Never again! (5+)
A bear got to the hospital.
“Ugh, I feel so bad!” said the bear.
“Something hurts?” the doctor-raven asked.
“What can we help you with?” the fox-nurses asked.
“Nothing hurts. And I want for nothing. And I don’t want to think about it,” the bear moaned.
The bear had the biggest ward, designed for three patients. Three animals could stay there. But it was for the bear alone. The sun was shining in his window all day. The birds were singing their best songs for him. The bees supplied him with their sweet honey every day. The squirrel gave him tasty nuts. And there was a cat in this hospital. He was a guardian. He saved some food from mice. This grumpy cat visited the bear in his ward too. And he purred to make him smile. But it was to no avail.
Sometimes the bear came out of his ward. He liked to sit in the hospital yard, on a bench. He couldn’t sit on the bench. Because he broke it. It just happened that he wanted to sit on it.
So, the bear is sitting near the broken bench looking at the strolling wolves, hedgehogs, foxes. And the elk with a broken leg.
Suddenly the bear saw an old rabbit. She had a big chair. She wanted to sit in it. But the chair was too big for her. Moreover, her leg stuck between the railings. The fox-nurse asked our “sick” bear to help the “middle-age lady”.
She said, “I think, if you help her, you will feel better.”
The bear moaned, “What are you talking about?! I am sick. And I am weak.”
But the fox nurse persisted. This time he was less dismissive. He wabbled towards the rabbit and helped her with the chair. The old rabbit smiled at him. Then the bear went back and flopped down. Right next to the fox-nurse.
“You know,” said the bear, “I liked it.”
The fox smiled, “When you do something good, you always feel better.”
The bear started to think.
But the fox said again, “This small and simple thing made you feel better. And if you do something bigger? How would you feel then?”
The bear considered this for a moment. Unfortunately, the fox-nurse interrupted his train of thought. And he could think a lot but it was time for dinner. He had a big appetite. He ate a lot and with pleasure. The next morning, the bear opened his left eye. Then his right eye. Then he raised his paws.
“I am going to look for big things to do,” thought the bear.
There were trees near the hospital. Big and small. Some dry trees lay on the road.
“Aha!” said the bear, “This is a job for me.”
He groaned and strained as it was hard for him. But he took the old dry tree and he took it away from the hospital park. Then he took one more. And more. All the hospital personnel patients who could walk, ran towards him.
“Why? You are sick. You are weak,” the fox-nurse said loudly.
“Be careful, please,” said the raven- doctor.
“Poor bear!” said the hedgehogs, rabbits and wolves.
You think, the bear didn’t hear all those comments? He did! And he got stronger! Oh-ho-ho! In three days the park was cleaned. The bench was fixed too. It is true, that everyone helped.
And the raven-doctor said to the bear, “You are not sick at all. You don’t need to be in the hospital. You know how to get well now. You can go home now and I wish you never to come back.”
“Never again!” blared the bear joyfully.
A bear got to the hospital.
“Ugh, I feel so bad!” said the bear.
“Something hurts?” the doctor-raven asked.
“What can we help you with?” the fox-nurses asked.
“Nothing hurts. And I want for nothing. And I don’t want to think about it,” the bear moaned.
The bear had the biggest ward, designed for three patients. Three animals could stay there. But it was for the bear alone. The sun was shining in his window all day. The birds were singing their best songs for him. The bees supplied him with their sweet honey every day. The squirrel gave him tasty nuts. And there was a cat in this hospital. He was a guardian. He saved some food from mice. This grumpy cat visited the bear in his ward too. And he purred to make him smile. But it was to no avail.
Sometimes the bear came out of his ward. He liked to sit in the hospital yard, on a bench. He couldn’t sit on the bench. Because he broke it. It just happened that he wanted to sit on it.
So, the bear is sitting near the broken bench looking at the strolling wolves, hedgehogs, foxes. And the elk with a broken leg.
Suddenly the bear saw an old rabbit. She had a big chair. She wanted to sit in it. But the chair was too big for her. Moreover, her leg stuck between the railings. The fox-nurse asked our “sick” bear to help the “middle-age lady”.
She said, “I think, if you help her, you will feel better.”
The bear moaned, “What are you talking about?! I am sick. And I am weak.”
But the fox nurse persisted. This time he was less dismissive. He wabbled towards the rabbit and helped her with the chair. The old rabbit smiled at him. Then the bear went back and flopped down. Right next to the fox-nurse.
“You know,” said the bear, “I liked it.”
The fox smiled, “When you do something good, you always feel better.”
The bear started to think.
But the fox said again, “This small and simple thing made you feel better. And if you do something bigger? How would you feel then?”
The bear considered this for a moment. Unfortunately, the fox-nurse interrupted his train of thought. And he could think a lot but it was time for dinner. He had a big appetite. He ate a lot and with pleasure. The next morning, the bear opened his left eye. Then his right eye. Then he raised his paws.
“I am going to look for big things to do,” thought the bear.
There were trees near the hospital. Big and small. Some dry trees lay on the road.
“Aha!” said the bear, “This is a job for me.”
He groaned and strained as it was hard for him. But he took the old dry tree and he took it away from the hospital park. Then he took one more. And more. All the hospital personnel patients who could walk, ran towards him.
“Why? You are sick. You are weak,” the fox-nurse said loudly.
“Be careful, please,” said the raven- doctor.
“Poor bear!” said the hedgehogs, rabbits and wolves.
You think, the bear didn’t hear all those comments? He did! And he got stronger! Oh-ho-ho! In three days the park was cleaned. The bench was fixed too. It is true, that everyone helped.
And the raven-doctor said to the bear, “You are not sick at all. You don’t need to be in the hospital. You know how to get well now. You can go home now and I wish you never to come back.”
“Never again!” blared the bear joyfully.