The Gruffalo's Child (Gruffalos Child)

Whose are these footprints?

Mama!

The Gruffalo's been here!

Hmm. No.

Too small. BOTH: Huh?

What else could it be? What else could it be?

Hmm?

Well...

I'll tell you what it could be.

HEDGEHOG WHINES

SHE LAUGHS

Ahhh! Oh!

SHE GASPS

BIRDS TWEET

GRUFFALO SNORTS ANGRILY

The Gruffalo said that...

No Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep, dark wood.

Why not?

Why not? Oh!

Because, if you do, the Big Bad Mouse will be after you.

I met him once.

Said the Gruffalo.

I met him a long, long time ago.

What does he look like?

Tell us, Dad.

Is he terribly big and terribly bad?

Um... I can't quite remember.

The Gruffalo said.

Then he thought for a minute...

and scratched his head.

The Big Bad Mouse...

..is terribly strong.

Terribly strong? And his scaly tail is terribly long.

Terribly long?

His eyes are like pools of terrible fire.

Terrible fire.

And his terrible whiskers are tougher than wire.

CREATURE GROWLS

Tougher than wire?

The Big Bad Mouse...

..is terribly strong.

And his scaly tail is terribly long.

His eyes are like pools of terrible fire

and his terrible whiskers are tougher than wire.

GRUFFALO CHUCKLES

The Big Bad Mouse.

GRUFFALO SNORES

One snowy night when the Gruffalo snored...

..the Gruffalo's child was feeling bored.

The Gruffalo's child was feeling brave

so she tiptoed out of the Gruffalo cave.

BIRD SQUAWKS

The snow fell fast and the wind blew wild.

Into the wood went the Gruffalo's child.

SHE SCREAMS

Oh!

CREAKING AND HOWLING

TREE BRANCH SNAPS

FLURRY OF WINGS

SHE CHUCKLES

A-ha! O-ho!

A trail in the snow.

Whose is this trail?

And where does it go?

SHE GASPS

A tail poked out of a log-pile house.

Could this be the tail...

..of the Big Bad Mouse?

CREATURE SQUEALS

Out slid the creature.

Hmmm!

SHE SQUEALS

Oh.

SNAKE YELPS

His eyes are small.

And he doesn't have whiskers.

No, none at all!

You're not the mouse!

Not I.

Said the snake.

But he's down by the lake...

Ah!

..Eating Gruffalo cake.

TINKLING

Oh!

SHE GASPS

SHE CHUCKLES

Woooo!

Urgh!

SNAKE CACKLES

CREAKING

SHE SCREAMS

SHE PANTS

Oh!

OWL HOOTS

The snow fell fast and the wind blew wild.

RUSTLING

I'm not scared.

Said the Gruffalo's child.

CREATURES CHIRRUPING

SHE GASPS

A-ha.

O-ho!

Marks in the snow.

Whose are these claw marks?

Where do they go?

SWOOPING

SWOOPING

Sshh!

Two eyes gleamed out of a treetop house.

Could these be the eyes of the Big Bad Mouse?

SHE SQUEALS

SHE SCREAMS

Down flew the creature.

SHE COUGHS

His tail is short...

and he doesn't have whiskers of any sort.

Ow!

Oof!

You're not the Mouse.

Too-whit, too-whoo!

Not I.

SMACKS LIPS

But he's somewhere nearby.

Eating...

Gruffalo pie!

SHE GASPS

Oh...

Aah!

THUMP

The snow fell fast and the wind blew wild.

WIND HOWLS