Samuel West - Angry Arthur CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Hello.

My name's Sam.

It's nearly your bedtime, but would you like to hear a story first?

Great.

It's bedtime for Arthur in tonight's story

and he's not very happy about it.

The story is called Angry Arthur.

It's by Hiawyn Oram, with pictures by Satoshi Kitamura.

Once there was a boy called Arthur.

He wanted to stay up and watch the Western on TV.

"No," said his mother.

"It's too late, go to bed."

"I'll get angry," said Arthur.

"Get angry," said his mother.

So he did.

Very, very angry.

He got so angry that his anger became a storm cloud,

exploding thunder and lightning and hailstones.

LOUD CRASHING AND RUMBLING

"That's enough!" said his mother.

But it wasn't.

Arthur's anger became a hurricane,

hurling rooftops and chimneys and church spires.

"That's enough," said his father.

But it wasn't.

WIND ROARS

Arthur's anger became a typhoon,

tipping whole towns into the seas.

"That's enough!" said his grandfather.

But it wasn't.

Arthur's anger became an earth tremor...

CRACK

..cracking the surface of the earth like a giant cracking eggs.

"That's enough," said his grandmother.

But it wasn't.

Arthur's anger became a universe quake.

And the earth and the moon and the stars and the planets,

Arthur's country and Arthur's town,

his street, his house, his garden and his bedroom

were nothing more than bits in space.

Arthur sat on a piece of Mars and thought.

He thought and thought.

"Why was I so angry?" he thought.

He never did remember.

Can you?

That story was called Angry Arthur.

We all get angry like that sometimes.

I'm glad Arthur feels better.

You won't make such a fuss about going to bed, will you?

Off you go to get tucked up. Sweet dreams.

I'll see you again very soon.