0:00:04 > 0:00:08My name is Tracy Beaker and these are my Survival Files,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12your essential guide to the ups and downs of growing up.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Tracy.- Tracy!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Life in the Dumping Ground has taught me a lot about stuff.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Tracy Beaker.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Scary stuff.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22THEY SCREAM
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Complicated stuff. Stuff that can make you want to scream.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28SCREAMING
0:00:28 > 0:00:31If you can cope with the stuff that happens here,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33you can cope with almost anything.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37I've spent most of my life here. First, as a kid,
0:00:37 > 0:00:38and now it's where I work.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42I've learned a lot about friends,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44about enemies...
0:00:47 > 0:00:51..about what life can throw at you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55It's not always been pretty
0:00:55 > 0:00:58but it's made me who I am today
0:00:58 > 0:01:02and now I'm passing on my wisdom to you guys in a video blog.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I've lived through all this so you don't have to.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11On The Tracy Beaker Survival Files this time...
0:01:11 > 0:01:15What makes us frightened? Why do we love a good scare?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And how to conquer our biggest fears.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Cam once told me, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28If so, we should be terrified,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32cos the world is full of wusses. Take a look at this lot.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34THEY SCREAM
0:01:34 > 0:01:35HE SCREAMS
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Some people are scared of everything.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43But if that's you, don't despair. I'm here to help.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47ALL: Oooooh! Toby!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49HE SCREAMS
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Everyone knows I don't scare easy. Not everyone's as fearless as me.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Some people are frightened of the smallest things.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Like toys.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01THEY SCREAM
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- SHE SCREAMS - Or maggots.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04THEY SCREAM
0:02:04 > 0:02:06SHE SCREAMS A giant spider!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08'Or spiders.'
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Oh, flush it down the plughole!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Killing a spider's bad luck.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Ohh!
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Don't be such a baby. It's just a tiny little... Urgh!
0:02:21 > 0:02:24'What a big fuss over a teensy, harmless creature.'
0:02:27 > 0:02:29IT GROWLS
0:02:29 > 0:02:32It's OK. I will deal with it.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35'Time for a calm, collected adult to take charge.'
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Get it out! Get rid of it! - It's so hairy! It's huge as well.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43It's probably made a huge web in the plughole.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45SHE SCREAMS
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Don't get too close, it can move really fast.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50SHE CLEARS THROAT
0:02:56 > 0:02:57SHE SCREAMS
0:02:57 > 0:03:00# You can get it if you really want
0:03:00 > 0:03:04# You can get it if you really want
0:03:04 > 0:03:06# You can get it if you really want
0:03:06 > 0:03:08# But you must try
0:03:08 > 0:03:10# Try and try, try and try... #
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Get the door!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13# Try and try
0:03:13 > 0:03:16# You'll succeed at last. #
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Were you scared?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26No, of course she wasn't.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30I... No. And do you know why?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34When I touched it, I realised it was all in the mind.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35And it just tickled.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Spiders are at the top of the list of things
0:03:38 > 0:03:41that I'm absolutely in no way scared of.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45But what scares the young people in the Dumping Ground?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49What scares me? Nothing much, really.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Well, I don't exactly like being alone in the dark.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Or the funny noises at night.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I hate when really big dogs jump up at you.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Or screechy fireworks.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01What scares me?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- SHE LAUGHS - Nothing scares me.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08And it's really scary in the take-off bit in a plane. And landing.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12And pretty much just sitting there in between.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15The thought that we might never get fostered,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and be stuck here forever, that's scary.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Rats, mice, hedgehogs...
0:04:22 > 0:04:27What frightens me is the thought of not seeing my sisters again.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30So, yeah. Not a lot, really. Sorry about that.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Oh, and one more thing, werewolves.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Werewolf attack! There's a werewolf outside!
