The Gurl & Her Bike: A Beary Happy Ending

One morning Beary woke up, looked around, and was surprised to find himself sleeping in his Auntie's truck. Beary had played in a soccer game the evening before and had been so tired that he had fallen asleep as soon as he got into Auntie's truck with his Mom. But he wondered how he had come to spend the entire night in the truck. Beary was happy that he had a warm fur coat and he hoped that someone would come out and find him soon as he was getting hungry. Beary decided to explore Auntie's truck, hoping he might find a snack left there by his cousin Matthew who was a teenager and was always eating something in the truck. As Beary was checking in the cracks between the seats for lost granola bars, the truck door opened. Auntie had come out to get him! "There you are!", said Auntie. "Your Grammy called this morning and told me that you were at my house. I bet you're hungry. Let's get you some breakfast.". Beary smiled and dropped the empty granola bar wrapper he had been investigating for crumbs. Breakfast was better than leftover granola bar crumbs any day. He hoped that Auntie had his favorite: frosted mini-shredded wheat cereal.

Having slept right through dinner, Beary was very hungry and ate a giant bowl of cereal while Auntie swept the kitchen floor. Beary knows that if he is going to grow up to be a big, strong soccer player like his cousin Matt, he is going to have to eat a healthy breakfast every day. When Beary was done with his cereal, Auntie gave him a straw to finish his milk. Beary picked a blue and green striped straw because blue is his favorite color.

After breakfast, Beary asked Auntie if he could use her computer to read the local news. Beary likes to keep up with current events and regularly reads WMUR and CNN.

As it was the weekend after Thanksgiving, Beary read about Black Friday Shopping in Portsmouth,

NH and around the country. He read that Snugglies were a very good seller on Black Friday and that lots and lots and lots of people went shopping. He wondered how he would look in a Snugglie. Perhaps he could get a zebra print or maybe even a leopard print Snugglie, he thought. He had always wondered what he would look like as a zebra. Beary was really happy though that bears don't shop because he is nervous that he would get lost in a big crowd, being so very small.

After Beary finished the news, he asked Auntie if he could help her with any chores. He helped Auntie to do the laundry by pouring in the laundry detergent. Beary realized that he had not had a bath in some time so after he was done pouring in the soap, he decided to jump in for a whirlpool bath with Cousin Matthew's soccer clothes.

Beary came out of the washer all clean and white. He had to wait for the dryer to finish before he could get into the fluff cycle with the other wet clothes. His fur gets all squished and matted in the wash and he loves to ride in the dryer where it is warm and soft with all of the clothes and it makes his fur stand up on end. While Beary was waiting, the electricity at Auntie's house went out. It was a very very very windy day and somewhere in town, there was a problem with the power lines. Beary waited patiently for the electricity to come back on so that he could go in the drier. After about half an hour, the electricity came back on and Auntie let Beary climb into the dryer. Auntie checked on Beary after half an hour. Beary was a bit tangled and dizzy from going around and around but he was having a lot of fun so Auntie let him ride in the drier some more. Since Beary has beanies inside, it takes in a while to dry in the middle. He had an extra long ride in the drier to get all of the water out of his beanie middle.

Beary came out of the drier all fluffy and soft. Though he was having a good time visiting Auntie, he was beginning to wonder where his Mommy was and if she was coming to pick him up or not. Auntie let him know that his Mommy was on her way and that she missed him very much. Then Auntie took Beary out of the drier and upstairs to help with the dishes.

On the way upstairs, Beary stopped to play with Auntie's puppy dog, Ghiry. Ghiry's favorite toy is a

large, stuffed chocolate chip cookie pillow. Beary throws the pillow for Ghiry and Ghiry chases it and brings it back so that Beary can wrestle it away from him and throw it again. Beary and Ghiry played for over half an hour at "chase the cookie". When Beary was done playing with Ghiry, he came upstairs to see what Auntie was doing. Auntie was getting ready to empty the dish washer. The dishes were still a little too warm to put away so Beary climbed up to see what Auntie was doing in the sink.

It takes quite a bit of work for a tiny bear to climb into the dishwasher but Beary was determined to get up and look around the kitchen so he worked very very hard to get to the top rack in the dishwasher.
Once Beary was on the top rack, he sat down on the warm dishes to look around. Auntie was washing more dishes in the sink and boiling water on the stove to make hot tea. Beary sat on a warm cup until Auntie was done with the dishes and making tea. He was so tired from his morning adventures that he could barely keep his eyes open. Auntie told Beary that it was still another hour before his Mommy would be there and that he could take a nap if he wanted. Beary curled up in Aunties big, fluffy bed, under the polka-dotted sheets and fell asleep. He likes Aunties big purple pillow and fluffy comforter. They remind him of clouds. While Beary was sleeping, he dreamed of climbing trees and finding a whole hive full of honey. Beary loves honey (as all bears do) and woke up very hungry.

Beary's cousin Matthew shared his snacks with Beary. Matthew's favorite snacks are Cheezits, Pepsi, and Oreo cookies. Beary likes Oreos but thinks that the Pepsi is too fizzy. It always tickles his nose when he drinks it.