Charles and Chance get Interviewed by Mike

I can interview Mike. I could be a cub reporter, you know. I would ask good questions.

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Grandpa 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!

Guess where me and Chance are! We're at Children's Fest. That's in the Safety Village. The Ottawa 4 bus comes here. The  Safety Village is in Windsor. I know where Windsor is, it's in O Canada.

Mike Thomas is our buddy. He's a reporter. That means he tells people the news. He tells the news on an Internet channel. Today Mike's asking me questions about our Cubcert. That's where Chance and me and Cousin Boo and Cousin Kelly and Grandpa James sing songs for all the boys and girls.

When Mike is done, I hold the microphone and ask him some questions. I ask, "Mike, do you like Smarties?" Mike says, "Why yes, Charles I do." Then I ask him a very serious question. "Mike when you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?" Mike says, "I always eat the red ones last." Then I say, "Thank you, Mike. That's today's news."

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa 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 Grandpa James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

We gotta go get our microphones on so we can sing for the boys and girls!

This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be kind to friends and neighbours. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to Children's Fest together! Okay! Over and out!"

Charles and Chance Drive a Firetruck

Chance and me are driving a fire truck!

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Grandpa 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 at the Safety Village. There's a fire truck and the nice firefighters gave me a fire hat and everything! I could be a firefighter when I grow up. I could put out fires and rescue people from burning houses. Firefighters have very important jobs, you know. They rescue people and protect everyone in Windsor.

Chance is too newborn to be a firefighter but he could be one when he grows up.

Being a firefighter can be dangerous. Firefighters are very brave, you know. Being brave means not being afraid to help. I'm glad that firefighters at the Windsor Fire Department are our friends.

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa 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 Grandpa 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. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to the Safety Village for Children's Fest and ride the fire truck together! Okay! Over and out!"

Charles and Chance Drive a Jeep

This is our buddy Rick. He's a volunteer. He shows me how to drive the Jeep. Rick knows the rules of the road. Make way good citizens! Here comes Charles and Chance!

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Grandpa 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 where me and Chance are? We're at the Safety Village. That's in Windsor. I know where Windsor is. It's in O Canada. Today is Children's Fest. I get to drive a Jeep. I can drive all over the Safety Village. Chance thinks he's helping but he's not. He's too newborn to drive a Jeep. I'm five. I go to the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre on Sandwich Street. Five is pretty old, you know. Five is old enough to drive a Jeep at the Safety Village.

Rick says when I push the gas pedal the Jeep will go! Look at me! I'm driving!

It's fun to drive the Jeep. I can drive to the Windsor Family Credit Union and take some money out of the ATM with my debit card. I can drive to Tim Horton's for a doughnut. Oh! Wait! I think I'll get a butter tart. I l-o-v-e butter tarts. They're yummy and that's one of the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide. Driving means I can go lots of place. I could drive and drive and drive all day!

Driving makes me so hungry I could eat three butter tarts!

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa 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 Grandpa 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. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to the Safety Village and see our buddy Rick. We can drive the Jeep! Okay! Over and out!"

Our buddy Rick tells us the rules of the road. We have to wait for the green light before we turn.

Charles and Chance ride in the Remax Hot Air Balloon

Chance and me are in the Remax hot air balloon with Captain Steve.

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Grandpa James. That's in Olde Sandwich Towne. Olde Sandwich Towne is in Windsor. I know where Windsor is. It's in O Canada. I learned all this at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. That's where I go to school. I'm five, you know.

Grandpa James is really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know. I have to look after him.

 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. He climbs way high on things and then he can't get down. I have to say, "My son! Get down from there this instant!" Then I have to help him 'cuz he's afraid. He makes little squawky noises when he's afraid or when he's hungry. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Today we're at Children's Fest. That's in the Safety Village. We get to ride in the Remax hot air balloon. It's a really big balloon. Grandpa James says it's seven storeys high. That's way taller than me! We get to fly way high over the Safety Village. I can see everything! I can see everybody! Know what? I bet that Santa rides in the hot air balloon so he can see who's naughty and nice.

 It's fun to be way up high. Now I know why Chance likes to climb way high on everything. I can see better! I can see our house!

Captain Steve went to school to learn how to be a hot air balloon pilot. I could be a hot air balloon pilot when I grow up. Yeah! That would be a good job. I already know how to fly a jet plane. We learned at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. Grandpa James says it's part of the Harper Government's pre-school anti-terrorism initiative. Pilots have important jobs, you know. 

All systems are 'Go' and we're ready for liftoff! Know what? There aren't any seat belts, so we're gonna sit very still.

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa 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 Grandpa 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. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to the Safety Village and ride in the Remax hot air balloon with Captain Steve! Okay! Over and out!"

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!"

Rock Stars at Children's Fest

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. He climbs way high on things and then he can't get down. I say, "My son! Come down from there this instant!" Chance can't get down, so I help him. He's so newborn he doesn't even have any teeth. Chance drinks chocolate owls' milk from a bottle. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!


Know what? We got tambourines. One for me and one for Chance. Tambourines make noise. I love to make noise, don't you? We use them when we sing. Chance and me know lots of songs. We know Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and the Prune Song and Farmer Brown and All Around the Circle and lots and lots of songs. We're pretty good singers. Well, Chance is too little to sing but he makes squeaky noises 'cuz he's happy.  We practise 'cuz we're gonna sing for boys and girls at Children's Fest at the Safety Village. That's in September, 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.  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!"