0:04:43 > 0:04:47# A-woo! Werewolves of London
0:04:48 > 0:04:52# A-woo! #
0:04:52 > 0:04:56You think we don't get many werewolves here? Think again.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58IT GROWLS
0:04:58 > 0:04:59# A-woo!... #
0:04:59 > 0:05:00SHE SCREAMS
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- That's it. That's what I saw. - A werewolf? You saw a werewolf?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Werewolves don't exist, do they?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13They might. There's been legends about them for centuries.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Usually, they appear when there's a full moon.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20There's a full moon tonight. But werewolves don't exist.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Well, they do cos I saw one.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Providing three square meals a day for the kids,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30coping with endless paperwork and dealing with werewolves.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34All part of your average day as a care worker.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Of course there's no such thing as werewolves.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43But once that lot get an idea in their heads, you try shifting it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Did you see it then?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Had it transformed back into human form?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05There is something outside... the garden!
0:06:07 > 0:06:11But Mike was wrong. There was something out there.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15And it was coming inside...
0:06:17 > 0:06:19..up the stairs...
0:06:21 > 0:06:23..looking for someone.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29It went into Sapph's room.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Hi, sis.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Riff?- I'm knackered.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Riff, what are you doing here?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- I needed to talk to you. - In a werewolf mask?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00So the werewolf was Sapphire's brother Riff
0:07:00 > 0:07:04who had come to see her wearing a funny mask.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06If you confront what scares you,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09it's probably not as scary as you thought.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14It's often what you don't know or can't see that scares you most.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Louise? Louise, where are you?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20For instance, when I was a kid,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23my mate Jackie had this massive phobia of the dark.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Oooooooh!
0:07:25 > 0:07:27ALL: Oooooooh!
0:07:28 > 0:07:32So for Jackie, power cuts were a big deal.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Ooooooh!
0:07:35 > 0:07:38She hated them. Really hated them.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- SHE SCREAMS - You gave me the fright of my life!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- It's not funny. - You're really scared of the dark.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I'm not scared of anything. Leave me alone.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- If that's what you want, stay alone.- Wait! Don't go!
0:07:52 > 0:07:57I mean, I wouldn't mind if you wanted to stay.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02OK, it's true. I am scared of the dark. Especially since I came here.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05It wasn't so bad when I lived with Grandpa.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09He would read me these amazing stories until I fell asleep.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13ALL: Oooooooh!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Zzzzap!
0:08:16 > 0:08:20'Without her grandpa, Jackie needed help to conquer her fear.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22'Luckily, I was on hand to sort her out.'
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- Darkness has potential, you know? - Potential for what?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Mucking about, stuff like that.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Hmm, there's a few things we'll be needing from the attic.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38'Once I'd explained my plan to Jackie
0:08:38 > 0:08:40'and she saw how brilliant it was,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43'she knew we had to go through with it.'
0:08:43 > 0:08:45WIND BLOWS
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Tracy, I'm going to go on my own.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But you can't. It's too spooky.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57It's OK, I want to do this, prove something to myself.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Good luck.- Thanks.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03You do know what to get, don't you?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08'And so it was time for Jackie to face her fears.'
0:09:08 > 0:09:11WIND WHISTLES
0:09:15 > 0:09:17CREAKING
0:09:21 > 0:09:24You can do it. You can do it. You can...
0:09:25 > 0:09:27SHE GASPS
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Come on, Jackie. You can do it!
0:09:38 > 0:09:39I did it!
0:09:39 > 0:09:44I would've gone up the spooky stairs to the creepy, dark attic myself
0:09:44 > 0:09:49but Jackie needed to get over her phobia, and I'm glad I could help.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53It went so well, we gave Shelly and Duke a chance to face up to fear.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- It's very quiet. - Wonderful, isn't it?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I suppose we could go and sit down until they get bored.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04We could. Well, they are enjoying themselves, aren't they?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11THEY SCREAM
0:10:11 > 0:10:12THEY LAUGH
0:10:12 > 0:10:15THEY MOAN
0:10:15 > 0:10:17What's going on?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21'When I say darkness has potential for mucking about,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23'you'd better believe it.'
0:10:23 > 0:10:24THEY LAUGH
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Well, who did it?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Not me.- It wasn't us. - You've got to be careful.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33You never know what's waiting to get you.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34THEY LAUGH
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Here's something weird.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Most people seem to find the world scary.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45So why go out of our way to make it even scarier?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49The cellar was dark and cold. The little girl shivered with fear,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53as she heard a drip, drip, drip...
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Was it blood or a leaking pipe?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02She sensed she wasn't alone,
0:11:02 > 0:11:07as a cold, bony hand reached out and grabbed her.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09SHE SCREAMS
0:11:09 > 0:11:12The big question is, why this obsession
0:11:12 > 0:11:15with giving ourselves the heebie-jeebies?
