Thinking

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! 

Know what? I'm thinking. I'm thinking about things I want to do on my birthday. It's only five days until my birthday. It's on Canada Day. July 1st. I'm thinking and I'm writing everything down on this piece of paper so I don't forget.

I am pretty sure I want to eat wallermelon on my birthday. I l-o-v-e wallermelon. It's yummy and that's one of the four food groups in the Canada Food Guide. James says they're full of Vitamin A and Vitamin C. When I looked, I didn't see any vitamins in there at all! Maybe they're invisible. James says that wallermon came from Africa and it's related to cucumbers and squash. I know what related means. I'm related to James and Chance. Related means we're a family. I don't think I'd want a squash or a cucumber as my little brother 'cuz then I couldn't eat them. We're not supposed to eat our friends, buddies or relatives, you know.

I want to play games on my birthday, too. I want to play "I'm Gonna Get You!" That's a fun game. I chase Chance all over and holler, "I'm gonna get you!" Chance runs as fast as he can. I'm way faster than Chance. I catch him and tickle him. He makes little squeaky noises when he's happy.

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. Do good deeds. Good citizens get to eat wallermelon. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house for my birthday. You can eat wallermelon and play with us! Okay! Over and out!"