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hi I'm Anthony have you ever felt sad or angry because you can't do something
the bigger children can do it can make you want to shout and stamp your feet can't it
well the boy in tonight's bedtime story just doesn't shout when he feels angry
he roars is called Ravi's Raw and it's written and illustrated by Tom Percival
Ravi was the youngest and smallest in his family everyone was bigger than him even Biscuits the dog
most of the time being the smallest was great but sometimes just sometimes it wasn't one day
Ravi and his family went on a picnic there was a race to the train and guess who came last Ravi
everyone else got a comfy seat but Ravi had to squash in with his dad and Biscuits
them Biscuits made a bad smell when everyone got to the park they played hide and seek
it was meant to be fun but Ravi couldn't find anyone
at the Adventure Playground the monkey bars were too high the gaps between the logs were
too wide and when Ravi wanted to go on the big slide the man said sorry son you're too small
Ravi got so cross that his face turned red but then his dad said come on let's get an ice cream
everybody ran off and guess who came last Ravi and then when Ravi went to get his ice cream
there was none left well that really did it Ravi was Furious he growled and a stripy tail popped
out from the back of his shorts then he sprouted two furry ears sharp pointy teeth and striped
the orange fur Ravi turned into a tiger the big tiger took a huge deep breath and then roared
Ravi's brother looked a bit nervous and handed the tiger his ice cream
when the tiger went to sit down there were no benches free so he
roared and everybody got out the way it was great being a tiger
the tiger did all the things that Ravi couldn't he swung across the monkey bars he leapt across the
logs he even slid down the big slide nobody dared to say no so the tiger went wild he roared and
growled and did exactly what he wanted Roar but soon he found that nobody wanted to play with him
suddenly the tiger felt a bit sad and nowhere near his cross in fact he couldn't quite remember
what made him so angry in the first place I'm sorry said the Tiger in a quiet voice
and when he said that everything felt better that's okay said Dad well done for saying sorry
then without even realizing Ravi became a boy once more and that was the last time that Ravi
ever turned into a tiger although every now and then he did have a bit of a growl grrrrr
there's a tiger in all of us and sometimes when you get very cross it can be hard not
to let yours out but Ravi learned something important although being a tiger meant he felt
he could do anything his friends didn't want to play with him saying sorry made him feel a lot
better and kept his tiger under control something else that can make us feel calm is a good night's
sleep and it's time for you to go to sleep I hope you have wonderful dreams night night
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