Picnic on Great Island
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Just as the children were about to slowly retrace their steps away from the bear, she, surprisingly, addressed them.
“Well, hello there,” she said. “What brings you to the enchanted woods?”
“Um, ah, we were having a picnic and came to explore,” Blueberry Girl said rather nervously, never having spoken to a bear before.
“Oh, picnics are great fun aren’t they? “ Responded the bear. “Would you like to sit a moment and share some honey cakes with me? I haven’t ever had human visitors before.”
Before anyone could answer Raspberry sat down next to the bear and began eating a honey cake.
“I’m not passing up honey cake,” Emmett put in as he joined Raspberry at the table.
Not to be a spoil sport, Blueberry Girl sat down as well, and they all shared the honey cake.
“My name is Goody Bear,” the bear said, “’And who would you be?”
“I’m called Blueberry Girl and this is my cousin Emmett and my sister, Raspberry.”
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Back in the nineteenth century, in a quaint coastal town, a family sailed to Great Island for a picnic. Great Island was a very special place. Nobody lived there. At the tip, sat a beautiful white sandy beach behind which was a thick forest known as the enchanted woods. Almost no one went there, and children told stores of wild goings on in those mysterious woods.
After arriving and eating the picnic lunch, the children—Blueberry Girl, Emmett, and Raspberry—asked permission to explore the enchanted woods. Before long, they met Goody Bear and found themselves following this friendly, talking, stout bear deep into the forest, not having a clue where they were going, where they were, or who they were following. What an adventure!
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About the Author
John T. Cumbler is a retired environmental historian who lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where he rescues large marine mammals and sea turtles.