1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Peter Rabbit 2 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: is back and he is wondering why he has never 3 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: seen Spotty the Turtle's house. He asks Spotty, and Spotty 4 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: tells him he carries it with him all the time. 5 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Peter wonders why and goes to ask Grandfather Frog why 6 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: Spotty the Turtle carries his house with him. Spotty the 7 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: Turtle sat on an old log on the bank of 8 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: the Smiling Pool taking a sunbath. He had said that 9 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: way for the longest time, without once moving. Peter Rabbit 10 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: had seen him when he went by on his way 11 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: to the Laughing Brook and the Green Forest to look 12 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: for someone to pass the time of day with. Spotty 13 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,919 Speaker 1: was still there when Peter returned a long time after, 14 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: and he didn't look as if he had moved. A 15 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: sudden thought struck Peter. He couldn't remember that he had 16 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: ever seen Spotty's house. He had seen the houses of 17 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: most of his other friends, but think as hard as 18 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: he could, he didn't remember having seen Spotty's Hi, Spotty, 19 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: he shouted, where do you live? Spotty slowly turned his 20 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: head and looked up at Peter. There was a twinkle 21 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: in his eyes, though Peter didn't see it right here 22 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: in smiling pond. Where else should I live? He replied, 23 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: I mean where is your house? Returned Peter. Of course, 24 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: I know you live in the smiling pool, But where 25 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: is your house? Is it in the bank or down 26 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: under water? It is just wherever I happen to be. 27 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: Just now, it is right here, said Spotty. I always 28 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: take it with me wherever I go. I find it 29 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: the handiest way. With that, Spotty disappeared, that is to say, 30 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: his head and legs and tail disappeared. Peter stared very hard, 31 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: and then he began to laugh. Or it came to 32 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: him that what Spotty had said was true. His house 33 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: was with him, and now he had simply retired inside. 34 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: He didn't need any other house than just that hard, 35 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: spotted shell inside of which he was now so cozily 36 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: tucked away. That's a great idea. Ha ha ha, that's 37 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: a great idea, shouted Peter. Of course it is, replied Spotty, 38 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: putting nothing but his head out. You will always find 39 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: me at home whenever you call, Peter, And that is 40 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: more than you can say of most other people. All 41 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: the way to his own home in the dear Old 42 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: briar patch. Peter thought about Spotty and how strange it 43 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,559 Speaker 1: was that he should carry his house around with him. 44 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: I wonder how it happens that he does it, thought Peter. 45 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: No wonder he is so slow. Of course, it is 46 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 1: very handy to have his house always with him, as 47 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: he says, he is always at home. Still, when he 48 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: is in a hurry to get away from an enemy, 49 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: it must be very awkward to have to carry his 50 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: house on his back. I why, how silly of me. 51 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: He doesn't have to run away at all. All he 52 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: has got to do is to go inside his house 53 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: and stay there until the danger is past. I never 54 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: thought of that before. Why that is the handiest thing 55 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: I ever heard of. Now, Peter knew that there must 56 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: be a good story about Spotty and his house. And 57 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: you know Peter dearly loves a good story. So at 58 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: the first opportunity the next day, he hurried over to 59 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: the Smiling Pool to ask Grandfather Frog about it. As 60 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: you usual, Grandfather Frog was sitting on his big green 61 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 1: lily pad. No sooner did Peter pop his head above 62 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: the edge of the bank of the Smiling Pool than 63 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: Grandfather Frog exclaimed, ribbet, you've kept me waiting a long time, 64 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: Peter Rabbit, I don't like to be kept waiting. If 65 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: you wanted to know about Spotty the turtle, why didn't 66 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: you come earlier? All the time there was a twinkle 67 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: in the big googly eyes of Grandfather Frog. Peter was 68 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 1: so surprised that he couldn't find his tongue. He hadn't 69 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: said a word to any one about Spotty, so how 70 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: could Grandfather Frog know what he had come for? For 71 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 1: a long time, he had had a great deal of 72 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: respect for Grandfather Frog, who, as you know, is very 73 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: old and very wise. But now Peter felt almost afraid 74 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: of him. You see, it seemed to Peter as if 75 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: Grandfather Frog had read his very thoughts. Ah ah A, I 76 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: didn't know you were waiting, truly, I didn't, stammered Peter. 77 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 1: If I had, I would have been here long ago. 78 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: If you please, how did you know that I was 79 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: coming and what I was coming for? Never mind, how 80 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: I knew? I know a great deal that I don't tell, 81 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: which is more than some folks can say, replied grandfather Frog. 82 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: Peter wondered if he meant him or you know, Peter 83 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: is a great gossip, But he didn't say anything because 84 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: he didn't know just what to say, And in a minute, 85 00:06:52,040 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: Grandfather Frog began the story Peter so much wanted. Of course, 86 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, without me telling you, that there is a 87 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: reason for Spotty's carrying his house around with him, because 88 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: there is a reason for everything in this world. And 89 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: of course you know that the reason is because of 90 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: something that happened a long time ago, way back in 91 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: the days when the world was young. Almost everything today 92 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: is the result of things that happened in those long 93 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: ago days. The great, great, ever so great grandfather of 94 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: Spotty the Turtle lived then, and unlike Spotty, whom you know, 95 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: he had no house. He was very quiet and bashful, 96 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: mister turtle, and he never meddled with anyone's business, because 97 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: he believed that the best way of keeping out of 98 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: trouble was to attend strictly to his own affairs. He 99 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: was a good