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!"

Eating at Piccolo's Italian Restaurant is Yummy!

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 got visitors! Grandpa Dave and Nana Clare came to out house. We love Grandpa Dalve and Nana Clare. They give the very bestest hugs and kisses. They brought us a present, too. They brought Redi-Burger. I l-o-v-e Redi-Burger. Grandpa James says it is the Rolls-Royce of vegan food. Redi-Burger is yummy and that's one of the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide. I bet you that angels eat Redi-Burger every day. We put it on the barbecue.

We get to eat at Piccolo's. That' an Italian restaurant on Tecumseh Road. They have crazy sticks. I could eat crazy sticks all day, you know. They have lasagna and pizza, too.  This is Shelley. She's the nice lady who brought us our food. Shelley is a server. She has an important job, you know. She knows when visitors are as hungry as bears. She bring everyone food. I could be a server when I grow up. I could say, "Hi. I'm Charles. I'll be your server today. What would you like to drink?

I'm gonna share lasagna with Grandpa James. Lasagna has lots of cheese and noodles and tomatoes. It's good for growing bear cubs like me.

Chance doesn't have any teeth but we brought a bottle of chocolate owls' milk for him to drink. That's what newborn baby bear cubs drink, you know. When he is older he will grow teeth and a tail. Then I will share my lasagna with him.

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 go to Piccollo's and eat crazy sticks. You can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to Piccollo's 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!"