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Why do we like scaring each other so much? Let's hear from some experts.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22It's a laugh, isn't it?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Getting a big reaction off people.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26- Aaargh!- Wah!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28HE LAUGHS
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Never get bored with that one.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Raaar!- Frank!
0:11:34 > 0:11:39All that playing tricks, scaring people, carrying on,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41I can do without it...
0:11:41 > 0:11:43BOTH: Raaaar! HE SCREAMS
0:11:43 > 0:11:46..most of the time. SHE LAUGHS
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Gus, why do you think we like scaring each other?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Some people enjoy scaring other people.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Other people enjoy being scared by other people.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Some people enjoy both. I don't understand why.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06HE LAUGHS
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- You trying to scare me? - Why would I want to do that?
0:12:09 > 0:12:10What can I do for you?
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Toby and Frank told Liam that there was a tin of sweets,
0:12:14 > 0:12:19so he opened it and a scary face with glitter popped out.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22What made that scary?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25The fact that he was expecting it to be full of sweets
0:12:25 > 0:12:29and instead something jumped out and surprised him.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- So, surprises are scary? - Yeah, they can be.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- Boo!- Why did you do that?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39I don't know.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44So what have we learnt
0:12:44 > 0:12:47about fear to upload to the Tracy Beaker Survival Files?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Three big discoveries, I'd say.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54One - most people have a fear but what frightens them
0:12:54 > 0:12:57can be different, depending on the person.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00It might be the dark or werewolves.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02It could even be spiders.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Imagine that, being scared of spiders!
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Two - it's important to conquer those fears,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11by facing up to what scares you.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15And three - don't let your imagination run away with you.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17What you think is a terrifying beast
0:13:17 > 0:13:21may just be a stray teenager with dodgy taste in headwear.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24CAMERA BEEPS
0:13:24 > 0:13:27As we've seen, it can be fun to be scared.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30When I was a kid, we made a horror movie.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33It was seriously disturbing. In a good way.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Here we go.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40'We're in a very scary place...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42'Tracy sees something.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47'It's the monster. It's gruesome and it smells really bad.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51'What are we going to do now?
0:13:51 > 0:13:55'Tracy's now reaching out towards the monster...
0:13:58 > 0:14:01'Raaaar!' THEY SCREAM
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- Goodnight! - THEY SCREAM
0:14:03 > 0:14:06'Yeah, it was a cinematic triumph.
0:14:06 > 0:14:12'But, that night, everyone's imaginations were running riot.'
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- I want to go to the toilet.- Louise!
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Can you come with me?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22DOOR CREAKS
0:14:30 > 0:14:33'Louise and Justine were totally spooked...'
0:14:37 > 0:14:38FLOORBOARD CREAKS
0:14:38 > 0:14:40'..but not me.'
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Oooooh!
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Wah-ha-ha-ha!
0:14:49 > 0:14:52THUNDER CLAP
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Wah-ha-ha-ha!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56SHE GASPS
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Tracy Beaker, Ghostbuster.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04ALL: Woooooo!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06SHE YELLS
0:15:13 > 0:15:17'Told you, I never did scare easy.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20'I strode fearlessly down the corridor.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28'And then I saw this ghoulish goo scarily dripping onto the floor.'
0:15:28 > 0:15:30SHE SCREAMS
0:15:34 > 0:15:37THEY SCREAM
0:15:37 > 0:15:41'But once again, there was a perfectly simple explanation.'
0:15:41 > 0:15:43THEY ALL SCREAM
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Great!
0:15:45 > 0:15:47First I get sent to a dump.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Then it's full of complete nutters.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52DOOR SLAMS
0:15:52 > 0:15:56There you go. It wasn't alien goo from another world.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59It was hair gel from a new girl called Amber.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Though I reckon Amber could've scared off most aliens.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It's not just kids who get scared.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Grown-ups get freaked out too. Even ones who maybe should know better.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18OK, Cam. My question to you is,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21think of a time you were really scared.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Ooh, that's a good question.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Do you remember that camping trip?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29That was sort of scary.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Why are you looking at me like that?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33OK, here's why.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38The kids were all on a camping trip in the middle of nowhere.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40But Cam promised me a special surprise.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44I thought we were off on the holiday of a lifetime.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Please tell me where we're going. - Hmmm.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48STARTS ENGINE
0:16:51 > 0:16:54You can open your eyes now.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Tracy! Surprise!
