0:00:47 > 0:00:49HE PLAYS A TUNE
0:00:55 > 0:00:56There he is!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58There's Grandfather Amos keeping his vigil.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- Not far now! - I'm going to run on ahead!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03No, you're not, Rachel!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06A wolf might snaffle you up. Gulp!
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Blood and guts all over the place!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10There aren't any wolves these days!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Rachel, it would be just like you
0:01:12 > 0:01:15to run slap-bang into the last one left!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Yeah, you're always getting into scrapes.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19You really are a pain to look after!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21No, I'm not!
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Just because I'm the youngest. It's not fair!
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Look, Rachel, we're the oldest so you've got to do what we tell you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Well, all right. Can we go on now?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Last one there's a donkey! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Wait! Wait for me! Wait for me!
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Wait!
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Keep up, Donkey Girl!
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Wait!
0:01:56 > 0:01:57DOG GROWLS
0:01:57 > 0:02:00What is it, old friend?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01- Are they coming? - Grandad! >
0:02:01 > 0:02:02DOG BARKS
0:02:05 > 0:02:06BARKING
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- Grandad! - HE CHUCKLES
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Grandad!- Here we are, Grandad!
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Welcome! Welcome! Blessings on us all.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Rachel, you've walked all the way from the village to
0:02:19 > 0:02:20visit your old grandfather!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23And we would have been here sooner without her dragging behind!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25No, you wouldn't, Abner!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Well, I, for one, am glad she came.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Now! Let's unpack this food. I'm hungry!
0:02:31 > 0:02:33THEY GIGGLE
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Mmm, very good!
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Why wouldn't it be?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Your mother learned to cook from your grandmother, God rest her soul.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Grandad, I baked this especially for you!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52THEY LAUGH
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Rachel, you were only helping Mother.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56You didn't make that yourself.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01I did, Grandad. I made it all on my own. Really, I did.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02HE INHALES
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Grandad?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Mmm? Oh, it's nothing.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14- You...you remind me of someone, that's all.- Do I?
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Yes, someone I knew a long time ago, when I was a boy.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22He was the youngest, like you, always getting in the way,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26struggling to do things better, fighting to be believed in and...
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Who was he, Grandad?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30He...
0:03:30 > 0:03:32was me.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34You, Grandfather?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Yes, me. Amos!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39And that small boy is the reason why I've kept my vigil
0:03:39 > 0:03:41all down the years.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Why, Grandfather, what happened to him? I mean, you?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Hmm... I've a mind to tell you a story,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51one that I've never told another soul before.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Ah, but you don't want to hear an old man prattling on.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Yes, we do!
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Tell us, Grandfather.- Please, tell it, Grandfather.- We want to hear!
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Very well. But don't interrupt or I shall lose my thread.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11I used to think that the stars were made of sparks that
0:04:11 > 0:04:14went up and up and froze in the heavens forever.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Look at them. Aren't they just beautiful?
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Now, on the night I'm going to tell you about, a mysterious star
0:04:25 > 0:04:28appeared that no-one had ever seen before.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32But I'm getting ahead of my story. Where to begin?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Ah, yes!
0:04:34 > 0:04:39So, there I was, an eager young boy, camped out on this very spot,
0:04:39 > 0:04:44'with the other shepherds. My father, my older brothers
0:04:44 > 0:04:45'and my uncle Zac.'
0:04:45 > 0:04:47So that's seven lambs and the sickly one,
0:04:47 > 0:04:48and two more to come.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49DOG BARKS
0:04:49 > 0:04:52'My dog knew there was something lurking in the darkness
0:04:52 > 0:04:55'beyond the fire, and he was making a fuss.'
0:04:55 > 0:04:58And we haven't lost one since we came up here.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59- With luck, we... - BARKING
0:04:59 > 0:05:02What in the name of Jerusalem is wrong with that dog?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It's Amos's, that's what's wrong with it.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Says you, Reuben! He's a good dog, Father, I'm training him up!
0:05:09 > 0:05:10DOG BARKS
0:05:10 > 0:05:11THEY LAUGH
0:05:11 > 0:05:14He can smell a jackal across the valley.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18There's one out there now. Look at him, he knows it!
0:05:18 > 0:05:19DOG BARKS
0:05:19 > 0:05:22He knows something the others don't, then.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24They're not making a fuss, are they?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27So just settle him down, there's a good lad.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Aren't we even going to look and see?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Amos, all our sheep are safe here with us,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36but if you're so worried, why don't you go and take a look?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Cos he's afraid of the dark, that's why!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41No, I'm not!
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Leave him be, Reuben!
