Don't Read This Book

0:00:02 > 0:00:06CBeebies Bedtime Story!

0:00:07 > 0:00:10Hmm. Now, what rhymes with pea?

0:00:10 > 0:00:14Sea...he...

0:00:14 > 0:00:15Oh, hello. I'm Warwick.

0:00:15 > 0:00:20I'm helping the King's story-writer with tonight's bedtime story,

0:00:20 > 0:00:23as one of his best stories has disappeared.

0:00:23 > 0:00:28He's given me these peas to help with ideas, but it's not working.

0:00:28 > 0:00:31And I don't know what to do, as the King is not amused.

0:00:31 > 0:00:34Why don't I explain the whole problem?

0:00:34 > 0:00:37The story is by Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright,

0:00:37 > 0:00:40and is called Don't Read This Book.

0:00:40 > 0:00:45Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night...

0:00:45 > 0:00:49"Stop right there! Once upon a time, absolutely nothing happened!

0:00:49 > 0:00:52"I command you to read something else,

0:00:52 > 0:00:54"there is no story here!"

0:00:54 > 0:00:57But someone had started reading now, hadn't they?

0:00:57 > 0:01:00Yes, I do mean you.

0:01:00 > 0:01:02The King phoned his story-writer.

0:01:02 > 0:01:05"What do you mean it's not ready?

0:01:05 > 0:01:09"I was promised a new story, and a new story I shall have!"

0:01:09 > 0:01:12The King needed to find his story-writer, fast,

0:01:12 > 0:01:15because he had the feeling he was being watched.

0:01:15 > 0:01:19"You again! Go away or I'll fling you in prison!"

0:01:19 > 0:01:22The King met his story-writer.

0:01:22 > 0:01:23"Ah, there you are.

0:01:23 > 0:01:27"My new story is meant to be starting right his minute!

0:01:27 > 0:01:28"Where is it?"

0:01:28 > 0:01:32"Uh, yes. I had some notes but I've, uh, lost them.

0:01:32 > 0:01:36"I do have the title, though, sire. Well, it's half a title.

0:01:36 > 0:01:42"I had it on a piece of paper, but you see here it's, uh, it's torn."

0:01:42 > 0:01:45"The Princess And The...something?

0:01:45 > 0:01:49"What kind of a title is that? Where's the rest of it?"

0:01:49 > 0:01:52The story-writer thought long and hard.

0:01:52 > 0:01:56"Well, um. I've just come back from Beanstalk Crossroads,

0:01:56 > 0:02:00"I was sitting there, thinking. It might be there!"

0:02:00 > 0:02:03"What are we waiting for? Get on with it!"

0:02:03 > 0:02:05On the way to Beanstalk Crossroads,

0:02:05 > 0:02:10the King and the story-writer tried desperately to think of the title.

0:02:10 > 0:02:15"Was it The Princess And The Incredibly Handsome King?"

0:02:15 > 0:02:17"Uh, no."

0:02:17 > 0:02:21"Was it, The Princess And The Amazingly Clever King?"

0:02:21 > 0:02:23"Uh, no."

0:02:23 > 0:02:28"Was it The Princess And The Unbelievably Brave King?"

0:02:28 > 0:02:31"Uh, no, sire. Sorry, sire."

0:02:31 > 0:02:36While they were thinking, a certain someone was still reading.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39Yes. I do mean you.

0:02:39 > 0:02:44"Uh, your Majesty? Someone's watching us."

0:02:44 > 0:02:50"Don't look! Keep your eyes fixed on the front and keep riding.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52"If you turn one more page of this book,

0:02:52 > 0:02:55"I will throw you in the dungeon!

0:02:55 > 0:02:57"There's no story! Go away!"

0:02:57 > 0:02:59"No, wait a minute!

0:02:59 > 0:03:05"My notes - well, some of my notes - I've found them! Hurrah!"

0:03:05 > 0:03:07"Just get on with it, man!

0:03:07 > 0:03:09"What do they say?"

0:03:09 > 0:03:13"Uh, um, yes. Um, it starts with a storm."

0:03:13 > 0:03:16"Good, good, I like a bit of drama."

0:03:16 > 0:03:18"And then there's this princess."

