Grandma Reads - The Rabbit, The Dark, and The Cookie Tin

Grandma reads a book called "The Rabbit, The Dark, and The Cookie Tin" to her grandchild. The story is about a rabbit who doesn't want to go to sleep and tries to keep the dark away. But he learns that without the dark, important things can't happen. In the end, Rabbit goes to bed and learns his lesson. Grandma reads The Rabbit, The Dark, and The Cookie Tin by Nicola O'Brien. Look at that cute rabbit just sitting on that cookie. I wonder what kind of cookies they are. Do you think they're chocolate? Do you think they've got cream in them? That would be delicious. Let's open the cover. Look at these beautiful pages of stars. There's shiny stars, round stars, and pointy stars. There's even shooting stars. Let's count the shooting stars. One, two, three, four, five, six. Six shooting stars. We must have good luck. Let's turn the page. This is the title page. The Rabbit, The Dark, and The Cookie Tin by Nicola O'Brien. Look at that goofy rabbit sitting on his ears. He looks like he's doing the splits with his ears. Feet all dangly up in the air. He's a goofy guy. Let's turn the page. Once upon a time, there was a rabbit who didn't want to go to sleep. Oh, look at him. He's bouncing, bouncing, bouncing. He's got a really cool ball. He's having a great time. I guess I can understand why he doesn't want to go to sleep. Let's turn the page. Oh, no, squeaked Rabbit when it started to get dark. I'm not tired, and I don't want to go to bed. A bright idea popped into his head. I don't want to go to bed, said Rabbit, and if it doesn't get dark, I won't have to. Oh, my, look, he's really thinking hard about this. Oh, look, he must be a really good gardener. Look, he's got trellises and a wheelbarrow. Oh, look at what he's got in his raised bed garden. He's got carrots. Let's count these carrots. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. He has ten beautiful carrots in his garden. Oh, he must be so proud of that. Let's turn the page. So Rabbit found a cookie tin, and there was just one cookie left. Oh, look, he's on a stool. He's reaching at the top. It's like, oh, that's where cookies live. They live at the top of the cupboards. Then he went outside to find the dark. Look, he's got that cookie tin under his arms, and he is on a mission. Let's turn the page. The dark was not hard to find. Excuse me, would you like a cookie, asked Rabbit. Don't mind if I do, said Dark. Look it, the dark's got his hand reaching for that one last cookie. I think it's chocolate with cream in it. Oh, so delicious. That would be wonderful. Oh, look it, Rabbit's got a look on his face like he's going to be the best friend in the whole world. I don't think so. I think he's up to mischief. Let's turn the page and find out. Snap, Rabbit trapped the dark in the cookie tin and sat on it. That wasn't very polite, Rabbit, said Dark from inside the tin. I'm sorry, but I'm not tired, and I don't want to go to bed, said Rabbit. Now I can stay up all night long because it's not dark. But then many animals need me, said Dark. They don't like the sun. When you're getting ready for bed, they're just getting up. Really, asked Rabbit. Oh. What do you think it is? Let's turn the page. Us, squeaked the bat. Us, hooted the owl. Us, whispered the fox cubs. I don't care, said Rabbit. That's a cheeky way of being, isn't it? He doesn't care about anybody but himself. Oof, oof, oof, oof. Oh, look. We've got two beautiful fox cubs. They've got red hair. And they've got how many brats? One, two, three bats. And we have a mama owl with two baby owls. Oh, my gosh. They all come out at night. Let's turn the page. He took the tin back inside. Please let me out of the tin. The animals need me, said the Dark. No, and I'm not tired. And I don't want to go to bed. And it's not dark, so I don't have to, said Rabbit. I am hungry, though. What about having some breakfast, said the Dark? It's your favorite meal. But you can't eat breakfast unless you've gone to bed. And he's really thinking hard about that. He's looking at that cookie tin, thinking, hmm, that makes sense. But, oh, said Rabbit, I do like toast with honey and fresh orange juice. But I like carrots most of all. And I can eat carrots any time. Let's turn the page. If you let me out of the tin, you can have carrots and toast and honey and fresh orange juice, said the Dark. Okay, he's thinking about it. I don't care, said Rabbit, and I won't go to bed. Are you getting grumpy, Rabbit, asked the Dark. No, no, I'm not, said Rabbit, grumpily. I think you are, said the Dark. That's what happens when you don't sleep. I'm not tired, said Rabbit, and he stormed out of the house. Oh, look at him. He's got his ears all standing up tall, and he's just marching right on out. Let's see. Let's turn the page and see what he does. Outside, it was hot. Rabbit was hot. Everything was too hot. Oh, my, my carrots. They're wilting, said Rabbit. What shall I do? See, said the Dark, carrots need me, too. Oh, look at those ten beautiful carrots. They're all wilting and hanging down, and look at our little fox cubs are laying on the ground, and our three bats are hanging in the tree, and the mama owl with her baby owls. They all look so tired and hot. They look hot. Let's turn the page. Rabbit looked at the cookie tin. Go on, Rabbit. Open the tin, said the Dark. I want to show you how wonderful I can be. Rabbit thought about his carrots, and the bats, and the owls, and the fox cubs. Okay, he's looking at that tin. His ears are all hanging down. He's feeling it, and then he carefully opened the tin. He carefully pulled back that paper flap, and look it. There's stars and a moon. Oh, my gosh, look at how many things are on this page, and they're shooting stars here, too. Let's count them. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. It looks like there's even more shooting stars on this page than on the other page. Wow! There's one big moon, and it's a crescent moon. Let's carefully close this page, and let's turn the page. Wow, said Rabbit. The Dark can be beautiful. Look at all the stars on this page, and there's fireflies. There's fireflies everywhere, and look at the little fox cubs are playing with the fireflies. They're chasing them all over. We can count the fireflies. Let's do it. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 28 fireflies. Wow, that's a lot of glowing wonderfulness at night. Let's turn the page. It's a perfect time for bedtime stories, said the Dark, as Rabbit climbed into his bed. Look, he's got a really cute blankie and a little bear, and you can still see stars on his window. There's only one shooting star on that page. Can you find it? Yeah, there it is. Once upon a time, there was a rabbit who didn't want to go to sleep, and soon enough, Rabbit was fast asleep. Look at him all tucked up in there. How cute. Let's turn the page. Oh, my, we've got more stars, more stars. This time, Yeeftalk can count the pointy stars. Let's count them. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. There might even be a hiding one, a 20. I bet you can find it. Let's close the book. This is the back cover, and it has Rabbit holding his cookie tin, and it says, Rabbit captures the dark and keeps it in a cookie tin so that he doesn't have to go to bed. Now he can stay up for as long as he wants, but Rabbit is about to learn that without the dark, lots of important things can't happen. He did. Do you think Rabbit learned his lesson? I think he did. This is a good book for teaching lessons. So, Grandma loves you. Have a good night.