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0:00The Frightened Lion
0:03(A version of the tale by TheFableCottage.com)
0:08One night, Lion is getting ready for bed.
0:12He reads his favorite bedtime story
0:14and sings his favorite bedtime song.
0:18He turns on his night-light.
0:20Then — he hears a sound...
0:23Tap! … Tap!
0:26"What’s that sound?” he whispers.
0:29Tap! … Tap!
0:33"That sound… it’s coming from outside the window!”
0:38He climbs out of bed.
0:40He grabs a baseball bat
0:42and tip-toes towards the window.
0:45Tappity-tap! TAP!
0:48“It’s a monster!” he thinks.
0:51He grabs his bicycle helmet and puts it on his head for protection.
0:56He hears the sound again...
0:59TAP! ... TAP! … Tappity-TAP!
1:03Lion panics.
1:04“The monster is getting closer!
1:07It sounds like the BIGGEST, SCARIEST monster ever!”
1:12Tap! ... Tap! ... Tappity-tap!
1:14TAPPITY-TAP!
1:15TAPPITY-TAPPITY-TAPPITY…. TAP!
1:18"EEEK!" Lion squeals.
1:20He runs away from the window and hides under the bed.
1:24He pulls a blanket over his head.
1:27He holds his baseball bat tightly in his hands, and….
1:32Tappity tap!
1:34... A little frog jumps up on the window sill.
1:37The frog is wearing a tutu and tap shoes.
1:41She dances a little dance.
1:44Tap tap tappity tap!
1:46"Hello Lion! Are you in there?” says the frog.
1:50She looks through the window
1:52and sees Lion hiding under the bed.
1:56Lion is wrapped in a blanket…
1:58wearing a bicycle helmet …
2:00... and holding a baseball bat.
2:03He looks ridiculous.
2:06(And to be honest, he feels ridiculous too.)
2:10"Ummm… I have some new dance moves to show you," says the frog.
2:15"But you look busy.
2:17I will come back later. See ya!"
2:20The frog hops down to the ground and happily dances away.
2:25Tap-TAP! Tappity-tappity-TAP!
2:29Moral:
2:31Sometimes our imaginations make things scarier than they really are.