The Adventures of Aries, The Little Bear That Couldn`t Sleep

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Anna Tomkins. The Adventures of Aries, The Little Bear That Couldn`t Sleep

CHAPTER 1: RISE AND SHINE!

CHAPTER 2: MEET THE FAMILY

CHAPTER 3: A CLOSE CALL AT ANTLER FALLS

CHAPTER 4: TAGGER`S TALE

CHAPTER 5: THE LAZY BEARS GUIDE TO COLLECTING BERRIES

CHAPTER 6: MEETING RIPPER – ONE MEAN SNEAKY BEAR

CHAPTER 7: IT ISN` T FUNNY GETTING TAGGED!

CHAPTER 8:THE LITTLE BEAR THAT. COULDN` T SLEEP

CHAPTER 9: TIMBERWOLVES!

CHAPTER 10: HURRAY FOR TAGGER!

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Picture this place with your mind’s eye. It is a valley in the majestic Redwoods national nature reserve. The valley is surrounded by towering mountain peaks covered in snow with thick pine forest on their lower slopes. In the valley sits a hill. The hill is sparsely wooded with one ancient and tall giant redwood tree dominating all the other fir trees around. Icicles hanging from the branches are slowly melting in the spring morning sunshine, dripping onto the fresh green grass surrounding the tree. At the bottom of the hill runs a stream. In the height of summer it is little more than a babbling brook, home to sticklebacks and tadpoles, but today it is quite deep and fast, swollen by the melting snow.

Now if you look carefully, at the foot of the redwood tree there is a dark shadow. Look closer and you will see that the shadow is really the entrance to a cave. You could not tell from the outside but the cave has been home for a female bear and her cub while they hibernated through the long cold winter snows. While we are watching, a large bear’s head appears at the entrance to the cave and peers cautiously around. It listens for a moment to the sounds of the birds singing in the trees, welcoming the spring. Then the bears head disappears back into the cave.

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“Wow that was chilly,” Aries said. “If I wasn’t properly awake before, I certainly am now!”

Mommy Bear reached out a paw and tousled the fur on Aries head.

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