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STORY BOOK AND DVD WALKER IT BOOKS KING ROLLO FILMS oB a/dba/uv S i/itii/  Fo} Rachel Clai c M W For Genevieve and Asher B.F. ,y tv***«;.i, > mm ft*** -.'.vr «y.vv.*vy»>'»;T Ju«y*3,r-3. 4I» V -! £>/***  First published 1988 by Walker Books Ltd 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ This edition including DVD published 2014 2468 10 97531 Text © 1988 Martin Waddell Illustrations © 1988, 2005 Barbara Firth The right of Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth to be identified as author and illustrator respectively of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 This book has been typeset in Monotype Columbus Printed in China All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-4063-5910-7 www.walker.co.uk LONDON ♦ BOSTON * SYDNEY ♦ AUCKLAND  nee there were two bears, Big Bear and Little Bear. - Big Bear is the big bear, and Little Bear is the little bear. They played all day in the bright sunlight. When night came, and the sun went down, Big Bear took Little Bear home to the Bear Cave. i'' , ' ? !', -« ;-'vf -  Big Bear put Little Bear to bed in the dark IS part of the cave. “Go to sleep, Little Bear/’ he saic And Little Bear tried. Big Bear settled in the Bear Chair and j !l X' read his Bear Book, by the light of the fire. But Little Bear couldn’t get to sleep.  '.» * *%> ' I -..&" ' '~ f,r iKlii..*»’ V * ** >  “Can’t you sleep, Little Bear?” asked Big Bear, putting down his Bear Book (which was just getting to the interesting part) and O' X padding over to the bed. “I’m scared,” said Little Bear. “Why are you scared, Little Bear?” asked Big Bear. “I don’t like the dark,” said Little Bear. w‘ “What dark?” said Big Bear. tm* : r l * “The dark all around us,” said Little Bear. msm  Big Bear looked, and he saw that the dark part of the cave was very dark, so he went to the Lantern Cupboard and took out the tiniest lantern that was there. Big Bear lit the tiniest lantern, and put it near to Little Bear’s bed. “There’s a tiny light to stop you being scared, Little Bear,” said Big Bear. “Thank you, Big Bear,” said Little Bear, cuddling up in the glow. “Now go to sleep, Little Bear,” said Big Bear, and he padded back to the Bear Chair and settled down to read the Bear Book, by the light of the fire.  Little Bear tried to go to sleep, but he couldn t. “Can’t you sleep, Little Bear?” yawned Big Bear, putting down his Bear Book (with just four pages to go to the interesting bit) and padding over to the bed. “I’m scared,” said Little Bear. “Why are you scared, Little Bear?” asked Big Bear. “I don’t like the dark,” said Little Bear. “What dark?” asked Big Bear. “The dark all around us,” said Little Bear. “But I brought you a lantern!” said Big Bear. “Only a tiny-weeny one,” said Little Bear. “And there’s lots of dark!” Big Bear looked, and he saw that Little Bear was quite right, there was still lots of dark. So Big Bear went to the Lantern Cupboard and took out a bigger lantern. Big Bear lit the lantern, and put it beside the other one,  fi»ri v**$i&* fr^s£*i % SiSX »&  “Now go to sleep, Little Bear/’ said Big Bear and he padded back to the Bear Chair and settled down to read the Bear Book, by the light of the fire. Little Bear tried and tried to go to sleep,.. to lil!  a* ' * 3#s*?* ?