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CBeebies Radio Podcast

CBeebies Bedtime Stories - Ross Kemp - The Squirrels Who Squabbled

CBeebies Radio Podcast

BBC

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

3.4870 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Ross Kemp tells the tale of a pair of squirrels who don't see eye to eye.

Transcript

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0:00.0

See Baby's bedtime story.

0:06.0

Hello, I'm Ross.

0:10.0

Have you ever squabbled with someone you love?

0:14.0

Maybe you were cross with a friend or even a member of your family,

0:18.0

maybe even your own brother.

0:21.6

I don't get cross ever.

0:23.6

Well, okay, maybe sometimes just a little bit.

0:27.6

But I've never squabbled as much as the squirrels in tonight's bedtime story.

0:34.6

Because these squirrels are very different to each other and they see the world in very different

0:41.5

ways. Should we find out more? I've got my cup of tea here in the calf and I hope you've got your

0:48.3

teddy. So let's get cozy for tonight's bedtime story. It's called The Squirrels Who Squabbled,

0:57.4

and it was written by Rachel Bright with illustrations by Jim Field.

1:06.1

In a towering forest where summer had been,

1:10.7

the cool air bit fresh, and the mosses grew green.

1:15.6

And as autumn edged in and the sky raged red, the sleepiest creatures got ready for bed.

1:23.4

While up in a tree swung a flighty young squirrel who everyone knew a spontaneous cyril.

1:32.3

Now most foresty folk had seemed to their needs through the plentiful months of mushrooms and seeds.

1:41.3

They'd built up their stores so they'd all be well fed through the frosting of winter that glittered ahead.

1:51.0

But Cyril, he lived in the now and the here.

1:57.0

He'd adventured and partied his way through the year.

2:04.4

So his cupboard was empty. His hollow was bare.

2:08.3

He hadn't a mouthful of food anywhere.

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