0:00:06 > 0:00:09How's that? Up a bit?
0:00:09 > 0:00:10There?
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Ah, good. Glad to help, Mr Giraffe.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Hello. I'm Pete. I've just been helping Giraffe here.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20He had an itchy neck, and I've just scratched it for him.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Tonight's bedtime story is about another animal
0:00:23 > 0:00:25who needs a friend to give him a scratch.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Would you like to hear it?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Great.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31The story is called Itchy Itch Itch,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35and it's by Mara Bergman, with pictures by Emily Bolam.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40In a land where it's hot, and where coconuts grow,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44all the animals were grazing, except Buffalo.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Buffalo had an itchy itch itch,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51which he couldn't quite reach to scratchy scritch scritch.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Buffalo said, "Whatever shall I do?"
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Buffalo thought, until Buffalo knew.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Elephant was big and strong,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03with ears that flapped
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and a trunk that was long.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Buffalo said, "Would you kindly scratch my back?
0:01:09 > 0:01:13"I have an itchy itch, and I can't reach it to scratch."
0:01:13 > 0:01:16"Absolutely," Elephant said.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20And she scratched and scratched and scratched...
0:01:20 > 0:01:23but Buffalo's fur was too shaggy and thick,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27and Buffalo STILL had that itchy itch itch.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Buffalo said, "Whatever shall I do?"
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Buffalo thought, until Buffalo knew.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Monkey was small, but Monkey was strong,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and Monkey had arms that were really quite long.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48Buffalo said, "Would you kindly scratch my back?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52"I have an itchy itch, and I can't reach it to scratch."
0:01:52 > 0:01:55"It would be my pleasure," Monkey said.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00And he scratched and scratched and scratched...
0:02:00 > 0:02:04but Buffalo's fur was too shaggy and thick,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08and Buffalo STILL had that itchy itch itch.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Buffalo said, "Whatever shall I do?"
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Buffalo thought, but he hadn't a clue.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Bird wasn't big, and Bird wasn't strong.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24And she didn't have arms that were bendy and long.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26But her beady eyes were bright,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28and her hungry beak snapped
0:02:28 > 0:02:32at the itchy itch itches on Buffalo's back.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35"Oh, Buffalo," Bird sang.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39"Don't you see that you and I were meant to be?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42"Though your fur may be shaggy and thick,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46"I can get rid of your itchy itch itch."
0:02:46 > 0:02:49And she pecked and picked,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and picked and pecked,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55till not a single itchy itch itch was left.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59"Oh, Bird," said Buffalo.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01"Won't you stay with me?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05"Together we can live happily."
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Bird replied, "Why, certainly.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12"To spend my days on your back would suit me perfectly."
0:03:14 > 0:03:16In a land where it's hot,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and where coconuts grow,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20all the animals were grazing -
0:03:20 > 0:03:22even Buffalo.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Now, Buffalo never has an itchy itch itch
0:03:24 > 0:03:28that Bird can't reach to scratchy scritch scritch.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31And Bird never has a rumbly tum -
0:03:31 > 0:03:34because Buffalo's itchy itch itches
0:03:34 > 0:03:38are so yummy yum yum.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41And they lived together, happily, forever.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Scritch!
0:03:45 > 0:03:49That great story was called Itchy Itch Itch.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51If you ever see a picture of a buffalo,
0:03:51 > 0:03:55look closely, and you might find that he's got a little bird friend
0:03:55 > 0:03:59perched on his back, to help him with his itchy itch itches.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01It's your bedtime now, so I'll say goodnight.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06See you again soon for another bedtime story. Night-night.