>§ K^%»; »%»: %-, **. paeaftl Mi- ^ ^r" ' w * vv “Can’t you sleep, Little Bear?” grunted Big Bear, putting down his Bear Book (with just three pages to go) and padding over to the bed. “I’m scared,” said Little Bear. e “Why are you scared, Little Bear?” asked Big Bear. “I don’t like the dark,” said Little Bear. “What dark?” asked Big Bear. “The dark all around us,” said Little Bear. “But I brought you two lanterns!” said Big Bear. “A tiny - V" ‘l one and a bigger one!” > T-. “Not much bigger,” said Little Bear. “And there’s still -;.. lots of dark.”.." - -.:>v - ** : ' - 'r v »" V. 'j s* , : P'ffP ft V X: --f-f.p £@TS 1,- H- Vi ?rtw*3 ,v?-x V&!kSSpSt^*3B>i i Vi - 4 :.:' =* >- 18*111. y/ t, t - t ‘ Big Bear thought about it, and then he went to the Lantern Cupboard and took out the Biggest Lantern of Them All, with two tPs-Mr* VlSa ter %ii '"If a ffdmm" 44 it m ; ff/J i handles and a bit of chain. He hooked #.; mi: 3B m the lantern up above Little Bear’s bed. W£%h / ^ /V 4 “I’ve brought you the Biggest Lantern of Them All!” he told Little Bear. “That’s to stop you being scared!” -If w “Thank you, Big Bear,” said Little Bear, curling up in the glow and watching pi < 0 the shadows dance. 7%' iff “Now go to sleep, Little Bear,” said Big Bear i’S i J »XAi: 5. »:|H| /.rS / - “1’m scared/' said Little Bear. “Why are you scared, Little Bear?” asked Big Bear. “I don’t like the dark,” said Little Bear. “What dark?” asked Big Bear. “The dark all around us,” said Little Bear. “But I brought you the Biggest Lantern of Them All, and there isn’t any dark left,” said Big Bear. “Yes, there is!” said Little Bear. “There is, out there!” And he pointed out of the Bear Cave, at the night.  ymZM 0- V%#*S®8 : teV. h?.y^ ' vvt^.6 V>- ;ld v - - -; ' :V. ,** -. < 0: '. * - -< ; l vVj^'^^y-^W * >s '. ,# » *. _ & -"; Big Bear saw that Little Bear was right. Big Bear was very puzzled. All the lanterns in the world couldn’t light up the dark outside. Big Bear thought about it for a long time, and then he said, “Come on, Little Bear.” “Where are we going?” asked Little Bear. “Out!” said Big Bear. “Out into the darkness?” said Little Bear. “Yes!” said Big Bear. $ “But I’m scared of the dark!” said Little Bear. “No need to be!” said Big Bear, and he took Little Bear by the paw and led him out from the cave into the night and it was  SwBs i: DARK! “Ooooh! I’m scared,” said Little Bear, cuddling up to Big Bear. Ml|Kg* Big Bear lifted Little Bear, and I cuddled him, and said, “ >... " *.. :V". ’ "* h-. Little Bear.” And Little Bear looked. -S*?**5 J.V'^v?. C; -.if. cv i*mgs JiSf® Vf:.. -v? 'S’-;/ :>r‘ ^%v?:;vk;.s  “I’ve brought you the moon, Little Bear,” said Big Bear. “The bright yellow moon, and all the twinkly stars.”  ys-im kc.:. v\ :v>. A-?® :*>-V iv*: >n:.i'1. SlVS®€: 7. -. v-' ® £' -V >%> ‘‘ ’ \- '* ' r' >' ' S-*r-,' - *.VV'">. - -1:. =«?vr But Little Bear didn’t say anything, for he had gone to sleep, warm and safe in Big Bear’s arms. Big Bear carried Little Bear back into the Bear Cave,.. Sfe#— > - fast asleep, and he settled down with Little Bear..' -: ' - « > * on one arm and the Bear Book on the other, cosy i - in the Bear Chair by the fire. rr^-5' «... I ! II 'I.. » SHI SsSlsIliES S I|Ifeifei t* M«& *'vr  '..7. Ife*. /) W t'* i&r. vjrsu;  w&mmm. :-/= THE END Little Bear can’t sleep. There is dark all around him in the Bear Cave. Not even Big Bear s biggest lantern can light up the darkness of the night outside. But then Big Bear finds the perfect way to reassure Little Bear and help him fall fast asleep... Offering a whole new storytelling experience, this picture book and DVD edition features a charming story animation, narrated by Kevin Whately. Running time: 9 minutes Over 7 million Little Bear books sold worldwide!