Priscilla Queen of the Desert

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. He doesn't talk, yet. He makes squeaky noises when he's happy and when he's afraid or hungry or has to poo, he makes little squawky noises. He likes to climb way up high but then he can't get down. I have to climb up after him and get him down. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful! 

Know what? Chance and me are hanging out with  our buddies Shaun and Grandpa James and Jay. We're wearing boas. I know what a boa is. A boa is a feather scarf. We're wearing boas because we're going to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert and we're supposed to dress up like the characters in the play.

Priscilla is a bus. People live in this bus. The bus changes colours.  It's not like a Transit Windsor bus. Nobody lives in Transit Windsor buses. We just ride in them. Our buses don't change colours.




The boys have to drive Priscilla to Alice Springs. That's in the middle of the desert. Oh! Wait! The desert is in Australia. James says Australia is down under. It's pretty far from our house on Sparkle Road. When they get to Alice Springs, they will go to work. They sing and dance. That's a good job. I can sing and dance. I could do that job, you know.

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 your friends and neighbours. Be polite. 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 watch Priscilla Queen of the Desert together! Okay! Over and out!"

Riding the Rocket

 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 in Toronto. That's T.O. for short. Toronto is far from our house on Sparkle Road.  It takes four hours to get there.

James says six million people live in Toronto.  I want to know why so many people would want to live so far away from Windsor. James says Windsor is the centre of the known universe and the nicest part of Detroit.

When we are in T.O. we get to ride the TTC bus and the subway. We use special coins. They are gold and silver coloured. They're really tiny.  I have to watch Chance, if I give him one he might try to put one in his mouth. James says the little coins are called tokens. 

The subway has a nickname, too. People call it the Rocket. It's fun to ride the Rocket. It goes really fast! Even faster than my blue bike with the Canada flag on it. When it starts to move I hang onto Chance for dear life, 'cuz there's no seat belts. Seat belts would help us stay in the chairs and not slide out! That's how fast the Rocket is! 

The Rocket stops to let people on and off. Some of the trip is underground. That's fun! A man got sick on the subway ride. I watched him fall down on the floor. Someone pulled the emergency brake. The ambulance came and took the sick man to hospital. We sure hope he gets well.

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.  Then you can come to Toronto with us and ride the Rocket. We can have fun together! Okay! Over and out!"

Getting High

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy,  James. He's old and forgetful. Today he forgot where he put the telephone. I found it. It was in the fridge!   I look after him. Oh. Wait. Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby I found on our doorstep one morning. There was a note that read, "Please look after me." I look after Chance. He's a wee little thing. He can't even talk and he drinks condensed owls' milk from a bottle.

Look at me! I'm way up high in this tree. I'm five. I can climb really high and eat licorice. I can see everything up here! Oh, look! Here comes a bus! I see people, too. Oh, no! Chance is trying to cross Sandwich Street by himself. He's so tiny he might get run over! I'd better get down from here and help him. He could get hurt. It's my job to look after him. I gotta go! I wish I had a superpower. I would fly down there and scoop up Chance. This is me Charles the Bear Cub to the rescue!

Crossing the Street

Hi. I'm Charles the Handsome Bear Cub. You know me!  I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy James.  I look after him 'cuz he's old and forgetful. He could walk in front of a bus and get hurt!

We cross the street. It's busy. We look both ways and make sure nothing is coming before we start. I tell my buddy to take my paw and hold onto it when we walk. I don't want him to get hit by a bus.

If that happened, who would holler, "Who's a handsome bear cub? Where's my Son of Windsor? Where's my Prince of Ontario?" There would be no one to say that to me anymore and no one to tickle my ears, kiss my nose and make me laugh right out loud. That would be awful! Be good citizens. Look after your friends and buddies when you cross the street.  Gotta go now. Bye! Over and out!"