0:20:50 > 0:20:57.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Ooh, what can I see down there?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Just saw one move.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Hello. I'm Shelley and I'm using these binoculars
0:21:15 > 0:21:17to be a fish-spotter.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20No, I don't mean a bird-spotter - I mean a fish-spotter.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23I want to see as many fish as Tiddler.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25He's in tonight's bedtime story
0:21:25 > 0:21:29and is always bumping into exciting kinds of fish.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32The story is by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and is called Tiddler.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Once there was a fish called Tiddler.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39He wasn't much to look at with plain grey scales,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43but Tiddler was a fish with a big imagination.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47He blew small bubbles, but he told tall tales.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50"Sorry I'm late - I was riding on a seahorse."
0:21:50 > 0:21:52"Sorry I'm late - I was flying with a ray."
0:21:52 > 0:21:55"Sorry I'm late - I was diving with a dolphin."
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Tiddler told a different story every day.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02At 9 o'clock on Monday, Miss Skate called the register.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05"Little Johnny Dory?" "Yes, Miss Skate."
0:22:05 > 0:22:08"Rabbit fish?" "Yes, Miss."
0:22:08 > 0:22:09"Red fin?" "Yes, Miss."
0:22:09 > 0:22:11"Tiddler..."
0:22:11 > 0:22:14"Tiddler...? Tiddler's late."
0:22:14 > 0:22:17"Sorry I'm late - I was swimming round a shipwreck.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21"I swam into a treasure chest and someone closed the lid.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23"I thrashed till a mermaid let me out."
0:22:23 > 0:22:26"Oh, no, she didn't." "Oh, yes, she did."
0:22:26 > 0:22:29"It's only a story," said rabbit fish and red fin.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33"Just a silly story," said dragon fish and dab.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35"I like his stories," said Johnny Dory.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39And he told it to his granny who told it to a crab.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42At 9 on Tuesday, Miss Skate called the register.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44"Little Johnny Dory?" "Yes, Miss Skate."
0:22:44 > 0:22:46"Spider fish?" "Yes, Miss."
0:22:46 > 0:22:48"Sun fish?" "Yes, Miss."
0:22:48 > 0:22:51"Tiddler? Tiddler?
0:22:51 > 0:22:52"Tiddler's late."
0:22:52 > 0:22:55"Sorry, I'm late, Miss. I set off really early,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59"but on the way to school, I was captured by a squid.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01"I struggled till a turtle rescued me."
0:23:01 > 0:23:04"Oh, no, he didn't." "Oh, yes, he did."
0:23:04 > 0:23:08"It's only a story," said spider fish and sun fish.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11"Just a silly story," said devil fish and dace.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14"I love his stories," said Johnny Dory.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And he told it to his granny who told it to a plaice.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Who told it to a starfish who told it to a seal.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Who told it to a lobster who told it to an eel.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28At 9 o'clock on Wednesday, Tiddler was dawdling, dreaming up a story.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31His tallest story yet.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Lost inside his story, he didn't see the fishing boat,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37or the fisherman. He didn't spot...
0:23:37 > 0:23:39the net.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Meanwhile at school, Miss Skate called the register.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48"Little Johnny Dory?" "Yes, Miss Skate."
0:23:48 > 0:23:50"Leopard fish?" "Yes, Miss."
0:23:50 > 0:23:52"Leaf fish?" "Yes, Miss."
0:23:52 > 0:23:55"Tiddler? Tiddler? Tiddler's late."
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Ten o'clock. Eleven o'clock - still no Tiddler.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Twelve o'clock, lunchtime. Where could he be?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The fishermen were hauling in their fishing net.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11This one's just a Tiddler - we'll throw it back to sea.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Tiddler was lost in the ocean
0:24:13 > 0:24:17where strange lights glimmered and strange fish flew.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21He swam around in circles. He shivered in the seaweed.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25But then he heard a story - a story that he knew.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Tiddler rode a seahorse, Tiddler met a mermaid,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Tiddler met a turtle who saved him from a squid.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Tiddler found a shipwreck. Tiddler found a treasure chest.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Oh, no, he didn't. Oh, yes, he did.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Tiddler peeked out and saw a shoal of anchovies.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44"Excuse me, can you tell me where you heard that tale?"
0:24:44 > 0:24:48"We heard it from a shrimp, but we don't know where she heard it."
0:24:48 > 0:24:52They took him to a shrimp who said, "I heard it from a whale.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55"I heard it from a herring. I heard it from an eel.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58"I heard it from a lobster. I heard it from a seal.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02"I heard it from a starfish. I heard it from a plaice."
0:25:02 > 0:25:07The plaice said, "Just a minute, don't I recognise your face?"
0:25:07 > 0:25:09"I'm Tiddler," said Tiddler.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11"I'm tracking down my story."
0:25:11 > 0:25:15The plaice replied, "I heard it from my neighbour, Granny Dory."
0:25:15 > 0:25:19One o'clock, two o'clock - still no Tiddler.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Nearly home time. Where could he be?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Just as the fishes were finishing their lessons,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27in swam Tiddler at half-past three.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31"Sorry, I'm late, but I swam into a fishing net,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34"I managed to escape and I swam away and hid.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38"I was lost, scared, but a story lead me home again.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40"No, it didn't." "Yes, it did."
0:25:40 > 0:25:44"It's another story," said leopard fish and leaf fish.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47"Just a silly story," said butter fish and blue.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51"It isn't just a story," said little Johnny Dory.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55And he told it to a writer friend, who wrote it down, for you.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59And that story was called Tiddler.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Wow, what a lot of fish Tiddler met on his adventure.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I wonder if I can spot any of them.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07While I do, it's time for you to go to bed.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I'll see you soon for another story. Night-night.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13OK, I'll see what I can spot.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Oh, there's Tiddler.