The Christmas Tree

“It is very exciting, isn’t it Bertie?”

“It certainly is Sky, I never thought that Posh would allow us to decorate the Christmas Tree. Just imagine it Sky, Santa Claus will admire our tree and if it is extra good, he may award us extra jars of honey.” Said Bertie.

“Yes, that would be soooo good. We’ll have to do exactly what Posh suggests for we can’t afford to make mistakes where extra honey is concerned.”

“Sky, after yesterday I wouldn’t have thought you would be too worried about honey. When Wellington said that you could help yourself, he didn’t mean you could eat all his honey. What did he say when he saw it was all gone, Sky?”

“I don’t know Bertie; I’d made a discrete exit by then. I didn’t mean to eat it all, I just started and then one jar led to another. I’ll have to order extra and so I can replace some of it for him. I don’t want him to go all military and grumpy on me again, he gets frightfully bossy when he does that.”

“Hello Bertie, Sky, I think Wellington is looking for you Sky.” Said Posh as he sat down beside his friends.

“Sky is trying to keep out of his way at the moment Posh.” Explained Bertie.

“Why is that Sky?”

“Just a tiny misunderstanding, Posh. I’ll sort it out once we have finished decorating the tree. What do you think so far?”

“It is nice but I do think we need to get those extra lights on it somehow. They are too long though; I wonder if we could shorten them?” Asked Posh.

“I don’t know Posh; might it not be dangerous to try cutting through the cable when dealing with electrickery? You did tell us never to touch any electrickery Posh and if the lights don’t have an end because we have cut it off, where will it end up going?” Said Bertie looking concerned.

“You’re right Bertie, if there is to be any cutting to be done, we’ll let the man do it.” Said Posh.

“I put the star on top Posh, it was hard climbing up there and took ages.” Said Sky.

“It was much easier coming down and you did it so fast too, Sky.” Said Bertie giggling.

“Just as well you had a soft landing then Sky.” Said Posh smiling.

“Ah, Sky, there you are, I’ve been looking for you, don’t you know?” Said Wellington as he hurried to join the other bears.

“Hi Wellington, don’t worry I have got replacements all lined up and it will be delivered very shortly.” Explained Sky.

“Replacements? What are you on about? I wanted to know if you had seen Icecap about? I’ve been to his usual home and he wasn’t there, so I thought he might be with you.” Explained Wellington.

“No Wellington, I haven’t seen Icecap since he gave me those jars of honey just before you saw me yesterday and offered me your honey too.”

“Heaven help your tummy Sky, no wonder you had tummy ache yesterday evening. I would think that you not only filled your hollow legs up but filled up right to the top of your head with honey.” Said Bertie shaking his head.

“It was very ouchie Bertie, I shouldn’t have eaten it all and I know that now.”

“Just how much honey did you eat then Sky?” Asked Wellington.

“I’m not sure but a few jars I guess.”

“I had three jars Sky, so how many are left now?” Asked Wellington.

“I’m not sure exactly Wellington, I didn’t exactly count. I’ll order you some more later today when the man places his food order.”

“Well, approximately, how many are left Sky?”

“Approximately, Wellington, I’d say about none. Don’t worry though, as I said, I’ll replace them.”

“I’m not worried one bit, don’t you know? It wasn’t my honey for starters, what? I had ordered it specially as Christmas presents for Posh, Bertie and yourself. I’m not sure how pleased Posh and Bertie are going to be when they open their presents and find empty jars though.”

“Whoops…” said Sky as he looked first at Posh and then at Bertie. “It was very good honey if that helps.”

 

 

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