Trinkets and Treasures

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 but he climbs way up high and can' get down. I have to say, "My son! Come down from there this instant!" Then I have to help him get down. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Know what? This is Chance and me with our buddy Melissa. She has an important job. She makes beautiful gifts at her store. It's called Trinkets & Treasures. Melissa painted our tambourines. Mine says "Charles." That's me! My tambourine has Smarties painted on it. Chance's tambourine has his name on it. Melissa painted an owl on Chance's tambourine. That's 'cuz he's so newborn he can only drink chocolate owls' milk. We get it at Mac's, you know.

Melissa also made me a washtub bass. That's 'cuz Chance and me are gonna sing songs for boys and girls at Children's Fest in September. That's in the Safety Village in Windsor, you know.

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. Be kind to friends and neighbours. Do good deeds. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can sing songs together! Okay! Over and out!"