*A series of Teddy Bear |
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Long Tall Teddy | ||||||||||||||
story by Paul Birkeland-Green, illustrations by Carol Birkeland-Green |
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The box sprang open and out jumped the tallest teddy bear Haley had ever seen! Wooh, exclaimed Haley in a amazed but slightly startled voice. The great long teddy bear swayed backwards and forwards as he tried to get his balance. That’s better, said the bear, I was very squashed in there. I’m too big for that box really. I can see that said Haley, why do you live in there? It’s the biggest box I could find, replied the teddy. Haley looked down at the square wooden box, and saw the teddy’s two big woolly feet struggling to stay in the box. Haley started to giggle…she looked up and saw teddy also had two great big woolly paws as well. Do you thing I look a bit, well tall and thin? Asked the bear. Haley was still giggling at the big feet and paws but looked up and said, a bit. I wasn’t always this shape, sighed the bear, I was just like all the other bears once. |
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What on earth happened? Haley asked. Well, began the teddy bear, it was a very wet and windy day in the toyshop and two brothers came into the shop with their Mummy. Their coats were dripping wet. They looked so funny, I had to grin. One of the boys saw me and rushed over and picked me up. Ugh, the rain on his coat made me all wet! Oh! Shrieked his brother and he ran over to me as well. More water exclaimed teddy, He swayed about in his box just at the thought of it. |
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Then what happen quizzed Haley. They started to pull me this way and that explained teddy He’s mine, No mine! Cried his brother No mine came the reply again. Now the boys’ mummy was shaking her umbrella in the toyshop doorway so she didn’t see what was going on, teddy explained. By the time she noticed the two boys pulling me this way and that, the damage was done. |
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Stop that!, commanded their mummy, and the boys froze, each holding an end of me in both hands., Put that teddy down! I’m very sorry said their Mummy to the shopkeeper. The boys both looked down at me, now long and thin with big paws! I don’t think I looked so good then. |
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Teddy looked down and Haley was laughing. The tall teddy could now see how funny the story seemed now and he started to laugh as well. He laughed so hard he fell out of the box, his big woolly feet wriggling about in the air. Oh I think you look wonderful just as you are cried Haley through her laughter. I will ask Mummy if you can come home with me. They both stopped laughing and looked at each other. Then began to laugh again even louder. |
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Haley’s Mummy liked the teddy bear too, so they all went home together. |
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