Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I looked both ways and then lay down and took a nap, and that has made all the difference.
TAGS: bears, little bear, napsBear sat in the middle of the stream and let the salmon come to him.
TAGS: bears, food, little bear, fishing, salmonOn the sunny side of the patch, up high, Bear found the first ripe blackberries of the year.
TAGS: bears, food, little bear, blackberriesSated, Bear napped under the shade of a cedar tree next to a field of summer wildflowers which was abuzz with the sound of bees.
TAGS: bears, bees, little bear, wildflowersAs little bear roamed amongst the cedars, she heard the sweet, sweet sound of buzzing bees.
TAGS: little bear, buzzing, sweet, roamingBear startled at the hiss from the aluminum can when he bit it, but quickly discovered he liked the contents of the case of beer the panicked picnickers had left behind.
TAGS: bears, little bear, picnicThe little bear looked up, startled, but couldn’t see who was in front of her, as her view was obscured by the giant jam jar stuck over her nose.
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Bear, being unable to read, was not bothered by the world news as the discarded newspaper fluttered quite prettily on the dancing breeze over the field of wildflowers.
TAGS: bears, little bear, flowers, newspaper, wildflowersLittle bear lay on her back gazing at the clouds, flattening out a field of daisies, while the busy, squishy oomans walked right by making so much noise that they failed to notice her, the daisies or the bunnies.
TAGS: little bear, bunnies, daisies, squishy, light-hearted“This explains it,” said the park ranger to the sherrif, surveying the shredded wreckage of what used to be six port-a-potties and pointing to the toilet paper dispenser, “someone put the paper in down the back instead of over the top.”
TAGS: bears, little bear, toilet paperBear could only count to four (using all his paws) but 1,2, 3, 4 and “many” were all the numbers Bear needed.
TAGS: bears, little bear, mathLittle bear gnawed on the corners of the book for a little while, then lay back to enjoy the dozy afternoon sun.
TAGS: little bear, books, sunnySome days are so beautiful, breezy and gentle that you wish you were a bear lolling about in your very own field of flowers.
TAGS: bears, little bear, camaraderie, synchronicityAs Little Bear ate his fill of smoked salmon, it crossed his mind that opposable thumbs and control of fire had certain benefits, but then he looked at the door of the smokehouse which he’d just ripped from its hinges for the third year in a row and decided he liked his claws and massive strength just fine.
TAGS: bears, little bear, salmonA bear is not ever only a bear.
TAGS: bears, little bear, heroesLittle Bear sniffed at the battered old textbook that some thoughtless person had left lying beneath his favorite tree, puzzled briefly over the overlong title G-R-A-M-M-A-R, which made no sense whatsoever, decided it did not belong, picked it up gently, carried it several miles through the the forest to the town garbage dump and discarded it where it clearly belonged.
TAGS: bears, little bear, grammarBecky twisted and twirled and a rain of happiness and glowing light cascaded from the sky, coalescing in a hive of honey for the very happy Little Bear.
TAGS: harlequin, bears, little bear, honey, BeckyLittle Bear opened one sleepy eye to check if it was nearing dinnertime and discovered that in the space of just his afternoon nap the first tulip of spring had pushed its sprout half an inch out of the sun-warmed soil and was tickling his nose.
TAGS: bears, little bear, flowers, spring, nap, tulipsThis is better than honey, thought Little Bear happily as he leaned against his favorite tree and gently licked at the giant lollipop the sweet little girl had dropped when her father grabbed her and dragged her away screaming about “the Mamma Bear must be around here somewhere, run!” when he caught her holding her lolli out to give Little Bear a lick.
TAGS: bears, little bear, lollipopHearing a strange noise, Little Bear looked up and saw a bird… no, not a bird, some kind of really noisy tin can, flying high overhead, and thinking the sky is a stupid place to put one’s garbage went back to watching the bees pollinating the blackberry flowers.
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