0:00:02 > 0:00:04The Curious.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06They say he collects strange tales.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08And if you ever hear his whistle,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11you know something creepy is about to unfold.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14No-one knows where he's from or he's going to,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17but he collects a souvenir from every tale he witnesses,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20keeps it in that satchel of his.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22"Have a great night!
0:00:22 > 0:00:23"I live to babysit.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25"I LIVE to babysit."
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Yeah, that works.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32If a job's worth doing, then it's worth doing right.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Take Esme, the world's worst baby-sitter.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39If only she had respected her job,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41things might have been OK for her.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51You guys are going to have an amazing time.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Zucco's is the place to eat.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56According to my mum, the tangerine gelato is a dream.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I've got the whole night mapped out, proper girls night in.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hot chocolate, popcorn, DVD marathon.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Seriously, you guys are doing me a favour.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I live to babysit.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09We'll be back 10:30 latest.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Be good, girls.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And help yourself to anything in the fridge, OK?
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Oh, you're so kind.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17You guys seriously have nothing to worry about.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19The twins are in very capable hands.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Hey!
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I think it's time for beddy-byes.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- What do you think, girls? - But it's 6.30!
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Exactly.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46They recommend you get at least 14 hours of sleep a day.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50BOTH: No, they don't, and you can't make us.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Just try to understand, it's for your own safety.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Tell me, girls, have you ever heard of the Night Night Man?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Oh, he's out there...
0:02:07 > 0:02:09..right now...
0:02:09 > 0:02:10..waiting.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15He lives in the gardens, and awakens where little kids won't go to bed.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20He's a master of camouflage, blending into the undergrowth...
0:02:21 > 0:02:24..big, lanky, massive roots and thorns,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and only when you don't go to sleep...
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- ..does he strike.- How come I've never heard of the Night...?- Shh.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- WHISPERED:- Don't say his name...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38..not even to your parents.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43If you mention his name, he'll make his way up to the house...
0:02:43 > 0:02:49..gnarly roots and thorns scraping on the concrete.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50RUSTLING
0:02:50 > 0:02:51What was that?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54What was what?
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Oh, and when he gets real close, he'll tap to come in.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Three...
0:03:02 > 0:03:03..times.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10TAPPING
0:03:10 > 0:03:12What will he do if we don't go to bed?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Turn your flesh into compost!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19GROWLING
0:03:19 > 0:03:20BOTH: He's here!
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- THEY SCREAM - Bed, quick!
0:03:22 > 0:03:24He disappears if you go to sleep!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Go, quick!
0:03:26 > 0:03:27SHE CHUCKLES
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Ah, like a charm.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Look, I'm not doing this again, and I mean it.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37This grass is messing with my allergies.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Wait, how's my hair?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Whoa, whoa, look, don't touchy, OK?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46So, how many times have you pulled this stunt?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Lost count.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53It's not always the Night Night Man, just whatever scares the kids.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56And then there's not a peep for the rest of the night.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57PHONE DINGS
0:03:57 > 0:03:58HE CHUCKLES
0:03:58 > 0:03:59What?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Not Patty Peterson again.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Hey, look. Don't get weird, Es.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07I'm here with you, aren't I?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13So, I've got another booking Friday.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14The Thorne house.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Wait, the big one on Elm?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21They have a 3-D TV and an account with Zucco's.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22All the pizza you want!
0:04:24 > 0:04:26OK, but it's the last time I wear this.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Hey, so where's the fridge?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42And that is pretty much everything.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yeah, we moved in,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46gosh, what, nearly a month ago now.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Thought it was time for a night out, grown-ups only.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50THEY CHUCKLE
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Now, Mrs Tuthill said that you were the go-to girl for baby-sitting.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Oh, she's sweet.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58The twins are my favourites to sit for.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Ashley's got the sniffles, and is all tucked in.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Shouldn't give you any trouble tonight.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Don't worry, we'll be just fine.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Yeah, they'll be just fine.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Look who's here.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32You must be Ashley.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34You don't look very sick to me.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39What you want, kid?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41What's your name?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Esme.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44But...
0:05:44 > 0:05:47..you can call me Miss Curtis.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Esme, you have a very big head in relation to your body.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Well, not nearly as big as your mouth, though.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Ice cream.- Excuse me?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02You asked me what I want, I want ice cream.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- You've already brushed your teeth, haven't you?- Derp, of course.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Then you can't have ice cream, now, can you?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Think it through.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13I...
