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00:00The smartest giant in town
00:11Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
00:26George was a giant, the scruffiest giant in town.
00:30He always wore the same pair of old brown sandals and the same old patched up gown.
00:38I wish I wasn't the scruffiest giant in town, he said sadly.
01:04But one day George noticed a new shop.
01:08It was full of smart clothes.
01:11So he bought a smart shirt, a smart pair of trousers, a smart belt, a smart stripy tie,
01:31some smart socks with diamonds up the sides, and a pair of smart shiny shoes.
01:43Now I'm the smartest giant in town, he said proudly.
01:51George left his old clothes behind in the shop.
01:55He was about to go home when he heard a sound.
01:58On the pavement stood a giraffe who was sniffling sadly.
02:02What's the matter, asked George.
02:05It's my neck, said the giraffe, it's so very long and so very cold.
02:12I wish I had a long warm scarf.
02:27Cheer up, said George, and he took off his stripy tie.
02:50It didn't match my socks anyway, he said as he wound it round and round the giraffe's
02:56neck.
02:57It made a wonderful scarf.
02:59Thank you, said the giraffe.
03:03As George strode towards home, he sang to himself, my tie is a scarf for a cold giraffe
03:10but look me up and down.
03:13I'm the smartest giant in town.
03:36George came to a river.
03:49On a boat stood a goat who was bleating loudly.
03:53What's the matter, asked George.
03:58It's my sail, said the goat, it blew away in the storm.
04:03I wish I had a strong new sail for my boat.
04:30Cheer up, said George, and he took off his new white shirt.
04:36It kept coming untucked anyway, he said as he tied it to the mast of the goat's boat.
04:42It made a magnificent sail.
04:45Thank you, said the goat.
04:49George strode on, singing to himself, my tie is a scarf for a cold giraffe, my shirt's
04:56on a boat as a sail for a goat, but look me up and down, I'm the smartest giant in
05:04town.
05:16George came to a tiny ruined house.
05:19Beside the house stood a white mouse with lots of baby mice.
05:23They were all squeaking.
05:26What's the matter, asked George.
05:28It's our house, squeaked the mother mouse, it burnt down and now we have nowhere to live.
05:37I wish we had a nice new house.
05:49Cheer up, said George, and he took off one of his shiny shoes.
05:55It was giving me blisters anyway, he said as the mouse and her baby scrambled inside.
06:02The shoe made a perfect home for them.
06:04Thank you, they squeaked.
06:14George had to hop along the road now, but he didn't mind.
06:19As he hopped, he said to himself, my tie is a scarf for a cold giraffe, my shirt's on
06:25a boat as a sail for a goat, my shoe is a house for a little white mouse, but look me
06:32up and down, I'm the smartest giant in town.
06:49George came to a campsite.
06:51Beside a tent stood a fox who was crying.
06:54What's the matter, asked George.
07:02It's my sleeping bag, said the fox.
07:05I dropped it in a puddle.
07:07I wish I had a warm, dry sleeping bag.
07:16Cheer up, said George, and he took off one of his socks with diamonds up the sides.
07:22It was tickling my toes anyway, he said as the fox snuggled into it.
07:28It made a very fine sleeping bag.
07:30Thank you, said the fox.
07:35George hopped on, singing to himself.
07:38My tie is a scarf for a cold giraffe, my shirt's on a boat as a sail for a goat, my shoe is
07:45a house for a little white mouse, one of my socks is a bed for a fox, but look me up and
07:52down, I'm the smartest giant in town.
08:08George came to a big squelchy bog.
08:11Beside the bog stood a dog who was howling.
08:15What's the matter, asked George.
08:19It's this bog, said the dog.
08:24I need to get across, but I keep getting stuck in the mud.
08:28I wish there was a safe, dry path.
08:38Cheer up, said George, and he took off his smart new belt.
08:43It was squashing my tummy anyway, he said as he laid it down over the bog.
08:48It made an excellent path.
08:51Thank you, said the dog.
08:58The wind started to blow, but George didn't mind.
09:03He hopped on, singing to himself.
09:06My tie is a scarf for a cold giraffe, my shirt's on a boat as a sail for a goat, my shoe is
09:12a house for a little white mouse, one of my socks is a bed for a fox, my belt helped
09:19a dog who was crossing a bog, but...
09:40My trousers are falling down, I'm the coldest giant in town.
09:52Suddenly George felt sad and shivery and not at all smart.
09:57He stood on one foot and thought, I'll have to go back to the shop and buy some more clothes,
10:04he decided.
10:06He turned around and hopped all the way back to the shop.
10:24But when he got there, it was closed.
10:28Oh no, cried George.
10:31He sank down onto the doorstep and a tear ran down his nose.
10:36He felt as sad as all the animals he had met on his way home.
10:42Then, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a bag with something familiar poking out of
10:50the top.
10:51George took a closer look.
10:57My gown, he yelled, my dear old gown and sandals.
11:03George put them on, they felt wonderfully comfortable.
11:07I'm the coziest giant in town, he cried, and he danced back home along the road.
11:20Outside his front door stood all the animals he had helped.
11:24They were carrying an enormous present.
11:27Come on George, they said, open it.
11:31George untied the ribbon.
11:33Inside was a beautiful gold paper crown and a card.
11:38Look inside the card, George, said the animals.
11:42George put the crown on his head and opened the card.
11:53Inside it said, You gave your scarf to a cold giraffe, your shirts on a boat as a sale
12:00for a goat, your shoe is a house for a little white mouse, one of your socks is a bed for
12:06a fox, your belt helped a dog who was crossing a bog, so here is a very fine crown to go
12:13with the sandals and gown of the kindest giant in town.