Polar bears - home

Finally the big day arrived and they let Standa to move to his new quarters. He approached quarters occupied with one bear very cautiously. Nosy seals were jumping high in the air to take a peek at new arrival. If they would have chairs they would sit on them and just stare. Standa stood on the rock with new supply of good fish. It was a code this time. There was a waterfall to clench the thirst. He stood and stood. After a long time something moved in the cave and out came bigger, not much bigger, polar bear. They looked at each other and sniffed the air. "Are you?" "Aren't you?" "Yes, I am." "You are a boy! Do you want a fish?" "Yes." Standa taught Northern how to play marbles, since there was very handy hole in the platform and they played marbles all day long; using pebbles, little rocks, tree cones, pieces of the stick, anything, what they could move with their paws. They were winning and loosing and cheating. They hardly noticed seals and the seals accepted new neighbor. What about multiplying? Who cares! Food and diet The bears, after having good time, sitting on their butts, or sides, whole day long playing marbles and eating, were gaining weight. The veterinarian took a look at them and he said: "It will not take long and these bears will weight a ton." So a veterinarian prescribed a diet. No more big fish like halibut or code. The bears received smelts for breakfast, minnows for lunch and fresh sardines for dinner. Full baskets of them, but they had to pick them one by one with their big clumsy paws. Of course they used their muzzles a lot, just laying on their bellies. It still took hours to fill their stomachs, and they were not losing weight, they were still gaining! It was not so much time for marbles game - and one day they locked them up in their cave and started to build something - a gym! Did you see a polar bear hanging upside down on parallel bars and sliding on the slide directly to the water? "Splash!" Seals gathered around the wall to watch. "Splash! Splash!" Copyright (c) Marie Neumann Pottsville 1/5/10