0:00:08 > 0:00:10Now, that cloud looks like a train.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Hello. I'm Tom. I'm just doing some cloudspotting.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20And if you look very carefully you can see lots of
0:00:20 > 0:00:24different shapes in the clouds. And that's what today's story is called,
0:00:24 > 0:00:29and it's all about the cloudspotter, and it's written and illustrated
0:00:29 > 0:00:31by Tom McLaughlin.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Now, his real name was Franklin
0:00:33 > 0:00:36but everyone called him the cloudspotter.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The cloudspotter didn't have many friends.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It was just him and his clouds.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Always.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50He would spend his days all by himself, spotting big clouds.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Squeaky clouds.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Sneaky, pretend-they-can't-see-you clouds
0:00:55 > 0:00:57and angry clouds.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01You see, the cloudspotter didn't just spot clouds,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03he spotted adventures in the sky.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04That way...
0:01:06 > 0:01:08..he didn't feel so alone.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12He could swim with giant jellyfish.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Drive racing cars,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and be the king of the castle.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23But one day everything changed.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26The scruffy dog came along,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30and she seemed to be looking for something too.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Was she after his clouds?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34The cloudspotter wasn't happy.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37He wasn't used to sharing his clouds with anyone.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40But the scruffy dog didn't seem to care.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Wherever the cloudspotter went that bothersome dog went too.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49No matter what time of day or night.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Before long, she was even playing along in his adventures, and that,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57the cloudspotter decided, wouldn't do at all.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00It was time for the scruffy dog...
0:02:00 > 0:02:01to go.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The cloudspotter put his plan into action.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10And at last he was alone again.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15He should have been happy.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17He should have been pleased.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19However...
0:02:19 > 0:02:23something just didn't feel right.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25The cloudspotter was lonely.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Could it be, he wondered,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32that the scruffy dog had been searching for something else?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Something like...
0:02:36 > 0:02:37..a friend?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Because everyone knows...
0:02:43 > 0:02:46..that two cloudspotters are better than one.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Especially when you are best friends.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56It's a beautiful story.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Cloudspotting with a best friend is definitely more enjoyable,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03especially if your best friend is
0:03:03 > 0:03:04a dog.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09And I've spotted that you're not in bed yet. Quick, go on -
0:03:09 > 0:03:12get yourself tucked up and I'll see you very soon
0:03:12 > 0:03:15for another bedtime story. Till then, night-night.