An Leabhar Beag (The Little Book)

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0:12:50 > 0:12:57.

0:13:03 > 0:13:07# Are there Tooth Mice? Here's the proof

0:13:07 > 0:13:11# Every time you lose a tooth

0:13:11 > 0:13:14# There's a pair of fearless mice

0:13:14 > 0:13:19# Who fight through rain and snow and ice

0:13:19 > 0:13:24# To bring you all a nice surprise So go to to bed

0:13:24 > 0:13:28# And close your eyes. #

0:13:37 > 0:13:43'Queen Elisa, the ruler of the Tooth Mice, was a great reader.'

0:13:46 > 0:13:52Your majesty, what can we give Sandrine for her first milk tooth?

0:13:52 > 0:13:55What? Oh, er, yes.

0:13:55 > 0:13:58Why not give her a book like this?

0:13:58 > 0:14:02She'll enjoy it. It's a very good story.

0:14:02 > 0:14:08It reminds me of my childhood. I loved it when I was a child.

0:14:08 > 0:14:12(Can you imagine what she was like as a child?)

0:14:12 > 0:14:15If you've finished, get along with you.

0:14:29 > 0:14:35'Marla the buzzard was expecting chicks, and chicks have to be fed.'

0:14:37 > 0:14:43They're going to hatch. I must find them something to eat.

0:14:43 > 0:14:48They'll be starving. Poor little darlings. I'll be back in two ticks.

0:14:54 > 0:15:00'Sometimes I think I'm nothing but a taxi service for the Tooth Mice.'

0:15:07 > 0:15:12Am I dreaming? Or did I see two mice on the back of that bird?

0:15:15 > 0:15:18Hey! Stop that!

0:15:18 > 0:15:23- Help! I'm going to fall!- What's going on?! Stop that kerfuffle!

0:15:26 > 0:15:29What are you doing?! I can't see!

0:15:40 > 0:15:43Help me!

0:15:47 > 0:15:49Arthur! Speak to me! Say something!

0:15:52 > 0:15:55'Marla was hatching a plan to eat Gisele.'

0:15:56 > 0:15:59Help! Help me!

0:15:59 > 0:16:04It's no good. No-one can hear you. You'll disturb my little darlings.

0:16:04 > 0:16:06Is this a cookbook?

0:16:06 > 0:16:10Cookbook? ..Certainly not.

0:16:10 > 0:16:15What a pity. I was hoping to find a nice recipe for mouse.

0:16:15 > 0:16:19My little darlings will just have to eat you raw.

0:16:19 > 0:16:22As soon as they're hatched.

0:16:22 > 0:16:27Perhaps you'd be kind enough to read to me whilst you're waiting.

0:16:27 > 0:16:30Can't you read?

0:16:30 > 0:16:36Afraid not. I've always regretted it. It gets so boring on your own.

0:16:36 > 0:16:39Untie me, then.

0:16:43 > 0:16:49"Once upon a time, in the middle of a forest,

0:16:49 > 0:16:51"there was a magnificent tree..."

0:16:51 > 0:16:56- I just hope we get there in time! - Look! There's the nest!

0:16:57 > 0:17:01"..They all lived happily ever after."

0:17:01 > 0:17:03WINGS BEAT Martin!

0:17:06 > 0:17:09Stop! Don't you dare!

0:17:11 > 0:17:13Stop! Come back!

0:17:13 > 0:17:16Come on! Let's get out of here!

0:17:24 > 0:17:29There you are at last, my little darlings!

0:17:36 > 0:17:41'We finally got to Sandrine's house and delivered the book.'

0:17:42 > 0:17:48And now, my little darlings, I'm going to tell you a story.

0:17:48 > 0:17:52- Once upon a time... - 'What a life-saver it had been.'

0:17:59 > 0:18:04Subtitles by Mary Easton BBC Scotland - 2001

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