A Bear of a Problem

A BEAR OF A PROBLEM

Mother bear has said no climbing trees
in the woods
But she climbs higher than little bear 
ever could 

It's sometimes a good exercise this 
climbing around
There are occasions when you're safer 
up off the ground

Of course when climbing high up in a tree 
A bear never knows what the next 
encounter will be

A small bear advancing near a bee hive
Should have stayed below before here 
he arrived 

But aroma of honey caught his attention
Except one thing mom forgot to mention

These small creatures called bees 
Have needles in their little rears
And a sting from them will bring a baby 
bear to tears 

And then the speed of this baby bear's 
descent 
Would match an Olympian's best 
all time sprint
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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July 4, 2015 at 11:33 PM
Elizabeth, CONGRATULATIONS, on having your poem featured on the soup's home page. Enjoy the coming week. Take Care ~SKAT~
Smith Avatar
July 5, 2015 at 12:42 AM
Thank you Skat for your kind words
La France Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 8:50 PM
Elizabeth, this is a delightful poem, I really enjoyed reading it and congratulations on having it selected as a Feature Poem for the week
Smith Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 10:56 PM
So glad you liked it . Anything to do with bears immediately gets my attention so it wasn't hard to think up a little poem that went with a picture I painted - Thanks again
Allison Avatar
December 28, 2014 at 11:41 AM
love the description and the humour - poor baby bear - ouch but they will soon learn! Hugs Jan xxx
Smith Avatar
December 28, 2014 at 11:46 AM
Thanks Jan. I'm sure many baby bears have faced this problem HaHa
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