Can You Maybe Turn the Light On? Charlie and Lola

Charlie!

Lola?

Charlie!

YAWNING

I have this little sister Lola.

She's small and very funny,

and very, very tired.

-MORE YAWNING

-Lola!

Sometimes Mum and Dad ask me if I can read Lola a bedtime story

-before she goes to sleep.

-Oh! Will you read me my new book?

-Yes, of course I will.

-Can we read it right now?

"And when it's dark and no-one can see,

"the ogre walks through the woods all clumsily. Tromp, tromp, tromp!"

-Oh!

-"He chomps meat... Chomp, chomp, chomp.

-"He stomps on his feet... Stomp, stomp, stomp.

-Stomp.

-"He makes funny faces... Grr!

-Grr!

-"He races and chases... Blblblbla!"

-LOLA GIGGLES

"Then he..."

-Oh!

-That's all for tonight, Lola.

No, Charlie! Please, we're at the best bit!

-Please!

-Grr!

-SHE LAUGHS

-We'll read it tomorrow.

-Stomp, stomp, stomp.

LOLA GIGGLES AND CHARLIE SIGHS

What does the ogre do next, Charlie?

Good night, Lola.

What do YOU think it does, Foxy?

He chomp and he stomps,

but then what does he do?

-Rrr!

-CHARLIE SIGHS

Ooh. Um, Charlie...?

Can you maybe turn the light on?

Ohh, why?

Cos...I don't like the dark.

Oh.

Ah!

Oh, silly me. I think funny things come out when it's dark

and I hear funny noises.

Mmm. Actually, Lola,

some of your favourite things come out when it's dark, like animals.

They sleep all during the day and only come out at night-time.

-Really?

-Yes. They're called nocturnal animals.

OWL HOOTS

-What was that?

-An owl! Look.

Whoo-whoo!

SHE GIGGLES

RUSTLING Oh, look!

I love hedgey-hogs.

Hedgehogs only come out at night too.

Foxes too! Ohh!

I'm glad I'm not "octurnal".

I like my eyes open in the day

and shut at night when I'm tired.

Aw.

SOFT SQUEAKING

Oh!

OH!

-What are you doing?

-I don't like the dark, Charlie!

-But it's too bright now.

-I don't like it!

-It scares me.

-It won't hurt you.

And you need the dark to help you get to sleep.

Can we have the night light on?

We haven't had the night light on for ages.

-You know I find it hard to sleep with it on.

-Ohh...please!

All right, then.

-OK?

-Oh, can you put the blind up a bit?

-Thank you.

-Is that everything?

Yes.

Er...no. Can you just open the door a tiny weeny bit?

-OK.

-Thank you, thank you!

Oh, I can't get to sleep. It's too bright.

-Mmm.

-Lola?

It's too bright and it's going to keep me awake.

Lola? Lola...

-THUD

-ARGH!

-Argh, who's that?

-My toe!

-Is that you, Ogre!

-Ogre?

-A-a-a-agh!

-Lola, it's me!

Did you think I was the ogre?

Yes, yes, I did! Oh, Charlie, when it's all dark, the ogre comes out,

and I can hear him stomping.

-But he's not here, Lola. He's in the book.

-He's definitely here

-and he's chasing me.

-There are no ogres for real.

Only in big story books.

But I know there is a ogre...somewhere.

-He's hiding in the dark.

-Like where?

-Under my bed?

-Ohh!

No, nothing.

Is he in the wardrobe?

..No.

He's absolutely hiding behind the door.

No, he isn't.

-Toy box?

-No.

-Desk?

-No.

-Book shelf?

-No.

Nothing and no-one there. Happy now?

Yeah. Thank you for doing checking, Charlie.

I am completely ready to do sleeping. SHE SIGHS

Me too.

A gnome was stomping.

(Stomp...stomp...stomp...)

WIND HOWLS

'And when it's dark, and no-one can see,

-'the ogre walks through the woods, all clumsily.'

-AAAARGH!

Turn on the light, Charlie, turn on the light!

-What's the matter?

-That is where the ogre is! He's in the dark!

And he chases me. I will not ever never sleep in the dark again!

Mmm...

Lola, are you sure he was chasing you?

-Oh, yes.

-Because I've read a lot about ogres,

and they might be big and they might be hairy,

but they are really very friendly.

But in the story, the ogre was waiting and chasing, wasn't he?

How do WE know? We didn't get to the end, did we?

No, we didn't.

Well, let's see what happens next.

"And then the big clumsy ogre

"let out a big clumsy yawn.

"He was so tired from all his racing about,

"he wanted to sleep with all the lights out.

-Oh.

-"But the other animals just wanted to play

"because these night-time animals had slept all day.

"He turned and he tossed,

"but he just could not sleep.

ANIMALS SQUEAK AND SQUAWK

"He tried everything,

"even counting sheep."

-AS THE OGRE:

-"One, two, three, four,

"maybe I'll sleep if I count some more."

Your voice is so funny, Charlie! It makes me laugh!

SHE CHUCKLES

"He put small little trees into both of his ears,

-"but the noise wouldn't go."

-OWL HOOTS

"So then there was tears.

" 'All I want, said the ogre, is to fall asleep

-" 'with quiet all around, not even a peep' "

-Oh.

" 'If only someone would come and sing me a song

" 'I'd fall asleep all night long.

" 'But because I'm ugly

" 'whenever I ask, everyone runs away

" 'from this terrible task.' "

-Oh!

-" 'Just one little lullaby.

" 'It's not much to sing!

" 'But I am so ugly, they think it's a horrible thing.' "

HE SOBS Poor ugly ogre.

I will sing you a lullaby!

" 'Really? You? You'd do that for ME?' "

-Yes.

-" 'Oh, hold on a minute.

" 'I'll pull out these trees.' "

# La la la, ogre, fa-all asleep

# La la la, ogre, have your...tea

# La la la, ogre, go-o to bed

# La la la, ogre

# Lay down your head. #

LOLA HUMS HER LULLABY

-Ssh, ssh, ssh.

-Ahh.

-Charlie?

-Oh.

-Can you turn the light OFF, please?

Me and my ogre can only sleep when it's really, really dark.

Ah.

Thank you, Charlie. Ahh.