Everyone at the Beavers' will be very busy now, and we must not stay too long!" And so they set off along the pathway towards the river bank.
'We must wear our best clothes, even for such a short visit. Why don't we go and visit the Beavers' new baby? Mummy Beaver will be pleased to see us." Father Bear and Baby Bear would much rather have tucked into the pudding, warm or not, but they liked the thought of visiting the new baby. "It has to be left to cool now, otherwise it won't taste nice. When it was ready, she said to the family: It was a new recipe, with blueberries and other crushed berries. One day, Mother Bear made a nice pudding. Not far away, lived a fair-haired little girl who had a similar nature to Baby Bear, only she was haughty and stuck-up as well,Īnd though Baby Bear often asked her to come and play at his house, she always said no.
He was a pest too and always getting into mischief. This was partly because he was rather a bully and liked to win games and arguments. She visited them in the afternoons to exchange good advice and recipes for jam and bottled fruit.īaby Bear, however, had hardly any friends. Father Bear liked that and he always politely replied to their greetings. The neighbors were all very respectful to Father Bear and people raised their hats when he went by. A large one for Father Bear, a smaller one for Mother Bear, and a little bowl for Baby Bear. Neatly laid out on the kitchen table stood three china bowls. Mother Bear's bed was middling in size, while Baby Bear had a fine little cherrywood bed that Father Bear had ordered from a couple of beaver friends.īeside the fireplace, around which the family sat in the evenings, stood a large carved chair for the head of the house, a delightful blue velvet armchair for Mother Bear, and a very little chair for Baby Bear. Father Bear's was large and nice and comfy. They were not really proper Teddy Bears, for Father Bear was very big, Mother Bear was middling in size, and only Baby Bear could be described as a Teddy Bear.Įach bear had its own size of bed. Once upon a time in a large forest, close to a village, stood the cottage where the Teddy Bear family lived.
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