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BBC Learning English - The Storytellers - Rainy day

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0:00[Music]

0:04joe and bella stories

0:07number seven rainy day

0:13one weekend mum had to work a shift at

0:15the hospital

0:16and dad had loads of marking to do which

0:19meant that neither of them had time to

0:21look after joe and bella

0:23but joe and bella didn't mind they were

0:26going to spend the weekend with gran

0:28and gran had promised to take them to

0:30the beach

0:32there was just one problem when they

0:35woke up on saturday morning

0:37and looked out of the window the rain

0:39was sheeting down

0:41bella pressed her nose against the glass

0:43and said hopefully

0:45we can still go can't we

0:49but when gran arrived to collect them it

0:52was still

0:52pouring and grande said they would just

0:55have to spend the day at her house

0:56instead

0:58it rained and rained they watched a

1:02movie on tv

1:03and when they stopped it was still

1:05raining

1:07they played cards with gran and when

1:09they stopped it was still

1:11raining they did some homework

1:14ready for monday and when they stopped

1:17it was still raining

1:20they tried taking gran's dog selby for a

1:23walk

1:23but when they opened the door selby took

1:26one look

1:27whined and ran back inside again

1:30eventually gran went off to do some

1:33housework

1:34joe decided to do more homework he had

1:37tests coming up at school

1:38and mom and dad were always on at him to

1:40work harder

1:42but bella was too little to worry about

1:44tests

1:46i'm bored she said

1:50i hate this weather

1:53there's nothing we can do about it said

1:55joe

1:56you'll just have to make the best of it

1:59bella stomped off

2:01joe wasn't paying much attention to her

2:03he was too busy with his maths

2:08after a while though he noticed a

2:10banging and thumping from the kitchen

2:13what was bella up to he got

2:17up and looked round the door bella was

2:19mixing something in a huge mixing bowl

2:23what's that joe asked it's a lovely cake

2:28said bella happily but you can't have

2:30any

2:31that's a relief said joe because it

2:34looks

2:35terrible and it smells worse

2:38the cake mixture had all kinds of lumps

2:41in it

2:42and the smell was like no cake that joe

2:44had ever smelled before

2:46it's not for humans said bella it's for

2:50dogs

2:51i've made it especially for selby

2:53because he couldn't go for his walk

2:56what's it got in it joe asked

2:59dog food said bella silly

3:03and it's got cornflakes because selby

3:05loves corn flakes

3:06and yogurt because selby loves yogurt

3:09and toast and biscuits and tinned rice

3:11pudding

3:13joe was feeling queasy just thinking

3:16about it

3:18well i hope selby likes it he said

3:21but selby didn't like it when bella put

3:25it down on the floor for him to eat

3:28raw because she said it would taste

3:30better that way selby took

3:32one sniff and then ran out of the room

3:35bella burst into tears gran came running

3:39into the kitchen

3:41oh dear what is the matter bella she

3:44asked it's

3:46raining bella howald

3:50is never going to stop we can't go to

3:53the beach and now

3:55selfie doesn't like my cake

4:02joe didn't say anything but he knew how

4:05bella felt

4:07it was turning into a horrible day

4:11now then said gran things aren't that

4:15bad why don't we do something to cheer

4:18ourselves up

4:20like what sniffed bella

4:24how about we make cake as a surprise for

4:27your parents

4:28a cake for humans not for dogs

4:31after all they've been working hard all

4:34day

4:36can we eat some too asked bella

4:40of course you can said gran

4:44and can it be chocolate sponge ask joe

4:47with chocolate fudge icing asked bella

4:50and sprinkles

4:53it certainly can said gran

4:55[Music]

4:57they had a lovely time making the cake

4:59and when they had finished decorating it

5:02they suddenly realized that it wasn't

5:03raining anymore

5:05they had been so busy they hadn't even

5:07noticed

5:09quick let's get out while the sun's

5:11shining

5:12said gran they took selby down to the

5:16park

5:17and when they got back mom and dad had

5:19arrived

5:20everybody was just ready for a slice of

5:23cake

5:24[Music]

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