Bear remembers dreams of the ocean

Bear thought he might chastise Hare again but thought better of it. He is young and youth can be that way at times.

" Without further ado the story my dear young hare and of course everyone of  you assembled here." said Bear.

I have spoken of the great abundance we all enjoy here in this new land, an abundance we never imagined possible in our old worlds, but I have also mentioned in passing how everything seemed warmer and more intimate in the old places.Why I recall when I was just a cub no bigger than you Penguin or you hare, a little handful of fur and the day when out of the blue I decided that I wanted to go to see the ocean. The trouble was the ocean was miles and miles away and I was so very small. This was an idea that would  still not leave me. I had two little friends, little bears smaller than me. I was the leader and I convinced them that we must find the ocean.



They looked at me unquestioningly and agreed " We are with you Bear the senior of us little ones, we must find the ocean.

Early that very morning we set out to find the ocean. We never told our parents because we knew that they would forbid us from leaving,

"weren't you afraid bear" asked elephant who was still a baby himself and was afraid of the world beyond.

" No, my little friend, not at all. Fear is not in my DNA. I am never afraid.

" Yes, I like that about you bear" said lion who everyone knew was never afraid, because as everyone knows Lions are inordinately brave creatures.

( To be continued...)