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- You are not serious!- What?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Camping with Elaine the Pain! Why?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08I thought you'd love a holiday with your friends.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10You always say you miss them.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13I've spent my whole life trying to escape.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15This is my worst nightmare ever!
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Sorry we're such a pain.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20'It was like a bad dream. Not so much in a scary way,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24'more in a "can I really believe this is happening to me?"
0:17:24 > 0:17:25'kind of way.'
0:17:25 > 0:17:26BLOWS WHISTLE
0:17:26 > 0:17:29'And then... Oh, joy! Elaine took us on a nature trail.'
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Wild peacocks!
0:17:32 > 0:17:34They're pheasants, Elaine.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35THEY LAUGH
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Tick it off then... On page 19, I think.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42It shows you, we've all got our limits.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47I've coped with spiders, ghosts, haunted attics, aliens, werewolves.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51But Elaine the Pain's nature trail was too for me.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56And that must be a sycamore or it could be... Ahhh!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58THEY LAUGH
0:17:58 > 0:18:00'It was rubbish.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04'We all took our chances and started sneaking off in small groups.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07'And that's when things got... interesting.'
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Keep together, everyone. Where's Layla and Rio?
0:18:11 > 0:18:17One minute they were here, the next they'd completely disappeared.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Don't you know about these woods? It was in all the papers.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24People go in but they don't come out.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Much more interesting. But not exactly in a good way.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36HOWLING
0:18:38 > 0:18:41'It didn't bother me, of course.'
0:18:41 > 0:18:43HOWLING
0:18:43 > 0:18:47'But I was worried about the others. Especially Cam,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49'lost in the woods, alone.'
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Remember all that strange, ghostly howling?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- You must have been terrified. - Oh, come on, Tracy.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It takes more than a few weird noises to scare me.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01HOWLING
0:19:03 > 0:19:04SHE GASPS
0:19:06 > 0:19:08So, you weren't scared at all? Right.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12I wasn't! You were the one that got just a bit petrified.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17THUNDERCLAP
0:19:22 > 0:19:25CREAKING
0:19:25 > 0:19:27HOWLING
0:19:30 > 0:19:32THUNDERCLAP
0:19:32 > 0:19:37As it turned out, there was no reason to be scared. Not that I was.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Cam got that wrong, her memory's not what it used to be.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- Did you hear that noise? - Yeah, but I wasn't scared.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- Nothing scares me. - Except coming on holiday with us.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53The so-called monster was just Crash and Jackie. Or so I thought.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55WAILING
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Ah! I don't like it! - Where's it coming from?
0:19:59 > 0:20:00SHE SCREAMS
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Your mind can play tricks on you.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07It's important to step back and look at the situation
0:20:07 > 0:20:10sensibly and rationally. So I did.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- Are you OK?- No!- Maybe we're letting our imaginations take over.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Maybe it was an old woman out for a walk.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- In a long, hooded cloak? - Maybe she feels the cold.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25This is like the film where the tourists get lost in the forest.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30- Do they get home safely? - No. They get eaten by zombies.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33It will take more than zombies to scare me.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Zombies and spooky old women are no match for me.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41Only one thing got to me that day, thinking Cam was in danger.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- SCREAMING - Help!- That's Cam!
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- It's coming from that creepy place. - Cam!
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- What if it's a trap set by that spooky old woman?- Cam's in trouble.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56PANTING
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Thank goodness! I thought I'd never see you again.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I'm fine. I just sprained my ankle.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08You must have been so relieved when I saved you.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Saved me from what?- Uh, yourself?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Face it, you were so scared you managed to hurt your ankle.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- Lucky it wasn't much worse. - Excuse me!
0:21:17 > 0:21:21You didn't stop shaking till we got back to camp!
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- It's a shame how time plays tricks on the minds of the elderly.- Tracy!
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Where did you get to?