0:06:13 > 0:06:15..want...
0:06:15 > 0:06:16ice cream!
0:06:16 > 0:06:17BANGING
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Wait...
0:06:21 > 0:06:23What was that?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25No, it can't be.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27What, what is it?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31The Night Night Man,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35a creature, they say, made up of roots and thorns,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38who wakes up when kids don't go to sleep.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Of course, it's probably not him.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47When the Night Night Man comes, he taps in the window three times.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51And we haven't heard that, so...
0:06:51 > 0:06:57TAPPING
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Tell me...
0:06:59 > 0:07:00..he's not behind me.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04SHE SCREAMS
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Bed, quick before he gets in!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09He disappears when you go to sleep!
0:07:09 > 0:07:11ASHLEY LAUGHS
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Funny! Another one!
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I want another story!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25How many more people have you got out there?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Who is this kid?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I live here, grass boy. Who are you?
0:07:29 > 0:07:30OK.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Enough with the fun and games.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Back to bed, kid.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40You shouldn't be mean.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Kindlesticks doesn't like it if you're mean.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44THUNDER CLAPS
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Kindlesticks?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Who's that?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Is he your imaginary friend?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52He's not imaginary.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54He's real, and he's standing right next to you.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Nice try, but we don't scare easily.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Yeah, where is he?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Right here?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Hey, how you doing, Kindlesticks?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Look, we're the best of pals.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10He isn't always invisible, you know.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Sometimes you can see his bright red eyes staring into your soul.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21Well, I think Kindlesticks would want you to go to sleep, Ashley.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- What do you think?- Kindlesticks isn't like grown-ups.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27He doesn't have rules. He protects kids.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31And right now, Kindlesticks is starting to get mad.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34OK. Story time's over.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Bedtime for you, mister.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42And this is the last time we hear about this Kindlesticks guy.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Yeah, weirdo.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47HE SCOFFS
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Kindlesticks...
0:08:48 > 0:08:49THUNDER CLAPS
0:08:55 > 0:08:57THUNDER CLAPS
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Chassy, you're missing the movie.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12KEYBOARD CLICKS
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Who are you texting?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17What?
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Yeah, sure.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Just take one, they're good.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Hey, shift over, will ya?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Your thigh is crushing me.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50What?
0:09:50 > 0:09:51What?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53You just tapped my shoulder.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54No... No, I didn't.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56HE SIGHS
0:09:59 > 0:10:00OK, seriously, what?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Chas, I didn't do anything.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I just want you to know I'm not finding this funny.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Ow!
0:10:12 > 0:10:14What is wrong with you?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Don't deny it. You flicked my ear, and it really stings, and...
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Wait...
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Did you just eat my sandwich?
0:10:23 > 0:10:24No!
0:10:27 > 0:10:28That kid.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36LIGHTS BUZZ
0:10:39 > 0:10:40DOOR CREAKS
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Looking for someone?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Messing with us might seem funny to you, Ashley,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58but at my age,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01it's about as funny as a toenail in your cheesecake.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02It was Kindlesticks.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Kindlesticks messes with naughty people.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Listen to me.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Your happiness depends on my happiness.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15I make or break kids in this town. You understand?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18You talk funny.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19CHAS SCREAMS
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Esme, come quick!
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Chas, what is it?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Another spider?
0:11:29 > 0:11:34No, and I'm cool with spiders. It's just, something yanked my hair.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- I felt it.- No, he couldn't have. We were upstairs.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40What, so I'm lying?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Wait, did you see that?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45I saw something...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47..in the garden.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Something moving.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Maybe it was the Night Night Man.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55You can zip it.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58I'll stick the kid back in bed, and we can finish the movie...
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- ..in peace.- OK.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03PIANO PLAYS A TUNE
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- The piano! - Kindlesticks wants to play!
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Duck!
0:12:08 > 0:12:10THEY SCREAM
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Esme, what kind of house have you brought me to?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Chassy, look!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17THEY SCREAM
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Where is it?
0:12:31 > 0:12:32What is that?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Forget this!
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Chas!
0:12:39 > 0:12:40You can't just leave me!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Now do you believe in him?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Say I did, what does Kindlesticks want?
0:12:54 > 0:12:55To play.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00What if I don't want to play?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Kindlesticks doesn't like no for an answer.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04This is getting serious now.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06How do I stop him, Ashley?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Be nice.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Kindlesticks doesn't like it if you're mean.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16You want some ice cream?
