Krsytal Corley reads The Very Cranky Bear

0:03 >> Good evening. My name is Crystal and

0:21 I'll be reading to you tonight the very cranky bear. In the jingle In the jingle jangle

0:30 jungle on a cold and rainy day, four little friends found a perfect place to

0:35 play. Moose had marvelous antlers and lion a golden mane. Zebra had fantastic stripes and sheep,

0:44 well, sheep was plain. None of them had noticed that someone else was there. Sleeping in that cave

0:53 was a very cranky bear. Roar went the cranky bear. Roar, roar, roar. He gnashed his teeth and stomped his

1:04 feet and chased them out the door. So, in the jingle jangle jungle on a

1:08 cold and rainy day, four little friends had nowhere warm to play. "Wait a minute," said Zebra as she

1:18 scratched her furry chin. "Maybe if we cheered him up, he'd let us come back again."

1:24 "If I did not have stripes," said Zebra, "I'd be cranky, too. We should give that bear some stripes.

1:31 That's what we should do." "Stripes are silly," Moose complained, "especially on a bear. My antlers always

1:38 cheer me up. Let's give that bear a pair." "No, no, no, no," said Lion, "antlers

1:46 are a bore. A golden mane like mine," he said, "would cheer him up for sure."

1:54 So, Zebra fetched a tin of mud and lion some grass of gold. Moose got two big

2:00 branches and sheep, well, sheep got cold. Sheep was getting worried. They've been eaten up for sure.

2:09 And then from in the cave there came a very cranky roar. Zebra, lion, and moose ran out and bear

2:18 was right behind them. They hid behind the bushes where they hoped he wouldn't

2:23 find them. "Why is he still cranky? He's got antlers, stripes, and mane." "Before we

2:29 gave him those," lion said, "he looked so very plain." As bear stormed back inside the cave, he

2:37 turned and roared at sheep. "I'm a really All I really want," he said, "is a quiet

2:46 place to sleep." So [snorts] she fetched a pair of clippers and she clipped off half her

2:52 wool. She stuffed it in a cotton bag until the bag was full. She tiptoed back inside the cave.

2:59 "Excuse me, bear," she said, "would you like a pillow for underneath your head?"

3:06 "Well, thank you very much," said bear, and soon he fell to sleep. >> [snorts]

3:11 >> Maybe he was dreaming of a plain but thoughtful sheep. The end.

3:18 Sweet dreams. >>