It's Raining, It's Pouring

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. He's so old he says he remembers the first time it ever rained!

 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. Now, he's my little brother. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful! 

Know what? It's raining. James says it's raining cats and dogs but he's being silly. I'm five. I know that cats and dogs don't fall out of the sky. Just water. Kyle and Chance and me are watching the Weather Network to find out when the rain will stop and we can go outside and dig holes in the back yard.

I know a song about rain.

It's raining, it's pouring,
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed and he bumped his head,
And he couldn't get up in the morning.
Rain, rain,
Go away!
Come again some other day!
THE END.

I know what we can do! We can get some pots and pans and spoons from the kitchen. We can make a rock band. We can sing songs until the rain stops! Yeah. That's a fun thing to do! I know lots of songs. Miss Jackie teaches us songs. She's my teacher at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. Chance doesn't really sing but 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. Find fun things to do indoors when it's rainy outside. It's a good time to eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to Kyle's house and play with us! You can be in our rock band! Okay! Over and out!"

All About Hide and Seek

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? We're playing Hide & Seek with our buddy Peter. It's the funnest game ever. I hide my eyes and count to 100 like this--one elephant, two elephants, three elephants...all the way to 100. That's a lot of counting. Miss Jackie taught me to count. She's my teacher at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. I love Miss Jackie.  Chance is supposed to hide while I count. Then I go look for him. Chance isn't very good at hiding. He thinks when he closes his eyes he's invisible! That's silly. I can see him. He just has his eyes shut!

Chance hid in this box. Know how I found him? He fell asleep. He was making little snory noises. Chance does that when he's sleeping. He was real easy to find. I just listened. When I heard the little snory noise I followed it. I woke Chance up when I hollered, "Boo! Boo! Boo on you!" Now we have to find Peter. We have to find Kyle, too. Kyle is a cat. He lives with Peter. Kyle is a really good hider.

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. Listen carefully and your ears will tell you lots of things. Good citizens get to eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to Peter's house and play with us! We can play Hide and Seek together! Okay! Over and out!"

Playing with Kyle

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? Chance and me are playing with Kyle. He's a cat. He lives with his buddy Peter in Lasalle. I know where Lasalle is. It's next to Windsor and Windsor is the centre of the known universe and the nicest part of Detroit.

We have lots of fun with Kyle. He loves to climb way up high on things. It's fun to climb up high. Everything looks different from way up high.

Kyle is smart. He knows how to get down when he climbs up high. Most of the time Chance doesn't know how to get down so I have to help him. It's a good thing I know how to help Chance when he's in trouble. That's what makes us good citizens. Good citizens know how to help.

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. Climb as high as you can but be sure you know how to get down. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to Peter and Kyle's house and play with us! We can climb up high together! Okay! Over and out!"