0:13:18 > 0:13:19I'll get you ice cream.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I'm getting him ice cream.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Not just me, everybody.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Kindlesticks knows.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31He sees into you.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33But I'm not mean.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Kindlesticks disagrees.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- What are you doing?- Calling 911.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Kindlesticks won't stop until you play.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Please.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00No, no, no. Don't hit send!
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Please!
0:14:04 > 0:14:05No!
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Kindlesticks did you a favour. He WAS a loser.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I didn't take those photos.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Kindlesticks did.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Who are they?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Other kids that I sit for.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26They don't look like they found your stories funny.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Enough! I don't want to see any more!
0:14:33 > 0:14:34GLASS SHATTERS
0:14:42 > 0:14:43What?
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Kindlesticks doesn't usually go this far.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48I thought he was your friend.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I thought he just wanted to play.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55I think now Kindlesticks wants to make you pay.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06We're trapped!
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Go talk to him.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Tell him to stop.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10DOOR SLAMS
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Somewhere deep down...
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I think she's, maybe, a good person, Kindlesticks.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20ASHLEY BANGS ON DOOR
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Let me in! Let me in!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Please, please, let me in!
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Let me in!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31He doesn't like that I'm friends with a meanie.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32He's mad at me, too.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33DOORKNOB RATTLES
0:15:44 > 0:15:48OK, we'll just stay here till your parents come home.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49They'll know what to do.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51They won't be home for hours.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53You're supposed to look after me.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54What do we do?
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Ashley...
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Don't speak.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01DOOR CREAKS
0:16:01 > 0:16:02I need to tell you something.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Sometimes...
0:16:05 > 0:16:06..I lose control of him.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Esme!- No!
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Ashley?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Ashley?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Ashley?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Esme, help me!
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Ashley?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Ashley?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Ashley, where are you?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Ashley?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Esme!
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Please.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Give him back!
0:17:41 > 0:17:43He says you don't deserve me.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44He says you did this.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47GLASS BREAKING
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Ashley?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22His parents will kill me if anything happens to him.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I'll never work again.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Kindlesticks says that's the wrong answer.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30What is the right answer?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32What do you want me to say?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36That I'm a terrible sitter?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37RUSTLING
0:18:37 > 0:18:38SHE GASPS
0:18:39 > 0:18:41That...
0:18:41 > 0:18:44..the only person I look after when I baby-sit is myself?
0:18:50 > 0:18:54K-K-Kindlesticks?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56It's true.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59I am...selfish.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I just wanted Chas to like me.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Boys never like me.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10He's cruel and he's a loser, and I see that now.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13I know better.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18No kid deserves my stories...
0:19:19 > 0:19:22..and no-one deserves to be so scared.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26No, please!
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I promise I'll never be mean again!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Kindlesticks, please!
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Ashley?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Surprise.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47It was you all along?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50You're Kindlesticks?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53So, he's not real?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57But... Wait, why?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Everyone knows about you at school.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I thought you needed a lesson to see what it's like to be little.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Are you mad?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09No.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10I'm not mad...
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Good job, kid.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29So, what did you put on the end of those?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Red marker pen.- Nice touch.- Thanks.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35But what about the rest of it?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38I'm guessing it was some sort of fishing line system?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Tell me next time. You'd best head upstairs before your folks get home.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Need help clearing up?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49You've done enough.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Thanks, though.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Go!
0:21:09 > 0:21:10How was Zucco's?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Ah, your mum was spot-on with the gelato. Bellissimo!
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Hope the little monster didn't give you too much trouble.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- A few moments, but it all worked out in the end.- Good!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Wow.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27You are definitely invited back.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Ash normally hates bedtime.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Aww, out like a light, and through the storm, too.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34She looks so peaceful.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Erm, "she"?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Oh, that's right, she's a proper, little night owl, this one.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- No, you said "she".- Yes.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Well...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47..why would you?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Esme, are you OK?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Who's that?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53That's Ashley, of course.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Mum!
0:21:55 > 0:21:58It's OK, Ash. Go back to sleep.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Ashley's a girl?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Wait, no, no, no...
0:22:03 > 0:22:04If that's Ashley, then...
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Then who...?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18What are you looking at?
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Kindlesticks...
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Did you ever have an imaginary friend?
0:22:38 > 0:22:43Are you starting to wonder whether they were so imaginary after all?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Because if it's true for one of them,
0:22:46 > 0:22:47then surely it's true for all of them.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Maybe it's still standing next to you right now.