After the dust settled, a baby raccoon slowly hobbled in. He looked at bear and Emma then turned around and sat under the bed.
      "No one ever waits for me," he whimpered. "They always leave me behind. No one is my friend."
      CuddleEmma got out of her bed, bent down to the raccoon and pleaded ,"Please don't cry. Stay in my bed. I'll look after you."
      Emma gave such wonderful hugs. Bear and raccoon felt so happy but Emma still couldn't sleep. She was about to try counting rhinoceroses again when bear interrupted,"Please don't count rhinoceroses, they're too scary and noisy. Count something like puppies.Please!"
      "But there's none on the wallpaper." complained Emma "I know' answered bear, "But lets close our eyes and imagine there's puppies."

 

Puppies!

They counted:
One puppy.....
      "Arf" . . .
Two puppies...
      "Arf" . . ."Arf" . . .
Three puppies...
      "Lick". . ."Lick". . ."Lick". . . Jack and the Beanstalk
Four puppies...
      "Cuddle". . ."Cuddle". . ."Cuddle". . ."Cuddle". . .
Five puppies..
      "Szzzzz" . . ."Szzzzz" . . ."Szzzzz" . . .

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Animations: Copyright Amanda Penrose 1997.
Story and music: Copyright John Rickey 1997.
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