Summertime

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know.

 Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful! 

Summer's here! I know a song about Summertime. Miss Jackie taught it to us at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. That's my school, you know. Here's the song. Chance likes the song a lot. I sing it to him at nap time. Ready?



Summertime


Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is HIGH
Oh your Daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
YES, you'll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
But till that morning
There's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by.

When I sing this song, Chance falls asleep in my arms. He makes little snory noises when he's asleep. He's adorable when he sleeps but I'm sure he's dreaming about climbing high on things. He's a handful!  Know what? I'm lucky to have a little brother, even if he can't talk and rips off his diaper and climbs way high on things and can't get down. I wouldn't trade Chance for all the gummy worms in the world.

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed. 

This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Sing happy songs. When you sing songs you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can sing songs and eat Smarties together! Okay! Over and out!"