Good night, little bear ! n° 170 p.3

Good night, little bear!

The first snow had Fallen .
Mummy  Bear said to her cub ;
"It's time to hibernate, Little Bear."

"What does hibernate? "  asked Little bear.
Mummy Bear lay down next to her on the leaves.
But little Bear couldn't sleep;

He felt something was missing but he don't know what.
He got up without a sound so as not to Waked out into the night.

In the forest, Little Bear saw some woodcutters carring heavy bundles of wood on their backs .

Further on,
Little Bear came to a prety
wooden house by a frozen pond.
He peeked through the window. There was an old lady Inside.
Little Bear thought that if she saw him,
she would probably shout, "shout, " Help! A bear!"
Then she would run away.
Little Bear quietly pushed the door open.
He didn't know whether to go in or not.

But the old lady  didn't shout
or run away.
She said in a gentle voice, "Come in.
Don't be scared, come in...
Come and warm yourself by the fire."
The old lady stroded the cub's head and murmured, "Lovely little bear..."

When Little Bear felt warm,
he explored the house.
He foound a pot of honey
in the kitchen.
Yummy! It was delicious!
Little Bear got honey
all round his mouth.

When  the old lady saw Little bear,
she said, " You're all sticky!"==(collant)
you need a wash!"
So little Bear jumped into the bath to wash off the honey.

Then Little Bear playfully pushed
the old lady's chair.
That made her laugh and
 her cheeks went  a pretty pink.

later that night,
the old lady called
Little Bear over to her.
she opened a big wooden trunk and said , "Here .
This is a teddy bear.
It's for you!"

Little Bear
held the teddy bear
 gently in his paws.
At last he felt
he felt
he had found
the thing
he had been missing.

Little  Bear went back to his mother,

clutching his teddy bear close to him
He snuggled up onthe bed of leaves,
closed his eyes and murmured,
"Good night, little teddybear...
Good night, Mummy..."

Up in the sky, the Moon smiled down...
...just like the old lady.