0:21:27 > 0:21:33- You disappeared, I thought something had happened to you.- Found him.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Me? I was fine. These two found it a bit freaky though.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Wolfy, Lol and Bouncer seemed to be having a great time
0:21:40 > 0:21:44when I saw them earlier. Lol had a blanket round him
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- and Wolfy had your red jumper. - I'll kill them!
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Yet again, there was a rational explanation.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It was all down to some of my friends.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59But, sometimes, bad things do happen,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03which is why real life is much scarier than noises in the woods.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Take Toby. He'd had a really tough time.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10His parents died.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14And then a lot of other bad stuff happened.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Watch it, bad-luck boy!
0:22:17 > 0:22:22So poor old Tobes was always waiting for the next disaster.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Perfect!
0:22:34 > 0:22:37THEY LAUGH
0:22:37 > 0:22:38I'll do you another one.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43What's the point? I told you, from the day I was born, I'm jinxed.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47It wasn't just bad stuff he was scared of. But good stuff too.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50In case it turned bad as well.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53'When he got the news that every care kid longs for,
0:22:53 > 0:22:58'that someone wanted to foster him, all it did was make him sad.'
0:22:58 > 0:23:01You look like you'd rather get fostered by crocodiles.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- Gina was saying they're nice. - Yeah.- What's wrong?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08It's bound to go horribly wrong.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14He's a great lad. And you can't blame him for fearing the worst.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17He's had more than his fair share of tough times.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22There's no such thing as jinxes, curses or bad omens.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24That's what you think.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28It's just something to blame when bad things happen. It's not real.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Living with the Scotts could be real.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35So were my mum and dad.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37HE CRIES
0:23:41 > 0:23:46It's difficult. When a kid's already seen their worst fears come true,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50how can you tell him not to be scared?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54I'd say the best thing is to be there if he needs a shoulder to cry on.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Which is what you did.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Toby, listen. Nothing will ever bring your mum and dad back
0:24:01 > 0:24:06but if they could see you now, they'd want you to be happy.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08To give the Scotts a chance.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Whatever happens in life, mostly it's up to us.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Not chance or fate or whatever.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Don't miss out on the good because you're scared of the bad.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Come on.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31He needed to face up to his past, to make decisions about the future.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34And he had a huge decision to make when he met the Scotts.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37We thought you might like a new CD.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40We hope you like it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- We're not sure what you like. - Thanks. The thing is...
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Maybe one day we'll get to find out.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51The thing is, I've been really nervous about meeting you
0:24:51 > 0:24:55in case it all goes wrong.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59But Tracy said I should go for what I really want.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04And I realised something massive...
0:25:09 > 0:25:12..I don't want to get fostered.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Come on, Toby.- Not yet.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29I thought I had to, but I don't, do I?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32That's what you meant.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35That's what you mean. It's what you want.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39It feels good here.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44I want to stay here with everyone. Yeah. I do.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46For definite.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Is that OK?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Yes, Toby.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54That was really brave of Toby.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57He did what we all need to do. Face up to our fears.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Once you do that, nothing can stop you.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Oi! Oi!
0:26:03 > 0:26:05How tall do you think I am?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Can I join in?
0:26:07 > 0:26:11It won't be easy for Toby to put his past behind him
0:26:11 > 0:26:14but with a little help he'll be OK.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17WHISTLE BLOWS
0:26:17 > 0:26:19THE CHILDREN LAUGH AND PLAY
0:26:29 > 0:26:32So what can I tell you about fear
0:26:32 > 0:26:35to put into the Tracy Beaker Survival Files?
0:26:35 > 0:26:40We all have fears and phobias and they are different for us all.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Often it's the unknown that frightens us the most.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46We know some fears are silly, like a fear of the dark,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49but that doesn't make it easier.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52And fear is something that affects us all.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55So don't be afraid to talk about you fears.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Chances are, other people will feel just the same.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04We like to give ourselves little scares that we can laugh about.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09And sometimes we are right to be scared. Bad things can happen.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12The world can be a scary place.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14But you cant let fear rule your life.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19We all have to face our fears one day. Why not make it today?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24That's the Beaker Guide To Scary Stuff
0:27:24 > 0:27:28safely uploaded to the Tracy Beaker Survival Files.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32More gems of wisdom from my experiences next time.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Don't miss it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39I've been through all this so you don't have to.
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