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I’m Peppa Pig.

This is my little brother George.

This is Mummy Pig.

And this is Daddy Pig.

Peppa Pig

The Powercut

‘It is evening, Peppa and George are in the sitting room dancing to their favourite song.’ ‘Daddy Pig is in the hallway, vacuuming the carpet.’ ‘And Mummy Pig is in her study, doing important work on her computer.’ Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Mummy, Daddy! It’s gone all dark! And the music is broken.

And my vacuum won’t work.

And my computer has switched off.

Ooh!

‘Mummy Pig tries the light switch.

But the lights do not come on.’ It must be a power cut.

What’s a power cut?

A power cut is when there is no electricity.

What’s electricity?

Electricity is what makes everything in our housework.

Will the electricity come back again?

Yes, but in the meantime, we need to find a torch.

I think there’s a torch in the cellar.

OK, I’ll go and get it.

Will you be OK, Daddy?

I’ll be fine, I can see very well in the dark.

Who put that there?

Oh…

Daddy, are you OK?

Yes. It’s just a big dark down here.

Oh, I just remembered.

I think the torch is in the kitchen.

Ah _ ha!

‘Mummy Pig has found the torch.

Can I hold the torch, Mummy?

OK.

George, look at me.

‘Peppa is making a funny face.’ Don’t worry, George, it’s only Peppa.

We’d better tell Daddy we found the torch.

‘Daddy’s still in the center looking for the torch.’ I’m sure it’s here somewhere.

Daddy, we found the torch!

Luckily it was in the kitchen all the time.

What a stroke of luck.

Now we just have to wait until the electricity comes back.

How long will that be exactly?

I would say exactly, a long time.

Oh.

But George and I want to do some dancing.

I know what we can do.

We can watch some television.

Oh, it won’t go on!

The TV needs electricity too.

Does it?

Yes.

Oh. Now, what’re we going to do?

In the olden days when there was no television, children would have to make up their own games.

I know! I need a cardboard box.

‘What is Peppa doing?’

Mummy, will you cut a hole in this box for me?

What for?

You’ll see.

‘Mummy Pig is cutting a hole in the cardboard box.’ There you are, Peppa.

Thank you.

Now you all have to sit down there.

And George, you have to point this torch at me.

Ahem, welcome to Peppa Pig News with me, Peppa Pig.

‘Peppa has made her own television.’ Today the whole world stopped working when there was a power cut, and all the electricity was lost.

Very good, Peppa.

Daddy Pig says that the electricity won’t be back for a long, long time.

Oh!

‘The electricity is back.’ Hooray!

Shush! I haven’t finished yet! Switch the lights off.

OK, Peppa.

Good.

Ahem, I have some very important news.

The Queen has just found some more electricity and says that everyone can now be happy again.

Very good, Peppa.

Hooray!

Let’s dance!

‘Peppa quite enjoyed the power cut, but she’s happy the electricity is back again.’