Alex Nutt had a problem, but she knew what to do when she had a problem that she couldn't handle on her own. She went off to find her mom.
"Mommy," she said, when she found her mother in the kitchen. "There's a bear in my room."
Rebecca (for that was her mother's name) frowned slightly, trying to make sure she understood. She was a good mom, who wanted to make sure she understood the situation before taking action. "A bear?" she asked. Alex nodded.
"A polar bear. He's big, and white, and furry."
"Well," Rebecca said. "Perhaps your dad and I should find out what the bear wants." So she called her husband, Michael, who was busy playing with Alex's brother, Colin. "Dear, there seems to be a polar bear in Alex's room." And Michael frowned a bit, just as Rebecca had, but when he looked up, he realized he had understood correctly. For there, at the top of the stairs, was a huge polar bear!
The polar bear was standing on his hind legs, just like a person, and cleared his throat, just like he was nervous. And finally, he began to speak.
"Um. Hello. I'm terribly sorry to be a bother, but I was hoping that I might ask your permission to take Alex on a small adventure."
"Hold on a moment!" Michael said. "Alex is a big girl, but she's not a grown up yet! She doesn't go on just any old adventure!"
"Oh, no, of course not," the bear responded, feeling guilty that he hadn't made this clear. "No, this is only going to be make believe, I promise you. It's perfectly safe - she'll be adventuring here, safely in her own home."
Alex wasn't sure what kind of adventure this was going to be, but she was excited by the chance go to adventuring with a talking polar bear!
The polar bear introduced himself as Comfy, and he offered to let Alex pet him to see what he meant. She could feel he was squishably soft - he was definitely comfy! When he told her parents that his last name was Bogart, they groaned, but parents can be silly that way.
Alex and her mom followed Comfy back to Alex's room. (Her dad wanted to keep playing with Colin, who wasn't old enough to understand about talking polar bears.) And her mom made her carefully lay out her coat, and her hat, and her boots and her mittens. Although they weren't leaving the house, they were going to go adventuring, and adventuring in the winter time meant dreasing up warmly! And then, Comfy asked Alex to close her eyes, and the next thing she knew, her room faded away, and she felt her mommy give her one last, quick hug, and she vanished!
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Date: 2009-12-24 03:38 pm (UTC)"Mommy," she said, when she found her mother in the kitchen. "There's a bear in my room."
Rebecca (for that was her mother's name) frowned slightly, trying to make sure she understood. She was a good mom, who wanted to make sure she understood the situation before taking action. "A bear?" she asked. Alex nodded.
"A polar bear. He's big, and white, and furry."
"Well," Rebecca said. "Perhaps your dad and I should find out what the bear wants." So she called her husband, Michael, who was busy playing with Alex's brother, Colin. "Dear, there seems to be a polar bear in Alex's room." And Michael frowned a bit, just as Rebecca had, but when he looked up, he realized he had understood correctly. For there, at the top of the stairs, was a huge polar bear!
The polar bear was standing on his hind legs, just like a person, and cleared his throat, just like he was nervous. And finally, he began to speak.
"Um. Hello. I'm terribly sorry to be a bother, but I was hoping that I might ask your permission to take Alex on a small adventure."
"Hold on a moment!" Michael said. "Alex is a big girl, but she's not a grown up yet! She doesn't go on just any old adventure!"
"Oh, no, of course not," the bear responded, feeling guilty that he hadn't made this clear. "No, this is only going to be make believe, I promise you. It's perfectly safe - she'll be adventuring here, safely in her own home."
Alex wasn't sure what kind of adventure this was going to be, but she was excited by the chance go to adventuring with a talking polar bear!
The polar bear introduced himself as Comfy, and he offered to let Alex pet him to see what he meant. She could feel he was squishably soft - he was definitely comfy! When he told her parents that his last name was Bogart, they groaned, but parents can be silly that way.
Alex and her mom followed Comfy back to Alex's room. (Her dad wanted to keep playing with Colin, who wasn't old enough to understand about talking polar bears.) And her mom made her carefully lay out her coat, and her hat, and her boots and her mittens. Although they weren't leaving the house, they were going to go adventuring, and adventuring in the winter time meant dreasing up warmly! And then, Comfy asked Alex to close her eyes, and the next thing she knew, her room faded away, and she felt her mommy give her one last, quick hug, and she vanished!