0:00:07 > 0:00:09# Mud, mud, glorious mud! #
0:00:09 > 0:00:11You know that song, don't you?
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Hey, I'm Dolly, and I have been playing on the farm with Teddy,
0:00:15 > 0:00:17and he's got rather muddy!
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Which is a bit like our little farmyard friend
0:00:20 > 0:00:22in tonight's Bedtime Story.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24It's called Stuck In The Mud
0:00:24 > 0:00:28and is written by Jane Clarke with pictures by Garry Parsons.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31COCKEREL CROWS
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Early in the morning, down on the farm, a new day was dawning,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37peaceful and calm.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39DOOR CREAKS OPEN
0:00:39 > 0:00:43The barn door burst open. "Wake up!" squawked the hen.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47"I've counted my chicks, and one's run off again!"
0:00:47 > 0:00:49"Help, help!" clucked the hen.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53"My poor little chick! He's stuck in the mud!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56"And the mud's deep and thick!
0:00:56 > 0:01:01"I pushed and I pulled again and again, and now I'm stuck too!"
0:01:01 > 0:01:03said the poor muddy hen.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05HEN CLUCKS
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Cat heard the hen. "Hold on! Wait for me! It's purr-fectly easy!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12"I'll soon pull you free!"
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Cat pushed and she pulled again and again,
0:01:16 > 0:01:22but soon she was stuck with the poor muddy hen. Dog heard the cat.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24"I'll help you!" he yapped.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27So he jumped in the mud and got his paws trapped.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Dog pushed and he pulled again and again,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36but soon he was stuck with the cat and the hen.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39SHEEP BAAS Sheep heard the dog.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42She wasn't thinking so she stepped in the mud,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44and soon she was sinking.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48She pushed and she pulled again and again,
0:01:48 > 0:01:54but poor Sheep was stuck with Dog, Cat and Hen!
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Horse heard the sheep.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00"Oh, neigh, how unlucky! My horseshoes are sinking!
0:02:00 > 0:02:02"My tail's getting mucky!"
0:02:02 > 0:02:03HORSE NEIGHS
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Horse pushed and he pulled again and again,
0:02:08 > 0:02:13but then he was stuck with Sheep, Dog, Cat and Hen!
0:02:13 > 0:02:16"What's this?" said the farmer.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18"Phew! This mud is smelly!
0:02:18 > 0:02:23"And now mucky mud is all over my wellies!"
0:02:23 > 0:02:27He pushed and he pulled again and again,
0:02:27 > 0:02:31but the farmer was stuck with them all, like the hen.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35"Oh, dear!" said the chick. "You all seem to be trapped!"
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Splat! went the mud as his little wings flapped.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42"It's time I got out!"
0:02:42 > 0:02:47And with a small plop, Chick jumped off the mud with a skip and a hop.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54"You pushed and you pulled again and again,
0:02:54 > 0:02:59"and I'm not stuck now and I wasn't stuck then!
0:02:59 > 0:03:04"Mud is great fun, I'm sure you'll agree. I love mucky mud!
0:03:04 > 0:03:06"Thanks for playing with me!"
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Now, little Chick wasn't stuck in the mud.
0:03:10 > 0:03:16He was just playing, and he got all his farmyard friends to join in too.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Well, now we need to get clean and cosy
0:03:20 > 0:03:24because it's time to snuggle down and drift off to sleep.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29And I will see you for another Bedtime Story really soon.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Nighty night!