0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hello.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09My name is Aaron.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16I've got a friend who I'd like you to meet in tonight's Bedtime Story.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18He's big, he's blue,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21he gets a bit bored...
0:00:21 > 0:00:23and he's quite hungry.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Are you ready?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28The story is called
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Dexter Bexley And The Big Blue Beastie.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34It's by Joel Stewart.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Dexter Bexley scooted...
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and scooted...
0:00:42 > 0:00:45..right into...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47a big blue beastie.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52"Oh," said Dexter Bexley.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55"A big blue beastie."
0:00:55 > 0:00:57GRUFF SCOTTISH ACCENT: "Yes. I'm big
0:00:57 > 0:01:01"and I'm bored," said the Big Blue Beastie.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04"And you look small and tasty.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08"I should probably eat you up."
0:01:09 > 0:01:13But Dexter Bexley had a much better idea.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19"Hold on. I have a much better idea," said Dexter Bexley.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie
0:01:25 > 0:01:29scooted and scooted until...
0:01:30 > 0:01:33"I'm bored," said the Big Blue Beastie.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35THEY YAWN
0:01:35 > 0:01:37"I think I'll probably eat you up."
0:01:39 > 0:01:42"Hold on," said Dexter Bexley.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45"I have a much better idea."
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie
0:01:50 > 0:01:53went into business delivering flowers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56They were very successful.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Stocks and shares went up and up.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05"Now I'm really bored," said the Big Blue Beastie.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09"I think I'll definitely eat you up."
0:02:10 > 0:02:13"Hold on," said Dexter Bexley.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16"I have a much better idea."
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie
0:02:21 > 0:02:25gave up the flower delivery business and became...
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Bexley and Beast -
0:02:28 > 0:02:29private detectives.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35They solved the case of The Solid Gold Snowball,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37The Missing Marmoset,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40The Rubber Glove Affair,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42The Bicycle From Beyond
0:02:42 > 0:02:45and The Great Sausage Heist.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51They even apprehended their arch nemesis Professor Hortern Zoar.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Though, he later escaped.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58"I'm hungry!" said the Big Blue Beastie.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00"Hold on."
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Dexter Bexley invented the biggest, stickiest, tastiest
0:03:06 > 0:03:11yoghurt fudge banana ice creamy beastie feast ever!
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Really, it...
0:03:12 > 0:03:13was...
0:03:13 > 0:03:16huge! SLURP!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18HE BURPS
0:03:18 > 0:03:22"That was delicious!" said the Big Blue Beastie.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28"Much better than eating me up?" said Dexter Bexley.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30"But it wasn't quite enough."
0:03:30 > 0:03:33"Hold on," said Dexter Bexley.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39But for once, Dexter Bexley was clean out of ideas.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43"Oh, I'm clean out of ideas!" said Dexter Bexley.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46"I suppose now you'll have to eat me up."
0:03:47 > 0:03:50"Hold on," said the Big Blue Beastie.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55"I am a big blue beastie.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58"I don't have to do anything.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00"And besides...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02"I have a much better idea."
0:04:04 > 0:04:09The Big Blue Beastie bought himself a very gooey lollipop...
0:04:10 > 0:04:12..and one for Dexter Bexley.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17"Now are you full up?" said Dexter Bexley.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22"I'm not so hungry any more," said the Big Blue Beastie.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25"And I'm not so bored...
0:04:25 > 0:04:28"now that I've found a friend."
0:04:28 > 0:04:31OWL HOOTS
0:04:31 > 0:04:36That hungry Big Blue Beastie was quite troublesome, wasn't he?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Dexter had lots of ideas about how to keep him busy.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43But in the end, all he needed was a lollipop and a friend.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45It's your bedtime now,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49so off you go and I'll see you again soon.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Night-night.