deal like Spotty, just as fond of 100 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: the water and just as slow moving. But he didn't 101 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: have the house which Spotty has now. If he had had, 102 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: he would have been saved a great deal of trouble 103 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: and worry. For a long time, everybody lived at peace 104 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: with everybody else, then came the trying time, of which 105 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: you already know, when those who lived on the green 106 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: meadow and in the green forest had the very hardest 107 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: kind of work to find enough to eat, and were 108 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: hungry most of the time. Now mister Turtle, living in 109 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: the Smiling Pool had plenty to eat. He had nothing 110 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: to worry about on that score. Everybody who lives in 111 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: the Smiling Pool knows that it is the best place 112 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: in the world anyway. Grandfather Frog winked at Jerry Muskrat, 113 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 1: who was listening, and Jerry nodded his head. But soon 114 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: mister Turtle discovered that the big people were eating the 115 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: little people whenever they could catch them, and that he 116 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: wasn't safe a minute when on shore, and not always 117 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: safe in the water, continued Grandfather Frog. He had two 118 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: or three very narrow escapes, and these set him to thinking. 119 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: He was too slow and awkward to run or to fight. 120 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: The only thing he could do was to keep out 121 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: of sight as much as possible, So he learned to 122 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: swim with only his head out of the water, and 123 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: sometimes with only the end of his nose out of 124 00:09:55,640 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: the water. When he was on land, he would cover 125 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: himself with mud and then when he heard anyone coming, 126 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: he would lie perfectly still, with his legs and his 127 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: tail and his head drawn in just as close as possible, 128 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: so that he looked for all the world like just 129 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: a little lump of brown earth. One day, he had 130 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: crawled under a piece of bark to rest and at 131 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: the same time keep out of sight of any who 132 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: might happen along. When he got ready to go on 133 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: his way, he found that the piece of bark had 134 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: caught on his back, and that he was carrying it 135 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: with him. At first, he was annoyed and tried to 136 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: shake it off. Before he succeeded, he heard someone coming, 137 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: so he promptly drew in his head and legs and tail. 138 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: It was mister Fisher, and he was very high, hungry 139 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: and fierce. He looked at the piece of bark under 140 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: which mister turtle was hiding, but all he saw was 141 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: the bark, because you know, mister turtle had drawn himself 142 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: completely under. I believe, said mister Fisher, talking out loud 143 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: to himself, that I will have a look around the 144 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: Smiling pool and see if I can catch that slow 145 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: moving turtle who lives there. I believe he'll make me 146 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: a good dinner. Of course, mister Turtle hurt just what 147 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: he said, and he blessed the piece of bark which 148 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: had hidden him from mister Fisher's sight for a long time. 149 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: He lay very still. When he did go on, he 150 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 1: took the greatest care not to shake off that piece 151 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: of bark, or he didn't know but that at any 152 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: minute he might want to hide under it again. At 153 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: last he reached the Smiling pool and slipped into the water, 154 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: leaving the piece of bark on the bank. After that, 155 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: when he wanted to go on land, he would first 156 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: make sure that no one was watching. Then he would 157 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: crawl under the piece of bark and get it on 158 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: his back. Wherever he went, he carried that piece of 159 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: bark so as to have it handy to hide under. 160 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: Now all this time, old Mother Nature had been watching 161 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 1: mister Turtle, and it pleased her to see that he 162 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: was smart enough to think of such a clever way 163 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 1: of fooling his enemies. So she began to study how 164 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 1: she could help mister Turtle. One day, she came up 165 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: behind him just as he sat down to rest the 166 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: piece of bark uncomfortable and scratched his back. I wish, 167 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: he said, talking to himself, for he didn't know that 168 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: anyone else was near. I wish that I had a 169 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: house of my own that I could carry on my 170 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: back all the time and be perfectly safe when I 171 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: was inside of it, You shall have, said Old Mother Nature, 172 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: and reaching out, she touched his back and turned the 173 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: skin into a hard shell. Then she touched the skin 174 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: of his stomach and turned that into a hard shell. 175 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: Now drawing your head, and your legs and your tail, 176 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: she said. Mister turtle did as he was told to do, 177 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: and there he was in the very best and safest 178 00:13:55,280 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: kind of house, perfectly hidden from all his enemies. Oh, 179 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: Mother Nature, how can I ever thank you, he cried, 180 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: By doing as you always have done, attending only to 181 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 1: your own affairs, replied Old Mother Nature. So Ever, since 182 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: that long ago day when the world was young, all 183 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: turtles have carried their houses with them, and never have 184 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: meddled in things that don't concern them, concluded grandfather Frog. 185 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: Oh thank you, grandfather Frog, exclaimed Peter, drawing a long breath. 186 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: That was a perfectly splendid thing for Old Mother Nature 187 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: to do. Then he started for his own home in 188 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: the dear old Briar Patch, and all the way there 189 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: he wondered and wondered how Grandfather Frog knew that he 190 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: wanted that story, and to this day he hasn't found out. 191 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: You see, he didn't notice that Grandfather Frog was listening 192 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: when he asked Spotty about his house. Of course, Grandfather 193 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: Frog knows Peter and his curiosity so well that he 194 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: had guessed right away that Peter would come to him 195 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: or the story, just as Peter did. And that's the 196 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: end of our story. Good Night, sleep tight.