is called Fabulous Pie,

and it's written by Gareth Edwards and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees.

Deep in the forest, where the trees meet the sky,

a very bad bear baked a very big pie.

He made a crust pastry that was flaky, warm and wide,

and he had a wicked plan to get a filling inside.

So the bear stood in a clearing, and he said with a sigh,

"Fabulous pie, fabulous pie!

"Who'll help to make the filling for my fabulous pie?"

..said a mouse.

"I will scamper.

"I will scramble."

And he fetched the ripest berries from the blackberry bramble.

The bear put in the berries and he stirred them with his paw.

But still, he thought the pie needed something more.

So he clambered on a tree stump, and he asked the branches high,

"Fabulous pie, fabulous pie!"

"Who'll help to make the filling for my fabulous pie?"

"Me!" said a squirrel.

"Watch me tiptoe on a twig,"

as she fetched a bunch of hazelnuts, delicious, brown and big.

Then the bear poured in the hazelnuts and gave a cautious smell.

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But he said he thought the mixture wasn't working very well.

So he called out down a burrow, with a tear in his eye,

"Fabulous pie, fabulous pie!

"Who'll help to make the filling for my fabulous pie?"

"Me!" said a badger.

"I can search the hollow trees."

And he brought a comb of honey with a few squashed bees.

Then the bear put in the honey and he tried a little bite,

but still he thought the mixture didn't taste exactly right.

So he called across the river, and he sounded rather sly.

"Fabulous pie, fabulous pie!

"Who'll help to make the filling for my fabulous pie?"

"Us!" said the otter, who was playing with her daughter.

And they pulled a fine, fresh salmon from the chilly river water.

So the bear picked up the salmon, and he mixed it slowly in.

But still he thought the recipe was looking rather thin.

Then the bear put on his napkin, and he gave it one more try.

"Fabulous pie, fabulous pie!"

"Who'll help to make the filling for my fabulous pie?"

The animals grew grumpy.

"You are being very rude.

"Berries, honey, nuts and salmon, those are all our favourite food."

But the bear turned to the animals and gave a funny stare.

And he said,

"I know a filling that is better for a bear."

And he shoved them in the pie crust, then they all began to cry.

"Terrible pie, terrible pie!

"You can't make us the filling for your terrible pie."

The animals all wriggled, and their furry paws they thrust

through the warm and flaky pastry till their legs stuck out the crust.

And off along the river bank they made a desperate dash.

Then the bear tripped on his rolling pin...

SPLASH!

and fell in with a splash.

Then deep in the forest, where the trees meet the sky,

the squirrel, mouse and badger and the otters shared the pie.

And they all called out, as they waved goodbye

to the very bad bear as he floated by.

"Fabulous pie, fabulous pie!

"How kind of you to bake us such a fabulous pie!"

I'm glad the animals had a slice of the fabulous pie

instead of being in it.

It's bedtime now, so let's say goodnight.

Sleep tight. I'll see you again very soon.