Teddy Bear's Lunch Becomes an Adventure

One day there was a knock on Spotty Spot's door. It was his good friend Teddy Bear. When Spotty Spot opened the door and saw who it was, he jumped onto his friend. Lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick. He was so happy to see his friend.

"Come inside," he said, "and I will make us some lunch."

So Teddy Bear came in and sat down at Spotty Spot's large dining room table. Spotty Spot went into his pantry to get some food. He opened one cabinet door, but the cabinet was empty. He opened another door. That one was empty too. He looked everywhere.

"Teddy Bear, I am sorry. I have forgotten to go shopping, and I have no food for lunch! This is so embarrassing for me!"

"Don't worry," said Teddy Bear, "Perhaps we can go find some food right now!"

So Teddy Bear picked up a basket and the two friends began to walk down the road. It wasn't long before they passed a farm. There a farmer stood in the field with a hoe. "Mr. Farmer, do you have any food that we could buy?" Spotty Spot said.

"Why yes. I have these carrots right here. I just dug them out of the ground, and you can have them if you don't mind that they're dirty. That will be one dollar for five carrots."

So Spotty Spot give the farmer a dollar, and Teddy Bear put the carrots in their basket.

So the two friends walked a bit more down the road. They went around a corner, and through some woods, and came to a river. Out in the river a fisherman was fishing.

"Mr. Fisherman, do you have something for our lunch?" Spotty Spot asked.

"Why yes I do. I just caught this fresh salmon for the river. You can have it for eight dollars."

So Spotty Spot gave the fisherman eight dollars, and Teddy Bear took the salmon and put it in the basket. Now the two friends has carrots, from the farmer, and salmon from the fisherman in their basket.

They began to walk again, when Spotty Spot said, "Mmm! Teddy Bear, I smell something good up ahead!" and Teddy Bear said, "I don't smell anything yet." But soon he did smell something. It was the rich, warm smell of baking bread. "This is a bakery," said Spotty Spot, "There will be bread inside."

Sure enough, inside the bakery a man was just taking bread from the oven.

"Mr. Baker, do you have any bread you could sell us?" asked Spotty Spot.

"This bread is fresh from the oven, still warm!" said the baker, "You can have a loaf for two dollars." So Spotty Spot counted out one, two dollars, and Teddy Bear put the bread in the basket. Now the two friends had carrots from the farmer, salmon from the fisherman, and bread from the baker in their basket.

After some more walking the two friends were passing a large field with a tree in the middle. Teddy Bear heard a buzzing noise. He said, "I know what that means! There is a bee hive in that tree, and bee hives mean honey!"

Spotty Spot said, "But Teddy Bear, don't bees sting?"

Teddy Bear said, "Yes they do, but I am a bear! My skin is so thick, and my fur is so thick, that the bees can not hurt me."

So Teddy Bear climbed the tree. He put his paw into a hole, and pulled out a big glob of sticky honey. Now the two friends had carrots from the farmer, salmon from the fisherman, bread from the baker, and honey from a bee hive. It was time to eat.

So they sat down in the field and made a fire. They cooked the carrots with the salmon. They toasted the bread and spread honey upon it. And they both agreed it was the best lunch they had ever eaten.

The End
(c) 2007 Ken Demarest