0:46:07 > 0:46:10One, two, three...
0:46:10 > 0:46:14four, five, six.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17Perfect! Everyone's here.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Hello. I'm Sue.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23I'm counting my toys to make sure
0:46:23 > 0:46:27they're all ready for tonight's Bedtime Story.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Would you like to hear it?
0:46:29 > 0:46:35Great! It's called Kipper's Toybox, and it's by Mick Inkpen.
0:46:37 > 0:46:43Someone or something had been nibbling a hole in Kipper's toybox.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47"I hope my toys are safe," said Kipper.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50He emptied them out and counted them.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53"One, two, three,
0:46:53 > 0:46:56"four, five, six,
0:46:56 > 0:46:57"seven."
0:46:57 > 0:47:03That's wrong," he said. "There should only be six."
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Kipper counted his toys again.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09This time, he lined them up to make it easier.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11"Big Owl, one.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13"Hippopotamus, two.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15"Sock Thing, three.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17"Slipper, four.
0:47:17 > 0:47:18"Rabbit, five.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20"Mr Snake, six.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23"Oh. That's better," he said.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Kipper put his toys back in the toybox, then he counted them
0:47:27 > 0:47:30once more just to make sure.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34"One, two, three,
0:47:34 > 0:47:36"four, five, six,
0:47:36 > 0:47:37"seven...
0:47:37 > 0:47:39"eight noses.
0:47:41 > 0:47:45"That's two too many noses!" said Kipper.
0:47:45 > 0:47:50Kipper grabbed Big Owl and threw him out of the toybox.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52"One," he said, crossly.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55Out went Hippopotamus. "Two!"
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Out went Rabbit. "Three!"
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Out went Mr Snake. "Four!"
0:48:00 > 0:48:04Out went Slipper. "Five!"
0:48:04 > 0:48:08But where was six? Where was Sock Thing?
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Kipper was upset.
0:48:12 > 0:48:17Next to Rabbit, Sock Thing was his favourite, and now he was gone.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21"I won't lose any more of you," said Kipper.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24He picked up the rest of his toys and put them in his basket.
0:48:24 > 0:48:29Then he climbed in and kept watch until bedtime.
0:48:29 > 0:48:34That night, Kipper was woken by a strange noise.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38It was coming from the corner of the room.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Kipper turned on the light.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44There, wriggling across the floor,
0:48:44 > 0:48:46was Sock Thing!
0:48:46 > 0:48:51It must have been Sock Thing who had been eating his toybox.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Kipper was not sure what to do.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58None of his toys had ever come to life before.
0:48:58 > 0:49:03He jumped back in his basket and hid behind Big Owl.
0:49:03 > 0:49:07Sock Thing wriggled slowly round in a circle
0:49:07 > 0:49:09and bumped into the basket.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13Then he began to wriggle back the way he had come.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16He did not seem to know where he was going.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Kipper followed.
0:49:20 > 0:49:24Quickly, Kipper grabbed him by the nose.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28Sock Thing squeaked and wriggled harder.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30Then a little tail appeared.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33A little, pink tail.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37And a little voice said, "Don't hurt him!"
0:49:39 > 0:49:41"So it was you!
0:49:41 > 0:49:45"You've been making the hole in my toybox," said Kipper.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47It was true.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51The mice had been nibbling pieces of Kipper's toybox
0:49:51 > 0:49:53to make their nest.
0:49:53 > 0:49:58"You must promise not to nibble it again," said Kipper.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00"We promise," said the mice.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06In return, Kipper let the mice share his basket.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10It was much cosier than a nest made of cardboard,
0:50:10 > 0:50:14and the two little mice never nibbled Kipper's toybox again.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17But their babies did.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19They nibbled EVERYTHING.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25That story was called Kipper's Toybox.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29Kipper had a few more friends than he expected, didn't he?
0:50:29 > 0:50:33But I'm sure he didn't mind sharing his cosy basket with all of them.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Now it's time for you to get tucked up, because it's your bedtime.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41I'll see you again very soon. Night-night.