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0:32:06 > 0:32:08Hello, I'm Michael.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Do you have a favourite animal?
0:32:10 > 0:32:11You do?
0:32:11 > 0:32:16Well I can't decide whether I like dogs or cats best.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17What do you think?
0:32:17 > 0:32:21And I can't decide whether to tell you my favourite dog story
0:32:21 > 0:32:23or my favourite cat story.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26So why don't I tell you them both?
0:32:26 > 0:32:31The first is about a cat called Slinky Malinki Catflaps.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36The house was asleep. It was silent and still.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39With flickering shadows on ceiling and sill.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Slinky Malinki was cosy and snug,
0:32:43 > 0:32:46curled in a ball on the raggedy rug.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51He opened an eye, inspected his toes,
0:32:51 > 0:32:54and washed from his tail to the tip of his nose.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58He wiped round an ear with a delicate paw
0:32:58 > 0:33:04and stretched as he silently slipped through the door.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Whiskers all twitching and eyes shining bright,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12he squeezed through his cat flap and into the night.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17He prowled round the garden and smelled every smell,
0:33:17 > 0:33:18from the rambling rose,
0:33:18 > 0:33:20to the snail in its shell.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Then, with a curious questioning call,
0:33:24 > 0:33:28he sprang to the top of the tumbled down wall.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31"Prrrrow?!" he called.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36Out of a bush, at the end of the wall came two creeping shadows,
0:33:36 > 0:33:38one big and one small.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Slipping and slithering, scrambling down,
0:33:41 > 0:33:46were Greywacke Jones and Butterball Brown.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Next to the hole by the tunnel house door,
0:33:49 > 0:33:53furtively lurking were two shadows more.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57Up through the leaves of the five-fingered tree,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01climbed Pimpernel Pugh and Mushroom Magee.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Down on the grass, by the cucumber frame,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08mysterious figures were playing a game.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12They tumbled and chased with a scuffle and cuff.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15The Poppadum kittens and Grizzly McDuff.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18From nooks and from crannies, from mischief and game,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21from every corner and crevice they came.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25They sat in the moonlight's silvery glow.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Hobnobbing happily, ten in a row.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34But! Out of the hedge by the rickety seat,
0:34:34 > 0:34:38disturbing the birds in their feathery sleep,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42something was sneaking on pussy-foot paw,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45the cranky and crotchety
0:34:45 > 0:34:49SCARFACE CLAW!
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Then, all at once came the ear-splitting sound
0:34:53 > 0:34:56of a caterwaul symphony echoing round.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58"Prr-oow-oh!"
0:34:58 > 0:35:00"Yee-ooow!"
0:35:00 > 0:35:02"Brr-eeow-ee-yow!"
0:35:02 > 0:35:03"Sss-pit-a-pit!"
0:35:03 > 0:35:05"Fsss-pit-a-pit!"
0:35:05 > 0:35:07"Waow-yee-aow!"
0:35:07 > 0:35:09It woke all the neighbours...
0:35:09 > 0:35:14From window and door came bellowing shouts and a furious roar.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16"Ssssh!" they all said,
0:35:16 > 0:35:22"What a rackety bunch. Stop that commotion and go home, at once!"
0:35:22 > 0:35:26With a grumbling growl and a scuttle of paw,
0:35:26 > 0:35:30off and away galloped Scarface Claw.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33And down from the wall with a hiss and a spit
0:35:33 > 0:35:36went Slinky Malinki, lickity split.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40The others all followed until there were nine,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43trotting behind in a tail-waving line.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Whiskers all twitching and eyes shining bright,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50they squeezed through the cat flap and out of the night.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53The house was asleep,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55it was silent and still,
0:35:55 > 0:35:59with flickering shadows on ceiling and sill.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Slinky Malinki was cosy and snug,
0:36:03 > 0:36:07with all his friends on the raggedy rug.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11They sat in the firelight's welcoming glow,
0:36:11 > 0:36:12hobnobbing happily,
0:36:12 > 0:36:15ten in a row.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20Ha! And that story was called Slinky Malinki Catflaps.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25Now that Slinky Malinki and his friends are sat in front of the fire,
0:36:25 > 0:36:28why don't I tell you about my favourite dog?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30He's called Hairy Maclary
0:36:30 > 0:36:33and he's from Donaldson's Dairy.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Out of the gate and off for a walk,
0:36:37 > 0:36:40went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42And Hercules Morse, as big as a horse
0:36:42 > 0:36:46with Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Bottomly Potts, covered in spots.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Hercules Morse, as big as a horse,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Muffin McLay, like a bundle of hay,
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Bottomly Potts, covered in spots,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Hercules Morse, as big as a horse
0:37:02 > 0:37:05and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Bitzer Maloney, all skinny and bony,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Muffin McLay, like a bundle of hay,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Bottomly Potts, covered in spots,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Hercules Morse, as big as a horse
0:37:16 > 0:37:20and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
0:37:20 > 0:37:21Schnitzel von Krumm
0:37:21 > 0:37:23with a very low tum,
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Bottomly Potts covered in spots,
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Hercules Morse as big as a horse
0:37:33 > 0:37:37and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39With tails in the air they trotted on down
0:37:39 > 0:37:43past the shops and the park to the far end of town.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47They sniffed at the smells and they snooped at each door,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49when suddenly
0:37:49 > 0:37:51out of the shadows they saw...
0:37:53 > 0:37:55..SCARFACE CLAW!
0:37:55 > 0:37:59The toughest Tom in town.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04"EEEEEOWWWFFTZ!" said Scarface Claw.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Off with a yowl, a wail and a howl,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09a scatter of paws and a clatter of claws,
0:38:09 > 0:38:12went Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Bitzer Maloney, all skinny and bony,
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Muffin McLay, like a bundle of hay,
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Bottomly Potts, covered in spots,
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Hercules Morse, as big as a horse
0:38:21 > 0:38:25and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy,
0:38:25 > 0:38:27straight back home to bed.
0:38:27 > 0:38:32Ha! And that story was called Hairy Maclary of Donaldson's Dairy.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Wow, that Scarface Claw gets everywhere, doesn't he?
0:38:36 > 0:38:40At least Hairy Maclary is back home, tucked up in bed.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42And that's where you need to be now, too.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46I'll see you soon for another story. Good night.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Now, I still can't decide whether maybe...
0:38:49 > 0:38:53I like the dogs, or the cats. Maybe it's the cat, come here, you.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Come here. I'll give you a little tickle under there.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Ticky-ticky, meow!
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