0:00:06 > 0:00:09Hello. I'm Maureen.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Do come closer.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13And don't mind that polar bear.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14She's very friendly.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Rather like the young cub in tonight's story.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21It's called A Dot In The Snow.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23It's written by Corrinne Averiss,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25with pictures by Fiona Woodcock.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Miki wanted Mum to play in the snow,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34not fish on the ice.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Snow was soft, and fishing looked hard.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Miki wasn't ready to dive,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46so he scampered away,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49up, up, up the snowy ridge,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51and that's when he saw it.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54A dot in the snow.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59He raced to get a closer look.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05The dot waved its paw.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08SHE SNIFFS
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Miki sniffed.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12It smelled friendly.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15He liked its twinkly face,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and the gurgling sound it made.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19CHILD GURGLES
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Did the dot want to play?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Yes, it did.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40And then, suddenly, it didn't.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44A red thing was missing from one of Dot's paws.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Miki raced back.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50The ice went creak, crack.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51CREAKING
0:01:51 > 0:01:54The red thing fell into the sea!
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Miki dived.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56The deeper it sank,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58the harder he paddled...
0:02:00 > 0:02:02..until he caught it.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Now, the ice was breaking everywhere.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Miki showed the dot how to jump,
0:02:09 > 0:02:13and together, they climbed up, up, up
0:02:13 > 0:02:15to the place where they played.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18But where had it gone?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Everything was white.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Everything except for a dot in the snow.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29A mummy dot!
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Two cold noses nudged goodbye,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37and twinkly faces hugged hello.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Miki knew he would miss the dot,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45but he missed his mum even more.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Paw after paw, slow through the snow,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Miki marched back to the ice.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58"Mum! Where are you?"
0:02:59 > 0:03:01A shape in the sea.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Could it really be...?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07"Mum!"
0:03:09 > 0:03:12No paddling left in little legs.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Mum swam Miki to a safer spot.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20He wanted to tell her all about the dot.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22But it would have to wait.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Miki dived deep, deep into sleep.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I hope you enjoyed that story as much as I did.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I'm happy that Miki and the dot found their mums in the end.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Aren't you?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43And now, it's time for us to dive deep into sleep,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45like Miki the polar bear.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Sleep tight.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Sleep tight.