0:00:02 > 0:00:05CBeebies Bedtime Story.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11I'm sure these aren't for me...
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Oh, hello. My name's Mackenzie.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Do you know who these belong to?
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Look. There's a big pair of boots, and two pink tutus.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22The tutus should belong to ballet dancers,
0:00:22 > 0:00:26but I don't think these boots belong to a ballerina, do you?
0:00:26 > 0:00:27I wish I could dance.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Do you ever wish you could be somebody else?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33The little girl in tonight's bedtime story does.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36She wonders what it would be like to be her dad.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39The story is by Richard Hamilton and Babette Cole,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and is called If I Were You.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Dad tucked Daisy up in bed.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47He said, "If I were you, I'd snuggle down and go to sleep."
0:00:47 > 0:00:49"But you're not me!", said Daisy.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53"I know, but if I were...", Dad yawned.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And that set Daisy thinking.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58"If you were me, and I were you," Daisy said,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01"I'd read you a story about three bears,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03"then I'd say good night and go downstairs."
0:01:03 > 0:01:06"If you were me, and I were you," said Dad,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08"I'd go to sleep with Kangaroo,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11"and in the morning, bounce on you."
0:01:11 > 0:01:14"If you were me, and I were you," said Daisy,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16"I'd dress you in a pink tutu.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18"I'd give you breakfast, porridge every day,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21"while I had chocolate fromage frais."
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Dad sat up and stroked his chin.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26"If you were me, now, let me see.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29"While you washed up, I'd watch TV.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32"Then I can play with Milly the Mouse
0:01:32 > 0:01:35"while you made beds and tidied the house."
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Daisy wasn't sure about that.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39She said, "Then, we'd go out for some fresh air
0:01:39 > 0:01:41"and I'd push you in my old pushchair."
0:01:41 > 0:01:42"What?" said Dad.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45"Past the neighbours, dressed in pink?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47"Can you imagine what they'd think?"
0:01:47 > 0:01:49"If I were you, and you were me," said Daisy,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53"I'd take you to the zoo to see the baby elephants and cheetahs,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55"the crocodiles and anteaters."
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Dad clapped his hands and said,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59"Could we go by bus and buy balloons,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02"eat ice creams and see baboons?"
0:02:02 > 0:02:05"Yes, if you were very, very, good," said Daisy,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07"and behaved exactly as you should.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10"And after the zoo, could we play in the park,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12"and stay out till it's really dark?"
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Daisy folded her arms. "We could go to the park, but not for long.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17"You're so heavy, and I'm not that strong."
0:02:17 > 0:02:19"After the park, I'd give you tea,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22"with your friends, and Mummy, and baby and me."
0:02:22 > 0:02:24"You could play games like musical chairs
0:02:24 > 0:02:26"and pass the parcel and hunt the bears.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28"And then a bath to make me clean
0:02:28 > 0:02:30"with ducks and bubbles and submarines?"
0:02:30 > 0:02:32"I'd make you wash your face and hair,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34"behind your ears, everywhere.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36"And then I'd tuck you up in bed,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38"and give you a big kiss on your head."
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Dad sighed. "What a day! I'd think I was dreaming!
0:02:42 > 0:02:45"No washing, no cooking, no driving, no cleaning.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46"Wouldn't it be great?"
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Daisy looked at her dad.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51She said, "Dad, if I were you, and you were me...
0:02:52 > 0:02:55"..I think I'd rather be me!"
0:02:55 > 0:02:56The end.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59That story was called If I Were You.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Now, if I were you,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02I'd think I'd go to sleep right now
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and dream of dancing on the stage in a pink tutu...
0:03:05 > 0:03:10but maybe in some ballet slippers rather than these big boots.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14And while you go to sleep, I'll think of what I can do tomorrow,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16and I'll see you soon for another story.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Night night!
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