As Bernard gets used to using his magic watch, he finds it comes in very handy at school.
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00:00I don't know.
00:30There was once a boy called Bernard who had a magic watch.
00:37Quick as you can, Bernard. Your father's in a hurry.
00:40Have you got your reading book?
00:44When he pressed the button on his watch, Bernard could make time stand still.
00:49He could move, but everything around him stopped.
01:00Well?
01:13It's in my bag.
01:15Good. Now straight out of the car. Your father doesn't want to be late.
01:30The wonderful thing about the watch
01:36was that you always had time to do anything you might have forgotten.
02:00I might be a bit late tonight.
02:11Keys, keys.
02:15You want to be a bit more like Bernard.
02:17Learn to do things without rushing.
02:28See you tonight.
02:29Okay. Bye, Dad.
02:30Be good.
02:31I will.
02:37Dad!
02:42Bernard found his watch useful for all sorts of things.
02:52But one of the best places to use it was at school.
02:56For example, if he ran out of a particular colour in art.
03:08He could always get more.
03:10Lunchtime, if he didn't like the vegetables,
03:27he could give them to Mr. Tree, the headmaster.
03:32And in football, the watch meant Bernard was a remarkably good goalkeeper.
03:54Wherever the ball was, Bernard always seemed to be there to stop it.
03:58But the time Bernard really appreciated having the watch was on Friday mornings.
04:14When Miss Pico gave her class an arithmetic test.
04:23Question one.
04:26Three times five plus four.
04:31Bernard was not very good at arithmetic.
04:33Question two.
04:35Question two.
04:37Five.
04:38Take away two.
04:41Add twelve.
04:44Question three.
04:47Nineteen.
04:49Add nine.
04:52Take away seven.
04:54Bernard was still trying to work out the answer to question one.
04:59If only he had more time, he thought.
05:01And then he remembered.
05:03He could have as much time as he liked.
05:17With time to think, Bernard finally worked out question one.
05:21Question one.
05:22Question one.
05:22Question one.
05:24But he noticed that his friend Karen had a different answer.
05:31One of them had to be wrong.
05:33Unfortunately, the teacher had only written down the questions, not the answers.
05:55James was the best in the class at maths.
06:02He always got the answers right.
06:04Question four.
06:15Question four.
06:17Nine times three.
06:20Nine multiplied.
06:21Bernard had always found multiplying difficult.
06:24But with his watch, it was very easy to work out the answer.
06:30And even to help his friend Karen.
06:54Bernard, what are you doing?
07:08Yes, miss?
07:09yes miss why have you got your
07:23i'm sorry i thought all right question five
07:32ten at the end of the morning bernard discovered he had got full marks he had never come top in
07:42anything before and he was very proud but he was also rather tired
07:47maybe bernard thought
08:15he could use his watch in some of his other lessons
08:18okay time's up pass your books to the front please
08:24if he was writing a story
08:26he could go on as long as he wanted
08:38and the capital of portugal is bernard if miss pico asked him a difficult question
08:48he'd have no trouble finding the answer
08:55blisbon this
09:05well done
09:09he decided it could be rather fun
09:12bernard had no idea how long he slept because all the clock said the same when he woke up
09:27as they had when he lay down but he felt a lot better bernard in my office please at least he did
09:35until the headmaster said he wanted to see him
09:39sit down bernard
09:42i've been looking at your maths test
09:47you seem to have done very well
09:49yes sir
09:50and you're sure you found these answers on your own are you bernard thought about this
09:57yes
09:58yes i was on my own
10:00in that case you won't mind doing a few questions for me
10:05what now
10:07is that a problem
10:09no
10:10right
10:12what's
10:14three
10:15multiplied by four
10:16minus two
10:18all right bernard
10:19bernard's first thought
10:22was that he should run away
10:23it didn't matter where
10:25as long as he was away from the headmaster
10:27unfortunately
10:29mr tree was in the way
10:31of course
10:35perfect
10:36but the calculator didn't seem to work
10:42then bernard remembered
10:45that though a calculator is very fast
10:48it still takes time
10:49and time had stopped
10:51there was only one thing to do
10:56he'd have to work out the answer
10:58the way miss pico had shown him
11:00four times three
11:06minus two
11:07it was quite simple really
11:09ten
11:21good
11:23right
11:24three nines plus four
11:27it was going to take a bit of time bernard realized
11:35but it was all right
11:36he had as much time as he needed
11:39you wanted to see me about the
11:44i'm sorry i didn't realize
11:47that's all right we've just finished
11:48i've been giving bernard a maths test
11:50oh
11:51and you're right
11:52he's very good
11:53twenty questions are not a single mistake
11:55this
11:57is a very clever boy
11:58oh good
11:59one can't help wondering why he's done so much better today than before
12:04yes
12:05well
12:06but i think we know the answer
12:09hard work
12:11hard work hard work and hard work
12:13is that right bernard
12:15well
12:16good lad
12:16off you go then
12:18i was going to show you this letter that i
12:25sorry i'm late
12:31long day
12:32you could say
12:32how's bernard
12:36oh it's all right
12:37he did very well in a maths test at school today
12:41in maths
12:42bernard
12:42i know
12:43and this evening he wrote a thank you letter to granddad
12:48and then drew some pictures to go with it
12:51my word he has been busy
12:53he spent most of the evening doing his jigsaw
12:56did he
12:57i think he's still awake if you want to go up and say goodnight
13:01yes
13:02yes i think i will
13:03you sure it was maths he did well in
13:07oh yes
13:07they had a test
13:08he came top
13:09top
13:11i hear you did rather well at school today
13:18yes
13:19well done
13:20oh winter
13:21granddad is going to be really pleased to get this
13:24he likes it when you
13:26have you tidied up in here
13:29yes
13:30and cleaned your shoes for the morning
13:32yes
13:33okay what's the secret
13:36secret
13:37letters
13:38drawings
13:39tidying up
13:39how do you do it all
13:40well
13:41it's not a secret exactly
13:43i've just been giving everything i do a bit more time
13:46ah
13:47well
13:49after a day like that
13:50i think it's time you got some sleep
13:52can i just finish this story
13:54in the morning
13:56okay
13:57night night
13:58night dad
13:59it was all you needed for most things really thought bernard
14:12a bit more time
14:14it's not a secret
14:15night
14:29it's not a secret
14:29but we also visited our point but we thought it was something i'm saying był
14:32You