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0:17:04 > 0:17:06Wow. Today has gone SO quickly.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I've been reading this brilliant book.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It's called Nelly The Monster Sitter.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12I just can't put it down.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15So, this book is all about Nelly.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Now, she is super-smart.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21She's realised there's a reason you never see monsters out and about.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26They're all stuck at home, because they can't get baby-sitters.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Nelly's solution is very simple.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32She decides she is going to become a monster sitter.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37But you know, looking after monsters isn't an easy task.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41For a start, the monster parents living in each house,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45come in all shapes and sizes. And I really do mean all shapes and sizes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Wurgh!
0:17:48 > 0:17:49MONSTER BELCHES
0:17:49 > 0:17:53At number 55, Nelly meets a couple of Slimy Squirms,
0:17:53 > 0:17:54called Dollop and Splat.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Green, prickly, fuzzy, purple, massive, hairy, squelchy!
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Every job, and every monster, is different.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Hmm? Oh!
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Imagine a dog with five tails, six legs and two tongues.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14That's Glug, one of the monsters Nelly has to look after.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Nelly tries playing Fetch with Glug, but it isn't too successful.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25"Nelly jumped back in alarm, as Glug's jaws clamped down ferociously
0:18:25 > 0:18:28"onto the branch, and his head began to shake.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30"His jaws shook with such force,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34"his two orange tongues actually blurred into one.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39"In a slobbering, slabbering frenzy of snarls,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42"he reduced the branch to sawdust.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47"Nelly stood motionless in the garden for a moment,
0:18:47 > 0:18:51"trying to banish thoughts of what jaws like that could do to her legs,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54"should Glug become prematurely peckish."
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Still, at least she knows it's nearly Glug's dinner time.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02"With a twist of her wrist, she peered down at her watch.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03"It was 6:45.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05"Alligator chunks.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08"Alligator chunks in 15 minutes", she smiled.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12"Alligator chunks?" Urgh!
0:19:12 > 0:19:14SHE GAGS
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Of course, monsters eating you is one thing,
0:19:18 > 0:19:25but when Glug runs away, Nelly knows she's in even bigger trouble.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Imagine telling two monster parents
0:19:28 > 0:19:30that you've lost their precious baby!
0:19:33 > 0:19:37When I started this book, I imagined Nelly would be terrified!
0:19:39 > 0:19:40SHE SCREAMS
0:19:40 > 0:19:42But, in fact, every time she goes monster sitting,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44she has an amazing adventure.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48I mean, the monsters may be green, prickly, fuzzy,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52purple, massive, hairy, ugly and squelchy, but do you know what?
0:19:52 > 0:19:57They're actually really lovely and...you soon get used to them.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59MONSTERS BURBLE COMPANIONABLY
0:19:59 > 0:20:00I know I have.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Get your tentacle off the cushion!