Kacey Ainsworth - What Friends Do Best CBeebies Bedtime Stories

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Hello. I'm Kacey.

Are you really good at something?

I'm good at jumping in puddles.

And I'm quite good at making daisy chains to give to my friends.

But I'm not as good at building as Winston in tonight's bedtime story.

The story is called What Friends Do Best.

Winston was great at building things.

He was always building something for somebody.

He had built a car for himself,

a boat for Alice and a motorbike for Ralph.

He had built them all by himself.

"Building things is what I do best," said Winston proudly.

And everyone agreed.

One morning Ralph and Alice popped round and found Winston

in his workshop looking very pleased with himself.

"I'm going to build something big!" Winston told them.

And he showed them a drawing.

"That is REALLY big!" said Alice.

"Are you sure you can build it all by yourself?"

"Of course," said Winston.

"Building things is what I do best."

The next morning three trucks arrived

and delivered hundreds of bits and pieces.

Some of the bits were very large and difficult to carry.

"Can I help?" asked Ralph. "I'm good at carrying large things."

"It's all right," said Winston.

"I can do it myself."

But some of the bits were so large that Winston couldn't carry them.

The next day Winston started sorting through the smaller pieces.

Some of the pieces were very tiny and difficult to find.

"Can I help?" asked Alice. "I'm good at finding small things."

"It's all right," said Winston, "I can do it myself."

But some of the pieces were so tiny

that Winston couldn't find them at all.

A week went by,

and Alice and Ralph began to get very worried.

They hadn't seen Winston for days.

"He's never taken so long to build anything before," said Ralph.

"He's never built anything that big before," said Alice.

"Let's make sure that he's all right."

They found Winston sitting on the floor of his workshop,

surrounded by all the bits and pieces.

Everything looked much the same as it had done a week ago,

except Winston, who looked very miserable.

"Winston?" said Alice, "What's the matter?"

"Everything!" said Winston.

"Look at all these bits and pieces.

"Half of them are too large to carry,

"and the other half are too small to find."

"So you haven't built anything?" said Ralph.

"No," said Winston, bursting into tears.

"And building things is supposed to be what I do best."

"It's just as well we're here, then," said Ralph.

"Yes!" said Alice. "Where can we start?"

"Don't bother!" said Winston. "I'll never build it."

"Nonsense!" insisted Alice.

"All you need is a little help."

Alice sorted through the small pieces and found the right ones,

and Ralph carried the large bits to where they needed to be.

And after a while Winston got up and started building,

which after all was what he did best.

They worked all day and all night,

and, bit by bit, piece by piece,

they put it together, together.

Until...

it was done!

"You see, Winston?" said Ralph, as they zoomed upward.

"Building things really IS what you do best."

"But I couldn't have done it without your help," said Winston.

"Well," laughed Alice as she winked at Ralph,

"helping is what friends do best."

And that story was called What Friends Do Best.

Are you good at helping?

Well, maybe tomorrow you can find a friend to help,

but now it's time to go to bed.

Sleep tight, and I'll see you soon for another story.

Now, I wonder who I can help tomorrow...

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