Grizzly The Bear Copyright Kristina Howells Smashwords Edition This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. ***** Grizzly The Bear ***** A long time ago lived a big bear called Grizzly. Grizzly was the most cutest, loveable bear that anyone had ever seen. One day this bear became really sad and lonely. So sad that when Rosie was playing out in the forest with her sister Molly. They both stumbled across this really sad bear crying. “What’s wrong?” Rosie asked. “I’m really lonely,” replied the bear. “Why are you lonely?” Molly asked. “Because I have no friends to play with,” hollowed the bear. “Oh, don’t worry, we’ll be your friend.” Molly soothed. “What’s your name?” Rosie asked, “as I am Rosie and this is my sister Molly.” “Grizzly,” replied the bear. Frome that day onwards, Rosie, Molly and Grizzly became really good friends. Shortly afterwards Grizzly seemed a lot happier until something awful happened to Molly. It was when Rosie, Molly and Grizzly were playing out in the forest close to the river. Molly had slipped on the mud on the riverbank, and went splash into the water. Rosie and Grizzly didn’t know what to do. Molly couldn’t swim very well. It seemed as if she was now caught in a current. “Hold onto the log floating towards you,” shouted Rose. “Grizzly stay here whilst I go and get some help.” Rosie ran all the way to the log cabin where the woodcutter lived. When she arrived, she gently knocked on the door. The woodcutter quickly answered it. “Yes child,” he beamed. “My sister is drowning in the river,” cried Molly. “Please come and help her.” “All right,” replied the woodcutter calmly. “Let me get my tools together and we’ll go and save her.” Soon Rosie and the woodcutter ran all the way to where Grizzly and Molly was. When they reached the river there was no sign of him. But they found Molly lying on the other side of the riverbank in the mud. “How are we going to get over to the other side of the river to take Molly home,” Rosie sobbed. “Don’t worry, I can use the boat over there,” the woodcutter pointed. “We’ll use that boat to get us across and take Molly home where she can get better. Then the woodcutter went to get the boat, Rosie climbed into it, and off they went to take Molly home. When Rosie and the woodcutter arrived home with Molly. The woodcutter took it upon himself to go and fetch the doctor. Rosie was pleased and so was their mother. This allowed her to attend to her daughter who was suffering greatly from the ordeal. Firstly, her mother began to undress Molly, and put her in dry clean clothes. Then she tucked her up in bed with a hot water bottle so that she could keep warm. The doctor and the woodcutter arrived quickly to the house, and he was soon attending Molly. A few days had now passed since the day of that terrible incident. Molly was looking much better. Rosie was pleased and decided now that she was feeling better she would go and find Grizzly. Rosie began by searching the forest. There was no sign of him. Then she followed the river down to the open countryside calling, “Grizzly, Grizzly.” Still there was no sign of him. After a little while Rosie went back him thinking, “What’s happened to him? I’ll have to ask Molly who she saw dragging her out of the river.” When Rosie got home, Molly seemed a lot happier than before. “How are you Molly?” Rosie asked. “Fine,” she replied. “Do you remember who saved your life that day you fell into the river?” Rosie asked. “Vaguely,” Molly answered. “I saw Grizzly jump into the water. Then the next thing I knew I was in bed being seen too by the doctor.” “Oh no,” gasped Rosie. “I cannot find Grizzly anywhere. He might have drowned.” Then Rosie went out again back to the forest to see if she could find Grizzly. She walked along the river calling out his name and shouting, “Grizzly, Grizzly, come on, where are you?” Soon she began to seem quite upset and disappointed. She didn’t want to lose Grizzly as a friend. But Rosie found that will all the walking she had been doing, she decided to sit down by the old oak tree to rest her weary aching legs. As she sat down she noticed a strange figure staring at her from behind the trees. She was too tired to shout and even walk up to it. So instead she began to close her eyes and dream that Grizzly will come and find her. But he never came. It was morning now, and Rosie was still sitting by the old oak tree. Until she saw Molly running towards her saying, “Have you found him? Have you found him?” “No,” replied Rosie tearfully. Then Rosie began to cry, and cry, and cry. She had cried so much that she had difficulty in stopping. “Come on.” Molly soothed. “Let’s go home, he is bound to turn up one day.” Rosie reluctantly agreed and followed Molly home. Where their mother was waiting for them with a stern expression, as to why she had spent all night out in the forest. Weeks had now passed since Rosie and Molly last saw Grizzly. Molly got used to playing without him. But Rosie still longed to have Grizzly back. She missed playing out in the forest. It seems that a year has now passed them by since Rosie and Molly last saw Grizzly. Until one day, when Rosie was walking in the forest, she noticed a familiar looking figure staring at her. It seemed to be the very same figure that was looking at her when she sat down beside the old oak tree the day she went looking for Grizzly. But this time, instead of closing her eyes, she decided to go and see who this was. As Rosie walked closer, and closer, the figure began to show itself from behind the trees. It was as if luck was on her side as she began to notice that the figure was actually Grizzly. She couldn’t believe it. “Where have you been?” Rosie demanded walking towards him giving him a big hug. “As I have been so worried and upset, I couldn’t help but think that you might have drowned whilst saving Molly.” “I know,” replied Grizzly. “I just wanted to know if you were a true friend or not. And now I know you are, as you have never given up on me.” So from that day on Grizzly, Rosie and Molly lived happily ever after. The End.