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Amos, you can't be a shepherd and be afraid of the dark.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50If you think there's something out there then do what Zac says,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52otherwise shut up and sit down.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54DOG BARKS
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Well, all right. I will, then!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59And don't end up as a jackal's dinner,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Mother will make no end of a fuss!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03THEY LAUGH
0:06:10 > 0:06:12DOG BARKS
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Wait for me!
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Whoa! Oof! Stupid rock!
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Oh, no, my torch!
0:06:29 > 0:06:31HE BLOWS
0:06:32 > 0:06:34BARKING
0:06:34 > 0:06:36DOG BARKS
0:06:36 > 0:06:38What is it, boy? What can you see?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46BLEATING
0:06:47 > 0:06:48LAMB BLEATS
0:06:48 > 0:06:50That's one of our lambs.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51It must have strayed.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Well done, boy!
0:06:56 > 0:06:59THEY SNARL
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Jackals! One, two, three of them!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09What am I going to do?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11LAMB BLEATS
0:07:14 > 0:07:16IT GROWLS AND BARKS
0:07:21 > 0:07:22BARKING
0:07:22 > 0:07:24HE GASPS
0:07:24 > 0:07:25LAMB BLEATS
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Don't do that!
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Let go of him!
0:07:31 > 0:07:34That's OUR lamb! Leave him alone, you...you...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Get away!
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Amos! Amos, where are you? - Hold on, boy!
0:07:41 > 0:07:42LAMB BLEATS
0:07:44 > 0:07:46What's happening, Amos?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Where did you find that lamb, son?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Father!
0:07:49 > 0:07:53It strayed and we found it but there were jackals, lots of jackals.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Well, three, anyway. And my dog and me...
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Jackals? Where, Amos? I don't see any jackals.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03That's because he chased them away before you go here!
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Before we got here? Oh, that's very convenient.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Sure you didn't imagine them, Amos?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Look, Reuben, that boulder over there really looks like a jackal!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Yeah, if you squint your eyes like this!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17THEY LAUGH
0:08:17 > 0:08:20That's enough, you two. Come on, back to camp.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Amos, we'll talk about storytelling in the morning.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Bring the lamb.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01LAMB BLEATS
0:09:01 > 0:09:03You're shivering!
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Are you cold?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Whoa!
0:09:15 > 0:09:18What are you doing, boy? Wasting fuel like that!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I only put a few sticks on it, uncle!
0:09:20 > 0:09:24What're you trying to do, Amos, set fire to the clouds?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26If you... What's happening now?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31The moon's disappearing!
0:09:39 > 0:09:42And look, look at that!
0:09:42 > 0:09:44What is that?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46It's... I don't know what it is!
0:09:56 > 0:09:57BARKING
0:10:02 > 0:10:03HE GASPS
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I'm sorry to drop in on you unexpectedly like this.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13It must be an awful shock.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17It's not every night that angels come visiting, I know...
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Angels? Are you really an angel?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I am.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24My name is Gabriel.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Are you really real?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Or are you a dream?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32No dream. What I am is real, and what I've come to tell you is true.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36This very night a child has been born,
0:10:36 > 0:10:41a Saviour who will bring peace and goodwill to the whole world.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46This Child King is lying in a manger, in a stable in Bethlehem.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Ah, I can see that you don't quite believe me, do you?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Well, I mean... In a stable?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57We're not stupid. Kings are born in palaces.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Not this King! He will reign in humility as well as glory.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05But, why us, then? Why are you telling us?
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Because you are shepherds, and one day he too will be a shepherd,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12but a shepherd not of sheep, but of mankind.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Well, he doesn't sound like a king to me.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Look, Bethlehem isn't far away. You could go and see for yourselves.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Seeing is believing, after all.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Let's do it, Father! Let's go and see!
0:11:25 > 0:11:29But, for a start, there are lots of stables in Bethlehem.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31How will we know which is the right one?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32That's simple.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36When I'm gone, look for a star moving in the eastern sky.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Follow it and where it stops, there's the stable.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42So, are you going?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Yes! Let's go!
0:11:44 > 0:11:46What's your name, lad?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Amos, sir.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51You're keen as mustard, Amos. I like that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Remember, just follow the star!
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Where...where have they gone?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It doesn't matter! Come on, let's go and see the new King!
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Wait now! Let's not be hasty!
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Did what I think just happened really just happen?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- They didn't even leave us a sign to be sure.- But...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Well, I don't like it.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25It could be some sort of a trick to get us to leave our sheep.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28No! No. Look up there in the east. That star!
0:12:29 > 0:12:30It's moving!
0:12:30 > 0:12:33See, that's just what the angel said would happen!
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Well, then, my boys, we'd better go to Bethlehem and have a look-see.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Hooray!
