00:00The
00:30it was Saturday morning in festive road coal was being delivered and boys were
00:46playing with wooden swords everything was very ordinary this is an ordinary
00:56street at number 52 the postman arrived with a letter number 52 is mr. Ben's house and mr. Ben
01:08was at the front door to meet the postman the letter was an invitation to a fancy dress party
01:19mr. Ben wasn't really very fond of parties but he did like fancy dress
01:25he put on his hat and coat and set out to search the shops for something special to wear he tried the
01:37big shops but didn't find anything he tried the not so big shops
01:51still he didn't find anything he tried the small shops in the side streets everywhere it was the
02:06same story no fancy dress only ordinary everyday clothes but at last in a back lane he found a
02:16little shop with all sorts of interesting things to wear in the window was a suit of bright red armor
02:26mr. Ben went into the shop as if by magic the shopkeeper appeared can I help you sir he asked
02:39after looking quickly around the shop mr. Ben said I wonder if I might borrow that suit of red armor
02:47the man seemed pleased of course he said would you like to see if it fits and he pointed to the door
02:55of the fitting room mr. Ben carried the armor through the door and found he was in a small room
03:03quickly he changed into the armor he smiled at the red knight reflected in the mirror he laughed
03:16then he noticed another door well said mr. Ben and he walked through the second doorway
03:27instead of another room mr. Ben found himself in rocky countryside
03:37from behind a large pile of rocks he could see smoke rising
03:44feeling brave in his red armor he walked over to see what was making the smoke
03:52he climbed the rocks and found the smoke was coming from a dragon quite a large dragon gosh thought mr. Ben
04:12somebody else in fancy dress and he called down hello that's a good outfit how do you make the smoke
04:21the dragon looked up you can't fool me he said I know you've been sent to kill me
04:29kill him thought mr. Ben and he realized that it was a real dragon a sad very sad dragon
04:41before long mr. Ben was sitting down with the dragon and the dragon told mr. Ben his story
04:54the dragon had lived happily in a castle he worked hard lighting fires for all the people who lived
05:03nearby everybody loved him especially the king
05:09one day a man came to the castle with a new idea for lighting fires which he called a match
05:20nobody wanted matches they had a dragon to light their fires
05:27but the matchmaker was cunning he set fire to a barn or two and saw that the dragon got the blame
05:38he caused so much trouble that the poor dragon was made to leave the castle
05:46then everybody had to go to the matchmaker and buy matches to make matters worse the king's favorite
05:56white horse had run away at the same time and the dragon had been blamed for this as well
06:01he was being blamed for everything
06:04the dragon pointed to the horse which stood nearby I've been looking after him said the dragon but I'm much
06:18too afraid to return him I'll help you said mr. Ben show me where the castle is and I'll tell the
06:25king the true story the dragon was delighted and they left almost at once after they'd walked quite
06:43away the dragon stopped there in the distance mr. Ben could see the castle the dragon was afraid to go any
06:56closer um I'll wait here under the trees until you return he said mr. Ben said goodbye and rode off towards the castle
07:09at the castle the guard saw mr. Ben approaching
07:29they rushed to the king and told him that a brave red knight must have killed the dragon because he was returning the white horse
07:38mr. Ben arrived at the castle he didn't have to say anything he was taken straight to the king to be rewarded
07:47the king listened while mr. Ben told him the dragon's story the king had missed the dragon and was delighted to hear the truth
08:13nobody liked the nasty matchmaker he was making his matches more and more expensive because he knew that people had to have them
08:22the matchmaker was brought to the king
08:26the king ordered him to prison until he thought how to punish the rascal the guards took him to the deepest darkest
08:47dungeon
09:01mr. Ben led the way for the king and his guard to welcome the dragon back
09:17they stopped before they reached the dragon's hiding place in case they frightened the dragon
09:24the king and the red knight walked to the trees
09:30the king told the dragon how sorry he was for all the dragon's troubles and how happy he was to see him again
09:36the dragon was so happy that he made mr. Ben and the king ride on his back
09:43with the dragon leading the way and the guard following they returned to the castle
09:51everybody came to the castle to welcome the dragon back and the king made a speech
10:12he explained how the matchmaker had caused all the trouble not the dragon
10:19he said that matches were better for most people and that everyone could have the matches they needed free
10:25the matchmaker would make the matches for nothing as his punishment
10:29the dragon would be the king's personal firelighter
10:34then the king said they would have a feast and the red knight would be the guest of honour
10:45everybody started to get things ready for the feast
10:51Mr. Ben just stood at the side and watched
11:14a man appeared nearby
11:29and Mr. Ben wondered where he'd seen him before
11:34would you like to change for the feast sir? the man asked
11:38and he took Mr. Ben to a nearby door
11:43you'll find the other clothes inside sir he said
11:47as he stepped through the door
11:49Mr. Ben found he was back in the changing room of the shop
11:56he took a last look at the red knight in the mirror
12:00and he changed into his own clothes again
12:03then he went back into the shop
12:12Mr. Ben had had enough excitement
12:15he didn't want to go to the fancy dress party now
12:18thank you
12:20he said to the shopkeeper as he gave back the armour
12:22I won't take it with me after all
12:25the little man smiled
12:28right you are sir
12:30shall we be seeing you again?
12:32oh yes
12:34I'll be back
12:35said Mr. Ben from the door
12:37very soon
12:38he added
12:40as he walked back down festive road
12:43Mr. Ben thought about his adventure
12:46in the nearer
12:53he told me
12:55this is going to take place
12:56in the nearer
12:58circle
12:59In the middle
13:01he had two
13:02in his background
13:04so he went back
13:05and he went back
13:06in his background
13:07to the았
13:08he said
13:10When he went to get his front door key out,
13:29he found an unusual box of matches in his pocket.
13:34He smiled at the picture on the box.
13:37How nice, he thought.
13:41I'll keep them carefully, just to remind me.
14:07But I'll keep up here.
14:16I'll keep up here.
