It is bedtime. Nino has put on his pyjamas, drunk his glass of water and listened to his story. Only one thing is missing. “My cuddly toyThe soft toy or little blanket you keep with you to fall asleep.! Where is my cuddly toy?”
Nino's cuddly toyThe soft toy or little blanket you keep with you to fall asleep. is a little grey rabbit with one ear longer than the other. Without him, the night is far too big.
Dad looks under the bed. He finds one sock and two little cars. But no cuddly toyThe soft toy or little blanket you keep with you to fall asleep.. Mum opens the drawerThe box that slides out of a piece of furniture, where clothes are kept.. She finds clean pyjamas, a woolly hat and three pencils. But no cuddly toy.
Big sister looks behind the curtain. She finds the cat, who was sleeping very nicely and is not pleased at all. But no cuddly toyThe soft toy or little blanket you keep with you to fall asleep..
Nino's eyes sting a little. “Is he lost for ever?” “We keep looking,” says Dad. So the whole family searches the whole house.
The kitchen: under the table, inside the saucepan cupboard. Nothing at all.
The living room: under the sofa cushions, behind the big plant. Nothing at all. Then Nino climbs onto his bed, very slowly, and lifts his pillowThe soft cushion you rest your head on to sleep.. And there... the cuddly toyThe soft toy or little blanket you keep with you to fall asleep.! Already asleep, all by himself, one ear folded over.
Nino hugs him tight. He had not lost his cuddly toyThe soft toy or little blanket you keep with you to fall asleep. after all: his cuddly toy had been waiting in exactly the right place the whole time. Good night, you two.
The end, sweet dreams.