0:03:18 > 0:03:20"I think we've guessed that.

0:03:20 > 0:03:25"Any other characters? Like a handsome, brave and clever king?"

0:03:25 > 0:03:30"Oh, yes, your Majesty. There's definitely a king in the story."

0:03:30 > 0:03:33"It wouldn't be a good story without one!

0:03:33 > 0:03:36"What about the story? What's going to happen?"

0:03:36 > 0:03:40The writer looked around him. There were no more pages!

0:03:40 > 0:03:43What was he going to do?

0:03:43 > 0:03:46"Is this what you're looking for?

0:03:46 > 0:03:50"Fee Fi Fo Fum!"

0:03:50 > 0:03:54"The next two pages! Yippee!

0:03:54 > 0:03:59"We need a...let me see. A queen and a prince and 15 mattresses..."

0:03:59 > 0:04:03"We certainly don't need any of that nonsense!

0:04:03 > 0:04:06"Where are we going to find 15 mattresses?"

0:04:06 > 0:04:11"I think Red Riding Hood's grandma might have some spare ones."

0:04:11 > 0:04:15They raced to Grandma's cottage, where they confused the wolf.

0:04:15 > 0:04:21"My...your Majesty. What fine clothes you have,

0:04:21 > 0:04:24"and smart shoes you have.

0:04:24 > 0:04:27"And what a big crown you have."

0:04:27 > 0:04:30"Yes, yes. That's enough of that.

0:04:30 > 0:04:35"We need some mattresses, and now! Get out of that bed immediately!"

0:04:35 > 0:04:37Suddenly, the writer came running in.

0:04:37 > 0:04:43"I've found my notes! We just need one more thing."

0:04:43 > 0:04:47"I thought you were never coming!"

0:04:47 > 0:04:50"Now we've got everything - all the characters,

0:04:50 > 0:04:53"a beginning, a middle and an end.

0:04:53 > 0:04:57"This is so exciting, it's fantastic..."

0:04:57 > 0:05:00"Oh, be quiet! Look! We've run out of space!

0:05:00 > 0:05:04"Where can we tell the story? I'm not pleased!

0:05:04 > 0:05:08"And we still don't even have a title!"

0:05:08 > 0:05:10"Wait! I've an idea.

0:05:10 > 0:05:13"We can tell it on the last two pages,

0:05:13 > 0:05:16"but we'll have to be quick. Oh, and the title!

0:05:16 > 0:05:18"I've found that, too.

0:05:18 > 0:05:23"It's The Princess And The Pea.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26"Once upon a time on a dark and stormy night,

0:05:26 > 0:05:30"a princess struggled to reach the castle of her beloved.

0:05:30 > 0:05:34But the King - handsome and brave - and the Queen of the castle

0:05:34 > 0:05:39"did not believe such a wet and messy girl could be a princess.

0:05:39 > 0:05:44"So the Queen, taking the advice of her wise and good-looking husband,

0:05:44 > 0:05:46"set her a test.

0:05:46 > 0:05:51"She slipped a pea beneath the 15 mattresses on the Princess's bed.

0:05:51 > 0:05:56"The Princess said she had not slept because of the lump in her bed,

0:05:56 > 0:06:00"and the Queen and the King knew she really was a princess

0:06:00 > 0:06:03"as only a princess could be so delicate.

0:06:03 > 0:06:07"On hearing the news, the Prince proposed to the Princess,

0:06:07 > 0:06:12"they were married and they all lived happily ever after. The end."

0:06:12 > 0:06:15"What? Are you still here? It's your bedtime!

0:06:15 > 0:06:19"Go away, and don't you dare read this book again!"

0:06:19 > 0:06:22That story was called Don't Read This Book.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25But I'm really glad we have read that book.

0:06:25 > 0:06:28Now I understand the importance of the peas.

0:06:28 > 0:06:33And now you've heard the full story, it's time for you to go to bed.

0:06:33 > 0:06:35I'll see you soon for another story.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37Night-night.

0:06:37 > 0:06:42Now, I think I'll write a letter to the King's story-writer,

0:06:42 > 0:06:44to thank him for the story.

0:06:44 > 0:06:48"Dear Story-writer..."

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