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Should I? Could I? Would I? The teenage bear was getting nowhere, fast. He wanted that big salmon that had come up the falls, almost to his grasp. But the current appeared too swift, for even a bear as strong as him. Still, that salmon’s presence mocked him; he was dinner on the fin. So as the bear lumbered out, a mocking bird suddenly began to mock… “You’re going over the falls in one more step. Stop! Think! Think! Stop!” “Didn’t your momma ever teach you even one simple little thing?” Now, he had left home because his Momma had always told him what to do. So he turned to the bird and growled… “Why should I listen to you?” The bird mocked back… “Because you don’t stop and think things thru.” Then, at that point the bear slipped, and almost went over the falls, it’s true! He heard the bird mock, “Stop! Think! Think! Stop! Listen, you lumbering brute!” Angrily and begrudgingly, he admitted the bird was right: a plan was due. So with a branch he sent the salmon down to the bottom of the falls below. Then, later with dinner replete, it was now time for dessert to bestow. So he decided to visit the berry farmer and plunder most of his crop. Again the mocking bird hollered at him. “Stop! Think! Think! Stop!” “The farmer has a dog and gun! If you destroy his summers’ crop…” “A bearskin rug will be your fate. So Stop! Think! Think! Stop!” After 3 or 4 more times at mocking… The bear finally gave in… For each time he had mocked him… He had also saved his life, again… Since he had left momma behind, he now realized that he had done nothing right. And though they were both rough, tough, loners: they still became strangely tight. So in the end, they became fast friends, with each one helping the other out… The moral to my story is: there’s a friend that can understand anyone, even you. Friends don’t have to be beautiful or popular to be true and help you thru. They are all very precious and none should be thrown away. For you’ll need all their understanding to help: see you on your way.
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