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hello I'm Richard I love stories and some of my favorite stories are about
goodies and baddies I'm an actor so that means I sometimes get to pretend to be a
baddie don't worry I'm really very very nice here's my Baddie laugh now let's hear yours
oh very good now tonight's bedtime story is about three particularly rotten baddies
it's called the baddies and it's by Julia Donaldson with pictures by Axel Scheffler
there once lived a troll and a ghost and a witch they were horrible baddies all three
they never said sorry oh thank you oh please and their hearts were as hard as could be
and the worst thing about the three baddies the troll and the witch and the ghost was
the fact that all three of them liked being bad and what's more they all like to boast
the troll said I'm stronger than you two I can easily win every fight
the ghost said I'm much the most scary I make things go bump in the night
the witch said my magic turns men into mice and rubies and Pearls into coal
so you'd better beware or you'll end up as frogs or maybe as toads in the hole
when a girl with a blue spotty hanky moved into a cottage nearby the witch rubbed her hands and the
troll roared with joy and the ghost gave a long happy sigh the ghost said I can't wait to haunt
her until she's a quivering jelly troll said I am going to eat out and he patted his big bulgy belly
before you can try I'll have turned her to Stone cried the witch in a voice loud and shrill
oh no you won't yell the others and the witch replied oh yes I will
the three of them started to quarrel and before very long they were fighting there was pushing
and shoving and pulling of hair there was pinching and kicking and biting enough squeaked a mouse who
had heard every word let's find out who's really the worst could anyone steal the girl's hanky
I wonder who'd like to go first May roared the troll ducking under a bridge
just wait till she crosses this stream I'll pop up and seize that blue hanky and I'll roar
till you all hear her scream so he hid and he waited then he popped up and roared
but the girl didn't tremble or yell she just did a neat little sidestep and
the troll lost his balance and fell he ended up Splash in the water the other two laughed
the girl trotted off with her hanky and the troll was as wet as could be
next cried the witch and she looked up a spell to magic things out of a pocket
she charted the spell with a wave of her wand and from the girl's pocket
their flew a toffee some string and a worm while the girl sneezed into her hanky a
a chew toffee got stuck to the witch's long nose and the string tangled up around her knee
so the girl kept the blue spotty hanky and the witch went as red as could be
my turn said the ghost with a giggle I'll hover around till it's night then I'll glide through
the wall of her bedroom and give her a terrible fright I'll groan and I'll Rattle
My Chains till she howls and she wails just like me then I'll siddle away with the hanky and leave
her as scared as can be when he appeared in her bedroom the girl said poor ghost can't you sleep
perhaps a hot bath would be helpful or else you could try counting sheep
she read him a couple of stories and made him a nice cup of tea
then she waved him goodbye with her hanky and the ghost was as cross as could be hmm
next morning the girl washed her hanky then she spotted the little white mouse who squeaked
can you please help my babies it's terribly cold in our house
little girl thought for a moment and on the next page you will see
that the mice got the blue spotty hanky and they were as snug as snug could be
so the baddies were defeated and they said to each other let's pack
than they went off to stay with an ogre and none of them ever came back
well that tale taught me that being bad gets you nowhere
the mouse was much smarter than the baddies and the girl was much Kinder than them too
so remember always be kind try to do the right thing and you'll definitely be a goodie
it's much more fun to be good too now seeing this little mice all snuggled up
makes me sleepy so why don't you get cozy too and dream of all the fun stories you can tell tomorrow
I'll be back soon with another bedtime story
good night
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