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The Floating Elephant
Posh Bear, Bertie and Sky sat on the sofa having just eaten a feast of honey. They all looked very contented bears but Posh Bear could sense that Sky was in deep thought about something.
“That was very nice honey, I like that runny stuff more than the more solid type.” Said Posh Bear.
“It was very nice Posh; I shouldn’t have eaten a whole jar as they are big jars.” Said Bertie rubbing his tummy.
“You’ll be fine Bertie, just sit and relax and let the man fuss about trying to take pictures.” Said Posh.
“Posh I was thinking, I’m quite “not new” now, and yet I don’t know half the things that you know or even what Bertie knows. Do you think I’ll ever know as much as other bears?” Said Sky looking a little sad.
“That depends, Sky. You see knowledge, like adventures, they don’t just come to us so we have to go seeking them out. If you try, Sky, in time you can do anything at all. It takes perseverance, and the desire to want to do it.” Said Posh.
“Yes, Sky, you need to want to learn things and not rely upon others to do them for you all the time. There are some things that you simply can’t do yet, and that is fine, but you could try and do a lot more apart from ordering and eating honey.” Said Bertie.
Sky sat silently thinking over what had been said to him and was about to speak when Posh Bear began talking again.
“A long time ago, Sky, when I was growing up, I remember there being a pink elephant that had little red hearts all over it. She was a lovely elephant that was always excited and wanted to do things but most of the other bears teased her and said she was just a silly elephant. Well, one day Nellie said she wanted to go high into the sky and float; not forever, but for a little while. She said she wanted to know what it felt like to float.”
“Wow! That’s impossible Posh, elephants can’t float. I think she should have got an ellicopter like Ellie has if she wanted to go high in the air.” Said Sky.
“Now, that was the general opinion of everyone. Elephants don’t float in the air, simple as that. Nellie sat down and thought about the problem and then she went and asked everyone she thought might be able to help her to work out a way on how to achieve her dream. It didn’t help, for everyone told her the same, elephants can’t float in the air. At first, she was slightly disheartened, but then while reading a huge book that a hooman had left out she discovered something that may just help her float.”
“It sounds dangerous even if it were possible. I think she should forget about it.” Said Bertie.
“Nellie wasn’t to be put off for it was important to her to achieve her dream. She used the hooman’s speaking box and ordered what she thought she would need and then waited for everything to arrive. While she waited, she drew pictures of what she thought she might have to build in order for this to work. After a few sleeps, she had everything she had ordered, and so with the help of everyone it was carried out onto a big green space at the back of the box shaped thing they lived in.”
“What did she have Posh?” Asked Sky.
“I’m coming to that, Sky. Nellie placed the small wicker basket on the ground and then tied some strings to the corners of the basket. The other ends of the string were tied to the four corners of a square of cloth and then she placed some big stones in the basket. Now Nellie placed a rubber balloon over the nozzle of a canister, there was a loud hissing sound, then Nellie removed the balloon and tied a knot in the end while it was under the cloth that was attached to the basket. Nellie got into the basket, everyone watched expecting to be laughing when all this failed, for they all knew that an elephant couldn’t float in mid-air. Nellie bent down and picked up the rocks and dropped them out of the basket and the more she removed the more she saw everyone shaking their heads. Nellie was confident that this was going to work and it simply had to for she wanted to float like a cloud, high in the air. As the last rock was thrown out, so the basket started to lift off the ground and she started to climb higher and higher and suddenly everyone was looking up at her as she floated in the air. Up she went seeing birds as they flew by and almost touching a cloud and then she came to a stop. Nellie looked about and listened, it was so quiet and she liked that; what is more she was really floating. It was a while before she decided to float back down to the ground, but when she did, Nellie took a sharp pin and stuck it into the balloon. The basket using the cloth as what hooman’s call a parachute, slowly floated back to the ground.”
“Wowsers, Posh Bear, what did everyone say when she floated back down again?” Asked Bertie.
“Not much actually, but they never doubted Nellie again. You see Sky, if you really want something, you need to do the work and then try it out just as Nellie did. You are a clever bear using the man’s picture ordering thingy, but you can do so much more if you really do want to.” Said Posh Bear.
“But…but…but I don’t want to float in the air, Posh.” Said Sky looking concerned.
Posh Bear shook his head then turned to Bertie.
“Bertie, why don’t you take Sky away and explain to him the lesson in the story?”
“Okay Posh, but if Sky doesn’t want to float, he doesn’t want to float, and I am not going to tell him he has to.” Said Bertie as he and Sky got up and walked away shaking their heads.
