A Flu Comes

One day Tigedy the white tiger was staying with his friend Teddy Bear. Tidegy was born far away in India. He was not used to Teddy Bear's cabin, but he was starting to like it. It was comfortable, and it was surrounded by a beautiful forest, and Teddy Bear always had a nice warm fire burning in the fire place.

Tigedy did not feel right today. He was sick. He had the flu.

Now, you might wonder why Tigedy was sick. Because he was born in India, his Thymus was used to India germs. The Thymus is right near your heart, and it is the part of you that learns all about germs and how to make your body fight them. Tigedy's Thymus knew all about India germs.

But now Tigedy was in United States and his Thymus was meeting United States germs instead. The United States germs, like the flu, would come into Tigedy's body and his Thymus would say, "Holy moly, what is that? I don't know how to fight that germ... yet."

So that is why Tigedy was sick with the flu.

His nose, which is pretty big, was running and snot and boogers were stuck inside. Teddy Bear felt sorry for his friend.

"Tigedy," said Teddy Bear, "let me get out the humidifier. It will help get those boogers out of your nose."

"Thank you." said Tigedy.

But when Teddy Bear got out the humidifier it was missing a piece, so Tigedy decided to sleep beside the fire. He hoped that the warmth would help him get better.

Late that night Tigedy woke up. His nostrils were stuck together! Instead of being able to roar like this: "Roooar!" he could only roar like this: (hold your nose and roar weakly) "roar."

Tigedy woke up Teddy Bear (hold your nose) "The fire dried out my d'ose. My boogers are stuck!"

Teddy Bear felt sorry for Tigedy, but he still giggled a little. He put a kettle of water on the stove. When it heated up, steam started to float around the cabin. Tigedy would leap into the air and breath in a patch of steam. Leap and sniff (make the motions), leap and sniff.

Soon the steam helped Tigedy's boogers loosen up. His nose opened. "Phew," he said, "that is much better."

The next morning Tigedy felt a lot better.

Teddy Bear said, "I bet your Thymus figured out how to fight that flu."

Tigedy said, "Maybe next time it meets that flu I won't get so many boogers!"

And that is how Tigedy's Thymus learned about its first United States germs.

The End
(c) 2007 Ken Demarest