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Wait! We can't just go and leave the sheep unguarded.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Well, I'm not staying! - Me neither!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Nor am I.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Amos, you can look after the flock.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55What? Me? I want to see the King, too!
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Don't leave me behind!
0:12:58 > 0:13:01He's scared of the dark. He's a scaredy-cat.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03We'll leave you the dogs, son.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Bethlehem's just over the hill. We'll be back before dawn.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11It's just because I'm the youngest, isn't it? It's not fair!
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Now, now. We'll tell you all about the King when we get back.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Promise. Just keep the fire going, you'll be quite safe. Bye now.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28You'd better keep away, jackals! I've got fire and dogs here!
0:13:28 > 0:13:31They'll tear you to pieces if you come to get our sheep!
0:13:31 > 0:13:32THEY BARK
0:13:35 > 0:13:40Whoa! No, don't get up! Lie down, lie down!
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Stupid sheep! Lie down!
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Oof!
0:13:44 > 0:13:45BARKING
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Are you there, angels? See what you've done!
0:13:50 > 0:13:54They've gone to see your new King and left me behind!
0:13:54 > 0:13:57So, what do you want me to do?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58HE GASPS
0:13:59 > 0:14:01You're angry with me, Amos.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Well, it's not fair, is it?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09You didn't tell them to take me with them, did you?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Well, I can't be expected to think of everything.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14But you're an angel!
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Hm, fair point.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Suppose... Suppose I fly you to Bethlehem to see the child.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23You could fly me there?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25You could really do that?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Of course! These aren't for show, you know!
0:14:28 > 0:14:31We could be there and back, lickety-split,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- and no-one would ever know you'd been gone.- Wow!
0:14:33 > 0:14:35BLEATING
0:14:35 > 0:14:36HE SIGHS
0:14:36 > 0:14:40The sheep. I can't leave the sheep unguarded, can I?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41TING!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Satisfied?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Climb on, then. We'd better be quick about it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57You don't need to bring that stick with you.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59It's not a stick, it's a crook.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Shepherds always take their crooks with them, wherever they go.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Fine, fine.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Try not to poke it in my ear, there's a good lad.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Now, hold on tight. Don't let go whatever you do!- Woo-hoo!
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Comfortable? How do you like flying?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29It's the best thing ever!
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Look!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40AMOS GIGGLES
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Don't wriggle about so much, Amos, there's a good boy.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44You're upsetting my balance.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Sorry.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Just relax and enjoy it.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Not feeling sick at all?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54No, I'm feeling fine.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56That's a relief, anyway. It can be messy.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Look, that must be Bethlehem.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Not long now.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14This King we're going to see...
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Yes?
0:16:15 > 0:16:20This new King, why has he come? I mean, why now?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And what's he going to do that's so important?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Hm. That's a good question, Amos, it deserves an answer.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Hold on tight now. Ready?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Yes. Whoa!
0:16:42 > 0:16:44That was amazing!
0:16:44 > 0:16:48I know. It's showing off, really - my silly pride!
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Where are we going to now? - You'll see!
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Oh, help!
0:17:30 > 0:17:32What's happening?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Don't panic, you're perfectly safe.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Whoa!
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Where are we? - It's called the firmament,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42but there's something special I want you to see.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Look, down there.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49What's that? It's...beautiful.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54It's the Earth, of course. Your home.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59What? But it isn't flat. We couldn't live on that. We'd all fall off!
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Actually, there's something called gravity that stops that happening
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- but that's not the point... - And it's so small!
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Well, it looks small from here.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11What's more to the point is that it's a wonderful world,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16packed full of amazing, precious things, but it's so fragile!
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Really?
0:18:17 > 0:18:18And the people!
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Too many are greedy, thoughtless, selfish.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Really, I do despair of humankind sometimes.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28But that isn't fair. People are kind and caring too!
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Of course!
0:18:29 > 0:18:31But, one way of another, they are making a miss of things.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Don't you think? They need to be shown a better way of living.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39So, that's what the new King has come to do?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Exactly!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43That's what he's come to do. You'll see.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Now, let's go. It's time you met him.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18That's the one. In you go.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Don't be nervous. They won't bite!
0:19:32 > 0:19:34WOMAN HUMS A TUNE
0:19:46 > 0:19:48We're over here, past the sheep.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Careful you don't tread on them.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Come closer. Don't be shy.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07He's wide awake.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09BABY GURGLES
0:20:09 > 0:20:13He's very awake for a newborn baby, isn't he?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17He's a regular nosy parker! Watches everything that's going on.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21COW MOOS
0:20:21 > 0:20:22HE GIGGLES
0:20:22 > 0:20:25He loves the animals in here.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27ANIMALS BLEAT AND MOO
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Something bothering you, boy?