The Floating Elephant
Posh Bear, Bertie and Sky sat on the sofa having just eaten a feast of honey. They all looked very contented bears but Posh Bear could sense that Sky was in deep thought about something.
“That was very nice honey, I like that runny stuff more than the more solid type.” Said Posh Bear.
“It was very nice Posh; I shouldn’t have eaten a whole jar as they are big jars.” Said Bertie rubbing his tummy.
“You’ll be fine Bertie, just sit and relax and let the man fuss about trying to take pictures.” Said Posh.
“Posh I was thinking, I’m quite “not new” now, and yet I don’t know half the things that you know or even what Bertie knows. Do you think I’ll ever know as much as other bears?” Said Sky looking a little sad.
“That depends, Sky. You see knowledge, like adventures, they don’t just come to us so we have to go seeking them out. If you try, Sky, in time you can do anything at all. It takes perseverance, and the desire to want to do it.” Said Posh.
“Yes, Sky, you need to want to learn things and not rely upon others to do them for you all the time. There are some things that you simply can’t do yet, and that is fine, but you could try and do a lot more apart from ordering and eating honey.” Said Bertie.
Sky sat silently thinking over what had been said to him and was about to speak when Posh Bear began talking again.
“A long time ago, Sky, when I was growing up, I remember there being a pink elephant that had little red hearts all over it. She was a lovely elephant that was always excited and wanted to do things but most of the other bears teased her and said she was just a silly elephant. Well, one day Nellie said she wanted to go high into the sky and float; not forever, but for a little while. She said she wanted to know what it felt like to float.”
“Wow! That’s impossible Posh, elephants can’t float. I think she should have got an ellicopter like Ellie has if she wanted to go high in the air.” Said Sky.
“Now, that was the general opinion of everyone. Elephants don’t float in the air, simple as that. Nellie sat down and thought about the problem and then she went and asked everyone she thought might be able to help her to work out a way on how to achieve her dream. It didn’t help, for everyone told her the same, elephants can’t float in the air. At first, she was slightly disheartened, but then while reading a huge book that a hooman had left out she discovered something that may just help her float.”
“It sounds dangerous even if it were possible. I think she should forget about it.” Said Bertie.
“Nellie wasn’t to be put off for it was important to her to achieve her dream. She used the hooman’s speaking box and ordered what she thought she would need and then waited for everything to arrive. While she waited, she drew pictures of what she thought she might have to build in order for this to work. After a few sleeps, she had everything she had ordered, and so with the help of everyone it was carried out onto a big green space at the back of the box shaped thing they lived in.”
“What did she have Posh?” Asked Sky.
“I’m coming to that, Sky. Nellie placed the small wicker basket on the ground and then tied some strings to the corners of the basket. The other ends of the string were tied to the four corners of a square of cloth and then she placed some big stones in the basket. Now Nellie placed a rubber balloon over the nozzle of a canister, there was a loud hissing sound, then Nellie removed the balloon and tied a knot in the end while it was under the cloth that was attached to the basket. Nellie got into the basket, everyone watched expecting to be laughing when all this failed, for they all knew that an elephant couldn’t float in mid-air. Nellie bent down and picked up the rocks and dropped them out of the basket and the more she removed the more she saw everyone shaking their heads. Nellie was confident that this was going to work and it simply had to for she wanted to float like a cloud, high in the air. As the last rock was thrown out, so the basket started to lift off the ground and she started to climb higher and higher and suddenly everyone was looking up at her as she floated in the air. Up she went seeing birds as they flew by and almost touching a cloud and then she came to a stop. Nellie looked about and listened, it was so quiet and she liked that; what is more she was really floating. It was a while before she decided to float back down to the ground, but when she did, Nellie took a sharp pin and stuck it into the balloon. The basket using the cloth as what hooman’s call a parachute, slowly floated back to the ground.”
“Wowsers, Posh Bear, what did everyone say when she floated back down again?” Asked Bertie.
“Not much actually, but they never doubted Nellie again. You see Sky, if you really want something, you need to do the work and then try it out just as Nellie did. You are a clever bear using the man’s picture ordering thingy, but you can do so much more if you really do want to.” Said Posh Bear.
“But…but…but I don’t want to float in the air, Posh.” Said Sky looking concerned.
Posh Bear shook his head then turned to Bertie.
“Bertie, why don’t you take Sky away and explain to him the lesson in the story?”
“Okay Posh, but if Sky doesn’t want to float, he doesn’t want to float, and I am not going to tell him he has to.” Said Bertie as he and Sky got up and walked away shaking their heads.