0:00:06 > 0:00:10Hello. My name's David.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13No, I'm David. That's not David, that's Eli.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Tonight's bedtime story is about a very big,
0:00:17 > 0:00:21very blue and slightly annoying visitor.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24It's called The Slightly Annoying Elephant,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27and the pictures are by Tony Ross.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29And who wrote the story?
0:00:29 > 0:00:32No, not Eli, me!
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Let's begin.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39One day, there was a loud knock on the door.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Sam ran down the stairs to open it.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Was it his mum, back from the shops?
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Was it a friend? Was it the postman?
0:00:48 > 0:00:53No. It was an elephant.
0:00:53 > 0:01:00A great, big, gigantic, ginormous elephant!
0:01:00 > 0:01:04"Hello, Sam," he boomed.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08"How do you know my name?" said Sam.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12"You adopted me. Don't you remember?"
0:01:12 > 0:01:16"Well, I filled in an adopt-an-elephant form
0:01:16 > 0:01:20"at the zoo, b-b-b-but..." spluttered Sam.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The last thing he was expecting
0:01:23 > 0:01:27was the elephant to actually turn up on his doorstep.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32"How did you get here all the way from Africa?" asked Sam.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37"On a plane, of course. Silly boy!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40"The airline was very rude.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44"They made me buy two seats.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48"Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to take a bath,"
0:01:48 > 0:01:50announced the elephant.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55He pushed past Sam and made his way upstairs to the bathroom,
0:01:55 > 0:02:00knocking all the pictures off the walls as he went.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Because the elephant was so big,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07all the water from the bath flooded the bathroom floor.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13What's more, he used all the soap and all the towels.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Instead of hanging the towels up afterwards,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19he left them strewn across the floor.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24"I am hungry," demanded the elephant.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29"What do elephants eat?" asked Sam.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33"Food. Silly boy!"
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Sam sped into the kitchen and rummaged through the fridge
0:02:37 > 0:02:39and all of the cupboards.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43He poured all the food in the house into a massive pot
0:02:43 > 0:02:45and gave it a stir.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49"Quickly, please," called the elephant from the living room.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53As fast as he could, Sam raced into the living room,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57where the elephant was sitting on Dad's armchair.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Without a word, the elephant dunked his trunk in the pot
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and slurped up all the food in one go.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09SLURP!
0:03:09 > 0:03:17"Ah! Now I've had my starter, what's the main course?" he asked.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Later, it was time for Sam's favourite cartoon
0:03:21 > 0:03:23to come on the television.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26The elephant was snoring loudly.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29SNORING
0:03:32 > 0:03:35And there was a boring show about antiques on.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41So Sam prised the remote control out of the elephant's foot
0:03:41 > 0:03:43and changed channels.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46All of a sudden, the elephant woke up!
0:03:46 > 0:03:50"I was watching that!" he boomed.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53"You were asleep," protested Sam.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58"I was not! I love shows about antiques!"
0:03:58 > 0:04:01"Oh. Sorry.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04"Do you collect antiques yourself?" asked Sam.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06SMASH!
0:04:06 > 0:04:09"Of course not! I'm an elephant!
0:04:09 > 0:04:12"Silly boy!"
0:04:12 > 0:04:15When the boring antique show had finally finished,
0:04:15 > 0:04:21the elephant declared, "I need to take some exercise!"
0:04:22 > 0:04:25"Exercise?" asked Sam.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29"Yes. I need to lose a few pounds.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31"Do you have a bicycle?"
0:04:33 > 0:04:37"Yes, b-b-b-b-but..." spluttered Sam.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41"But what?" demanded the elephant.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44"Well...it's quite small
0:04:44 > 0:04:49"and being an elephant, you might break it."
0:04:49 > 0:04:53"How dare you?!" boomed the elephant.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55"Now, where is it?"
0:04:55 > 0:04:59So Sam wheeled his brand-new bike out of the garage.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04"Please be careful," he pleaded.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08"I know my way around a bicycle," the elephant said.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11"Last year, I won the Tour de France."
0:05:14 > 0:05:20The elephant climbed onto the bike and as soon as he sat on it,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22he flattened it.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28"That bicycle was falling to bits! Silly boy!
0:05:28 > 0:05:35"After all that exercise, I need a nap," said the elephant.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Then he fell asleep in Sam's bed.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41LOUD SNORING
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Knock-knock-knock!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It was the door! Who could it be?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Was it his mum, back from the shops?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Sam hurtled down the stairs to greet her.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58But when he opened the door,
0:05:58 > 0:06:04he couldn't have been more surprised to see a massive herd of elephants!
0:06:07 > 0:06:13"Our friend invited us to stay," said the one with the longest trunk.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17There were elephants in the kitchen, elephants on the stairs,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20even elephants in the downstairs loo!
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Meanwhile, Sam rummaged around in his bedroom
0:06:25 > 0:06:29for the adopt-an-elephant form.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32When he finally found it, he realised something.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35He should have read the small print.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41"This certifies that Sam has successfully adopted an elephant.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43"Congratulations!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46"I hereby consent to said elephant coming to live in my house
0:06:46 > 0:06:50"and inviting all his elephant friends to stay."
0:06:50 > 0:06:52"Silly boy!"
0:06:52 > 0:06:54TRUMPETING
0:06:54 > 0:06:57So there you have it.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Sometimes, you get more than you bargained for.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02TRUMPET!
0:07:02 > 0:07:04See what I mean?
0:07:04 > 0:07:08I'll be back to read you another bedtime story soon.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10But for now, goodnight.