0:20:30 > 0:20:35It's just that, well, I was told that he's the new King
0:20:35 > 0:20:37but this isn't a palace, is it?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- HE CHUCKLES - Someone's been pulling your leg, boy!
0:20:41 > 0:20:45There's no kings here, just us, come to Bethlehem for the census!
0:20:45 > 0:20:48We're only in here because all the inns were full,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50but the beasts keep it warm
0:20:50 > 0:20:54and his manger's full of soft hay for a cradle.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56He has all he needs,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and now he has his first visitor.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00HE GIGGLES
0:21:02 > 0:21:04He's very strong, isn't he?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06He likes you.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Would you like to hold him for a while?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16What's he called?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Jesus. We're calling him Jesus.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22That's a good name.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Hello, Jesus.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25My name is Amos.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26JESUS GURGLES
0:21:28 > 0:21:30MARY HUMS A TUNE
0:21:49 > 0:21:52You're very easy to hold, Jesus.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Not like lambs. They wriggle about so much it's hard not to drop them.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00JESUS YAWNS
0:22:00 > 0:22:02THEY CHUCKLE
0:22:02 > 0:22:06We've enjoyed meeting you, Amos, but now it's time for his sleep.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I have to go, too. Someone's waiting for me.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Thank you for letting me see Jesus.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Thank you for coming, Amos.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21There may be more visitors tonight but you were the first.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23We shan't forget you.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I would like to give him a present, but this is all I have.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29My father made it for me.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Your father was a right, true craftsman, Amos.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36My son will have no finer gift than this.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40When Jesus grows up, he'll be a carpenter, like me.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42He will treasure this staff.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Oh, no, when Jesus grows up, he's going to be a shepherd!
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Well, well! First kings, now shepherds.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54You need to make your mind up, boy!
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Goodbye now, Amos.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Goodbye. And thank you.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08No need to speak.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I can see from your face you were impressed.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Keep an eye on him, Amos. He's going to do great things.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Now, time we were off.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21This is the place, boys.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23There's a light at the back.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Sh!
0:23:25 > 0:23:26THEY CHUCKLE
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Here we are again.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09As I promised, no-one will know you've ever been gone.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Thank you. I'll never forget tonight.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I should hope not! Well, busy, busy, things to do.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- You will be all right now, I suppose?- Oh, yes!
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Shepherds shouldn't be afraid of the dark.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23And I've got the dogs, and the fire.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28That's the spirit! Well, goodbye. I don't suppose we'll meet again.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Before you go, can I ask you one more question?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34What a boy you are for questions!
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You must drive your family to distraction.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Well, what is it?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41What I still don't understand is, well,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45how will Jesus bring peace to the world if the other kings can't?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47How will he do it?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49That's another good question, Amos.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51How shall I answer?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Love. He will bring us love, and through love...
0:24:59 > 0:25:03..we will at last have peace and goodwill on Earth.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06And then what happened, Grandad?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08That was all!
0:25:08 > 0:25:12No goodbyes or anything, they just went in a blaze of light
0:25:12 > 0:25:17and amidst such joyful singing that my heart almost burst.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Oh, Grandad, how wonderful!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21And then the others came back from Bethlehem?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Oh, yes, they came back all right!
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Full of everything and very pleased with themselves.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30They'd followed the star to the stable and seen the baby.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34But Jesus was asleep all the time they were there.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36THEY LAUGH
0:25:36 > 0:25:38And you held him and talked to him!
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I did, too.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43And do you know Jesus carried my crook with him all his life,
0:25:43 > 0:25:44right to the end?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47But what did they say when you told them what had happened?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Were they jealous?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52I nearly told them. I was bursting to tell them but I didn't.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55They would only have scoffed and accused me of storytelling,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59like they always did, so I just kept quiet about it
0:25:59 > 0:26:02and told no-one, until tonight.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06You see, Rachel, you have to keep believing in yourself
0:26:06 > 0:26:08even when no-one else does.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14It's been a long time but I've never once doubted that
0:26:14 > 0:26:19that wonderful night happened, and now I've told my story at last.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24And it's the most wonderful, really real story I've ever heard!
0:26:24 > 0:26:27But, it isn't true is it? It's just a story...
0:26:27 > 0:26:32I may be old and a bit forgetful but I know that on this hill,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36on that night, all those years ago, well,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39I just wish there was some way to convince you, too.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42THEY GASP
0:26:45 > 0:26:47What!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50It's happening again, Grandad! Just like you said!
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Look!
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It's morning!
0:27:28 > 0:27:30And time to go back to our village.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32We don't want to miss the celebrations!
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Especially not the feast!
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Certainly not the feast!
0:27:35 > 0:27:36THEY LAUGH