0:00:06 > 0:00:09Hello. I'm Natalie.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14I'm about to read a bedtime story about a cute little monster
0:00:14 > 0:00:16who gets a big fright.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Would you like to listen?
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Good.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24It's called Love Monster And The Scary Something,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26and it's by Rachel Bright.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33It was way past bedtime o'clock in Cutesville
0:00:33 > 0:00:35and everyone was fast asleep.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42Everyone, that is, except one particular monster.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Hello, Love Monster.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48You see, just like every night,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52he'd made a cup of hot milk with chocolate sprinkles
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and counted his way up the stairs.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59One, two, three, four.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05As usual, he'd read 15-and-a-half bedtime stories,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08closed his eyes and snuggled in tight with teddy.
0:01:11 > 0:01:18But, that night, the harder he tried to nod off, the awaker he was,
0:01:18 > 0:01:26and the later and darker and spookier it got.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33So Love Monster lay and listened to the sounds of the shadowy night.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40That was the clock.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Sssssssssssssssh!
0:01:44 > 0:01:48That was the song of the wind in the leaves.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Hoo-hoo-oo!
0:01:51 > 0:01:54That was the Cutesville owls.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Rustle-rustle!
0:01:57 > 0:01:58That was the...
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Hold on! What WAS that?!
0:02:05 > 0:02:08It sounded like something in the garden.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Cr-e-e-e-e-eak!
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Now it sounded like something downstairs.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Bang!
0:02:21 > 0:02:24A-A-A-A-A-Argh!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28He dived under the duvet, his heart beating loud and fast.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33There was definitely something out there.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38And that something had definitely got in.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Pittery-pat, pittery-pat, pittery-pat.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Oooooooo!
0:02:45 > 0:02:51It sounded like the something had terrible, twisterly toenails.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Bump-bumpety! Scuffle! Shuffle! Bump!
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Oh, no!
0:02:57 > 0:03:02It sounded like the something with terrible, twisterly toenails
0:03:02 > 0:03:06was coming up the stairs!
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Crunch-crunch-crunchety-crunch!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Eek!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17It sounded like the something with terrible, twisterly toenails
0:03:17 > 0:03:20had great, big teeth.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23And it sounded hungry!
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Suddenly, Love Monster could bear it no longer.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Somehow...hiding from the something outside
0:03:34 > 0:03:39got harder than finding something brave inside.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44So he flung back the covers, flicked on the torch and...
0:03:45 > 0:03:49"Fneep!" went the something.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52As it turns out,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Love Monster hadn't been the only one who couldn't sleep that night.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02And he wasn't the only one who didn't want to be alone.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03CREAK!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06MUNCHING
0:04:06 > 0:04:11And as the tiniest, fluffiest bunny in Cutesville explained to his,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I suppose, a bit googly-eyed friend,
0:04:14 > 0:04:20they both laughed and laughed until their tummies ached.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25And you know what? The dark just didn't seem that spooky any more.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31You see, sometimes it's only when you're brave enough
0:04:31 > 0:04:33to face what you're afraid of
0:04:33 > 0:04:37that you find there was nothing to be scared of after all.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46Aw! It looks like Love Monster has found a great new friend.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I've got my own little fluffy bunny to keep me company, too.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54And there's nothing scary about the dark really.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58So let's settle down, nice and snug.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Sweet dreams.