0:00:03 > 0:00:05CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11Hello. I'm Maureen, but my grandchildren call me Mo-Mo.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14And it's wonderful to visit the CBeebies house.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18It feels very familiar and homely, even though it's not my house.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Mmm.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Tonight's story is about a little girl visiting someone's home
0:00:24 > 0:00:26and it feels just like that.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30It's called Grandma's House and it's by Alice Melvin.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Often after school I go to Grandma's house,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38where everything is different,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40but always stays the same.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45I always hang my coat up on this hook inside the hall
0:00:45 > 0:00:50and I pour my glass of milk from the little china cow.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54But Grandma's tartan tin is on the very highest shelf
0:00:54 > 0:00:58and I know I cannot reach the chocolate biscuits by myself.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00I love to ride the rocking chair...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03CREAKING ..as quickly as I can.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Then slowly spin the globe to search for places that I know.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12But I cannot wind the ticking clock that stands beside the stair...
0:01:12 > 0:01:16TICK TOCK TICK TOCK ..as Grandma keeps the special key.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18She must be here somewhere!
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I have to climb this ladder to my favourite place.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28My own top-secret hideout at the top of Grandma's house.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Full of all the toys she used to play with long ago,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34but still I cannot find her.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36So I climb back down below.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I haven't got my partner for a dance around the room,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45nor anyone to watch me squeeze a snowy cloud of talc.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47GIGGLING
0:01:47 > 0:01:51I often stop and stare at all the photos on the wall,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55but Grandma isn't here to tell me tales about them all.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57CLOCK CHIMES
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I hurry past the lampstand and the dancing figurines.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I run across the sunroom to the open double doors,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08out into the garden through the hedge beneath the tree
0:02:08 > 0:02:10towards a kind familiar voice
0:02:10 > 0:02:13that's calling out to me. BIRDS TWEET
0:02:13 > 0:02:14SIGHING WOOF! WOOF!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Oh, I'm really glad the little girl found her grandma.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22What was your favourite room in the house?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Was it the attic, with Grandma's old toys?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Or was it the garden with the tea party ready?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32I know which is my favourite.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35But now it's time for bed.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I hope you have sweet dreams.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Night-night. I'll see you soon for another bedtime story.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Night-night.