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0:29:02 > 0:29:05CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13Nope, nothing in there.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16What about this cupboard?
0:29:16 > 0:29:17No.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Oh, hello. I'm Mackenzie.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24I'm looking for something exciting in the kitchen cupboards.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Not sure what, but I want to find something fantastic,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30not just tins of food or paint.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Flinn, in tonight's bedtime story finds something amazing
0:29:34 > 0:29:37in the school cupboard. Shall we find out?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40The story is by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto
0:29:40 > 0:29:44and is called Captain Flinn And The Pirate Dinosaurs.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47This is Flinn. He's wearing his pirate T-shirt
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and colouring in a picture he's drawn of a dinosaur.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Flinn loves dinosaurs.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56One day at school Flinn was colouring in a dinosaur picture
0:29:56 > 0:29:58but he didn't have enough pens.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02"Have a look in the art cupboard," said his teacher,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04"There are more colours at the back."
0:30:04 > 0:30:08So Flinn opened the door and stepped into the cupboard.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13There were lots of paints and rolls of paper and pots of glue,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15but Flinn couldn't see any pens.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19As he searched he heard a noise, "Boo hoo, boo, hoo, hoo,"
0:30:19 > 0:30:22and then, "sniffle, sniffle, sniffle."
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Right at the back of the cupboard, under an old curtain
0:30:26 > 0:30:30was something shaking and shuddering like a giant jelly.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Flinn crept closer.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35When he lifted up the curtain he couldn't believe his eyes.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37It was a real pirate captain!
0:30:37 > 0:30:40"Hello," said Flinn, "what's the matter?"
0:30:40 > 0:30:44The pirate, Captain Stubble, sniffed and looked at Flinn.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49"My ship! They've stolen my ship!" he sobbed.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53"One minute I was fast asleep, the next I was in the water
0:30:53 > 0:30:56"watching my ship, The Acorn, sail away."
0:30:56 > 0:31:00"Who's stolen it?" asked Flinn. "I don't know," said Captain Stubble,
0:31:00 > 0:31:05"but as I watched I heard a roar and then a strange kind of song.
0:31:05 > 0:31:13"It went, 'Yo-ho-ho, yo-ho-ho, somethingy something, go, go, go.'"
0:31:13 > 0:31:17"Hmm, very strange," said Flinn. "How will you get your ship back?"
0:31:17 > 0:31:22"I don't know," blustered Captain Stubble, "I can't do it on my own."
0:31:22 > 0:31:25"I could help," said Flinn bravely. "And so will we!"
0:31:25 > 0:31:29It was Flinn's friends, Pearl, Tom and Violet.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31"We love adventures," they said.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34At that moment the back of the cupboard fell away
0:31:34 > 0:31:37and they tumbled out into a bright blue day,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40where an old pirate ship was waiting.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44"She's not what I'm used to," said Captain Stubble,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47"but if this ship helps me find my beloved Acorn, she'll do.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51"All aboard! Right, me hearties," said Captain Stubble,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54"you'll need to look like pirates."
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Flinn brandished the gleaming silver cutlass.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01"Since you seem to be so brave, Flinn," he said,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04"you can be captain of this ship. I'd rather be the cook."
0:32:04 > 0:32:10So Captain Flinn took over and they sailed and sailed and sailed
0:32:10 > 0:32:12in search of The Acorn.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14The pirates were about to give up hope,
0:32:14 > 0:32:19when Pirate Violet shouted from the Crow's Nest, "Ship ahoy!"
0:32:19 > 0:32:24Stubble grabbed his telescope. "That's my precious Acorn!" he cried.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26"Let's board," cried Captain Flinn.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30"Reclaim your ship from those baddies. All hands on deck!"
0:32:30 > 0:32:34They sailed faster and faster and got closer and closer.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39When they were near, Captain Flinn put the telescope to his eye.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41His face went white.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45"They're not just ordinary pirates," he stammered.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47"They're...pirate dinosaurs!"
0:32:47 > 0:32:50And that is exactly what they were.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53A pirate diplodocus, a pirate stegosaurus,
0:32:53 > 0:32:57a pirate triceratops, and a pirate pterodactyl.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02And right at the helm of the ship, steering with its claws on the wheel,
0:33:02 > 0:33:07was a great big pirate Tyrannosaurus rex.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11When he saw Captain Flinn he roared an almighty roar.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14The dinosaurs sang out in their terrible voices...
0:33:14 > 0:33:17# Yo-ho-ho Yo-ho-ho
0:33:17 > 0:33:20# Pirate dinosaurs go, go, go! #
0:33:20 > 0:33:24"Attack!" cried Captain Flinn and a great battle began.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Clash, clang, swish, splash!
0:33:29 > 0:33:34It wasn't long before all the pirate dinosaurs jumped overboard in terror,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37all except the Tyrannosaurus rex.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39He roared an almighty roar.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Captain Flinn could see his huge sharp yellow teeth,
0:33:43 > 0:33:47his tonsils wobbling ferociously at the back of his throat.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51"I challenge you to a duel," shouted Captain Flinn.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53"I'm gonna cut you up into pirate sausages,"
0:33:53 > 0:33:56yelled the Tyrannosaurus rex, dribbling.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59"Then I'm going to put you on the barbeque
0:33:59 > 0:34:03"and eat you with much too much tomato ketchup," he added.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07"Oh, no, you're not!" yelled Captain Flinn and charged.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Their cutlasses flashed and crashed and bashed and smashed
0:34:11 > 0:34:13for at least two hours and 25 minutes
0:34:13 > 0:34:17until finally the Tyrannosaurus rex was exhausted.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20"Captain Flinn," he stammered, "I surrender.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22"You're such a great pirate
0:34:22 > 0:34:26"that you should be captain of the pirate dinosaurs.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30"Spare me and I'll be the goodest goody in the world. Honest."
0:34:30 > 0:34:33"Maybe one day I'll be your captain," replied Captain Flinn,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37"but now we'd better get back to school. It's almost lunchtime."
0:34:37 > 0:34:40So Captain Flinn took the wheel of The Acorn
0:34:40 > 0:34:44and while pirate Pearl, pirate Tom and pirate Violet untied the crew,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Stubble made a delicious shark's fin stew.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51They got to the harbour and waved goodbye to Captain Stubble
0:34:51 > 0:34:52and the Tyrannosaurus rex.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Flinn saw that the door they had fallen through was still open.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59They clambered in and were back among the paints,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01rolls of paper and pots of glue.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Flinn grabbed some colouring pens
0:35:03 > 0:35:06and they all crept back into the classroom.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09"They all lived happily ever after," said Miss Pike,
0:35:09 > 0:35:11closing the book she'd been reading.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14"You've been in the cupboard a long time, Flinn.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16"What were you doing?"
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Flinn smiled secretly at his friends.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21"Nothing," he said. "Nothing at all."
0:35:21 > 0:35:26That story was called Captain Flinn And The Pirate Dinosaurs.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31There must be something exciting in these cupboards. I'll keep searching.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34While I do, it's time for you to go to bed.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37I'll see you soon for another story. Night-night.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Ah! A pirate sword.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Let's see what else I can find.